Creating open source apps for Android led me to become intimately familiar with GitHub and the GitHub issue tracker system. However, today I had the opportunity to try out Savannah’s […]
MechDome reaches out to open source app developers
MechDome, the new way to convert your Android application into an iOS app. While still somewhat in development, MechDome has been making great strides in the field of app converters. […]
Setting up libGDX for Android Studio on Ubuntu
Every one else is probably brighter than me. However, after reading the instructions over and over again, and then attempting to follow them, it just wasn’t working. All I wanted […]
Sometimes the screen is just too small….
Recently I updated my Ships, Captain, and Crew game, because of a comment from a friend. They wanted to know where to find the instructions on how to play the […]
WebViews for dummies like me.
In my Android Developer Course, the instructor showed us how to create webviews and dataviews. I wanted to take that one step farther, so I made this app, which can […]
Using your Open Weather Map API key
If you are reading this, you are probably trying to figure out how to use your api key from openweathermap.org. If you are reading this and don’t know what that […]
Downloading internet content and apps about the worlds richest celebrities
In the continuing saga of my Android Developer Course with Rob Percival, I needed to make an app that would show a picture of a famous celebrity, and give the […]
Countdown or Runnable and Handler, what’s the difference?
Today in class, we learned about different types of timers. Specifically, we learned the difference between a countdown timer, and a runnable and handler. Here’s the app that I put […]
Rocky and Bullwinkle cross-fade app!
In my continued determination to complete the Android Developer course, I have been given yet another challenge by my instructor, which is to have two images, where one faded out, […]
Scann3d, making 3d models with your cell phone camera!
I am not an artist. Nor am I a 3d modeler. I tried using Blender and other 3d modeling programs, but it just isn’t something that I have a knack […]