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Boost your productivity on Android Studio with Live Templates
As an Android developer, you are used to write very often same kind of code on your project. Here, we don’t talk of the creation of reusable code to avoid rewrite same code between several projects. Here, we talk about simple lines of code that are written all the time. Let’s take a well known sample. You want to display…
Learn to root the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge in just 10 steps
As an Android enthusiast, may be you want to take full control to your Samsung Galaxy S7 or your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. How to achieve that ? By rooting your device obviously. But, be warn that rooting your Android device is at your own risks ! That being said, you can already root the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7…
Learn to make faces recognition programmatically in Android
For Android applications that offer to users possibilities to manage photos or images, it can be very useful to add a faces recognition feature. To achieve that, you have basically two options : first is to find a faces detection algorithm and to implement it. It can be a very good exercise but when you make Android applications, you wanna…
Be inspired and motivated on Android with My Quotes Book !
Smartphones and tablets let us to make a lot of common tasks each day. We use them to read news, know weather and forecasts, have fun with games or take photos. But, do you know that you can also use your Android device to be inspired and motivated daily ? Indeed, My Quotes Book, a free application, helps you to…
How to get Battery Information programmatically in Android ?
Android OS lets to developers to get a lot of data about features of a device. Amongst these data, it’s possible to get Battery Information for exemple. An application like CPU Hardware and System Info is able to give you following information about your Battery : Present or No Health Level Plugged Charging Status Technology Temperature Voltage Capacity You can…
Transform your Android smartphone into a Real Xylophone !
Since its apparition, smartphones are become essential in the life of users. Smartphones and even tablets let users to make a lot of tasks each day. Users are really addict. Amongst the large number of use cases possibles for smartphones and tablets, entertainment and games take a big part. Thus, it's now possible to use his smartphone or his tablet to…
6 tips for developers to save battery usage in Android applications
Smartphones and tablets become more powerful each year but unfortunately, batteries don’t evolve at the same speed. Save battery usage in an Android application is essential for your users. Here, we offer to developers 6 tips to save battery usage when they make Android applications : Avoid using wake locks if your application really doesn’t need them. To be sure, go…
Samsung Galaxy S Series history from Galaxy S to S7
Samsung has known a lot of success with its Galaxy S series. After Samsung has unveiled Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge last week during MWC 2016 in Barcelona, we offer you the complete history of Samsung Galaxy S Series from Galaxy S to Galaxy S7. Learn how the South Korea giant become so influential and the market leader in…
Samsung Galaxy S7 versus LG G5 : let’s compare 2016 flagships !
After long weeks of waiting, the most waited 2016 Android flagships have been unveiled over the weekend at MWC 2016. Both are plenty of awesome technologies all around and bring some notable difference with 2015 leading smartphones. Samsung has chosen to fix some issues on its Galaxy S6 bringing refinements to a proven design with a slogan that could be…
ZTE announces Blade V7 and V7 Lite at MWC 2016
Obviously, the LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 were the most anticipated phones to be announced during Mobile World Congress 2016. But, other OEMs are there and announce new smartphones for 2016. Amongst these OEMs, ZTE hasn’t announced a flagship class product but rather new smartphones targeting mid-range : the Blade V7 and V7 Lite. These new smartphones are mass-markets…