Category Archives: Android

Police.uk Update and Droidcon 2011

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Matt Oakes

Police.uk I’m making some good progress on the Police.uk app. I know it’s been a long time since I’ve talked about it, but I’ve been busy writing apps for other people. I’ve got search working. It works really well with … Continue reading →

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Android Manchester Talk – Intents: The Glue That Binds

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Matt Oakes

I’ve had a few requests to post the slides and demos from my talk last night at Android Manchester. For those who didn’t go the talk is about Intents, and the more advanced ways they can be used. The slides … Continue reading →

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The Weekend Project – Police.uk

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Matt Oakes

The Weekend Project I’ve decided from now on I’m going to have a weekend project. I’ll only work on this at the weekend, and not touch the code during the week to make sure I actually get some work done. The … Continue reading →

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The Android Army

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Matt Oakes

A new addition to my Dead Zebra android army today. Soon I will take over the world with them!

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Missing Widgets from the Android SDK

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Matt Oakes

As rich and as lovely as the Android SDK can be, there are still lots of places where it is missing some very useful widgets or views. Some of these are things that should have been in the SDK from … Continue reading →

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Gingerbread on HTC Desire

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Matt Oakes

I recently decided to make the jump from Froyo to Gingerbread on my HTC Desire. The ROM I chose was the excellent Oxygen ROM by AdamG. It’s based off the open source code (AOSP) and has very minimal modifications to add a … Continue reading →

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adbWireless is great!

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Matt Oakes

If you develop on android you must know how annoying it can be sometimes to have to have your phone plugged into your computer via USB just to debug an app on it. Sometimes you might not have the cable … Continue reading →

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Camping with a smartphone

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Matt Oakes

There are many situations a smartphone is perfect for: entertainment on public transport, music while walking, constant email updates and even a quick gaming session in a particularity slow lecture (not that I’d do that of cause). One thing it’s probably not … Continue reading →

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Better QuickActions

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Matt Oakes

Just a quick post. I’ve found a better version of the QuickActions project that I posted about a week or so ago. This new version is a modification of the original one by Lorenz. The modification adds the same style that the … Continue reading →

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Implementing Quick Actions on Android

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Matt Oakes

If anyone hasn’t had a look at the official Twitter app on Android yet it’s well worth a look. It’s one of the best designed applications on the Android platform and shows what all applications should be like. There is … Continue reading →

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