Tag: Android
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PVR Panel 2.0.2
The latest version of PVR Panel, the app that lets you manage your recordings on the go, should be available shortly in the Google Play Store (if not already), as well as in the App Store later this week or early next week. As announced earlier, an update to the Videotron website caused the application…
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PVR Panel 2.0.1 is Available!
The latest version of PVR Panel, the app that lets you manage your recordings on the go, is available now in the Goole Play Store. This is the first Android release of the application. This version has also been submitted to the App Store for review and should soon be available there as well. This…
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PVR Panel News
We have been a little quiet recently, but by no means have we stopped working on PVR Panel. With the recent news about iOS7 and ever increasing market share of Android, we have been hard at work to redesign the application from the ground up. So what news do we have? Version 1.1.2 Just got…
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Automating Android Builds
In order to have a fully regression tested application, it is necessary to have an automated build process to ensure all checkins are validated nightly ( or whatever your schedule is). This is a simple task for most Java projects, however you may run into some issues with Android that I point out here. If…
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How to find the key an Android app was signed with
I found this on stack overflow, so I am just recapturing here since i found it so useful. First, unzip the APK and extract the file /META-INF/ANDROID_.RSA (this file may also be CERT.RSA, but there should only be one .RSA file). Then issue this command: keytool -printcert -file ANDROID_.RSA You will get certificate fingerprints like…
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Get Firefox Boot-2-Gecko up and running
There are two more players that are trying to enter the mobile OS space: Firefox, and Ubuntu. While the latter is making the move for more native applications to run faster on phones, the former is trying to take page out of WebOS’ playbook by going the pure HTML5 route. I had a chance to…
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Why the Low Res on the iPad Mini?
If you read many of the blogs out there, there are lots of people bashing the iPad mini for its lower resolution screen. This is primarily Apple’s own fault for spoiling us with Retina displays on everything, but there is a good reason for it. Since the mini was (suppose to be) a top secret…
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Why Apple is Smarter!
Apple announced their iOS6, along with OSX Mountain Lion, and bunch of new hardware on Monday. Amongst the new features announced were features that already exist on over platforms but now they do on Apple’s platform as well. Take do not disturb for example! This feature is nothing new, and platforms like BlackBerry have had…
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Installing your Android App on your Phone
One part of testing an Android app is installing it on an actual phone and making sure that it still behaves as you expect. Given the fact that there are so many different vendors that tweak the OS in order to create a unique experience for their end users before shipping it off with their…
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WP7, Now with Lowered Hardware Requirements
As part of the Nokia keynote at MWC, it was announced that WP7 will have lower hardware requirements to allow for cheaper phones, but is that a good move? While Microsoft is promising the keep fragmentation down, developers now have to do more testing and will have less of a potential WP7 market if their…