A new version of the example Android Ant build environment has been posted. Use this link for the Release 3 of the Android Ant Build Environment.
The new version works with slightly updated Release 10 of the Android SDK (e.g. android-sdk_r10-linux_x86.tgz). It should meet your needs for Jenkins builds and other continuous integration...
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Category Archives: Articles
This contains resources for developers. This includes programming articles, software configuration articles, and software design articles.
Android Ant Build Environment Released!
The Disgruntled Rats are giving back to the community by releasing code that will help other Android developers get their projects working with Ant. See the link below.
Android Ant Build Environment
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5 Simple Steps to Creating Scene Graphs
These are the five main steps needed to create a scene graph for computer graphics programming.
Content Ratings Coming to Android Market
Discussion on the new Content Rating requirement coming to Android Applications.
The Android Gaming Revolution
Throw away your Nintendo Gameboy and Sony PSP. Serious mobile Android gaming systems are on the way. Tegra 2 processors appear to be the silver bullet heading for the heart of the mobile gaming industry. The article from "Android and Me" below suggests they might be as much as five times...
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Monthly Drawing for Disgruntled Rats Shirts
We are giving away one Disgruntled Rats t-shirt each month to our fans. We will pick randomly from the list of people who "like" our Facebook page. The drawing will be held on the first Saturday of each month. All you have to do is "like" the Disgruntled Rats Facebook page and you will automatically...
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Codename Phantom – Android Graphics Engine
The Disgruntled Rats are very excited to announce their upcoming graphics engine! The codename for the graphics engine is Phantom. Phantom is fast, lightweight, easy to use, and portable.
Phantom runs on any operating system with accelerated graphics and support for the Java Virtual Machine. Phantom also runs on the Dalvik Virtual Machine. Developers can write...
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Game Development Underway
Our team at Disgruntled Rats has begun full development on a unique new application based around natural human immuno-defense.
Understanding Android OpenGL Through UML
I find it easier to learn a new software system by creating diagrams. Today, I created a couple Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams for Android OpenGL. These diagrams present a high-level view of the Android OpenGL rendering domain.
The class diagram describes the main classes and relationships. I also described a few important methods...
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Setting Up An Android Virtual Machine on Ubuntu
This tutorial will help you set up an Ubuntu Android Virtual Machine.
1) Download the Android SDK for Linux. Currently, only i386 is available.
2) Extract the downloaded SDK to a folder. I like to place my binaries in ~/bin Here is an example:
3) If you have a 64-bit Ubuntu instance, install Java...
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1) Download the Android SDK for Linux. Currently, only i386 is available.
2) Extract the downloaded SDK to a folder. I like to place my binaries in ~/bin Here is an example:
tar xzf android-sdk_r05-linux_86.tgz
cd android-sdk-linux-86
3) If you have a 64-bit Ubuntu instance, install Java...