Where android apps are stored?
sorsare Here is a very good answer: Where an app is stored very much depends on several criteria: System apps / pre-installed-bloatware-apps are stored in /system/app with privileged apps in /system/priv-app…
Gradlew – how speed up building (green run)
This is my solution how to speed up building gradle processes without running it in console. There are two steps: 1. adding option to run parallel and offline 2. don't…
Converting transparency color to hex
Here is very interesting post I have found on stackoverflow. I though it is worth to repost here. Android uses Hex ARGB values, which are formatted as #AARRGGBB. That first…
Simulating gcm notification from console
In this post I will show only example of using gcm notification broadcasting from console. I assume You have working gcm methods in your project. You must change also in…
Change time in genymotion emulator – simple java app
I made app in executable jar java file for setting time in genymotion emulator. Here is simple java code and compiled app for setting time in genymotion app. Below code…
Ignoring some logs in Logcat filter – Android Studio – solution
Here is a little help to remove from our logcat some logs we don't want like: dalvikvm or OpenGL All what you need is to click in top right corner…
Android source code from grepcode.com + Notepad++ with regex
Did You have problem with copying text from grepcode? Did You have problem with a lot spaces and wrong formatting? Well it is possible to reformat that text with two…
Unlocking Transformer Tab 4.2.1 Android – fast way
For anyone interested in unlocking own tranformer - Asus provides own apk to unlock device, more information you will find here: http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=28&s=1&m=ASUS+Transformer+Pad+Infinity+TF700T&os=&hashedid=fq2B3oq64av1O95u The file is called UnLock_app_V8.apk You can also…
Convert time in long to specific date format – SimpleDateFormat in action!
Here is that pretty snippet for converting long to specific date format: I took source from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/7954038/619673 public static String getDate(long milliSeconds, String dateFormat) { // Create a DateFormatter object…
How to run an android application using .apk file?
Here is the example how to run apk when you do not know what is the apk's name. First you need to call aapt to get info about AndroidManifest.xml from…