Monthly Archives: September 2011
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Android’s HTTP Clients
[This post is by Jesse Wilson from the Dalvik team. —Tim Bray]Most network-connected Android apps will use HTTP to send and receive data. Android includes two HTTP clients: HttpURLConnection and Apache HTTP Client. Both support HTTPS, streaming uploa…
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Euro Android Developer Labs
This series started last month, and now registration is open for the European leg:Berlin — September 28 and 29.London — October 3 and 5.Paris — October 27 and 28.Remember, this ADL series isn’t another …
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Preparing for Handsets
[This post is by Scott Main, lead tech writer for developer.android.com. — Tim Bray]Early this year, Honeycomb (Android 3.0) launched for tablets. Although Honeycomb remains tablets-only, the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) relea…
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Thinking Like a Web Designer
[This post is by Roman Nurik, who is passionate about icons, with input from me and a bunch of the Framework engineers. —Tim Bray]The number of people working on mobile apps, and specifically Android, is growing fast. Since modern mobile software-dev…
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More Carrier Billing Options on Android Market
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]
Over the past year, we’ve seen very strong growth in the number of Android users around the world. To make it easier for those users to purchase their favorite apps and game…