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My Simple Account Manager
I built a small utility app with Jetpack Compose to keep my accounts and spending under control. The project served two main purposes: Compose practice – develop a fully functional UI using Jetpack Compose, including a LazyColumn, swipe gestures (left/right) for extra actions, and drag‑and‑drop…
Hair Technique Pro
This is my very first official release of a personal Android app on Google Play, and it’s also my first project built entirely with Jetpack Compose. I began my mobile development career using Java and XML layouts. After spending several years maintaining legacy code, it took some time to become…
Accessing your application database from Android Studio
Open the Terminal window (Alt + F12) or: Then list your devices with the adb command. This will display both running emulators and connected devices: Use the device name to open a connection: To avoid a Permission denied error while trying to access your application files, use the run-as command:…
Accessing your application files from Android Studio
While learning to play with SQLite databases in Android, I wanted to check the .db file generated by my code in the emulator. I was unable to find it directly with the built-in Files application because it doesn't let us see system folders. Fortunately, Android Studio 3+ comes with the Device…
Alt+Insert shortcut not working with Fn key in Android Studio (and maybe elsewhere)
I have a TypeMatrix keyboard with quite a few keys requiring pressing the Fn key first. Insert is one of them. So if I want to use a shortcut like Alt+Insert, I usually just need to type Fn+Alt+Insert. But it does not work in Android Studio1 2, where I had to add a custom mapping. It appears that…