greenxgene

As a next step in Android App Development I leaped from simple layout with text(TextView) that says “Hello World” to a bit complex layout with Image(ImageView) and Menu features. It was amazing how everything in Android is coded in to XML. Java was required only to initiate the entire setup made in XML. So the functionality of my app is simple. Its a layout with a background color and with an image in it. I had a menu with two options to change the image and one option to change the background color. The final option is to trigger an dialog box(AlertDialog) and the dialog box will have a title, message and two buttons – one for resetting image and other for the background color. After completing the coding part, I compiled and ran the code in emulator. The app opened fine but I was unable to open the menu when I click menu button. No matter how hard I blew the menu didn't inflate (The method used to initiate a menu xml code is called as 'inflate'.) so I guesse...

I was wondering what the purpose of my life was. I felt worthless. And then I realized that an idle mind is a devil’s workshop. So I thought of doing something creatively and artistically with what I already know. One way is to rekindle my movie making senses. My friends claim that I’m good at making videos (judge it yourself www.youtube.com/user/bluexgene ) but I don’t think so. When compared to those talent pool out there who make stunning graphical visuals, I’m an amateur. Anyway I still wanted to do something new with my so called skills, but then I had a constraint, this time its not my laziness or lack of will, but its my PC’s hardware configuration. Even with a monstrous Core i7 processor, 2 GB NVidia GPU it would take days to render a simple animation clip. It literally ate in to my confidence. so I gave up the idea of video making. Then my focus turned towards programming and development. The only language I have know by that time was C++ , that too basics (too lazy to le...

  If you once read through my ‘About Me’ info in Facebook or in any other social network you would know how much I’m addicted to music. I recently purchased my portable Sony media player for Rs.6990/- from www.flipkart.com . You have no idea how much I love it. When I shown it to my friends they suggested that I could have gone for a Sony Ericsson Walkman series phone. I felt so sorry for them coz these idiots don’t even know how it feels to enjoy music at its best quality. Some even argued Apple iPod is the ultimate choice of the masses. I agree that technology that goes in to iPod is as Superior as Sony Walkman series players. But nothing matches the studio quality music in Sony media players. I want to tell you guys one thing, listening to loud screaming beats doesn’t even count as music. So let me point out the reasons for why my Sony Walkman NWZ A844 Player scores better than Apple iPod in the same range. Noise Cancellation A-series players in Sony features superior N...