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[Java for Android App Development] Androguide.fr:
There are no good wyswig layout editor IMHO, for example, the eclipse graphical editor should be used more like a way to get a quick sneak-peak at what the xml code you're writing will look like than a way to actually generate the UI.

I can recommend some resources that really helped me improve the UI of my app :

Read the Design Guidelines thoroughly, once you're done reading, read them again^^ : http://developer.android.com/design/index.html

watch some Android Design in Action videos, gives a lot of inspiration, and there might be an episode specifically about your app's purpose (it's a weekly show held by Google engineers Roman Nurik, Adam Kosh & Nick Butcher, working on the Android Team, and they often do redesigns of existing apps or treat a specific type of app and the design it should have) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2....

Take a look at the great open source custom views & libraries showcased on : http://androidviews.net

Use the Android Assets Studio to generate custom icons, 9patchs, framed screenshots etc... : http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-studio/dist/index.html

Use the Action Bar Style Generator to create a custom action bar theme that suits your branding/color palette : http://jgilfelt.github.io/android-actionbarstylegenerator/

Use the Holo Colors generator to get all the Holo-compliant variants of a defined color (i.e : for button states - pressed/selected) : http://android-holo-colors.com/

Watch some Dev.Bytes videos, they are short and straight to the point, and always about implementing some custom animations and effects to jazz-up your app (again, held by Chet Haase & Nick Butcher, engineers at Google) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNF...

Take a look at Cyril Mottier's blog : http://cyrilmottier.com/

Nadav Fima's blog : http://nadavfima.com/

Join the Android Design community on Google+, ask for advice & show your designs/mock-ups to get feedback : https://plus.google.com/communities/113499773637471211070

Hope that gets you going, good luck ;)
[Java for Android App Development] MacDegger:
Android layout is the bane of my existence. Especially when you're trying to get things to work across 10 inch, 7 inch tablets and phone screens.

A lot of the time things just don't work like you'd expect them to. Practice a lot, google a lot and you'll build up your own bag of tricks to handle things, like using empty frame layout to pad things and when to (and when NOT to) use layout weights and layout margins.

Don't trust the software preview in the IDE, or even the simulator. Always test on actual devices and try to test on as many devices as you can.

Wish I could be of more help, but android's layout is a *****.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sid.8491:
Hello guyz..i own xperia p and i'm very happy with it. It looks amazing and its performance is great.

But recently xperia ion had a price drop and its available in around 21k. So i'm thinking to sell my P and buy Ion.

Should i do that? Or does Ion have bugs due to which its price are dropped....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
Ull get awesome developer support especially since its based on qualcomm soc
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] muzab a:
Support? Youre saying we dnt get much support

Who on earth makes time to build us roms and kernals
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MadManMark:
1. This should be in Q&A

2. We are in the forum for novathor devices so we wouldn't know in much detail the bugs of the ion

3. As we are close to the jelly bean update you may be more concerned about what bugs that may or may not have
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
I'm not blaming devs here. Indirectly I'm blaming St Ericsson and their sick policies to not support devs
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pandemic:
You should keep the Xperia P (Ion is older then P i guess) and this is for the people that said that Xperia P have no support here, Wolfbreak and i and more peeps supporting it, but ya'll already know that and indeed this belongs in Q/A topic;)

..[ Pandemic Quote..:: I Shine Brighter Then The *Sun* !!

Sent From Xperia P Full Powered By A Dualcore.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sdato001:
It is all up to personal choice, both phones are from the sam time, Xperia ION was first released in the US for ATT then came the international version, the ION hardware is similar to the Xperia S. For me P looks better so it is up to you. If I were to change my phone I would look for a much newer phone than Ion, but this is just my personal opinion.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gaganvj197:
Bro Xperia P looks are way better than ION.

Since ION is an old phone, I would suggest buying a new phone rather than ION.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 6thsurvivor:
Xperia ION is just a bigger xperia S with a sd slot, same hardware, same software and buttons register better.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sid.8491:
So that means Ion is better than P
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sid.8491:
1. Xperia P have White Magic Technology due to which we cam see the display in sunlight easily, does Ion's display is clear in sunlight??

2. P have Mali-400 n Ion have adreno 220 , which one is better?

3. Howz the battery life of Ion?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MadManMark:
Ion has one of Sony's best ever screens apparently-some say even better than the Z's it's a better phone than the P, it's high-end whereas the P is mid range. Also has better development I assume, the only advantage of P is its looks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pandemic:
Buttons on Xperia P rwspond quicker then on Ion, my friend have an Ion and yes he said your P respond faster with the touchy transparent bar paddies:)

But everyone have his own choise from which device he choose, respect that:)

Agreed the XP is a beautiful eye piece, and looks better then the Ion:)

..[ Pandemic Quote..:: I Shine Brighter Then The *Sun* !!

