Recap of the 2014 Google Cloud Platform Roadshows

We just wrapped up the Google Cloud Platform Roadshows, a series of developer events in 35 cities worldwide, where we reached nearly 4,500 developers spanning the globe, from Texas to Tel Aviv to Tokyo.

Now that the series is finished, we wanted to thank everyone for coming and share with you the slides and live recording of the talks from our New York City event:

• Keynote (Slides | Video)
• Blurring the IasS/PaaS Divide (Slides | Video)
• From Data to Meaning (Slides | Video)
• Containerizing the Cloud with Kubernetes and Docker (Slides | Video)
• How to Design, Build and Run a Cloud App (Slides | Video)
• Cloud Power Your Android Apps (Slides | Video not available)

The Roadshow team sends huge thanks to everyone who attended and looks forward to seeing you next year. Wed love to hear from you in the meantime:

• Join the official Google Cloud Platform G+ community and stream
• Participate in your local Google Developer Group and get together with other developers for events like code sprints and hackathons
• Talk to us on Twitter @googlecloud
• Get started now

Posted by Tom Van Waardhuizen, Program Manager

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Experience Firefox OS on your Android device

mozilla.org introducing Firefox OS 2.5 Developer Preview, an experimental app that lets you to use Firefox OS on your Android device. You can download the APK HERE.

It seem to be a launcher only, not a true OS. If you want the full Firefox OS 2.5 experience, you have to flash your phone.

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Detect user click on InfoWindow by implementing GoogleMap OnInfoWindowClickListener

To detect user tap on Google Maps InfoWindow, implement your GoogleMap.OnInfoWindowClickListener() and call GoogleMap.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(OnInfoWindowClickListener).

Modify from last example "Custom InfoWindow for Google Maps Android API v2":

MapsActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidstudiomapapp;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.text.InputType;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.android.gms.common.GoogleApiAvailability;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.OnMapReadyCallback;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;

public class MapsActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback,
 GoogleMap.OnMapClickListener, GoogleMap.OnMapLongClickListener,
 GoogleMap.OnMarkerDragListener, GoogleMap.InfoWindowAdapter {

 private GoogleMap mMap;

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 setContentView(R.layout.activity_maps);
 // Obtain the SupportMapFragment and get notified when the map is ready to be used.
 SupportMapFragment mapFragment = (SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
 .findFragmentById(R.id.map);
 mapFragment.getMapAsync(this);

 }

 /**
 * Manipulates the map once available.
 * This callback is triggered when the map is ready to be used.
 * This is where we can add markers or lines, add listeners or move the camera. In this case,
 * we just add a marker near Sydney, Australia.
 * If Google Play services is not installed on the device, the user will be prompted to install
 * it inside the SupportMapFragment. This method will only be triggered once the user has
 * installed Google Play services and returned to the app.
 */
 @Override
 public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
 mMap = googleMap;
 mMap.setOnMapClickListener(this);
 mMap.setOnMapLongClickListener(this);
 mMap.setOnMarkerDragListener(this);
 mMap.setInfoWindowAdapter(this);
 mMap.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(MyOnInfoWindowClickListener);
 }

 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
 getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
 return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
 }

 @Override
 public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
 switch (item.getItemId()) {
 case R.id.menu_addmarkers:
 addMarker();
 return true;
 case R.id.maptypeHYBRID:
 if(mMap != null){
 mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_HYBRID);
 return true;
 }
 case R.id.maptypeNONE:
 if(mMap != null){
 mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NONE);
 return true;
 }
 case R.id.maptypeNORMAL:
 if(mMap != null){
 mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL);
 return true;
 }
 case R.id.maptypeSATELLITE:
 if(mMap != null){
 mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_SATELLITE);
 return true;
 }
 case R.id.maptypeTERRAIN:
 if(mMap != null){
 mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_TERRAIN);
 return true;
 }
 case R.id.menu_legalnotices:
 String LicenseInfo = GoogleApiAvailability
 .getInstance()
 .getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(MapsActivity.this);
 AlertDialog.Builder LicenseDialog =
 new AlertDialog.Builder(MapsActivity.this);
 LicenseDialog.setTitle("Legal Notices");
 LicenseDialog.setMessage(LicenseInfo);
 LicenseDialog.show();
 return true;
 case R.id.menu_about:
 AlertDialog.Builder aboutDialogBuilder =
 new AlertDialog.Builder(MapsActivity.this);
 aboutDialogBuilder.setTitle("About Me")
 .setMessage("http://android-er.blogspot.com");

 aboutDialogBuilder.setPositiveButton("visit",
 new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
 @Override
 public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
 String url = "http://android-er.blogspot.com";
 Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
 i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
 startActivity(i);
 }
 });

 aboutDialogBuilder.setNegativeButton("Dismiss",
 new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
 @Override
 public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
 dialog.cancel();
 }
 });

