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Here I want to share snippet of code which I found when I tried to get all services which are running in Android.
It is very simple and useful.

public class Main extends Activity {
private static String APP_TAG = “tag”;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

ActivityManager activityManager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
List<ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo> runningServices = activityManager.getRunningServices(50);

for (int i = 0; i < runningServices.size(); . . . → Read More: Showing running services in Android

I want to show how you can get Android SDK version from code.
It is very simple:

String version = Build.VERSION.RELEASE;

This one returns SDK version (2.0.1, 2.0, 1.6).

int apiLevel = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;

This one returns API Level (6, 5, 4).

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I have received some identical questions by e-mail. People ask me how to install non-market application in Android phone.
It is simple, by default Android works only with applications from Android Market, for allowing to install non-market application need to configure Android phone:
Settings->Applications->Unknown sources

That’s all. As you can see it is very easy.
Now I am going . . . → Read More: Installing non-market application in Android phone

Sometimes you need to open browser with specific URI from your application.
For example you want to show application’s page and so on.
This operation is very simple.
You need to use Activity as usual you use it for walking from one activity to other.
In this post I am going to show snippet of code about how you can . . . → Read More: Opening browser with specific URI in Android