Managing Projects from Eclipse with ADT

Eclipse and the ADT plugin provide GUIs and wizards to create all three types of projects (Android project, Library project, and Test project): An Android project contains all of the files and resources that are needed to build a project into an .apk file for installation. You need to create an Android project for any application that you want to eventually install on a device. Creating an Android Project The ADT plugin provides a New Project Wizard that you can use to quickly create a new Android project (or a project from existing code). Select File > New > Project. Tip: You can also start the New Project Wizard by clicking the New icon in the toolbar. Setting up a Library Project A library project is a standard Android project, so you can create a new one in the same way as you would a new application project. To create a new library project: Select File > New > Project. You can also convert an existing application project into a library. Figure 1. Creating the manifest file <manifest> ...

A bare-bones live wallpaper template for Android William Francis demystifies the process of creating live wallpapers for Android and shares a template you can use for your projects. A TechRepublic reader suggested I do a tutorial on creating a live wallpaper. Live wallpaper was a feature added in Android 2.1 that allows the actual background or desktop of the phone to act much like an application. It can animate, make system calls, and interact with the user. A good example of the feature in action is the default Nexus wallpaper that started shipping with the Nexus One. Purporting to be a "peek inside a neural network," the Nexus live wallpaper (Figure A) animates a series of colorful traces, which change in response to the user touching the display of the phone. Nexus live wallpaper It's up to the developer's imagination to determine what a given live wallpaper does. You can download the source code that goes along with this tutorial here. 1. 2. wallpaper.xml <wallpaper xmlns:android= 3. 4. 5.

IMP eBook Reader for Android I have started a project on CodePlex to read IMP files from the SD Card. The source code is free and will be posted today. I would like to ask for help on the Decompression algorithm in Java because in this first version the opening of the IMP book is really slow. Michael Finished Version 1.5 is now available for download at codeplex the APK install file for the Android and source code are found there. I have added the compiled installer for the Android 1.5 also to the codeplex site. Enjoy!

homepage CoolReader 3.X is free open-source (GPL) multiplatform version under active development. Supported platforms Windows (Qt based GUI) Linux (Qt based GUI) Android Embedded versions: for e-Ink based devices. Used in Jinke/LBook V3/V5/V3+/V60, Azbooka N516, Pocketbook Symbian port (SmartReader) Common features, for all platforms epub (non-DRM), fb2, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, doc, pdb formats supported Pages or scroll view Table of contents Bookmarks Text search Hyphenation dictionaries Most complete FB2 format support: styles, tables, footnotes Additional fonts support (.ttf) Can read books from zip archives Automatic reformatting of .txt files (autodetect headings etc.) Android specific Page flipping animation. CoolReader 3 Links Project page on SourceForgeProject Downloads page on SourceForge CoolReader3.0.51 for Win32: cr3-qt-win32-3.0.51-2.zipCoolReader3.0.45 for Android: cr3-0-45-07.apkCoolReader3.0.43 for Ubuntu Linux: cr3_3.0.43-2_i386.debForum thread on MobileRead Description Features

Open Source Ebook Readers for Android Your Android device is a versatile tool which can be put to a variety of practical uses, including reading ebooks. But for that you need a decent ebook reading app. While there are several ebook readers available on the Android Market, the Cool Reader and FBReader open source apps are probably the best of the bunch. There are several features that make Reader worthy of its name. Cool Reader provides basic tools for managing your ebook library. The app’s default interface offers a comfortable reading environment, but you can also tweak a wide range of settings from page background and page margins to alternative fonts and external stylesheets. While FBReader supports only the EPUB, OEB, and FictionBook formats, the app does have a few clever tricks up its sleeve. Similar to Cool Reader, FBReader features several tools for keeping tabs on your ebook library. Similar to Cool Reader, FBReader allows you to select text and perform several actions with the selection.

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