Technical stuff » Android http://www.tekkie.ro Requirements are like water. They're easier to build on when they're frozen. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:33:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Migrating phone book from Nokia XpressMusic to Android using a Mac http://www.tekkie.ro/quick-n-dirty/migrating-phone-book-nokia-xpressmusic-android-using-mac/ http://www.tekkie.ro/quick-n-dirty/migrating-phone-book-nokia-xpressmusic-android-using-mac/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:45:29 +0000 Georgiana http://www.tekkie.ro/?p=238 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, you should be just fine. After you get all this, export them into a .vcf file, we’ll need it in a moment.

Now, to get this info in the Android is really a piece of cake. Go to the Contacts settings in Gmail and import the .vcf file you generated with PhoneDirector. Then go to your Android phone and sync your contacts. Ta-da! Welcome to the Google world!

NB: if you’re having a hard time finding the Contacts in the Gmail app, like I did, look immediately under your labels list.

The above steps weren’t good for you? Then you might need to take a look at this.

]]> http://www.tekkie.ro/quick-n-dirty/migrating-phone-book-nokia-xpressmusic-android-using-mac/feed/ 3 How to change your layout in Android landscape / portrait mode http://www.tekkie.ro/quick-n-dirty/how-to-change-your-layout-in-android-landscape-portrait-mode/ http://www.tekkie.ro/quick-n-dirty/how-to-change-your-layout-in-android-landscape-portrait-mode/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:12:30 +0000 Georgiana http://www.tekkie.ro/?p=226 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 Ctrl + F11 to test around.

Can I only improve the layout and use no extra code?

The short answer is yes, definitely.

The layouts in /res/layout are applied to both portrait and landscape, unless you specify otherwise. Let’s assume we have /res/layout/home.xml for our homepage and we want it to look differently in the 2 layout types.

  1. create folder /res/layout-land (here you will keep your landscape adjusted layouts)
  2. copy home.xml there
  3. make necessary changes to it
  4. run the application in the emulator and test it using the Ctrl + F11 combination
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  • Launch the emulator
  • wait until it finished loading
  • open up a terminal
  • use the following command: adb logcat

    • Don’t forget to have fun!

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