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Recent Articles

  • Java Cast and Conversions

    In this Java fundamentals tutorial let us see about casting in Java. This tutorial is having two parts, the first one is for casting on refe ...

    March 10th, 2014

  • Android Multicast Notification using Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

    Google Cloud Messaging for Android (GCM) is a platform provided by Google for developers for sending tiny notification messages to Android a ...

    March 6th, 2014

  • Markers–Google Maps Android API v2

    This Android tutorial will show how to use markers to display positions using Google maps Android API v2. We will also see features related ...

    February 25th, 2014

  • Java Generics Basics

    This Java generics tutorial is to introduce basic terminologies related to generics. They are demonstrated with example code and this tutori ...

    February 18th, 2014

  • Draw lines on Google Maps Android API

    This Android tutorial will help a beginner to start with Google Maps on an Android device. We will be using Google Maps Android API V2 and i ...

    February 17th, 2014

  • Java Generics Introduction

    “Java generics” gives the ability to parameterize a type or method and use it in a generic way. A Java class can be defined using a paramete ...

    February 11th, 2014

  • Android Splash Screen

    This Android tutorial will help to learn how to show splash screen in an Android application. Splash screen is generally used when there is ...

    February 7th, 2014

  • Java Polymorphism

    Ability of an organism to take different shapes is polymorphism in bio world. A simplest definition in computer terms would be, handling dif ...

    February 5th, 2014

  • Android Location using GPS, Network Provider

    GPS and network providers are two different ways to get Android device location (latitude and longitude). GPS and network location providers ...

    January 30th, 2014

  • State Design Pattern

    State design pattern provides a mechanism to change behavior of an object based on the object’s state. We can see lot of real world examples ...

    January 28th, 2014