I went looking, and looking, and looking, for a solution to this problem. None of them seemed to fit the bill. I tried… updating proguard not using libraries I shouldn’t be re-importing the project removing duplicate android jars removing all android jars a host of…
In third part of the android hello world video, we explain the different components of the application, and why things are done in a certain way. This video is a bit raw. However, rather than editing the videos, I’m going to try and improve my…
I was recently having a problem where my new computer was becoming extremely sluggish while running Ubuntu Linux 11.04. The keyboard input was very delayed and slow. The graphics were terribly slow. Just about everything in the system became very slow. I’ve heard reports from…
Part 3 – Code Explained Okay, I’ve finished another android development demo video. Sorry it took so long, I got really busy with a new computer and what not, and life in general. In the next video in this series, I will explain the details…
I had slow login problems with my SSH server for many months, and never bothered to try and fix it. Finally I got sick of it, and enabled verbose mode. I noticed it was doing public key authentication, GSSAPI authentication, and then password. The authentication…
I should have blogged about this long ago, as I feel that this is a very useful way of debugging unit tests with maven. This is especially so if you’re primarily a command line sort of guy like myself. All that is required to be…
I just bought an ASUS Transformer TF101. I set everything up, and suddenly found that my contacts manager application from Google was crashing with a “Force Close” button. I was very upset about that, so I tried to rectify it. I was getting the following…
Part 2 My intention is to make all of my android videos as simple as possible, and as short as possible. That way you can learn what you need to, and get on with it. This is a quick demo on how to get started…
Be VERY careful with using evernote on multiple devices. ALWAYS sync BEFORE editing. Evernote does not care whether your data is current or not, it will overwrite it one way or another. I wrote a whole whack of notes on my French course, in French,…
The Liberals have posted their “platform“, and it’s not looking very good. I will critique it below. “Our platform in this election has one overriding objective: to make equal opportunity a reality for every Canadian, whether you live in a big city, a small town,…