Multithreading is always tricky. On any platform and in any language, when not implemented properly you will get unexpected behavior sooner or later. In the process of making an Android application suitable for Honeycomb, a colleague of mine ran into the NetworkOnMainThreadException, which is new in Honeycomb. On earlier Android versions, doing heavy operati

As some of you may already noticed, running Android Honeycomb application on the Android emulator, isn’t the most fun thing to do, because it’s painfully slow. Besides the start-up time (can be avoided, which I explain later), just using it is a pain. Google is planning to improve the performance, but if you can’t wait that long I’ve put to

Last week our Android Trading app for leading online broker BinckBank was launched. The app offers realtime streaming market data and lets users trade from the comfort of their Android device. BinckBank website ► Watch video ►

Watching what the sessions will be at the Google IO 2011, a couple of things stand out.. First, Android apps can be used by Google TV. Google TV already announced this at last year’s developer’s conference. Also on the agenda is a “Honeycomb highlights” session. It’s no great surprise that we’ll see more of the Android ver