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Android: How to change the colour of menu icons
On phone, will improve later. This should work:
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Programmatically accessing the KNOX counter
I just decompiled KNOX Status . It looks like all the app is doing is getting the system property ro.boot.warranty_bit . I'm not sure if this still works and I don't have a Samsung at the moment to test. In terminal...
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Android Standard Pre-Material Design Icons library
You can download the old ActionBar (Holo styled) icon pack that was on the official Android developer website here . This github repo also has the Holo styled icons.
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Unable to execute dex: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]:65536 in eclipse
You surpassed the 65k method limit in DEX. Earlier versions of Android build system report the error as follows: Conversion to Dalvik format failed: Unable to execute dex: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536 You can...
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RootTools.deleteFileOrDirectory always returns false
RootTools isn't the greatest. Personally, I suggest going with libsuperuser . There are plenty of reasons why your file isn't being deleting. If you look at RootTools, it doesn't add quotes around the path. So, if your...
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How to get File Permission Mode programmatically in Java
As commented previously, android.os.FileUtils has changed and the solution posted by Ashraf no longer works. The following method should work on all versions of Android (although it does use reflection and if a...
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Android reflection to get HTML file in package
Your code is compiled into a dex file inside your APK (classes.dex) and all resources are saved as a tree at the base of your APK. Because of this, ResourceBundle.getBundle(String) or...
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change text color item menu
This worked for me in a simple example I wrote: The code you are using should work for any MenuItem in the overflow, but does not work for MenuItem s that are always showing on the ActionBar .
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Need help understanding inner try catch and outer try catch
The outer try-block will still catch exceptions from the inner try-block. The inner try-block is there to make sure DaoUtils.closeStatement(callStmt); is invoked.
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Actionbar layout doesn't look right
You currently have two Toolbar layouts in your Activity. You need to set the Toolbar using setSuppotActionBar(Toolbar) . Example:
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JSON Object should not add if it is repeated
If I understand correctly, you want the output to be like the second JSON array in your question. Changing where you loop should do the trick: I tested with the input you have. Here is the formatted JSON output:
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Inconsistent behavior between Java and Android
Are you sure you are using the same jar in both projects? Android's org.json.JSONObject.toString(String) is different: JSON.toString(Object) : In your case this would not throw an exception on Android.
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Pass Integer[] to AsyncTask - Android
Change the parameters of your AsyncTask to <Integer[], Void, String[]>
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load url in webview with asynch task fails
You should not be loading a WebView in a background thread; it needs to be loaded on the UI thread. I would add a listener to your WebView and when the URL is finished loading you can add your button.
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Listview onClickListener is not working in Drawer Layout
In your RelativeLayout set android:clickable="true" . Or, a better approach would be to set an OnItemClickListener on your ListView .
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How to get Signature hash code of a phone app via adb on pc？
Alex has a great answer. WARNING : Ugly code ahead I was able to get the signature in adb shell as root with the following code: indented:
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Programatically disable System Bar (Have Root access)
You will need root access to do this from an app because ADB can access /system/bin/service but your app cannot (see GID of app and ADB). You should also check out third party libraries for handling su commands:...
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Change StatusBar color before Android 5.0
You can use SystemBarTint or simply copy the static factory method below and call it in onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) in your Activity :
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Change HorizontalScrollView's light color - OverScrollMode
You can set the EdgeEffect color using reflection. The following will work from API 14+:
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Android: Detect if user touches and drags out of button region?
Here is a View.OnTouchListener that you can use to see if MotionEvent.ACTION_UP was sent while the user had his/her finger outside of the view:
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Creating random colour in Java?
Here is a method for getting a random color: Benefits: Get the integer representation which can be used with java.awt.Color or android.graphics.Color Keep a static reference to Random .
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Difference between final keyword, finally block and finalized method in java throught one good example
final It is used in the following three cases: If the final keyword is attached to a variable then the variable becomes constant i.e. its value cannot be changed in the program. If a method is marked as final then the...
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Play sound every 6-10 seconds
You can get a random number between 6 and 10 like this: Here is an example to play a sound every 6 to 10 seconds: Just call playMySound(); in onCreate(Bundle) and toggle mKeepPlaying when you want to stop.
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Exception while decompiling apk
To answer your question, it is simply impossible to make your APK fully secure. XML files are easily parsed without apktool . I asked Ben Gruver/JesusFreke (the guy who developed smali) and he said it is impossible to...
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How can i increment my date by 1
The code should be working fine as long as dt and days are correct. This gave me 12-18-2014:
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Is there any regex to find package name
Just because the app name is "2048" does not mean it is used in the package name. However, I looked up the most popular Google Play game and it does have 2048 in the package name. You could use grep to get the package....
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get id of an item in spinner
Make a separate integer-array in XML for the ids: Get the int array in code: Using the position get the correct id from the array in onItemSelected :
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images in assets are not seen
Saving all the images in R.drawable is not the best idea. It would be better to save specific images instead of all of them. However, here is how you could save all the images as specified in R.drawable :
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Bash for Android automation - Can't compare variable resulting from read\awk
You can use a case statement to get the density. This worked for me: Updated code using -le (less than or equal to): Output on my device:
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Android: opening large zip file
If a ZipException or IOException is being thrown when initializing ZipFile then you should test the integrity of the ZIP. You may also want to make sure you have read/write access. If you are unzipping this file on...