Implement a turn based game AI (on Android)
Game AI Developing a game AI can be as much fun as playing, especially when creating your own computer opponent. I am going to present you a simple pattern that works for nearly all turn based game…
Category: Android
Android development, the Android SDK and mobile phones in general.
Interviewing software engineers
Interviewing basics When interviewing software engineers, you typically want to answer one simple question: Will they be a good fit for my team? Therefore, your interviewing process should focus on answering this question. Obviously both sides try to answer…
Google Play Optimization for Android developers
Currently, I am preparing a presentation about optimizing apps for the Google Play Store. It is an interesting topic and still in its early stages. Unlike SEO for websites, it doesn't seem to be affected…
Multiple targets from one Android source (the better way)
Some of you might have read my article Android: Deploying multiple targets from one project. It describes how to create customized versions of the same software and therefore benefit from multiple apps with the same…
Key learnings from analytics
Enough time has passed since I put Google Analytics into my Android game Laska. It has been collecting statistics for nearly a month now. Therefore, I want to share some data and show the key…
Start measuring
I have been missing one important part of improving my software for a long time. But after starting my new job at 1&1 in Munich, I was reminded of how important it is. always measure…
Android AppRater
The Android AppRater is a little tool in form of a source code snippet for getting better ratings in the Android Market. Its basic idea is to kindly ask users to rate your application, after…
Concurrency in java (german)
The Free Lunch Is Over - that is the famous headline of an article about how the evolution of hardware alone will not solve our performance problems anymore. With the rise of multicore CPUs, software…
Things I am missing in Android development
This is a list of things I would like to see for Android to improve the development of apps. Don't get me wrong, Android is one of the best platforms out there, but this doesn't…
Android Fundamentals talk
This is the screencast and voice of my Android Fundamentals talk from december 2009. It was given on the 29th floor of our jentower for the towerbyte. (more…)