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Entity, EntityUtils, Http, HttpResponse, webservice

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Usually I use the following code to convert a Http response content to String: BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent())); StringBuilder responseBuilder = new StringBuilder(); String line = ""; while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) { responseBuilder.append(line); } in.close(); Log.e("WS…

Android ExpandableListView Scroll to Expanded Group Position

October 6, 2012

auto-scroll, ExpandableListView, scroll, transcriptMode

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Once I had this problem: I had an ExapandableListView with groups and children. When I wanted to expand a group the list was scrolling to the end every time. After a little search I’ve figured it out what the problem…

Android Keep The Screen On

October 6, 2012

PowerManager, screen, screen on, WakeLock

You surely want to keep the screen of your phone ON and you don’t know how to do this, otherwise you wouldn’t be on our blog 😛 But, you are on the right place, because in this tutorial I will…

Android – Load a String into WebView

September 28, 2012

html, load string, WebView

To load html data from a String into a WebView, you can use the following method: yourWebView.loadDataWithBaseURL("x-data://base", stringToLoadInWebView, "text/html", "UTF-8", null); Note that the UTF-8 charset might be different for your data so change it accordingly..

Android Custom Title Bar (IOS style)

August 18, 2012

android, custom title bar, title bar

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Because the Android default title bar doesn’t look too great, I thought to make a tutorial with a custom title bar that looks like the one from IOS. I do not recommend to use the design from IOS, but maybe…

Set the application icon

August 12, 2012

android application, application icon, icon

To set the application icon in Android you have to open the project’s Manifest.xml file and add the following attribute to the application tag: <application android:icon="drawable resource"> Before you do that make sure you add the icon image in one of…

Add image to email intent in Android

July 19, 2012

add image, email, extras, image, Intent

How to add image to an email intent in Android: // build a email sending intent Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND); emailIntent.setType("image/png"); // set the email subject emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "email subject"); // set the email image path for the attachment emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,…

Android: Open the Calculator from Android using Intent

June 8, 2012

Activity, Calculator, Intent