lrkFM - Awesome, archive capable file manager for Android

About a year ago, I started a new Android project. It’s called lrkFM and its original goal was to be a simple file manager for Android. I started the project together with @nsueper as part of a challenge:

He was to write a file manager using React Native and I would use Java. Then we would see who could reach the 1.0 milestone first.

How to deploy a single JAR file to Maven (oneliner)

I sometimes stumble upon Java libraries that are not available in Maven (or Gradle which seems to use the same ecosystem). To have to most convenient way of developing (ie. contributors should not have to download dependencies for themselves) I used to have my own Maven repository where I can upload such libraries and download them on any machine I try to run a build.

Developing Greenfoot games with Maven/IntelliJ/Eclipse

Greenfoot is a game framework for programming beginners featuring an integrated development environment. Unfortunately it’s a pain to use when you are used to write code in a real IDE such as IntelliJ. This is partially because of the strange object creation workflow which involves using the context menu a lot and doing clicks for stuff that is faster when typed.

Packaging a .jar as .app file for macOS

When you write a Java application, you’ll get a .jar file in the end. If you launch this file in macOS, you’ll end up having the default java icon in the Dock (depending on the application) and you are unable to save the application in the Dock. It just doesn’t feel right.