Category Archives: Level – Medium
Using Web Services to Build Your Own Weather Application
Web services allow different applications from different sources to communicate with each other without time-consuming custom coding. All communication is in XML, and they are not tied to any operating system or programming language. This post will explain how to consume a third party web service in a Mono for Android application to build your […]
Get Size, Orientation and Rotation of the Device Screen
Different Android devices have different widths and heights. Sometimes, it is asked to become independent of the screen properties and you may need to know the screen width and height in pixels, screen orientation, and screen rotation at runtime. In Mono for Android applications, this can be achieved by using the Android.Views.Display and WindowManager classes. […]
Creating an Options Menu in Mono for Android Applications
All Android devices have the “Menu” button that displays the options menu on the bottom of the screen. Normally, the options menu provides additional functionality, navigation or settings for your application. Creating an options menu in a Mono for Android application can be accomplished by overriding OnCreateOptionsMenu and OnOptionsItemSelected methods in your activity. We will […]
Setting Screen Orientation in Mono for Android Applications
The ScreenOrientation property sets and gets the orientation of any activity’s display on the device screen. If you need to display your application in a specific orientation such as portrait or landscape, this property will help you to do so. Below is the way to accomplish this purpose in a Mono for Android way. USE […]
Using WebView Class to Build Your Own Simple Twitter App
If you want to deliver a web application as your Android application, you can do it so by using the Android.Webkit.WebView class. This post will explain how to utilize this class to simply display an online content in a Mono for Android application. Twitter’s mobile site will be used as an online content, so you […]
Where is AndroidManifest.xml?
Every Android application should have an AndroidManifest.xml file that provides the required information about the application itself. It does several important things such as naming the package for the application, defining the components (activities, services, etc.), declaring the security permissions, and so on. But you won’t see an AndroidManifest.xml in a Mono for Android project […]
