Watch out for XmlPullParser.nextText()

[This post is by Jesse Wilson from the Dalvik team. —Tim Bray]Using XmlPullParser is an efficient and maintainable way to parse XML on Android. Historically Android has had two implementations of this interface:KXmlParser, via XmlPullParserFactory.newPullParser().ExpatPullParser, via Xml.newPullParser().The implementation from Xml.newPullParser() had a bug where calls to nextText() didn’t always advance...

Konten RBT | Musik | Video | Game - I like it

Layanan RBT, Musik, Video merupakan beberapa dari banyak layanan konten yang ditawarkan di Indonesia. Seperti kita ketahui bahwa beberapa layanan ini memang sangat diminati oleh para pengguna telepon genggam. Terlebih lagi bagi para pelanggan RBT di seluruh Indonesia, sangat menghebohkan bagi saya, setelah saya googling ternyata jumlah pelanggan RBT di seluruh pelosok Negeri mencapai angka yang fantastis,...

Android 4.0.3 Platform and Updated SDK tools

Today we are announcing Android 4.0.3, an incremental release of the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) platform. The new release includes a variety of optimizations and bug fixes for phones and tablets, as well as a small number of new APIs for developers. The new API level is 15.Some of the new APIs in Android 4.0.3 include:Social stream API in Contacts provider: Applications that use social stream data such as status updates and check-ins can now...

Introducing Android Training

[This post is by Reto Meier, Android Developer Relations Tech Lead. — Tim Bray]Today I’m thrilled to announce the beta launch of Android Training — a collection of classes that we hope will help you to build better Android apps. From designing effective navigation, to managing audio playback, to optimizing battery life, these classes are designed to demonstrate best practices...

Cara Menghilangkan Komedo dengan Cepat dan Aman

Cara menghilangkan komedo dengan Cepat dan Aman memang gampang-gampang susah. Semua orang tentunya ingin komedo yang ada diwajahnya hilang dengan cepat, aman, alami. Komedo memang sangat mengganggu kita dan komedo juga membuat kita tidak PeDe disaat bersama teman-teman kita. Sebenarnya apa itu komedo. Komedo adalah nama ilmiah dari pori-pori yang tersumbat. Komedo ada 2 macam yaitu blackhead dan whitehead,...

More Android Games that Play Nice

[This post is by Dan Galpin, who lives the Android Games lifestyle every day. — Tim Bray]Making a game on Android is easy. Making a great game for a mobile, multitasking, often multi-core, multi-purpose system like Android is trickier. Even the best developers frequently make mistakes in the way they interact with the Android system and with other applications — mistakes that...

Add Voice Typing To Your IME

[This post is by Luca Zanolin, an Android engineer who works on voice typing. — Tim Bray]A new feature available in Android 4.0 is voice typing: the difference for users is that the recognition results appear in the text box while they are still speaking. If you are an IME developer, you can easily integrate with voice typing.To simplify the integration, if you download this library...

A Closer Look at 10 Billion Downloads

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]On Tuesday, we announced that Android Market passed 10 Billion app downloads. We wanted to look a little deeper at that huge number. First question: which app was lucky number 10 billion? Photobucket Mobile. They’ll be getting a great prize package, including tickets to next year’s Google I/O developer conference. Remember...

10 Billion Android Market Downloads and Counting

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]One billion is a pretty big number by any measurement. However, when it’s describing the speed at which something is growing, it’s simply amazing. This past weekend, thanks to Android users around the world, Android Market exceeded 10 billion app downloads—with a growth rate of one billion app downloads per month. We can’t wait...

Cara Memutihkan Kulit Ketiak Kita

Cara memutihkan kulit ketiak kita pada dasarnya sangat mudah dilakukan. Banyak cara untuk memutihkan kulit ketiak, seperti kita tahu bahwa kulit ketiak itu pada umumnya tidak seputih kulit tangan maupun wajah. Seringkali kita mencukur rambut ketiak dengan tujuan biar bersih, tapi malah akan menimbulkan bekas hitam dikulit. Nah, jangan kwatir dengan bekas hitam tersebut, kita bisa memutihkan kulit...

