Why Do I Need Keystore?
Read this info taken from the Android Developer docs about Securing Your Private Key: Read More
Importing the Official Android Code Style to Android Studio/IntelliJ
- Download
AndroidStyle.xmlfrom the Android platform_development repository. a. You might think you can just click the link above and Save As..., but you're wrong. Click the link, then choose the "Raw" display option.- Save it to
~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudioBeta/codestyles. Hidden files and folders will need to be visible to do this. To make hidden files and folders visible, follow the steps here: http://www.mikesel.info/show-hidden-files-mac-os-x-10-7-lion/- Restart Android Studio
- Navigate to Android Studio > Preferences
- Navigate to Code Style > Java
- From the Scheme drop-down, select the name of the imported code style
- Click OK
! A note on column width:
The Android code style sets the column width to 100, which is very limiting. Change this by going to Code Style > General, and changing the "Right margin (columns)" field to 200. Read More
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded when dexing
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What is an App Identifier? An App Identifier is a unique, reverse...
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iOS Tips and Tricks
Having a knowledge of keyboard shortcuts and plugins for your coding environment can make you a more efficient and effective developer. Here are some tips and tricks our iOS developers have picked up. Read More
Many customers do not have Xcode installed, much less know how to pull logs from it. When the customer needs to be able to view logs or to send logs to you to debug a defect, they can use this.
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Why Gradle?
At Google I/O 2013, Google introduced Android Studio, and with that, a push for developers to adopt Gradle. Gradle is a build tool similar to Maven and Ant with one important distinction: I actually understand it. Gradle utilizes build files written in Groovy, which syntactically is very similar to Java. Compared to Maven, our build files are about three times smaller on average, and it's actually readable.
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What is Kif?
Kif is an automation framework that integrates directly with XCTests. The framework can be found here: https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF. Kif automation testing is done through a UI test actor (KIFUITestActor), which you can tell to perform UI actions, all in Objective C.
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Update and unify your mobile app with Android's new design.
Unity
Material's guidelines will be used across all devices, allowing your users to navigate intuitively on phones, tablets, and the web.
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For a handful of Android devices, OTA firmware updates will be even...
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