Sent From Xperia P Full Powered By A Dualcore.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Elwino2.3:
Just buy Xperia acro S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ashisharia:
Since ion is latest device than xpu it will get update faster, and hardware specs of ion are better
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cippa lippa:
I don't like very much ion. tried a little I think it's too big and I prefer the construction of Xperia p. Il in term of usability are I think the same, that's my opinion. it's anyway a very good phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] eagleeyetom:
Comparison threads are not allowed. Closed.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttocs99:
im currently on euro skank and ive tweaked the living daylights out of it:D but the problem is that my wifi hotspot is broke when i try to turn it on it says error? The tweaks im using is crossbreeder,pimp my rom and thats it the other stuf i done is use darkdogs crystal theme for 4ext,theme chooser and i used an app called zip themer to change the framework or and ive flashed latest radio via fastboot.the apperance mods i Done i done them last nite and i flashed the radio yestaday so its either the apperance mod i done or the latest radio has broke my hotspot function any help wud be great
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
its probably the radio. All the other stuff that you mentioned doesnt affect hotspot functionality.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jarojetu:
Latest HTC Desire radio

Try to flash the latest one from this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=687464
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttocs99:
It wasnt the radio because im using the latest and reflashed from scratch and everything is good for now
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Mashed_Potatoes:
Since there is no general board or help board for Wave phones, im sorry that i have to post this here....

I just got a Wave 3 from this guy, and the phone is in perfect condition and everything....

But, if i connect my Sennheiser EARPHONES, or my Pioneer HEADPHONES, the phone COMPLETELY freezes. Display doesn't work, buttons dont work, i cant turn off the screen. Then everything returns to normal when i unplug them.

I have to plug them in and out 2,3 times sometimes in order for them to finally work.

Stock Samsung earphones dont have this problem, but they are awful and only one earpiece works.

On my previous android phones, i never had this problem.

Please help me, i use my phone primarily for music, and i like the bada music player a lot.

UPDATE:

I just found out that the STOCK earphones have 4 conductors, and my sennheiser earphones have 3 conductors

Could THIS BE the reason?

I added a picture.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] FPSUsername:
try to flash to an other firmware or update via samsung kies.

maybe this is a bug in your rom...
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Mashed_Potatoes:
How do i flash a bada rom? Is there a risk of bricking like Android?

I did a fw update via Kies yesterday, that did not fix the problem.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] shaiws:
I didn't hear about someone who flashed his WAVE correctly and has problem..
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Mashed_Potatoes:
Can you check do you have 4 conductor earphones? If you have 3 conductor earphones and you NEVER had this problem, then something is wrong with the phone.

Please check my picture for comparison
[Bada Software and Hacking General] FPSUsername:
the freezing problem may be from software bugs.

If not, check your headphone jack input and aalso from other devices, check if something is different, also, its 2nd hand if i'm right? if so, it may be damaged, i dont know.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Mashed_Potatoes:
But dude, i tried 2 headphones/3 earphones:

Stock samsung 4-conductor earphones - no problems

Sennheiser 3-conductor earphones - freezing, 2-3 times plug in/out, works

Nokia 4-conductor earphones - no problems

Canyon 3-conductor headphones - freezing, 2-3 times plug in/out, works

Pioneer 3-conductor headphones - freezing, 2-3 times plug in/out, works

Ahh, i must sell them and get earphones with a microphone (4-conduct).....this is so stupid -_-
[Bada Software and Hacking General] FPSUsername:
I use 2-conductor headphones works great (skullcandy)
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Mashed_Potatoes:
I don't know what to say... a friend of mine said that her sister had the same problem with her Wave 3.

I bought some 4-conductor earphones today, and they work good.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] FPSUsername:
i have 2 of those 3 conductor (both skullcandy), and they work without freezing problems

ps: i use this kind of set (same model, just other color)

maybe its a problem with wave 3.

i use wave 1
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Mashed_Potatoes:
In the end, its not really a problem, its just that wave 3 doesnt support 3-conductor very well. All 4-conductor ones work good. :good:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komakos96:
hello im looking to buy a nexus 7 (probably a bricked one) because my screen was shuttered and the parts cost to much!( i'm living in greece and the transaction will be with paypal only!)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sid.8491:
Hey guyz..anyone have idea why did they drop the price of xperia Ion? Does it have bugs??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
No its probably due to it not being a popular enough model so they are clearing stock. The phone is great.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sid.8491:
should i sell my P in order to buy Ion?

