In the process of software development there is often the need for dummy object. One of the main reasons for their usage is the fact, that a database or another data-provider might not be ready or available in the current stage of development.

Normally a developer would implement some methods to create those dummy objects with random data. If you have many classes, this might become a quick time-consuming task. A good solution would be a library, which creates those objects automatically.

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For those of us, who don’t like writing their Android GUIs in XML-Files, there’s a cool little tool available:

DroidDraw

This java-based tool is available as executable for windows, linux and osx and provides many possibilities, to design your GUI via drag’n'drop. Tutorials for some sample applications can be found on the project-homepage.

In the following days, I’ll try to write some posts about the Android SDK and some use cases . After installing the SDK, you’re able to develop any application you want and test it with the included emulator.
Today I’ll describe how to connect to the GPS-Module of an Android Phone and use it’s data in your app.

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Ich hatte zwar mal einen älteren Beitrag dazu geschrieben, dieser bestand aber eigentlich nur aus einem Link. Deswegen hier mal eine kleine Anleitung, wie man auch mit Netbeans in die Entwicklung von Android-Anwendungen einsteigen kann.
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Ich möchte garnicht viel zu dem Video sagen, am besten macht Ihr euch selbst ein Bild davon:

Wikileaks: Video showing murder of Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists