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Android global variables

Android global variables

fangol@sxc.hu

Sometimes we need to define global variables accesible from inside our android application to hold some shared values.
Simplest way to implement this is to subclass Android.app.Application class and define static variables that will hold our data. Read more

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Android – creating simple service

Android –  creating simple service

When you look at my posts on this blog, you will, besides few posts about WordPress and Zend find most articles about Symfony2 development.
Well, now things are about to change slightly. Read more

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Android Magento mobile boilerplate

Android Magento mobile boilerplate

Recently I realized that there are many questions regarding my “Develop your own Magento mobile application” article, and many new articles need to be written to answer them all properly and to guide you further through developing this kind of an application.

That is why I would like to present you an Android application, developed for the purpose of utilizing Magento’s XMLConnect and exploring possible modularity of the future application – mainly only a concept.
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Develop your own Magento mobile application

Develop your own Magento mobile application

Hi everybody.

Do you want to develop your own Magento mobile application?

Great! I’ll give you some pointers on how to get a grasp on Magento’s XMLConnect, an extension that serves Magento Mobile application.
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PHP to (Java) Android – Array vs HashMap

One of the coolest and most powerful things in PHP are arrays. Why? Simply put, you can place almost anything in them. Recently I was playing with the JSON API calling various API methods and passing parameters. For a moment I got stuck on a pretty simple step, arrays. Read more

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Debugging Web Service API communication in Android

Proper and fast debugging is a key to any application development. Unlike my great experience with PHP where I usually debug whatever I need in a breeze, I found my self against the wall when working with Android and web service API calls. Problem is simple, you cannot that easily dump entire $_SESSION array like in PHP and see it’s content. Surely there are other ways as Java language has full set of it’s own debugging ways. Read more

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PHP to Android – Simulate the $_SESSION behavior

Poking around Google Android is really fun. I really like the platform, although I’m not that big of a Java fan. Anyhow, as a web developer my mind set is sometimes wired to certain architectural views of web development vs. android development. One of those things is concept of sessions. In Android development your app is not stateless like you would have in standard web development so there is no real need for “sessions”. However Read more

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WordPress for Android

WordPress for Android

There I was yesterday, sitting at the caffe bar, waiting for friends to arrive. Newspaper news were boring since the topics were all about standard politics. During these times I often check latest comments on this blog and moderate (approve or spam) them. Logging to the administration via my HTC desire was a pain and clicking on that tiny “Approve” link is even more painful. I was thinking that native Android App would be of great help.
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REST API with HTTP Authentication – Android & Beanstalk example

REST API with HTTP Authentication – Android & Beanstalk example

Hello everyone. For the last few months I have had a lot of work on my hands, thus ignoring my Android development skills. Lately however, seems like my appetite for mobile apps development is back. Or is it just my way of escaping the everyday struggle with large Magento database and sea of custom code. Anyhow, Android platform is a great exhaust valve for me. Read more

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Simple Android JSON parsing example with output into ListActivity

One of my planned projects in the upcoming 2011 is the Magento – Android application. I already did a fair part on the Android side, plus I started the Magento Mapy extension few weeks ago. Due to my recent one month vacation I was “off the grid” when it comes to my free time work so all my stuff were in a “pause mode”.

Besides my playing around with Android and XML-RPC, here is a simple JSON parsing example that might get you started with more serious things. Read more

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