Well written

I believe this is true for happiness: if you truly want to experience joy or meaning, you need to shift your attention away from joy or meaning, and toward projects and relationships that bring joy and meaning as byproducts. As the great philosopher John Stuart Mill once wrote, “Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.”

-Adam Grant

Happy Karwachauth!!!

Yesterday was Karwachauth. God guide & bless us!!!

Husband gifted me a beautiful box of chocolates. We gifted my mother-in-law a suit-piece, kade, nail-paint etc. and dry-fruits(baadaam, kaju). She gave me chocolates & envelope in return.

Mehendi

Husband took me to Sec-50 market for mehendi application, as tomorrow is Karwachauth.
Thank u God. Feeling blessed.

Tips:
- Eat banana. U don't need to wash hands for that.
- Market is crowded. Go early.
- Schedule a movie to watch after mehendi.
- Apply oil while or after removing mehendi.
- Apply nail-paint.
- Wear darker clothes.
- Click pics while, on & after mehendi.

Inspiration - tinybuddha

How to Start Dreaming Again When Others Have Discouraged You:

1. Do the five-minute coffee shop ritual.

2. Do the ten-year check.

3. Do some gut-living for twenty-four hours.

But just by following these three core strategies I was finally able to figure out what I loved again, and then have the guts to go for it—no matter what other people said.

It started with me having the courage to dream big again—to live with my intuition (even if only for twenty-four hours to start).

Full article: http://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-to-start-dreaming-again-when-others-have-discouraged-you/

Pictures time

Yesterday husband & me saw pics from our Rameshwaram trip :)

Mangal Baazaar

Husband bought vegetables from Mangal Market. I arranged them in the fridge.

Earthquake

Felt earthquake tremors in Noida... Rushed downstairs...
Came to know centre was in Afghanistan.... The magnitude was 7.5.
God bless the people who r injured or have lost their loved ones...

In Noida

Reached Noida safely yesterday night... Thank u so much God...

SimpleDateFormat : Android Notes

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11629137/how-to-convert-given-date-into-readable-format-in-android
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Android/Date-Type/Getareadablestringdisplayingthetime.htm
http://alvinalexander.com/blog/post/java/simple-way-format-java-date-so-humans-can-read-it
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1009239/Learn-Date-and-Time-in-Android

Dusshera

Yesterday was Dusshera. After Dusshera Pooja at home, we went to South Avenue Mall. Then to Tauji's place.
Navmi night there was jaagran in the Durgaji temple near our home. Clicked this pic from our terrace.

p.s.: I'm eating Gujiyas made by mom on Ashtami :) If this isn't nice I don't know what is.

SQLite Date and Time Functions : Android Notes

http://www.sqlite.org/lang_datefunc.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5669473/sqlite-select-date-for-a-specific-month
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/650480/get-month-from-datetime-in-sqlite
http://tips.androidhive.info/2013/10/android-insert-datetime-value-in-sqlite-database/
http://www.mysamplecode.com/2011/10/android-sqlite-query-example-selection.html

Navmi - Navratri

Aaj ghar mein Durgaji ki pooja aur havan hua...
Jai Mata di! Goddess bless us...
Yesterday night we went around to see Durgaji jhankiyan and lighting...

Happy Ashtami !

Happy Ashtami!!!

Jai Mata Di!!!

Using NumberPicker : AndroidNotes

http://android--examples.blogspot.in/2015/05/how-to-use-numberpicker-in-android.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18464571/getting-float-double-from-numberpicker

Ma - Health

Went to the doctor (Bombay Hospital) with Ma.

God bless us!

God bless me... I need you...

Ma - Health

Mom is feeling weakness.... She has not been keeping well since she came frm Bhopal on 10th Oct... She had high fever, cough & cold... Other symptoms have reduced but weakness is still there... May God bless her with good health n happiness...

To get Day of week from DatePicker : Android Notes

Thank u so much for this:
http://kodejava.org/how-do-i-get-day-of-week/

Testing : Android Notes

Best practices for testing:-
https://developer.android.com/training/testing.html

weightSum & layout_weight attributes : Android Notes

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7452741/what-is-androidweightsum-in-android-and-how-does-it-work

Drawable resource for Button : Android Notes

Android button selector-
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14023886/android-button-selector

http://tips.androidhive.info/2013/09/android-layout-rounded-corner-border/

Drawables in general:
https://guides.codepath.com/android/Drawables

Android app : IroningTracker

Just ran the app IroningTracker on my smartphone for the very first time. Its in a very basic form. Just one screen, partly done. Feeling joyous.
Thank u Durgaji.

p.s: if this isn't nice, i don't know what is.

Today, a baby bird came in our garden. I think it recently learnt to fly. Her mother was around. Mom n I were so happy to see it.

CalendarView : Android Notes

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11949183/calendarview-clickable-android

Styling : Android Notes

Amazing link:
http://chiuki.github.io/advanced-android-textview/#/

Styling checkbox:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3965484/custom-checkbox-image-android
http://www.learn-android-easily.com/2013/05/customizing-checkboxes-in-android.html
http://androidexample.com/Custom_Checkbox_With_The_Use_Of_Selectors_And_Shapes/index.php?view=article_discription&aid=80&aaid=104
https://navaneethant.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/change-the-default-checkbox-style-in-android/

Color Palette : Android Notes

https://www.google.co.in/design/spec/style/color.html#color-color-palette

Gravity attribute : Android Notes

The gravity attribute:
Use the gravity attribute to position objects within a larger container. This will only work if the container is larger than the object it contains.

