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Nine patch images tutorial

Android supports a special format of PNG images that can be resized by replicating specific parts of the image.
This images also include padding information.
These images are named nine-patch...
 

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Tip: Distributing your app on iis web server

After hours of research i was able to create a download link for my app on a windows server. here are the instructions for doing so.

under iis create a mime type by right clicking on your...
 
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OAuth Facebook Feeds

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WebView Tutorial

WebView tutorial

I wanted an easy way to provide in-app documentation such as help screens etc.

I was thinking of going with the CustomListView and then trying to colour some of the lines of...
 

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Arduino ADk Consummation

Introduction

The big day has dawned at last. We are now going to connect our Arduino to our Android device and get the two to talk to each other and to their own IDE on the PC...
 

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Googlemaps V3 In A Webview

Hi Everyone,

Until the mapview becomes available, I have managed to "squeeze" the googlemaps V3 JS API into a webview for an app I am working on :sign0060:

The benefit of the JS map over a...
 

Is possible Start Activity in a Panel?

I have many layouts split by a scroll view, and on any layout i have a lot functions. Is possible divide any of this in more activity starts on panel on scroll view? Thanks
 

JQMobile.Show

Sharing the goodness. An attempt to have JQuery Mobile controls inside a webview running inside B4A.

Check this post...
 

Open the browser with a specific web page

Opening the browser is very simple.
First you need to add a reference to the Phone library.
Then:
B4X:
    Dim p As PhoneIntents
    StartActivity(p.OpenBrowser("http://www.b4x.com"))
...
 

[TUTORIAL] Post to Facebook Wall via B4A app.

The attached project shows how to use the device's camera to snap a picture and upload it to your Facebook wall.

This sample is based on the code written by the one and only vb1992 found...
 

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Galaxy S4 AVD Emulator Settings

Setting up a new AVD (Android Virtual Device) for a Samsung Galaxy S4 proved to be a bit hit and miss so I am posting the settings that I used to get one working on Windows 7 64 bit.

The AVD uses...
 

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Create a REST API in php the easy way

There are numerous cases where you need to access data for your app and you need the simplest and fastest way of acquiring them. In those cases you definitely have to create an API which can be a...
 
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URI content://media ... to real file

Hello
I created an application that manages about audio files, video and other files. I have used several things, including ContentChooser. ContentChooser returns files like "content://...
 
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Download list of images with HttpUtils2 and CustomListView

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SQLiteDB

Below you find an application with a SQLite database and a ScrollView based table.
What the program can do:
- Read a database, 'Load' button.
- Edit, modify or delete date sets (single- or...
 

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Adding an animated gif to your app

Ya can do it like this.

Add a webview to your design, lets call it WebView1

make a file initially called whatever, banner1.txt in the Files folder of your project open it in notepad and write...
 
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Windows 8 B4x File Change Tracking

Sometimes it is necessary to restore a previous version of your b4x projects/Project
you have made multiple changes but can not remember what was changed and you have to go back to a working...
 

google map what intent

Hi all, how can from button, show map location on google ? (without webview)

thanks
 

Use localhost server

Action List module - Creating a custom view

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