Author name: greg

Detecting Network Speed and Type on Android (Edge,3G)

For better experience for users of my app I wanted to show them different UI based on their network speed, problem here is that there is no way to know what network we are currently on. My first instinct was to use android.net.ConnectivityManager getActiveNetworkInfo() which gives us current network information, but the only thing we …

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Custom Android Tabs

Due to limitation of Android Tab component I created a custom TabWidget that I am using in couple different projects already. The widget allows us to  add custom background and use custom icons, tabs   can be Top/Bottom aligned. Currently tabs can launch new Activity and  Dialog , when starting new Activity we can use  “startActivityForResult” …

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