Issue #40
October 5th, 2012Articles & Tutorials
Twitter Feed on an App Widget
(blog.blundell-apps.com)
In this tutorial you'll learn how to create a Twitter widget that updates every 30 seconds.
Styling the ActionBar – Part 3
(blog.stylingandroid.com)
Mark Allisons 3rd post about styling the ActionBar. You should check out the past posts if you haven't already.
Test Automation - 10 Lessons Learned
(dary.de)
In this post Dominik Dary gives you 10 (sometimes painful) lessons learned, when doing Test Automation.
Libraries & Code
PhotoView
(github.com)
Chris Banes has released PhotoView, a simple ImageView that support zooming, both by Multi-touch gestures and double-tap.
Disk LRU Cache
(github.com)
Disk LRU Cache, written by Jake Wharton, is a cache that uses a certain amount of space on a filesystem.
Jalousie
(github.com)
Jalousie, a library providing expandable layouts and views for Android.
Design
Android UI/UX Tips #2
(androiduiux.com)
Second blog post by Tayler Ling about UI/UX tips for designing Android apps.
Droidstyle
(droidstyle.aaplab.com)
Droid Style is a little blog dedicated how little design details are done in the Android world.
Screencasts
App of the Week
Verge
(play.google.com)
The Verge app. Nice designed and worth a look.