Tutorials & Examples

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Running your apk as an extension on Google Chrome

I have just found this out and its such a marvel to share. These are the steps for a MS-Windows install

Step 1
  1. Download the ARChon runtime from...
 

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Rapid Debugger

Basic4android v3.0 includes a new debugger named rapid debugger.

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The rapid debugger is a very sophisticated debugger with...
 
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DialogView: A complete walk-through guide

Introduction

Since we discovered b4a I looked for a flexible and developer friendly dialog library with an extensive and versatile object model. Unfortunately I could not find...
 
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BetterSlidingPanels - Nice sliding panels with page indicator

Based on Erels SlidingPanels example I created another version which is a bit more "touch friendly".

My changes:

  • Move panels while touching the screen and moving your finger...
 

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Showing Google turn by turn

Hi,

Below some sample code to show directly Turn by Turn navigation instead of map:

Sub ShowNavigation (Latitude As String,Longitude As String)
'google place, just show map
Dim...
 

.Net FileTransfer - Implement AsyncStreams Prefix mode

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Android 5.0 Information and Resource Thread

Android 5.0 Lollipop is a pretty big update hence the major version number upgrade.
I wanted to make a thread to combine Android 5 SDK related resources since it is such a big update.
At the...
 
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Android 4.2+: ADB using USB & Developer Options

I recently ran into some issues after an update to my Galaxy S3 and after seeing a related post, I decided to write this quick tutorial. I didn't see information on this elsewhere in the forum...
 

[video] Common mistakes

A video demonstrating several common programming mistakes:


 
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Arduino ADK Coda

Introduction

This final tutorial has some explanatory comments about the two programs running on the Arduino and the Android device. Those programs should be largely self-explanatory as...
 
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[Wish] Code folding

It would be very handy if we could fold up our code on If Then statements.

Thanks...
 

Graphical Life Cycle of a B4A Activity

Hi all...

I'm posting this in the hopes that it'll help anyone programming with B4A to understand the life cycle of an activity. I struggled with this a bit, and the graphical representation...
 
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Local High Score Leaderboard

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Different examples with 2 layouts

As an answer to the thread Forms alike, I thought that the examples below would be of general interest.

Attached there are 4 examples with two same layouts but with different managements...
 

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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...
 
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