Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Migrating phone book from Nokia XpressMusic to Android using a Mac

Looks complicated, huh? Especially when people say there’s no real Mac-to-Android sync software.
But we’re all tekkies here, we solve stuff, and don’t complain about it And we’re using free software to do it, yummy!
All you need is PhoneDirector to get your Nokia agenda on the Mac. Just install it and follow the instructions, [...]

How to change your layout in Android landscape / portrait mode

In the res folder we are used to having a layout folder, in which we keep the XML files which describe our application’s layouts. This trick will show you how to improve the view in landscape or portrait mode, whichever you might need.
How do I quickly change my emulator from portrait to landscape and viceversa?
Use [...]

How to use Android emulator debugging log

Launch the emulator
wait until it finished loading
open up a terminal
use the following command: adb logcat

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