This is a simple post in which I’m going to show you how you can create a simple notification on top of an existing button that looks just like an iOS/OSX notification, as shown below: Concept I want to do this WITHOUT any 9 patch images whatsoever. If you look closely, you’ll see that the…
Category Archives: Mobile
I’m Teaching a Free Android Tablet Programming Class Oct. 25th in AZ
I’m teaching a free Android Tablet Programming class (hands-on style) October 25th at Gangplank. Please only register if you’re 100% sure you can make it as we have limited space and I want to make sure as many people can get in as possible. Registration & Class details are here (http://www.eventbrite.com/event/791143331).
Retaining and Acquiring Talent in the Face of Rising (Energy) Costs
This post/article came out of frustration of working at various engagements over the course of my career. From full time gigs to on site consulting to my current position(s) – a) Building my startups (Qonqr, AgileMedicine, Barcodes.io, etc) and b) Remote consulting with very infrequent in person face to face meetings. I decided years ago…
Trusting Android Certificates, Part Duex
This post is a follow up to CrazyBob’s great post on the same subject. A big thanks to him for posting it as it helped me and my team get to our final result of getting Android to communicate with a custom CA (Thawte in this case). The Original Problem In short, I was getting…
IntelliJ – Waiting for ADB
If you’ve recently upgraded to IntelliJ 10.5 and are using it for Android development you might run into an odd issue where when you try to debug IntelliJ hangs and says “Waiting for ADB” and then freezes. The IDE does not respond to any events and eventually you have to kill it. Something changed in…
