A week ago we migrated our Future Studio homepage and blog to a new server. Besides, we reconfigured our apps to run with SSL on HTTPS. We use a Gandi Standard SSL certificate which has the problem that an intermediate certificate is required to omit certificate errors on every browser …

The first two posts in this Strider series give you an understanding of the platform itself and walk you through the installation process of Strider on your own infrastructure. This article describes and explain Strider’s configuration options. You may be interested in the previously published articles as well. The …

Using SSL certificates may cause problems with the certificate chain on older or mobile browsers. The steps below show you how to create a complete certificate from your existing one and how to configure nginx. {{outline}} Gather SSL Certificate Files You need the following three SSL certificate files. You can …

This is the second post in our in-depth series about the Strider continuous integration and deployment platform. This week we guide you through the platform’s installation process and show you how to extend the capabilities by installing additional plugins. First, let’s have a look at the series overview. …

Android Studio Productivity In the first post in our Android Quick Tips series we looked at Android's TextView class and helpers. In the second post we'll look at our centerpiece of Android programming: the Android Studio IDE. {{outline}} Android Studio is based on IntelliJ, which is a fantastic foundation for …

Continuous integration and deployment became an important part in software development. There are multiple SaaS platforms available, but you probably want to keep ownership of your code, host and run your own continous integration and deployment tool. Strider is an open source platform doing exactly this job. This is the …

This is the last post in our custom font series. So far, we've looked at various topics for custom fonts on Android. We've seen how to apply different font styles, how to configure things directly in XML and how we can vary settings with build variants. This last post will …

Managing remote servers requires either a very good memory to remember connection options like usernames, remote addresses, ports and further details or a good way to document all the details for each server. The SSH config file should be your helping hand to control and simplify SSH connections. If you …