Apr 01
Google announced not a long time ago that Google Docs can now be used offline as well. Google Docs offline is powered by Google Gears. The new release allows offline editing of word processing documents however there are plans to expand this service to support offline access to the remaining Google Doc products namely Presentations and Spreadsheets.
Users are able to work on their documents offline and all the changes to the document will automatically be synchronised up to the online version as soon as internet connection is available.
Nov 21
Android is
… a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications.
I was - as always - browsing Google’s website when I found this new API, Android. I got interested so I downloaded it. In the mean time I also installed Eclipse, as many of Google’s application are easily programmable from this open-source software framework.
There is a really good step-by-step guide for installing the Android SDK and how to setup the plugin for Eclipse (Android Development Tools - ADT).
Also the ‘Hello, Android‘ tutorial is quite straightforward and easy to implement.
However, I had one issue when compiling and running some code on Android. The emulator starts up, loads and then a) I get an error message saying that the application is not responding or b) the same message but in the background I see my running application. Here’s what you can do:
- In Eclipse go to Window > Open Perspective > Other
- Choose DDMS from the list.
- In the top left corner find a tab called ‘Devices’ and click on the arrow pointing down
- Choose ‘Reset ADB’ from the list.
If you run your application again, the problem should not appear again.