 AlertDialog aboutDialog = aboutDialogBuilder.create();
 aboutDialog.show();

 return true;
 }
 return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
 }

 private void addMarker(){
 if(mMap != null){

 //create custom LinearLayout programmatically
 LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(MapsActivity.this);
 layout.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
 LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
 LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
 layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);

 final EditText titleField = new EditText(MapsActivity.this);
 titleField.setHint("Title");

 final EditText latField = new EditText(MapsActivity.this);
 latField.setHint("Latitude");
 latField.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER
 | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL
 | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_SIGNED);

 final EditText lonField = new EditText(MapsActivity.this);
 lonField.setHint("Longitude");
 lonField.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER
 | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL
 | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_SIGNED);

 layout.addView(titleField);
 layout.addView(latField);
 layout.addView(lonField);

 AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
 builder.setTitle("Add Marker");
 builder.setView(layout);
 AlertDialog alertDialog = builder.create();

 builder.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
 @Override
 public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
 boolean parsable = true;
 Double lat = null, lon = null;

 String strLat = latField.getText().toString();
 String strLon = lonField.getText().toString();
 String strTitle = titleField.getText().toString();

 try{
 lat = Double.parseDouble(strLat);
 }catch (NumberFormatException ex){
 parsable = false;
 Toast.makeText(MapsActivity.this,
 "Latitude does not contain a parsable double",
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }

 try{
 lon = Double.parseDouble(strLon);
 }catch (NumberFormatException ex){
 parsable = false;
 Toast.makeText(MapsActivity.this,
 "Longitude does not contain a parsable double",
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }

 if(parsable){

 LatLng targetLatLng = new LatLng(lat, lon);
 MarkerOptions markerOptions =
 new MarkerOptions().position(targetLatLng).title(strTitle);

 markerOptions.draggable(true);

 mMap.addMarker(markerOptions);
 mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(targetLatLng));

 }
 }
 });
 builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", null);

 builder.show();
 }else{
 Toast.makeText(MapsActivity.this, "Map not ready", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
 }

 @Override
 public void onMapClick(LatLng latLng) {
 Toast.makeText(MapsActivity.this,
 "onMapClick: " + latLng.latitude + " : " + latLng.longitude,
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }

 @Override
 public void onMapLongClick(LatLng latLng) {
 Toast.makeText(MapsActivity.this,
 "onMapLongClick: " + latLng.latitude + " : " + latLng.longitude,
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

 //Add marker on LongClick position
 MarkerOptions markerOptions =
 new MarkerOptions().position(latLng).title(latLng.toString());
 markerOptions.draggable(true);

 mMap.addMarker(markerOptions);
 }


 @Override
 public void onMarkerDragStart(Marker marker) {
 marker.setTitle(marker.getPosition().toString());
 marker.showInfoWindow();
 marker.setAlpha(0.5f);
 }

 @Override
 public void onMarkerDrag(Marker marker) {
 marker.setTitle(marker.getPosition().toString());
 marker.showInfoWindow();
 marker.setAlpha(0.5f);
 }

 @Override
 public void onMarkerDragEnd(Marker marker) {
 marker.setTitle(marker.getPosition().toString());
 marker.showInfoWindow();
 marker.setAlpha(1.0f);
 }

 @Override
 public View getInfoWindow(Marker marker) {
 return null;
 //return prepareInfoView(marker);
 }

 @Override
 public View getInfoContents(Marker marker) {
 //return null;
 return prepareInfoView(marker);

 }

 private View prepareInfoView(Marker marker){
 //prepare InfoView programmatically
 LinearLayout infoView = new LinearLayout(MapsActivity.this);
 LinearLayout.LayoutParams infoViewParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
 LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
 infoView.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
 infoView.setLayoutParams(infoViewParams);

