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StateListDrawable example

StateListDrawable is a drawable objects that holds other drawables. Based on the view's current state a child drawable is selected.
StateListDrawable holds a list of states. States can be...
 

Create online theme

Hi,
I found a site that create style and theme for your app.
You can select color and views and android sdk and other
It return res folder for you that can use in your app.
For use theme in your...
 

Comparison Operators in Select Case

Just a small request for the wishlist. It would be nice to be able to use Select Case using the 'greater than' and 'less than' operators <>. It makes for cleaner code than 'if' 'else' and 'end if'...
 

For beginners: How to communicate with a server using httputils2 (Part 3: php, MySql & JSON)

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Begin with the B4A Trial version

The B4A Trial Version allows to get a good impression of the possibilities of B4A.

The trial version is limited to 30 days.

Following steps are needed to use the trial version.

Two solutions...
 

keystore alias password

What is the keystore alias password? I know that alias is b4a but how about the password?
 

List with two columns and a checkbox

Hello,

I have a TabHost which holds 4 tabs.
I want to have a list with two columns and a checkbox for each line in the list on the forth tab of the TabHost.

How can I do it? In case it's...
 

MySQL: Load Excel Sheets (or other data) via .csv

How to change the XML element in file and save it, using XOM library

I learned to read XML file, thank you all! Now I need to learn how to change XML elements and save it. file. For example is XML file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<group>...
 

Currency Converter - Http web services and more

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[Root] Using ADB over WIFI : B4A Bridge alternative

Hello all ,

Main advantage for this method over B4a Bridge is that it fixed issue I faced after updating my Huawei Honor 6 to Android 5.1.1 and B4A IDE stopped getting logs from Bridge .After...
 

One App - Two Activities (or more) - Two launcher icons

For my latest wear app i needed two different launcher icons, each one starting one different activity of the same app. It's really easy to accomplish, it only needs to edit the manifest file...
 

Android Compatibility Definition Guide in pdf

Really don't know where to post this. Thought this may be a good place.

Anyway, I found this Android Compatibility Definition Guide in pdf-format which could be handy. Of course, you can find...
 

Service Modules

This is an old tutorial. Most of the information here is no longer correct.



Basic4android v1.2 adds support for Service modules.
Service modules play an important role in...
 
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Creating a Wear device avd / emulator

So, Google released the new Android Wear platform and obviously we all want to try it out. I have been very lucky and have managed to get my hands on a real device. A Samsung Gear Live to be...
 
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Noobs Guide to Using AppCompat

I found myself increasingly frustrated by my attempts to use the all the amazing AppCompat libraries and tutorials only to end up with reams of Java errors.
So to help those who might have/be...
 
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LayoutView: Automatic translation of layout views

Introduction

Internationalizing your app is nowadays the #1 task. Localized content if always preferred. LayoutView makes translating your layout views automatic and...
 
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Designer Scripts Tutorial

Background

One of the most common issues that Android developers face is the need to adopt the user interface to devices with different screen sizes.
As described in the visual designer...
 
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MySQL: Backup/Recover Databases

So you have some nice MySQL databases but what about backups? Copying the db files is a very bad idea and will lead into corruption. Here's a small script (copy it to a Windows batch file =...
 

B4A Book – Paperback and Free ebook Upgrade Available

A new edition of B4A by Wyken Seagrave has just been released. It covers Version 5.02 and has many improvements over the previous edition.

It is available in 3 electronic versions: PDF, MOBI (for...
 
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