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dominicthomas / Enum - Value From String

Created September 2, 2014 10:14

Use an enum to get a value from a string


	private enum GravityExpandableText {
	LEFT(Gravity.LEFT), RIGHT(Gravity.RIGHT), CENTER(Gravity.CENTER);

	private final int mValue;

	GravityExpandableText(int value) {
	mValue = value;
	}

dominicthomas / VirtualBox Nexus5 Poweroff

Created June 11, 2014 13:56

Poweroff VirtualBox Vm

VBoxManage controlvm Google\ Nexus\ 5\ -\ 4.4.2\ -\ API\ 19\ -\ 1080x1920 poweroff 

dominicthomas / VirtualBox Restart (Mavericks)

Created May 20, 2014 14:18

Genny Motion - Restart VirtualBox (Mavericks)

sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/VirtualBoxStartup.sh restart

dominicthomas / Android Display Content Height

Created January 4, 2014 16:41

Get screen height excluding the action bar and notification bar.

	public int getDisplayContentHeight() {
	final WindowManager windowManager = getWindowManager();
	final Point size = new Point();
	int screenHeight = 0, actionBarHeight = 0;
	if (getActionBar() != null) {
	actionBarHeight = getActionBar().getHeight();
	}
	int contentTop = ((ViewGroup) findViewById(android.R.id.content)).getTop();
	if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
	windowManager.getDefaultDisplay().getSize(size);

dominicthomas / Android Screen Size

Created January 4, 2014 16:40

Android screen size with platform backwards compatibility.

	private Point getScreenSize() {
	Point size = new Point();
	WindowManager w = getWindowManager();
	if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
	w.getDefaultDisplay().getSize(size);
	}else{
	Display d = w.getDefaultDisplay();
	size.x = d.getWidth();
	size.y = d.getHeight();
	}

dominicthomas / Proguard Settings - Gradle

Created December 23, 2013 13:18

Android Studio/Gradle proguard enabling for buildType release? Needs to be tested. Trying to use proguard with gradle in older projects never seemed to work.

	buildTypes {
	release {
	runProguard false
	proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
	}
	}

dominicthomas / Simple AlertDialog.Builder

Created December 18, 2013 10:21

Create a simple positive/negative dialog builder... can be extended by passing in message, yes & no text and callback interfaces....


	// pass in values as arguements if required...
	private AlertDialog.Builder getSimpleDialogBuilder() {
	return new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
	.setMessage(getString("Some message here"))
	.setCancelable(true)
	.setPositiveButton("Yes",
	new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
	public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
	// do something

dominicthomas / Check Unknown Sources Setting

Created December 17, 2013 18:26

Check if "Unknown sources" is enabled on this device..

	boolean unknownSources = Settings.Secure.getInt(getContentResolver(),
	Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 17 ?
	Settings.Secure.INSTALL_NON_MARKET_APPS :
	Settings.Global.INSTALL_NON_MARKET_APPS, 0) == 1;

dominicthomas / Android - Launch another app

Created November 28, 2013 16:16

Launch another app using an intent with package name if app has a launcher activity or using package name and class name of main activity.

	// only works if app has a launcher activity
	Intent launchIntent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.example.yourapp");
	startActivity(launchIntent);

	// works if we know the name of the main activity, even if not a launcher
	Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
	intent.setClassName("com.example.yourapp", "com.example.yourapp.MainActivity");
	startActivity(intent);

dominicthomas / Android Apk Info Dump

Created November 28, 2013 12:41

See package name, version and permissions of an apk.

aapt dump badging your.apk

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