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How to display each word from a string?

Hi.. i'm new to android.I just wanna split each word separately from a string and need to display each word one by one with some delay on emulator.How could i do this?Any one pls help me with sample code.Very urgent.Thank U. Regards, Sudhakar. Read more

How to draw text horizontally on Emulator

Hi... I just wanna know how to draw text horizontally from right to left using controller on emulator like video play .(Pls visit:www.spreeder.com/app.php).I need to get like this on android emulator.How could i do this?Pls help me..code is better for me..Thanks in advance. Rgds, Sudhakar. Read more

How to Distribute your Android App Directly

The excerpt below is from the O'Reilly publication Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and Jjavascript and provides some insight into getting your app out there. One very attractive feature of the Android platform is that it lets developers skip the Android Market completely and distribute apps directly to users. This… Read more

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News & Commentary

Four short links: 21 December 2010

Cash Cow Disease -- quite harsh on Google and Microsoft for "ingesting not investing" in promising startups, then disconnecting them from market signals. Like pixie dust, potential future advertising revenues can be sprinkled on any revenue-negative scheme to make it look brilliant. (via Dan Martell) Your Apps Are Watching You (Wall Street Journal) -- the iPhone apps transmitted more...

ePayments Week: Google goes patent shopping

In the first edition of ePayment Week: Is there a connection between Android 2.3 and Google's purchase of Zetawire? Plus: News on Visa's iPhone app and Zynga's disinterest in advertising.

Hacking AIR for Android 1/2: Getting device specific properties

Ever since the pre-release beta of AIR for Android, I've been kind of frustrated/inspired that there was no API for getting out very specific device information. I would like to get information like Device Brand, Model, OS version and CPU,...

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Experts

Josh Clark is a writer, designer, and developer who helps creative people get clear of technical hassle to share their ideas with the world. When he's not writing about clever design and humane software, he's building it. Josh is the creator of Big Medium, friendly software that actually makes it fun to…

Andy Flesner has written hundreds of AutoIt scripts and holds numerous certifications in his field, including MCSA, A+ and Network+. Inspired by his co-workers and friends in the AutoIt community, Andy decided to share his skills with the world by writing AutoIt v3: Your Quick Guide, the first published work dedicated to…

Ken Yarmosh is a product strategist and technology connoisseur who launches awesome iPad, iPhone, Android, and web apps. Over the course of his career, he's created amazing digital experiences with a diverse set of clients ranging from some of the biggest personalities in media to the hottest tech startups.

Jonathan Stark is a mobile and web application consultant who the Wall Street Journal has called an expert on publishing desktop data to the web.

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