Moving forward on Android development: Tipper for Android now available

After having such a positive experience developing our first product (GoogHelper) for the Open Handset Alliance's Android operating system, we immediately started thinking about what other application of ours we could make available on the new OS.

The ideal candidate turned out to be another small yet useful tool: Tipper -- our handy "split tip" calculator for dining out. It saves time and effort by calculating the total and displaying the actual tip amount.

We recently made it available for BlackBerry phones, and now we got Android covered too ;)

So here you go -- Tipper for Android is ready for you to give it a spin, on the Android Emulator for the moment, or perhaps on a real Android-powered phone, should you be among the lucky ones to have an early prototype in your hands :)

Click here to download it, and then head over to our Community Forums for more screenshots and to share your feedback.

Unsure where / how to install Tipper.apk? Continue reading this article for step-by-step instructions.

How to install Tipper for Android on the Android Emulator:

1. visit this link to download the Android SDK

2. once downloaded, unzip it somewhere on your pc. What below assumes you have unzipped it under C:\Android\

3. launch the command prompt (start -> run -> cmd and press enter)

4. type C:\Android\SDK\tools\emulator.exe to start the emulator

5. download Tipper.apk by clicking here and save it somewhere on your pc (we'll assume you downloaded it on c:\)

6. Install Tipper by typing C:\Android\SDK\tools\adb.exe install c:\Tipper.apk

7. using the mouse to act on the emulator's 5 way pad, navigate to the leftmost icon (applications), then dpad center on it, at that point you'll see the Tipper icon. Navigate over it, then dpad center on it to launch it.