Tag: Android

Version 2 of the AWS Mobile SDK This article and sample apply to Version 1 of the AWS Mobile SDK. If you are building new apps, we recommend you use Version 2. For details, please visit the AWS Mobile SDK page. This content is being maintained for historical reference. We are very excited to announce […]

We have just released a new version of the AWS Mobile SDKs. The individual SDKs for version 1.6.0 can be downloaded from the following pages: AWS SDK for iOS AWS SDK for Android This new version of the SDKs contains updates for web identity federation in AWS Security Token Service, parallel scans in Amazon DynamoDB, […]

Android Developer Tools (ADT) The ADT Plug-in for Eclipse is used to help developers build their Android apps. The samples included with the AWS SDK for Android are meant to be run with minimal configuration. ADT v22, released at GoogleIO, requires an additional step for successful execution of our code samples. Error in LogCat If […]

There are two ways to make asynchronous calls: AsyncTask, and Handler plus Thread. I briefly introduced how to use AysncTask to make asynchronous calls in the previous post. In this post, I will explain making asynchronous calls with Handler. I will also compare AsyncTask with Handler. What is Handler? A Handler is associated with a […]

Why all the JARs? The AWS SDK for Android contains a number of JARs. Some are specific for development, while others are meant for distribution. This post explains the purpose of each of the JARs, if a JAR has any dependencies, and how to include the right JARs in your Android application. Development JARs To […]

We have just released a new version of the AWS Mobile SDKs. The individual SDKs for version 1.5.0 can be downloaded from the following pages: AWS SDK for iOS AWS SDK for Android This new version of the SDKs contains updates for Local Secondary Indexes in Amazon DynamoDB, various bug fixes and individual service frameworks […]

The AWS SDK for Android has a high-level utility—TransferManager—for managing file transfers to Amazon S3. TransferManager is designed to make transfers between your application to Amazon S3 easy and convenient. Meanwhile, the smart logic behind it can provide transfers with better throughput and performance. Why TransferManager TransferManager can have several advantages over low-level APIs for […]

We have just released a new version of the AWS Mobile SDKs. The individual SDKs for version 1.4.6 can be downloaded from the following pages: AWS SDK for iOS AWS SDK for Android This new version of the SDKs contains updates for Amazon EC2 as well as a number of bug fixes and performance improvements. […]

Version 2 of the AWS Mobile SDK This article and sample apply to Version 1 of the AWS Mobile SDK. If you are building new apps, we recommend you use Version 2. For details, please visit the AWS Mobile SDK page. This content is being maintained for historical reference. Timestamps and AWS Making requests to […]

We have just released a new version of the AWS Mobile SDKs. The individual SDKs for version 1.4.5 can be downloaded from the following pages: AWS SDK for iOS AWS SDK for Android This new version of the SDKs contains updates for EBS-Optimized instances in Auto Scaling, the Copy Snapshot Operation for Amazon EC2, and […]