Chris Blunt Chris is a software developer working with Ruby, Rails and Android. In 2010, he founded Plymouth Software where he designs and builds applications for the web and mobile devices. As well as a fondness for travel and drinking tea, Chris writes about code, design and business on his blog at chrisblunt.com.
In the first part of this tutorial series, we built a simple brew timer application using Android and Eclipse. In this second part, we’ll continue developing the application by adding extra functionality. In doing this, you’ll be introduced to some important and powerful features of the Android SDK, including Persistent data storage, Activities and Intent as well as Shared user preferences.
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There's a lot to get excited about in mobile application development today. With increasingly sophisticated hardware, tablet PCs and a variety of software platforms (Symbian OS, iOS, WebOS, Windows Phone 7...), the landscape for mobile developers is full of opportunities — and a little complex as well.
So much choice can be overwhelming when you just want to get started building mobile... Read More
