If you are reading this, you are probably trying to figure out how to use your api key from openweathermap.org. If you are reading this and don't know what that is, don't feel bad. I didn't either until I started my Android Developer Course. In a nutshell, when your …
Downloading internet content and apps about the worlds richest celebrities
In the continuing saga of my Android Developer Course with Rob Percival, I needed to make an app that would show a picture of a famous celebrity, and give the user a multiple choice quiz on who it was. Once clicked, it should tell you if you pass or fail …
A brain teaser app!
For my continued education, I was required to make a brain teaser app which had several elements. Here is a download link if you want to try the finished product:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xgmsnxqy58gdq8f/brain_test.apk

The whole thing hinged on this random number generator. I particularly struggled …
Apache bouncy castles....
So, another day, and another error. While building SlimRoms 7 for the Note Edge, I ran into this error:
[CODE]
[ 0% 60/15886] Docs droiddoc: /home/a...rget/common/docs/apache-http-stubs-gen
external/apache-http/../../frameworks/base/core/java/android/net/http/SslCertificate.java:19: error: cannot find symbol
import com.android …
The Super Dimensional Fortress
A title like that suggests something between a B17 bomber (the "flying fortress") and Superman's hideout (" fortress of solitude "). Well this isn't either, but it is pretty cool none the less. In talking about sdf.org, a group of 8+ enterprise servers running Unix that collectively make a super computing …
Countdown or Runnable and Handler, what's the difference?
Today in class, we learned about different types of timers. Specifically, we learned the difference between a countdown timer, and a runnable and handler. Here's the app that I put together based on the class:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/0xgqkkbqjaztjmw/thefinalcountdown.apk
It's not very exciting, hense no screenshot …
AOKP 7.1.1 for the Galaxy Note Edge!
To God be the glory, my AOKP NOUGAT project finally works!
My fellow T-Mobile-ians, (N915T) you have been left out of AOSP development long enough! By God's grace I was able to use mickey387's great tbltexx work, and completely adapt it to our tbltetmo after extracting all of the needed …
TBLTETMO data fix zips!
Praise God! The TBLTETMO data fix finally works!
What is this for?
-These data fix zips allow you to use a TBLTEXX rom on your phone (provided that you can flash it, see "flashing tbltexx roms" for details on that). If you edit a TBLTEXX rom and flash it to …
JWM themes, one update to rule them all....
JWM Themes
I have not done JWM themes in quite some time. However, while looking through another forum, I was alerted to the fact that people were still trying to download my old JWM themes, but there were broken links and issues with finding the backgrounds and resource files. So …
CONGRATS YOU EARNED A QUAIL STAR!
We have seen Cid's stink eye, and now we have seen a quail star. Check out the error:
[CODE]
[ 3% 1534/40974] Checking API: checkpublicapi-current
FAILED: /bin/bash -c "(( /home/alaskalinuxuser/compile/build_rr7/out/host/linux-x86/bin/apicheck -JXmx1024m -J\classpath /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/../lib/tools.jar:/home …