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Create a NFC Reader Application for Android
NFC (Near Field Communication) is an international standard for contact less exchange of data in very small range with a maximum distance of 10 centimeters between 2 devices. The specifications of NFC are made by the NFC Forum, a consortium of 170 companies and members including Mastercard, Nokia, Samsung or still Samsung. The Android SDK offers a support to read…
Building A Backlink Checker In Java
SEO is essential when you want to give your website visibility on the Internet. Indeed, most visits to websites are derived from search engines. I use the plural here but in reality, it would be more like a single search engine. You all know this search engine: it’s Google. Google thus has more than 90% of the online search market…
Develop a Password Strength Calculator Application for Android
Security has become a major IT challenge. At the heart of this security is the need to force application users to define truly secure passwords. Within an Android application, you may have to offer your users the creation of an account with a login/password. To ensure that they define a sufficiently secure password, I suggest you discover how to develop…
Create a Bitcoin Price Index Watcher in HTML5
Everyone is talking about Bitcoin. The Bitcoin madness and the Blockchain revolution seem to be taking over the world. So, why not learning how to consume REST Web Services in HTML5 by creating a Bitcoin Price Index Watcher? In that tutorial, you are going to learn how to make AJAX requests in HTML5 by consuming a Web Service provided by…
Creating a Rock Paper Scissors Game in Java with a Markov Chain for the AI
Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock Game is an extended version of the classical Rock Paper Scissors game first mentioned in the Season 2 of “Big Bang Theory” by Sheldon Cooper. As Sheldon Cooper explains, the rules of RPSLS are the following : “Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard,…
Build a Binary Converter Android App with Kotlin
A Binary Converter lets users to convert ASCII texts to Binary format. Even better, the inverse operation is also possible : converting a Binary content in equivalent ASCII text. In that tutorial, you are going to build a Binary Converter Android App with Kotlin. Note that you can also watch this tutorial in video on YouTube too: Creating the User Interface…
Develop a Chuck Norris Facts Android App with Kotlin
Chuck Norris Facts is an Internet phenomenon with joke “facts” about martial artist and actor Chuck Norris. The “facts” are jokes about Norris’ toughness, attitude, virility, “alpha-male status”, and masculinity. In that tutorial, you are going to build your own Chuck Norris Facts Android Application with Kotlin. Android Studio is the IDE used in this tutorial. It is a good…
Parsing XML data in Android Apps
JSON is become a very widespread format for the Web Services but in some cases, you would have to parse data in the good old XML format. In that tutorial, you are going to learn how to parse a XML file on Android. Note that there are various XML parses available in the Android SDK in standard. Thus, you can…
Develop a Roulette Game for Android
Roulette is a casino game with a wheel having numbers from 0 to 36. You must note that the American style roulette has a double zero. So, it has 38 sectors on the wheel. But, in that tutorial, we are going to create a French / European style Roulette Game. In the Roulette Game, players may choose to place bets…
Java vs Python: Which Programming Language Should an Android App Developer Use?
From start to finish, developing a mobile app on Android requires an immense amount of planning, work and testing. But in order to learn how to create an Android app, you’ll first need to learn a compatible programming language to script your app with. Currently, two of the most preferred languages for Android app development are Java and Python. These…