https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/categories/software-development/ Recent content in Software-Development on Life of a software developer Hugo en Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:22:16 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/switching-android-emulator-to-the-old-location-ui-on-gnu-linux/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:22:16 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/switching-android-emulator-to-the-old-location-ui-on-gnu-linux/ Restore the Android Emulator’s old Location UI on GNU/Linux to work around blank maps and freezes by disabling LocationUiV2. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/launch-android-app-via-adb-using-a-deep-link/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:04:38 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/launch-android-app-via-adb-using-a-deep-link/ Launch an Android app via a deep link with adb shell am start, with explanations of the component, action, category, data, and wait flags. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/git-how-to-remove-submodule/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:09:33 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/git-how-to-remove-submodule/ Remove a Git submodule by updating .gitmodules and .git/config, removing it from the index, and deleting the untracked files. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/automating-google-play-store-reports-with-gsutil-and-windows-powershell/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:12:02 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/automating-google-play-store-reports-with-gsutil-and-windows-powershell/ Automate Google Play install and rating reports by Android version with gsutil and Windows PowerShell to help prioritize app testing. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/moving-files-from-one-git-repository-to-another-preserving-history/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:02:44 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/moving-files-from-one-git-repository-to-another-preserving-history/ Move a directory to another Git repository while preserving its commit history using git filter-branch and merging unrelated histories. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/git-checkouts-fail-on-windows-with-filename-too-long-error-unable-to-create-file/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:27:02 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/git-checkouts-fail-on-windows-with-filename-too-long-error-unable-to-create-file/ Fix Git’s 'Filename too long' checkout error on Windows by enabling core.longpaths in the system Git configuration. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/every-opacity-value-hex-code/ Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:25:09 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/every-opacity-value-hex-code/ A reference table of alpha hex codes for opacity percentages from 0% to 100%, with examples for Android #AARRGGBB colors. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/make-a-directory-writable-by-apache-on-mac-os-x/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:15:04 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/make-a-directory-writable-by-apache-on-mac-os-x/ Make a directory writable by Apache on macOS by assigning ownership to _www and setting permissions with chown and chmod. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/recompile-with-xlint-in-android-studio/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:24:11 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/recompile-with-xlint-in-android-studio/ Enable detailed Java compiler warnings in Android Studio by adding -Xlint:unchecked and -Xlint:deprecation to Gradle’s JavaCompile tasks. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/auto-versioncode-increment-when-building-production-apks/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:15:03 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/auto-versioncode-increment-when-building-production-apks/ Automatically increment an Android app’s versionCode for release APK builds using Gradle and a version.properties file. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/settings-candrawoverlays-allays-returns-false-on-android-o/ Thu, 28 Dec 2017 21:51:11 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/settings-candrawoverlays-allays-returns-false-on-android-o/ Work around Settings.canDrawOverlays() returning false after permission is granted on Android O by testing a temporary invisible overlay. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/gentoo-linux-ugly-fonts-in-netbeans-and-how-to-fix-them/ Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:00:00 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/gentoo-linux-ugly-fonts-in-netbeans-and-how-to-fix-them/ Improve NetBeans font rendering on Gentoo Linux by enabling Swing antialiasing and configuring the look and feel in netbeans.conf. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/truncating-mysql-tables-with-foreign-key-constrains/ Mon, 04 Jul 2016 21:41:38 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/truncating-mysql-tables-with-foreign-key-constrains/ Truncate MySQL tables with foreign key constraints by dropping and recreating constraints or temporarily disabling FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/tortoisegit-disconnected-no-supported-authentication-methods-available-server-sent-publickey/ Fri, 13 May 2016 08:02:51 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/tortoisegit-disconnected-no-supported-authentication-methods-available-server-sent-publickey/ Fix TortoiseGit’s publickey authentication error by converting an SSH private key to PPK format with PuTTYgen and loading it into Pageant. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/sinfo-exe-or-playing-with-bios-interrupts-on-my-pc-xt-clone/ Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:10:19 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/sinfo-exe-or-playing-with-bios-interrupts-on-my-pc-xt-clone/ Explore BIOS interrupts 11h and 12h with SINFO.EXE, a Turbo C and inline assembly program that reports hardware details on a PC XT clone. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/get-android-studio-debug-certificate-fingerprints-on-windows/ Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:06:27 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/get-android-studio-debug-certificate-fingerprints-on-windows/ Display Android Studio’s debug certificate fingerprints on Windows using keytool and a batch file that reads the default debug keystore. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/eclipse-hotkeys-fix/ Tue, 19 May 2015 04:19:25 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/eclipse-hotkeys-fix/ Restore keyboard shortcuts with non-Latin layouts in older Eclipse versions on GNU/Linux by building and using eclipse-hotkeys-fix. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/console-screen-resolution-frame-buffer-with-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu-debian-or-linux-mint/ Mon, 18 May 2015 08:43:06 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/console-screen-resolution-frame-buffer-with-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu-debian-or-linux-mint/ Set the framebuffer console resolution with proprietary NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu, Debian, or Linux Mint using GRUB 2 graphics settings. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/eclipse-hang-on-building-workspace-on-startup/ Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:47:05 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/eclipse-hang-on-building-workspace-on-startup/ Work around Eclipse ADT hanging on 'Building workspace' at startup by terminating running adb processes and restarting the IDE. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/clasterror/ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:53:34 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/clasterror/ Convert Win32 error codes into readable messages with CLastError, an MFC helper class using FormatMessage and AfxMessageBox. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/clrf-in-sql-server/ Sun, 06 May 2012 08:49:17 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/clrf-in-sql-server/ Insert CRLF line breaks into SQL Server strings using CHAR(13) + CHAR(10), with an example UPDATE statement. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/csortarray-updated/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:18:45 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/csortarray-updated/ An updated CSortArray template for MFC, adding binary search and context pointers for sorting and searching structured records. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/sorted-mfc-carray/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:26:26 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/sorted-mfc-carray/ Sort MFC CArray elements with a CSortArray template that wraps qsort, including a custom comparison function and a complete C++ example. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/visual-studio-add-ins-that-will-boost-your-productivity/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:38:29 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/visual-studio-add-ins-that-will-boost-your-productivity/ Four Visual Studio add-ins for C++ productivity: Visual Assist X, AtomineerUtils, Productivity Power Tools, and Spell Checker. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/sql-server-odbc-connection-string/ Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:33:37 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/sql-server-odbc-connection-string/ ODBC connection string examples for SQL Server using either a username and password or Windows authentication with a trusted connection. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/mfc-mdi-singleton-docview-application/ Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:57:51 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/mfc-mdi-singleton-docview-application/ Implement a singleton document/view window in an MFC MDI application by activating the existing view instead of opening duplicate windows. https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/using-openssl-with-apache-tomcat-6/ Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:00:37 +0000 https://paskov.vmsoft-bg.com/using-openssl-with-apache-tomcat-6/ Configure HTTPS in Apache Tomcat 6 using OpenSSL and Tomcat Native, with an APR connector, PEM certificates, and certificate chains.