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dominicthomas / android_abi_split

Created February 25, 2015 14:22

Example showing abi split in gradle: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/tools/base/+/refs/heads/studio-master-dev/build-system/integration-test/samples/ndkJniLib2/app/build.gradle

	apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
	import com.android.build.OutputFile;
	dependencies {
	compile project(':lib')
	}
	// map for the version code for ABIs.
	// x86 is more important because x86 devices also support arm.
	// Same for mips
	ext.versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a":1, "mips":2, "x86":3, "all":0]
	android {

dominicthomas / apk_versioncode

Created February 25, 2015 09:33

Parse version code from apk

aapt dump badging MyAwesomeApplication.apk |grep version

dominicthomas / Resource to Uri

Created February 24, 2015 09:38

Get a uri to an android resource..

	public static Uri resourceToUri(final Context context, final int resID) {
	return Uri.parse(ContentResolver.SCHEME_ANDROID_RESOURCE + "://" +
	context.getResources().getResourcePackageName(resID) + '/' +
	context.getResources().getResourceTypeName(resID) + '/' +
	context.getResources().getResourceEntryName(resID));
	}

dominicthomas / log_extending_activity_name

Created December 22, 2014 11:26

Display the name of any activity that extends the activity this code is in.

	if(BuildConfig.DEBUG){
	Log.d(TAG, this.getClass().getSimpleName() + " - onCreate!");
	}

dominicthomas / check_for_newline_character

Created December 22, 2014 11:19

Check that the last key entered was enter... and replace with blank character. This can be used in an android TextWatcher, and called in afterTextChanged to stop a user pressing enter or handle the case that someone does. This was implemented in an attempt to limit the amount of enters someone could press when entering text in a multiline editex…

	private void checkLastKeyWasEnter(final Editable pSequence) {
	if (pSequence.length() > 0 && pSequence.charAt(pSequence.length() - 1) == '\n') {
	pSequence.replace(pSequence.length() - 1, pSequence.length(), "");
	}
	}

dominicthomas / multiline_ime_snippets

Created December 22, 2014 11:03

One simple way of setting and firing an IME action on a multiline EditText. Google have stopped IME actions firing on multiline text input fields, has enter should be reserved in these cases to move the user to the next line. See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13239225/how-to-get-edittext-ime-action-textmultiline-to-work-for-jellybean && ht…

	private class OnMyEditorActionListener implements OnEditorActionListener {
	public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
	if (actionId == R.id.your_new_ID \|\| actionId = EditorInfo.IME_Null) {
	doSomething();
	return true;
	}
	return false;
	}
	}

dominicthomas / Android Path

Created December 15, 2014 11:48

Standard path stuff when setting up new android dev environment.

	export JAVA_HOME='/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8'
	export ANDROID_HOME='/Users/dominic.thomas/Library/Android/sdk'
	export GRADLE_HOME='/Users/dominic.thomas/Build/gradle-2.2.1'

	export PATH=${PATH}:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$GRADLE_HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin

dominicthomas / CardView Attrs

Created November 18, 2014 00:35

Some interesting cardview attributes to remember

	card_view:cardUseCompatPadding = "true"
	card_view:cardCornerRadius="10dp"
	card_view:contentPaddingLeft="20dp"
	card_view:contentPaddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
	card_view:contentPaddingTop="20dp"
	card_view:contentPaddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

dominicthomas / ffmpeg wav -> mp3

Created October 7, 2014 09:30

Convert a wav to a 320k mp3 using ffmpeg.

ffmpeg -i inputfile.wav -ab 320k outputfile.mp3

dominicthomas / SquareImageButton

Created September 2, 2014 12:06

Creates an imagebutton that will always have a height that matches the width. Useful if displayed in a row in a horizontal linear layout.

	public class SquareImageButton extends ImageButton {

	public SquareImageButton(Context context) {
	this(context, null);
	}

	public SquareImageButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
	this(context, attrs, 0);
	}

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