Tutorials & Examples

Hangman Tutorial (part 3)

• By Eric H
• Sep 25, 2013

Alright, here is part 3 of the Hangman Tutorial.

In part 2, we added the ability to import our words from an external text file by using File.ReadList to generate a List (which we stored in...

 

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Hangman Tutorial (part 2)

• By Eric H
• Sep 23, 2013

Ok, we are back for part 2 of the hangman tutorial. If you haven't seen part 1, here is a link: http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/hangman-tutorial-part-1.32893/

In part 1 we designed...

 

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How to connect iMpulse Controller to your App

• By jsanchezc
• Oct 25, 2013

You can find Game controllers as iMpulse Controller.
It works by Bluetooth. So your App can have remote control
http://www.impulsecontroller.com/

This device need Android 4 or higer...

 

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Don't forget JonPMs live chat for instant help!

• By IanMc
• May 26, 2013

Very kind of JonPM to provide us with this, there are nearly always helpful people on this live chat who can help you with your problems instantly!

B4A Chat

 

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Static Code Modules

• By Erel
• Jan 27, 2011

Basic4android v1.2 includes a new type of module which is the static code module.
Adding a static code module is done by choosing Project - Add New Module - Code Module.

Unlike Activities and...

 

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Send Text File using BlueTooth

• By Robert Valentino
• Dec 14, 2013

I needed to send a text file created by my program to a users PC using Bluetooth.
Not finding anything exactly like this in the B4A forums I searched the web and came across this article...

 

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Instruction set , commands?

• By petros del
• Nov 13, 2013

I have buy b4android book and also the compiler.
I search the site, and the book of course,but I can not find the commands for compiler in one place like a list with a description what do each...

 

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Add a Change log as well as Build number to projects

• By blong
• Oct 8, 2013

A few weeks ago I posted a thread on a build number implementation for your project in this thread...

 

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[Newbie sample] Simple Timer Up & Down, Counter Up & Down.

• By drachmad
• Jul 9, 2013

This is only a simple example for newbie to learn Wheel algorithm.
For fully blown of wheels, see ClsWheel v 1.4 by Klaus.
There is no intention to make it an advance Stopwatch & Timer!
Advance...

 

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Last edited: Jul 12, 2013

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On Intents opening files

• By MrKim
• Oct 8, 2013

Just thought I would post a few things I have learned about intents. Using them does not seem to be particularly intuitive and information is sparse. Here is a link to a thread someone started for...

 

Last edited: Oct 8, 2013

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List of known android "Intents" to do stuff

• By kanaida
• Jun 22, 2011

I saw and example here and there for intents, but I noticed it takes a bit of guesswork to figure out what strings to pass sometimes so i'm starting a list of known intents. If you know any...

 

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Take pictures with the internal camera

• By Erel
• Dec 14, 2010

It is recommend to use the new CameraEx class. It provides more functionality.
The new Camera library allows you to take pictures using the back facing camera.

The following steps are...

 

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Collection of tutorials in PDF format

• By Erel
• Mar 24, 2011

Edit: This resource is no longer available. Better resources are available here: https://www.b4x.com/etp.html

You can now download a PDF file that contains most of the tutorials. The...

 

Last edited: Sep 12, 2018

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Creating a build number for your project's compilation

• By blong
• Sep 20, 2013

It has been discussed in other places on wish lists etc that each time we compile our projects under B4A that it would nice to have a BUILD number increment by 1.

Using the CustomBuildAction...

 

Last edited: Sep 20, 2013

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Twitter feed reader

• By Erel
• Feb 1, 2011

This example no longer works as it is based on an old Twitter API.
An updated example is available here...

 

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Simple Socket Class

• By Jmu5667
• Sep 13, 2013

Hi All

I have created a simple socket class for a project we a doing. Thought I might share it. Hopefully it will be of use to others.

Regards

John.

B4X:

Type=Class
Version=2.71...

 

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Barebones View Examples with SQLite

• By jpvniekerk
• Aug 31, 2012

I went through a (long) learning curve with regard to using SQLite, and creating Webview, Listview and Scrollview lists. There are a lot of great examples on this forum, but I found it difficult...

 

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Holy moley, take the work OUT of creating icons for your app!

• By IanMc
• Sep 8, 2013

https://code.google.com/p/android-ui-utils/

Moved now to:

http://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/

 

Last edited: Apr 14, 2015

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Flickr Viewer

• By Erel
• Nov 21, 2010

This application gets this html page: Flickr: Explore interesting photos from the last 7 days in FlickrLand... , parses it...

 

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How To: Turn your app into a Home Screen launcher (with B4A)

• By jdiperla
• Feb 4, 2013

This is extremely easy and many of you may already know how to do this, however, for those who do not, here is how.

In your Project Menu: Click on: "Do not overwrite Manifest File". It will...

 

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