For example: We set the gravity attribute within the LinearLayout container to center. This pushes all its child views into the vertical and horizontal center of the screen.

This and more at:

http://www.101apps.co.za/index.php/articles/android-s-gravity-layout-gravity-padding-and-layout-margin-attributes.html
and at:
http://alvinalexander.com/android/how-to-center-android-linearlayout-components-gravity

Thank you

Today papa called me in office.
Mr. Sachin Diwan had come from bank.
They gave me a letter and two forms.
Looking forward to bank work being done.
Thank u God.

Update : Android Plugin for Gradle

Updated Android Plugin for Gradle to version 1.3.0.

The Android build system uses the Android Plugin for Gradle to support building Android applications with the Gradle build toolkit. The plugin runs independent of Android Studio so the plugin and the Gradle build system can be updated independently of Android Studio. Note: When you update Android Studio or open a project in a previous version of Android Studio, Android Studio prompts you to automatically update the plugin and Gradle to the latest available versions.

To determine what revision of the plugin you are using, check the version declaration in the project-level build.gradle file.

IDE Update : Android Studio version 1.4

Updated Android Studio to 1.4

Android Development Book

Accomplishment (Creativity/Learning):
Completed 14 Chapters of the Android Big Nerd Ranch Guide today :) :)

p.s.: if this isn't nice, i don't know what is.

Happy Navratri! (13-22 Oct)

May Goddess Durga give us strength, courage. May she empower us. May she bless us.

Jai Mata di!

Change

Inspiration - Simple Life

Lessons From Embracing the Simple Life:
1. There Are Meaningful Life Moments Everywhere.
2. Happiness Comes From Being Present
3. All Positive Experiences Are Amazing
4. You Can’t Run From Your Problems
5. The Simple Life Is Good for the Heart and Soul
Full article: http://www.thechangeblog.com/the-simple-life/

Inspiration

http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-22071/this-woman-hopes-to-become-the-first-female-double-amputee-to-run-a-marathon.html

Birthday Woman (year: 2015)

It was my Birthday on 5th.

I was in Munnar.

An amazing n somewhat difficult year came to an end.

Last year I was in Gangtok at the time of my birthday.

Thank u God for everything.

In the meantime, I:

- went to haridwar in oct. & march.

- celebrated 2 yrs of our marriage.

- went to jbp in dec & completed Android NewBoston Tutorials.

- went to banswara n udaipur in jan.

- bought a laptop. thank u parents, husband.

- lost meenu didi in apr. God please bless her.

- wrote my values.

- went to jbp in aug. & started studying Android programming from The Big nerd Ranch guide.

- had fillings done in two molars. started flossing my teeth daily.

- went to tamil nadu and kerala for teerth yatra & family vacation with entire family.

- wrote Tao verses.

- wrote blog entries.

- pasted in my scrapbook.

- arranged my cupboards. lot of cleansing involved.

- ate yum fruits, kele ke dahi bade, gujiyas, pasta.

- listened to good songs. installed saavn.

- watched IPL matches and bits of world cup matches.

Gifts I recieved:

Parents & brother: Watch, 2 Dresses, bouquet, card, cakes, dinner.

Husband: Beige Footwear, card.

Sister & brother-in-law: Colorful wallet, card.

Parents-in-law: Envelope

Midnight

B'day Dinner

Thank u so much for this.

https://teamtreehouse.com/community/hello-there-brand-new-whiner-here-im-getting-3-errors-when-attempting-to-run-my-funfacts-app

Find Android sdk folder in your Library folder -- How to view the ~/Library folder in Mavericks and Yosemite

http://www.macworld.com/article/2057221/how-to-view-the-library-folder-in-mavericks.html

Hindi month "Ashwin": part of Autumn season (sharad ritu)

Krishna Paksh (1-15) : Shraad

Shukla Paksh (1-9): Navratri
10: Dusshera

Becoming an Android developer

1. Know your tools, processes and your programming language.
2. It's not all about the code
3. Some libs to start with, people to follow and a newsletter to subscribe to.
4. Getting into the right mindset.
5. Finally, getting your hands dirty.

Conclusion: Learning to be a developer is a process that doesn't involve only programming. It's about finding the right information, optimizing the information flow, applying that info, writing code, trying out different approaches, making mistakes and learning from them. Thus, gaining experience all the time and iterating in the learning process.
Full article: https://infinum.co/the-capsized-eight/articles/becoming-an-android-developer

Adding SDK Packages

By default, the Android SDK does not include everything you need to start developing. The SDK separates tools, platforms, and other components into packages you can download as needed using the Android SDK Manager. 

http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html

Setup Android Support Library

https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html

https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/index.html

Android 6.0 (API 23)

Installing Android 6.0 SDK & Google APIs on my computer.

AppCompatActivity : Android Notes

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/04/21/major-update-to-android-support-library-22-1-introduces-appcompatactivity-adds-major-theming-improvements-and-tons-of-backward-compatibility/

Smartphone: Android 6.0 System Update

I have received the Android 6.0 System Update today on my Android smartphone.

Updated my Android phone to Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" :) Thank u God.

My husband was the first one to call me on Marshmallow.

Android 6.0.0 Marshmallow

Google started rolling out Android 6.0 "Marshmallow", the latest version of the Android mobile operating system, to users on October 5, 2015.

http://officialandroid.blogspot.in/2015/10/get-ready-for-sweet-taste-of-android-60.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history

p.s.: Happy Birthday to Marshmallow n me!

Unpack

Unpacking karni hai...

Sweet memories

Back home! Thank u God for bringing us back safely. Thank u for a wonderful trip. Tired. Was traveling the whole day.