Category: Technology
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WordPress.com vs WordPress.org (Which is Better?)
Hello, y’all. If you have already visited this blog before you would have already figured this out, but if not, you would have noticed that this blog has a lot of WordPress branding. The reason for this is of course because the site is hosted on the WordPress platform. But the detail to be noted…
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Created a GraphQL Bible API in 2 Days using Hasura (Here’s How)
Few years ago I worked on a project where I had to get hold of the 31,102 verses of the English Bible, and use it to develop an Android app that helps people memorize Bible verses. This app used a memorization technique called spaced repetition which is popularly used in the flash card app –…
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Hybrid app development is a godsend for Startups, but should you take that route?
If you were to look at the current market distribution when it comes to mobile operating systems, there are only two main players on the field: Android and iOS. The market share of all the remaining mobile operating systems put together is less than 1% of the total. That would seem to be good for…
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Bought a Moto Phone (again): The why behind it
I haven’t done any product reviews and never thought I would do one until now. That being said, this is not a product review per se but the thought process that was involved in me making the decision to buy the Moto G8 Plus. This is in no way a comprehensive review of the technical…
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Error Logging in Javascript: 4 Things to Know
The literal meaning of a log is “an official record of events during the voyage of a ship or aircraft”. As programmers, we will usually not be dealing with that type of logs, but instead with logs that tell us what happened at a particular time in our software system. If you have used any…
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Kindle vs Paperback: My Thoughts
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Ecclesiastes 12:12 Anyone studying for an exam could testify that much study is truly a weariness of the flesh. Given that, a book written to a specific person would capture them to…
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Sending a Request to a Server from your Android app
Here is a tutorial on how to send HTTP requests from your Android app to a server using the Android Async Http client library
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How to extract Metadata of an Image in Android?
This is a small tutorial where I tell you how you can extract the metadata of an image using ExifInterface while developing a native Android app.
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RecyclerView inside a NestedScrollView
It’s 3 AM right now. But still, I need to put this stuff into ink (figuratively speaking) when it is still fresh in my mind. For a long time, Android developers have had a tough time putting a ListView or a RecyclerView inside a ScrollView, cause it simply didn’t work. Developers had to manage to…
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How to use a pre-populated database in Android?
Using local databases for persisting data is fairly easy in Android because of the in-built SQLite Database it provides. If you have used it before, you would know that you would have to extend a helper class named ‘SQLiteOpenHelper’ for the purpose. The SQLiteOpenHelper class is a part of the Native Android library, therefore you…
