I'm currently trying to learn how to write custom services and have them start up at boot, all in the Android Source code.
Could anyone point me to the right references (books, online articles, etc) that discuss this specific topic and as well as understanding AOSP/Android operating system in general?
To learn how to write a custom Service you can look at the docs here.
You'll want to learn about Activities and their Lifecycle in the docs here
And you'll want to learn about the Application fundamentals in the docs here
Once you have an idea of how everything works fundamentally, there are tons of tutorials on the internet that will show you how to code specific things. A simple Google search will find you all of that.
Hope this helps!
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i want to code an application which enable file sharing via Bluetooth with android, but i can't find samples which i can base on. Please can someone give me links to some samples.
There is really a lot of info all over the place about this.
A good starting point is always the documentation it also has examples too!
As was mentioned a quick google search should have given you a lot of examples programs but here is one anyways.
I'm porting an app from iOS to Android, I've read a couple of books and am kind of learning as I go along. One thing I'm having trouble with is finding a document, app or website that will show me the different types of widgets available and what they're called. Does anybody know of any resource that does this?
I'm asking specifically because I stumbled on this lovely thing in the Android docs and can't for the life of me find out what the widget is.
That particular widget is the NumberPicker. Most of the widgets are in the android.widget package. You can also look at the User Interface developer guide that has some good information.
Pretty much the title. I'm new in android development. So, I'm interesting about developing rich application, but cannot find a good tutorials. I would be realy appreciated if someone guide me some resources for start.
Maybe there is some open source project where I can find helpful information?
Thank you
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Is there some guide from start to end where explained how to make an application such a twitter app? Or any other kind of complex and start to end described application?
I would recommend starting here. The Google UI guidelines. It explains the different API for creating UI elements and also gets into pros/cons about icons, menus, fonts and so on.
http://developer.android.com/design/index.html
http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/sites/teach.appinventor.mit.edu/files/MIT%20App%20Inventor%20Development%20Overview_0.pdf
http://cs.usfca.edu/~wolber/appinventor/bookSplits/ch4NoTexting.pdf
These are some of the links that i found very useful for complex android app development.
I found lots of books on android which give basic concept on android Example (calling Activity, Intent, service, broadcast receivers etc). But I want to know brief description on all these concept. in os level or in api level how does it work. Also how connection with wifi or 3g works in api level.
I want to know brief understanding on android. Can anyone suggest any tutorial or book to get detail understanding on android.
Thanks
Start with the Android Developer's Guide. http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html
I would recommend to buy a book. For me Professional Android 2 Application Development was really good. But probably now there is better (up to date) alternative.
Anyway I find reading books much easier starter than separate tutorials and articles.
If you want a really detailed view, just look at the source code.
I'm starting in android. I want to add a menu to my application
How can I do it.
Thank you in advance.
The documentation offers a listing of the full features of Menu including ways to get started using them in your applications.
Furthermore, the Android Developers site also has a great guide covering the various uses/styles/etc of Menus in Android.
I would highly encourage you to look at the documentation at the Android Developers site simply because it is well done and gives thorough answers to these types of questions (particularly getting started questions).