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Float for Android Released

The game Float created by Crawl Space Games initially for the Apple devices, now has reached the Android Market. This application is very addictive and if you don’t have a watch or something to see the hour, then you will definitely lose the time. This is not my opinion only, but also of others who have tried this application.

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The application works on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch and on the Android-based devices. The price of this app is of $0.99 and the only technical requirement that is imposed by the developer is to have the Android 2.2 or later operating system on your device. Basically, the app needs the user to keep the balloons that are floating on its screen for as long as possible in the air, and if the user can, it would be preferable to complete the level in several seconds, so that the balloons will rise, instead of falling down to earth, in our case down to the bottom of the smartphone or tablet, depending on what you own.

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This is the number one application for kids in 39 countries. My opinion is that the grow-ups will be thrilled about this app, just like the kids, if not more. There are more than 1 million downloads of this application all over the world. If you want to download this app from the Android Market, you have to look for it in the Casual category or simpler, to click on this link. There, you will find a video presentation of the app, which is more than 1000 words of a written presentation.

Thanks to the capabilities of a touchscreen, the kids and the adults alike will take advantages of this wonderful game by tapping the balloons that have different shapes and which, as I said before, must not go down. This is not as easy as it seems, because from time to time, some obstacles appear, such as spikes, from which you have to protect the balloons. More information about this app on the site of the developer, which is right here. Thanks for reading and stay tuned to our site for more apps!1

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June 24th, 2011 androidencyclopedia

Posted in Android Apps

Android OS On PC

You cannot install the Android operating system on your personal computer, because this is an operating system created for the mobile platforms, such as smartphones and tablets and you all know that a personal computer is something that is bigger and which requires more attention in transportation, because it is not that portable. Even a laptop, which is considered to be a portable device, may not be that portable when compared to a smartphone, which could have the screen of only 3 inches, compared to a laptop, which could have 15 inches in diagonal or more. Less than 10 inches makes the laptop to be a netbook and here we are making the difference between the notebooks and the smartphones.

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But this does not mean that you cannot create apps that will run on this mobile platform, by using your computer, which could run iOS or who knows, Windows or Linux. It does not matter what operating system are you using, as long as the final application will be created entirely correct and it will run without errors and all sorts of bugs. Which is weird is that some applications, even though they pass the test and the Android engineers approve them, when they reach the Market, they become extremely odd, because they force close and the users say that the application do not deserve to receive not even a star from the rating system that is available on the Android Market page. I don’t see how this can happen, but it is weird that it does.

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So, the first time, the application runs pretty well, and it is accepted, and then when the users buy it or download it for free, the app stops working correctly. I don’t know how this can happen, and I hope that the rate of the apps that do not work correctly will be reduced. I know that the programmers do their best to create apps that really work, but some of them simply do not pass this test. To make sure that the app is great, add that the app works on this device and on that device. In this way, you will avoid the negative comments coming from the users of those devices where the app does not run correctly or where the app does not run at all.1

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June 22nd, 2011 androidencyclopedia

Posted in Android OS

Android OS

I don’t know if you have heard of the App Inventor, but this is what I will present in this article. The applications that are created for this environment are not necessarily created on tablets or smartphones that use this type of operating system. You can create an application that will run on iPhone or on Motorola Droid X on your computer that uses Windows as well.

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But to make sure that the applications are working as they should do on an Android-based device, you should have at least one smartphone or at least one tablet, if you are developing for tablets. The App Inventor app, because I don’t know how to call this software program, is a little software that actually helps you to design the applications that you want and how you want them for your phone. The application will begin to be developed in your browser. This is the place where you design how the application will actually look like. then, after the app will be created, you will see how the app behaves. You will see this by executing the code.

If you have a live connection between the browser and the phone, because you will not develop the application in the browser of your phone, but in the browser of the computer that you own, you will see how the application will appear on a smartphone. App Inventor is an application created by Google Labs and if you want to know more, you have to enter the link that is present over here.

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This is the playground, as it is called by Google for the Google’s engineers. This is the location where they are allowed to do all sorts of experiments. After all, this is a lab, where almost everything is allowed, as long as you don’t burn the lab and the tools in it. The users like yourself can also test the lab and see the tools inside it, but you must know how to work with them, otherwise your interference there will not provide too much success to the projects there. You can send the suggestions that you have to Google and remember to stay protected while you are creating the application, because you must not forget that you are in a lab.1

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June 22nd, 2011 androidencyclopedia

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Android OS For PC

I am sure that I have discussed about this matter in another article. And I have told you that day that there is no possibility of getting this system on your computer because this is a system created for the mobile platforms. I can imagine what for you want this system on your computer, to develop applications, but let me tell you one thing, you can develop applications for Android or for the Android based devices even if you do not have the Android system on your computer, because as I said before, this is an operating system created for the smartphones and tablets.

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Still, according to an article I have read on this site there is a possibility of downloading a form for PC, whether you take it for a CD or for an USB device. Read this article and check the links provided by the author of this article. It is said there that this operating system works on a PC. We don’t know how good this system works. If you are planning to create applications, as I guessed from the beginning, please use the Windows or the iOS system that you have. Yes, you may create applications for Google, if you have a MacBook. It does not matter. All you need is to use the tools that are provided by Google. For that, you have to join the Android programmers community or developers community and to pay a certain fee to reach there and to be able to use those tools.

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It is said also that the system that you can take from Android will run at the same time with the operating system that you have and you will not have to uninstall the old system and replace it with this Android OS. I don’t know in what way this could help you, but only to see how the system reacts. If you do have a smartphone that uses this system, do not try to use it on your computer, because it is almostb the same thing, only that on a bigger screen.1

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June 22nd, 2011 androidencyclopedia

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Android OS + Windows

Android OS most likely it means operating system, but there is something else that this phrase could mean, open source. I am sure that the person who wrote this topic wanted us to talk about the operating system that is called Android and that is created for the mobile platforms in comparison to the Windows operating system which is also created for the mobile environments, not the OS that you have on your computer, while you are reading this article.

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Most of the computers in the world use the Windows systems. There was a time when Microsoft was said to have the majority of the computers that ran on market in that time. Nowadays, there are more operating systems, one of them being Android. You know that there is iOS also and Linux, which is more for computers, for PCs, than for tablets. I mean I don’t know a tablet that has this system, but I guess that there are. I am not that informed in this regard about Linux, but I will be in no time, because this is a subject that also interests me, just like Android.

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In order to build an application for Android, you need to read the terms and conditions to join the Android developers community, because your application will need to be approved by the engineers who are really working for Android. You can contribute to the source code or you can simply get it, but if you respect the conditions imposed by the site. I mean you don’t sell that code, because it is used only for the Android devices. If you want to create a hardware equipment that will run the Android OS, then you can check the compatibility between your device, or the device to be and the software that is already created by Android.

You can check out the news that are related to the Android, the latest operating system and also you can check the news related to the source codes. If you are interested in contributing in any way to the Android operating system or to the Android apps, you are invited on this site to read more and why not, join the crew.1

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June 21st, 2011 androidencyclopedia

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