Articles & Tutorials

This tutorial goes over creating a basic media app for AndroidTV.

The first part of the tutorial focuses on setting up Gradle on your system.

The second part of the tutorial looks at how you can use Gradle to compile/build/test your Java projects.

The third part of the tutorial looks at a common scenario where you will have multiple Java projects that could be dependent on each other.

Live templates let you insert frequently-used or custom code constructs into your source code file quickly, efficiently, and accurately. They contain predefined code fragments. Dmytro Danylyk shows you how to create them.

Here's a good presentation that's an introduction to writing your first Android Wear app.

An article on using Otto bus to communicate between Activities and Fragments.

Mark Allison takes look at a new Android L feature: Ripples.

An article about how the UI Excerciser Monkey util can occasionally start the music player or generate screenshots on devices and emulators.

This post covers: Properly importing an AOSP repository into your source control, better ways to build modules and deploy to the device, and writing scripts for faster development process.

The source code for the 2014 version of the Google I/O app is now available.

Design

In December 2013, Oppoloo created a user experience for the Berliner Philharmoniker Gunther Beyer describes the design process for the mobile app.

Paresh Mayani talks about wireframe/mockup design which is actually a phase before actually starting app development.

Cyril Mottier made my a device frame PSD and would like to share it with you so that you can use it in your presentations or simply when promoting your Android Wear app.

Jobs

At Venmo, we build products that make payments easy. We view engineering as a craft, and want our software to be as elegant as the end user experience. We're looking for Android engineers to help make our app become the easiest way to pay anyone, anywhere, at any time.

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Lead Android Developer - In this role you will lead the development of our Android app working alongside our team of world-class developers. The app is highly interactive with an innovative visual style, and is a core component of our vision to create the world’s opinion network.

We're looking for Android developers to help us get a very "real world" problem for the international agricultural industry solved once and for all. This is a rare opportunity to join a top-notch team with a proven plan at the earliest stages. (kevin@onfarminnovations.com)

Libraries & Code

This is an unofficial SDK for the Punch Through Design Beann (an Arduino-based BLE device). The library allows for communication with the bean and control its various functions.

Adapter Kit is a set of useful adapters for Android. The kit currently includes: Instant Adapter, Instant Cursor Adapter, Simple Section Adapter, Circular List Adapter

Tools

Google just released Android Studio 0.8.4 to the canary channel. In addition to a number of bug fixes, this version contains the new Android project view which offers a flattened and reorganized view of the Gradle project structure.

Here's a shell script for counting methods in Android Dex file.