Install Eclipse Plugins offline (english)
Regulary, people ask me how to install Eclipse plugins offline. My update site http://www.junginger.biz/eclipse/ is not an option for offline users, and there is no dedicated download. Fortunately it...
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Ubuntu 7.10 VMware Image Download (English)
An Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) VMware Image is available here for download. This virtual Linux system with all its applications is usable out-of-the-box (e.g. with the free VMware Player). Thus, it is...
View ArticleAndroid: XML Serialization with XStream
Especially if you want to transfer objects from and to a Android mobile device, XML serialization may be an option. XStream is a popular XML serialization tool, however it does not work out-of-the-box...
View ArticleQuestions about Android
Google’s Android is an emerging technology, and neither its implementation nor its documentation is complete. This is the place where I will collect questions I have on Android. Once I find out answers...
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Another great reason for multi touch on Android
PocketGuitar is a cool open source project transforming an iPhone or an iPod touch into a mobile guitar. Android needs multi touch!
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Android Workshop in Munich
Today’s Android Workshop was fun – especially meeting lots of interesting people. The audience of around 100 people had the pleasure to meet Dan Morrill and Jason Chen from Google, Mountain View....
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RSS View 1.4
I just released a new version of the compact RSS feed reader. The Eclipse plugin can be installed using the update site http://www.junginger.biz/eclipse. Please check the full announcement for details.
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Android and The Astonishing Tribe
The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) is a member of the Open Handset Alliance. What got my special attention about this particular OHA member was that they specialize in mobile UIs. The UI of a mobile platforms...
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Android Emulator Performance
Diego Milano had a good idea on how to measure the performance of Android emulator: start a shell session (adb shell), and run cat /proc/cpuinfo to get the BogoMIPS: Processor : ARM926EJ-S rev 5 (v5l)...
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Android’s new UI: Interview with TAT
The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) is currently giving Android’s new UI the finishing touches. Hampus Jakobsson from the Swedish company was so kind to answer some questions. Let’s see if TAT reveals...
View ArticleNew Android Apps (MWC)
The current Android SDK and emulator comes with only very few applications: browser, maps, and a contact list. This is going to change soon as two articles on Engadget and Gizmodo suggest, which refer...
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Ubuntu 8.04 VMware Image Download (English)
Here, you can download an Ubuntu 8.04 (Desktop) VMware Image. This virtual Linux system with all its applications is usable out-of-the-box (e.g. with the free VMware Player). Thus, it is perfect to...
View ArticleHow-to set up Glassfish 2 on Debian or Ubuntu
There are a couple of how-to guides for installing Glassfish 2 and getting started with it. This article links to some guides I considered worth reading and gives you additional information. Basic...
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Improving Glassfish Deployment Performance in Eclipse
It’s well know that Netbeans supports Glassfish very well. One of the features I like most is incremental deployment, because it can save you a lot of time during development. Adam Bien posted some...
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QuickSearch Android App released
I just released QuickSearch in the Android Market. Let me qoute the description from the market to explain what it does: “With just a quick touch you can search in one of a dozen web pages. Just enter...
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QuickSearch Day One: 1000 Downloads, V1.1 added Voice Search
QuickSearch was downloaded 1000 times within its first 24 hours in the Android Market. That’s a good sign, at least it surpassed my expectations. Based on currently 50 ratings, the average rating is 4...
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Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000)
Samsung’s Android tablet “Galaxy Tab” was launched on September, 2nd. Being part of a small group invited by Samsung, I had the opportunity to play with the device the night before the official launch....
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Tab: IFA announcement video
Here are videos of the official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Tab at IFA, Berlin. Here’s the main video presenting the specs:
View ArticleAndroid idea: ActivityLifeCycleListener
There’s one feature I missed ever since in Android: attaching to an Activity’s life cycle. There are quite a few use cases for objects that rely on the life cycle of an Activity. Usually one has to...
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