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Suppose you have multiple threads running. Each thread is doing one task. You want to get notified either on the mainThread OR another thread, when all the task-threads are completed. The simplest solution to such a problem is a DispatchGroup. When using a DispatchGroup, for each request, you ente...

Validation attributes can be used to easily configure model validation. public class MyModel { public int id { get; set; } //sets the FirstName to be required, and no longer than 100 characters [Required] [StringLength(100)] public string FirstName { get; set; } } Th...

You can add an image to a view's layer simply by using its contents property: myView.layer.contents = UIImage(named: "star")?.CGImage Note that the UIImage needs to be converted to a CGImage. If you wish to add the image in its own layer, you can do it like this: let myLayer = CA...

Basics There are a number of different transforms you can do on a layer, but the basic ones are translate (move) scale rotate To do transforms on a CALayer, you set the layer's transform property to a CATransform3D type. For example, to translate a layer, you would do something like this:...

CALayer property animations are enabled by default. When this is undesirable, they can be disabled as follows. Swift CATransaction.begin() CATransaction.setDisableActions(true) // change layer properties that you don't want to animate CATransaction.commit() Objective-C [CATransaction be...

You can test that a function throws an exception with the built-in unittest through two different methods. Using a context manager def division_function(dividend, divisor): return dividend / divisor class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase): def test_using_context_manager(self): ...

Xposed is a framework that allows you to hook method calls of other apps. When you do a modification by decompiling an APK, you can insert/change commands directly wherever you want. However, you will need to recompile/sign the APK afterwards and you can only distribute the whole package. With Xpose...

Create a new class implementing IXposedHookLoadPackage and implement the handleLoadPackage method: public class MultiPatcher implements IXposedHookLoadPackage { @Override public void handleLoadPackage(XC_LoadPackage.LoadPackageParam loadPackageParam) throws Throwable { ...

In an iOS app, your user interface can take on one of a few different general shapes and sizes. These are defined using size classes, which are available through a view or view controller's trait collection. Apple defines two size classes: regular and compact. Each of these size classes are availab...

Making an app adaptive – that is, responding to size class changes by changing your layout – often involves lots of help from the Auto Layout system. One of the primary ways apps become adaptive is by updating the active Auto Layout constraints when a view's size class changes. For example, conside...

A key piece of adaptivity in a modern iOS app is supporting multitasking on iPad. By default, apps created in Xcode 7 and newer will be configured to support multitasking: they'll have a LaunchScreen.storyboard file that uses Auto Layout. The easiest way for existing apps to opt in to multitasking ...

void alertDialogDemo() { // get alert_dialog.xml view LayoutInflater li = LayoutInflater.from(getApplicationContext()); View promptsView = li.inflate(R.layout.alert_dialog, null); AlertDialog.Builder alertDialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder( ...

Floating point literals are used to represent signed real numbers. The following suffixes can be used to specify type of a literal: SuffixTypeExamplesnonedouble3.1415926 -3E6f, Ffloat3.1415926f 2.1E-6Fl, Llong double3.1415926L 1E126L In order to use these suffixes, the literal must be a floating p...

Considering a (post)model: public class User { public string FirstName { get; set; } public bool IsAdmin { get; set; } } With a view like so: @using (Html.BeginForm()) { @Html.EditorFor(model => model.FirstName) <input type="submit" value="Save" /...

Suppose we want to have a route that allows an unbound number of segments like so: http://example.com/Products/ (view all products) http://example.com/Products/IT http://example.com/Products/IT/Laptops http://example.com/Products/IT/Laptops/Ultrabook http://example.com/Products/IT/Laptops/Ult...

The following is a list of tips for those who are looking to contribute to the PHP manual: Follow the manual's style guidelines. Ensure that the manual's style guidelines are always being followed for consistency's sake. Perform spelling and grammar checks. Ensure proper spelling and grammar is ...

Sometimes the shell prompt doesn't display the name of the virtual environment and you want to be sure if you are in a virtual environment or not. Run the python interpreter and try: import sys sys.prefix sys.real_prefix Outside a virtual, environment sys.prefix will point to the system p...

There are a few ways to use functions. Calling a function with an assignment statement DECLARE x NUMBER := functionName(); --functions can be called in declaration section BEGIN x := functionName(); END; Calling a function in IF statement IF functionName() = 100 THEN Null; EN...

There are some functions to help tear down Free computations by interpreting them into another monad m: iterM :: (Functor f, Monad m) => (f (m a) -> m a) -> (Free f a -> m a) and foldFree :: Monad m => (forall x. f x -> m x) -> (Free f a -> m a). What are they doing? First l...

Interfaces can seem abstract until you seem them in practice. The IComparable and IComparable<T> are great examples of why interfaces can be helpful to us. Let's say that in a program for a online store, we have a variety of items you can buy. Each item has a name, an ID number, and a price. ...