Android : Developing a Metro-Style RSS reader

Nowadays the playstore / appstore is awash in magazine style RSS readers. With good reason, since they leverage an existing and widely deployed technology (RSS) to promote and present site content in a very attractive way. The proliferation and ubiquity of mobile devices means that everyone has access to a form factor which lends itself … Continue reading Android : Developing a Metro-Style RSS reader

Lessons learned : Appcelerator

A couple of points learnt while writing an Android application using the excellent titanium appcelerator. Determining intent type: var intentType=Ti.Android.currentActivity.getIntent().getType(); intentType will then hold strings such as: 'android.intent.action.MAIN': an application has been opened directly, not via a share or view intent 'android.intent.action.SEND': also known as the share intent, since this is the action that gets broadcast when a … Continue reading Lessons learned : Appcelerator