How to Download an APK from your App's Home Page on the Google Console

 Go to "Test and release" -> "Latest releases and bundles".

Choose a release and click on the "->" on the right side.

Go to App Bundles and select the "Downloads" tab.

There you have all the options, including downloading the "Signed, universal APK". 

Customizing a Preference Alert Dialog for an EditTextPreference in Android

 In your themes.xml, add the following:

<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

  <style name="Theme.Your_Theme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.NoActionBar" android:forceDarkAllowed="true">

[...]

    <item name="alertDialogTheme">@style/YourAlertDialogTheme</item>
  </style>

 </resources>

In the styles.xml, add the style for the dialog itself:

 <style name="YourAlertDialogTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog.Alert">
   <!-- Changes the dialog background color -->
   <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/light_grey</item>
   <!-- Changes the title and message text color -->
   <item name="android:textColorPrimary">@color/alert_dialog_button_txt</item>
   <!-- If using Material Components, use this for buttons -->
   <!--<item name="buttonBarPositiveButtonStyle">@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.Button.TextButton</item>-->
   <item name="buttonBarPositiveButtonStyle">@style/Widget.Your.Button.TextButton</item>
   <item name="buttonBarNegativeButtonStyle">@style/Widget.Your.Button.TextButton</item>
 </style>

 <style name="Widget.Your.Button.TextButton" parent="Widget.MaterialComponents.Button.TextButton">
   <!-- Changes the text and icon color -->
   <item name="android:textColor">@color/alert_dialog_button_txt</item>
   <!--<item name="iconTint">@color/red_status</item>-->
   <!-- Changes the click ripple color -->
   <!--<item name="rippleColor">@color/green_dark</item>-->
 </style>

In your your_preferences.xml, add:

<PreferenceScreen xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

  <EditTextPreference
    app:key="pk_quality_threshold"
    app:title="@string/title_quality_threshold"
    app:dialogTitle="@string/title_quality_threshold"
    app:summary="@string/leak_quality_threshold_summary"
    app:defaultValue="40"
    app:dialogLayout="@layout/pref_edittext" />

Then define the custom layout for the EditTextPreference to change the color of the edit text background, text and cursor:

pref_edittext.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!-- Used in ui_preferences.xml -->

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:padding="8dp"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <!-- If you use: android:textCursorDrawable="@null"
    the cursor will automatically inherit the color defined in
    the android:textColor property -->
    <EditText
        android:id="@android:id/edit"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textColor="@color/alert_dialog_button_txt"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:textCursorDrawable="@null"
        android:padding="8dp" />

</LinearLayout>

Done!
 

Windows Cleanup Tips

 [1] The safest way is to let Windows do it

Go to Settings -> System -> Storage -> Temporary Files.

Select everything and click on Remove files. 

 [2] Use an external tool

 Example: PatchCleaner.

[3] Delete old files from the temporary directory

This directory is usually located in: C:\Users\<YOUR_USERNAME>\AppData\Local.

Here you can safely delete months or years old files. If they're still in use, Windows will prevent you from deleting them. 

If you're in doubt, skip what you were planning to do. 

dnf/rpm error on Fedora: package xxx.rpm does not verify: no digest

If you trust the source, skip the digest verification:

> rpm -ivh --nodigest --nofiledigest xxx.rpm

Windows keeps reverting my Wallpaper Settings

Here's Microsoft solution that seems to be working for me. I'll update this post once I reboot to see if it sticks in there.

1. Go to: Settings > Personalization > Background Set Personalize your background to Picture, then click Browse and select your image from a permanent folder like: C:\Wallpapers\MyImage.jpgAvoid using images from Downloads or external drives.
2. Next, go to: Settings > Personalization > ThemesClick Save theme to lock in your current setup. Name it something like “StaticWallpaperFix”.
3. Now disable sync to prevent Windows from reverting your theme: Settings > Accounts > Windows backup > Remember my preferencesTurn Off “Other Windows settings”.
4. Finally, open Run (Win + R), type: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\. Delete any leftover slideshow.ini or corrupted theme files. This clears out old slideshow triggers.

Source 

 

Change the Default Paper Size in Fedora Linux

 The quick way:

Change directory to /etc/cups/ppd.

There you should find a file for your printer.

Edit it and find the line:

 *DefaultPageSize: A4

The list of supported sizes is below that line. Make sure you set the default to one of those. 

Android: Can not extract resource from com.android.aaptcompiler.ParsedResource@xxxxx

There is probably an unescaped quote (') somewhere in the strings.xml files or somewhere else in the code.

Replace with: (\')

External screen on a Lenovo laptop goes black for a few seconds repeateadly

 That's what Google LLM suggests:

The keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Win + B (sometimes written as Ctrl + Win + Shift + B) in Windows is used to restart the graphics driver and can resolve issues like a black screen, screen freezing, or graphical glitches. Pressing this combination will cause your screen to flash black and you may hear a brief beep, indicating the driver has been reset without losing your open applications.

I tried multiple times after it occurred. After that it seems to have stabilized. We'll see...