Displaying SVG image in Android application

SVG - a markup language for scalable vector graphics, is intended for describing two-dimensional vector graphics in XML format.. In this article, we will display a SVG image on the ImageView.

Stages of project development

In this article I will describe all the stages of development of projects through which I went through when creating my application

Create horizontal menu for Android-based applications

In this article I want to share one of the ways to develop a nice animated menu or text horizontal list.

Programmatically change language in Android-application

Sometimes it is necessary in the application provide an opportunity the user to change the language of the application, regardless of the locale device. In this article I will show you how to do it.

Gallery with ViewFlipper

Often in the development gallery in mobile applications from the developer is a problem out of memory when working with a lot of of images. In this article, we will develop the gallery, which will help prevent such messages as OutOfMemoryError or OutOfMemoryException.

Typewriter TextView

Today, we will develop the element to be one character to stamp text on the screen.

Interface: Gradient TextView

Today we look at how you can add new properties to the elements of the example TextView, to paint it in a gradient.

Interface: Custom Toast (Part 2)

In the previous article I talked about how to change the Toast interface and regulate the time display on the screen. Today I'll show how to close Toast  by clicking.

Interface: Custom Toast (Part 1)

Today we talk about Toast. An important limitation of this element is that it display time, which is not regulated. In this article I will show how to display Toast with a specified time.

Interface: Custom Progress Bar

Today we will customize element Spinning Wheel. This article will be covered three ways to change the element.

Planning: Flying cells

The last article in the series on customizing ListView. This time, animating the change of the selected item. In this article, we will develop a flying cell.

Planning: Swipe. Animation remove items

We continue the series of articles on the development of applications for planning cases. Today, we will improve the usability of our list due to comfortable and animated removing items.

Planning: Saving and loading the list. Extension of functional

In the last article, we developed a custom ListView, which is filled with local data. In this article we expand the functionality of our application and implement the ability to save and load data.

Planning: Custom ListView. Formulation of the problem

This article begins a small series of articles about customizing lists (ListView). We'll write a little app to plan your cases. In the first part I will cover moment to create a ListView, its customization, adding extra elements (Header, Footer) and fill the list.

Advertising services: AdMob

AdMob - a mobile advertising service from Google. In this article I will discuss how to use this service in their applications and games.

Customization interface: Fonts

Sometimes it is necessary to change the default application font on your own. How to do it, I'll show in this article.

Orientation of the application

In this article we will discuss how to develop applications for different orientations of the device. I will also show an easy way to identify the type of device, the tablet or smartphone.

Interface: Custom CheckBox and RadioButton

This article look at how you can customize the controls such as CheckBox and RadioButton. Differences from the usual buttons in the fact that they have two states: check and uncheck.

Interface: Custom Button and ImageView

In this article begins a series of articles on customizing applications interface for Android. Today let's talk how to change the appearance of buttons and use the ImageView as a button.

Nine-patch images

In developing the UI for your application, we are often faced with the need to stretch the image in relation to the different sizes of Android-devices. Many images can be with rounded edges or with a complex pattern that with increasing give different artifacts in the form of noise or blur. This can be avoided by using the Nine-patch images.