Android Activity and Networking
Google has selected a new model for the Android User Interface: The Activity, which is tied to User-Interface. Now, when someone (like me) intends to implement a UI with some networking threads and...
View ArticleAndroid: Getting ARGB from a JPEG
With J2ME, “Opening” a JPEG into an ARGB array may look like: Image jpegImage = Image.createImage( jpegByteArray, 0, arrayLength ); if (jpegImage == null) { //ERROR } else { jpegImage.getRGB...
View ArticleAndroid 2Channel Browser
Have just started developing a 2Channel browser for Google Android. This project will be developed as open source, and will be available at the Android Market for free. The inspiration came from...
View ArticleGoogle Code Project
Nothing much, but I have just created the Google Code Project for the 2Chan browser, located at: http://code.google.com/p/nichan-browser-android/ Still a mere place holder, but I hope to start...
View ArticleAndroid HTML parser
Android API has a SAX XML parser. But, what do you do when you want to parse HTML? The SAX XML parser will work great till it encounters an XML error, a mismatched tag as an obvious example. The parser...
View ArticleAndroid Nekohtml – Project postponed
I am sorry to announce that the Html project is postponed to a later date. Would like to complete the 2Chan browser as soon as possible, and although an Html parser would have been nice, it is not...
View ArticleBarcodes and QR Codes for Android
Just bumped into zxing project, and wanted to share. According the Project Home page: ZXing (pronounced “zebra crossing”) is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library...
View ArticleGoogle Android Plaform Group is being Spammed
It appears that Google Android Group is being spammed. Took me by surprise as I expected Google to be able to block such trivial spams.
View ArticleAndroid books available in Japanese
Although Google Android phones are not available in Japan (commercially), the race to develop applications has started. Several books are already available:
View ArticleAndroid Developers Group Japan
Continuing my Android Books in Japan post, would like to report additional Android related activities and Groups in Japan. Android Group Japan website and Google Group are trying to bring together...
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