Using the file resources in Android POJO unit test
Since version 1.1 of Android Gradle Plugin we can run unit test on a local JVM on our development machine. In this article I'll demonstrate how to make local resources available in unit test case.
iOS layouts for web developers #4 - CSS properties replacements
In the fourth post in the iOS layouts for web developers series it's time for something more lightweight. We’ll go through various visual aspects of the controls and see how we can set it up, compared to CSS.
iOS layouts for web developers #3 - managing the appearance
In the web, we've left behind the times when the view specific definitions like fonts or colors were scattered all over through the HTML structure. Now we’re looking at the iOS layouts. How do we maintain the content vs. presentation separation in iOS?
[CocoaHeads Tricity] Do not reinvent the wheel - most popular Cocoa libraries
On Tuesday 31th March 2015 I gave a presentation about most popular Cocoa libraries and [CocoaPods] (http://cocoapods.org) at the local Cocoaheads Tricity group meeting, which we are now co-organizing.
iOS layouts for web developers #2 - control positioning
Continuing the series of posts that looks into the iOS world from the web developer perspective. In the second post we're discussing multiple approaches to setting up where and how the controls on iOS are displayed and how it differs from HTML document flow.
Setup AppCode to start Simulator in RTL mode
How to make iOS Simulator work with Right-To-Left languages when it's started from AppCode?
iOS layouts for web developers #1 - basic building blocks
In the first part of iOS layouts for web developers series I'll have a look at the basic building blocks of the view layer in iOS and compare it to what HTML offers. First, we need to shift our mindset a bit and accept the fact we need to give up some control over our views to the iOS.
Anchor child element click
I had to solve a seemingly trivial bug in an angularjs based application that turned out to be more interesting than usual.
How to avoid flickering and black screen issues when using VideoView?
VideoView is the most straightforward way to show video content in layout. It took a few lines of code to setup and show for example mp4 file. It's fine when you don't care about UX too much, but when you do, things are going to be annoying.
Lazy Apk - a simple TeamCity artifact downloader
At Bright Inventions we use TeamCity as a continuous integration server. Apart from building, running tests and uploading artifacts we sometimes use it to quickly distribute an android application to clients and test team. However we found using TeamCity UI on a mobile device isn’t as pleasing as it could be. That’s why we usually recommend downloading updates through a dedicated application such as TeamCity Downloader.