I haven’t seen a lot of tutorials on using SQLite with Android. Sure there are some out there, but not too many real basic ones. Today I’ll create a simple Android project that uses the built-in SQLite capabilities of Android and then use the data inside the SQLite database to populate values for an autocomplete textbox. Some of the AutoComplete code I’ll use from the Google Android Docs located here.
Using SQLite with Android to power an AutoComplete textbox
August 2nd, 2010Using Android’s WebView, WebChromeClient and WebViewClient to load a webpage and display the progress
July 26th, 2010I’ve been working with the Android SDK and Eclipse tools for a while now. The article today won’t be the most fantastic Android application out there but it will show some potential on how you could harness WebView for your own applications.
Getting started using Node.js and Express.js to build a simple website
July 10th, 2010The community around Node.JS never ceases to amaze me how fast it has grown since Node.JS was first introduced not that long ago. I’ve seen many projects take off and one in particular has caught my eye: Express.JS which as their websites states is “High performance, high class web development for Node.js”. Today I’ll show you how to get Express up and running.
Messing around with Node.js and HTTP
July 3rd, 2010I’ve done a few articles/tutorials on using Node.js. Today though I’m going to simply build a simple HTTP server that returns some useful information.
Build an App Engine powered Flash application for the Droid X
July 1st, 2010Well its true I don’t have an Android phone yet. My contract with my current phone is due to run out later this summer at which point I hope to move onto one of the newer Android phones (hopefully with Android 2.2). With that said that doesn’t stop myself or any other developer for building Flash apps for Android 2.2. Today I’ll use App Engine, Adobe Flash CS5, Adobe Device Central, and Eclipse to build a simple application on the Motorola Droid X and show how everything can be made to work together.
Book Review: Amazon SimpleDB Developer Guide
June 27th, 2010Today I’m going to review “Amazon SimpleDB Developer Guide” by Prabhakar Chaganti and Rich Helms.
Flash Player 10.1 – On-demand HTTP Dynamic Streaming (Tutorial)
June 22nd, 2010Well there is a new way to stream video content via Flash 10.1. Prior to the launch of Flash 10.1 you had to use either “RTMP streaming” or “progressive download”. With the launch of 10.1 and using FMS (Flash Media Server) you can now deliver your content with the added bonus of letting the end user skip to any position without waiting (DVR capabilities to a live HTTP stream). A full tutorial can be found here.
A Quick Introduction to the HTML 5 Canvas – Part Two
June 8th, 2010Just over a week ago I wrote an introduction to the HTML 5 Canvas, if you haven’t read that already please do so before working through this article. Today I’m going to show you how to use the canvas to render some simple shapes. I used Google Chrome and didn’t test the code out in any other browser, however, it should work in newer versions of Firefox, Opera and Safari.
A Quick Introduction to the HTML 5 Canvas
June 1st, 2010Lately we hear a lot about HTML 5. Today I’m going to show you how to use the Canvas element and do some simple drawing. Obviously to try this out you need a browser that supports Canvas. I use Chrome but the newer versions of Firefox, Safari, and Opera should provide support and if you use IE you can install Explorer Canvas.
GFS Server has been updated
May 20th, 2010If you use my open source GFS Server you might be interested to know that I have updated the project files to use Netbeans 6.8, Apache Mina 1.1.7, as well as the latest SFL4J and MySQL JDBC Connector. No code has been modified in this update.
You can head over to the Google Code site to check it out as well as see some of the plans I have for the future including updating the examples to use by default the new Flash Pro CS5 and FlashBuilder 4 products.
