Android Background Image Resolutions
A reference to what size an image background should be set to for various screen sizes.
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Android OS: Add GoogleMap as fragment
A sequel to my article "Basic Android App using Google Maps and Current Location", this article suggests how to add Map as a sub activity. Note that this article is based on a new blank project which does not include code from the previous example but you can still build this over the previous example (as I did).
Excel: convert degrees minutes seconds to decimal
A quick article on how to get the value of 40°4′20″N 116°35′51″E into 40.079857, 116.603112. How? Let's pretend all the names are in column A, in Column B I have the coordinates that I want to convert: A B ------------------------------------- ---------------------- Beijing Capital International Airport 40°4′20″N 116°3...
Excel: Extract hyperlink from link
A quick article on if you want to extract the link from some text you have copied off the web and into an MS Excel document. How? Open up a new workbook. Get into VBA (Press Alt+F11) Insert a new module (Insert > Module) Copy and Paste the Excel user defined function belowSub ExtractHL() Dim HL As Hyperlink For Each HL...
Android: Function to let user take photo or choose existing
A quick article on a function to allow the user to take a photo using their built-in camera or to choose an existing photo from their gallery.
Android: Replace return key with done, go, send...
A quick article on how to replace the return key on a soft keyboard (software based) on a touch-device.
Android: Keytool and Google Maps displaying grey
The article below serves as a checklist to ensure I don't release an app that only displays maps to myself (again).
Android Java: Remove first two entries from Google News feed in SimpleRssReader
A quick article on how to remove the first two entries from a RSS feed produced by a bunch of java files collectively known as "SimpleRssReader.
Quadcopter App with Flight Restrictions (JQA)
This is an article serving as documentation for my first ever app on the Android Operating System. For tablets and phones. The app in a nutshell displays flight restrictions in a given area Description As a quadcopter flier myself, I wanted an app to show me a map of the area I was going to film or fly. I wanted it to...
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