Android Developer Tutorials
This post will explain how to use the I2C protocol to get input into your Android Things application. We’ll discuss the Raspberry Pi Rainbow Hat temperature sensor which we’ll use to measure air temperature surrounding…
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This blog will show you how to play the Pokemon theme tune using the PWM protocol through the peripheral buzzer. We’ll discuss the Raspberry Pi Rainbow hat and its Piezo Transducer which is a buzzer…
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This tutorial is going to be quick and to the point. When you want to create a Button or other Android Widget you more than likely want a ripple effect when it is pressed. I’ll…
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This post explains how to control time and specifically control System.currentTimeMillis. To make your code more flexible, maintainable and in the end testable! Showing an example application that uses time to define different behaviour for…
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I hope you know the Android Design Principles, if not shh quick read them here. There is also a great talk on the principles from Google IO, so if you prefer video click this. Here…
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This is a continuation on my last face detection tutorial (here) that took you through the basics of retrieving the camera and giving user feedback when a face is detected. Including best practice when loading…
Read more of [TUT] Front Camera Face Detection – with preview
Recently I’ve been playing round with a few libraries that people share based upon an api or service that they offer. These libraries offer access to data in a controlled way and more often than…