Not many of us use android Lint tool to scan the projects for possible performance or best practices tips. Eclipse has the Lint tool included into adt plugin so Eclipse users can take advantages of this. Ok but what about developers that use intellij IDEA or other IDE for android projects? The answer is simple, […]
We’ve already explained how to make an application with a map here. So, now we will try to put markers or pins (or however are they called) on the map, by knowing the Latitude and Longitude, in case you will ever need it and someday you will :) . So lets start: 1. After you
I will start with an example. Let’s assume that we want the user to change the date format of your application. For this you must have a class that extends PreferenceActivity, but first you have to create an XML file like this: 1. Make a directory in res called “xml” 2. In the xml directory
If you want to make a custom title in a class that extends PreferenceActivity you must put requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE); BEFORE super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); Otherwise you will get a Force Close
If you encounter this problem: “CheckBoxPreference is not allowed here” or other preference tag and your xml file is all red is because you create the xml in res/layout and you must create it in res/xml. So you have to make a new directory in res called “xml” and this is where your preferences xml