 ImageView infoImageView = new ImageView(MapsActivity.this);
 //Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.mipmap.ic_launcher);
 Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_map);
 infoImageView.setImageDrawable(drawable);
 infoView.addView(infoImageView);

 LinearLayout subInfoView = new LinearLayout(MapsActivity.this);
 LinearLayout.LayoutParams subInfoViewParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
 LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
 subInfoView.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
 subInfoView.setLayoutParams(subInfoViewParams);

 TextView subInfoLat = new TextView(MapsActivity.this);
 subInfoLat.setText("Lat: " + marker.getPosition().latitude);
 TextView subInfoLnt = new TextView(MapsActivity.this);
 subInfoLnt.setText("Lnt: " + marker.getPosition().longitude);
 subInfoView.addView(subInfoLat);
 subInfoView.addView(subInfoLnt);
 infoView.addView(subInfoView);

 return infoView;
 }

 GoogleMap.OnInfoWindowClickListener MyOnInfoWindowClickListener
 = new GoogleMap.OnInfoWindowClickListener(){
 @Override
 public void onInfoWindowClick(Marker marker) {
 Toast.makeText(MapsActivity.this,
 "onInfoWindowClick(): " +
 marker.getPosition().latitude + " " +
 marker.getPosition().longitude,
 Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
 };

}

Reference: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-api/infowindows#info_window_events

Next:
- Display StreetViewPanoramaView in DialogFragment, when user click on InfoWindow

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~ Step-by-step of Android Google Maps Activity using Google Maps Android API v2, on Android Studio

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Memory Booster v5 8 APK Full

Memory Booster is a powerful mobile memory & RAM boosting tool specially designed for both Android smartphone and tablet users. It is designed to tackle the difficult yet crucial problem of memory management for all Android devices. Memory Booster reclaims lost memory for your programs by defragmenting your devices memory and recovering memory leaks from poorly behaved applications.

Supported language: English, Korean, Japanese, Italian, French, Russian, Spanish, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Features:
* Real-time Memory Status Report & Monitor
Memory Booster provides a live chart to demonstrate your devices total/free memory and current memory usage.
* Setting Your Performance Target
With Auto Boost Threshold set, Memory Booster keeps your memory higher than desired level, and act immediately if memory drops down.
* One-click Quick Memory Boosting
Besides automatic memory boosting, Memory Booster also allows you to manually boost your memory by Quick Boost.
* Auto-boosting in the Background
With Auto Boost Interval, Memory Booster runs in the background and automatically reclaims memory for your Android at interval.
* Android system crash protection
Memory Booster always watches your system resources and cleans up system memory once it reaches a critical point.
* And there is more…

Other features include embedded Task Killer, Whitelist Manager, Boost Level Manager & Memory Boost Log, which assist Memory Booster to perform more efficiently and friendly.

Whats New
Changelogs:
v5.8
- Optimize Quick Boost performance
- Fix issues reported by users
- Optimize the animation
- Add Share feature?users can share the app via Email, SMS etc)
- Other improvement
v5.7
- Optimize Notification Bar: Show free memory, percentage and running processes
- Optimize Quick Boost
- Fix widget failure issue
- Fix white list does not keep issue
- Remove Kiip Rewards
- Other Bug fixing

Read Here: How to Install APK

Requirements: Android 1.6+
File Size: 1 MB
Download Link: Mediafire.com

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Google Apps for Work POPSUGAR’s secret weapon in the shifting media landscape

Posted by Bjorn Pave, Director of Information Technology, POPSUGAR

Editors note: Today’s guest author is Bjorn Pave, Senior Director of Information Technology at POPSUGAR, an independent media and technology company that provides women with highly engaging content and commerce brands. Founded in 2006, POPSUGAR is in seven countries with more than 75 million unique monthly visitors. 

When I joined POPSUGAR in May 2013, we were rapidly transitioning from an ambitious startup to a major presence in entertainment and lifestyle media. The executive team had just decided to switch from Office 365 to Google Apps, and it was my job to make sure the transition went smoothly from a technical and user base perspective. Moving away from the familiar Microsoft-supported work environment could be difficult and I wanted to ease any resistance to change. Employees caught on quickly as to how the platform would increase collaboration and support our rapid growth.

