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

May 23, 2016July 21, 2016 Catzie 2 Comments

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

$ php artisan --version
Laravel Framework version 5.0.35

1 2	$ php artisan --version Laravel Framework version 5.0.35

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

	"require": {
		"laravel/framework": "5.2.*"
	}

"require": {

"laravel/framework": "5.2.*"

}

Run this on command line:

composer update

1	composer update

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

Laravel 5: Create controller under new folder and routing

May 22, 2016 Catzie Leave a comment

So here I am on a Sunday, trying to make progress with a personal Laravel 5 site I need to work on. As I bear with the noise outside in the street (some crazy neighbors set up a swimming pool IN THE STREET! :oops:), I’m trying to figure out how too create a new Laravel […]

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

May 17, 2016 Catzie Leave a comment

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:

Mac-mini:projname moi$ chmod +x gradlew
Mac-mini:projname moi$ ./gradlew

1 2	Mac-mini:projname moi$ chmod +x gradlew Mac-mini:projname moi$ ./gradlew

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

Android Studio and the 64K methods limit (DEX error)

May 17, 2016May 18, 2016 Catzie Leave a comment

Hi! I’ll share a few tips with you on how to find out the number of methods that your Android app has. I’m gonna show you a few tools such as APK file methods counter, and an Android plugin that will show you the number of methods each imported class or dependency has. These will […]

Oishinbo lunch at Little Tokyo, Makati

April 29, 2016 Catzie Leave a comment

So I’m gonna write a really quick post about our meal at Oishinbo, a Japanese restaurant in Little Tokyo, Makati. I’m just passing time as my Android Studio is running its Gradle build. ^o^;; My workstation is a bit too slow for the job. We went there for our last lunch with an office friend […]

Nivea Med Protection lip balm review: for painful chapped lips

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 Catzie Leave a comment

Last year around December, I began having chronic chapping of my upper lip. I thought maybe it was simply because of the cold season. It’s still cooler than usual in the Philippines in January and February, and I still had chapping, peeling and stinging feeling on my upper lip. I just tried to ignore it, […]

Plastic Memories – anime review

March 24, 2016 Catzie Leave a comment

Warning: potential spoilers may be written in this post. In my previous posts, the common topic was Android app development. But this post is going to be about androids (robots) in the anime Plastic Memories. 🙂 This anime features androids called “Giftia”, and they look and move exactly like humans — they can even get […]

CSS / JavaScript: Twitter Bootstrap center modal vertically on mobile web view

March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 Catzie Leave a comment

I’ve been working with modal boxes using Twitter Bootstrap. And the page I’m working on needs to be viewed in mobile devices. The modal looks nice and centered when viewed on desktop, but when run in mobile web browsers, it’s aligned to the top. Someone on StackOverflow suggested the use of a helper div plus […]

JavaScript: Get current function name

March 4, 2016 Catzie Leave a comment

getCallingFunctionName() is the important function here.

function getCallingFunctionName() {
    var re = /function (.*?)\(/
    var s = getFunctionName.caller.toString();
    var m = re.exec( s )
    return m[1];
}

function myCurrentFunction(){
    var func_name = getCallingFunctionName();
    alert(func_name);  //displays "myCurrentFunction"
}

myCurrentFunction();

function getCallingFunctionName() {

var re = /function (.*?)\(/

var s = getFunctionName.caller.toString();

var m = re.exec( s )

return m[1];

}

function myCurrentFunction(){

var func_name = getCallingFunctionName();

alert(func_name); //displays "myCurrentFunction"

}

myCurrentFunction();

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

Android: Switch into another activity

March 3, 2016 Catzie Leave a comment

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

        Intent i = new Intent(this, NameOfActivity.class);
        startActivity(i);

1 2	Intent i = new Intent(this, NameOfActivity.class); startActivity(i);

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