Posted on Aug 15, 2011
Break down of jTribe’s 2 day workshop
Day One
Development Environment
Android concepts and framework
Activities and Intents
User interface elements customising lists
Loading data
Threading
Sharing Data between Activities
Populating UI elements in code
Retrieving remote data
Day Two
Background Services
Widgets
Notifications bar
Supporting Multiple Screens
Honeycomb...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2011
jTribe is proudly supporting a research project that aims to help blind and visually impaired people accessing information via an iPad. Haptic feedback will be used to allow blind students accessing graphs and other highly visual information on an iPad device. The research is based on work done at Monash University – jTribe will help by making it available on the iPad device.
The project...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2011
Daniel Bradby and former jTribe employee, Nick Burton were interviewed for the collection of apc magazine articles, ‘The Android Revolution- Why Android is taking over.’ The articles review and analyse the current mobile market and the future possibilities for Android.
“Most iPhone developers are now in the process of building new Android apps, porting their existing apps to Android, or...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2011
New happenings at jTribe- we’ve recently written an article for SitePoint on, ‘Writing Your First Android App.’ Daniel Bradby gives a comprehensive guide to planning and beginning your app development, including tips to improve usability, with the Android Virtual Device (AVD) to run on in the Android Emulator.Daniel explains, “once you’ve figured out a desirable functionality,...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2011
Love your beer? jTribe recently built the BeerBuddy app which allows users to learn exactly what it is they love about their favourite beers. The idea was brewed in Mildura, from Stefano de Pieri in conjunction with MediaStorm Advertising. BeerBuddy has detailed descriptions and videos of beer brewing and a location section to identify your nearest Micro-brewery. BeerBuddy is raising the profile...
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