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Android Could Not Resolve Error

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How to approach failed dependency resolution in older Android Gradle projects.

Android Improving Performance With Images In Memory

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Android Reduce Heap Space of Images

The Dalvik version of android garbage collector is non-compacting, as objects are freed other objects will not be shuff...

Android Log All Sqlite Statements

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Log all SQLite statements in Android ADB

Use Android system properties to enable verbose SQLite logs, then restart the runtime.

```bashadb shell setprop...

Android Project Setup Bible

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Android Project Setup Bible

Add the Material Design Support Library
Set the [Material Design colour palette](htt...

Android Sending Data Fragments And Activities

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How to send and receive data between Fragments and Activities

To Activities

Send

Use Extras

From Activity

```Intent intent = new In...

Android Studio Cheatsheet

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Android Studio Cheatsheet

How to Search Anywhere Android Studio

Press Shift Key Twice

Open the directory of file you are currently in

```...

Bootstrapping An Android Project

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Application Class that extends from Aplication

```public class App extends Application{

private static Context mContext;@Overridepublic v...

Create A New Activity With Navigation Android

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How to create a New Android Activity with Up Navigation

Create a New Blank Activity
Create a Link to the New Activity

```public void gotoNewActivi...

Creating a Callback to Send Data From Fragment to Activity

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How to Implement a Callback Method to Send Data from a Fragment to an Activity

In the Fragment Class (MyFragment.java):
Declare an Interface with as ...

Install An Apk

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Install an APK on Android

Use adb install when you have a built APK and want to load it onto a connected Android device or emulator.

Prerequisites

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Install Android Studio Development Environment

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Installing Android Studio and Setting up your Environment for Android Development

Install Java
OpenJDK (Java Standard Edition consisting of the VM?...

Publishing An App To Google Play Store

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How to Publish and Android App to the App Store

In Android Studio select Build->generate signed apk...
This will create a file called `app-release...

Remove Actionbar For Certain Activity

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Remove the action bar for a specific Android activity

These notes are for older Android projects that use manifest-defined themes and the classic action b...

Show Icons On Actionbar Not In Overflow Android

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Show icons in the Android action bar instead of the overflow menu

These notes are for older AppCompat action bar projects. In a modern app, prefer Materia...

Ansible Ad Hoc Commands

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Running ad hoc commands on multiple servers

These are older Ansible command examples. Some examples use -s for sudo; in modern Ansible, prefer `--become...

Ansible Dynamic Inventory

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Ansible Dynamic Inventory

Dynamic inventory is useful when:

Inventory changes over time as hosts start and stop
Hosts need to be tracked from differe...

Ansible Local Infrastructure

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Test Ansible infrastructure locally

Test-driven development helped popularise infrastructure testing: test locally before touching live environments.

Tha...

Ansible Network Automation

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Ansible for network automation

Why Ansible for network automation?

Automate repetitive tasks
Use the same tool for network, operations and develop...