Avoiding AppCompat Proguard Crashes on Samsung Devices

appcompat-v7 v21.0.0 causing crash on Samsung devices with Android v4.2.2

Original Issue: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=78377

Google already provides Proguard rules for some of their libraries through AARs. One major issue that affects Samsung Jellybean devices(Android 4.2), is App Compat's Toolbar.

For those that have devices from Samsung running the same Android OS version or are tracking crash reports, you will most likely see the following error:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: android.support.v7.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder

Here is the Proguard rules to resolve this issue for (AppCompat-v7, v21,22,23.0.1):



Apply it to your own build.gradle:

proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), rootProject.file('proguard-rules.pro')

My Repo is Trending on Github!

Trending Repository on Github
 
I recently made this template on Github for people starting software development with Android who want to use Intellij or Android Studio who are planning on using different testing libraries with test coverage. I plan on adding more examples for Mockito and Espresso testing libraries. Here is the

Github link: https://github.com/jaredsburrows/AndroidGradleTemplate

Here is an image of my repository on the Java page!

https://github.com/trending?l=java (wont always be trending)

How to test Android with Gradle(Robolectric + EasyMock/PowerMock + JaCoCo + TravisCI)

How to test Android with Gradle + Android Studio + Robolectric + Mockito + EasyMock/PowerMock + JaCoCo + TravisCI

Here is my Github example:

https://github.com/jaredsburrows/AndroidGradleTemplate

AndroidGradleTemplate

Gradle + Android Studio + Robolectric + Mockito + EasyMock/PowerMock + JaCoCo

Technologies used:

• Building:
  • Gradle v2.4
  • Android Studio v1.2+
  • Android Gradle Build Tools v1.2.3 or Intellij v14.1.3+
  • Android SDK Build Tools v22.0.1
• Libraries:
  • Android SDK v22
  • Android Support-v4 v22.0.1
  • Android AppCompat-v7 v22.0.1
  • Android Google Play Services v7.3.0
• Testing:
  • JUnit v4.12
  • Hamcrest Matchers v1.3
  • Robolectric v3.0-RC2
  • Mockito v1.10.19
  • EasyMock v3.3.1
  • PowerMock v1.6.2
• Reporting:
  • JaCoCo Test Coverage
  • Coveralls
• Continuous Integration:
  • TravisCI

Works with the following Configurations:

• Multiple Modules
• Multiple Flavors
• Android Libraries

Getting Started:

• View JUnit and Hamcrest Tests
• View Robolectric Activity Tests
• View Robolectric Fragment Tests
• View EasyMock/PowerMock Tests

Android Studio or Intellij Support(Simple):

1. Import/Open this project with Android Studio/Intellij(click on build.gradle)
2. Change the Build Variant Test Artifact to Unit Tests instead of Instrumentation Tests

Comand Line(Advanced):

Clone with Git:

• git clone https://github.com/jaredsburrows/AndroidGradleTemplate.git
• cd AndroidGradleTemplate

Installing/Running with Gradle:

• Install the debug flavor on your Android Device:
  • gradlew installDebug
• Install and Run the debug flavor on your Android Device:
  • gradlew runDebug

Testing with Gradle:

• Run all tests in all flavors:
  • gradlew test
• Run single test in all flavors:
  • gradlew test --tests="*MainActivityTest*"
• Run all the debug flavor tests:
  • gradlew testDebug
• Run single test in the debug flavor:
  • gradlew testDebug --tests="*MainActivityTest*"
• Run single test in the debug flavor with Jacoco test reports:
  • gradlew testDebug --tests="*MainActivityTest*" jacocoTestReport

License

Copyright (C) 2015 AndroidGradleTemplate by Jared Burrows

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Featured on Wired.com

Recently I was featured in an article on Wired.com


Read the article here:

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/forget-pc-real-crapware-problem-android/

Gradle iOS Plugin

Gradle iOS Plugin

This plugin is in Beta and Open Source:

https://github.com/jaredsburrows/gradle-ios-plugin

There is an example repository here:

https://github.com/jaredsburrows/gradle-ios-plugin-example


There is an Android Plugin for Gradle, why isn't there one for iOS?

Example "build.gradle":

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'burrows.apps.ios:gradle:0.0.1'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'com.ios.application'

ios {
    compileSdkVersion '8.1'     //  iOS SDK version
    buildToolsVersion '6.1'     //  XCode version

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8         // Minimum iOS SDK version
        targetSdkVersion 19     // Target iOS SDK version
        versionCode 1           // *optional*
        versionName '1.0'       // *optional*
    }

    // Cocoa Pods
    pods {
        pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK'
        pod 'GoogleAnalytics-iOS-SDK'
    }
}

dependencies {
    ...
}

How to make more money with Android and Admob?

Improving Admob Revenue

Check out this awesome link on suggestion on how to improve Admob!

http://www.mobiadage.com/2013/01/3-steps-to-increase-mobile-ad-revenue.html

How to use the same C++ code for Android and iOS?

