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How to retrieve an Unique ID to identify Android devices ?
Some developers can need an Unique ID to identify Android devices. Use cases where developers need this Unique ID are multiples. For example, when you want to : identify an Android user to store games scores on a server track apps installation generate DRM for copy protection. Several solutions exist but none is perfect. In this tutorial, we’re going to…
Follow Euro Football 2016 in France on Android !
Euro Football 2016 in France will start tomorrow. During one month, all the Football's fans are going to follow the most important competition by teams in Europe. Who will succeed to Spain ? Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and France are amongst the main favorites in a very open tournament. As a Football's fans, you would like to follow the Euro…
Make the most of your Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge’s USB Connector
When you will open the box of your new Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge, you will find several accessories. Amongst these accessories, Samsung has now added a new On-The-Go Adapter. This item is more than a typical USB Connector. It offers you a lot of new possibilities : 1. Fast Battery Boost The On-The-Go Adapter allows you to charge…
Tap as fast as you can and try to be the best on Tap Me ! for Android
Years after years, smartphones and tablets become always more powerful and impressive. Consequently, games for smartphones and tablets become more powerful and can benefit of improved performances. However, casual games with simple and smart concepts have always a place in the heart of the mobile's owners. They are a great way to pass the time without be too engaged in…
Jury rules in Google’s favor over Oracle : Android makes “fair use” of Java APIs
At the end of a two-week trial, a federal jury concluded that Android, the Google’s Mobile Operating System, makes "fair use" of Java APIs. Android doesn’t infringe Oracle-owned copyrights. Indeed, the Google’s re-implementation of 37 Java APIs is protected by "fair use" doctrine. After three days of deliberations, the jury unanimously answered "yes" in Google’s favor to the following question…
Implement a Navigation Drawer with a Toolbar on Android
Navigation drawer is a great UI pattern recommended by Google when you design your Android application. Introduced with Android Lollipop, the Toolbar widget is a flexible way to customize easily the action bar. In this tutorial, you’re going to learn how to implement a navigation drawer with a toolbar on Android. 1. Get Material Colors First, you need to get…
Discover Top 10 of new useful features of Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
Unveiled during Mobile World Congress in February 2016, Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge are already big hits for Samsung. These new flagships are powerful and have a lot of new exciting features that users will enjoy. Here, we offer you the Top 10 of new useful features of these devices : 1. Display Scaling Display Scaling is a…
Discover OkHttp, a powerful HTTP & HTTP/2 client for Android applications
Created by Square, OkHttp is an open source project designed to be an efficient HTTP and HTTP/2 client. It lets you to make fast requests and save bandwith. It offers some great features out of the box like to share a socket for all HTTP/2 requests to the same host, a connection pooling mechanism when HTTP/2 is not available, transparent…
Make fast cryptographic operations on Android with Conceal
By default, Android offers to developers some Java APIs to implement some cryptographic operations on Android. These APIs are great but not always easy to use and not really adapted to mobile environment with constraints. To solve this problem, Facebook has created a dedicated library named Conceal that provides a set of Java APIs to perform fast cryptographic operations on…
Accessing to the Java 8 language features with Android N
Google has unveiled developer preview of Android N last month with a new exciting developer program. Official release is planned for Q3 2016. Amongst the new features of Android N, the support of several Java 8 language features is a great addition for developers. Supported features include : Lambda expressions Default and static interface methods Repeatable annotations Method References Additionally,…