Hidden features of Android development

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The Hidden Features series is great for people who are new to a certain language. It shows the ropes and certain valuable tricks, all in one place. I think it s a brilliant idea. Even experts sometimes find tricks they d never heard about.

I am starting Android development and I d love to hear about its hidden features, tips, tricks, and pitfalls.

So, here goes: what are some hidden features of Android  ?

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Hopefully there aren t too many hidden, hidden features - but here s some of the less well known and non-intuitive features available for Android that will definitely make your life easier and your apps better.

http://source.android.com/download http://source.android.com/download http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/resources-i18n.html#AlternateResources http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/resources-i18n.html#AlternateResources
• The same resources framework lets you use alternate layouts for different hardware configurations, screen pixel densities, and input devices just by dropping them in named folder.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/adding-custom-suggestions.html http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/adding-custom-suggestions.html http://blog.opentable.com/2009/opentable-for-android-now-available/ http://blog.opentable.com/2009/opentable-for-android-now-available/

• They can request an unknown application to complete an action without needing to know which application(s) can fulfill that request
• Your app can fulfill requests from unknown apps to complete actions without needing to know which apps will make the requests. Play this right and you can create the default Twitter app, or booking app, etc.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AlarmManager.html http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AlarmManager.html

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AlarmManager.html http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AlarmManager.html

http://developer.android.com/guide/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/AdvancedPreferences.html http://developer.android.com/guide/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/AdvancedPreferences.html http://emeadev.blogspot.com/2009/09/raw-audio-manipulation-in-android.html http://emeadev.blogspot.com/2009/09/raw-audio-manipulation-in-android.html

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1619133/hidden-features-of-android-development

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