Android-scripting - Project Hosting on Google Code. SL4A's source has moved to github. The issue tracker, wiki, and downloads will continue to be hosted here. Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) brings scripting languages to Android by allowing you to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device.
These scripts have access to many of the APIs available to full-fledged Android applications, but with a greatly simplified interface that makes it easy to get things done. Scripts can be run interactively in a terminal, in the background, or via Locale. Python, Perl, JRuby, Lua, BeanShell, JavaScript, Tcl, and shell are currently supported, and we're planning to add more. SL4A is designed for developers and is alpha quality software. To install SL4A, you will need to enable the "Unknown sources" option in your device's "Application" settings. Still have questions? Want to learn more? You can buy "Practical Android Projects" on Amazon or directly from Apress.
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Among mobile users surveyed, 18.5 percent said they used their devices to search the Internet for local products or services (up from 15.6 percent in 2008) while only about 11 percent said they searched the Internet for products or services outside their local area. And the use of mobile devices to view and send video has doubled since 2007. 7 Tips To Make Your Web Site Mobile-friendly. This guest post has been written by Igor Faletski, co-founder of Mobify, the popular service for optimizing a site for the mobile web.
SitePoint uses Mobify for its own mobile site — check it out at 1. Style for mobile Congratulations — you’ve decided to embrace mobile, one of the fastest growing segments on the Web. The first thing you’ll notice is how diverse the mobile ecosystem is. Browsers, screen sizes, connection speeds — everything is different. When styling your mobile site, stick to relative units — percentages, ems and so forth. 2. Small screens call for small images. If you can, make your optimized images link to the full, original image hosted elsewhere. 3. Typing is a pain on even the best mobile devices, and many users avoid it when browsing. Thankfully, a variety of methods for automatic mobile device detection have become recently available. 4.
At the same time, consider adding or prioritizing mobile-specific items. 5. 6. 7. Let's make the web faster - Google Code. Author: Jeremy Weinstein, Google Webmaster Mobile internet usage is skyrocketing worldwide. Throughout 2009, 50% of all new internet connections worldwide are coming from phones (eMarketer, 2008 and 2009). Google internal data shows that as mobile browsers improve, users' browsing habits increase. Mobile browsers render web pages differently from desktop browsers, so some steps are needed to make them work well on phones.
This article contains some basic technical and non-technical tips for making your web content faster and more suitable for consumption on mobile devices. Make your pages and applications accessible to mobile Provide an obvious link to the mobile version from the desktop version. Do you really want users browsing your media-rich 800-pixel-plus wide site on mobile screens without even realizing there's a version you toiled over just for mobile? Use a conventional mobile URL, and advertise it. Make the user interface work for mobile devices. Setting Up Photoshop For Web, App and iPhone Development « Smashing Magazine. Advertisement Most people who have designed websites or apps in Photoshop will, at one point or another, have had issues trying to match colors in images to colors generated by HTML, CSS or code. This article aims to solve those problems once and for all. Color Management to Match Colors Across Multiple Devices In the print world, color management typically involves calibrating your entire workflow, from scanner or digital camera to computer display to hard proofs to the final press output.
When designing or editing for TV, calibrating the main editing display and using a broadcast monitor are common; these show real-time proof of how the image will look on a typical TV in a viewer’s home. When building Web and application interfaces, the situation is a little different. There is a catch, though. The Goal Why Is This So Difficult? Photoshop applies its color management to images displayed within its windows and to the files it saves. How Does Photoshop Differ From OS X And Windows?
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