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Android Open Source Development Tools at OSCON 2011

Published on 2011/07/26 in Android, ksoap2-android, Maven Android Plugin, Maven Android SDK Deployer and Presentation. 0 Comments

I am at OSCON Java 2011 and just finished presenting about Android open source development tools covering the supplied default tools in the SDK and going way beyond covering libraries and tools for all sorts of aspects of Android application development. With just under 30 people in the audience I went through a whirlwind tour of Android IDE’s, development tools, suitable Java and Android libraries and a lot more.

The slides are available for download (smaller file) and should give you great resource to dig deeper since all links are right there and active. Following up on just a few of the ideas will hopefully make you a more productive Android developer and inspire you to participate and join open source Android activities.

Enjoy and let me know if they are useful for you

manfred

Update: Added a short version of the presentation that removes the slides for the transitions as requested by @shawnlauzon

Reviving ksoap2 for Android

Published on 2010/10/15 in Android, Announcement, Java Development and ksoap2-android. 15 Comments Tags: , .

If you are developing Android applications that need to interface with SOAP web services, you probably know that the Android SDK does not have any support for this technology. It is somewhat considered legacy, but it is still widely used in many enterprise applications. When you look around for a SOAP library that is suitable for mobile devices in the sense that it is not too heavy you will inevitable find ksoap, which has a history on J2ME and Blackberry. Unfortunately the project has been pretty much dead for a long time now.
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Attribute support for KSOAP2 on Android

Published on 2010/05/25 in Android, Java Development, ksoap2-android and Maven Android Plugin. 26 Comments Tags: , , , , .

So recently I have been doing a lot of Android development and generally having a great time. In general the Android API is very complete and offeres support for a whole lot of features and task. I did however have to find out that SOAP support is generally non existant. Given the widely known problems with SOAP and the trend towards simpler REST based services and the young age of the Android platform this is not too surprising. However in reality lots people still need to work with (legacy?) SOAP services. If you are in that situation you should read on.
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