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• Minnesotas Developers Conference Materials

  Download the full working Android demo app I ran out of time to finish building live during my Minnesota Developers Conference presentation.

  Donn Felker – October 5, 2010

• The WP7 Fragmentation Challenge

  Comparing how Android, iPhone, and WP7 handle OS fragmentation across carriers, and why Microsoft's carrier-approval model will not stay fast.

  Donn Felker – September 7, 2010

• HDC10: Hands-on-Lab – Project Solutions

  Source code and module-by-module GitHub branches for the HDC10 Android hands-on lab, including extra menus, dialogs, and custom styling.

  Donn Felker – September 6, 2010

• Heartland Developers Conference – Next Week

  Heading to Heartland Developers Conference to teach a 4-hour Android development lab and give a talk on building and shipping an app live.

  Donn Felker – September 2, 2010

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  MacBook Pro – Windows 7 Boot to VHD

  How to run Windows 7 from a bootable VHD on a Boot Camp MacBook Pro, including the bcdedit fix for duplicate boot loader name entries.

  Donn Felker – August 17, 2010

• ModelBinding ASP.NET MVC and Multiple Field Validation

  In ASP.NET MVC, add two ModelState errors -- one with an empty message -- to highlight both fields while showing only one validation message.

  Donn Felker – August 17, 2010

• Android Library Project Reference Not Showing

  Eclipse wouldn't recognize my Android Library project reference. The fix: spaces and periods in project names break it. Rename and restart.

  Donn Felker – August 13, 2010

• HowTo: Android – Full and Lite Versions

  How to share one codebase between full and lite Android app versions using project libraries instead of duplicating projects or repackaging.

  Donn Felker – August 5, 2010

• Android For Dummies & TekPub

  My Android book and the Introduction to Android TekPub video series aren't competing, they cover different example apps, so pair them up.

  Donn Felker – July 22, 2010

• Android Development For Dummies

  Announcing that I'm writing the first official Android Application Development For Dummies book, due out this fall. Pre-order now.

  Donn Felker – July 21, 2010

• Android: ‘Must Override a Superclass Method’ Errors

  Got flooded with Must Override a Superclass Method errors after a teammate imported my GitHub project? Set Eclipse's compiler to Java 1.6.

  Donn Felker – July 6, 2010

• Gotchas with Rooting a MyTouch Slide

  Rooting a MyTouch Slide and stuck in the recognition loop? Two gotchas that fixed it for me: precise USB timing and using the stock SD card.

  Donn Felker – June 29, 2010