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Android default orientation and orientation change events
Posted inAndroid Software

Android default orientation and orientation change events

Posted by By Radu Motisan July 24, 2012
Find the default orientation on Android devices, and intercept orientation changes even for activities locked in portrait or landscape mode.
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Bluetooth and iOS – Use Bluetooth in your iPhone apps
Posted iniPhone Software

Bluetooth and iOS – Use Bluetooth in your iPhone apps

Posted by By Radu Motisan July 16, 2012
Learn how to use the BluetoothManager private APIs on iOS / iPhone/ iPod to discover nearby connections, populate a list view with the results, and try to establish a Bluetooth connection to the remote devices.
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Developing for Apple iOS
Posted iniPhone Software

Developing for Apple iOS

Posted by By Radu Motisan July 16, 2012
A short guide to get started with iOS development. How to build a simple list view.
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Anoto Bluetooth Digital Pen on Android OS
Posted inAndroid Research Reviews Software

Anoto Bluetooth Digital Pen on Android OS

Posted by By Radu Motisan May 26, 2012
A digital pen solution for Android OS.
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Programmatically Injecting Events on Android – Part 1
Posted inAndroid Software

Programmatically Injecting Events on Android – Part 1

Posted by By Radu Motisan April 29, 2012
Three possible solutions for injecting events (both keys or touch events) in Android.
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Canon S2 IS CCD Repair and IR Mod
Posted inElectronics Hardware Image processing Optics Photography

Canon S2 IS CCD Repair and IR Mod

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 18, 2012
A quick CCD replacement for my Canon S2 IS camera. CCD IR filter removed to enable IR photography options.
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AVR Studio 5 snprintf / vsnprintf problem with Floats
Posted inElectronics Hardware Software

AVR Studio 5 snprintf / vsnprintf problem with Floats

Posted by By Radu Motisan February 8, 2012
How to fix the problem with Float variables in AVR Studio
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BlackBerry Splash Screen
Posted inBlackBerry Software

BlackBerry Splash Screen

Posted by By Radu Motisan January 12, 2012
A tutorial with code that presents an easy way to show a splash screen in your Blackberry application. Show the first Splash-Screen, wait a few miliseconds, than load the rest of your application.
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Posted inBlackBerry Software

Developing for Blackberry -part 2-

Posted by By Radu Motisan January 11, 2012
An updated article on some very basic first steps with Blackberry programming. Tools, sample app, and how to get it running.
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Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Emulator How-to
Posted inAndroid Software

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Emulator How-to

Posted by By Radu Motisan December 10, 2011
A quick guide on how to configure an Android 4.0 Emulator image.
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Android BluetoothClass Major Service Classes, Minor and Major Device Classes
Posted inAndroid Software

Android BluetoothClass Major Service Classes, Minor and Major Device Classes

Posted by By Radu Motisan October 26, 2011
Learn how to get over some limitations in Android Bluetooth SDK to read the Bluetooth COD (Major, minor classes) for a given Bluetooth device.
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Posted inAndroid Software

Android getSharedPreferences NullPointerException

Posted by By Radu Motisan October 16, 2011
Avoid the NullPointerException error when using the getSharedPreferences on Android.
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Posted inAndroid Software

Auto Start Android Service on Boot

Posted by By Radu Motisan October 16, 2011
Learn how to make an autostartable service on Android OS, using the BOOT_COMPLETED notification.
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How to list symbols in a .so file
Posted inLinux Software

How to list symbols in a .so file

Posted by By Radu Motisan September 1, 2011
A simple way to extract the symbols in .so files.
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Android “Unable to open sync connection” error
Posted inAndroid Software

Android “Unable to open sync connection” error

Posted by By Radu Motisan July 22, 2011
How to fix the Unable to open sync connection, displayed in Eclipse Console by Android SDK tools.
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Posted inSoftware

Fukushima plant time lapse video March

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 31, 2011
A timelapse video of the Geothermal power plant in Yanaizu-Nishiyama, Fukushima . Daylight time in 4 minutes.
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Android overriding Menu key to disable keyboard popup
Posted inAndroid Software

