Quick Note: Android Gradle distributions

Here is the link for list of all available Gradle Distributions with latest one being first.

Quick Note: How to Enable USB Debugging on Android Phone

For the newer Android operating system like Android 4.2 or later,
You can enable USB debugging by the following steps:

Step 1. Enter "Settings", then, click "About Phone".
Step 2. Tap "Build number" for 7 times until you get a note "You are under developer mode".
Step 3. Then back to "Setting", then, click "Developer options".
Step 4. The last step, tick "USB debugging"

Top 20 Developer Tools of 2016

Here are the list of top 20 Developer utilities that are must to have for Developer.

1. GitKraken: The downright luxurious Git GUI client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
2. Atom: A hackable text editor for the 21st Century.
3. VS Code: A free, lightweight tool for editing and debugging web apps.
4. Git: A free and open source distributed version control system.
5. GitHub: A web-based Git repository hosting service.
6. Visual Studio: Developer tools and services for any platform with any language.
7. Sublime Text: A sophisticated text editor for code, markup, and prose.
8. Chrome DevTools: A set of web authoring and debugging tools built into Google Chrome.
9. Docker :An open platform for developers and system administrators to build, ship, and run distributed applications.
10. GitLab: Git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds, and wikis.
11. IntelliJ IDEA: A Java IDE.
12. PhpStorm : A commercial, cross-platform IDE for PHP.
13. Postman: A powerful GUI platform to make your API development faster & easier.
14. ReSharper : A Visual Studio extension for .NET developers.
15. Slack: Real-time messaging, archiving, and search for modern teams.
16. PyCharm: An IDE used specifically for Python.
17. Android Studio: The official IDE for Android platform development.
18. Notepad++: A free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
19. Xcode : an IDE for macOS/and iOS development.
20. Stack Overflow: The largest online community for programmers to learn, share their knowledge, and advance their careers.

Can't access internal storage from a computer after installing Marshmallow on Android device?

Recently I have update my OnePlus One phone to latest version of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)

After I have updated to latest version I can’t access internal storage how I used to access before. Due to security options in 6.0 there are few options that were changed to enable access.

Here's how I could able to fix it.

1. Open Settings
2. Enable Developer options:
   1. Go to About phone (or tablet)
   2. Scroll to the bottom
   3. Tap Build number repeatedly. After several taps you will see it count down and then say "You are now a developer!"
3. Back to Settings
4. Tap Developer options, near the bottom
5. Scroll down to and tap Select USB Configuration
6. Change it to Charging only
7. Tap Select USB Configuration again
8. Change it back to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)

That's it. You should now be able to open up the internal storage on the device from your computer.

Hope this helps!!

Android Version History

The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the release of the Android alpha in November 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in September 2008. Android is continually developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA)

** Added for my own references

Fixed: Android USB issue for Nexus 5 which won't connect to your PC?

It seems like many of you are having problems connecting your Nexus 5 to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. The smartphone appears in the device manager of Windows 8.1, but it is impossible to perform any action with it. No files can be transferred from the Nexus 5 on the PC, and the smartphone is invisible in the file explorer. Here is a confirmed solution, which should resolve connection issues where your PC won't read your Nexus 5.

Since the last set of Microsoft updates, I cannot connect my nexus 5 or nexus 7 (android 4.4.4) to my windows 8.1 64bit desktop. Here is the solution

Its really a driver (or an incorrect drive allocated issue, due to be knocked out by updates) issue.
1. In Nexus 5 or 7, make sure USB debugging mode is enabled, and go into storage and hit menu USB connection and ensure USB mode is set to MTP. First make sure that the MTP is enabled on the Nexus 5: Settings > Storage > Menu > USB connection to the computer
2. Connect tablet to PC.
3. In windows device manager find ADB Driver (May be Acer) then drill down. Right click and select "update driver software".
4. Select "Browse my computer for driver software".
5. Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer."
6. With "show compatible hardware" checkbox ticked, two drivers should be shown.
(a) Android ADB Interface. and (b) MTP User Device or Composite USB device.

7. Select (b) above and click Next.
8. Device should now appear in Portal devices section with your device name.