Yes! This is already implemented in Meteor, for the most part. If the connection to the server is lost, the client can still function locally. Database writes will appear to succeed on the client and reflect instantly on the screen. Once the connection is re-established Meteor will re-send all the pending method requests to the … Read more
Almost all major browsers now support the window.navigator.onLine property, and the corresponding online and offline window events. Run the following code snippet to test it: console.log(‘Initially ‘ + (window.navigator.onLine ? ‘on’ : ‘off’) + ‘line’); window.addEventListener(‘online’, () => console.log(‘Became online’)); window.addEventListener(‘offline’, () => console.log(‘Became offline’)); document.getElementById(‘statusCheck’).addEventListener(‘click’, () => console.log(‘window.navigator.onLine is ‘ + window.navigator.onLine)); <button id=”statusCheck”>Click … Read more
With the new Facebook Graph API, things got a bit simpler but far less well documented. Here’s what I did to be able to load my wall posts as me from a server side only (not part of a browser session) php script: create a facebook application, if you don’t already have one usable for … Read more
Check out google webfonts helper It lets you download every web font of Google and suggests css code for the implementation. This tool also allows you to simply download all formats at once without the hassle. Ever wanted to know where Google hosts their webfonts? This service might be handy if you want to download … Read more
We used to recommend pocketsphinx, but now more advanced technology based on Kaldi toolkit is available. The demo is here: Vosk API, you can simply load it in Android Studio and run. Full disclosure: I am the primary author of Vosk. It supports speech recognition in 7 major languages – English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, … Read more
That sounds like a simple webview caching mechanism to me. The following should do what you are looking for: WebView webView = new WebView( context ); webView.getSettings().setAppCacheMaxSize( 5 * 1024 * 1024 ); // 5MB webView.getSettings().setAppCachePath( getApplicationContext().getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath() ); webView.getSettings().setAllowFileAccess( true ); webView.getSettings().setAppCacheEnabled( true ); webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled( true ); webView.getSettings().setCacheMode( WebSettings.LOAD_DEFAULT ); // load online by default … Read more
You can run maven in offline mode mvn -o install. Of course any artifacts not available in your local repository will fail. Maven is not predicated on distributed repositories, but they certainly make things more seamless. Its for this reason that many shops use internal mirrors that are incrementally synced with the central repos. In … Read more
Currently in 2011, the various browser vendors cannot agree on how to define offline. Some browsers have a Work Offline feature, which they consider separate to a lack of network access, which again is different to internet access. The whole thing is a mess. Some browser vendors update the navigator.onLine flag when actual network access … Read more
It is possible to play a local video file. <input type=”file” accept=”video/*”/> <video controls autoplay></video> When a file is selected via the input element: ‘change’ event is fired Get the first File object from the input.files FileList Make an object URL that points to the File object Set the object URL to the video.src property … Read more
Google did quietly enable offline recognition in that Search update, but there is (as yet) no API or additional parameters available within the SpeechRecognizer class. {See Edit at the bottom of this post} The functionality is available with no additional coding, however the user’s device will need to be configured correctly for it to begin … Read more