I’m documenting here my first successful crack at adding a google map to an android application. Below are the steps I followed, with prerequisite steps of having the Android SDK and Eclipse installed, and being all set up for Android development (documented here). Created a new Android project Navigated to Help->Install New Software in Eclispe….
So, here’s another one filed in the “hope this saves someone some grief” category. I was cruising along with my home automation ‘droid app, setting my layouts and wiring up my button click handlers, when all of a sudden, I was getting weird build errors about. I couldn’t run or even build. When I tried…
I’ve been a little lax in documenting my experience as a neophyte Android developer, and for that I apologize. Tonight, I have a quick entry that will hopefully save you some time. I’m working on an open source home automation server. I’ve had a prototype functional for a couple of years now that runs as…
Recognizing and Understanding My Irritability I’ve been dabbling off and on in Android development lately. For a long time, I used Eclipse on a regular basis and got to know the ins and outs of it quite well, but as a look at my tag cluster will tell you, Visual Studio has been my main…
I posted some time back about developing for Android and getting set up with the Android SDK, the Eclipse plugin, and all that. For the last six months, I haven’t really had time to get back to that. But now I’m starting to delve into Android development in earnest, so this (and potentially other upcoming…
