Sunday, November 22, 2015

Official CM 13 for Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300)

It seems that Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9300) may see an official CyanogenMod build, after all. Below is a repository with Android M (6, API 23) for the device.
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_i9300/commits/cm-13.0
 

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Fix the rotation on Nexus 7 2013

Like so many other Nexus 7 owners, I experienced the disappearance of the ability to rotate the screen on the device automatically.
Fortunately, the solution is relatively simple and very effective. The opening of the back cover looks a bit scary at first but is fairly easy if you play a guitar and have a pick readily available.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-tablet-2013/487135-nexus-7-2013-stopped-rotating.html

To quit an app or not?

Excellent justification for not creating an explicit Exit app functionality in mobile applications:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2033914/quitting-an-application-is-that-frowned-upon

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Push - coming to browsers near you

Firefox just implemented Push technology for web pages that are not (even) loaded in the browser.

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