To make an app downwards compatible do the follwing Change deployment target to iOS 12 Remove the methods in AppDelegate.swift Add var window: UIWindow? Remove SceneDelegate.swift Remove the entry Application Scene Manifest in the info.plist.
github disabled the support of user/pw authentication for acessing the platform from external tools like e.g. PyCharm or Android Studio Instead you need an access token Here is how you do it: Sign-in into github Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens Generate new token enable “repo”, “admin:org” “gist” Now you can use the token from within Android Studio…
Oh boy, Apple…. I’m still running macOS 10.15.7 Catalina on my Mac due to different reasons. My iPhone is already up to date on iOS 14.5. That means my Mac can only run Xcode 12.4 which makes it incompatible with my iPhone for development. But there is a way. DeviceSupport files You need an additional…
When you want to interface with any Google API e.g. YouTube from within your Android App, you need to register your app in the developer console. You have to provide a SHA-1 key which can be generated as following: Command line $ chmod u+x gradlew $ ./gradlew signingReport
Motivation When writing app you sometimes want to play some sounds e.g. for notifications. In Android this can be accomplished by using the SoundPool class. Resource files Resource files e.g. your wav shall be placed under app\src\main\res\raw Code snippet This is a working example for playing short sound files. If you want to make a…
If you get an Installation did not succeed. The application could not be installed: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES do the following: go to Settings -> General -> Apps select your app tap uninstall
Disconnect USB connection between Mac/MacBook and Android device On the device: Revoke USB debugging authorization in Settings -> Developer Options cd /Users/<user_name>/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools ./adb kill-server cd ~/.android/ rm -rf adbkey Reconnect device Re-authorize computer to device cd /Users/<user_name>/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools check with ./adb devices that device is authorized
Motivation In Android it is highly inadvisable to do heavy lifting in the UI thread. When you even try to do some networking stuff like fetching images from a web server you might get an android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException I’ve also written about it here To work around this issue you can use a third party library like…
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());…
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”); In Kotlin it looks like this: val intent = Intent(this, NewActivity::class.java).apply { putExtra(“EXTRA_MESSAGE”, “Test 123”) } startActivity(intent) Retrieving val message = intent.getStringExtra(“EXTRA_MESSAGE”) Further Reading Passing data between fragments using SafeArgs…