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How to develop android Application in NetBeans

admin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:38:59 +0000

When Google released the Android open mobile platform, they have made an Eclipse plugin to be able to develop Android software using the Eclipse IDE. If you’re a Netbeans user, don’t worry because you can use Netbeans for creating Android applications also. Several guys created a Netbeans plugin that makes it possible to do Android software development under Netbeans.

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To start setting up Android development under Netbeans, just open up your Netbeans 6.5 IDE. After starting up, click on the Tools | Plugin from the menu and select theSettings tab from the dialog box. Click on the Add button and enter the Name of the plugin and update URL for the plugin your are manually adding. You can put any text for the Name field, the plugin update URL for the Android for Netbeans plugin is
http://kenai.com/downloads/nbandroid/updates.xml .

After clicking on Ok, it should now be included in the list of configured update centers.

Go to the “Availalble Plugins” tab and you should see Android in the list. Click on the checkbox to mark it for installation. Then click the “Ok” button.

You’ll get a dialog box similar to the one below informing you that the Android plugin will be installed. Click on the “Next” button.

The license agreement will be displayed. You need to agree to to install the Android plugin. Click on the “Install” button once you have clicked on the “I accept..” checkbox.

It should start download the Android plugin.

After the download, you’ll get a message similar to the one below. It basically says that the plugin hasn’t been signed by the Netbeans group. This serves as a warning for potentially dangerous plugins. If you trust the developers of the plugin, just click on the “Continue” button.

After which, you should get an “Installation completed successfully” message.

Now that the Android plugin for Netbeans has been installed, you need to do just one more step to configure it. You need to tell Netbeans that it can now also setup projects for the Android open mobile platform. To do this, click on the Tools | Java Platform menu of your Netbeans IDE.

Click on the “Add Platform” button. Select the “Google Android Open Handheld Platform” and click the “Next” button.

Now locate where you have extracted the Android SDK on your computer and click “Next”.

Give the platform a name. I think “Android” would be appropriate and click on the “Finish” button.

You should now have added Android in your list of supported platforms for the Netbeans IDE.

That’s it. You can now start developing Android applications using your Netbeans IDE.

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How to develop android Application in NetBeans originally appeared on Core Digest on April 28, 2011.

Android application

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:59:16 +0000

You can post from android with the wordpress application which can be downloaded from android market. Can add media too for your post,reply to comments and more features.

This is the first post from my android phone…

Can get more info from this link:

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Android application originally appeared on Core Digest on April 7, 2011.

Rhapsody for Android Beta Now Available

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:49:54 +0000

Rhapsody teased us a lot with their music app for Android devices. iPhone users have a powerful music management app, iTunes, but there was none available for Android users.

Rhapsody officially announced a few days ago of their Android app that would release as a public beta. This app will give access to Android users to stream about 8 million songs from Rhapsody catalog.

Here the official announcement:

If youre up on all the latest tech news, then youve already heard of Google brand new Nexus One phone, the latest in its Android line. Now, Rhapsody is pleased to announce the launch of a public beta program for our new Android app, which allows you to stream all 8 million songs in Rhapsody catalog while at the same time calling your mother and responding to your mother new Tweet. If you own a Droid, G1 or any other Android device, you are invited to visit us on our Facebook page to register to be a part of the beta test group. Non-Rhapsody subscribers are also eligible and will have the opportunity to try Rhapsody at no cost for seven days. Thank you for helping us create a premium mobile music experience!

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Rhapsody for Android Beta Now Available originally appeared on Core Digest on January 14, 2010.

Free Multiplayer Android Games

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:42:46 +0000

Were yet to see some big titles and high processing games on the Android, but after the Droid and Nexus One, as more powerful devices with high hardware specifications are released, more developers will bring out games.

As most of the Android apps and games are free in the Market, here are the best 3 FREE multiplayer games available.

Best 3 Free Multiplayer Android Games

Sketch Online

Sketch Online is a fun,fast-paced and time killing online multiplayer game where you can play with other friends and people with Android. A player has to draw a given word while other players have to guess it.

Cestos

Battle it out with anyone, anytime, anywhere in one of the first and only multiplayer game on Android Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Cestos! Win to gain experience, unlock new features, customize your avatar
, and socialize with friends.

Parallel Kingdom

Parallel Kingdom Age of Emergence is a massively multiplayer role playing game. This game uses the GPS to overlay the parallel world on top of the real world. Chat with, fight, or visit other players inside the game. Place flags, plant trees, gather resources, and make items and fight with a variety of creatures.

For more Android apps, visit Android Apps or you can see our entire Android-related coverage here.

