Android Game Postmortem – ArkDroid Development
Hello guys, As you might have noticed, we have recently delved into the world of mobile game programming. This was done after creating JCG Studios, an independent mobile game studio based on Athens, Greece. JCG here stands for Just Cool Games, it is our other acronym, except for Java Code Geeks of course. Our platform of choice is Android and our first attempt ...
Funny Source Code Comments
I recently stumbled upon an awesome Stack Overflow thread, entitled “What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered?”. As you might have guessed, it is a collection of funny source code comments, provided by developers all over the world. Take a look at it, it could definitely make your day. I am reposting here my personal favorites ...
Android Game Development Tutorials
Some months ago we received an email from a fellow Java developer, Tamas Jano, asking to be part of our JCG partners program. To our surprise he maintains a blog named “Against The Grain” debating about game development for the Android platform. I have been reading all of his articles since then and I must admit that his writings have been an inspiration ...
Android Google Maps Tutorial
The Android platform provides easy and tight integration between Android applications and Google Maps. The well established Google Maps APIis used under the hood in order to bring the power of Google Maps to your Android applications. In this tutorial we will see how to incorporate Google Maps into an Android app.Installing the Google APIs In order to be able ...
“Android Full Application Tutorial” series
Continuing our tutorials on Android here at JavaCodeGeeks, I am going to provide a number of articles on how to build a full Android application from scratch. The app will mainly be useful for performing movies and actors lookups. The TMDb API will be used for searching and links at the mobile version of IMDB will be provided. All the app development lifecycle ...
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Understanding the Play Filter API
CPU Cache Flushing Fallacy
Android SDK New Build System
The Reality of Developer’s Life
EasyCriteria 2.0 – JPA Criteria should be easy
A minimal JavaFX Presentation (in JavaFX)
JavaFX Coming Soon to an Android or iOS Device Near You?
Breaking build is not a crime
Increased compile-time safety with phantom types
