Author Archives: Vykthur

About Vykthur

Mobile and Web App Developer and Researcher. Passionate about learning, teaching, and recently - writing.

Post Graduate (PhD) Student Life Experience in Hong Kong – What is it like ?

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Vykthur

Photo Credit : Me .. Hiking on lantau peak I have deliberately delayed writing this post first because I have been lazy 😀 … and second , I took my time getting to know the region in order to get … Continue reading →

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Step by Step Guide on How to Build a Slider PICTURE puzzle game using cocos2d for android

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Vykthur

A picture slider puzzle is definitely the next best thing after a number slider puzzle or an alphabet slider puzzle. And that’s what we would be building in this tutorial post. Note : This post builds on previous tutorials for building … Continue reading →

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Adding a Game Menu in Cocos2D for Android

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Vykthur

As you create sophisticated games, your games will need to have a “landing” page or menu page with nice graphics and a  button or two to access the main sections of the game. Such buttons popularly are the “start” , … Continue reading →

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Recovering a Bricked (Bootloop) Galaxy S2 i9100G and Installing CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4)

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Vykthur

I tried flashing CM11 (Android 4.4 Kit Kat) on my aging Samsung galaxy s2 GT-I9100G  and along the line I encountered a bootloop. A bootloop occurs when the device is powered up and tries to load up the OS, shows … Continue reading →

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Using Games to Mirror Social Conditions in Developing Countries – 2048 Lagos Edition

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Vykthur

[Play the game here] Technology, particularly games, can be leveraged as an interesting and fun way to attract attention to social issues and generate discussions around them. As a starting point, I have created a version of the popular 2048 … Continue reading →

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How to Create a Twitter Button with Dynamic (custom) data-text message.

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Vykthur

To add a  tweet button  , you obtain a twitter button code from the twitter resource page which consists of two parts – a html link tag and some javascript reference to the twitter widget.  You usually set your tweet button … Continue reading →

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How Can I Learn to Develop Mobile (Android) Apps ?

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Vykthur

Photo Credit : Euclase Photography This post is inspired by a reply I gave recently on a Google Developer Group forum. A forum member asked for advice and mentorship on how to get started developing great apps for android.  The question was … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 8 Development – Panorama’s are overrated

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Vykthur

Source : Microsoft UX Chit Chat In the past few weeks I’ve tried to get familiar with building apps for Windows Phone 8 using C# and Xaml. As is my practice, I usually start out with reading –  documentation on … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 8 Panorama vs Pivot – Evolution of Trivia Monkey UI design

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Vykthur

I have previously written a brief post on why I think Panorama’s are overrated. In this post, I outline the evolution of the Trivia Monkey UI, highlighting the move from the design choice of panorama to pivot.

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Windows Phone 8 – Debug and Fix ‘System. Reflection .Target Invocation Exception’ error

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Vykthur

Source : Dailymobile.net As a beginner developer, debugging can quickly take the joy away from learning a new language/platform. And there’s  little information on debugging Windows Phone 8 Applications. The error titled above (targetinvocatoexception) did take a considerable amount of time … Continue reading →

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