Category Archives: Android

Restart service after update (Android)

For my Android project Stopeen, I implemented a functionality to schedule actions with a recurrence over time. But one of my problem was : when people will update my app from the store, the service in background will be killed, … Continue reading

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Android Studio Bookmarks

Here is a small tip for Android Studio. I added a bookmark by accident, in one of my source file, and I did not find out easily how to remove it.

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Turn off 4G on Android phones

You can stop looking for a “4G switch” to toggle 4G in your Android settings, it does not exists. To turn off 4G on smartphones, you need to disable access to the LTE network. Many Android devices (Galaxy S4, Galaxy … Continue reading

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Activity: forget onPause to handle focus changes

I spent one whole afternoon on a very silly issue about the Android activity lifecyle when the focus changes and the device is turned on. I want to share it with you to avoid you some hours of investigation!

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Droidcon Paris 2014: talks

This article follows the Droidcon Paris 2014 overview I published two weeks ago. Unfortunately, I could not assist to all of the talks, because generally they were 3 at the same time. Here is a sum up of the talks … Continue reading

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Droidcon Paris 2014: overview

The Droidcon is one of the main events about Android development and takes place all over the world. The Droidcon Paris 2014 occurred last weekend in the french capital, organized by the Paris Android User Group and BeMyApp. It was … Continue reading

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