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Discover 50 years of “Hello World !” through programming languages
You wanna learn more about the history of the programming languages ? Or may be you just want have fun by discovering 50 years of "Hello World !" through the ages and the programming languages. In all cases, you should enjoy the following video that lets you to discover that : And you ? What is your favorite programming language…
Discover Top 5 new features expected in Java 9
Java 8 has been released in 2014 and can be considered as a major version for Java Platform with introduction of Lambdas and Streams for example. But, one essential feature was missing ! Modular system, aka Jigsaw, has been postponed to Java 9. Originally planned for 2016, Java 9 has been reported to March 2017. It will be 3 years…
Google is thinking to add Swift support on Android ? Don’t forget Kotlin !
Since Swift has been open sourced, it has received a lot of interests from individual developers or giant brands like Google, Facebook or Uber. Now, some sources reported that Google is considering making Swift a « first class » language for Android. Currently, Google’s Android operating system supports Java as its « first class » language but because of litigations with Oracle, Google could…
Android Studio 2.0 is up : build Android apps has never been so easy
After long months of work, Google has just announced that Android Studio comes in stable version. Like you must know, Android Studio is the official IDE recommended for Android Development by Google. It is based on IntelliJ Idea. Android Studio has several advantages like the fact it is made mainly for Android Development and built in coordination with Android platform.…
Speed up your Android device by freeing your RAM and cleaning your cache
Your device is slower day after day ? Your Applications are slowing ? Best solution is to boost your device by freeing your RAM and cleaning cache of your device. RAM Booster & Cache Cleaner offers you all that power with a single touch. Application is freely available for smartphones and tablets on Google Play Store : RAM Booster &…
Customize your Android project structure to fit your needs
Android project structure is usually organized with a main folder containing a java folder and a res folder. The java folder contains all the Java classes file of your project. The res folder contains all resources of your Android project. So, it can make a lot of files with drawables, layouts, values, etc ... When your work on a big…
Discover 11 tips to boost your Android device
Your Android device is probably young for you. Indeed, 2 years old is very young at your eyes but in the smartphone universe, 2 years is very very long time. So, your device has surely a tendency to be slower days after days. Situation is very painful and new updates are not changing the situation for you. So, what to…
Oracle claims $9.3 billion damages from Google for use of Java API in Android
Latest twist in the Oracle / Google battle around Android, Oracle now claims $ billion damages from Google for use of Java API in Android. Oracle sued Google six years ago, claiming that Google needs a license to use Java API in Android that is become the market-leading mobile OS. Crucial question is to know if Google’s use of Java…
New flagship HTC 10 tops competition in AnTuTu 6 benchmark
Amongst Android major handsets of the first half of 2016 that must be announced, HTC 10 is the last. Last but not the least, since apparently first results of AnTuTu benchmark for HTC 10 show that the HTC new flagship tops the competition. Even the Samsung Galaxy S7 is behind the HTC 10 like you can see in the following…
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…