Tag: Android

All the articles with the tag "Android".

• Adding Video Watermarks on Android with Media3

  Published: 9 Aug, 2026 |  at  07:30 PM

  Adding video watermarks on Android with Media3 and comparing the resulting app size and implementation trade-offs with FFmpeg.

• Running Native Executables on Android 10+ under W^X Restrictions

  Published: 13 Jun, 2026 |  at  04:30 AM

  Running native executables on Android 10 and later through the jniLibs extraction mechanism while accounting for W^X restrictions and platform constraints.

• How Android BootAnimation Draws the Clock

  Published: 15 May, 2026 |  at  08:12 AM

  How Android BootAnimation's drawClock and drawText functions draw time text by selecting glyphs from a font atlas.

• How Android's Boot Logo Shine Animation Works: From AOSP to a Canvas Demo

  Published: 13 May, 2026 |  at  06:34 AM

  Tracing Android BootAnimation's logo shine effect in AOSP and recreating it as an interactive Canvas demo with adjustable parameters.

• Integrating lib3mf, Part 5: Extracting 3MF Geometry in C++ and Rendering with OpenGL

  Published: 7 Apr, 2026 |  at  06:20 AM

  Extracting geometry with lib3mf in C++, packing vertex data, calculating area-weighted smooth normals, and rendering a 3MF model with OpenGL shaders and VBOs.

• Integrating lib3mf, Part 4: Flutter Texture and a Native C++ OpenGL Rendering Pipeline

  Published: 25 Mar, 2026 |  at  12:56 AM

  Connecting Flutter Texture to Android EGL and native C++ through JNI to build an OpenGL rendering pipeline without adding a PlatformView hierarchy.

• Integrating lib3mf, Part 3: Reading 3MF File Information in Flutter

  Published: 14 Mar, 2026 |  at  09:22 AM

  Reading 3MF model metadata in Flutter through lib3mf and FFI, from asset file handling and cross-platform logging to iterating model objects on Android.

• Integrating lib3mf, Part 2: Creating a Flutter FFI Plugin and Adding Android Support

  Published: 10 Mar, 2026 |  at  06:00 PM

  Creating a Flutter FFI plugin for lib3mf, configuring the Android NDK, redirecting std::cout to Logcat, and handling Android 15's 16 KB page size requirements.

• Integrating lib3mf, Part 1: Building the Library and Running the Examples

  Published: 3 Mar, 2026 |  at  05:20 PM

  Building lib3mf from source with CMake, running its examples, and exploring the 3MF core specification and extensions before integrating it into Flutter.

• Embedding Android Native Views in Flutter with PlatformView and MethodChannel

  Published: 26 Feb, 2026 |  at  07:00 PM

  Embedding Android native views in Flutter through PlatformView and using MethodChannel for two-way communication, with notes on layout constraints.

• Implementing an LVGL-Style Border That Occupies Real Layout Space on Android

  Published: 4 Feb, 2026 |  at  09:13 PM

  Implementing an LVGL-style border on Android by changing FrameLayout measurement and using PorterDuffXfermode to draw rounded borders that occupy layout space.

• Trying Claude Code for Android Development

  Published: 17 Nov, 2025 |  at  07:39 AM

  Trying Claude Code on an Android serial monitor project, from API and CLI setup to letting the coding assistant implement a feature on its own.

• Publishing on Google Play as an Independent Developer: My 2025 Experience

  Updated: 3 Oct, 2026 |  at  03:40 AM

  My 2025 Google Play release: $25 registration, a 12-tester closed test lasting 14 days, production access, and Firebase / AdMob privacy disclosures.

• Modifying GLSurfaceView for Zero-Copy Texture Sharing between Views

  Published: 11 Apr, 2025 |  at  05:10 AM

  Forking AOSP's GLSurfaceView into GL14SurfaceView to share GPU textures between EGL14 contexts and render to multiple views without CPU copies.

• Why Declarative UI Uses Explicit Lifecycle Subscriptions Instead of onResume

  Published: 2 Jan, 2024 |  at  08:01 AM

  Why declarative UI frameworks use explicit lifecycle subscriptions instead of component-level onResume, with examples from Flutter and Compose.

• Building FFmpeg for Android with the NDK

  Published: 4 Feb, 2018 |  at  05:01 AM

  Building FFmpeg shared libraries with the Android NDK, comparing decoding options, and troubleshooting version names and MinGW/MSYS cross-compilation.