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MobileCONGalicia 2011

El viernes pasado, y gracias a la iniciativa de María Encinar (@encinar) y Martín Pérez (@mpermar), se llevó a cabo el primer evento para desarrolladores móviles en Galicia: MobileCONGalicia.

Las ponencias fueron de los más variado, tuvimos a:

Eugenio Estrada (@eugenioestrada) un crack de Windows Phone nos metió a todos el gusanillo de desarrollar . . . → Read More: MobileCONGalicia 2011

Google DevFest 2011 BCN

This week I assisted to the Google DevFest 2011 Barcelona. This year it was celebrated on a great “garage” located on an industrial area of Barcelona. I will tell the more interesting things that I found on the different sessions:

NEW IN HTML

As usual, this session presented by Paul Kinlan showed us the future of HTML5. I . . . → Read More: Google DevFest 2011 BCN

Developing with Android-X86 2.3 and VirtualBox

One of the most tedious thing developing for Android is the lack of an efficient emulator. The bundled Android emulator with the SDK is very, very slow due to that it is emulating an ARM architecture over X86 processors.

So I will propose you a solution based on Android-X86. This is a project that . . . → Read More: Developing with Android-X86 2.3 and VirtualBox

Upcoming Android Gadgets at Blusens

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Last week I was invited by Miguel Silva Constenla to the Blusens HQ at Santiago de Compostela. Blusens is a Galician consumer electronics manufacturer with worldwide presence.

I had a great expectation because Miguel said that was going to show us their upcoming Android devices. He received us at . . . → Read More: Upcoming Android Gadgets at Blusens

Vender en el Android Market desde España

Por aclamación popular os cuento los requisitos legales para vender aplicaciones en el Android Market desde España. Me centraré en el caso de vender como trabajador autónomo, que de momento es como estoy facturando en Mobialia.

CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE GOOGLE CHECKOUT

En el Android Market los pagos se hacen a través de la plataforma Google . . . → Read More: Vender en el Android Market desde España

Mobile 2.0 Open Ideas

This year I was invited to organize a workshop at the Mobile 2.0 Open Ideas event at Barcelona, on 16-17 June. With my experience developing Android apps at Mobialia and the social media integration on Martin Varsavsky’s RadioMe, I proposed the workshop:

Bulding Social Media Enabled Android Apps

This will be a 1-hour . . . → Read More: Mobile 2.0 Open Ideas

SobrosoParty 2011

Hoxe sábado ás 18 horas repetimos o laboratorio de Android “A Miña Primera Aplicación Android” na SobrosoParty no Pavillón Municipal de Ponteareas. Neste taller usaremos como exemplo a aplicación WikiPlaces para explicar cales son os pasos da creación dunha aplicación Android, dende a instalación do SDK e a configuración do Eclipse ata a súa . . . → Read More: SobrosoParty 2011

Using styles on Android layouts

A very cool feature of Android that many developers do not know (at least me 6 months ago) is the possibility of using “styles” on Android XML layouts. This thing is similar to CCS on HTML and provides a method to simplify the XML design.

First, let’s see an example of a XML layout . . . → Read More: Using styles on Android layouts

A small problem with the facebook Android SDK

At Mobialia the lasts weeks I was involved on the development of a social app using, among other social networks APIs, the facebook API.

For me it was easier to implement Twitter API access using only the signpost library, for facebook they recommend to download their Android SDK, and I did so. First we . . . → Read More: A small problem with the facebook Android SDK

Using two location providers on Android

Android has two kinds of accuracy on location:

Fine: provided by the GPS, needs some time to be obtained Coarse: location determined with the cell of the mobile network

This location methods can be enabled or disabled by the user on the preferences or with some widgets.

Initially on our apps we used . . . → Read More: Using two location providers on Android