Ion does not have much custom rom's developed i guess...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Aniket:
I think you should wait for the SP. Ion is also a great device but its an year old. So, further updates can be an issue
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] w3nZ:
Ion without custom rom is faster than P with custom rom ;)

Wait for the SP or buy an Ion.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pynzeta:
. The phone is great.[/QUOTE]

+1
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thanitos:
Att stopped selling the ion
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 0000alex0000:
i bought my ion through sonystore with att 2 year contract for $50. i gotta say..... it's such a piece of sh*t. the only good is that it looks like a professional business phone, and it feels very solid. the rest are just terrible. it has the most (not one of the most) terrible battery life among every smartphone after updated to ics (but on gb it's actually not bad). its camera can barely focus and the picture color is absolutely off (yellowish to be exact, so if you have a white gf, she may look like an asian gf, and i am seriously not joking). a lot of browser, games, facebook, and other apps withdrawals (means that it suddenly closes itself without any notification) while USING these apps, but this issue is in ics only. its wifi/cell signal isn't that great either, drop calls and slow wifi is often. I have tried software repairs for more than 10 times, and here are the major complains (there are more issues) i have about this phone

i mean seriously sony? being a big fan of you since the walkman age and this is what you become? GG. i have to bear with this phone for another 1.5 years. wish i had chosen another phone.. even the non-innovative but reliable iphone

sorry for being emotional, but if you can bare with all these bugs, go for it. if not, i recommend wait for its jelly bean reviews and see if these are fixed
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] w3nZ:
Try factory reset. I never faced that problems and i havent heard of them before.

There are also some mods for stock ics, try them out.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
I will say I love my Ion but my at version has been having allot of issues recently. For a long time it was very stable but the last few months I get allot of random reboots and system freeze. It does it on all firmware versions even on stock ics. To me it seems to be hardware related. It would be silly to buy this phone now with newer ones coming out. Sony does seem to have a good thing going and even though I plan to get a Z I want to see what else they put out before I do. The new rumor is the Z will drop on T Mo soon.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sid.8491:
Ion is getting Jellybean update...what else we needed, right :beer:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sid.8491:
The thing is P is very good phone, does not have single bug and we can see the display clearly due to its awesome White Magic Technology.

I'm afraid Ion would not have good display and it would have bugs as people are reporting here. :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] drogers81:
My first ion I had multiple issues with so I called att and they sent me a replacement ion.. After a few months with the replacement, I started just having constant issues again such as constantly losing signal and I am in a strong signal area... So I would always have to stay connected to wifi to even use data stabily.. I have done factory resets etc... Anyway I called att about it on Tuesday and they are now sending me the TL as a replacement. I have a feeling a jelly bean update would really help out the ion... But hard to say.. I will just have to enjoy my TL.. It seems like an awesome device too.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
Yea after seeing Sony and ATT have dropped the Ion I was wondering if i may get a TL hmmm. In my area we have one spot with 4g and I have been bouncing in and out of it allot recently. So I really think the LT28at has a radio issue seeing as when it switches back and forth is when data gets stuck. Also there is the garball issue when answering or trying to make a call sometimes. Reboots fix it but only till it does it again. Every once in a while I get a random reboot. Guess I will just need to talk to ATT.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Are you getting the garbled issue using the stock AT&T firmware?

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ Z
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 0000alex0000:
i believe your lt28at is using ics international firmware. switch back to any att firmware or gingerbread international firmware will solve the problem

well at least i don't have the garbled issue when answering/making call on any att firmware or on gingerbread international firmware
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zackspeed:
No it does not do the garbled thing on ATT firmware but the other issues persist. I am also starting to get allot of data drop issues. For no reason it will switch to E or plain 2g for no reason. Reboot and its fine again. Even on ATT firmware when it switches from LTE to 3g the system will hang or it will reboot. It is very odd.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mandar_ez:
Got my ion LT28h in feb 2013,

No issues since, Great device but battery could have been better..

hope JB updates solves it..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jtr165:
Had mine since July 2012. Only issue i've ever had was a battery bug, which others have posted about (percentage gets way off, but battery life remains normal). It happened again just recently, and i can confirm, in my case at least...booting the phone without the sim car...booting back down and starting it again with the sim card...completely fixes it. However, most posts mention all kind of calibrators w/ rooted devices, none of which did anything for me...its something to do with a simless start resetting something that i wasn't able to get to by any other means i tried.

