Sending SMS is one of the basic features every phone has. In this tutorial we’ll create a SMS Sending Application for Android. You app can also Intercept any incoming SMS and perform task based on pre-defined rules, we’ll use Broadcast receiver for the listening  purpose.…

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Recently i attended Droidcon India 2011 and had a quick chat with a team installing CyanogenMod for interested attendees there. I finally decided to give it a shot.

In this tutorial we’ll create a small app which displays a Toast Notification whenever GPS Coordinates changes. Start a new Project.
Project Name: HelloGps
Android Level: Android 2.1
Application Name: HelloGps
Package Name: com.vineetdhanawat.hellogps
Create Activity: HelloGps
Min SDK… Version: 7

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Ready to dive into real android applications? Its been a while since i have blogged about my experiences with android app development. This is a great post i found at SmashingMag.
Prerequisites:
Working Eclipse IDE with ADT installed (Tutorial)
What is great in this Tutorial?…

Prerequisites :
1. Working Eclipse IDE with ADT installed (Tutorial)
2. Basics of Java

Part 1: Understanding Views
Start a new Android Project. File >> New >> Android Project.
Major Components of the new Android Project screen are
Project Name : Just the name displayed in Eclipse
Build Target : Supported Version, We chose to build for Android 2.2
Application Name : Name Displayed in the Application Header
Package Name : Follow the international reverse hierarchy nomenclature as in java packages (can be anything)
Create Activity… :  Keeping activity checked will create a java file in the “src” folder which will have a function that will be called as soon as the application starts.