Android layout is a class that handles arranging the way its children appear on the screen.  Anything that is a View can be a child of a layout.

The standard Layouts are:
AbsoluteLayout
FrameLayout
LinearLayout
RelativeLayout
TableLayout

Android as the most interesting mobile OS, has many service to play multimedia. In Android, for the easiest way, you use Media Player for Android. you can manage playlist, play video with some codecs that can be played on Android.
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Every several second, new great Android phone apps release from developers. you need to check at all to install apps that you want.
there are several steps to setting automatic updates application for your Android Apps.

1. Power up the phone and press “Menu” to unlock it
2. Push the “Home” key
3. Push the “Menu” button.
4. Touch the screen or use the navigator wheel to select the “Settings” option.
5. Within the “Settings” menu, select the “About phone” option that is found towards the bottom of the list. This option displays the version number and build number of Android that is running on the phone.
6. Touch the “System updates” option. This causes the phone to look for any new Android updates. If an update is available, the phone will download and install it.

widgets are web apps that give you information about something from internet. maybe weather forecast, news, new film or mp3, etc.

there are some steps to install widgets in android phones.

1. Go to the home screen of the Android device.

2. Make sure that there is enough free space on your home screen for the new widget.

3. Choose an empty space for your widget. Tap the space and hold your finger there (long press) until the menu appears. Alternatively, you can press the “Menu” button and then press the “Add” button that should now be available on the screen.

4. Both methods should have resulted in a pop-up menu-window labeled “Add to Home screen”. Tap the menu item labeled “Widgets”.

5. Navigate through the list of installed widgets and select the one you want to place on the home screen. You can scroll through the widgets if the list is too large to fit on the screen in its entirety.

6. Click on the selected widget and you will add it to your home screen.

7. Press the “Home” key. The new widget should appear on the home screen (or wallpaper).

8. To relocate the widget, tap it and hold your finger down. Now you should be able to drag it to the location on the screen that you want.

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You want to install a houndred new apps from android market. as u know, every day android developer release new great apps that you want to add it to your phone.
In order to install third party applications to your Android phone, you need to install APK, or Android Package, files.

How to Install Android Apps from Android Market:

1. Copy the APK file to your Android’s memory card and insert the card into your phone.
2. Download and install the Apps Installer application from the Android Market
3. Once installed, the Apps Installer will display the APK files on the memory card.
4. Click and install your APK files.

1. download and install the Google Android SDK program and the Android USB drivers. The download links are as follows: http://code.google.com/android/intro/installing.html
2. http://dl.google.com/android/android_usb_windows.zip
3. You need to modify your Android’s settings to allow the installation of applications from other sources. Under “Settings,” select “Application Settings” and then enable “Unknown Sources.” Also under “Settings,” select “SD Card” and “Phone Storage,” and finally enable “Disable Use for USB Storage”
4. This last step is easy. Open Command Prompt and type the following: adb install <1>/<2>.apk
5. However, when you type the command, replace <1> with the path to your APK file and replace <2> with the name of the APK file.

Android is very good music player. users will enjoy the ability to listen to high quality music on their Android than in their computer.
from beginner, is little confuse to transfer music from computer to android phones.
if you want to know how to transfer music to your android phones, click here for details.

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Google Android Phones require many great apps in android markets. you should update it every day due to get the useful apps in your phone.
Google also give android apps to sync your Gmail contacts to your phone. you can manage your gmail accounts from your phone. To know more details, click here.

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