Android Maps: Get current location coordinates with Google API Client Builder

To get your current location via Google Map in an Android app, this was how we do it:

Stop. Don’t use that! The method GoogleMap.getMyLocation() is deprecated. Instead, we need to use FusedLocationApi and the callback onLocationChanged(). Here’s an example code that works for me ( consider copying the contents of onResume() into onStart() […]

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Bash: rename all files in directory, replacing all hyphens (-) with underscores (_)

I don’t want to waste time doing things manually when I can run a script that will help me save time and effort. When using Linux or Mac command line (bash?), if you want to rename all files in your present directory and replace all hyphens – with underscores _, run this command:

And […]

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Laravel update from v.5.0.35 to v.5.2.32 hiccups and solutions

I tried to update Laravel 5 today and here were the steps I had to take. First checked my Laravel version before the update:

Edited composer.json in my laravel’s root folder like such:

Run this on command line:

You might need to delete root folder’s composer.lock file before the update can actually […]

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Android Development: Permission denied when running ./gradlew in Mac

I’m using a Mac at the moment to work on my Android app projects. For some reason I need to run ./gradlew in the terminal, but I was getting this error: -bash: ./gradlew: Permission denied To fix this, what I did was run the following commands:

After those commands, my Mac downloaded numerous files […]

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JavaScript: Get current function name

getCallingFunctionName() is the important function here.

Source: Can I get the name of the currently running function in JavaScript?

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Android: Switch into another activity

To switch into another activity, the method we use is startActivity(). This is what starts another Android activity:

Replace NameOfActivity with the name of any activity you’d like to switch into.

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