Mac OSX Android Programming Tutorial

Android Programming Tutorial on Mac OSX

I plan to document my progress here on programming for the Android platform on the Mac. I am targeting the Android platform since I am a Sprint customer. In this tutorial you will write an app "Confuse Text" that encrypts and decrypts text. Most of the information is applicable to Android Development on any platform.

This tutorial assumes that you have a working knowledge of the Java language and are familiar with using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) such as Eclipse. In this tutorial you will build the Confuse Text App, from scratch, using 56 bit key DES encryption and decryption. This is not for secure communications.

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Fig. 1: A screen-shot of the final Confuse Text DES (v1.6) App running on Mac OSX.

Fig. 2: The Eclipse IDE.

My Favorite Android Apps

• 1. Calendar (Syncs with Google Calendar, wow!)

  2. Google Search

  3. Gmail and Yahoo!Mail

  4. Flashlight (Hey, press the button on the flashlight to brighten and dim the light)

  5. KindleReader (Press menu-->ViewOptions to change the text size. Consider battery life when reading.)

  6. QuickOffice (download documents stored on Google documents and open with this app)

  7. PdaNet (Supports USB tethering of your internet enabled Android Phone to your internet hungry computer while traveling. Take that $19.95 internet access hotel charge and ...)

  8. ESPNScoreCenter

  9. AngryBird

My Favorite Evo Accessories

• 1. Screen Protectors

  2. Extended Battery and Seidio clip on belt holder that will hold the Evo with either the extended or standard battery

  3. Spare combination Car/AC travel charger

  4. Blue Ant, a Blue Tooth Voice Activated Car Visor Speaker

  5. Sprint Airave (A femtocell gps enabled home mini-cell tower for VOIP)

My Favorite Evo Tips

• 1. The latest software update includes Swype, but it is not obvious how to enable Swype.

  2. To copy the text in an old message, press and hold over the message --> choose forward, press and hold on the message to be forwarded--> choose Copy all, press go back or home on the bottom of your phone to exit.

  3. To paste the copied text into a text message, press and hold over the text entry (Tap to compose) box --> choose paste.

  4. The Evo has enough processing power to make speech to text useful. Try it by tapping the microphone icon in the virtual keyboard.

Have fun,

JAL