Implementing an endless scroller in Android was not actually that difficult. Here’s a quick code snippet and explanation to get you on your way. Just give me the code! Well here you go: public class EndlessScrollListener implements OnScrollListener { private int visibleThreshold = 5; private int currentPage = 0; private int previousTotal = 0; private [...]

Own a HTC Hero? Remember how long it took HTC to update to 2.1? I certainly do, and around the fourth delay, I gave up on the idea of waiting for carriers/manufacturers to release updates. There are certainly a number of custom ROM providers out there, however I have found the most quality custom ROM [...]

The quickest and easiest way to serialize/deserialize JSON in Android is to use Google’s GSON library. It contains almost everything you need to connect your android application to a web service that returns JSON. I’ve also included a quick filter to successfully deserialize Microsoft styled dates from JSON to Java. Download the GSON library Go [...]

Recently I have become obsessed with creating an android app that everyone will love. I realise that android has been out for quite some time now and I should have jumped on the bandwagon earlier, but now that I have arrived at the party, I couldn’t be happier. I’ve owned a HTC Hero since around [...]