AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

Healthd problems with pointers to fonts....

In the continuing saga of updating to 7.1.2, I've run into an interesting error about gr_text and gr_measure that are used to set the fonts properly when you are charging your phone while it is off. In 7.1.1, this worked just fine:

AOKP711/system/core/healthd …

CID_PATH not defined!

In an attempt to update the AOKP 7.1.1 rom for the Samsung Galaxy S4 to 7.1.2, I received an error about AOKP712/hardware/libhardware_legacy/wifi/wifi.c:179.18. The error complained that the CID_PATH was not defined, declared, or was not known.

Obviously, it was …

WebViews for dummies like me.

In my Android Developer Course, the instructor showed us how to create webviews and dataviews. I wanted to take that one step farther, so I made this app, which can switch between a dataview and a webview. You can download it here, just click on the floating button to switch …

An easy way to double check your SQLlite syntax

While in the Android Developer Course, I am finding a little problem with using SQLlite. In Android Studio, when writing Java, Android Studio knows when the code you typed has an error, and it underlines it in red, showing you something you should fix.

However, when you are using SQLlite …

Using SQLlite in your Android app

So, as part of my Android Developer Course by Rob Percival (which is excellent, and I highly recommend every computer/Android geek take), he showed us how to make use of SQLlite in our Android app. In the demonstration and challenge, he was using static inputs, like this:
// And add …

Using your Open Weather Map API key

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 …

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

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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 …