Our Los Angeles based production team clamored for tools to help manage their film shoots. Talent schedules were unpredictable, and teams in multiple locations needed real-time access to production details on their mobile devices. Some of them had used Google tools before and started campaigning the executive team for Google Apps. POPSUGAR founder and CEO Brian Sugar was keen to make the company-wide switch, and his wife, Lisa Sugar, Co-Founder and Editor in Chief, wanted a better tool to manage the complex production calendars for each website that POPSUGAR manages.

With expert support from Cloud Sherpas, we migrated to Google Apps for Work. We created an experiential campaign called “Countdown to Google” to launch the switch. We also sent creative how-to emails and scheduled group training sessions. Our employees (more than 70 percent) were already familiar with Google Apps. The bigger challenge was tailoring workflows to meet each department’s business requirements. The result was a huge success. Two and half years later, we operate independently of almost any Microsoft service. Here are the biggest benefits we’ve seen with Google Apps for Work:

Boosted productivity with an immediate impact in our editorial process. Prior to using Google Apps, it took our editors 24 hours to interview a celebrity, create a blog post and to publish the post online. Now, the process is cut down to 1- 2 hours, which gives us a huge competitive advantage over other online publications. We now reach our audiences faster. Team meetings are also more productive. Everyone works with the same Google Doc to take notes, track the agenda and assign action items in real time. With the right tools, we created a better environment for inclusive collaboration.

Fosters collaboration between offices. Our offices are in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and London, and we’re able to function as one team regardless of location. Chromebox for meetings was an easy solution that let employees and contractors communicate with each other around the world. We insisted on providing video capability because communication can be subtle, and those subtleties are lost if team members can’t see each other during a discussion. Now, when our West Coast-based Shopstyle team checks in with the European team first thing in the morning, it’s face-to-face and personal.

Saves 70 percent per year. Switching to Google Apps saves us approximately $110,000 annually, because we no longer pay for upgrades or unused services bundled in enterprise license agreements. For example, Google Hangouts saves us a few thousand every month by eliminating the need for additional video conference software or traditional conference call lines.

Google platform is reliable. An IT department’s worst nightmare is an email outage, or loss of work when a server is down. Google Apps is cloud based and updates automatically, no matter how many people are working in the same document. Because of the reliability of cloud-based servers, my team has the bandwidth to focus on innovation, creating new solutions to support our growth and stay on top of our business objectives.

Our voice matters. While millions of companies have gone Google, Google continues to make sure each customer can share their unique perspective. We’re involved with the Google Apps’ development program, and we participate in beta testing of new features, which is great for our IT roadmap. We use the Google Apps Marketplace to find third-party applications that build off of and complement our Google Apps tools.

Nine years after launching, POPSUGAR has grown to over 450 employees, in addition to managing a multitude of specialist contractors, in 5 locations around the globe. We’ve established a reputation for being leaders in the shifting media landscape, but we aren’t complacent. Our global audience is constantly expanding as more and more unique users rely on POPSUGAR as their primary source for entertainment, fashion, fitness, beauty and lifestyle news and product curation. The Google for Work platform is a key enabling technology for us, as collaboration, innovation and reliability are essential to support our vision for the future.

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Obtain Google Maps API key

Step 1: Locate debug.keystore on your system. It is usually in the USER_HOMELocal SettingsApplication Data.androidfolder on windows.

Step 2: Use the keytool utility to generate certificate fingerprint (MD5). keytool utility that comes with the default JDK installation.

C:>keytool -list -alias androiddebugkey -keystore .androiddebug.keystore -storepass android -keypass android

It will getnerate a certificate fingerprint (MD5) in this format:

Certificate fingerprint (MD5): XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

Step 3: Go to the page for obtaining the Maps API Key. Put your Certificate fingerprint (MD5) And get your API key for android Google Map application. On this page, paste the certificate fingerprint in the appropriate form field, and click the “Generate API Key” button. This will return a Maps API key string. 

The key can be used in the Maps Application by pasting it in the MapView element in the XML layout file where appropriate.

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3G 4G Signal Booster FREE TOOL APK v1 5 1

3G/4G Signal Booster FREE TOOL APK v1.5.1

Features:

• This app gives you no limits to use 4G without your carrier ever knowing
• Do not allow your carrier to throttle your 4G or 3G connection!
• This app gives a hack for unlimited 4G or 3G connectivity for your Android phone
• Now you can speed up your internet with this app with a simple click on a button
• This app allows for greater connectivity speed
• Fully automatic
• Switches networks whenever you are going

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