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Android Service startForeground and stopForeground tip 13 Jul 2013 | 01:30 am
I had a use case for an application that required a long running Service (I know they are always frowned upon). The service seemed to be getting killed during the night and stuck in the “restarting” s...
How long does it take to build an Android application? 4 Jun 2013 | 05:43 am
I thought this infographic was dead on. It’s estimated to take 18 weeks to develop a decent sized mobile application by a single developer (? they don’t make that clear) to do the backend and frontend...
Stand-Up (Standing) Desk Designs 10 Feb 2013 | 04:43 am
Lately I have been obsessed with stand-up or some call them standing desks. I work a lot from home and sitting all day isn’t ideal. There is no question of the health benefits (“Are You Sitting Down? ...
Android: TextView with Ellipsis Listener 17 Oct 2012 | 04:11 am
I created an extension of the Android TextView component to adds the ability to receive updates when the text has an ellipses added. Short and sweet, here is the code and the link for the gist: Gist: ...
Loading local JSON issue with Sencha, PhoneGap and Android 4.0.3 10 Jul 2012 | 05:34 am
This is just a little tip when trying to load local .json files using the Ext.data.Store ajax proxy type. The following code will work in Android 4.0.3+ but you need to be sure to add an extra couple ...
Handle Android hardware back button using PhoneGap and Sencha Touch 2 7 Jul 2012 | 02:59 am
Lately I have been experimenting with PhoneGap and Sencha Touch 2 recently and discovered an issue with accessing the hardware back button for Android applications. What you want is the back button to...
Android: Removing Fade Effect on ActionBar when using setActionView() 4 Apr 2012 | 02:38 pm
Letting me start by explaining the desired effect I was trying to achieve. On the Android Google+ application if you hit refresh there is a spinner animation that replaces the refresh ActionBar item w...
Android: Changing the Default Indeterminate Progress Size in ActionBarSherlock 31 Mar 2012 | 11:12 am
Just a quick post on how to change the default size of the Indeterminate Progress animation when using ActionBarSherlock (ABS). This uses the dark halo them for Android 4.0.1 but tested and working fr...
Android: Null data returned from Camera Intent 17 Mar 2012 | 06:52 am
Anyone who has tried calling the image or video capture intent using the default Camera activity probably has been met with much frustration. There are many approaches and workarounds for various phon...
Flex Chart DataTip Renderer 19 Jan 2012 | 09:06 am
Here is a quick post with some code to create custom DataTip renderers for Flex charts using Spark components and containers. Below is a screen shot of the custom DataTip and the source code to create...
