WebApp-Icons für Chrome auf Android

Translation to english is in progress, stay tunes Webapps sind im Grunde einfach Webseiten, die man mit eigenen Icon auf seinen Smartphone installieren kann. Die Nutzer brauchen so nicht über einen Appstore zu gehen. Um eine solche Webapp zu entwickeln müssen wir dem HTML-Code einer Webseite zusätzliche Informationen mitgeben: die generelle Eigenschaft “WebApp-fähig” sowie mindestens …

How does the NFC-Hunt App from Google works?

Google organized a kind of scavenger hunt for the developers conference IO 2013 to demonstrate the practical use of NFC. Participants needed an NFC-enabled Android and then installed an app called “NFC Hunt”. The app gives clues where to find specific NFC tags in the real world. The user has to find and scan these …

Video about Handylearn Counter

Just created a new video and uploaded it to YouTube, it shows the Android port of Handylearn Counter. I especially like how the pie chart dynamically changes with presses of the buttons. The original J2ME version has now six-digit download numbers and is particularly popular in India, Mexico and Argentina. The android version let you …

New features for enterprise users of Android

Google announced new features for Android specifically aimed at improving the usage in companies. The next version of Android-L Android 5 will contain these improvements. When employees access corporate data with the smartphone, you want a strict separation of corporate data from private data and a foreclosure of privately used services. Even if you trust …

Android in the Enterprise

Two lectures at Droidcon Companies with mobile workers can optimize their business processes with mobile devices. At the conference droidcon 2014 in Berlin, I was able to listen to a practice report and a manufacturer lecture. Android devices have been designed by Google as personal devices. So they offer a wide range of entertainment and …

Nokia Asha from a developers point of view

I was among the winners of the Nokia Asha Touch Competition 2012. I was awarded for the feedback I have given on the new Nokia developer tools. From the laudation: “for his very focused and relevant feedback around core app development. The issues raised showed a great understanding of the product and what areas most …