Android overriding Menu key to disable keyboard popup

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 19, 2011
The standard functionality on Android devices makes the software keyboard popup every time the Menu is long pressed. This may be annoying or unwanted. Here's how to disable it.
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Android 9 Patch images for custom controls
Posted inAndroid Software

Android 9 Patch images for custom controls

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 19, 2011
Design custom shaped corners Edittexts or TextViews, or any other kind of Android interface controls, using 9 patch images that keep their aspect when stretched.
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Android Contacts – a simple Contact Selector
Posted inAndroid Software

Android Contacts – a simple Contact Selector

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 19, 2011
The Android Contacts tutorial part 5, here I show a robust solution for selecting a contact from a list. A filter/search mechanism is also implemented using the SimpleCursorAdapter.
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Android Contacts – Searching for contacts
Posted inAndroid Software

Android Contacts – Searching for contacts

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 19, 2011
Part 4 of Android Contacts tutorial presents an easy way to programatically search and retrieve a contact and all the fields we are interested in such as Phone, Email, Web, Company, Address, etc.
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Android Contacts – Invoke the Edit Contact Intent
Posted inAndroid Software

Android Contacts – Invoke the Edit Contact Intent

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 19, 2011
In Android Contacts tutorial part 3, I present a simple way of opening a contact in the System contact form using the ACTION_EDIT Intent .
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Android Contacts – Custom Contact column to get the LOOKUPKEY
Posted inAndroid Software

Android Contacts – Custom Contact column to get the LOOKUPKEY

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 19, 2011
Part 2 of the Android Contacts tutorial, showing how to add a custom column to a contact, and how to use that to identify a newly added contact and read its LOOKUPKEY.
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Android Contacts – Add a new Contact using ContentProvider
Posted inAndroid Software

Android Contacts – Add a new Contact using ContentProvider

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 19, 2011
Part 1 of a tutorial on working with Android Contacts: add a new contact programatically, including name, email, company, phone but also a thumbnail contact image .
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Android WebBrowser using WebView
Posted inAndroid Software

Android WebBrowser using WebView

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 18, 2011
A few easy steps for an Internet Web Browser for Android. Learn how to use a Webview, load pages, inject Javascript, read the HTML source code and more.
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Android GUI with Header+Scrollable Content+Footer
Posted inAndroid Software

Android GUI with Header+Scrollable Content+Footer

Posted by By Radu Motisan March 18, 2011
Create an Android GUI with Header, middle scrollable content, and a footer.
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Android PhotoPicker using Intents and Gallery
Posted inAndroid Software

Android PhotoPicker using Intents and Gallery

Posted by By Radu Motisan February 2, 2011
Learn how to Invoke the Android Gallery Intent to pick a photo and get the path in your application. This photo picker returns the image path directly in your application.
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Android Custom Complex Listview with Header (no XML)
Posted inAndroid Software

Android Custom Complex Listview with Header (no XML)

Posted by By Radu Motisan February 1, 2011
Create a dynamic (no XML) listview with header with all the bells and whistles. Learn how to use the item position to change its background and content for a complex result.
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Android Unique Device ID
Posted inAndroid Security Software

Android Unique Device ID

Posted by By Radu Motisan February 1, 2011
Learn to read an unique device ID from your Android phone or tablet. Use the ID to generate software security keys or for cryptography applications.
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Developing for Android – the SDK – update 2011
Posted inAndroid Software

Developing for Android – the SDK – update 2011

Posted by By Radu Motisan February 1, 2011
Get started with Android Java development – a tutorial with detailed steps and lots of pictures to help you make your first android application. Use Eclipse and the Android SDK.
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Android Vertical TextView / Custom Angle Text
Posted inAndroid Software

Android Vertical TextView / Custom Angle Text

Posted by By Radu Motisan December 15, 2010
Learn how to create a Custom TextView class that can draw vertical text or rotate the text to any given angle. Easy!
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