Posts tagged with Android apps
Non-market Android App installation coming to AT&T officially
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AT&T has announced that it would soon allow users of Android phones on its network to officially install non-market Android apps. The first step in this direction will be allowing Amazon App store to function, and later telecom operator will open it for all non-market apps.
Notion Ink Adam gets official Kindle for Android
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Nothing grand here, but as you all know that Notion Ink does not come with Android Market, so there is no official way to get several Android apps. But company today announced that all the Adam users will get at least one more Android app officially – Kindle.
Track Stock Markets with Moneycontrol Markets for Android
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Network18 has recently launched yet another application for Android smartphones. This time it complements group’s financial news website Moneycontrol. Dubbed as Moneycontrol Markets on Mobile, this app provides real-time information about the Indian and global markets on your Android device.
Android App Development: A Resource Guide
Android application development is the latest craze among developers; everyone wants to become of part of this global phenomenon. Developing apps for Android is pretty new considering it has been just been three years since the launch of Android and many developers are still thinking to migrate to Android.
Android applications are written in the Java programming language. The Android SDK tools compile the code—along with any data and resource files—into an Android package, an archive file with an .apk suffix. All the code in a single .apk file is considered to be one application and is the file that Android-powered devices use to install the application.
From Android Application Fundamentals
Resources of Android App Development:
The Official Android Developer’s Guide: From Google
Introduction to Android development – IBM’s Guide
How to get started: TechRepublic’s Tutorial
Basics and pre-requisites: XLNCSolution’s Guide
Android Development Tutorial for Gingerbread: From Lars Vogel
Presentations regarding Android Application Development
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~nieh/teaching/e6998/lectures/lecture1.pdf
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~nieh/teaching/e6998/lectures/lecture3.pdf
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~nieh/teaching/e6998/lectures/lecture4.pdf
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~nieh/teaching/e6998/lectures/lecture5.pdf
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~nieh/teaching/e6998/lectures/lecture7.pdf
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~nieh/teaching/e6998/lectures/lecture10.pdf
Helpful Books for Android App Development
Book available in United States
I hope these links help. 
DroidDream malware invades Android Market; over 50 apps infected
Malware DroidDream is turning out to be a nightmare for Android users. More and more apps are being detected of being infected with this malware. Droid Dream contains exploit code that can root a user’s device as well code that can send sensitive information (IMEI and IMSI) from the phone to a remote server. There is another APK hidden inside the code, which can steal additional sensitive data.
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Myriad launches VM to run Android apps on other platforms
Myriad recently announced Alien Dalvik, a virtual machine that will allow users to run Android apps on other platforms, like Nokia Meego Phones.
Alien Dalvik enables the majority of Android applications to run unmodified, allowing application store owners to quickly kick start Android application store services by simply repackaging Android Package (APK) files, says Myriad group.
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RIM mulling to allow Android apps on Playbook
This is the biggest rumor of the day. According to BGR, Research in Motion is seriously considering using Dalvik virtual machine for its Playbook and may be future devices, which is the same VM used by Android.
And, if RIM chooses Dalvik, it would allow RIM’s PlayBook and other QNX devices to run applications built for the Android, which will truly be a great step for RIM’s future.
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Android apps are invading your privacy
We have heard it a lot of times, and this time Wall Street Journal has done a serious big study to find out which popular Android/iPhone apps are breaching our privacy and transferring data to third parties.
Some of the known apps on Android invading privacy include Movies by Flixter, Shazam, and Pandora.
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Best Droid X Applications
Verizon Droid X is available around the United States from today. Most of you Android fans must have lined up at Verizon stores and bought the bright new Droid X.
Well, as you have bought the device, we have complied a list of best Android apps for your smartphone.
App Brain: A shortcut to finding and installing apps is AppBrain. You load the AppBrain app on your phone, go to the AppBrain website and the two talk to each other. It’s not quite the same as installing apps directly from the Market via a web page, but it’s close.
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Mplayit launches in-Facebook Android app directory
Mplayit today launched a comprehensive Android app discovery directory within a Facebook app. It will catalog over 16,000 Android applications on the social network.
Mplayit’s directory of Android apps includes a dedicated page for each app where Mplayit will post videos of the app (created either by the developer or pulled from YouTube), a detailed description of the app and reviews. You can also click to buy the app from the Android Market.
Once you start clicking on various app and downloading apps, Mplayit will begin to recommend apps to you based on your behavior on the site. And you can share apps on Facebook and Twitter.
