Tuesday, October 17, 2017

How to stop Facebook Messenger from automatically downloading images in Android

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Well, if you haven't noticed, Facebook Messenger has been automatically downloading images from conversations to your phone. Here's how to turn it off: The general idea is to block FB Messenger from accessing your storage in...

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

How to run bluestacks with Android Studio (seriously)

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How to run or connect BlueStacks emulator with Android Studio: 1. DO NOT touch any file or adb or whatever in your android studio. 2. !important! Close Android Studio first or make sure that it is not running. 3. Open BlueStacks Wait...

Friday, July 7, 2017

How to (really) resolve or fix Gradle project sync failed error in Android Studio

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I've installed Android studio recently and got this frustrating gradle sync error. Clicking the Try Again link on the error message a million times did not help. I've tried different approaches from different blog posts including...

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

My ideas for thesis papers for under grads

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I have lots of ideas regarding students' projects, some I really thought about while others just came pass my mind. Here are some of them: 1. Water bill counter-checker This involves a device and a software. The idea is to check the actual consumption of a household versus the billed consumption. Maybe a device could be installed...

Monday, October 3, 2016

How to access MySQL database of your website using SQL Yog

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To be able to do this you should have the following: - permission to set-up and configure your hosting database - username and password to access the database 1. Login to your web hosting control panel and select the option...

Monday, September 26, 2016

How to put icon on the tab of your website

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Let's keep it short! This icon is called FAVICON. Here are the steps to put an icon or image of your website that will appear on the tab of the browser, just before the website title: 1. Create an image sized 16x16 and save it as png. 2. Put this code snippet on the <head> part of your website. <link rel="icon" type="image/png"...

Monday, May 30, 2016