Tutorials & Examples

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Material Design 1 - Basics

Note: You should use B4A 6.0 or above for this tutorial.

Android 5.0 (also called "Lollipop") introduced a new design for apps called "Material Design".

With this tutorial series I will...
 

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App to sync photos using FileObserver library

I will thanks to warwound for FileObserver Library.
Also Thanks to all who share knowledge.

This App receive event when a new file (photo) is created al DCIM folder.
Also You can take photos...
 

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Dropbox SDK V2 - Uploading big files to Dropbox

This Tutorial will show you all needed Code to do Uploads to Dropbox.

Requirement for this tutorial: you need to have your App Dropbox-ready (see Tutorial I - Authentification).

Asuming...
 
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[B4X][OOP] Generic Sorter

The Sorter class uses quick sort algorithm to sort a list of objects.

There are exactly three assumptions about the list items:
1. All the items in the list are of the same type (or each item can...
 

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SQL tutorial here

Alternative to B4A Bridge: USB Cable Connection

Step 1: On your mobile device, make sure you have USB Debugging activated.
- Go to "Settings".
- Scroll down to the bottom and tap "About phone" or "About tablet",
- Scroll down to the...
 
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Discovering iBeacon devices with BLE2 library

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This example uses the BLE2 library to continuously scan for BLE devices, looking for iBeacons.
It never connects to any device. It parses the advertising data and calculates...
 

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Perfect Crop + TouchImageView

Hi all i made a simple crop example, later many try and try its here
if this help someone :)

Im using the @warwound lib TouchImageView
many thx to @warwound

this sample have one...
 

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Custom WebSocket Based Push Framework

The online example is currently disabled due to spam :(

Now that both B4A and B4J support WebSockets it is possible to implement a full push framework solution.
The solution is made of two...
 

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DBUtils - Android databases are now simple!

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Automatic adjustment of system date and time through GPS (root only)

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Simple Code Module to implemente a License file using StringFunctions Encrypt

B4X:
Type=StaticCode
Version=6.48
ModulesStructureVersion=1
B4A=true
@EndOfDesignText@
'******************************************************************************************************
'*...
 

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Colourful Indicator

It comes from here. The project displays as an example a colourful battery level indicator. Lib files are in the /files folder of the B4A project. The indicator will only update/redraw when...
 

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SQL tutorial

Update 2018:

New video tutorial:


The source code is available here...
 

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[Example] Creating a sticky service - long running background tasks

Please see the original post:

About sticky service - long running background tasks...
 

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Creating and Packaging a Wear App

This tutorial will show you how to create an app for a Wearable device and how to package it so it auto installs.

What is Android Wear?
For those that do not know, Google has released...
 

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Android Beam Tutorial

Android Beam is a feature introduced in Android 4 that allows one device to transfer a message to another device by placing the devices back to back. The communication is based on NFC.

The main...
 

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How to make games

How to make games

A great idea, but a disappointing result

You woke up one morning with a great idea for a game. You rushed to your phone to convince your best friend to...
 
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Shared Code Modules

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Auto send KeyCodes.KEYCODE_BACK at runtime

Hi,
How to send / trigger the KeyCodes.KEYCODE_BACK at runtime without user clicking it

tks
 
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