AT&T is absolute shat in my area, has been that way since my first phone in 2001. My ion was no better with this, until recently i switched back to an international ICS, manually entered APN's...but flashed the .111 ATT baseband over it...my dropped calls have been cut well over half, it almost never happens...when before it would happen in my living room nearly daily. The baseband flash also removed the garbled call thing for me. I know there is some debate about how flashing a baseband does something 'weird', as it doesn't change the baseband version (but does apparently change some other deeper stuff)...all i know is this phone is working now like i'm on a completely different network than i used to be...

Not sure about the battery complaints...My year old Ion on ICS regularly out lasts my gf's TL w/ JB, with similar use (we occasionally trade, she likes the Ion's screen for video more). Only other things i notice is that the Ion is very slow to pick up a known wi-fi network, and gps, compared to the TL. The TL grabs gps in a basement within seconds. I can manually start the gps on my ion with gps status app, and control the agps state, but it will take minutes to get it indoors, and still isn't great outside. Same with wifi, my Ion can take 15 seconds to pick up my home network, but the TL grabs it in about 2 seconds consistently...might be a router thing, but it happens nearly anywhere i've tried.

So i've been happy with mine overall. The best 720p smart phone screen i've used so far, still love the 4 permanent buttons over the software options, and its been extremely reliable connection wise since the baseband thing. Its showing its age, but still plays games extremely well for the most part. Just wish it had better software support, but that goes with most hardware makers entirely.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] iFalcon:
I just picked up a new AT&T Ion from Craigslist for $50. I have been pleasantly surprised by this little gem and this is someone is has used the Nexus 4 and Galaxy S3. It runs very quick and Sony has done a very nice job with with the skin while introducing some unique applications.

The funny thing is it picks up signal better in my office that the previous phones.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] emillio_86:
I really cannot agree with you! I think you gave up too early! With juice defender i'm able to reach 2 days and just to compare - iphone don't last longer. I think the phone ist very stable and the only serious problem is the software support. But some options are always open! I love my ion and I'm keepin' it.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stikmenow775:
Is posible make a port from l5 to p500

Now we have 3.x kernel and the most features works

And the rom of l5 is apx 300mb

Is posible?

Enviado desde mi LG-P500h

CM9.2.1
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] npmg:
Nope, LG P500 is armv6 and the rom your trying to port is from an armv7 device, also our system partition is too little :)
[Shield General] TingTingin:
Well this is a new idea (somewhat) so I wanna hear what you guys think about this is it going to win? Or fail

S4 INFO
[Shield General] zylor:
Refer to that thread to discuss it.... keep offtopic out of here or..

i will report you!

Edit:

Reported!
[Shield General] kokusho:
It's hard to say at this point.

The offer is good in my opinion. If they deliver it could be an awesome piece of tech.

Now some things have to done well in order for it to succed.

First they have to avoid having a flawed product. Nvidia is relatively new in hardware making and a lot of thing could go wrong in the process which could cripple the product.

Then they have to price it correctly. It's a difficult thing to price. Android games alone aren't good enough to charge a premium for it and the other streaming aspect can't be done by itself and need another already expensive piece of tech nearby. And as a tablet, media consumption device the form factor isn't really good. Overall it's not an ultimate device for any kind of use but it does alot of thing nicely and have some unique feature.

For me they can't price it above 400$ and should be somewhere between 300 and 350.

Then they have to delivers the product and make it available everywhere cause the first rule to a succesfull product is to make it reach the buyer !

And finally they have to ramp up the THD games on Android to deliver the much needed content and drive sells. If they could get some big design win from other OEM for Tegra 4 it would help tremendiously in this area.

Anyway that's my 2 cents. I'm probably gonna buy it if priced right and available soon. I want a T4 device and if the Shield is the first one by a long shot I'll surely go for it.
[Shield General] AdamOutler:
I don't think any product can be "epic" at this point. The Shield brings very strong points and will be successful. I'd expect it to be about as popular as the Nexus 7 if NVidia can get a Walmart contract and the price right.
[Shield General] quazimojo:
If it became as successful as the Nexus 7 i would be seriously shocked and that is coming from a guy who wants the Project Shield to be a success.

I think the Nexus 7 hits far more every day use abilities then this will. I cannot see browsing the web or streaming video to much on it and honestly anything touch related will be cumbersome because of the huge controller below the screen.

Obviously price point will dictate alot of this but this is Nvidia after all and we have be realistic it will not be cheap even if it should be.

I do not know how many Nexus 7's were sold but im sure it was in the many millions and ill be surprised if Nvidia sells more then a couple of those in its entire lifetime.
[Shield General] jutley:
They will sell if the price is wright.
[Shield General] kokusho:
Great article on why the SHIELD can very well be the ground breaking device it claims to be.

http://www.gadgetreview.com/2013/02...-want-it-and-everything-you-need-to-know.html