Author: Bjarte Aune Olsen

The struggle to block spam calls on Android

I have had a rough week as a hobby Android developer. TLDR: My app has been rejected from Google Play because it requires the read call log permission, and I’m going crazy trying to get Google to restore it.

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Build, test and deploy a dotnet core website using Cake, TeamCity and Octopus Deploy

I have just completed setting up a simple deploy pipeline for a dotnet core project where I use TeamCity to build the project and run xUnit tests and then Octopus Deploy to deploy. One of the things I wanted to try out for this project, was to use Cake Build to make a build script.… Continue reading Build, test and deploy a dotnet core website using Cake, TeamCity and Octopus Deploy

Use WordPress on HTTPS site with load balancer

WordPress by default uses a pretty simple test to check if your site is running on https or http . In wp-includes/load.php we find the following method:

In short, if either server variable HTTPS is “on” or “1” or if server variable SERVER_PORT is “443”, assume the site is running on https A sexual… Continue reading Use WordPress on HTTPS site with load balancer

Xamarin: Reload an iOS CallKit call directory extension from the app

I you want to make a call directory extension for iOS, for identifying or blocking certain phone numbers, you need a way to reload the extension every time you want to add or remove from the list of phone numbers you are blocking . To reload the extension, you can either get your users to… Continue reading Xamarin: Reload an iOS CallKit call directory extension from the app

How to create an iOS call directory extension in Xamarin for blocking thousands of phone numbers

A call directory extension is used to block or identify phone numbers on an iPhone, phone numbers the user don’t have in their contact list . TL;DR: Because iOS app extensions have very limited resources, it is difficult to load many thousand phone numbers into the call directory without the extension crashing . This is my… Continue reading How to create an iOS call directory extension in Xamarin for blocking thousands of phone numbers

Use automatic text replacement to speed up your coding and typing

In programming, and probably in most other lines of work where you work with text on a computer, there are some symbols and special characters that you use a lot, but that are quite difficult to type. Perhaps you need to hit a combination of keys to produce the symbol, or even more time-consuming, you might… Continue reading Use automatic text replacement to speed up your coding and typing