User location API's in Android

With the new framework with Google Play, you have to update your code now to use this unified GoogleApiClient.Builder() approach:

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/02/new-client-api-model-in-google-play.html

There are now actually two ways to get location from Android. The 2nd way attempts to unify the various LocationProviders (GPS, network, other applications, etc.) into one API:

http://www.rahuljiresal.com/2014/02/user-location-on-android/

An old but useful article about avoiding memory leaks on Android...

http://www.curious-creature.com/2008/12/18/avoid-memory-leaks-on-android/comment-page-1/

and a great link on mastering Android drawables:

https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/4619-mastering-android-drawables

https://speakerdeck.com/cyrilmottier/mastering-android-drawables

How to map multiple keyboards to the same OSX mappings

If you're trying to use Karabiner to support key remappings for multiple devices, you can take advantage of the templating syntax:

You can have your product and vendor ID definitions here:



You define your main key remappings here:

Using padding in ListViews

Don't forget to use scrollbarStyle and clipToPadding according to this post!

https://plus.google.com/+AndroidDevelopers/posts/LpAA7q4jw9M

The difference between gravity and layout_gravity -- one deals with the parent (layout_), the other deals with the child.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13965883/what-is-exact-difference-between-gravity-and-layout-gravity