Download APK files from Android Market to PC

from: http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/
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[Official] APK Downloader – Download APK files from Android Market to PC

02/24/2012 by redphx 1,388 comments

Update #2 on 07/16/2013: APK Downloader 1.4.3 is now available. Now it supports new Google Play layout. Please read changelogs for more information. I’m still working on version 2.0. Stay tuned

Update 07/16/2013: I’m working on APK Downloader 2.0 . Hopefully it will be available this weekend. Stay tuned

Update 02/13/2013: If you’re using Android 2.2+ on a rooted device and having problem downloading incompatible apps, please try Market Helper

First: this project is made for my personal needs, then I decide to publish it because I think some people may need it. This is not a tool for pirating. It’s good or bad depend on how you use it. Please don’t make me look bad because of this.

This is the official page of APK Downloader. Do not download the extension from other sources.

Use at your own risk. I’ll not take responsibility for anything happen to you or your account.

APK Downloader is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to download Android APK files from Android Market to your PC

See it in action:

Download and Install: APK Downloader 1.4.3 ( Right click, select “Save link as…” ) *USE AT YOUR OWN RISK*

How to install: open Extensions page, then drag the downloaded file into that page.

Requirement: Chrome 23 or later

* Please read and follow this instruction carefully before using, or it WON’T WORK *

After installed APK Downloader, you’ll need to follow these steps in able to use it

I. Enter email and device ID on Options page

1. There are two ways to get Email and Device ID

a. Easy way: install this Device ID app, it will show you your emails and Device ID

b. Difficult way: Open dial pad, call *#*#8255#*#* ( 8255 = TALK ). If it opens “GTalk Service Monitor”, find lines that begin with JID and Device ID. Your email is JID, and your device id is a string that after android- prefix

For example: if it shows android-1234567890abcdef , then your device ID is 1234567890abcdef

Do not type in random email or device ID, it won’t work

2. Enter your email’s password, then press Login. If everything is ok, now you can use APK Downloader

III. Start using

After finished two steps above, you can start using APK Downloader. Open Android Market, view any FREE apps ( for example: Simple Text ), then press the APK Downloader icon on address bar ( see screenshot )

IV. FAQs:

• Is is against Android Market’s ToS?- I’m afraid that it is. Please read Section 3.3 for more information. So again, you at your own risk.
• Where is the Options page?
  - Click on the Wrench icon on the toolbar, go to Tools -> Extensions. Find APK Downloader. At the end of its description, you’ll see a link to Options page.
• Why do I have to enter my email, password and device ID? Does it store or send my password to another place?
  -  The extension only stores email, device id and Android Market cookie in Chrome local storage, on your computer. To be able to get Android Market cookie, it needs your email and password to login at https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin . After it’s done, password is not stored, email is stored to display on Options page, Device ID and Cookie are stored for later requests. I do not send those information to another sites.
• Why don’t you just put one account in the extension, so we don’t have to use our information ?- That’s good for users, but not for developers like us. For example, when 1000 users download same app, it only counts 1.
• Again, do you collect our information?
• - I don’t want to get into trouble by collecting users information, so I try not to have it in any way. The only thing I’m collecting is which apps are downloaded by users. You can view the source code to make sure about this.
• Can it download paid apps?
• - No, of course not, unless you purchased it with your logged account before. Please remember this isn’t a tool for pirating.
• Why do you make this extension?- I’m an Android developer. While working on my new project, I have to decompile some apps on Android Market. Everytime I want to decompile one, I have to download it to my phone, use Astro to backup it to SDCard, connect phone to PC, then copy the apk file. That’s a really long and painful to me, because I have to do it over and over again. That’s why I come up with this idea.

V. Changelogs:

• 1.4.3: 07/16/2013
  • Supports new Google Play layout. Note: if you have problems, switch to English language
    
• 1.4.2: 03/04/2013
  • This version is made by Stephan Schmitz, Peter Wu from this repository. Big thanks to them. I’m planning adding more features in the future.
• 1.2.1: 03/07/2012
  • Switches from android.market.com to play.google.com
• 1.2: 02/27/2012
  • Disable download button on paid apps
  • New feature: Change sim operator
• 1.0: 02/24/2012
  • Initial version

I wanna say thanks to @alexandre_t for his Android Market API, Stephan Schmitz and Peter Wu for making the updated version

It took me 1 week to finish this, so hope you guys enjoy this 

You can contact me at: redphoenix89 [ at ] yahoo [ dot ] com

Greetings from Vietnam 

Flash Builder 4.6: Create Flex Project

1) Run Adobe Flash Builder 4.6

2) Click New Flex Project...


3)  Project Name.
Click Next.



4) Server Settings.




5) Build Paths.



6) Project is created.



7) Switch to Design Tab.
Drag a label control to the main windows.



8) Double-Click the control and change the text to "Hello World".



9) Click Save button.




10) Run as Web Application.



11) You get output in Web Browser.




NOTE: Flash Version update.
a) Error for having different Flash Player version.



b) Browser will request for updated version.




c) After update completed, reopen Web Browser.

A simple template for publishing mobile comics quickly

Using a combination of Dreamweaver's generated mobile page and PhotoSwipe.com sample file, I have created a template file that a mobile comic artist can load his artwork and publish on mobile platform easily.

1) Download the template file here.

2) Replace the sample image files with your comic page image files.

a) Unzip the template file.

b) Delete the sample image file. Replace with your image files.

c) Zip back the file.

