Harptabs Mobile Update
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I have added the ability to translate the mobile page into different languages.  This update will work for both the mobile site and the Android App and is live right now.

Harptabs.com Mobile App

Harptabs.com Mobile App

 

 

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Stop App from Restarting when Screen is Rotated
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One interesting problem I have encountered in Android development is that the when you rotate the device it restarts the activity from the start.  This is very annoying espeical to the end user who can get the splash screen again or have to start to from the begining of the app.

With a few simple lines of code you will be able to prevent this screen rotation from taking place.

Step 1:  Edit your android manifest.xml file to add in the following line to where the activity is displayed:

android:configChanges=”keyboardHidden|orientation”

Step 2:  Add the following to your activity:

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}

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Harptabs Mobile Android App
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We have published an Android app which will allow you to use the mobile version of our website.  We plan to continue to improve both the app and the mobile website.

Harptabs.com Mobile App

Harptabs.com Mobile App

 Harptabs Mobile from the Android Marketplace

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Keepass Droid App
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When you deal with a lot of computers and networks you have a very large list of passwords you need to remember.  You can set them all the same but that would be a security risk, all you would need is for one place to compromise your password and everything would be exposed.  I use the program Keepass to keep my passwords secure.

There is a version of Keepass on every operating system so no matter what you are using you will be able to work with your passwords.  I use Dropbox to keep the password database file in sync across all of my devices and computers.  That means as soon as I add a new password I can then access it anywhere I would need to.

The passwords database is password protected and can be setup to use a key file as well.  If you want to use Dropbox to sync the password database file then I recommend using a key file which is not stored in your Dropbox EVER (Dropbox keeps files which have been in it even temporarily forever unless you go into the website and delete the deleted files).

What I find very useful is that you can store the login URL of the passwords so you can open the URL and use the programs auto type your password so it never even has to be exposed on the screen.

Another feature I really like about this application is that it can be used to generate completely random passwords.  It will then save them in the database entry for the password you are creating.

Keepass Droid

Keepass Droid

Keepass Droid on the Android Marketplace

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GTasks App
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One thing which I used to use in Outlook all of the time was tasks.  I was very disappointed when I switched to Google Apps and I found that tasks were basically an after thought.  This oversight seemed to continue on Android as well.

To fix that problem I use the GTasks App.  It syncs with your Google account so you can add your tasks in either place.  It also is compatible with multiple task lists.

GTasks App

GTasks App

GTasks on Android Marketplace

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