Monthly Archives: November 2013

Android Development Tutorial

Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 6

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Samsung S Pen TutoriaIn this part of my Samsung Mobile SDK tutorial I will focus in on the S Pen. I’ll cover how to use the S Pen settings popup. We’ll also look into how to change the look of buttons depending upon their state changes. After I cover the basics of buttons in the next tutorial we’ll make a tool bar.

In general we are putting together all of the pieces that would be required to create a professional Android paint app. All of the code follows the video below. Continue reading Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 6 →

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Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 5

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Samsung SLook AirButtonIn this part of my Samsung Mobile SDK tutorial we will look at the Samsung SLook AirButton. AirButton is going to allow us to create custom menus on the screen and time the user clicks on an active area in the app with the SPen button.

With Samsung AirButton you can use S-Pen to view content, select menus or insert images for quick content access. AirButton shows you information from anywhere and anytime and it can perform additional operations when you bring your S-Pen near the target view and press the side button. Continue reading Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 5 →

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Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 4

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Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 4Welcome to part 4 of my Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial. In this video I focus on Samsung S Look tools with a specific focus on Samsung WritingBuddy.

Samsung S Look provides specialized widgets like Samsung WritingBuddy, which recognizes hand writing as user input. S Look also provides AirButton which makes it easy to create popup menus. SmartClip allows you to capture and extract Metadata such as text and URLs and to crop screenshots using S-Pen. Continue reading Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 4 →

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Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 3

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Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 3Welcome to part 3 of my Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial. In this tutorial I will cover Samsung SLook, ListActivity, SimpleAdapter, ListView, Intents and much more.

We’ll be creating a ListView. It will be populated with list items that are defined by a SimpleAdapter. After the ListView is created, when an item is clicked an Intent will be created that will send the user to a new Activity.This tutorial should make the purpose of ListViews and Intents very clear. Continue reading Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 3 →

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Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 2

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Samsung Mobile SDK TutorialWelcome to part 2 of my Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial! In this part I will completely finish explaining every line of code for our app.

We’ll cover how to handle all the potential problems SsdkUnsupportedException can catch and we’ll handle each one. We’ll create custom alert dialogs. We’ll send the user to the app store to download an update and so much more. Most everything in this tutorial applies to any app you can make while also teaching about the Samsung Mobile SDK. Continue reading Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial 2 →

Android Development Tutorial

Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial

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Samsung Mobile SDK TutorialWelcome to my Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial, which is part of my Android Development Tutorial. Over the course of this series I will take a look at many of the tools provided by the Samsung Mobile SDK while continuing to cover how to write code for Android in general.

I’m doing this series of tutorials because Samsung currently controls over 32% of the smart phone market (Apple controls 12% in comparison) and yet there are many more iOS tutorials then Samsung tutorials. I think that is a bit odd? I hope to solve that problem while also continuing to teach Android specific coding. Continue reading Samsung Mobile SDK Tutorial →

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Android Development 26

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Android Development Tutorial 26Today I’ll show a guaranteed way to install the New Android Development Tools on both Windows and OS X. I’ll also cover how to install the New Samsung Mobile SDK and show you how to enter to win either a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, or 1 of 3 Samsung Galaxy Gear Watches.

I have the step-by-step directions for installing the ADT below on Windows. I have those same directions here for Installing the Google ADT on Mac. Continue reading Android Development 26 →

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New YouTube Comment System

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YouTube LogoAs many of you know, YouTube recently changed the way commenting works. I go out of my way to answer every question that I receive, but now if you leave a question on YouTube chances are I will not receive it.

I still very much want to answer your questions and so there are a few ways to guarantee that I receive them. If you send me a question on Google+ I should receive it? If you leave a question however on my website I will definitely see it. Continue reading New YouTube Comment System →

Inkscape Video Tutorial

Inkscape Video Tutorial 3

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Inkscape Video Tutorial 3Welcome to part 3 of my Inkscape Video Tutorial. You should watch the previous parts before watching this. Here they are part 1 & 2.

In this tutorial I will cover how to use : the Pathfinder Tools, RGB, HSL, CMYK, Blur, Fill, Stroke, Dropper Tool, the Tweak Tool, Dashes, Joints, Gradient Tool, Gradient Options and much more. I packed a ton of information into this one video and I hope you like it. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 3 →

Android Development Tutorial

Install Google ADT on Mac

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Install Google ADT on MacI have received numerous requests to cover how to install the Google ADT on Mac. Most people don’t know this, but I test install the Google ADT, Eclipse Juno, Eclipse Kepler and Android Studio on many different OSs and set ups on a regular basis. Up until now the Google ADT didn’t install easily every time on every Mac. It technically still isn’t an easy install, but if you follow the steps below I’m confident you can now get it to install.

I want to make a special note though that if you aren’t comfortable using the terminal, or if any of the following seems confusing it is better to use my previous tutorial to develop Android apps. It is here Install Android Development Tools. Continue reading Install Google ADT on Mac →

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Inkscape Video Tutorial 2

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Inkscape Video TutorialIn this part of my Inkscape Video Tutorial I continue to teach how to use the tools Inkscape provides. If you missed part 1 you may want to check it out first.

This time I cover how to: Create Keyboard Shortcuts, Document Properties, Tricks for Selecting Objects, Guides, Rulers, Align, Transform, Rows & Columns and more.

I’m going a bit slower then normal in this tutorial to make sure everything is easy to understand and remember. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 2 →

Inkscape Video Tutorial

Inkscape Video Tutorial

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Inkscape Video TutorialWelcome to my Inkscape Video Tutorial! Inkscape is an amazing program that is almost as good as Adobe Illustrator, but it is FREE!

Because I’m going to be drawing interfaces and making games very soon I thought it would be very important to show how to create those designs. Inkscape is the perfect tool for drawing them. In this tutorial I cover what all of the buttons do and I teach you how I remember all of the shortcut key codes. Many more videos are coming until I have covered everything. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial →