Recently i just upgraded my Macbook Pro to the new Macbook Retina Display (mid 2014) that comes default with OS X Yosemite 10.10.1. After installing Java JDK 1.8, all my Android IDE (Eclipse and Android Studio) work well so i can continue my development as usual. The problem comes when i update the … [Read more...]
Blue Bamboo P25 Printer Android Demo Application With Source Code
Blue Bamboo P25 printer is a lightweight and portable thermal printer that provides low cost printing in mobile and wireless environments. It supports mobile application printing over Bluetooth, USB or Serial port (RS-232). It also has a good connectivity with Android device, makes printing from … [Read more...]
How to Programmatically Pair or Unpair Android Bluetooth Device
In bluetooth wireless communication, if two devices want to connect and share data, they have to be paired first. To be paired means the two devices are aware of each other's existence and trusted each other. Using Android Bluetooth API, we can use createBond method to pair with a device … [Read more...]
How to Programmatically Scan or Discover Android Bluetooth Devices
Through Android Bluetooth API, developers can access most of bluetooth functionalities and let the applications wirelessly connect to bluetooth devices. Before connecting to a device, an application must discover or scan available bluetooth devices, request pairing and connect to the device. … [Read more...]
How to Make Android ListView or GridView Expandable inside ScrollView
We all know that placing a ListView or GridView inside ScrollView will make them becoming difficult to scroll and can not be expanded. Android doesn't provide a built in API to handle this problem so we have to do a little hack by subclassing those two views. This is hack i found on … [Read more...]
New BBM for Android V2.0 is Out, Brings Channels, Voice, Location Sharing, Tons of New Emoticons, Larger Groups and More
Good news for BBM users, new version 2.0 is currently available on Google Store. This new update brings a lot of changes and new features. BBM Voice - Free voice calls between BBM contacts (Android, Blackberry, Iphone) BBM Channels - join conversations happening now with BBM users, brands, … [Read more...]
How to Convert Time in Milliseconds into Relative Time Format in Android
Relative time format like "moments ago" or "5 minutes ago" or "one month ago" like those in Facebook, Twitter or other social media makes the time information easy to read and human readable. In Android we can use built in API DateUtils or external java library Prettytime to implement this … [Read more...]
Solution to Make an Android App Visible to All Devices in Google Play When Using Specific Feature
As we know, Google Play filters android applications that are visible to user by comparing features that required by the application with the features available on the device. Android requires specific tags to be declared on manifest file when using a specific feature. Commonly use tags are … [Read more...]
How to Make Android Map Scrollable Inside a ScrollView Layout
Technically, placing a map view inside a ScrollView layout container can make the map becoming difficult to scroll. This is because the scrollable layout container will intercept the touch event so the map will lose the touch event, making it difficult to scroll or pan. This happens either on … [Read more...]
How to Remove Website URL Field From Genesis Theme Comment Form
Website URL field in wordpress comment form can be a pain for blog owner. Spammer always use the field to drop the shady links that useless or can be harmful to readers. Genesis theme uses its own function to customize comment form. To remove the URl field, we have add filter to remove the … [Read more...]
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