Add Google Play Services to Android Studio project

To add Google Play Services to Android Studio project, make sure Google Play services SDK is installed. Open Project Structure to add ...

Calculate SHA1 checksum using Certutil in Windows 10

Certutil.exe is a command-line program that is installed as part of Certificate Services. You can use Certutil.exe to dump and display c...

Soft and Hard Reset Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Soft Reset If your device is frozen or not responding, try the following to soft reset the device. Data should not be erased when perfor...

An Introduction to Brillo, the OS for IoT

The vision with Brillo is to bring the simplicity and speed of software development to hardware by joining together three things. First,...

Problem of BluetoothChat example

Last year (June 26, 2015) I have a post to show how to "Import Android code sample of BluetoothChat to Android Studio". It work p...

Error:Gradle version 2.10 is required. Current version is 2.4. If using the gradle wrapper, try editing the distributionUrl in ...

After update Android Studio, most probably you will be recommended to update the Android Gradle Plugin: Then, most probably again,  ...

What’s New in Android Studio 2.1

Android Studio 2.1 is required to try out new features and APIs of the Android N developer preview including the new Jack compiler and Java...

Android example: ScaleGestureDetector

android.view.ScaleGestureDetector detects scaling transformation gestures using the supplied MotionEvents. The ScaleGestureDetector.OnS...

Implement ScaleGestureDetector on individual ImageView

Last example show Implementing ScaleGestureDetector on whole activity screen, to set scale of a ImageView. Now we modify to apply ScaleG...

Android and Security

By Hiroshi Lockheimer, VP of Engineering, Android The last year has been a phenomenal one for the Android ecosystem. Device activations g...

Easy way to open photo gallery

Most smartphone or tablet android has a pretty good camera , and Android Jelly Bean makes it easier for users to look back ...

Android is The World’s Most Popular Platform

Already hundreds of millions of people have been using android based phone , because with Android makes your mobil...

Worldwide population outnumbered by mobile devices by 2017

By 2017, the worldwide population will be outnumbered by the amount of mobile devices in use across the globe. The combined total num...

Android Secreet Code

CAUTION: This information is intended for experienced users. It is not intended for users who are unfamiliar or for evil. Please do not tr...

how to disable password on your android phones,

if you want  to remove or disable password on your android device, its simple. just do it : 1. press the "Settings" icon 2. Pre...

Best Android Smartphones in my opinion

Android smartphone is not the only feature of sophistication . But also the toughness of the body . Diverse manufacturers have iss...