Cara Menghilangkan Jerawat Dengan Ampuh

Cara menghilangkan jerawat dengan ampuh sebenarnya gampang banget. Kita bisa menggunakan bahan-bahan disekitar kita dan tentunya mudah kita dapatkan. Jerawat memang menjadi salah satu penyebab kita kurang pede. Apalagi untuk remaja-remaja, jerawat bisa sangat membuat kita minder pastinya. Nah, kali ini saya akan berbagi cara menghilangkan jerawat yang saya baca di merahitam.com. Cara ini mungkin cocok...

Games Coming to Android Market in Korea

[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]In the 24 months since the first Android device became available locally, Korea has quickly become one of the top countries in Android device activations. In parallel, we’ve also seen tremendous growth in app downloads from Android Market. Korea is now the second-largest consumer of apps worldwide. Today we are adding to this momentum by bringing games to Android Market in Korea.Starting...

Kumpulan Sms Lucu - Terbaru I

Kumpulan sms lucu terbaru memang selalu menjadi hobi para sms'ser Indonesia. Nah, kali ini kumpulan terbaru mau berbagi nih kata-kata sms lucu yang saya dapat dari blog dhewy[dot]com. Mungkin ini bisa untuk kamu-kamu bercanda ria dengan teman-teman. Sms lucu ini memang lagi rame-ramenya direbutin ama blogger-blogger Indonesia, termasuk ane (hihhihihiihi). Tanpa banyak ini itu yang gak jelas, mending...

Making Android Games that Play Nice

[This post is by Ian Ni-Lewis, a Developer Advocate who devotes most of his time to making Android games more awesome. — Tim Bray]Making a game on Android is easy. Making a great game for a mobile, multitasking, often multi-core, multi-purpose system like Android is trickier. Even the best developers frequently make mistakes in the way they interact with the Android system and with...

Apa itu Komedo ?

Apa itu Komedo dan apa penyebabnya akan kita bahas lewat artikel saya ini. Mungkin banyak orang yang sudah mendengar kata komedo, lewat tv, radio, atau bahkan internet. Namun apakah kamu sendiri sudah tahu secara pasti apa itu komedo ?. Baiklah, silahkan baca sedikit penjelasan yang saya dapat dari berbagai sumber ini.Apa itu komedo ?Komedo adalah nama ilmiah dari pori-pori yang tersumbat. Perlu diketahui...

Updated NDK for Android 4.0

Today we are releasing an updated version of the Android NDK, now in revision 7. The updated NDK lets developers who are using native code get started with the new native APIs available in Android 4.0.Android NDK r7 includes a number of build system improvements and bug fixes, but most importantly it gives you access to two new sets of APIs:Low-level streaming multimedia: A new API based on Khronos OpenMAX AL 1.0.1 provides a direct, efficient path...

New Layout Widgets: Space and GridLayout

[This post is by Philip Milne, who is part of the Android framework team. — Tim Bray]Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) sports two new widgets that have been designed to support the richer user interfaces made possible by larger displays: Space and GridLayout.The most commonly used class for layout in Android is LinearLayout, which allows its children to be aligned in the usual ways: along either...

Manfaat Buah Sirsak

Manfaat Buah Sirsak ternyata kurang diketahui oleh masyarakat biasa seperti saya ini, ternyata manfaat buah yang satu ini benar-benar sesuatu banget, ^_*. Jangan pernah anggap remeh buah yang satu ini, karena ternyata buah sirsak ini mempunyai khasiat yang sangat berguna bagi kesehatan.Menurut penelitian, manfaat buah sirsak terbukti mampu mengobati kanker dan mengendalikan penyebarannya. Tidak hanya...

More Android Developer Labs in Asia

A couple of months ago, we kicked off a series of Android Developer Labs in Asia, North America and Europe. To wrap up the 2011 series, we now have opened registration for 2 more locations in Asia.Taipei — December 2, 2011Hong Kong — December 6, 2011Remember, this ADL series isn’t another set of introduction-to-Android sessions, nor any other kind of general overview. It's specifically aimed at optimizing Android apps for tablets, in particular...

JNI Local Reference Changes in ICS

[This post is by Elliott Hughes, a Software Engineer on the Dalvik team. — Tim Bray]If you don’t write native code that uses JNI, you can stop reading now. If you do write native code that uses JNI, you really need to read this.What’s changing, and why?Every developer wants a good garbage collector. The best garbage collectors move objects around. This lets them offer very cheap allocation and bulk deallocation, avoids heap fragmentation,...