http://developer.sonymobile.com Tue, 21 May 2013 18:28:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/17/xperia-tablet-z-added-to-the-aosp-for-xperia-project-on-github-open-source/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xperia-tablet-z-added-to-the-aosp-for-xperia-project-on-github-open-source http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/17/xperia-tablet-z-added-to-the-aosp-for-xperia-project-on-github-open-source/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:31 +0000 Anna Aleryd /?p=19153 Today we added Xperia Tablet Z to our Android™ Open Source Project (AOSP) for Xperia™ devices. Xperia Tablet Z follows in the footsteps of Xperia Z and Xperia S, which are open for developers to explore. Learn how to participate and get the latest technical status in the full post. Just like for AOSP for [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/17/xperia-tablet-z-added-to-the-aosp-for-xperia-project-on-github-open-source/feed/ 7 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/14/sony-devices-added-to-testdroid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sony-devices-added-to-testdroid http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/14/sony-devices-added-to-testdroid/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 12:41:37 +0000 Tobias Nilsson /?p=19091 Today we’re happy to tell you that a number of Sony devices have been made available at Testdroid Cloud, which is a premier cloud-based Android testing platform for apps and games. Testing and verification are becoming more and more important for app and game developers, as more software platforms and devices are introduced all over [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/14/sony-devices-added-to-testdroid/feed/ 2 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/13/sony-xperia-zr-a-quad-core-waterproof-smartphone-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sony-xperia-zr-a-quad-core-waterproof-smartphone-video http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/13/sony-xperia-zr-a-quad-core-waterproof-smartphone-video/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 11:19:30 +0000 Joe Padre /?p=19076 Today, we’ve announced the new Xperia™ ZR, which closely follows on the heels of its bigger sibling, Xperia™ Z, with its waterproof* and dust-resistant capabilities. Xperia™ ZR comes equipped with a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 Pro quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, Adreno 320 GPU, 4.6” HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2, Android™ 4.1 (Jelly Bean), [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/13/sony-xperia-zr-a-quad-core-waterproof-smartphone-video/feed/ 21 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/08/technology-reboot-updated-list-of-glonass-supported-xperia-devices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-reboot-updated-list-of-glonass-supported-xperia-devices http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/08/technology-reboot-updated-list-of-glonass-supported-xperia-devices/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 17:18:28 +0000 Joe Padre /?p=19061 Last year, we published a story covering GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema), a Russian, radio-based satellite navigation system covering the globe (locations mapped above), which a number of our Xperia™ devices support. In addition to an overview of GLONASS support in our latest Xperia phones from Sony Positioning Specialist, Magnus Persson, he also explained how [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/08/technology-reboot-updated-list-of-glonass-supported-xperia-devices/feed/ 11 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/30/chkbugreport-bug-analysis-tool-updated-with-new-features-presentation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chkbugreport-bug-analysis-tool-updated-with-new-features-presentation http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/30/chkbugreport-bug-analysis-tool-updated-with-new-features-presentation/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:56:20 +0000 Anna Aleryd /?p=18998 Do you remember Sony’s ChkBugReport tool that was published on our GitHub last year? ChkBugReport is a tool for analysing the output of an Android™ bugreport. Now Pál Szász, who created the tool, has added some new features and made several updates to it. You can also download a presentation about ChkBugReport that Pál held at [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/30/chkbugreport-bug-analysis-tool-updated-with-new-features-presentation/feed/ 0 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/25/more-models-added-to-the-flash-tool-for-unlocked-xperia-devices-beta/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-models-added-to-the-flash-tool-for-unlocked-xperia-devices-beta http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/25/more-models-added-to-the-flash-tool-for-unlocked-xperia-devices-beta/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:13:48 +0000 Anna Aleryd /?p=18969 One of our most popular services here at Developer World is the flash tool for Xperia devices, which lets you flash Sony software on a device with unlocked boot loader. This is convenient if you want to go from a custom ROM to generic Sony software. We’ve now added software for several more models, most [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/25/more-models-added-to-the-flash-tool-for-unlocked-xperia-devices-beta/feed/ 18 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/23/aosp-now-available-for-xperia-z-on-sonys-github-open-source-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aosp-now-available-for-xperia-z-on-sonys-github-open-source-video http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/23/aosp-now-available-for-xperia-z-on-sonys-github-open-source-video/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:21:21 +0000 Anna Aleryd /?p=18903 ***Update: Software binaries updated. *** Remember our Android Open Source Project for Xperia S? Because of the great interest we saw in that project, we’ve now decided to create an AOSP project for Xperia Z as well. This means that the software will be open for you as a developer to use and contribute to. [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/23/aosp-now-available-for-xperia-z-on-sonys-github-open-source-video/feed/ 45 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/22/take-the-app-promo-developer-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=take-the-app-promo-developer-survey http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/22/take-the-app-promo-developer-survey/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:50:54 +0000 Joe Padre /?p=18893 Our friends at App Promo have just opened up their 2nd Annual Developer Survey, which looks at how developers are performing with their apps from a discovery and financial perspective. The study aims to gather data to illustrate trends and insights that represent the developer community at large, and which will be used to create [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/22/take-the-app-promo-developer-survey/feed/ 0 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/19/make-your-apps-fast-user-friendly-and-power-efficient-video-presentation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-your-apps-fast-user-friendly-and-power-efficient-video-presentation http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/19/make-your-apps-fast-user-friendly-and-power-efficient-video-presentation/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:50:41 +0000 Tobias Nilsson /?p=18868 Designing and implementing an efficient network communication in your Android application is not an easy task. This is something Sony research engineer Erik Hellman has put a lot of thought and work into, and he shared some of his best hints and tips regarding this at his presentation at Droidcon London 2012. Check out the [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/19/make-your-apps-fast-user-friendly-and-power-efficient-video-presentation/feed/ 2 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/18/create-your-own-blindsview-effect-for-your-apps-tutorial-code-example/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=create-your-own-blindsview-effect-for-your-apps-tutorial-code-example http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/18/create-your-own-blindsview-effect-for-your-apps-tutorial-code-example/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:20:43 +0000 Joe Padre /?p=18496 One of the unique features you’ll find with recent Xperia™ smartphones is a “blinds” effect that’s part of the lockscreen display – touch your finger anywhere on the screen, and the window shreds into horizontal blind slats. The BlindsView feature is also available on Xperia™ smartphones running the Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update (at the [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/18/create-your-own-blindsview-effect-for-your-apps-tutorial-code-example/feed/ 5