android Android Studio and files with size larger than 2.44MB Today I will share with you an interesting case I had just a few moments ago... ProblemAndroid Studio's max file size limit is 2.44MBI noticed that message but continued working till the
nginx Multiple domains pointing to a single IP running Nginx In this article I will try to help you to setup multiple domains to point to a single Nginx server running multiple local servers. Step 1: We have to install the Nginx server.
android Upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 and Android Studio 3.2 After upgrading to the latest Ubuntu and Android Studio versions, you have to do a few simple things in order to use the Android Emulator. When you try to start an emulator, you
android Troubles when trying to mock the Bundle class with Mockito Yesterday I got this issue while trying to test some code that contained a Bundle object within. When I tried to mock the Bundle class... Nothing was happening and the test was constantly
android Easy way to detect when your app is going to be killed Recently I needed a way of detecting when the app is going to be killed and execute some operations. Here is a really easy solution by using an IntentService: class AppKilledDetectingService: IntentService("
android Android Studio Update and missing classes issue Recently I updated my Android Studio to 3.1.3 version and a strange issue occured. When I opened a random class in one project, there're a lot of red text indicating that
Android view animations issue when hiding the animated views Today I encountered another really interesting issue (or probably a bug?!). This time it is related to views and animating them. If you animate a view like this: [view].animate().scaleX(0f).scaleY(
Android + Kotlin + Unresolved references Today I encountered a really strange error... I'm using the latest Android Studio and Kotlin versions, however when I tried to reference the ConstraintLayout into the code - the compiler cried out -
kotin Mockito and testing Kotlin classes Hey there! 👻 Did you switch to Kotlin or yet wondering? Just do it! However, there're always some inconveniences like the one I will describe in this post. Problem You started happy coding your
android Espresso UI testing and... open drawer image button click A few days ago I experienced an interesting problem... I had to help a colleague of mine to create some Espresso UI tests and she got a really strange problem... The default Espresso
Ubuntu 17.10 brightness problem with Asus FX553V I just installed the new Ubuntu 17.10 on my work notebook and found out a very common problem with the ACPI. The brightness controls (F5 & F6) are not working... The solution
osx Really nasty 'root' security bug in OS X High Sierra On Tuesday, a macOS 10.13.1 security issue was revealed. Everyone could gain root access to your system simply by abusing the unlock button with root username entered with empty password field.
android How to enable WiFi debugging on real devices Hello Android developers! Today I want to share with those who don't know that could use their Android devices over the WiFi for debugging. 😀 The task is really simple! First, you have to
android Detecting when the soft keyboard is present Hello fellow newbie Android dev! :) Today, I want to share with you a small snipped of code which will help you to detect when the soft keyboard is shown in your activity and
rails Deep Linking with Branch, Rails server and Android client Today I will share with you how to generate deep links from your rails server and handle them in an Android application. First we will start with the server's implementation. Rails Server For
ruby Ruby Singleton Pattern The singleton pattern is probably one of the most used patterns in the development process. Here I will show you how to do it in Ruby. It's so easy! Ruby Standard Library has
rails Store JSON in PostgreSQL column Today I want to share with you how to store JSON object or array in PostgreSQL table column. This problem is really easy to solve since the PostgreSQL has a native support for
rails How to execute code before action is called Rails is a great framework! When you start building web apps with it, you will definitely fall in love with it! Today I want to share with you one really cool feature -
rails Rails and sending transactional emails Yesterday I was working on configuring the default Rails mailer to work with 3rd party SMTP server providers like Gmail, Zoho and so on. First, I tried Gmail since it gives you quota
heroku Setup a domain and Ghost blog running on Heroku Yesterday I decided to start blogging and chose this cool blog (Ghost) and bought a domain that would point to my Heroku app. I tried to do the deploy by myself but there
ruby on rails Rails, PostgreSQL and... an empty array! Hey, this will be my first post in the blog! 👨🏻💻 So... Yesterday, I came across an interesting issue or bug... since it's so old and not yet fixed in the latest Rails version.