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Free Multiplayer Android Games originally appeared on Core Digest on January 14, 2010.

Android 2.1 SDK Released

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:28:56 +0000

Android 2.1 SDK has released and is now available for download! Developers can download Android 2.1 SDK and have a taste of what is running on the Nexus One.

HTC promised that once the folks over at Google release the Android 2.1 SDK for public, other devices waiting for an upgrade will start getting software updates to run on the latest Android 2.1. Currently, only the Nexus One is running on Android 2.1.

This announcement was made by the Android Development team earlier today:

Today, we are releasing the SDK component for Android 2.1, so that developers can take advantage of the new features introduced in Android 2.1. Please read the Android 2.1 release notes for more details. You can download the Android 2.1 component through the SDK Manager.

Now finally we could see some good apps, games and PC software to show up for Android devices.

Download Android 2.1 SDK

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Android 2.1 SDK Released originally appeared on Core Digest on January 14, 2010.

Download Nexus One USB Driver in Android 2.1 SDK

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:23:14 +0000

Nexus One is the only device currently running on the Android 2.1, but that wont be for too long as the Android Development team announced Android 2.1 SDK for public download earlier today.

All the Android PC software released till now had support for phones running on the Android 2.0 i.e Motorola Droid, but with the release of Android 2.1 SDK, a new USB driver has been included which also supports the Nexus One.

Here what the Android Development said about the USB driver:

In addition to the new SDK, a new USB driver that supports Nexus One is also available today through the SDK Manager.

So devs, get the SDK and bring Nexus One support to all the Android PC software available till now!

Download Android 2.1 SDK

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Download Nexus One USB Driver in Android 2.1 SDK originally appeared on Core Digest on January 14, 2010.

Droid Explorer Manages Rooted Android Devices

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:42:21 +0000

We just told you a little while ago on how you can root your Motorola Droid phone running Android. If you are a Windows user, you can make use of Droid Explorer, a tool to manage your rooted Android device from Windows Explorer.

Droid Explorer allows you to:

* Copy and auto-apply update.zip
* Copy files form your local computer to your Android device
* Ability to manage multiple Android devices
* Ability to reboot the device, including in recovery mode.
* Open files from your Android device on your computer
* Copy files from your Android device to your computer
* Uninstall apps from your Android device
* and much more¦

Droid explorer also includes some plugins such as Debug console, Screenshot tool, SQLite Manager and more.

Download Android Manager

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Droid Explorer Manages Rooted Android Devices originally appeared on Core Digest on December 10, 2009.

Facebook 1.1 for Android

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:05:16 +0000

Facebook for Android is one of the worst app Facebook has ever released for any of their devices. The Android version can barely do anything Ã¢â‚¬â€œ But now, welcome the Facebook 1.1 for Android.

In my experience with Facebook 1.0 app on HTC Hero, all it could do is check your news feed and comment or like feed items there. Or most you can do is open anyone profile information.

In the recently launched Motorola Droid, that runs on Android 2.0, it has been found that it comes with the latest Facebook 1.1 and someone has been kind enough to extract the .APK out of the Droid for the rest if us to try it on our Android 1.5 devices (HTC Hero, Droid Eris, Dream, Magic etc)

It now more like the iPhone version, but still doesnt have support for private messages in Facebook.
Download Facebook 1.1 for Android
You can download it from the link given here: Download Facebook 1.1 for Android

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Facebook 1.1 for Android originally appeared on Core Digest on December 10, 2009.

Android Theme for Ubuntu

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:15:55 +0000

Weve seen many themes for Ubuntu but the only OS theme left for Ubuntu was, Android.

This Android theme, Genoid, brings Android-styled interface to you Lunux with matching icons
, background and wallpapers. Now you can easily change GNOME desktop to Android.

This theme comes in many Android flavours that Im sure youd love to try out.

Download Genoid, Android Theme for Ubuntu

You can download it for free from here: Download Genoid

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Android Theme for Ubuntu originally appeared on Core Digest on December 10, 2009.

Android Manager, Manage Android Phone

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:04:14 +0000

Remember I once wrote about a cool freeware to manage Android phone? Well, it was in development at that time and we only got the Ã¢â‚¬Ëœfirst look preview version of it. But now now we have the first beta release!

Android Manager for Windows is a freeware to manage Android phones on your computer. You can easily create and restore (full or application
) backups.

Other features included in the first beta are custom splash screen flashing, device details, remote console and you can uninstall applications from your phone.

More features will be enabled and added in future releases.

Download Android Manager

You can download Android Manager free from here: Download Android Manager

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Android Manager, Manage Android Phone originally appeared on Core Digest on December 7, 2009.