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14Aug/113

VideoToGif – Android App From Scratch – #8 – Working with MediaMetaDataRetriever

Hello, In this tutorial we look into the MediaMetaDataRetriever class in android 10 sdk. We also work on figuring out what we need to create a GIF and run into a few problems with the video format.

1Aug/110

VideoToGif – Android App From Scratch – #7 – Preferences & Preference Activity

In this part of the series I create a preference activity and a couple of different preferences that we are going to need later. I also talk about the changes I made to JMF. Source code available here: code.google.com

30Jul/110

VideoToGif – Android App From Scratch – #6 – Creating Options Menu

In this part of the series I begin creating an options menu, grab a few good looking icons and create the .xml file so that I can have a settings activity to set many needed settings for my application.

29Jul/110

VideoToGIF – Android App From Scratch – #5 – Import Jars & Working with JMF

In this part of the series I import outside .jar files into my project, more specifically the Java Media Framework. I then begin to work with the jmf in order to convert my videos to GIF format. Source code: http://code.google.com/p/videotogif/

29Jul/112

Android Activity Lifecycle – Android Tutorial

In this tutorial I give a detailed discussion of the android activity lifecycle and a description of each part and its uses. More information can be found here: developer.android.com Download the source code here: www.quack-ware.com

25Jul/110

VideoToGIF – Android App From Scratch – #4 – Record Video & AlertDialog

Hello, In this video I show you how to open up the camera app using an intent and record a video which will then be saved to your phone. I also show you how to make a nice greeting for your user using an alertdialog. Source code: http://code.google.com/p/videotogif/

25Jul/110

VideotoGIF – Android App From Scratch – #2 – Setup SDCard & Get Video From Gallery

Hello, In this tutorial I teach you how to setup an AVD that supports an SDCard and import a video

25Jul/110

VideotoGIF – Android App From Scratch – #3 – Reading From SDCard; Open Camera Intent

Hello, In this tutorial I show you how to read the video file from the previous tutorial from the SDCard

25Jul/110

VideoToGif – Android App from Scratch – #1 – Layouts, Buttons, and other Stuff

Hello everyone, This is my first in a series of videos that creates an android application from scratch. This is