3) Log into build.phonegap.com (you have to sign in first).

In the past, I have already created an app called Hello World.

This time, I just want to replace it with the mobile comic project. 

4) Click the button "update code".

Select the Zip file in Step 2.

Click Upload.

5) Build.Phonegap.com may take some time to process the file.

6) Eventually, the process ended up with errors for iOS and BlackBerry. This is because these platforms require license. As for now, pay attention to the Android's apk.

7) Click the apk button to download.

8) Copy the file to your android and install. It's done.

ASP .NET 2.0: myproject101

This tutorial uses UltiDev WebServer Pro for running ASP .NET 2.0 applications. To learn more on setup steps, follow this tutorial, http://setup-steps.blogspot.com/2013/07/aspnet-development-environment.html.



1) Create the physical directory for myproject101, C:\Z\aspnet2\sites\myproject101\


2) Using Notepad++, create aspx file C:\Z\aspnet2\sites\myproject101\index.aspx containing the following code:
<h1>Hello World</h1>



3) Create Virtual Host for myproject101
a) Run UltiDev/Web Server Pro/Interactive Dev & Test Server/UWS for .NET 1.x, 2.0, 3.x


b) The Control Panel pops up.
Enter the following details:


c) Click Exec Control button.


d) New links appear beside the button.


e) Click on the link http://localhost:80/myproject101/
A webpage appears on the screen.
Notice that the address box showing the URL similar to the link in the previous step.



4) Create a new aspx file, C:\Z\aspnet2\sites\myproject101\testvb.aspx 
a) Enter the following codes:


b) Browse URL http://localhost:80/myproject101/testvb.aspx



5) Create a new aspx file, C:\Z\aspnet2\sites\myproject101\testcs.aspx
a) Enter the following codes:


b) Browse the URL http://localhost:80/myproject101/testcs.aspx


6) Create a new aspx file, C:\Z\aspnet2\sites\myproject101\formvb.aspx
a) Enter the following codes:


b) Browse the URL http://localhost:80/myproject101/formvb.aspx


7) Create a new aspx file, C:\Z\aspnet2\sites\myproject101\formcs.aspx
a) Enter the following codes:


b) Browse the URL http://localhost:80/myproject101/formcs.aspx

Serious security threat for #ColdFusion servers [now covered by a hotfix]

copied from: http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2013/1/2/serious_security_threat

A Quick Overview

There's quite a bit that you should (and will want to) understand about the hack, which you can learn more in a thread on the Adobe CF Admin forum, where a poster first pointed it out on Friday, and I found that I too had been hit.

See the specific thread for more details, including a fairly substantial reply I offered (which he's marked as "the answer"), where I explain more I'd found about it, including how how it got there, how to confirm how it got there for you, how to rectify things, how one might already be protected against it, etc.

The upshot is that a file is put on your server which gives a hacker pretty much unfettered access to a lot of things including reading/downloading/uploading/renaming and creating files, accessing datasource information, and more. The file to look for is called h.cfm and is placed in the CFIDE directory (at least in the current rendition of the hack, which may very likely change when the hacker learns that it's being publicized.) See the forum thread for more on what specifically to look for.

Fortunately for some, the degree to which the hacker would have access to things may be limited by how careful you've been in other protections, such as explained in the various lockdown guides for CF (here for CF10, CF9, and CF8).

I also explain how, despite my own efforts to protect the AdminAPI folder through which the exploit happened, I still fell victim. Perhaps it could happen to others. And it will certainly likely happen to those who have not implemented any protection against that folder (whether blocking access to it by IP address, requiring additional authentication, or otherwise). More in the forum thread.

Read more at http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2013/1/2/serious_security_threat

Add Apache Derby Embedded Database To ColdFusion 10 Server

This tutorial guides the reader how to add an Apache Derby Embedded Database to ColdFusion 10 server.

1) The database used for this exercise is based on http://www.forta.com/books/032166034X/owsdata.zip. Download the zip file, extract it to C:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\db as follows:







2) Browse Admin page at http://127.0.0.1:8500/CFIDE/administrator/
Enter your admin password.


3) In the left Panel, click Data & Services/Data Sources.




4) Type the Data Source Name=ows, select Driver=Apache Derby Embedded, click Add.



5) Browse for the location.
Click Submit.



6) You should get success message.

Create CFML Project Folder on cfmldeveloper.com

1) Log into your account at http://store.cfmldeveloper.com/LoginUser.aspx (To create an account, click here, http://setup-steps.blogspot.com/2013/06/free-cfml-hosting-at-cfmldevelopercom.html)



2) In the Account Top Menu, Click My Subscriptions


3) In the My Subscriptions Page, click CF FREE


4) In the CF CREE Page, Click File Manager.


5) A new window pops up.
5.1)Click the website name.


5.2) Click on wwwroot folder



6) Create New Folder.
6.1) Click Create Folder.
6.2) Type a name, e.g. cfproject101


6.3) A new folder cfproject101 has been created. Click the folder's name.


7) Create 101-helloworld.cfm
7.1) Click Create File
7.2) Type:

<cfoutput>
Hello World!
</cfoutput>

7.3) Browse.


To turn off debugging mode...
Use the following in your Application.cfm/Application.cfc to effectively turn off the debug output:

<cfsetting showDebugOutput="No">

(from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/cfmldeveloper/gpuvzQ40oaA )