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How to convert pixels to dp in an Android App using Kotlin?

Azhar
Azhar
Updated on 05-Nov-2020 862 Views

This example demonstrates how to convert pixels to dp in an Android App using Kotlin.Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.             Step 3 − Add the following code to src/MainActivity.ktimport android.content.Context import android.os.Bundle import android.widget.Button import android.widget.TextView import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity import kotlin.math.roundToInt class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)       setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)       title = "KotlinApp" ...

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How to create a Custom Ratingbar in Android using Kotlin?

Azhar
Azhar
Updated on 05-Nov-2020 1K+ Views

This example demonstrates how to create a Custom Ratingbar in Android using Kotlin.Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.             Step 3 − Add the following code to src/MainActivity.ktimport android.os.Bundle import android.widget.Button import android.widget.RatingBar import android.widget.RatingBar.OnRatingBarChangeListener import android.widget.TextView import android.widget.Toast import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {    lateinit var ratingBar: RatingBar    lateinit var button: Button    lateinit var textView: TextView    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { ...

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How do I restart an Android Activity using Kotlin?

Azhar
Azhar
Updated on 05-Nov-2020 3K+ Views

This example demonstrates how to restart an Android Activity using Kotlin.Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.             Step 3 − Add the following code to src/MainActivity.ktimport android.os.Bundle import android.widget.Button import android.widget.TextView import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity import java.util.* class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {    lateinit var textView: TextView    lateinit var button: Button    var random: Random = Random()    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) ...

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Android imageView Zoom-in and Zoom-Out using Kotlin?

Azhar
Azhar
Updated on 05-Nov-2020 4K+ Views

This example demonstrates how to implement Android imageView zoom-in and Zoom out using kotlin.Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.     Step 3 − Add the following code to src/MainActivity.ktimport android.os.Bundle import android.view.MotionEvent import android.view.ScaleGestureDetector import android.view.ScaleGestureDetector.SimpleOnScaleGestureListener import android.widget.ImageView import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity import kotlin.math.max import kotlin.math.min class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {    private lateinit var scaleGestureDetector: ScaleGestureDetector    private var scaleFactor = 1.0f    private lateinit var imageView: ImageView    override fun ...

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How to use Push-Location and Pop-Location command in PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 02-Nov-2020 3K+ Views

Push-Location command in PowerShell is used to push (add) the current location to the location stack (Last In First Out (LIFO) - queue) while the Pop-Location is to retrieve the last location from the stack.When the PowerShell console opens there are no locations set to the stack.PS C:\> Get-Location -Stack PS C:\>When you type the Push-Location command it performs two operations at a time. First, it saves the current location to the top of the stack, and second, it browse the path specified. If there is no path specified then it only moves the current location to the stack. For ...

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How to use the Set-Location command in PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 02-Nov-2020 2K+ Views

Set-Location command in PowerShell is used to set the location of the drive from the current directory. The drive could be the local drive, folder path, shared path, registry, or any environmental variable.This command is very useful while writing the script because many times we need multiple files from the same folder and each time we need to mention the full path. This command allows us to set the path at the beginning of the script and then we can directly browse the path from the current directly.Example 1 − The below command sets the location from the C: to ...

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What is PowerShell Desired State Configuration?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 02-Nov-2020 518 Views

Although DSC is a very large topic, we will quickly summarize it in this article with the needed concepts to what exactly it is and how we can implement it.PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) is an Infrastructure automation tool and used for Infrastructure as a Code (Iaac). Besides, DSC can also be used as an Inventory management tool like to get the specific inventory from the servers if they exist or not. PowerShell and DSC both are different things. However, DSC can be implemented using PowerShell.PowerShell script uses Imperative model means we need to write the script how we will ...

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How to convert the hashtable to the JSON format using PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 02-Nov-2020 3K+ Views

To convert the hashtable to the JSON format we can use the ConvertTo-Json command. First, we have the following hashtable,Example$Body = [PSCustomObject]@{    AppName = 'StorageXIO'    AppID ='xo2ss-12233-2nn12'    License = 'valid' }To convert the hashtable to the JSON format,$Body | ConvertTo-JsonOnce you run the above command, properties are converted to the JSON format.Output{    "AppName": "StorageXIO",    "AppID": "xo2ss-12233-2nn12",    "License": "valid" }

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How to add help in the PowerShell function?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 02-Nov-2020 443 Views

When we write a program, people from a non-programming background often expect to get much possible help related to the program. When we write the function and we declare the parameters, people who are unaware of what kind of input the parameter need, generally search for the help first using the Get-Help command and then they find only the parameters but not the description of it. For example, function TestFunct{    param(       #16 Digit Application ID       [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]       [String]$AppID,       #Date in the Unix Format - 2020-10-31T17:12:10+0530       [String]$Date ...

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How to enable or disable local user on Windows OS using PowerShell?

Chirag Nagrekar
Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 02-Nov-2020 3K+ Views

To disable the local user on the windows OS using PowerShell, we can use the Disable-Localuser command provided by the local user name. In the below example, we are going to disable the local user called TestUser.Disable-LocalUser -Name TestUserIf we see the GUI, the user account is disabled.To enable the above user, we can use the Enable-LocalUser command.Enable-LocalUser -Name TestuserTo run the above command on the remote computer, we can use the Invoke-Command method. We need to make sure local user account exist on the remote computer.Invoke-Command -ComputerName Test1-Win2k12, Test1-Win2k16 -ScriptBlock{    Enable-Localuser -Name TestUser }Invoke-Command -ComputerName Test1-Win2k12, Test1-Win2k16 -ScriptBlock{ ...

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