As a mobile app developer, we need to consider various screen sizes for a wide range of Android devices. Here’s a quick note of recommended image sizes for Android app icons: 36×36 for low-density (LDPI) 48×48 for medium-density (MDPI) 72×72 for high-density (HDPI) 96×96 for extra high-density (XHDPI) 180×180 for extra extra high-density (XXHDPI) 192×192 […]
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Laravel 5 Folder Structure, Before and After
Hey! 🙂 This is a page I’m preparing quickly for developers who are used to the folder structure of Laravel 4 and older, just to serve as reference on where we can find things in Laravel 5 now. If like me, you are new to Laravel 5 but have developed apps using older Laravel versions, […]
Get started: Android Studio app development on Windows 7 (Tested on LG G3 phone)
You can still follow this tutorial if you’re using another version of Windows or if you’re using another Android device. You don’t strictly have to use a Windows 7 computer and an LG G3 phone. 🙂 Being a web developer and a frequent user of Android devices, I’ve always been curious about Android app development. […]
Android: 2-dimensional List String (List of List)
For a web developer who used mostly PHP and JavaScript for several years, plunging into Java can be challenging especially when it comes to data types. PHP and JavaScript are loosely typed languages, while Java is strict about types. I was told that in Android, List<String> is very commonly used, even more than arrays. And […]
Android confirm dialog box with OK and Cancel button
This will probably be one of the Android code snippets that I will need to go back to from time to time. I’m sharing the codes we need to show an Android confirm dialog to prompt the user to click “yes” or “no”, or in my case, “OK” or “Cancel”. The following code for Android […]
Android Studio dark theme (change into Darcula theme)
You might feel more comfortable with a dark theme in Android Studio, but the default theme is light in color. I’m one of the developers who always code in dark screens since it’s less tiring to the eyes. If you’re like me who prefers dark themes while coding, then I’ll show you how to change […]
How to change app name in Android Studio
I’m trying to learn how to build a simple app in Android just to satisfy my curiosity. This will also be a very handy skill because I use Android phones often, and there are times that the apps I download from Google Play Store lack features that I need. This will be a very simple […]
CCNA V5 Curriculum Download – Portable Offline Study (Routing & Switching)
An older blog post about CCNA Exploration 4.0 Curriculum was one of my most popular pages in this site. A guest requested that I share CCNA V5 Curriculum Download links here for Routing and Switching, and I decided to try to fulfill such request because I think this will help a lot of people who […]
SSH without password: PuTTY or Git Bash
We access remote Linux servers everyday from our Windows computers. Having different servers for different projects, it can be difficult having to enter the passwords over and over in everyday. And so, I suggest that we use SSH Keys instead for authentication to save us some time and boost productivity. SSH keys should also make […]
Google Maps get coordinates on click or drag and drop
With this tutorial you’ll see how we can place a Google map with search box on your web page, and then get coordinates (i.e. latitude and longitude) based on where you click or where you drag and drop the marker into. The JavaScript API of Google Maps will help us achieve this. This kind of […]