GSON & Realm String array
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…
Posts by Catalin Prata
Google Play Games API + Playground
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…
Android Quiz
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…
Load localized strings at runtime
Here is a possible solution if you want to load localized text resources on a TextView in Android. Problem: You may need to extend your app flexibility to be able…
How to unzip Gzipped InputStream
If you are working with HttpURLConnection on Android then you might encounter strange InputStream outputs like when you have a strange character encoding even though on the server side everything…
Print Android signing key SHA in code
If you ever want to get the Android SHA (1/256), MD5 or the signing key used to sign your app for example you can use the following snippet. Important! Be…
Make Genymotion point to localhost
I had a lot of fights with this and I think it’s better to write down the solution so I won’t waste my time looking again on google/stackoverflow for it.…
Add links to a TextView in Android
Maybe you need to add links to a TextView on Android but you don’t want to use Linkify for some reasons and you also want that link to be opened when…
Get Android OS Version
If you ever need to get the version of the OS on which your app runs, you can try this out: android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT And you can use it against(for more check…
