There are many ways to watch Netflix unblock, hidemyass, Tunnelbear and more. You can however watch US Netflix without paying and alter your DNS. The only downside is that you have to use your PC to watch the US content…
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Xcode Can’t Ignore UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
Running version control in Xcode can give some troubles when setting up in an existing project. Having an existing project added to a new Git repository the Xcode keep saying UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate has changes. The working copy “helloworld” has uncommitted changes. Commit…
Xamarin Application Could Not Be Started
Encounter this error today while using Xamarin. The application could not be started. Ensure that the application has been installed to the target device and has a launchable activity (MainLauncher = true). Additionally, check Build -> Configuration Manager to ensure this…
Mac Default Open Skype At Startup
From Skype 2.7 on Mac the startup has changed. It used the general system startup settings rather then a separate preferences for Skype. This means you can’t set it in the Skype preferences. To set Skype to open at startup Ctrl+click…
Android Failed to convert drawable/ic_launcher into a drawable
Eclipse comes with some hiccup now and then when developing for Android. This error occurred after creating a new project and opening the layout xml file. Failed to convert @drawable/picture into a drawable This is not an error in your code…
Android Wifi and Bluetooth Toggle
The buttons for bluetooth and wifi in the Quick Settings Toggles in Android is not a toggle, it will open the menu in settings for either bluetooth or wifi. However in the newly release version of Android, 4.2.2 you can…
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Android TextView Strike
To make a strike in your TextView in Android use the setPaintFlags like this: TextView tv=(TextView) v.findViewById(android.R.id.text1); tv.setPaintFlags(tv.getPaintFlags() | Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG); If you’re using Html.fromHtml to set the text you can’t unfortunately use the <strike> as this is not supported for Android…
Eclipse XML Layout Text Editor Broken
When editing xml layout file for Android in Eclipse you might encounter the xml being wrong, flipping and broken. When changing tabs between the graphical layout and the xml file, the lines of code will start disappearing or moving around. It…
Android 4.2 Enable Developer Options
Developer Options is gone, almost. It’s not just on Nexus 7 or Galaxy Nexus. Google has hidden the developer settings in the latest version of Jelly Bean, 4.2 for some reason. You can however easily enable it again. Go to the…
VirtualBox Log Files Location
VirtualBox log files is one of the great tools to diagnose an issue in your VirtualBox. It will always create a log file which reflects the lifecycle of your virtual machine. VirtualBox log files is located in user/per-vm directory. Depending on…