Smart home (IoT) – the beginnings
Intro Since I am a fan of DYI and love gadgets(and IoT), I started to play with a Raspberry Pi and ESP8266 for a while. I had some failing ideas like automating my curtains, after long plans and setup, I…
How to get current flavor from gradle
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Figuring out how to pull the current flavor from gradle While working on an update for one of our games, I needed to figure out how to get the current flavor and use it in code. Since there are a lot…
Signing key SHA1 fingerprints within AndroidStudio
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Did you know you can get the signing SHA1 and MD5 fingerprints within AndroidStudio? If you need the SHA1 or MD5 fingerprints of your Android debug/release key/certificate for a new API or framework that you want to integrate in your project like…
Generate random number between 2 numbers
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The following snippet will help you generate a random number in Java that is between 2 numbers (min and max). static Random random = new Random(); /** * Min is inclusive and max is exclusive in this case **/ public…
Get screen size
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So if you ever need to get screen size in width and height on Android, you can use the following snippet: /** * Returns the size of the screen in pixels (width and height) * * @return a Point that…
IntelliJ IDEA / Android Studio key shortcuts
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This is just a small productivity A4 poster with MacOS IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio key mapping that can be placed on your wall :). MacOS IntelliJ IDEA/AndroidStudio keyboard shortcuts
GSON & Realm String array
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You might know about Realm, a fancy and practical storage option that one can use on Android. Realm is quite fast and it is really easy to work with but recently I had to parse some data from the webservice…
Google Play Games API + Playground
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The Problem… So I wanted to reset my score on one of my google play games here(QuickAZ) and for that I could use Google Play Games API if the user was registered as a tester in the play console. In order to…
Android Quiz
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Android Quiz 2017-02-22 Name What is the main difference between FlexboxLayout and LinearLayout? There is no such thing as FlexboxLayout in Android. It is a CSS layout. The significant difference between LinearLayout and FlexboxLayout is that FlexboxLayout has a feature…
