android layout tricks

Merging a image with map

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<merge xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<fragment
          android:id="@+id/map"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="match_parent"
          android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment"/>

          <RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/rl"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/icon"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:
        android:src="@drawable/star" />

</RelativeLayout>
</merge>

Actionbar theming
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http://jgilfelt.github.io/android-actionbarstylegenerator/#name=example&compat=sherlock&theme=light&actionbarstyle=transparent&texture=0&hairline=0&neutralPressed=1&backColor=E4E4E4%2C100&secondaryColor=D6D6D6%2C100&tabColor=9c0%2C100&tertiaryColor=690%2C100&accentColor=6ad869%2C100&cabBackColor=FFFFFF%2C100&cabHighlightColor=33B5E5%2C100

All about signing the apk and its effect in google play

1. Generate a private key using keytool. For example:

   $ keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore-alias alias_name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

   This example prompts you for passwords for the keystore and key, and to provide the Distinguished Name fields for your key. It then generates the keystore as a file called my-release-key.keystore. The keystore contains a single key, valid for 10000 days. The alias is a name that you will use later when signing your app.
2. Compile your app in release mode to obtain an unsigned APK.
3. Stand on google_play_services first then run below commands
   android update lib-project --path .
   ant clean
   ant release
   
   stand on your project root folder
   android update lib-project --path .
   ant clean
   ant release
   
   make sure your project file is updated with
   android.library.reference.2=../../Android/sdk/extras/google/google_play_services/libproject/google-play-services_lib
4. Sign your app with your private key using jarsigner:

5. $ jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1-keystore my-release-key.keystore my_application.apk alias_name

   This example prompts you for passwords for the keystore and key. It then modifies the APK in-place to sign it. Note that you can sign an APK multiple times with different keys.
6. Verify that your APK is signed. For example:

   $ jarsigner -verify -verbose -certs my_application.apk

7. Align the final APK package using zipalign.

   $ zipalign -v 4 your_project_name-unaligned.apk your_project_name.apk

   zipalign ensures that all uncompressed data starts with a particular byte alignment relative to the start of the file, which reduces the amount of RAM consumed by an app
8. How to check your details in the keystore 

9. keytool -list -keystore .keystore

10. keytool -list -keystore .keystore -alias foo
    
    List all info ::
    
    
    keytool -list -v -keystore android-release-key.keystore

How to find that debug SHA1 ley to be used by Android MAP key

keytool -list -v -keystore C:\Users\<username>\.android\debug.keystore

password : android

keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore C:\Users\ssaho3\.android\debug.keystore -list -v

websites building references

http://www.layoutit.com/
https://bootstrapbay.com/blog/bootstrap-editors/
https://css-tricks.com/perfect-full-page-background-image/
http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-background-image-hacks/
http://www.minimit.com/articles/solutions-tutorials/bootstrap-3-responsive-columns-of-same-height
Ready made themes
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http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/30-top-quality-free-minimalist-and-stunning-wordpress-themes/
http://www.wpexplorer.com/pytheas-free-wordpress-theme/
https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/one-column
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/one-column/
http://www.wpexplorer.com/pytheas-free-wordpress-theme/
http://speckyboy.com/2014/05/27/free-bootstrap-3-templates/
http://speckyboy.com/2014/12/08/jquery-plugins-2014/
http://plugins.adchsm.me/slidebars/index.php#download

Plugins
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http://tutorialzine.com/2013/04/50-amazing-jquery-plugins/
https://css-tricks.com/text-blocks-over-image/
http://nick-jonas.github.io/windows/
http://joelb.me/scrollpath/
http://www.seanmccambridge.com/tubular/
http://buildinternet.com/project/supersized/download.html
http://vegas.jaysalvat.com/
http://tutorialzine.com/2012/06/quick-tip-fullscreen-backgrounds/

Web Color theme and pallet choosers
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http://www.colorzilla.com/
kuler.adobe.com
http://paletton.com
http://www.google.com/design/spec/style/color.html#color-ui-color-application
http://pixabay.com/en/
http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/

Logo : 250/100 px
http://ocpsoft.org/tutorials/regular-expressions/java-visual-regex-tester/
http://ocpsoft.org/opensource/guide-to-regular-expressions-in-java-part-1/
http://www.mobyaffiliates.com/blog/how-to-promote-your-ios-and-android-mobile-apps/

For android
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http://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/index.html
http://jgilfelt.github.io/android-actionbarstylegenerator/
http://android-holo-colors.com/
https://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/promote/device-art.html
http://www.norio.be/android-feature-graphic-generator/
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~campbell/cs65/lecture24/lecture24.html

Theming a searchview's autocomplete is tricky as it looks black !! from Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar
This is what you need to do

<!-- this style is only referenced in a Light.DarkActionBar based theme -->
    <style name="Theme.Zpulse.Widget" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
        <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/PopupMenu.Zpulse</item>
        <item name="android:dropDownListViewStyle">@style/DropDownListView.Zpulse</item>
        <item name="android:autoCompleteTextViewStyle">@style/AutoCompleteTextViewAppTheme</item>
    </style>

 <style name="AutoCompleteTextViewAppTheme" parent="android:Widget.Holo.Light.AutoCompleteTextView">
      <item name="android:dropDownSelector">@drawable/apptheme_list_selector_holo_light</item>
   <item name="android:background">@drawable/apptheme_edit_text_holo_light</item>
  </style>

Promote:
On launch date, you can also consider submitting your press release to sites like PRWeb  There’s no shortage of Press Release submission websites but definitely go for quality, not quantity.
http://www.rahuljiresal.com/2014/02/user-location-on-android/

LogoDesign
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http://www.logogarden.com/

Integrating php-mailgun for auth user

Follow : https://github.com/mailgun/mailgun-php

Install curl php as below

sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl
restrat the apache server.
sudo service apache2 restart



Github Most frequent command

git push origin master
git tag -a v1.4 -m 'my version 1.4'

git push origin --tags

Go back to last version

git reset --hard HEAD