How to debug apps on Kindle Fire on OS X

Feb 16, 2012 by Inteist

So you bought the Kindle Fire and you want to start running and debugging your apps on it but when you connected it, you realized that it is not recognized automatically like other Android devices on OS X.

No worries, it takes 2 minutes to set it up.

You need to:

• add 2 lines to the “adb_usb.ini” file
• restart the ADB server

Open up the terminal and edit the “adb_usb.ini” (you can use nano instead of vim): vim ~/.android/adb_usb.ini

add the following 2 lines to the file each on a separate line:

now you need to restart the ADB server and you should be all set.

The whole sequence of commands looks like this:

 

Now you should also see the device while running your app from Eclipse

 

For the official directions in case you need them and for directions for other OS besides OS X, you can check out this PDF

Important tip:

The networking will not work until you “disconnect” the device from USB – just click on “Disconnect” don’t worry it will only cancel the “file transfer mode”. You will still be able to deploy and now actually run apps that require networking.

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Fixing Eclipse fonts on OS X

Feb 16, 2012 by Inteist

Select the right font:

 

Turn off anti aliasing:

In the terminal run:

defaults write org.eclipse.eclipse AppleAntiAliasingThreshold 20

 

Fix eclipse.ini:

edit $ECLIPSE_HOME » Eclipse.app » Contents » MacOS » eclipse.ini and remove the following line:

-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts

 
 

End Result

The end result should look something like this:
 

  

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Global Android DevCamp

Feb 15, 2012 by Inteist

Very nice graphics for the Android DevCamp

Going to be at the Cambridge office this w-end hacking away. If you are in the Greater Boston area and want to attent you can register here: http://devcampbostongtug.eventbrite.com/

For all the locations around the world you can go here.

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Smoked by Windows Phone at CES

Feb 5, 2012 by Inteist

An interesting marketing stunt performed by Microsoft’s marketing at CES – betting people $100 that they won’t be as fast on their phone compared to Windows Phone to perform some task like posting information to social networks, checking weather, finding a place to eat etc…

To top that, everyone who got smoked got a brand new Windows Phone. Microsoft you are moving in the right direction!

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Mobile advertising by the numbers – inforgraphics from InnerActive

Feb 3, 2012 by Inteist

An interesting infographic from the mobile advertising provider and mediation company – InnerActive was produced encompassing the timeline between the last year’s MWC in Barcelona and this year’s MWC.

 

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