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Sound and music with pygame

pip install pygame

Sound

import pygame

if __name__ == '__main__':
    pygame.mixer.init()
    sound = pygame.mixer.Sound("./sound.wav")
    channel = sound.play()
    while channel.get_busy():
        pygame.time.wait(100)
        print("Playing...")
    print("Finished.")

 

Music

import pygame

if __name__ == '__main__':
    pygame.mixer.init()
    pygame.mixer.music.load("./sound.mp3")
    pygame.mixer.music.play()
    while pygame.mixer.music.get_busy():
        pygame.time.wait(100)  # ms
        print("Playing...")
    print("Finished.")
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Getting Location Info in Android

Manifest

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

Activity

 

public static final int REQUEST_CODE = 123;
LocationManager mLocationManager; 
LocationListener mLocationListener;
@Override
protected void onResume(){
    super.onResume();
    getCurrentLocation();
}
private void getCurrentLocation() {
    Log.d("Clima", "getWeatherForCurrentLocation");
    mLocationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    mLocationListener = new LocationListener() {
        @Override
        public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
            Log.d("Clima", "onLocationChanged");
            String longitude = String.valueOf(location.getLongitude());
            String latitude = String.valueOf(location.getLatitude());
            Log.d("Clima", "longitude is: " +longitude);
            Log.d("Clima","latitude is: " + latitude);
        }

        @Override
        public void onStatusChanged(String s, int i, Bundle bundle) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onProviderEnabled(String s) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onProviderDisabled(String s) {

        }
    };
    if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
            && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, REQUEST_CODE);
        return;
    }
    mLocationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LOCAION_PROVIDER, MIN_TIME, MIN_DISTANCE, mLocationListener);
}

 

@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions, @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
    super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
    Log.d("Clima", "onRequestPermissionsResult");
    if (requestCode == REQUEST_CODE) {
        if(grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
            getCurrentLocation();
        }
    }
}
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Passing data between AndroidActivities

Sending data

private void openVideoActivity(String video) {
    Intent newActivity = new Intent(this, PlayerActivity.class);
    newActivity.putExtra("videoId", video);
    startActivity(newActivity);
}

Retrieving data

final String videoID = getIntent().getExtras().getString("videoID");
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Python variable length arguments

def print_person_varargs(name, *vargs):
    print(name)
    print(vargs)
    for arg in vargs:
        print(arg)


def print_person_kwargs(name, **kwargs):
    print(name)
    print(kwargs)
    for i, j in kwargs.items():
        print(i, j)


print_person_varargs("Jörn", 38, "Emskirchen")
print_person_kwargs("Jörn", age=38, city="Emskirchen")
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Android Services

Service Manager

$ adb shell service list
shell@g3:/ $ service list
Found 132 services:
0 AtCmdFwd: [com.qualcomm.atfwd.IAtCmdFwd]
1 lge.apdu: [com.lge.smartcard.internal.apdu.uicc.IUiccAccess]
2 telecom: [com.android.internal.telecom.ITelecomService]
3 phone: [com.android.internal.telephony.ITelephony]
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Android Spinner

Spinner spinner = findViewById(R.id.currency_spinner);

// Create an ArrayAdapter using the String array and a spinner layout
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,
        R.array.spinner_values, R.layout.spinner_item);

// Specify the layout to use when the list of choices appears
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.spinner_dropdown_item);

// Apply the adapter to the spinner
spinner.setAdapter(adapter);


spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
    @Override
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
        Log.d("Spinner Demo", "" + parent.getItemAtPosition(position));
    }

    @Override
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
        Log.d("Spinner Demo", "Nothing selected");
    }
});
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Switch between activities

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private Button mAddButton;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        mAddButton = findViewById(R.id.addButton);
        mAddButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                openAddActivity();
            } 
        });
}

    public void openAddActivity(){
       Intent intent = new Intent(this, Main2Activity.class);
       startActivity(intent);
}
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Android screen orientation

disable orientation change

<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
    android:screenOrientation="portrait"
    tools:ignore="LockedOrientationActivity">

Handling orientation state
Saving instance state

@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    outState.putInt("ScoreKey", mScore);
    outState.putInt("IndexKey", mIndex);

}

Retrieving instance state

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    if (savedInstanceState != null){
        mScore = savedInstanceState.getInt("ScoreKey");
        mIndex = savedInstanceState.getInt("IndexKey");

    } else {
        mScore = 0;
        mIndex = 0;
    }
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Android App Lifecycle

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Log.d("LifecycleTest", "onCreate");
    }
    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
        Log.d("LifecycleTest", "onStart");
    }
    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        Log.d("LifecycleTest", "onResume");
    }
    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        Log.d("LifecycleTest", "onPause");
    }
    @Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
        Log.d("LifecycleTest", "onSaveInstanceState");
    }
    @Override
    public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        Log.d("LifecycleTest", "onSaveInstanceState");
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
        Log.d("LifecycleTest", "onStop");
    }
    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        Log.d("LifecycleTest", "onDestroy");
    }
}