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      4 <p>The list below provides a summary of the sample applications that are 
      5 available with the Android SDK. Using the links on this page, you can view
      6 the source files of the sample applications in your browser. </p>
      7 
      8 <p>You can also download the source of these samples into your SDK, then 
      9 modify and reuse it as you need. For more information, see <a 
     10 href="{@docRoot}resources/samples/get.html">Getting the Samples</a>.</p>
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     19 <dl>
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     21  <dt><a href="AccelerometerPlay/index.html">Accelerometer Play</a></dt>
     22   <dd>An example that demonstrates how to use accelerometer readings
     23   in an application.</dd>
     24   
     25  <dt><a href="AccessibilityService/index.html">Accessibility Service</a></dt>
     26   <dd>An example that demonstrates the use of accessibility APIs.</dd>
     27 
     28  <dt><a href="ApiDemos/index.html">API Demos</a></dt>
     29   <dd>A variety of small applications that demonstrate an extensive collection of
     30   framework topics.</dd>
     31 
     32  <dt><a href="BackupRestore/index.html">Backup and Restore</a></dt>
     33   <dd>A simple example that illustrates a few different ways for an application to
     34   implement support for the Android data backup and restore mechanism.</dd>
     35 
     36  <dt><a href="BluetoothChat/index.html">Bluetooth Chat</a></dt>
     37   <dd>An application for two-way text messaging over Bluetooth.</dd>
     38 
     39   <dt><a href="BusinessCard/index.html">BusinessCard</a></dt>
     40    <dd>An application that demonstrates how to launch the built-in contact
     41    picker from within an activity. This sample also uses reflection to ensure
     42    that the correct version of the contacts API is used, depending on which
     43    API level the application is running under.</dd>
     44 
     45  <dt><a href="ContactManager/index.html">Contact Manager</a></dt>
     46   <dd>An application that demonstrates how to query the system contacts provider 
     47   using the <code>ContactsContract</code> API, as
     48   well as insert contacts into a specific account.</dd>
     49 
     50  <dt><a href="Home/index.html">Home</a></dt>
     51   <dd>A home screen replacement application.</dd>
     52 
     53  <dt><a href="JetBoy/index.html">JetBoy</a></dt>
     54   <dd>A game that demonstrates the SONiVOX JET interactive music technology,
     55   with {@link android.media.JetPlayer}.</dd>
     56 
     57  <dt><a href="CubeLiveWallpaper/index.html">Live Wallpaper</a></dt>
     58   <dd>An application that demonstrates how to create a live wallpaper and 
     59   bundle it in an application that users can install on their devices.</dd>
     60 
     61  <dt><a href="LunarLander/index.html">Lunar Lander</a></dt>
     62   <dd>A classic Lunar Lander game.</dd>
     63 
     64   <dt><a href="MultiResolution/index.html">Multiple Resolutions</a></dt>
     65   <dd>A sample application that shows how to use resource directory qualifiers to
     66   provide different resources for different screen configurations.</dd>
     67 
     68  <dt><a href="NFCDemo/index.html">NFCDemo</a></dt>
     69   <dd>An application for reading NFC Forum Type 2 Tags using platform NFC apis.</a>.</dd>
     70 
     71  <dt><a href="NotePad/index.html">Note Pad</a></dt>
     72   <dd>An application for saving notes. Similar (but not identical) to the 
     73     <a href="{@docRoot}resources/tutorials/notepad/index.html">Notepad tutorial</a>.</dd>
     74 
     75  <dt><a href="SampleSyncAdapter/index.html">SampleSyncAdapter</a></dt>
     76   <dd>Demonstrates how an application can communicate with a
     77 cloud-based service and synchronize its data with data stored locally in a
     78 content provider. The sample uses two related parts of the Android framework
     79 &mdash; the account manager and the synchronization manager (through a sync
     80 adapter).</dd>
     81 
     82  <dt><a href="SearchableDictionary/index.html">Searchable Dictionary</a></dt>
     83   <dd>A sample application that demonstrates Android's search framework, 
     84   including how to provide search suggestions for Quick Search Box.</dd>
     85 
     86  <dt><a href="SipDemo/index.html">SIP Demo</a></dt>
     87  <dd>An application that demonstrates how to make an internet-based call using the SIP
     88  API.</dd>
     89 
     90  <dt><a href="Snake/index.html">Snake</a></dt>
     91   <dd>An implementation of the classic game "Snake."</dd>
     92 
     93  <dt><a href="SoftKeyboard/index.html">Soft Keyboard</a></dt>
     94   <dd>An example of writing an input method for a software keyboard.</dd>
     95 
     96  <dt><a href="Spinner/index.html">Spinner</a></dt>
     97  <dd>
     98     A simple application that serves as an application-under-test for the 
     99     SpinnerTest sample application. 
    100  </dd>
    101  <dt><a href="SpinnerTest/index.html">SpinnerTest</a></dt>
    102  <dd>
    103     An example test application that contains test cases run against the 
    104     Spinner sample application. 
    105     To learn more about the application and how to run it, 
    106     please read the 
    107     <a href="{@docRoot}resources/tutorials/testing/activity_test.html">Activity Testing</a> tutorial.
    108  </dd>
    109  <dt><a href="TicTacToeLib/index.html">TicTacToeLib</a></dt>
    110  <dd>
    111     An example of an Android library project that provides a game-play
    112     Activity to any dependent application project. For an example of
    113     how an application can use the code and resources in an Android
    114     library project, see the <a
    115     href="{@docRoot}resources/samples/TicTacToeMain/index.html">TicTacToeMain</a>
    116     sample application.
    117  </dd>
    118  <dt><a href="TicTacToeMain/index.html">TicTacToeMain</a></dt>
    119  <dd>
    120     An example of an Android application that makes use of code and
    121     resources provided in an Android library project. Specifically, this
    122     application uses code and resources provided in the <a
    123     href="{@docRoot}resources/samples/TicTacToeLib/index.html">TicTacToeLib</a> library project.
    124  </dd>
    125  <dt><a href="Wiktionary/index.html">Wiktionary</a></dt>
    126   <dd>An example of creating interactive widgets for display on the Android
    127   home screen.</dd>
    128 
    129  <dt><a href="WiktionarySimple/index.html">Wiktionary (Simplified)</a></dt>
    130   <dd>A simple Android home screen widgets example.</dd>
    131 </dl>
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    133 
    134 <div class="special">
    135 <p>For more sample applications, check out
    136 <a href="http://code.google.com/p/apps-for-android/">apps-for-android</a>, a
    137 collection of open source applications that demonstrate various Android APIs.
    138 </p>
    139 </div>
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