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Inspect HTTP requests from Android devices
Sometimes it is necessary to have a detailed view on the HTTP requests sent by your Android app and also inspect the responses from the server. With a few steps, it is quite easily possible to do this:
Testing HTTP requests on Android using Robolectric
With Robolectric you can not only mock HTTP responses for your code, but you can also test which HTTP requests your code sends. To do this, you can easily use either one of the static methods provided in the Robolectric … Continue reading
Mocking HTTP responses in Android using Robolectric
One of the nice features of Robolectric, is its ability to intercept HTTP requests and provide a way to return the HTTP responses you want. It is very useful, if you want to test code that reacts on certain HTTP … Continue reading
Android Unit Testing with Robolectric
The last weeks I had the chance to dive deeper into unit testing of an Android application. The solution we are using is Robolectric. It is an interesting and promising framework since it does not need an emulator but just … Continue reading
My summary of the Android Open Conference 2011
After arriving back in Germany from the O’Reilly Android Open Conference in San Francisco, I want to summarize my conclusions and general impressions. Being in San Francisco and attending the conference was very inspiring. The keynotes have given a great … Continue reading
SQLiteOpenHelper with Database on SD card
For certain reasons, e.g. because a database is very big, it might be necessary to put the database on the SD card instead of the internal storage of the phone. Of course, putting the database on the SD card should … Continue reading
Using UIWebView for displaying Rich Text
If you need to display rich text in your iOS application, the easiest way is to use a UIWebView for this. If you have only one or two links in a text, activating link detection in a UITextView might be … Continue reading
Great Android Memory Management Links
Here are some great links to get the basics of memory management for Android applications: Java Performance blog: How to really measure the memory usage of your objects Android Developers blog: Avoiding memory leaks Java Performance blog: Eclipse Memory Analyzer, … Continue reading
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Android: Displaying Modified Camera Preview Data
If you just want to have the camera preview data under Android without displaying the preview on the screen the problem is that you have to provide a surface to the Camera object for displaying the preview. On some devices … Continue reading
iOS View Transition Animation in Wrong Direction
If you transition between two views using an animation e.g. by using the method + transitionFromView:toView:duration:options:completion:, it might be that the animation looks fine if the interface orientation is the standard orientation, e.g.UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait. However, in upside down orientation it can be that … Continue reading