Best tutorial on using C++ code with iOS and Android

Please read this wonderful StackOverflow post:

http://stackoverflow.com/a/18334548/950427

How to improve Admob Ad revenue with filters?

Improving Admob Revenue

Check out this awesome link about turning off certain filters to increase revenue!

http://luk4sproductions.blogspot.com/2013/07/improve-your-admob-revenue-its-about.html

How to get Android SDK version with Gradle?

Android SDK and Build Tools versions with Gradle:

Check out this incredible post and my comment at the bottom: http://www.egeek.me/2013/12/07/gradle-auto-detect-android-sdk-and-build-tools-versions/

How to tether your Android phone with your Mac?

A great article and how to install a driver to allow your Mac to use your phone's internet via USB:

http://joshuawise.com/horndis#available_versions

CCleaner for Android by Piriform!

Finally, CCleaner which I use on Mac OSX and Windows is available for Android!

Download here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piriform.ccleaner

http://drippler.com/updates/share/ccleaner-android-now-available-download-google-play-store

What Android Apps(Bloatware) are Safe to Remove?

Android Apps(Bloatware) that is Safe to Remove
A list of Android applications that are safe remove. Comment to add more!

Update 6/21/2015

I have now added my script to Github for versioning: https://github.com/jaredsburrows/Android-Bloatware

Package Name - name of the installed package on your Android Device
Description - explanation of app

Package Name	Description
com.andrew.apollo	Music Player
com.android.apps.tag
com.android.backupconfirm	Restores Google settings
com.android.browser	Stock Browser
com.android.calendar	Stock Calendar
com.android.camera2	Stock Camera
com.android.captiveportallogin
com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver	Alert Broadcasts
com.android.development	Development App
com.android.dreams.basic	Screensaver
com.android.dreams.phototable
com.android.email	Stock Email
com.android.exchange
com.android.facelock
com.android.galaxy4
com.android.gallery3d
com.android.htmlviewer
com.android.inputdevices
com.android.inputmethod.latin
com.android.magicsmoke	Live Wallpaper
com.android.managedprovisioning	Google Workplace
com.android.mms	Stock Messaging
com.android.moto.appdirectedsms
com.android.musicfx	Audio Equalizer
com.android.musicvis	Live Wallpapers
com.android.noisefield	Live Wallpaper
com.android.pacprocessor
com.android.phasebeam	Wallpaper
com.android.printspooler
com.android.providers.downloads.ui	Downloads
com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks
com.android.providers.userdictionary	Dictionary for Keyboard
com.android.proxyhandler
com.android.quicksearchbox	Search Box
com.android.sdm.plugins.connmo
com.android.sdm.plugins.dcmo
com.android.sdm.plugins.diagmon
com.android.sdm.plugins.sprintdm
com.android.smspush	Tethering connectivity
com.android.soundrecorder	Sound Recroder
com.android.sprint.hiddenmenuapp
com.android.sprint.lifetimedata
com.android.videoeditor	Movie Studio
com.android.voicedialer	Voice Search
com.android.vpndialogs	VPN System
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral	Live Wallpaper
com.android.wallpaper.livepicker	Wallpaper Picker
com.android.wallpapercropper	Wallpaper Cropper
com.bel.android.dspmanager	Audio Equalizer
com.cyanogenmod.account	Account Manager
com.cyanogenmod.CMWallpapers	Cyanogen Wallpapers
com.cyanogenmod.eleven
com.cyanogenmod.filemanager	File Manager
com.cyanogenmod.lockclock	Lock Screen Widget
com.cyanogenmod.trebuchet	Launcher
com.cyanogenmod.wallpapers	Wallpapers
com.facebook.katana	Facebook
com.google.android.androidforwork
com.google.android.apps.books	Books
com.google.android.apps.cloudprint	Cloud Print
com.google.android.apps.currents	Currents
com.google.android.apps.docs	Drive
com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.docs	Docs
com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.sheets	Sheets
com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.slides	Slides
com.google.android.apps.enterprise.dmagent
com.google.android.apps.fitness	Fit
com.google.android.apps.gcs
com.google.android.apps.inputmethod.hindi	Hindi Keyboard
com.google.android.apps.photos
com.google.android.apps.plus	Google+
com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel	Google Wallet
com.google.android.email	Stock Email
com.google.android.gm.exchange
com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox	Search Box
com.google.android.inputmethod.japanese	Japanese Keyboard
com.google.android.inputmethod.korean	Korean Keyboard
com.google.android.inputmethod.pinyin
com.google.android.inputmethod.piyin
com.google.android.marvin.talkback	Accessibility
com.google.android.play.games	Play Games
com.google.android.street	Street View
com.google.android.tag
com.google.android.talk	Hangouts
com.google.android.videos	Play Movies & TV
com.google.android.webview	Webview
com.google.android.youtube	Youtube
com.google.earth	Earth
com.motorola.android.buacontactadapter
com.motorola.entitlement
com.motorola.motocit
com.motorola.motosignature.app
com.motorola.service.ims
com.motorola.triggerenroll
com.motorola.triggertrainingservice
com.qualcomm.atfwd
com.qualcomm.qti.rcsbootstraputil
com.qualcomm.qti.rcsimsbootstraputil
com.qualcomm.timeservice
com.svox.pico	Text to Speech
com.tmobile.themechooser	Theme Chooser
com.tmobile.thememanager	Theme Manager
com.verizo.permissions.appdirectedsms
com.verizon.omadm
com.verizon.permissions.appdirectedsms
com.vzw.apnservice
jackpal.androidterm	Terminal Emulator
net.cactii.flash2	Flash Light
org.codeaurora.ims
org.cyanogenmod.audiofx	Audio Equalizer
org.cyanogenmod.launcher.home	Launcher
org.cyanogenmod.theme.chooser	Theme Chooser
org.cyanogenmod.themes.provider	Themes Provider
org.cyanogenmod.voiceplus	SMS through Google Voice
org.cyanogenmod.wallpapers.photophase	Live Wallpaper
org.whispersystems.whisperpush	Secure SMS integration

