[ANDROID] How to create a background shape with a double border / rounded border with a drop shadow

Usually we use <shape> objects in our .xml drawables meant for the backgrounds of buttons or other View objects. I came across a situation where such object should appear as if it had been previously selected, and the graphic design choice was to put a thick rounded stroke around the container, while at the same […]

[ANDROID] How to set a custom title View on a DialogPreference extending class.

So you have a FooDialogPreference class which extends DialogPreference, and one of the things you’d like to do to it, is to change the Dialog’s title. DialogPreference happens to be a bit of a bitch, you can’t just call getDialog() and start playing with its features before it is shown because the Dialog object is […]

OnePlus One unboxing

Charger and phone come in separate boxes. Charger does not come with a cable. The phone does. I guess it must be a statement for modularity and perhaps you get to buy only the accesories you need, if you need just a cable, you just buy the cable. It’s a pretty power adapter, but not […]

Is there an Android manufacturer for intelligent adults?

I wish there were an Android phone in the market that: – Let’s me have Admin privileges on my device out of the box (rooted by default) – Does not start 20+ background processes I don’t want along with a lot of uninstallable apps that just eat on my resources and battery life. for example: […]

How to avoid Android compilation/building issues – Setting up the Eclipse Buildpath correctly

This post is the product of about 48 hours of not being able to work on what I was supposed to be working because I had to deal with build issues in Eclipse. Hopefully If you follow these steps you will be able to solve some of the issues you may be facing right now […]

My First Raspberry PI Project: DIY ARM Video Game Console.

I got everything on amazon, didn’t pay for shipping (Prime member): So far I bought: – Raspberry PI ($48) – Raspberry PI case ($14) – Power adapter ($2.25) – SNES-like Controller with USB jack ($10.75) – SanDisk SDHC 16GB class 6 (30mb/s) ($15) I first intend to install Ubuntu ARM along with several video game […]

[SOLVED] Kindle Fire HD not being detected by adb

OSX Setup Modify your adb_usb.ini Open the ~/.android/adb_usb.ini file for editing and add 0x1949 0x0006 Save the file. Note: Make sure there is only one entry per line. If the file does not exist, create the file and make sure you have the required Android SDK prerequisites configured. Restart the ADB server and confirm your […]

Get FrostWire 1.0 for Android

If you are getting an Android device this holiday season, we’ve spent the last 5 months building a must-have app for it. Install FrostWire via Google Play. Download the .apk installer. Here’s a few things you can do with our completely re-designed and easy to use file sharing client and media player. Improved search that […]

Kindle Fire HD Unboxing, First Impressions, Thoughts about iPad 3 and iPad Mini

Welcome to my unboxing of the new Kindle Fire HD. If you don’t know me, I’m an Android product designer and developer of FrostWire for Android, been an Android user for the last 3 years, as a developer I’ve had the opportunity to try lots of different Android phones and tablets and this year I […]

FrostWire for Android 1.0 – Preview Screenshots

The following screens have been taken from the build currently running on my phone. We’ll be releasing this baby in a few more days now, in the meantime you can try a similar build and let me know how it went.