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Coroutine-First Android Architecture w/ Rick Busarow
Chicago Kotlin User Group x Android ListenersHosted at GrubHub, July 17Coroutines are the new hot stuff, and right now they’re being added to lots of libraries. But what if you don’t want to use an…Continue
Tags: coroutines, android, kotlin
Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez Jul 20, 2019.
Android Class at Valencia College 3 Replies
We are having an Android App Development class at Valencia starting in August (East campus). It is COP 2660, and has a pre-requisite of COP2800 Java Programming, or permission of instructor. There…Continue
Tags: Education, Programming, Android
Started by Colin Archibald. Last reply by Jackie Gleason Jan 31, 2013.
Java applets on android tablets 1 Reply
Does anyone own one of the android java-based tablets? If you do, how does it compare to an iPad, and does it properly run java applets and applications? Do you need to install everything through a…Continue
Tags: applet, java, neelands, tablet, android
Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Colin Archibald Sep 6, 2011.
Insanely Great Social Hooks and Innovation on this iPhone/Android App
EveryTrail impresses as a well thought out app with GPS, multimedia and social integration. Not only is it well coded and solid, but the marketing is to the point and clear as well. I like how they…Continue
Tags: mobile, objective-c, travel, iphone, gps
Started by Michael Levin Dec 13, 2010.
Gainesville Mobile Programming Group
Would it be an interest in a gainesville Mobile programming group? Idea is to include android, blackberry, iphone, palm, symbian, and anything else I missed.
Started by Mauricio Tavares Oct 27, 2010.
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Comment by Rajil Sajila on September 23, 2011 at 4:23am
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Can I dive in android even without tating any java baisc rules ?
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Comment by Kevin Neelands on September 7, 2011 at 9:28am
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Colin - consider teaching that class somewhere in Gainesville! I'll check out the links and books you recommend. Also, here's hoping Apple will decide to add the Android-style Java to the iPad!
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Comment by John Considine on September 7, 2011 at 9:20am
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Thanks Colin. I was just looking at Android books this weekend and was wondering which ones were better than the others.
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Comment by Colin Archibald on September 6, 2011 at 10:24pm
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I'm teaching an Android class at Valencia. I created a set of type-along videos to help people get started.... you can look at them here:
http://faculty.valenciacollege.edu/colin_archibald/androidprogrammi...
I also can recommend commonsware.com for some e-books that are a pretty reasonable price, and well written.
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Looking for Andoid ebooks for dummies for free !
Please Need Any Help From You!
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Comment by Glen Welch on February 15, 2011 at 11:49am
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Reading Android Applications for Dummies currently and it is a pretty darn good guide for beginners. Granted I'm n00b at development.
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Comment by Mauricio Tavares on October 27, 2010 at 8:53am
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Justin, the Android is not *really* open source. It is close but there is a lot of the OS that is not being published. And its multitasking is, well, interesting.
Still, I too get rather annoyed trying to get objective-C.
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I have been tossing the idea to have some kind of Android (or just all smartphone/PDAs) group locally, but I have yet to gauge the interest.
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Comment by Pedro Ruiz on October 27, 2010 at 2:19am
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Justin, I'm teaching myself Android development. Currently working on two sample projects. One is a weather app and the other is a news reader. Yes, there's a bunch of those out there already but they are good starting points for learning the platform, SQLite and XML parsing.
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Comment by Justin Griffin on April 2, 2010 at 10:39pm
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Just wondering if anyone out there is actively developing on Android? I'm developing applications for it at work (lucky me) for some R&D. I have to say, after tearing my hair out over Objective-C (iPhone), Android is a breath of fresh air.
Java vs Objective-C
Open Source vs Strict Licensing/Barriers to Entry
Multi-tasking vs Single App
What's not to love? Not to mention custom ROMs and "root"-ing your phone for opening native Linux shells.
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Inside Atlassian’s Forge Billing Architecture for Distributed Usage Tracking at Scale
Atlassian details the Forge billing platform built for usage-based pricing across its cloud ecosystem. It processes large-scale usage events with correct attribution, deduplication, and aggregation using a streaming pipeline, idempotent processing, and layered storage to enable accurate billing, near real-time visibility, and reliable reconciliation across distributed services.
By Leela KumiliApple Launches Core AI for Apple-Silicon Optimized On-Device Generative AI
At WWDC 26, Apple announced the Core AI framework, the official successor to Core ML. It is designed to allow developers to run large language models and generative AI entirely on-device, supporting both custom-converted PyTorch models and pre-optimized open-source models.
By Sergio De SimoneClaude Fable 5 on Bedrock Requires Sharing Inference Data with Anthropic
Using Claude Fable 5 or Mythos 5 on Amazon Bedrock requires opting into provider_data_share, sending prompts and outputs to Anthropic for 30-day retention with human review. Previous Bedrock models kept inference data inside the AWS boundary. Three days after launch, Anthropic asked AWS to revoke access to both models citing US export control compliance.
By Steef-Jan WiggersAWS Adds Multi-Region Replication to Amazon Cognito Identity Service
AWS recently introduced Amazon Cognito multi-region replication, which automatically replicates user identities and user pool configurations from a primary region to a secondary one. This enables applications to continue authenticating users from a replica region during outages, without requiring custom replication and failover mechanisms.
By Renato LosioBehind the Scenes: Block 450 JVM Repositories Into Monorepo to Reduce Dependency Drift
Block, Inc. describes migrating ~450 JVM repositories into a monorepo across Cash App and Square engineering to reduce dependency drift and coordination overhead. The system supports ~8,800 weekly builds with ~10 min p90 CI time. The approach improves cross-service changes, build visibility, and developer experience through dependency graph–based builds, selective CI, and custom IDE tooling.
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