Barry CarrollinZendesk Developer BlogProactive support with the Zendesk Support SDKRecently I got a one-star review of one of my Android apps. This is the story of how I worked with the user to change it to a five-star…Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Barry CarrollinZendesk EngineeringProactive support with the Zendesk Support SDKRecently I got a one-star review of one of my Android apps. This is the story of how I worked with the user to change it to a five-star…Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Barry CarrollTesting Snackbar on AndroidThe Toast is toast, long live the Snackbar. I show three different types of Snackbar on two of my Activities. Naturally I wanted to add…Jul 25, 20172Jul 25, 20172
Barry CarrollTesting static Activity starter methodsYou probably have a few of these kinds of methods in your code. I know I do, and I wanted to learn how to test it.Jul 18, 2017Jul 18, 2017
Barry CarrollAdobe application manager has quit unexpectedlyTonight I was reinstalling Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 15 for the millionth time, thanks to an apocalyptic experience with what…Jul 5, 20172Jul 5, 20172
Barry CarrollinZendesk EngineeringSetting JAVA_HOME on Mac OSThis was originally posted in 2013 on my mbcdev blog. I’m setting up a new computer, and I figured it was time to update it a bit.Jul 3, 20171Jul 3, 20171
Barry CarrollAndroid AudioManager: when is mute not mute?I’ve always loved those apps that have reminded me when my phone’s volume is muted. This is a short story about how one type of mute is not…Jun 29, 20172Jun 29, 20172
Barry CarrollinZendesk EngineeringSpeeding up Android builds on Travis CIWe knew it was time to do something when our builds started to creep into the 20 minute territory. We do love our automated tests in the…May 22, 20174May 22, 20174
Barry CarrollHow to create right-to-left (RTL) icons from left-to-right (LTR) onesI’ll start off by saying that I’m a big fan of Google’s open-source material icon set. They also include RTL versions of some icons, like…Jul 26, 2016Jul 26, 2016
Barry CarrollAndroid not loading your CSS?How a two year old mistake only came to light today.May 23, 2016May 23, 2016