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How to cut off too long lines of text in Lists with ellipsize 4 Aug 2013 | 02:24 am
If you are using lists in your app, and some of the list items have too long text, making it wrap to several lines like item number three in the following image, then this trick will show you how to c...
How to fix the DrawerLayout inflation error in Android 30 Jul 2013 | 01:38 am
If you are trying to use the DrawerLayout in your Android app(perhaps from the example project?), and your app is crashing when you try to run it, and you are getting a lot of errors saying or someth...
How to open a website or an app in Google Play, from preferences 29 Jul 2013 | 12:46 am
It is quite easy to have a preference item in your app to link to your website, or an app in Google Play. This does not even require any additional permissions for your app. However, it would be gre...
How to initialize default preferences for Settings in Android 29 Jul 2013 | 12:34 am
If you are using Androids settings menu to provide your users with settings, you can set default values when the application is first started. The details are explained in further details in the “Def...
Ambient Temperature Galaxy S4 app Updated, and available in Donate version 26 Jun 2013 | 02:26 am
The Ambient Temperature app for Galaxy S4 phones has just been updated with bugfixes and more sensor data. I have received a lot of feedback, in comments, emails and Google Play, and I have listened ...
Android Studio does not start 16 May 2013 | 03:44 pm
Have you just downloaded and installed the new Android Studio? And it will not start after the installation? Here is the solution: You are most likely missing the JDK_HOME environment variable. It sho...
Google Play: How to filter out your app for specific devices only 12 May 2013 | 05:11 pm
If you are publishing an Android app that should only be available to a specific device, like my new Ambient Temperature Galaxy S4 app does, you can use this method to help narrow down which devices i...
“Ambient Temperature Galaxy S4″ Android app released to Google Play! 9 May 2013 | 12:28 pm
May 7, 2013 my app called Ambient Temperature Galaxy S4 was released to Google Play. This is a thermometer app which measures the ambient temperature, instead of the battery temperature (as many of th...
A Mini Review of Samsung Galaxy S4 4 May 2013 | 06:51 pm
This is a small review of the Galaxy S4, as I experience it coming from the S3 with a custom rom, CyanogenMod 10.1. I will update this post as I encounter more positive or negative things. Pros: Great...
Samsung Galaxy S4 – Tips and Tricks 3 May 2013 | 10:33 pm
This is a post with different tips and tricks for the new Samsung Galaxy S4. How to take a screenshot on Galaxy S4 There is no obvious way to take a screen dump on the Galaxy S4, but there are two met...