Android Programming Section Index
Handling Lengthy Operations with Android App Widgets
| Android Programming Article Published 30-Oct-09
Create an Android App Widget for the home screen which relies upon background processing by an Android Service.
Handling User Interaction with Android App Widgets
| Android Programming Article Published 08-Sep-09
Android: A Brief Introduction
| Android Programming Article Published 08-Aug-08
Discover Android, an open source mobile platform being developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance.
Handling Lengthy Operations in Google's Android
| Android Programming Article Published 30-Jul-08
To work on mobile devices, Google's Android must adhere to similar design standards that will produce the desired user experience. Your software always needs to be responsive to the user's interaction. Pick up some tips to avoid blocking the execution of the main thread and update the main view when the results are available from the child threads.
Using the Google Maps API in Android
| Android Programming Article Published 18-Jun-08
Explore key Google Maps APIs that power Android mapping features.
Working with Images in Your Android App Development
| Android Programming Article Published 21-May-08
Google's new mobile platform, Android, has become increasingly popular among developers even without hardware available on the market yet. Discover where to get the right software APIs and documentation as well as what technologies are supported. Then, you will focus on the technologies for images by working through an example.

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Discover how to start developing for the Android platform with this extensive guide, which provides a reference to the Android platform as well as a look at developing your first Android application. You'll explore the top 10 features for developers as well as learn design and development tips that go beyond the phone and target tablet development as well.