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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…
Creating an In-App Keyboard for your Android Apps
Previously, I shown you how to create a System Keyboard for Android with Android Studio. Today, you are going to create an In-App Keyboard for Android Apps. An In-App Keyboard is a custom Keyboard which will be used exclusively within your Android Application. Note that you can also watch this tutorial on YouTube : Creating the layout file for the Keyboard…
Creating a Lock Screen Device App for Android
Android SDK offers to developers a specific API, the Device Administration API, letting their users to lock the device screen directly inside an application. This feature can be interesting for some specific applications. In that tutorial, you are learning to create a Lock Screen Device App for Android using this feature. Note that you can also discover this tutorial in…
Develop a WiFi Scanner for Android
The Android SDK comes with a lot of exciting features for developers. The WiFi API provided with the SDK is really interesting. In that tutorial, you are going to develop a WiFi Scanner Application with Android Studio. You will learn how to scan the WiFi networks around your Android smartphone or tablet. Note that you can discover this tutorial in…