Last time we talked about how to set up the domain name with DDNS for free, and then using very secure FTP, vsftp, and SyncTool (the Android app) to automatically […]
Android Remote Control through ADB
Today, I stumbled on perhaps the most ingenious use of ADB ever: Remote control your Android phone through adb A program and write-up by Marian Schedenig, that they shared on […]
Text field types to capitalize sentences…
I recently received a comment from a Just Notes user about how much they loved the simplicity of the notes app. However, they also pointed out that the text field […]
Game restarts when minimized!
When I originally created JustChess, I had a problem. If you were playing a game, and pressed the new game button, then started another game, you could press back and […]
JelloStorm.cpp:198:58: error: ?createBackground? was not declared in this scope
After the rough time I had completing section 6 of the course, I was not looking forward to section 7. However, it turned out that section 6 was just tough, […]
Can’t play chess in landscape mode!
Another one of the great issues brought up by a user of JustChess, my simple chess playing Android app, was the fact that when the screen was rotated, you can’t […]
The game restarts on screen rotation!
After my JustChess app hit the F-Droid repository, I was pleasantly surprised to hear that people were trying it out! With every wave of players, however, came a new wave […]
Cancel all notifications!
While trying to update and add features to my old open source Hourglass app, I decided that the issue posted asking for a notification cancel button was a pretty good […]
Can you say that again, Mr. Alarm?
While using my Hourglass app for Android phones, a user made an interesting observation: Hi I love this open source app and using it quite often. But sometimes my phone […]
Adding a countdown timer to my Android notification….
This was actually a great idea brought up by a user, and posted in my issue tracker for the Hourglass app. He pointed out that it would be really handy […]