Obfu-what? Right, Obfuscation, in general, describes a practice that is used to intentionally make something more difficult to understand. The nature of Java (the programming language for Android apps) is that the code is not compiled down to machine code; it is compiled to an interme

There can be multiple reasons for you to want to automatically start (autostart) an Android application or service after booting your device. Lets have a look at what a colleague of mine wrote. To autostart an Android application there are a couple of steps you need to take. However b

The humble short message service (SMS) celebrates its 20th birthday today. Engineer Neil Papworth sent the first SMS to an Orbitel 901 handset via Vodafone UK’s network in 1992: “Merry Christmas.” It would be safe to say that nearly every mobile phone sold in the pas

So, you probably heard of something called NFC (Near Field Communication), and maybe you have seen the video (as shown below) from the 2012 Google I/O showing you a developers perspective on NFC. But what you want is a short “How to” on creating an Android NFC application.

Looks like Android 4.2. has a “minnor” Bug. They aren’t celebrating Christmas at Google because Android 4.2 lacks the month of December.

Just a brief post to say that I will be talking at DroidCon Spain on 7th December in Murcia, Spain. This is what I will be covering:

So my trip to the Droidcon UK is coming to an end. It has been a great two days. Droidcon UK brought together key players in the Android Mobile industry and 1000+ talented developers and designers to discuss the best of business, design, and development on the Android platform. It’s E

 De laatste maanden werken we (Itude Mobile) samen met onze klant IMEIXS BV om een oplossing op fraude en criminaliteit rondom mobieltjes terug te dringen. Afgelopen week kreeg dat landelijke bekendheid na een bericht van het ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie. IM

As part of my trip to London during the DroidconUK, I will visit the Google London office.

On November 5th Android will celebrate its 5th birthday. To celebrate this Google developer- and technology user group leaders in Europe have announced the “V Hack Android” hackathon (pronounced “We Hack Android”). “V Hack Android” Dutch edition I&#