ayushhgoyal’s gists

ayushhgoyal / AlarmManagerBroadcastReceiver.java

Last active December 20, 2015 15:29

This is an Alarm Manager Broadcast Receiver, one can schedule a task which will be executed whenever an intent is fired. Task goes in onReceive.

	public class ReviveServiceAlarmManagerBroadcastReceiver extends
	BroadcastReceiver {
	Context temp_context;
	final public static String SINGLE_TIME = "onetime";
	// static int TIME_INTERVAL_FOR_NETWORK_LOCATIONS = 2;
	DatabaseHelper myDatabase;

	@Override
	public void onReceive(final Context context, Intent intent) {
	temp_context = context;

ayushhgoyal / SimpleCustomAdapter.java

Created July 2, 2013 07:43

This is custom adapter sample file. It can be used to create different list views according to needs.

	public class SimpleCustomAdapter extends SimpleAdapter {
	private int[] colors = new int[] { 0x30FFFFFF, 0x30ccffcc };
	Context context;
	DatabaseHelper myDatabase;

	public SimpleCustomAdapter(Context context,
	List<HashMap<String, String>> items, int resource, String[] from,
	int[] to) {
	super(context, items, resource, from, to);
	this.context = context;

ayushhgoyal / ChatHeadService.java

Last active December 18, 2015 11:59

Facebook chat heads in android application.

	// I forked this code from- http://www.piwai.info/chatheads-basics/
	// Chat head is displayed from a service.
	// uses a permission: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW" />
	// This is a service so it needs to be declared in manifest: <service android:name=".ChatHeadService" />
	// Whenever you need to display the chat head, just start the service
	// example: startService(new Intent(context, ChatHeadService.class));

	public class ChatHeadService extends Service {

	private WindowManager windowManager;

ayushhgoyal / DelayExecution

Created May 10, 2013 06:22

This snippet can be used to delay the execution of code by certain time.

	Handler handler = new Handler();
	handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
	public void run() {
	//your code here- to be executed after delay

	}
	}, 2000); //2000 is 2 seconds here

ayushhgoyal / GetAddress

Created May 6, 2013 11:48

This snippet can be used to get address(approx) from a location's latitude and longitudes.

	Geocoder geocoder;
	List<Address> addresses;
	geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());
	String address = "";
	try {
	addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(latitude,
	longitude, 1);
	address = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(0);
	Log.e("address", address);

ayushhgoyal / dateFormatExample.java

Created March 23, 2013 07:28

Another date format example in java. For more formats check http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

	SimpleDateFormat fromUser = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
	SimpleDateFormat myFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, ''yy");

	try {

	String reformattedStr = myFormat.format(fromUser
	.parse("2013-09-12 09:09:09"));
	CustomLog.logBlack(Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace(),
	reformattedStr);
	} catch (Exception e) {

ayushhgoyal / CustomLog.java

Created March 19, 2013 05:42

THis gist can be used to create custom logs, just add this class to your package and use its methods to generate a log with class name, method name and line of code. Use any method like this: CustomLog.logBlue( Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace(), string);

	package com.ayushhgoyal.custom;

	import android.util.Log;

	public class CustomLog {
	public static void logRed(StackTraceElement[] stackTraceElements, String msg) {
	Log.e(stackTraceElements[2].getClassName().substring(
	stackTraceElements[2].getClassName().lastIndexOf(".") + 1)
	+ "."
	+ stackTraceElements[2].getMethodName()

ayushhgoyal / custom_toast_example.xml

Created February 16, 2013 07:07

This code snippet can be used to create a custom toast.

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	android:id="@+id/toast_layout_root"
	android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	android:layout_height="fill_parent"
	android:background="#FFFFFF"
	android:orientation="horizontal"
	android:padding="8dp" >

	<TextView

ayushhgoyal / LoginAsyncTask.java

Last active December 13, 2015 18:58

Sample async task class..sends params and gets data in json format.

	class LoginUser extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String> {
	HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
	JSONObject json;

	ArrayList<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();

	final static String URL = "http://www.your-url-here.com";

	@Override
	protected String doInBackground(String... params) {

ayushhgoyal / HorizontalSwipe.java

Last active December 12, 2015 09:38

Android Horizontal swipe gesture detector.

	package com.example.horizontalswipe;

	import android.app.Activity;
	import android.content.Context;
	import android.os.Bundle;
	import android.util.Log;
	import android.view.GestureDetector;
	import android.view.GestureDetector.OnGestureListener;
	import android.view.MotionEvent;
	import android.widget.ImageView;