Larikraun’s Blog

Reformat Code in Xcode (8.2.1)

For someone who has been spoilt by IDEs like Android Studio and PHPStorm. Their basic key commands make development so much easier.

Currently, to the best of knowledge, many basic commands and key combinations that I use everyday are missing in…

Android and AWS Mobile SDK

Amazon Web Service (AWS) is an household name. So, this blog post is not about how much sense AWS makes. This is all about how you can use AWS Mobile SDK in your Android application. I feel it’s more convenient for me compared to using the REST APIs.

Dead and Injured on IOS

Who remembers the game “dead-and-injured”? I don’t remember what the real name is.

I have been playing the game with my colleague on paper and I decided to experiment it on IOS just to put everything I have been learning and reading into good use.

Solutions to Common Errors I Encountered in Sphinx

In my less-than-a-week journey with sphinx, I have encountered some errors repeatedly. I always told myself that it’s fine.
Would you like to know these errors and how I solved them?

Location Services in Android (3)- Activity Detection

It was a long break. Can I blame it on the holidays and the many deadlines I had to meet?
Here is the continuation of the Location services in android that I started some weeks ago. This post will be focused on Activity Detection in…

Location Services in Android (1) — Getting Last Known Location

For some reasons in your application, you might need to get some location-based details of your users to trigger some events. This is where Location API or better still, Google play location services API. Google location…

Localytics- Analytics made easier.

Two months ago I wanted to monitor the usage of one of the applications I am currently working on.
I had implemented the analytics using Google Analytics (GA). Yes, I could log and upload screens and events.
But I wanted more. I wanted the data analytics team (which…

Implementing Maps in Android

As a developer, it is expected of you to learn new things frequently because techniques and approaches evolve often.
I know this can be pretty much difficult especially if you have an 8 to 5 job where deadlines and the likes won’t help matters.
Enough story :D.

About the “What I am Learning” Series

I recently found out that the best way I learn is by sharing. This way, I tend to add more to my knowledge-base by hearing what people have got to say about the topic.