Recently, while working with some older equipment, I needed a lightweight java IDE to compile some java projects. I really wasn’t looking for something quite as big as eclipse or […]
Fool’s Mate Friday!
Occasionally, I do a theme, or idea, on a given day for a period of time. Currently, I have been spending quite a bit of time working on chess engines […]
The trouble with knights….
The trouble with knights…. In the continuing saga of making my own chess engine for Android, I’ve run into a peculiarity: If the king is in check, and the only […]
Beginner chess engine
As I continue to work on my java chess engine for Android, I’ve decided on a name for it, “beginner chess engine”. I just posted the latest commits here: https://github.com/alaskalinuxuser/apps_small/commit/cda1b197c7d48b71f45b6ce001cfa6a9482a1ba0 […]
Making an Android chess app….
Lately I’ve been amusing myself in my spare time by learning how to make a chess engine. I don’t want anyone to think that I came up with this on […]
Searching an Array List
Searching an array list: // When we click the search button. public void searchACity (View searchView) { // Set our boolean to false. searchYes = false; // Defining an array […]
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 […]
Android: making a soundboard app!
I call it “Finnish On The Go”, essentially a soundboard app that plays a sound every time you click a button. The buttons are programmed to play the sound corresponding […]
Adding a video to an app is really easy!
More or less just a scratchpad of notes for my own future reference, but adding a video to an android app is incredibly easy, as I learned today in my […]
Rocky and Bullwinkle cross-fade app!
In my continued determination to complete the Android Developer course, I have been given yet another challenge by my instructor, which is to have two images, where one faded out, […]