ICS and iPV6 for Samsung Galaxy S2

T-Mobile has finally got ICS for Samsung Galaxy S2. May not be the best known and most looked-after feature in Ice Cream Sandwich, you have an iPV6 compatible Samsung galaxy phone from TMobile. To enable iPv6 on your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2: Go to Settings -> More… -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names -> T-Mobile US -> APN protocol -> IPv6 ->...

How to update Samsung galaxy S2 to ICS (4.0.3 Ice cream Sandwich) – T mobile or others

Finally there is latest update for Samsung galaxy S2 which is Ice cream Sandwich (4.0.3) … WOO HOO for Tmobile too !!! This has been the update most of the Samsung galaxy users have been waiting for at least 3 months. However there is no OTA update for this. Users must use Samsung Kies to update this on the phones. Below are some very simple steps to apply the 4.0.3...

How to escape “‘”(single quotes) while using SQLiteDatabase/Content Providers in android

A very common problem faced while using “SQLiteDatabase/Content Providers” in android is that developers do not escape the “‘” (single quote). When you have strings which accepts “‘”, the query on DB or through content provider fails due to improper query format. There are two approaches to fix this issue: 1. Use the...

How to make your android application i18n ready – Handling Strings

It is extremely simple to make sure that your android application is ready for internationalization. Keep in mind the following points while developing the application: 1. Do not have hardcode values in source code for strings to be shown in UI as labels or headers or messages. 2. You may have data in DB which will be put as part of user input and must not be manipulated in...

Ringer Genie – Launched

We love Ringer Genie and hope you do it as well ! Here are some of the main features of the application and details are available at www.srijna.com/ringergenie Ringer Genie controls your phone ringer for ‘Do Not Disturb’ moments. Set mode to Silent, Vibrate, Custom Ring and Airplane for an immediate duration or using a scheduler for a later event. So, no...

Sending SMS (Text) through Android Application

I am going to outline simple steps to send a SMS (text) through any android application. Create a new Class SmsActivity which looks as follows: public class LaunchActivity extends Activity { PendingIntent smsPendingIntent; PendingIntent smsDeliveryPendingIntent; BroadcastReceiver smsReceiver; BroadcastReceiver smsDeliveryReceiver; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle...

Pour in New Applications !

Srijna always likes to develop applications that meets our valuable customer needs. Please keep sharing the new applications that you are looking for and we will work towards getting them into Android world for you !