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Archive for July 24th, 2012

Installing Eclipse, Android SDK and ADT on Mac OS X

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/07/24

Just in case I need to get my Android contacts issue solved by brushing off some Java knowledge and going for Java using Eclipse on my MacBook Air:

All of the above was to try out this: Android-er: Create SD Card in Android Emulator and copy files into, in Eclipse, Emulator and DDMS..

Which in turn I needed for this: Current status on the “Android help needed: App that cleans up the Contacts mess that the LinkedIn app left behind” « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of Wiert stuff « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of Wiert stuff.

–jeroen

Posted in Android, Development, Java, Mobile Development, Software Development | 1 Comment »

Small follow-up on “Android help needed: App that cleans up the Contacts mess that the LinkedIn app left behind”

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/07/24

a quick follow up:

  • the Contacts database is more than half a gigabyte, with about 3500 contacts
  • even though I had no running apps, data storage space was steadily decreasing till less than half a megabyte
  • I have disabled all of  the accounts sync features
  • I have uninstalled the LinkedIn and FaceBook apps
  • I have turned off WiFi, Bluetooth and Data connection (so it cannot sync, unless over USB)
  • I have moved a couple of application from memory to SD card
  • I am trying to export the various portions of the contacts DB to VCF on the SD card like described here
  • a few people have contacted me to assist. Thanks!

Boy I wish I had shell access to this device.

Being able to do simple things like “du / -s | less” or “df” would be soo nice.

Will follow up with more results when I have them.

–jeroen

via: Android help needed: App that cleans up the Contacts mess that the LinkedIn app left behind « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of Wiert stuff.

Posted in About, Android Devices, Personal, Power User | 1 Comment »

Alternatives to Reflector that I tried: ILSpy (from SharpDevelop), DotPeek (from JetBrains) and JustDecompile (from Telerik) – none of them cut it

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/07/24

A long time ago, I wrote about the Reflector debacle and the URLs how it used to update. Since then Reflector 6.8.2.5 came out. No newer free versions will be released, and RedGate randomized parts of the URLs to make it harder to upgrade if you do not have version 6.5.0.135 around (if you really want you can go around that too).

So I’ve been using some alternatives for a while: ILSpy by SharpDevelop (open source), dotPeek by JetBrains and JustDecompile by Telerik (both closed source).

There are more (monoflector, Kaliro App Explorer, Dotnet IL Editor, Dis#, StackOverflow threads and various sites describing more) but I discuss the ones I used. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in .NET, Development, Reflection, Software Development | 10 Comments »

C# code fragment of the week

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/07/24

Please don’t do your code like this:

        internal bool blnMDACResult = true;

        internal bool CheckMDACisOK(string eenMDAC, string strAdoDllPath)
        {
            FileVersionInfo AdoVersionInfo;

            try
            {
                AdoVersionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(strAdoDllPath);
                AdoDllVersion = new Version(AdoVersionInfo.ProductMajorPart, AdoVersionInfo.ProductMinorPart, AdoVersionInfo.ProductBuildPart, AdoVersionInfo.ProductPrivatePart);

                switch (eenMDAC)
                {
                    case "2.6":
                    case "2,6":
                        // MDAC 2.6 - 2.60.6526.0
                        Version MinimumVersion = new Version(2, 60, 6526, 0);
                        blnMDACResult = AdoDllVersion.CompareTo(MinimumVersion) >= 0;
                        break;

                    case "2.7":
                    case "2,7":
                        // MDAC 2.7 - 2.70.7713.0
                        Version MinimumVersion = new Version(2, 70, 7713, 0);
                        blnMDACResult = AdoDllVersion.CompareTo(MinimumVersion) >= 0;
                        break;

                    case "2.8":
                    case "2,8":
                        // MDAC 2.8 - 2.80.1022.0
                        Version MinimumVersion = new Version(2, 80, 1022, 0);
                        blnMDACResult = AdoDllVersion.CompareTo(MinimumVersion) >= 0;
                        break;

                    default:
                        // 2.9 and up
                        string numberDecimalSeparator = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator;
                        double dMinVersion = ConvertAppl.ToDouble(eenMDAC.Replace(".", numberDecimalSeparator));
                        double dVersion = ConvertAppl.ToDouble(AdoDllVersion.Major + ".".Replace(".", numberDecimalSeparator) + AdoDllVersion.Minor);
                        if (dVersion > dMinVersion)
                            blnMDACResult = true;
                        else
                            blnMDACResult = false;
                        break;
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                // Something went wrong, let's assume the version is ok. (trial on error)
                blnMDACResult = true;
                return blnMDACResult;
            }

            return blnMDACResult;

        }

–jeroen

Posted in .NET, C#, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0, C# 5.0, Development, Software Development | Leave a Comment »