Monthly Archives: March 2010

Setting Up An Android Virtual Machine on Ubuntu

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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: 
tar xzf android-sdk_r05-linux_86.tgz
cd android-sdk-linux-86

3) If you have a 64-bit Ubuntu instance, install Java...
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Getting Ant to Work with Android

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This tutorial will help you create a custom Ant build script which can be used to build an Android application.  I was very interested in taking an existing Java application and porting it to Android.  I searched the entire interweb and couldn't find much documentation on the subject.  The example build scripts from the Android...
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Why Most Touchscreens Miss the Point

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This is an interesting article that summarizes the fact that all touchscreens are not created equal; they require a delicate balance of mechanical software design. It is mainly FYI and will serve some “general knowledge” utility for us.

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