App

Some time ago, I created this game (online playable version) in Unity, and I wanted to be able to play it on my Android phone. Since the input options on the smartphone are slightly different from those on the pc, a certain amount of adjustments were necessary. I won’t go over the specific details on the game mechanics, you can check out these on GitHub, they are described in the README file. However, the basic concept of the game is the movement of a cube to one of the directions up, down, left or right. The information about which direction to use is displayed on the screen. ...

Everyone has different programs and tools that they particularly appreciate. One of these programs is syncthing for me, so I will briefly discuss how it works and how it is set up in this article. Syncthing is used to synchronize files between different devices and also supports versioning of these files. Syncthing is available for Windows, Android and as cross-platform wrapper. I personally use it on Windows 10, Arch Linux and Android (via Playstore or FDroid). It is completely open source and available on GitHub. For general problems, I recommend reading their FAQ. ...

In this article, I’ll document the process of building an android app from scratch by using the MVP approach of clean architecture. The app itself will represent a minimalistic umpire indicator for tracking baseball games. Please consider using this in the dugout only. Since this will be a longer post, you can use the following links to jump between sections. What is MVP? Background on the app to be built Constructing the GUI Managing interfaces Building the model Connecting view and model by adding the presenter 1. What is MVP? MVP is a design pattern which helps you to build clean, modular code, that can easily be tested. It consists of the model, the view and the presenter. The view just displays your GUI and can be represented by an activity. The model contains your business logic. The presenter connects these parts. This approach has the advantage, that you can build your model using pure Java, without any Android compontents. ...