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WWDC 2017 Highlights: WatchOS, iOS 11, Apple Pay and more - StackTips

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WWDC 2017, the biggest annual Apple developer conference gave us a bounty of major announcements on new products, software updates for this fall. Some of my friends including me, felt this it was Apple's biggest WWDC opener in recent memory – perhaps ever. From the latest versions of iOS and macOS to a new iPad, updated iMac and MacBook Pros, HomePod and what not. Here are the highlight of the new features in newly announced WatchOs, iOS 11, Apple Pay. WatchOS Updates Proactive and intelligent watch face with proactive Siri capabilities. Depending on the time of day and activities done... Posted under #iOS, #NewsUpdates. Read full article from StackTips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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Quick Settings Tile API Example in Android N - StackTips

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Quick settings is undoubtedly one of the most popular feature in Android devices. It provides a convenient way to quickly change the device settings or key actions directly from the notification panel. Like always, Google never disappoint developers. This time, Android N introduced the new Quick Settings Tile API and allow developers to add their own quick setting actions. Now Quick Settings Tile adds more room for additional custom actions and you can swipe left/right to access more settings. Please note, Quick Settings tiles are reserved for controls or actions that are either urgently... Posted under #Android. Read full article from StackTips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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Customize Your Wordpress Admin Using Smart Dashboard Extras Plugin - StackTips

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Use Smart Dashboard Extra plugin to customize your WordPress admin dashboard by selectively removing interface elements and add more features. This Plugin comes handy with set of WordPress hooks, to customize admin interface elements in your WordPress dashboard. This also adds some extra important features that you always wanted to have. Wordpress Admin Features Currently the Smart Dashboard Extra plugin supports following features: It adds the contributors the ability to upload media Limit contributors and authors to their own post Notify website administrator when another ... Posted under #WordPress. Read full article from StackTips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How Limit Authors and Contributors to their Own Post in WordPress - StackTips

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If you running a multi author site, you will notice that all authors and contributors are able to see the posts from other users. Although they cannot edit or modify, but you may not want to see the posts which are in review or in draft. https://youtu.be/kAMJtnck3-8 You can do this by using View Own Post Media Only WordPress plugins. But for this little job, I personally do not recommend to use such plugging. This little code hack will help you to limit your authors and contributors to their own posts in WordPress admin. Copy and past the following code in you function.php... Posted under #Wordpress. Read full article from StackTips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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Best Online Payment Services Alternative to PayPal - StackTips

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PayPal is is a giant in the online Payment space. PayPal makes it easy to send, receive and even request for money across borders. It is one of the most popular online payment service globally used by most of the merchants and users. As a user it is easy to use and for seller it provides API's for seamless integration. In my personal experience, while making a online purchase I always hesitate to provide credit card details, unless I personally trust the brand. There are always security concerns. However, if their payment method includes PayPal alternative, I choose PayPal and do the purc... Posted under #Reviews. Read full article from StackTips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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URL Shortening Services Similar To Google URL Shortener and TinyURL - StackTips

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The URL (Uniform Resource Locator) Shortening services are gaining traction in the age of twitter and smart messaging, when the number of characters really matters. They are used for taking the long URLs and squeezes them into short form to make a link that is easier to share, tweet, or email to friends. For example, the URL "http://stacktips.com/author/nilanchala" can be shortened to "http://goo.gl/7367BB". It is basically a redirect service. When the short URL is opened it will be redirected to the original web link. There are various reasons why people use URL shortening services. Fo... Posted under #Reviews. Read full article from StackTips. Follow author on twitter http://twitter.com/stacktips.

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How to Customize YouTubePlayer Controls in Android - Stacktips

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The YouTube Android Player allows you to customize the playback control by setting one of the style defined in YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle enumeration. It currently support three styles DEFAULT, MINIMAL or CHROMELESS; YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle.DEFAULT – The default style, showing all interactive player controls. YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle.MINIMAL – The minimal style displays only a time bar and play/pause controls. YouTubePlayer.PlayerStyle.CHROMELESS – A style that shows no interactive player controls. When you use CHROMELESS, you need to write your own controls for play, pause or se... Posted under #Android. Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Configure Google Feedburner Feed for your Blog - Stacktips

