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How to find an Android .apk file for a desired application

Administrator — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:27:41 +0000

This article is for educational purposes only, but if you want to download an apk file for any given application installed in your phone here we will guide you how to do it.

You can use ES File Explorer or Astro Manager to generate an application backup and then share it with you by email or just copy it to your computer.

In order to do this, follow the steps below:

Open ES File Explorer
Press Menu button in your Phone
Click Manager
Select App Manager from the list
Find the application you want to extract the apk file
Do a long press on the application until the Operations menu appear
Select Backup

Now, you can find your .apk file in your /sdcard/backups/apps/ folder.

Android device chooser is not showing my Android Device

Administrator — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:28:40 +0000

Recently while updating Infolinks for Android I noticed the Android device was not displayed when I tried to run the application in Eclipse in my new Dell computer I recently bought. After digging I could find that this was due Eclipse was moved from the old computer to a new one without installing the Android USB Driver for Windows 7.

Fortunately the fix for this was easy. We just need to make sure the Android USB driver is installed and why not also check the ADT Tools for Eclipse are up to date. Otherwise the Android device might not be displayed in the running devices window while debugging or running applications.

Unofficial Infolinks application for Android

Administrator — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:00:49 +0000

Unofficial Infolinks for Android is a simple application tool that helps you to retrieve your Infolinks earnings report.

You can download the application from the Android Market.

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Real Time Android Monitor

Administrator — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:47:48 +0000

You can track data real time using your phone or devise wearing Android OS. There are many interested applications that allow you to track data real time. For example, check out the Sensor Simulator application. By using this application, you can drive your android application in real time. Awesome.

Here is a live preview. There are other interested articles, for example this one that explains how to create a sensor application using Java in your Android platform.

Alternatives for Remote Desktop using Android Phones

Administrator — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:24:41 +0000

Do you have a Google phone or any other Android OS based smartphone? Here are some alternatives that you can review in order to use Remote Desktop application in your Android based phone. By using a remote desktop application you can connect from your phone to your home desktop or any other computer.

Remote Droid

RemoteDroid turns your phone into a wireless keyboard and mouse with touchpad, using your own wireless network. It’s a free application for phones running Google’s Android operating system, such as the Droid (Verizon Wireless) and the G1 (T-Mobile). Also the HTC Nexus One.

Xtralogic – Remote Desktop Client for Android

Xtralogic Remote Desktop Client for Android enables you to connect to your Windows computers across the Internet from a mobile device powered by Google Android platform. It is using Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Once connected, it gives you mouse and keyboard control over your computer while showing you everything that’s happening on the screen. You can leave your computer at the office without losing access to your files, applications, and e-mail. All the necessary server components are already part of Windows operating system, so you will not need to install anything on your Windows computers.

Android VNC Viewer

Android VNC Viewer is an alternative for remote desktop control using VNC and Android OS. It is a VNC viewer for Android platform. android-vnc-viewer is forked from tightVNC viewer.

LogMeIn for Android

LogMeIn announced a plan for adding Android support to their remote desktop application. “We believe service providers supporting Android-based devices will benefit by offering an enhanced, remote support experience for their high-value customers.”

Nexus One – The Google Phone

Administrator — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:14:33 +0000

Google comes out of a left field with a scrappy phone alternative: The Nexus One.

Built by HTC company, the Nexus One Phone ($529 unlocked; $179 with T-Mobile contract) has a 3.7-inch OLED display, fast 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and a 5-megapixel camera with built-in Flash.

On the software side, the much-rumored Google phone runs the powerful Android 2.1 OS and adds stuff like a voice-enabled keyboard (using brand new voice recognizing technology), dynamic noise suppression from Audience, Inc., Live Wallpapers, a 3D photo gallery, and all the built-in Google apps you can stomach.

Also, to make jealous your iPhone folks, it came with Metal detector

What can we expect of Nexus Two?

Flash for Google Android

Administrator — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:46:25 +0000

Recently I bought a Google Android phone (terrific enough). The default browser is quite good but there is also a Dolphin Browser that supports tab.

During a recent earnings call, Shantanu Naraye (Adobe CEO) revealed to investors that a beta version of Flash Player 10 for mobiles will be released in October of this year. The new Flash player will support Android, Nokia Symbian, Palm Web OS, and Windows Mobile powered devices, and is expected to be unveiled at the Adobe MAX conference for developers that is scheduled to take place in October.

They said,

“We are bringing Flash Player 10 to smartphone class devices to enable the latest web browsing experience. Multiple partners have already received early version of this release and we expect to release a beta version for developers at our Max conference in October. Google’s Android, Nokia’s Symbian OS, Windows Mobile and the new Palm Web OS will be the first devices to support web browsing with the new Flash player…”

This is a great news for the Android community waiting for Flash support in their devices, including the Nexus One phone as well as Motorola Droid.