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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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…
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…
Eclipse Find/Search In Project
To search in your project in Eclipse do the following: Ctrl + H Choose File Search for plain text in project. Choose the relevant tab for a specific expression searches.
Android Set EditText Cursor Color
To set the EditText in Android you first need to set the textCursorDrawable to null. This is needed for Android 3.2 and up. android:textCursorDrawable=”@null” Setting this will result in the cursor color will be set to the textColor android:textColor
Android Resource Entry Is Already Defined
When you compile an android project from its xml resource, Eclipse considers it as executing xml file and so you get some output from it, in the same name of the xml with .out.xml extension. And you’ll end up with…