Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts

Sunday, November 17, 2013

New Features Of Android 4.4 KITKAT , Release Date & Upgrade

Android 4.4 "Kitkat" is that the most up-to-date version of Google's mobile OS and Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 Users are getting the upgrade initially. Kitkat 4.4 could be a complete relaunch of android, in an exceedingly few ways that going more and faster than any single past release.

Android 4.4 is a significant upgrade, one that sees each UX changes and quite enough new options included. an excellent deal has likewise gone below the hood, however anybody utilizing a stock style of the stage can instantly recognize unobtrusive contrasts within the outline, layout, look and feel of the platform.

Release Date Of Android 4.4 KitKat: Many thoughts rumoured about release dates of Kitkat, and the Nexus 5, came and went and now Android 4.4 KitKat has been released. From November 13 owners of Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 can upgrade to Android 4.4 kitkat.

New features Of Android 4.4 KitKat: There are lots of changes and new features added into the latest android version 4.4 kitkat. Here, I am introducing some of them:

Ok Google Search:  Now You can  activate Google now / Search by simply saying "OK Google". The contextual cards is also upgraded in this version. Dependent upon your location, favorite sites or TV program Google Now cards will attempt to predict data you need.

New Hangouts App: Old messaging application is currently a relic of past times with new android Kitkat. Rather, Google Hangouts now supports Sms and Mms, so all your messages will be in the same application.  HD video calls across all devices also support in the new Hangout app.

Icons and Folders: Icons on the Nexus five are larger comparatively than their partners on the Nexus 4 showcase. Icon name are presently written in Roboto Condensed. Incidentally, envelopes will even currently simply hold sixteen symbols. The scrolling envelopes gossip ne'er actually appeared, sadly. That said, I've ne'er hit a case wherever I needed an envelope with sixteen symbols, considerably less seventeen.

Better Memory Management: Kitkat is meant to run on mechanisms with as very little as 512mb of Ram. Google has actualized off camera changes toandroid 4.4′s memory administration, and will be furnishing designers and OEM manufacturers with devices and selections to use these upgrade

Full Screen Immersive Mode:Luckily, Android 4.4 accompanies another immersive mode that hide everything with the exception of the application you are utilizing. once you are finished, simply swipe the edge of the screen to hold your status bar and navigation buttons.


Printing:Right away you'll be able to print images, docs, and pages specifically from your smart phone or tablet. you'll be able to print to any printer joined with Google Cloud Print, hp printers and others that have applications in the Google Play Store. More than you can print over WiFi or Bluetooth. Obviously, this feature is strained to good printers with remote competencies, support for Google Cloud Print.

Cloud Storage: A useful new feature is that the capability to store documents, from applications like Quickoffice, to Google Drive (or alternative Cloud storage providers). Apps, for instance Quickoffice are currently able to exploit this reconciliation and open docs directly from your Google Drive to android device.
Lock Screen Art: The android 4.4 lock screen will currently indicate more than simply widgets. once you are listening to music or streaming videos through Chromecast, your gadget's lock screen can demonstrate the full screen or motion art . The lock screen can likewise have committed controls to permit you to play, stop, etc all from the lock screen.


A smarter caller ID: At whatever point you get a call from a number not in your contacts, your device will seek for matches from organizations with a nearby posting on Google Maps. This Google Maps data is likewise used by the phone application's caller id to recognize any unknown numbers by cross-checking the number with adjacent business.



Posted by: Ikrum Hossain
Latest Computer Technology, Updated at: 5:15 PM

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Setting Up Android Development Environment Level 0 Part 2

Preparing Android development environment: On my first post  " Android Overview " of Android Development Guide for Beginners, I mentioned about Android operating system requires JDK version 6.



First make sure you have installed compatible jdk version on your system. You can download the latest jdk from here

In this tutorial I am not going to show the whole manual process of installing Eclipse, plugins and sdk. For some reason I like to use portable ADT BUNDLE. Its very easy and quick to make ready your android development environment.

Download  ADT BUNDLE  and extract the zip forlder

The folder contains eclipse and sdk folder where every thing is pre-installed. Run eclipse.exe from eclipse folder. It will appear our working workstation which refers where our projects will be saved. Locate your preferred workstation location.
This is enough to make our first app but there are two things we have to do. One is install other packages to support on the specific devices.

Go to  All Programs > Android SDK Tools > SDK Manager select the devices and libraries you want to install & click install packages



And the second is setting up a virtual device (Emulator) to run our application. 
From Eclipse menu navigate Window > AVD Manager> Click New button to create a new  Virtual Device for emulator. Fill up the following information or set up as you required and finish by clicking Create AVD button.




Posted by: Ikrum Hossain
Latest Computer Technology, Updated at: 3:32 AM

Android Overview : Beginner Android Development Level 0 Part 1

What is Android?

Like other operating system we know " Windows, Linux and Mac" android itself is an operating system. In brief Android is a Linux-based Operating System ( OS ) for mobile platform. Obviously Android is the most popular OS for smartphones and tablet computers. Android OS was developed by the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), led by Google, and other companies and later purchased by Google in 2005.



Some Key Points Before Staring Development:

• Android is Open Source
• Android is based on the well known programming language Java
• Well documented developers portal
• Almost all OS compatible Development Environment
• Compile with Real Device or virtual device(Emulator)
• Program Runs by Dalvik Virtual Machine

System Required To Start Developing:

OS: Windows XP, Vista , 7 for both 32/64 bit , Ubuntu 8.04 or later, Mac 10.5.8 or later
• Eclipse IDE
• Java Development Kit (JDK) v6
• Android Software Development Kit (SDK)

Lets Start Android Development by Preparing Development Environment
Posted by: Ikrum Hossain
Latest Computer Technology, Updated at: 2:46 AM