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Are you a setting up your new blog? Are you curious about making your blog post reachable to thousands of more readers? Then you must consider serving your blog post via feeds. If you’re serious about blogging, you must consider setting up Feeds for your blog as a first step when you setting up your blog. This post will show you how to setup and Google Feedburner account for your blog. What are Feeds? Feeds are the are the way to distribute your website content beyond readers on browser. There are thousands of apps such as Feedly, Apple News, Facebook Instant Articles and many more RSS r... Posted under #How-Tos. Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Send an Email with Attachment in Android - Stacktips

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The following code snippet shows to send an email with image attachment in Android using Intent method. public static void sendEmail(Context context, String subject, String message, String imagePath) { Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND); emailIntent.setType("plain/text"); emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject); emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message); if (imagePath != null && imagePath.length() > 0) { File file = urlToFile(imagePath); if (file != null &&... Posted under . Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Convert Pixels to Density Independent (DP) Pixels - Stacktips

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The following code snippet shows how to convert device specific pixels to density independent pixels. It returns a float value to represent dp equivalent to px value public static float convertPixelsToDp(float px, Context context) Resources resources = context.getResources(); DisplayMetrics metrics = resources.getDisplayMetrics(); float dp = px / (metrics.densityDpi / 160f); return dp; ... Posted under . Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Convert DP Unit to Equivalent Pixels in Android - Stacktips

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The following code snippet shows how to converts dp unit to equivalent pixels, depending on device density. It returns a float value to represent px equivalent to dp depending on device density. public static float convertDpToPixel(float dp, Context context) Resources resources = context.getResources(); DisplayMetrics metrics = resources.getDisplayMetrics(); float px = dp * (metrics.densityDpi / 160f); return px; ... Posted under . Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Generate Gravtar Image Url from Email in Java - Stacktips

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The following code snippet shows how to generate Gravatar URLs from email address. This utility method alows you to pass the size of your email. public String getGravatarUrl(String email, int size) { if (null == email) return null; final String hash = MD5Util.md5Hex(email.toLowerCase()); final String gravtar = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/%s?s=%s&r=g&d=404"; final String gravatarUrl = String.format(gravtar, hash, size); try return URLEncoder.encode(gravatarUrl, "UTF-8"); catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)... Posted under . Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Generate Unique File Name When Saving a File in Java - Stacktips

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The following code snippet shows how to get unique file name when saving file in java. It first checks if already a file exist with the specified name, then it appends a number to end. public static File getUniqueFilePath(String parent, String child, String fileName) File dir = new File(parent, child); String uniqueName = getUniqueFileName(parent, child, fileName); return new File(dir, uniqueName); public static String getUniqueFileName(String parent, String child, String fileName) { final File dir = new File(parent, child); if (!dir.exists()) { ... Posted under . Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Calculate Image Dimensions in Java - Stacktips

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The following code snippet shows how to calculate image dimension in java by reading the file from specified path. public static Dimension getImageDimension(final File path) { if (path == null) return null; Dimension result = null; String suffix = getFileExtension(path.toString()); if (suffix.startsWith(".")) suffix = suffix.substring(1); final Iterator<ImageReader> iterator = ImageIO.getImageReadersBySuffix(suffix); if (iterator.hasNext()) { final ImageReader reader = iterator.next(); try { ... Posted under . Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Add an Event to Android Calendar - Stacktips

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The following code snippet shows how to add event in Android calendar using intent method. Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT); intent.setData(CalendarContract.Events.CONTENT_URI) intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_BEGIN_TIME, eventDate.getTimeInMillis()) intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_END_TIME, eventDate.getTimeInMillis() + 60 * 60 * 1000) intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.Events.TITLE, title) intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.Events.DESCRIPTION, description) intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.Events.AVAILABILITY,... Posted under . Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Determine Android Screen Size Width and Height - Stacktips

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The following code snippet shows how to determine the screen size dimensions in width and height of the Android device your application is running on. Display display = mActivity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay(); Point size = new Point(); display.getSize(size); int width = size.x; int height = size.y; Log.e("Width : " + width); Log.e("Height : " + height); ... Posted under . Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.

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How to Trust All Certificates for HttpURLConnection in Android - Stacktips

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The following code snippet will help you to disables the SSL certificate checking for new instances of HttpsURLConnection in Android. Note: You can use this code for testing purpose only and remove when moving to production. Trusting all certificate in production will expose your box for hackers. public void trustAllCertificates() { try { TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[]{ new X509TrustManager() { public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() { X509Certificate[] myTrustedAnchors = new... Posted under . Read full article from Stacktips. Follow author on twitter https://twitter.com/npanigrahy.