Add Diff tool for Git in GameMaker Studio 2

GameMaker Studio 2 does not come with a built in diff tool to compare changed and old files in Git. Luckily it is pretty easy to add. Personally I recommend to use KDiff, but there are many different diff tools out there that you can use. First you will need to download and install KDiff on your computer. Next open up GameMaker2 and go to File -> Preferences and select Plugins -> Source Control....

October 7, 2020 · 1 min · 192 words · Fahad

Make your Flutter App look professional with custom fonts

Adding custom fonts to your flutter app is really simple and one thing that every developer should be taking advantage of. First we need to download the font we would like to use. I will be getting the SourceSansPro font from fonts.google.com. After its downloaded we will open the zip file and extract the .ttf we need (in my case ill use -Regular). After we have the font downloaded we need to move the ....

September 1, 2020 · 2 min · 250 words · Fahad

Get the perfect size for your Flutter Android and iOS app icon

Android icons seem to be changing with every new version that comes out. This can be a good thing in the sense that the newer icons are more in tune with the new Android version's theme, but for developers it becomes somewhat of an annoyance. What makes matters worse is that we still need to support the older Android phones even if they have a different icon shape. But luckily it's not that difficult with Android Studio....

August 25, 2020 · 1 min · 190 words · Fahad

[SOLVED] Plugin 'Dart' is incompatible; Plugin 'Flutter' is incompatible

I recently started seeing this error after upgrading my Android Studio version. After some debugging, I found out the solution, and it's pretty simple. Plugin "Dart" is incompatible (target build range is 191.6707 to 191.*). Plugin "Flutter" is incompatible (target build range is 191.6707 to 191.*). Go to File -> Settings, then select Plugins from the left hand side. You want to make sure that Dart and Flutter is using the latest version and Enabled....

July 31, 2020 · 1 min · 85 words · Fahad

How to properly sign your Flutter apps before uploading to the Android App Store

Before publishing to the Google Play Store you need to have a digital signature for your app. If someone was able to get your login details they still would not be able to upload a new release of your app because only you have the keystore on your computer. It's really simple and easy to accomplish this and can be done under 5mins. The command you need is: Windows: 1 keytool -genkey -v -keystore c:\\Users\\USER_NAME\\key....

July 7, 2020 · 2 min · 418 words · Fahad