Google Play store update bring faster and cleaner UI

playstore 4.0 for smartphones

Google play store application is the most commonly used application among the android users amidst of other app stores.Play store expanded from just app store to a single place marketplace for Books,Movies,Music and Devices for tablets and smartphones.As a part of revamping the play store application google released the upgraded version of play store with [...]

Send SMS using Android code

send message using code

In this tutorial we will learn how to send sms using android code.Android’s basic feature SMS is controlled by SMSManager of Telephony class.Using this we can send,receive short messages in the PDU formats.We have already seen the tutorial to send sms using way2sms and java.

Setup Broadcast receiver for incoming SMS

broadcast receiver demo

A broadcast receiver in android is a class that is used to receive the broadcast intents that are sent by the sendbroadcast() function. The core operating system events are broadcasted by default which enables us to listen for the system events.

Get phone information using button click event

android_button_click_event

In this tutorial we will setup an android application to learn the button click event handling.Coding in eclipse IDE is very user friendly for the newbies because of the automatic code completion.The eclipse editor will automatically implement the default code for the button events.

Android programming using Intents

android intents

Android Intents are the general abstraction of the activity that comes next.Intents are like messaging components that communicate across activities.Imagine you have created an activity in your application and you want that activity to be interacive.To be interactive means to communicate with other services and components.

Introduction to AndroidManifest file

android permissions menu

An Android Manifest is an XML file in the android application that holds the major role in defining the app itself.Every application has a manifest file that defines the package name that is unique to each an every application.