Have WSDL, need server

Today I had the need to create a proxy Web Service in place of one that was being developed. I had the WSDL file of the soon to be developed service, but wanted to stand up a service that would help me debug the client I was developing. Turns out it is as simple as running a command line command:

wsdl.exe /server

I'm running Visual Studio 2008 so the wsdl path was (which I had previously added to my path):

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin

After running the tool, I had a ready-made .cs file with the correct interface, which I then easily used to stub out some mock data for my client code.

Cyanogenmod v4.2.6 Released

So it looks like cyanogen released a new version of the Android including the r2 AOSP code. Some of the fixes include:

* Update to AOSP-1.6r2
* More art from Eclair
* BT OBEX FTP fixes
* Revert some recent kernel changes that caused instability
* All locales available again
* Many many more bugfixes

Doesn't look like he spent a whole lot of holiday time churning out anything terrific on this one - understandably. But we do wait for more 2.0 code inclusion despite the great Google Maps release last week.

Android Market is On Fire!

I have a couple of Android Market applications. One, ToMarket - a shopping list app, has been around for about 7 months. In the news lately there has been talk about the market not providing enough income for the big time application dev companies. I can tell you that with the release of the Droid and several other devices in the past weeks, the market is really taking a turn for the better. There has been a significant increase in downloads lately, there is no doubt about it.

It is only a matter of time - the Android Market will gain the user base to provide developers with the numbers to make a few bucks. With the ever increasing carrier and device lineup, developers should continue to look to android as a direct competitor to the iPhone juggernaut.

Finnish Rap - You will play this more than once...

Finnish group Ella Ja Aleksi BRINGING IT!



Oh, did I say they are 4? Nicely done, and pretty catchy!

Twitter is smacking the apps

Looks like Twitter is not down with you writing an app and including their name in you app title.  Swift Twitter App for Android and others are being contacted and gently asked to remove the offending word.  Looks like they are fine with you saying the T-word in the description, so you won't have to resort to "works with the online social media site that sounds like Titter."

Great Bluetooth headset...

I have a smart phone and I have been wanting to use it as a music device.  I purchased a Motorola device, but lets just say it left some things to be desired.  It sucked.  I found this link a few weeks back:

http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=NOKBH103

$21.95 shipped?  Must be junk right?  I love it!  The simple little 3 button interface is great: volume - up and down, and a big button used for power and to accept/terminate incoming calls.  The in-ear design is comfortable and the sound is pretty good.

Buy it!

No Internet connection... Weird Gateway of 0.0.0.0

So I rebooted tonight after a Windows Update and found that I no longer had an internet connection. I checked the usual suspects - cables, routers, switches, modems etc. - no luck. Took a look at my ipconfig and found a mysterious 0.0.0.0 gateway in addition to the usual 192.168.0.1 - something looked foul. I tried ipconfig release but nothing helped. Here is what I did to fix it:

1. Right-Clicked on the desktop, chose new->shortcut

2. Typed "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" (no quotes) as the location

3. Right clicked on my new shortcut, chose "Run As Administrator"

4. At the command prompt I typed:

ipconfig

5. This gave my IP config like this:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fc80::c559:6cf0:33c0:15c5%11

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.144

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0

192.168.0.1

5. This gives you a list of your internet adapter info, one of which is your IPPv4 address. As you can see above, the weird gateway is listed before the normal one. Here is the command that I used:

netsh interface ipv4 delete address "Local Area Connection" addr=192.168.0.144 gateway=0.0.0.0

This removed the strange 0.0.0.0 gateway, and my internet connection ! If you have the same issue, make sure you change your ip in the command replacing the 144 address I had. Good Luck!