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A short insight on how to get started with developing for the new Blackberry 10, using dynamically created controls.

by Radu Motisan | May 19th, 2013 | Tags: BlackBerry, development | Category: BlackBerry, Software | Leave a comment

Find the default orientation on Android devices, and intercept orientation changes even for activities locked in portrait or landscape mode.

by Radu Motisan | July 24th, 2012 | Tags: Android, development, getRotation, orientation, Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION | Category: Android, Software | Leave a comment

A tutorial with code that presents an easy way to show a splash screen in your Blackberry application. Show the first Splash-Screen, wait a few miliseconds, than load the rest of your application.

by Radu Motisan | January 12th, 2012 | Tags: BlackBerry, development, resize bitmap, splash screen | Category: BlackBerry, Software | Leave a comment

An updated article on some very basic first steps with Blackberry programming. Tools, sample app, and how to get it running.

by Radu Motisan | January 11th, 2012 | Tags: BlackBerry, development | Category: BlackBerry, Software | Comments (1)

The Android Contacts tutorial part 5, here I show a robust solution for selecting a contact from a list. A filter/search mechanism is also implemented using the SimpleCursorAdapter.

by Radu Motisan | March 19th, 2011 | Tags: Android, Contacts, development, Filter, FilterQueryProvider, ManagedQuery, SimpleCursorAdapter | Category: Android, Software | Comments (15)

Part 2 of the Android Contacts tutorial, showing how to add a custom column to a contact, and how to use that to identify a newly added contact and read its LOOKUPKEY.

by Radu Motisan | March 19th, 2011 | Tags: Android, contacts api, ContactsContract, ContentProviderOperation, custom column, development, LOOKUPKEY, new contact, sql | Category: Android, Software | Comments (3)

Part 1 of a tutorial on working with Android Contacts: add a new contact programatically, including name, email, company, phone but also a thumbnail contact image .

by Radu Motisan | March 19th, 2011 | Tags: Android, contacts api, ContactsContract, ContentProviderOperation, development, new contact | Category: Android, Software | Comments (4)

Create a dynamic (no XML) listview with header with all the bells and whistles. Learn how to use the item position to change its background and content for a complex result.

by Radu Motisan | February 1st, 2011 | Tags: adapter, Android, complex, control, custom, development, dynamic, header, header listview, listview, onclick | Category: Android, Software | Comments (5)

Get started with Android Java development – a tutorial with detailed steps and lots of pictures to help you make your first android application. Use Eclipse and the Android SDK.

by Radu Motisan | February 1st, 2011 | Tags: Android, c, development, eclipse, G1, htc desire, HTC Leo, java | Category: Android, Software | Comments (2)

A tutorial on how to build a custom adapter for an Android Listview control, and how to catch the onClick event correctly.
Includes source code.

by Radu Motisan | August 28th, 2010 | Tags: adapter, Android, control, custom, development, dynamic, listview, onclick | Category: Android, Software | Comments (50)

See how to fix Grub Error 17 on Ubuntu.

by Radu Motisan | February 28th, 2010 | Tags: development, error 17, grub, Linux | Category: Linux, Software | Leave a comment

Learn to create a tab control on Android, without the XML layout. Add an image to the tab control in a few easy steps.

by Radu Motisan | January 26th, 2010 | Tags: Android, control, custom, development, dynamic | Category: Android, Software | Comments (56)

When using CreateProcess win32 API make sure the lpCommandLine is not a constant or your application can crash.

by Radu Motisan | October 20th, 2009 | Tags: CreateProcess, development, GetExitCodeProcess, win32 api | Category: Research, Software, Windows | Leave a comment

This article shows a few basic things:
- How to connect your iPhone to your desktop PC and how to update the iPhone firmware
- How to downgrade the iPhone 3G from 3.1 to 3.0
- How to activate the iPhone 3G 3.0 (jailbreak)
- View iPhone filesystem in total commander
- Do screen captures of your iPhone 3G

by Radu Motisan | September 13th, 2009 | Tags: 3G, development, iPhone | Category: iPhone, Software | Comments (5)

Disable the “No SIM card.” annoying Android message.

by Radu Motisan | September 9th, 2009 | Tags: Android, development | Category: Android, Software | Comments (1)

See how to get more Bluetooth functionality on your Android device then the interface offers you. Discover nearby bluetooth devices, and see what interaction options you’ve got.

by Radu Motisan | June 15th, 2009 | Tags: Android, bluetooth, development | Category: Android, Software | Comments (8)

List of HCI commands.

by Radu Motisan | June 15th, 2009 | Tags: bluetooth, development | Category: Software | Comments (14)

Hunting down some connectivity issues with the ADB command from the Android SDK.

by Radu Motisan | June 2nd, 2009 | Tags: adb, Android, development | Category: Android, Software | Comments (39)

Hot news: You can change the android partitions to Read-Write so you can upload new file versions (eg. permissions.xml) .

by Radu Motisan | May 14th, 2009 | Tags: Android, development, exploit | Category: Android, Security, Software | Comments (23)

Learn how to handle drawing on the Symbian platform. A step by step guide on how to draw images and polygonal shapes.

by Meda | May 13th, 2009 | Tags: development, nokia, Symbian | Category: Software, Symbian | Leave a comment

Make the first HelloWorld application for Symbian

by Meda | May 12th, 2009 | Tags: development, nokia, Symbian | Category: Software, Symbian | Comments (4)

An useful post on how to use gcc and the android toolchain to produce native C applications for the google android.

by Radu Motisan | May 12th, 2009 | Tags: Android, c, development, G1 | Category: Android, Research, Software, Windows Mobile | Comments (78)

Get started with Android Java development – a tutorial with detailed steps and lots of pictures to help you make your first android application.

by Radu Motisan | May 12th, 2009 | Tags: Android, development, java | Category: Android, Software | Comments (3)

A tutorial on how to unlock your Android G1, how to upgrade the ROM version and how to get Root on your embedded linux box.

by Radu Motisan | May 6th, 2009 | Tags: Android, development, exploit, rom upgrade | Category: Android, Software | Leave a comment

Learn:
- how to connect the Android to your Windows PC
- how to take screen captures from your Android
- how to install new software on your mobile device

by Radu Motisan | May 6th, 2009 | Tags: Android, development, G1 | Category: Android, Software | Comments (3)