Connecting to Google Services
I was recently forced into a wild goose chase while trying to figure out how to connect my app to Google Play services, specifically Google Drive.
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Goodbye Ugly Forums! Moot Is A Flexible And Modern Platform For Online Discussion (And It’s Free)
Sarah Perez, techcrunch.comMoot, a startup offering a new take on commenting and forums, is launching today after three and a half years of development with the goal of bringing these key pieces of Internet discussion into the modern era. Unlike many of the opti…
Linking in Android TextViews
I was trying to figure out if there was a way to make URLs returned from a web-based news feed to my app clickable. Turns out, there is. I was actually able to get it to work with the additional attributes in the question portion of this post, but that’s because I had URLs in the actual text being displayed, so auto-linking makes sense.
At some point in the future, I’ll probably add the more complex solution to allow me to add Web links via my news administration and have them clickable in the app. That, however, is a task for another day.
Gesture Detection + ViewFlipper
I’ve just spent the last few hours trying to figure out the simple gesture detection on Android. And when I say “simple” I mean complicated. I’ve tinkered with this before, but could not figure out what was happening. In the interest of achieving MVP (that’s minimum viable product - I don’t give myself lofty titles), I just abandoned it, but I always knew I would come back to it.
Jelly Bean Emulators on Windows 7
Oh, Jelly Bean, why must you taunt me with your sugary awesomeness.
So I had a bug report on my app yesterday - first time in quite a while. I started looking into it and couldn’t figure out a way to reproduce it. I tried it on all the platforms available to me (that’s Froyo to ICS). Well, after looking at the reviews, I discovered that it was happening on Jelly Bean (Android 4.1).
Winforms + LINQ + PredicateBuilder
I started working on a new project this past week (in addition to the three or four side projects I have in the works). This one was a bit different for me and I’m having to relearn a few things. I’ve done WPF application before (and was seriously considering taking this one to that generation of desktop app, but a consistent look with the rest of the client’s applications was important).
Windows Phone 7 Namespace Changes
Found this link when I was trying to figure out why my app wouldn’t load in the emulator after I changed all the namespaces to something standardized. It solved my problem and hopefully it helps you out as well.
Samsung Galaxy Note layouts can be a bit tricky
I had to do some research to find the info I needed to help me solve the latest challenge. I was contacted by a purchaser of my app and informed that the interface didn’t play nice on his Note. It seemed to try an use the tablet-sized layouts on the 5-inch screen for the Note.
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