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Phocacius / detect-shortcut.js

Created January 31, 2021 14:42

	var doAction = function() {
	// do something when ctrl-enter is pressed
	}

	$(document).ready(function() {
	var ctrlDown = false,
	ctrlKey = 17,
	cmdKey = 91,
	enterKey = 13;

Phocacius / LanguageUtils.php

Last active December 31, 2020 13:11

PHP utility class to get the preferred language of the current user. The language will be read from the HTTP AcceptLanguage, but can be overridden by GET and POST parameters. Preferences can also be saved in a cookie.

	<?php

	class LanguageUtils {

	public static $COOKIE_LIFETIME = 10 * 365 * 24 * 3600; // 10 years
	public static $LANGUAGE_KEY = "lang"; // key used as cookie name and to check $_POST and $_GET

	/**
	* Get the user language based on the following priorities:
	* - "$LANGUAGE_KEY" parameter in $_POST data

Phocacius / FileProvider.kt

Created November 28, 2017 14:17

Custom ContentProvider for Android to enable files stored in the internal storage to be opened by external apps

	import android.content.ContentProvider
	import android.content.ContentValues
	import android.database.Cursor
	import android.net.Uri
	import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor
	import java.io.File
	import java.io.FileNotFoundException

	/**
	* Created by thorstenhack on 28.11.17.

Phocacius / download_material_icon.py

Created August 28, 2017 13:35

Python script to download Google material icons and add them to an Android project automatically in several densities.

	#! /usr/bin/env python

	# Simple command script to download and add Google Material
	# Design Icons ( https://material.io/icons/ ) to
	# to your Android project.

	import sys
	import os

	# Constants

Phocacius / responsive-iframe.js

Created December 4, 2016 00:36

automatically adapts the width of an iframe to the available width, needs ratio set via width/height attributes and width set to 100% via CSS

	/* Responsive iFrames
	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */
	var $iframes = $('.iframe-responsive');
	if($iframes.length) {
	var adaptIframes = function() {
	$iframes.each(function(index, item) {
	var $iframe = $(item);
	var ratio = $iframes.attr('width') / $iframes.width();
	$iframe.css('height', $iframes.attr('height') / ratio);
	});

Phocacius / GlobalStorage.php

Last active December 1, 2015 15:50

tiny php class to store tiny amounts of persistent data into a JSON file

	<?php

	// helper class to store tiny amounts of data that should persist across sessions
	class GlobalStorage {

	private static $instance;

	public static function getInstance() {
	if(!self::$instance) {
	self::$instance = new GlobalStorage();

Phocacius / MethodAnnotation.java

Created January 28, 2015 15:32

template for a method annotation processor

	Method[] methods = this.getClass().getMethods();
	for (Method method : methods) {
	MyAnnotation annotation = method.getAnnotation(MyAnnotation.class);
	if (annotation != null) {
	Object myAnnotationAttribute = annotation.value();
	// do whatever you want here
	try {
	method.invoke(this, methodParameters);
	} catch (IllegalAccessException\|InvocationTargetException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();

Phocacius / httppost.js

Created January 24, 2015 19:44

send http post via Javascript without Ajax

	httpPost = function(url, params) {
	var html = '<form action="' + url + '" method="post">';
	for(key in params) {
	html += '<input type="text" name="'+ key +'" value="'+ params[key] +'" />';
	}
	html += '</form>';
	$(html).submit();
	}

Phocacius / copygitrepos.sh

Created January 14, 2015 16:05

copies an arbitrary Git repo (including all branches and tags) and pushs it to another repo. The destination repo has to be completely empty!

	mkdir tmp
	echo 'Enter URL of old repo:'
	read oldrepo
	echo 'Enter URL of new repo:'
	read newrepo
	cd tmp
	git clone --bare $oldrepo
	REPO=`ls`
	cd $REPO
	git remote add destination $newrepo

Phocacius / ViewHolder.java

Created January 9, 2015 11:03

A generic Android ViewHolder class that simplifies the standard ViewHolder pattern. Credit goes to http://www.piwai.info/android-adapter-good-practices/

	public class ViewHolder {
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static <T extends View> T get(View view, int id) {
	SparseArray<View> viewHolder = (SparseArray<View>) view.getTag();
	if (viewHolder == null) {
	viewHolder = new SparseArray<View>();
	view.setTag(viewHolder);
	}
	View childView = viewHolder.get(id);
	if (childView == null) {

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