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BMI Calculator: My First Android App
Sep 1st
Okay, after Oracle went after google for patent rights i got interested in android more than ever so decided to jump right in and program something. Following is my first app:
BMI Calculator
Purpose
- Calculates BMI (Body Mass Index).
Features
- Support multiple unit systems
- Bells and Whistles:
- Changing Unit System automatically changes the units inside Height and Weight field labels
- Gender Spinner data is read from @arrays/gender_list. This was not needed, just did it to learn how one can read XML and attach an adapter to it.
- Gender Spinner’s Prompt reads from @strings/select_gender. This was needed and done.
- Height and Weight EditText allows 6 characters, single line and decimal
- Hitting Calculate More >
Google Chrome Trial
Jan 19th
The other day i installed Google Chromium OS on my laptop for a test flight. I like the idea but chromium has still a long shot before people actually start preferring it as a primary OS. (more…)
Why wouldn’t you use google chromium os?
Jan 17th
I experimented with google chromium last night for a bit and kindda like it. I am thinking of some ideas that i would like to implement in google chromium based on the response i get on this post. So everyone please answer the following questions to help me.
Why wouldn’t you use google chromium os? Or more specifically what is it that you miss in google chromium? What features would you like to be implemented? Have you used Google Wave? Do you like the idea of dashboard/showcase applications? Have your used WebOS? What do you feel about their future? Do you More >
Google switching from ext2 to ext4
Jan 15th
Google is currently in the middle of upgrading from ext2 to a more up to date file system. We ended up choosing ext4. This thread touches upon many of the issues we wrestled with, so I thought it would be interesting to share. We should be sending out more details soon.
Manage SQLite Databases in Firefox
Dec 20th
TubeStop: Stop annoying ads
Dec 19th
Do you spend as much time as me on youtube? If yes, then by now you would be going mad by those google ads on the video and above the poster box on right, right?
