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alidaoud / ThumbnailUrlExtractor.java

Created July 24, 2020 16:44

class creates a thumbnail url of a youtube video using its youtube url

	/**
	* this class creates a thumbnail url of a youtube video using its url
	*
	* supports the below link formats:
	* => the original format of the youtube url e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<watchId>&feature=youtu.be
	* => the shortcut format of the youtube url e.g. https://youtu.be/<watchId>
	*/
	public class ThumbnailUrlExtractor {

	private static final String LINK_FORMAT_1 = "watch?v=";

alidaoud / hideKeyboard.java

Created March 17, 2020 02:24

	private static void hideKeyboard(Activity activity) {

	InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
	View view = activity.getCurrentFocus();

	if (view == null) {
	view = new View(activity);
	}

	if (inputMethodManager != null){

alidaoud / start a list view from specific item position.java

Created September 1, 2019 12:48

start displaying a list-view from a specific item position

	//This line will select n row starting from top
	listview.setSelectionFromTop(n, 0);

alidaoud / getting boolean value from sqlite database.java

Created August 30, 2019 18:15

getting a boolean value from an SQLite database and store it into a local variable

boolean value = cursor.getInt(boolean_column_index) > 0;

alidaoud / Display Back Arrow on Toolbar.java

Created July 15, 2019 17:12

alidaoud / adding dots for text view.xml

Created May 27, 2019 01:08

	<!-- considering that we need 2 lines at most -->
	android:maxLines="2"
	android:ellipsize="end"

alidaoud / adding dots for text view.xml

Created May 26, 2019 18:07

providing dots for the extra text in the textView after reaching the limit that have been specified

	<!-- considering that we need 2 lines at most -->
	android:maxLines="2"
	android:ellipsize="end"

alidaoud / Set view dim programmatically.java

Created May 26, 2019 16:31

Set view width & height programmatically

	Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
	Point size = new Point(); //we're using this because the display.getWidth() is deprecated

	display.getSize(size);

	int viewWidth = size.x / 2;
	int viewHeight = size.y / 3;

	View ourView = findViewById(R.id.our_view_id);

alidaoud / non clickable list item.java

Created May 24, 2019 19:28

making an item in a list view non clickable in Android

	view.setEnabled(false);
	view.setOnClickListener(null);

alidaoud / get your application context statically.java

Created March 26, 2019 18:22

 public class MyApplication extends Application {
     private static Context context;
     public void onCreate() {
         super.onCreate();
         MyApplication.context = getApplicationContext();
     }
     public static Context getAppContext() {

	//If you are using an ActionBarActivity then you can tell Android to use the Toolbar as the ActionBar like so:
	Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.my_awesome_toolbar);
	setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

	//And now to make sure that the back arrow is gonna show
	getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); //or for fragments //((ActionBarActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
	getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true); //or for fragments //((ActionBarActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);