How to prevent screen timeout in Android
There are several mechanisms available for Android applications to stop the phone’s screen from being turned off. These methods override the default ‘screen timeout’ behaviour of your phone (typically...
View ArticleHow to manually disable WordPress plugins
I recently tried to update one of my WordPress plugins that somehow managed to bring my whole site down. I was unable to go to wp-admin to disable the plugin. I had to first disable all the WordPress...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rooting your Android phone: The Basics
If you own an Android phone, chances are that you’ve heard of rooting. However, most of us are bit reluctant to tinker too much with our phones because of the risks involved and are not 100% sure...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Root HTC One X
Following on from the last article on what does it mean to root your Android phone, I thought of providing a step-by-step guide to root a HTC One X phone. If you are new to rooting, or not 100% sure...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unveiling Bazaarfind NZ: A Price comparison site for sports supplements
Over the weekend I released my latest web site: BazaarFind Supplements. Bazaarfind is a price comparison site for sports and nutritional supplements. Currently the comparison data is sourced from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Introduction to working with kSOAP2 in Android
This is an introductory tutorial showing how to consume SOAP-based web services in Android using the kSOAP2 library. Despite rising popularity of RESTful services, there are still a significant number...
View ArticleHow to check network connectivity in Android
This tutorial shows how to check whether your Android phone is currently connected to a network or not (e.g. Wi-Fi, 3G etc.). A while back, I wrote a tutorial on how to dynamically monitor network...
View ArticleHow to Configure Maven to work with NTLM proxies
I recently installed Maven at a client site that had a NTLM proxy, and ran into issues because it was failing to download maven dependencies. I was following the instructions provided by Maven to...
View ArticleLog4j property file examples
There aren’t too many clear examples of log4j.properties configuration examples around on the net. So, I thought of compiling a list of sample configurations to help anyone who might be looking to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spring MVC Bean Validation with Annotations
Input data validation is a critical piece of functionality in any web application because we cannot always rely on users to enter valid data. We need to safeguard our data-stores and business processes...
View Article