The fix is to mount your device and remove the /.android_secure/smdl2tmp1.asec file.

Unmount and remount your device,  run the ‘installApp’ command again.

Now you can install again directly to your device

As from now we can be found in it’s directory as a feed. More information about that can be found on the publishers page.

See Currents in action, then download it and install my feed And tell me what you think, is this a better way of presenting information?

1. The use of <fdt.loadProjectProperties /> throws an error.
   Solution: use loadProjectProperties with the projectname parameter; <fdt.loadProjectProperties projectname=”Name of the project” />. Note: This worked for me and my team members. I have however seen comments online where did not do the trick.
2. Ant throws an error: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.eclipse.core.resources.IPathVariableManager.getURIValue(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/net/URI;
   Solution: The minimum required Eclipse version to run FDT is Helios (3.6). If you are getting this error, please make sure you have the latest version of FDT and Eclipse. Updating to only the latest version of FDT should fix this problem.

Not so much a problem I ran into but still something I want to share; Iterating in Ant.

1. You can’t use ‘for’ or ‘foreach’ to iterate over an collection, property or values in a text file in the standard Ant 1.8 build.
   Solution: Use ant-contrib for this. Documentation can be found here for ‘for‘ and for the ‘foreach‘.
2. When using the for task from ant-contrib i did not found a way to get the ‘step’ of ‘iteration’ value.
   Solution: I created my own. See snippet here. Note: If someone has a better way of doing this, i’d love to hear because to be quite honest; this feels like a hack…

Hope this helped you solve your problems

If you want to add Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Brand X browser to Eclipse you would normally press the ‘New’ button and add a new browser in the Web browser preferences. However if you are on a Mac the normal install path does not work (Selecting the /Applications/My App.app ), you need to append “/Contents/MacOS/My App” to the file path name. This value comes from when you are in your /Applications folder and right click on any .app file -> ‘Show Package Contents’ and go to the Contents/MacOS folder. Here you will find the name of the program.

So instead of using:
“/Applications/Google Chrome.app” (or the .app file for any other browser) you need to append the correct path inside the .app:
“/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome“.
And you are all set and can use the browser you prefer.

Becomes:

If you haven’t read it, I have some discount codes to give away. If you order via the O’Reilly online store you get 40% off the print version and 50%off the digital version! Its my gift to you.

While you do the checkout use the code ‘AUTHD‘ to get your discount. Go get it!

If you read it, no matter what you think, please consider posting a review on the online store.

Enjoy

So here are the lessons I have learned the hard way, I organized them for you per topic:

Coding:

• If you can; try to write all the code that will be in the book first and get this bug free. Then write your book about it. I wrote most of my code while writing, not a good idea. This takes away a lot of extra time. So before you plan on writing a book, get your code done. For me this will be the way to go next time i’ll write a book.
• If you get stuck with code, don’t keep pounding at it, let go and move on. You can come back to it later.

Focus:

• During the writing I still had a full time job to do. Writing during the week after normal working hours is killing and drained my energy levels. Weekends are better in so many ways. You can get a decent rest, don’t sleep in and start early, you can set your own pace while still keeping yourself to your projected amount of pages to write.
• Once I was over half of the pages, the pace began picking up. Rapidly. I think this is a mental thing. Kind of like running 10k, once you hit the 5k mark, the last 5k are more easy because ‘you are almost there’.

Writing itself:

• Discipline basically consists of one ingredient; doing what you need to do. And stick to it. Practice makes perfect. Pull the plug from your router and disable your wireless connection if that helps you.
• Making a sysnopsys / outline per chapter makes you stay focused on what you want to write.
• If you get stuck with writing, move on to the next section. And insert some sort of code that makes it easy for you to get back to that section and make revisions. I used [[[NEEDS WORK]]]. The three brackets makes it able to find it easily throughout your document.
• The big secret to writing is…. write. Quite surprisingly Just get started. For me this was the hard part because sometimes i had to get the discipline from my toes… Just sit and focus on getting started. Let all your other thoughts and urges pass. Notice how your mind will try to justify the distractions. Don’t give in, those urges are like waves and will disappear. (Thanks for Leo Babuta for the focusing tips)

Erik van Nieuwburg

I will contact you via email so I can send you a copy of ‘Automating ActionScript Projects with Eclipse and Ant‘!
Enjoy the read!

The script I used to randomly draw a name from the list of participants is:

private function drawWinner() : void {
	var entries : Array = new Array( /* loads of entries */ );
	var randomNumber : int = random( 0, entries.length );
	trace( "Entry number " + randomNumber + " with email: " + entries[randomNumber] );
}

public function random( ...args ) : Number {
	var argLength : uint = args.length;
	switch(argLength) {
		case 0:
		// perform the standard Math.random
			return Math.random();
			break;
		case 2:
		// returns a random float between args[0] and args[1];
		case 3:
		// returns a random int between args[0] and args[1] if args[2] is set
		var returnValue : Number = (Math.random() * (Number( args[1] ) - Number( args[0] ))) + Number( args[0] );
		return (args[2] != undefined && Boolean( args[2] )) ? Math.round( returnValue ) : returnValue;
			break;
		default:
			throw new IllegalOperationError( "MathUtils.random takes either 0, 2 or 3 arguments" );
			return undefined;
			break;
	}
}

While my friends were sitting in the sun drinking beers, went on boat trips, to clubs and dinner parties, I had to cancel it all. I was writing my first book.

So without further ado: The Book.
You can order the book in the online store at O’Reilly or on Amazon.com. If you are based in the Netherlands you can go to BOL.COM and at Computer Collectief.

If you read it, tell me what you think, all comments are welcome!

Happy coding

PS. I will announce the winners of the survey coming week on this blog! And I will contact the winner via email.

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