In this tutorial we will show how you can use external fonts in your Android applications instead of regular available fonts.

The first step is that you need to download a free font (.ttf file) from internet which you want to use. It's easy. Go to google.com and search for free fonts and download the one which you want to use. Here in this tutorial we will be using two fonts - RockFont font and FeastOfFlesh font as shown below.

This is the second part of the How to a create a Dialog Box in Android tutorial. Follow this link - How to create a Dialog Box - Part 1, if you haven't read the first part and have directly landed here.

In this tutorial we will discuss the remaining two types of dialog boxes -

• A dialog box containing a list
• A dialog box containing checkboxes

Since the inception of Android, Tablet PC's definition has changed from a handy PC to become a hybrid between a Smartphone and a Tablet PC. Mobile manufactures have been trying hard to come up with something out of box, and this summer the best of the Android based Tablets will be released. The first is Notion Ink's Adam and the other is Dell Streak. Both of them are based on Android and are far more advanced than any other tablets or Smartphones. Both the hybrids are more or less same with 1 GHz processor, 1080p HD video playback, WiFi, Bluetooth, SD card, USB, etc but Adam is bit unique and clearly stands out amongst the two android based Tablets.

Hi again!  We are back with another tutorial on Android notifications. Make sure you go through the tutorial on Toast Notification before reading on.

In Android you can use a dialog box with one, two, or three buttons or none at all. You can also have a list of selectable items that consists of checkboxes or radio buttons.

For creating these dialog boxes we will be using AlertDialog which is an extension of Dialog class from Android API library. In this tutorial we will be creating four different types of dialog boxes -

• An alert box with a single button
• A dialog box with two buttons
• A dialog box containing a list
• A dialog box containing checkboxes

Notifications are generally used to make user aware about an event that has occurred in your application. Once notified the notification may give an option to interact with itself or not. There are three types of notifications in Android.

• Toast Notifications
• Status Bar Notifications
• Dialog Notifications

In this post we will simulate various sensors such as accelerometer, compass, orientation and temperature sensor using SensorSimulator in Android SDK Emulator.

The OpenIntents SensorSimulator lets you simulate sensor data with the mouse in real time, where the behavior can be customized through various settings. It currently supports four sensors only but more are being developed by their team.

First you need to download the latest stable version of SensorSimulator. Go to their download page and then search for the latest sensorsimulator-x.x.x.zip file and download it. Right now the they have released the beta version and you can download it from here. 

To Uninstall a .apk file is a lot easier than installing it. Open your Android SDK emulator and follow these instruction to Uninstall the application installed on your Android emulator. Let us suppose that we have already installed a Sudoku application, as given in installation tutorial, and we want to uninstall it. It can be done in the following methods:-

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to install any given Android application in Android emulator using [dot]APK ".apk" files.

Follow the instructions with SCREENSHOTS of the Android emulator. All you need is just the Android SDK platform (software development kit, with emulator) and .apk files. There is no need to install Eclipse or Netbeans SDk, to work with APK files [wiki]. An .apk file extension denotes an Android Package (APK) file. This file format, a variant of the JAR format, is used for the distribution and installation of bundled components onto the Android mobile device platform.

Now scan barcode of any product lying nearby, using your android camera and guess what? It will automatically get full product information via internet. Barcode Scanner for Android is one of the freeware application that has made huge impact in the mobile world. Imagine yourself in a store with Android, scan the product barcode to compare and buy the best products you want.  Let's explore more on the barcode scanner and see how it works. 

There are so many free Android games but only few of them are good enough to match the quality of Apple's i-Phone. Android is definitely catching up , so let's keep our fingers crossed. Have a look at the best of free Android Games below, really cool and yes you can proudly flaunt them. 

Google's ANDROID mobile OS is going to be the next big thing and we all know that Motorolla is already into Android business with MOTOROID and other big players are waiting to dive in. In the coming future ANDROID is going to give tough competition to Apple's i-Phone .

If you are bored with the default Music player and media manager on ANDROID then perhaps it's time for a change. There are plenty of cool Media apps that looks and works better than default apps. Here is a list of five best MP3 and MEDIA apps recommended by bOtskOOl team for all you ANDROID lovers.