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It’s that time of the year again where every makeup company is buzzing about their new holiday collections and Shu Uemura definitely has one of the most exciting ones this year! As in holidays past, they have teamed up with Takashi Murakami for a limited edition collection featuring his iconic flower motif. To start off, […]
Hey all! Today I wanted to share with you another makeup collection in collaboration with Burberry and Sephora which was used in Burberry’s February 2016 Womenswear show. I’m so excited to be partnering with Burberry, so wanted to send a big thank you to Burberry for sponsoring this blog post and sending me these to […]
How does baby foot work? Leslie asks…Can you please explain how Babyfoot works and if it is truly safe to use. I have used it and my feet did peel but I really don’t understand how it works. In case our listeners aren’t familiar with this product, it’s a special type of exfoliator designed just […]
There are two ways of “linkifying” URLs in a TextView. First, as an XML attribute: <TextView … android:autoLink=”phone|web” /> and second, programmatically: TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text1); Linkify.addLinks(textView, Linkify.PHONE_NUMBERS | LINKIFY.WEB_URLS); In both the cases, the framework internally registers a LinkMovementMethod on the TextView that handles dispatching a ACTION_VIEW Intent when any link is clicked. This is why phone-numbers open in a dialer when clicked, […]
I try to keep this blog on topic, sticking to technical posts of interest to iOS and macOS developers. So when I wanted to write about something else I set up a different blog unrelated to my business. As some of you are aware, when I’m not working on apps I’m also a radio DJ, […]
Android developers spend a lot of time writing XML layouts every day. This talk will explain how Android’s LayoutInflater works. By the end of this talk, you will have an understanding of how XML gibberish gets converted to Views in Java, how AppCompat is able to back-port Material Design for pre-Lollipop devices auto-magically and how […]
Later this month I’m hosting Stump 360 III: The Search for Stump, the third annual Stump 360. It’s part of 360iDev in Denver. It’s on August 23, 4:45pm – 6:00pm. In case you’re not familiar with Stump 360, here’s some possibly interesting information. Stump is sort of approximately a game with two teams, the audience […]
Here’s the list of questions asked at Stump 360 in 2015. If you’re not familiar with Stump 360, see my other post that describes it more fully In general, Stump 360 questions can cover Anything iOS or Apple related Especially anything covered in a 360iDev talk. Keep in mind the audience is allowed to use […]
If this were a movie, the events and cameos would be too numerous and star-studded to mention. It includes Xerxes, Spartans, Immortals, Alexander the Great, scythed chariots, and several of the greatest battles in history. Source link
One of the cool things UIStackView can do for you is make it easy to dynamically update your app’s user interface while it’s running, with smooth animations and not a lot of code. My recent talk at iOSDevCamp DC covered some techniques. Natasha the Robot wrote a couple of great posts based on my talk, […]