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Ever noticed the high CPU usage of a WebView element in your Android app? The CPU usage of my Android device rises above 50%, even when idle. This is the code of my activity (please note, everything is written in Kotlin and not Java): package me.bartsimons.testapp import android.support.v7.app.AppCo…
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USB tethering is a feature that I use all the time to tether my phone to my laptops when I am on the go, so I can use my 4G connection on that. There's only one problem: Setting things up can be kind of complicated on these combinations of platforms: iPhone with USB to a PC running Windows Android w…
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Introduction Programmatically sending SMS messages is easier than ever before. Companies like Nexmo and Twilio have been providing businesses with communication APIs that are so easy to implement in your current software that even the lowest skilled developers can work with it. The big disadvantage…
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If you are planning to create certain audio-related automation tasks in PowerShell, you might come to the conclusion that there are not many ready to use cmdlets available. Luckily, there are some smart ways to work around that. Since PowerShell is capable to load and work with .NET assemblies, I de…
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In my previous article I demonstrated my dotnet core Spotify authentication 'gateway'. With your access and refresh tokens available, it is time to actually use them: for that, you need a client. You could choose to send raw API requests out to Spotify, but for the sake of 'why not?' I have created…
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Welcome back on my blog! I've recently had some busy weeks and now that I am back, I am really exited to demonstrate one of my projects that I have been working on in the past to you. Spotify is a daily service that I and millions of other people use to listen to music. When I found out that they ha…
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