Category Archives: Android

Android development

Android debugging: Capturing network traffic with tcpdump

Posted on January 17, 2010 by admin

When writing Android applications that heavily rely on networking it can sometimes be useful to inspect the network traffic going out and coming into your device. Especially when writing applications that implement networking protocols (like ftp, smtp, ssh, xmpp,..) the … Continue reading →

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Android : getting the contact name of a phone number

Posted on August 10, 2009 by admin

As a new feature in my Android app for the belgian mobile phone carrier Mobile Vikings I wanted to display contact names in the call history instead of the number. After a bit of googling I found that Android provides … Continue reading →

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Using the SimpleAdapter with a ListView in Android

Posted on July 24, 2009 by admin

When writing the Call history part of my Android app for Mobile Vikings I wanted to display the calls and messages in a listview with their number, date/time and cost. Displaying some text values in a ListView isn’t that hard. … Continue reading →

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Mobile Vikings app for Android

Posted on July 22, 2009 by admin

Recently I bought myself a HTC Magic phone running the Android OS. After losing about € 10-15 on mobile internet connections in the first two days I decided to switch to the new mobile service provider Mobile Vikings. They offer … Continue reading →

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