Thanks to Kevin Darty (@kdarty) and Andy May (@MantaMay) for their ideas relating to this article. There's no doubt about it: Smartphones based on the Android OS are hot. Currently, they're generating ...

Android applications use a range of standard platform resources for designing and programming user interfaces. Android applications use classes in the Java language to implement various aspects of ...

As a .NET developer getting up to speed with the Android platform, some things will feel pretty familiar. The XML used to define layouts won't throw off a developer familiar with other markup-based ...

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AnyPresence now enables users to quickly assemble a mobile app using common user interface patterns and widgets, driven by data from backend services, and generates pure native iOS and Android code ...

Every mobile app has some form of user interface (UI), and in Android user interfaces are created using Views. If you’re just getting started with Android development, then it makes sense to ...

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In Part 1 of this beginner’s introduction to Android Studio, you set up Android Studio in your development environment and got to know the user interface. Now, in Part 2, you’ll code your first app.