Over the last year, I've been doing a lot of work on Pay It Square and Tourneytopia lately. We're building new features, iterating on existing features, and fixing bugs at a fairly rapid pace. As a result, we've been deploying new code quite a bit. Ch… more »

This is Part 5a of an ongoing series. The rest of the series is always viewable and up to date at http://www.rosscode.com/android. If you're just checking in, the archives are worth a look. I took a week off, but I'm back with more details on user int… more »

This is part 1a in an ongoing series about my experiences developing an Android app to use with Pay It Square. If you're just joining us, first, thanks! And second, here's where we've been so far: Part 0: Introduction Part 1: Project Structure an… more »

Let's preface this by stating up front that I've never been very good with UI design. Switching platforms hasn't really changed that, so while I'll touch on how I'm creating my user interfaces in Android, certainly don't copy my screens. A blind monkey c… more »

This is part 3 in an ongoing series documenting my adventures building my first Android application. If you're here for the first time, you might want to check out the previous posts for background. Part 0: Introduction Part 1: Project Structure… more »

This is part 2 of an on-going series on Android development (or at least my warped interpretation of it). If you missed the introduction of the application or a discussion of the tools, you might want to check those out first. I mentioned earlier that… more »

This is the first part of an ongoing series about my adventures in building my first (non-trivial) Android application. For more information about the application, you should peruse my series introduction. I still don?t plan to show any code yet, so I… more »

I?ve spent the last few weeks building my first Android application. I wanted to get my feet wet, but watching videos and reading about it just doesn?t quite cut it for me, so I decided it was time to dive into a real application ? the best way for me to… more »

Over the past few days, I've been working to change our build process and make it a little more flexible for our needs. As part of it, I was asked to look into how we encrypt our data, and see if we could come up with a better way to do it. Right now, we… more »

It's been almost a year since I started at TrackAbout, and so far, it's been one of the best decisions I've made. I absolutely love working from home, and the team I work with is extremely talented. We're a small company, but looking to grow the team ver… more »