At the time of writing (January 2017) the Android Wear 2.0 consumer release is approaching. There are some significant changes which may affect existing Wear apps in different ways. Regular readers of Styling Android will know that I have two Android Wear apps published Something O’Clock (which I blogged about here) and Match Timer (which…
Simple Things – Part 4
In December 2016 Google released the first developer preview of Android Things and Android-based operating system designed for IoT devices, formerly known as Brillo. In this series we’ll take a look at some of the basics of Android Things and create a simple weather station.
Simple Things – Part 3
In December 2016 Google released the first developer preview of Android Things and Android-based operating system designed for IoT devices, formerly known as Brillo. In this series we’ll take a look at some of the basics of Android Things and create a simple weather station.
Simple Things – Part 2
In December 2016 Google released the first developer preview of Android Things and Android-based operating system designed for IoT devices, formerly known as Brillo. In this series we’ll take a look at some of the basics of Android Things and create a simple weather station.
Simple Things – Part 1
In December 2016 Google released the first developer preview of Android Things and Android-based operating system designed for IoT devices, formerly known as Brillo. In this series we’ll take a look at some of the basics of Android Things and create a simple weather station.
Christmas Voice – Part 2
On 23rd December 2016 I released Christmas Voice to Google Play. It is a voice changer app which allows you sound like either Santa Clause or, if you prefer, an Elf. The app is completely free, with no adverts; and it’s also open-source (this link is at the end of the article). The app is…
Christmas Voice – Part 1
Once again it’s Christmas at Styling Android towers. I’m based in the UK and here many companies shut down over the festive period, so I like to do something a little more light-hearted. If you’re celebrating a different religious festival at this time of year then I wish you a happy one; or if you’re…
FileProvider
In the previous series of articles we looked at DownloadManager and saw that DownloadManager actually handles the sharing of downloaded content with other apps. But what if we actually need to do this and we’re not using DownloadManager? A common case for such things would be if we either want to share content with other…
DownloadManager – Part 3
A fairly common operation in Android apps is the need to download content to the device. While it is easy enough to construct a network call to download the required content, there is also a built in way which can be particularly useful if the content being downloaded should also be shared with other apps,…
DownloadManager – Part 2
A fairly common operation in Android apps is the need to download content to the device. While it is easy enough to construct a network call to download the required content, there is also a built in way which can be particularly useful if the content being downloaded should also be shared with other apps,…