tokudu

String str = "Some really long string goes in here";
Spannable spannable = new SpannableString(str);
spannable.setSpan(new BackgroundColorSpan(
  getResources().getColor(android.R.color.black)
), 0, str.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
yourTextView.setText(spannable);

aogilvie

#Quick and sexy String encrypt / decrypt for Android

Sometimes you find yourself wanted to use SharedPrefs to hold something precious? Want to prevent those pesky rooted hackz0rs from looking in your SharedPreds? Here is a quick and sexy no-external-libs-required solution.

Notes;

• I have declared everything static so you can create your own utility class and throw the following straight in.

• 3rd party imports are not required. Use import android.util.Base64; for Base64, and import javax.crypto.*; for Cipher.

aembleton

    /**
     * Disables the SSL certificate checking for new instances of {@link HttpsURLConnection} This has been created to
     * aid testing on a local box, not for use on production.
     */
    private static void disableSSLCertificateChecking() {
        TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] { new X509TrustManager() {
            public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                return null;
            }