Archive for the ‘Mobile Development’ Category
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/03
If I ever get “R cannot be resolved to a variable” in an Android project again, then I should read these posts:
One of the quotes was the culprit:
*Note: Eclipse sometimes likes to add an “import android.R” statement at the top of your files that use resources, especially when you ask Eclipse to sort or otherwise manage imports. This will cause your make to break. Look out for these erroneous import statements and delete them.*
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/25
Interesting: Features | TestObject.
Android app testing made easy! Run a full app check-up in 5 minutes and find bugs before your users do.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/06
The @appmethod secret.
Wow. Out of the blue, I just read Embarcadero Launches AppMethod, A New Multi-Device Development Platform For Native Apps | TechCrunch. And I’m impressed.
In short:
At SXSW 2014 (which is running now, its agenda has a schedule from March 7th till March 16th), Embarcadero announces appmethod, to be released in beta on March 18th, 2014 for building native cross platform applications. Many have found out you can apply for the beta at www.appmethod.com.
More and more people are bumping into the appmethod link, for instance on FaceBook, on Google Plus, at Delphi Bistro and #Appmethod starting with the @appmethod secret by Joy Ruff.
Below are a few my observations from following all of the above links. Read them, especially the TechCrunch. I expect interesting posts from others to follow really soon now (:.
I’m only a few hours ahead of you readers, but I’m having a positive vibe just for these reasons: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Android, C++, Delphi, Delphi XE5, Development, iOS Development, JSON, Mobile Development, Object Pascal, OS X FMX, Pascal, SOAP/WebServices, Software Development | Tagged: embarcadero, Multi-Device, TechCrunch | 15 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/14
Now that the Google Play Services 4.2 have been rolled out to enough Android devices, and the Google Play Services Library version 15 is out, this is my list of Play Services 4.2 versions I have seen in the wild:
- 4.2.34
- 4.2.39 (997510-038)
- 4.2.42 (1013934-034)
Sorry, I didn’t note the build number for 4.2.34.
Anyone that can help complete this list?
–jeroen
Posted in Android, Development, Mobile Development, Software Development | Tagged: google, Play Services | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/14
Very interesting: Install AndroVM in VMware Player/Workstation – YouTube.
The successor is Genymotion “the faster Android emulator”, and seems to have an easier installation path: Run Android on Your Desktop With Genymotion Android Emulator.
One of the drawbacks of going native: the Delphi for Android compiler currently only generates ARM Android code, otherwise this would be a great way to test your apps.
But it works fine if you use Java, Oxygene for Java or MonoDroid: much faster than the emulator (which you cannot run in a VM at all).
There seems to be a way to install ARM translation, so I need to check that out: android – How to install google play service in the genymotion (ubuntu 13.04) .Currently it doesn’t have drag and drop suport – Stack Overflow.
–jeroen
via: Koushik Dutta – Google+ – Even if Microsoft is considering supporting Android apps on….
Posted in .NET, Android, Android Devices, Delphi, Delphi XE5, Development, Mobile Development, Mono for Android, Power User, Software Development | Tagged: Android emulator, VMware | 4 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13
For all the Android developers out there, we’ve just published a technical post with four big tips for keeping Google Cloud Messaging working reliably in your apps.
Google Cloud Messaging is the technology used for Push notifications on Android and these four tips are the things we wish we’d known when we started working on Pushbullet!
Keeping Google Cloud Messaging For Android Working Reliably [Technical Post] | PushBullet Blog.
–jeroen
via Pushbullet – Google+ – For all the Android developers out there, we’ve just….
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/09
Over the years, Google Play Services has started to play a much bigger role, arguably more important than the Android version (also making it impossible to fork Android: Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable. | Ars Technica).
This shows again with the publication of the new Google cast SDK with public Chromecast support release last weak (I think the SDK name being broader than Googlecast means there will be much more to come in the feature).
Though most current Android users are still at version 4.1.32 of the Google Play Services, Google is rolling out a 4.2.39 version to enable that SDK. After it has rolled out to enough devices, then the Play Services library version 15 part of the SDK will be released for Android as well (which will complement the existing support for the iOS and Chrome platforms).
The odd thing: it looks like *some* developers already have this SDK, as AllCast already has been updated and it does not work with Google Play Services 4.1.32, but it does work with Google Play Services version 4.2.39. Below I show you how I tested this, and how to manually upgrade your Android device to use Google Play Services 4.2.39. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Android, Android Devices, Chrome, Chromecast, Development, Google, iOS Development, Mobile Development, Nexus 4, Power User, Software Development | 1 Comment »
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