Technical answers from my Stack Overflow history, with source links and licenses.
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Exported May 9, 2026
ColorStateList in android:tint was not supported prior to API 21. See: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=204671 You can use AppCompat's AppCompatResources and support-v4 DrawableCompat to support...
Here is a method to open Settings > Permissions for your application: You should consider using this when your permission is denied and shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(Activity activity, String permission) returns...
If you use Google Play Services you can get the account type and account name without any extra permissions. First, add the following dependency to build.gradle: Next, launch the account chooser intent: Finally,...
There was a warning about the Android SDK location having spaces in the path. Once I moved the SDK to a location without spaces and updated the SDK location in Android Studio I was then able to update the Java JDK...
Finding how to change styles for widgets on Android has always been troublesome. For example, DatePickerDialog has different styles for Holo and Material design. So, the style of the dialog may depend on the SDK value...
TextInputLayout relies on resources/attributes in AppCompat. You need to use an AppCompat base theme. The AppCompat themes are a parent of the Material based themes on API 21+. So, you will be using the Material theme.
This is like Phil's answer except it doesn't need the context:
You can set the EdgeEffect color of the ViewPager with some reflection:
You need to build the jar and then add it to your libs folder in your project. How to build the jar: source Here is a YouTube video if that would help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bwn7DYt2AI You can also download a...
Here is an answer using Jsoup and JSON as dependencies: Output (formatted):
This most likely has to do with the size of classes.dex. On anything pre-ICS dexopt will fail on anything over 5mb. Check the size of classes.dex in your apk. It would also be good to see what your method count is as...
The answer from Emil Davtyan is good, but network types have been added that are not accounted for in his answer. So, isConnectionFast(int type, int subType) may return false when it should be true. Here is a modified...
It currently is not possible to get the foreground app on Android 5.1.1+ unless you are granted the system level permission android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS . Note that several major vendors have removed the...
You can parse JSON keys with whitespace with Gson by using SerializedName annotation. Example:
To get a list of all permissions using adb, you will need to add the -g flag. If you look at the source code , this adds null to the list of groups. As you pointed out, PackageManager#getAllPermissionGroups(int) does...
The problem with @ZsoltBoldizsár's answer is that you are using ActionBarActivity . Change getActionBar() to getSupportActionBar() Add the following code in onCreate(Bundle) after you call super.onCreate(Bundle) :...
I needed to do this dynamically. Using reflection: You will need to call textInputLayout.setErrorEnabled(true) before invoking the above method for this to work.
Check out this section from developer.android.com: In native languages like C++ it's common practice to use getters (i = getCount()) instead of accessing the field directly (i = mCount). This is an excellent habit for...
I wrote a utility class to get the UID/GID name by hardcoding values from android_filesystem_config.h . Usage: AndroidFilesystemConfig.java Using Reflection: Inspired by odexide's answer, here is some really ugly...
More info: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/Log.html https://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/debugging-log.html Logging libraries: https://android-arsenal.com/tag/57
If you look at the source code for android.os.Environment you will see that Android relies heavily on environment variables for paths. You can use the "SECONDARY_STORAGE" environment variable to find the path to the...
The overflow menu item doesn't have a resource id. I found the overflow view by traversing the toolbar. The debugger showed an id of -1 and the Hierarchy Viewer showed no resource-id. Here is how I found the overflow...
I know this is old, but I thought I would share my solution for anyone else who comes across this. You can use a custom RequestHandler . Here is a RequestHandler I wrote for loading app icons using Picasso : Usage...
This was a problem with ADB. ADB use to verify that the file was an APK and read the entire file into memory before installation. This could cause mallac to return NULL , closing your ADB session (see file_sync_client.c...
Here is a class I wrote. You can create your own material color palette or get a random color. Example uses: MaterialColorPalette.java Just copy the class into your project and add the package declaration.
In my testing all IMPL classes had the field "pid". This has worked for me: Just make sure the returned value is not -1. If it is, then parse the output of ps .
Setting the Drawable from styles is the way to go. However, if you want to do this programmatically here are two methods that should be useful:
I have several library projects with the same package name specified in the AndroidManifest (so no duplicate field names are generated by R.java). I had to remove any permissions and activities from the...