Checking Android SDK version

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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Using Sony-Ericsson XPERIA X10 add-on for the Android SDK

Sony-Ericsson published XPERIA X10 addon for Android SDK and I tried to use it in my work. All details you can find here.

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Checking if camera presents in Android device

Today I tried some ideas with camera in Android and found that there is an easy way to check if camera presents in Android device.

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Image rotating in Android

There is an easy way for image rotating in Android from code.

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Image saving to the filesystem in Android

Sometimes after some operations with image you want to save this image to the filesystem. How? Can I use FileOutputStream for this operation? Sure,you can.

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Starting applications after boot up in Android

There are applications which should starts automatically after the Android phone is booted up. I am going to show how to create such application.

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Android Developer Dashboard shares information about deployed Android-powered devices

Today I read latest post from Android Developers Blog. Here I found a new feature.

Device dashboard which provides information about deployed Android-powered devices that is helpful to developers as they build and update their apps.

Details here.

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Image resizing in Android

When you work with images in Android ,you can not only set this image as background image . Android allows a lot of things which you can do with an image object. Here I want to show how easy is to resize an image (Bitmap object) using Matrix class. This practice is very useful.

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Installing non-market application in Android phone

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

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Using XML file resources in Android

In Android application you can use /res/xml XML files. These files are different than other Android resources. They are different from raw files,you don’t use a stream to access them because they are compiled into an efficient binary form when deployed,and they are different from other resources and they can be of any . . . →Read More:Using XML file resources in Android

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