Tutorials & Examples

I wasn't sure were to put this, its simply a dev tool I built to view all the available drawables, as defined at http://androiddrawables.com/.

I built this small tool for myself, but...

 

Many users who start to develop Android applications may be frustrated by the fact that they don't find the control they are looking for. Its even worse, for some mysterious reason there are no...

 

Hi, I'm Eric. I am still fairly new to Basic4Android, but have dabbled off and on in programming for the last 20 years. I started programming with GWBasic back when I was about 11. It took me...

 

The Basic4Android IDE contains a mysterious tab entitled "Logcat" in the right hand pane.

This archive contains a help file that will tell you what a Logcat is and also contains a more...

 

It may happen sometimes that, if your dealing with complex non-integer calculations, your code may not perform exactly the way you want to. I came across this problem when I was trying so create a...

 

What is it?
AutoStarts is an Android based software package for auto starting apps on your phone or tablet at bootup. It was mainly written to support the eHome product. It is fully...

 

Basic4android v2.00 adds support for classes modules.

Classes definition from Wikipedia:

In object-oriented programming, a class is a construct that is used to create instances of...

 

Hey fellow B4Aers, I was wondering if any one has a code snippet for storing highscores in a app. I have been searching and nothing. I just need that first shove and i can take off from there...

 

This tutorial explains how the new conditional compilation feature can be used to change the app icon and the assets files based on the chosen build configuration.
See this tutorial for more...

 

Hi All, this is an little tutorial to implement "App-In consumable purchases"

Sub Process_Globals
    'These global variables will be declared once when the application starts.
    'These...

 

Where in the forum should I look for help on how to send a SMS message or a eMail from a smartphone. I am sure there must be documentation on how but I have not found it.

 

I hope this is the right sub topic to post this under. Didn't think it fitted anywhere else.
(Erel, is there a place for a General sub topic??)

I have recently written a blog post on my...

 

Introduction

A program called adb.exe - Android Debug Bridge - is the key component that is used to communicate between programs on your desktop and the emulator or device. adb can be...

 

Please start with the first part of this tutorial if you haven't read it before.
In this part we will build a "quote of the day" widget...

 

New video tutorial:



Lets start simple:
Each B4A program runs in its own process.
A process has one main thread which is also named the UI thread which lives as long as the...

 

Hi all!

Here is what you need to auto start your app at boot up.
Create a service module and paste in the code below:

#Region  Service Attributes
    #StartAtBoot: True
#End Region

Sub...

 

Hi
The application I'm writing I need switches, but not being an expert I arranged with some simple line of code. The result is good and does its work.
I used an image view and an int variable...

 

Hi
I found a site that create ui(contain many views) and relate with together
I cannot explain complete please visit it
fluidui.com

 

Search is a core feature of Android. You can use a configurable standard search dialog for performing searches in your app. This search dialog can also be used within a Basic4Android App (with...

 

Here are a couple of routines that may come in handy.

The first adds a background to a view which can have a fill color, rounded corners and a border color. This is useful for picking out views...