I am featured on the Glass Apps Developer page!

Google Glass Developer on Glass-Apps.org


Check it out here!

http://glass-apps.org/google-glass-developers

Check out my Open Source Google Glass development on OpenCV.org!

http://opencv.org/platforms/android.html

OpenQuartz Google Glass is featured on OpenCV.org!

Today OpenQuartz was posted on OpenCV.org!

Please check out http://opencv.org/platforms/android.html

Open Source Google Glass Development and OpenCV Samples

How to take Screenshots with Google Glass?

How to take Screenshots with Google Glass?

In order to take screenshots with Google Glass as of now is to simply do it via the command line with ADB!

Check out these two commands that can easily take care of this for you:

adb shell /system/bin/screencap -p /sdcard/FILE.png
adb pull /sdcard/FILE.png FILE.png

How to view your Google Glass or Android Device on your Computer?

How can you view your Google Glass or other Android Device on your own Computer?

You can view your Google Glass screen or Android device using the Android Screen Monitor!


Download the ".jar" file here:

https://code.google.com/p/android-screen-monitor/

Here is how to run the ".jar" file from Terminal:

java -jar asm.jar

Here is how it looks!

Math App - Easy to use Android Application for everyday High school and College students!

Finally! Math App is out of Beta and ready for use!
- New Action Bar Icons and Colors!
- New Icon for the App itself!

- Tons of common equations for everyday High school and College students(Chemistry, Physics, etc..)!

Please check it out and give feedback!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=burrows.apps.math

Welcome to Math App Beta by Andre Compagno and Jared Burrows

http://www.burrowsapps.com/

Send all suggestions to burrowsapps@gmail.com

Special thanks to Andre Compagno

This application makes it easier than ever to solve and search for equations. All the math is done for you, all you have to do is select the equation and input the values! Constants are built in for all equations!

Math App features:

How to use Math App:
1. Click on the equations
2. Fill in the values you are given
3. Click the caclulate icon

Naviation Bar:
✔ Search Equations
✔ Log in through Facebook - Share with your Friends - Coming soon!
✔ Send Feedback to the Developers!
✔ Share
✔ Help - Click to view the tutorial
✔ About

Features and Solvers:
✔ List of Common Equations
✔ Vector Dot Product
✔ Vector Cross Product
✔ Angle Between 2 Vectors
✔ Magnitude of a Vector
✔ Matrix Multiplication
✔ Matrix Determinant
✔ System of Equations

Tutorial:
✔ Teaches you how to properly use the app!

Equation Descriptions:
✔ Coming Soon!

Favorites:
✔ Add equations to your favorites list in order to easily access them

Permissions requested:
✔ Internet

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Cell Phones - Service Menus and Special Numbers

How to get to your phone's service menu

Everyone knows about the 'secret' menus in your phone and I just wanted to make my own list.

Dial and call these numbers to access the hidden menus and if any menu asks for a password, its usually very simple:

• SPC password - 000000
• IMEI number - *#06#
• Programming menu - ##7764726
• Phone information - *#*#4636#*#*

• Phone activcation - *228
• Update coverage area - *22899

How to port Nmap to your Android Phone

Porting Nmap to Android

I was trying to port Nmap to Android and I was running into plenty of compiling and linking errors until I realized, thanks to Vlatko Kosturjak, this has already been done.

First, download the package:

wget http://ftp.linux.hr/android/nmap/nmap-5.50-android-bin.tar.bz2

Open it:

tar -xvjf nmap-5.50-android-bin.tar.bz2

Go into the directory and push to your phone:

cd nmap-5.50/bin
adb push . /data/local/tmp

Obviously, if you have root, you can push these binaries anywhere you would like.

http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2011/q1/440

How to take screenshots on your Android Phone

How to take screenshots with Android 4.0(Ice Cream Sandwich)

Simply hit these buttons at the same time:

Power Button + Volume Down