Android/Java: How to get your app's root data directory
If you ever need to get the root data directory of your Android application (app) from within your Java code, I can confirm that this approach works:File rootDataDir = getActivity().getFilesDir(); When...
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This infographic shows a lot of information about mindfulness and meditation by using shapes, colors, and font sizes. From Information is Beautiful.
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A great thing about Scala is that you can add data to a Map when you define it, but I don’t know how to do the same thing in Java, at least not easily. The closest thing I’ve been able to come up with...
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How big is your data? This slide comes from this Twitter page.read more
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I’m sure there must be other ways to mathematically see these differences, but I agree with the general concept that it can be easy to be misled by data. (Image from this Twitter page.)read more
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