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Android - Navigation Bar - Left most triangle method name

By default the triangle is towards left and if i click on search option ,It opens up edit text on the top & virtual keyboard , the triangle changes its shape to downwards**,CLICK FOR IMAGE 1**Now when i tap on down triangle it only closes the…
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Is there a specific name for this normalization function?

I want to write a normalization function that will take a signed integer and normalize it to a double between -1 to +1. Is there a special name for this type of function, or is Normalize() what people normally call it? Also, is there a native iPhone…
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Should naming of methods within interfaces be concrete or abstract?

Often when I create new classes, I first create a new interface. I name the methods of my interface exactly as I would like them to behave. A colleague of mine prefers to have these method names being more abstract, ie: areConditionsMet(). The…
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Why am I getting "onCreate(Bundle) already defined"?

I'm trying to produce several buttons which open different links but by copying the file over I get an error saying onCreate(Bundle) is already defined? Is it because I have two protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { or something?…
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Naming methods in Swift versus Objective-C

All: In Objective-C, the name is constructed by concatenating the signature keywords, e.g., application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: How do people refer to the equivalent method in Swift, when discussing it with other programmers (including…
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Naming of a method that creates a list with new instances

There's a method that creates a list of new instances from some parameters. I would call it this way: List createNewTypeInstances(OldType1 value1, OldType2 value2); But I've also often seen it named in such a manner: List…
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Are there any classes which can supply you with what a MethodInfo/method name would be?

I was wondering if there are any classes which can generate a MethodBase/MethodInfo, or simply generate the method name, without using "magic strings". Right now I'm doing the following: public void Foo(MethodInfo method) { if…
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Objective-C: Name of the method that adjust floating point value to 0-1

I created the following method to use rate safely. (Sometimes rate can become invalid value like INFINITY, NAN, or out of 0-1) -(double)XXXX:(double)rate if (rate >= 1) { return 1; } else if (rate <= 0) { return 0; }…
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How to name a method properly?

It's more a question about English grammar, but nevertheless, can you tell me which one is a correct method name? This ambiguity drives me crazy. Method linesNumber returns number of "rows" in some sort of table. I personally like "numberOfLines"…
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Looking for better method names

In a code review, I am facing a class that includes the following method pair: getOrCreateXXXFor(YYY) getXXXFor(YYY) (XXX and YYY are two business logic types.) I'm not sure whether these are the ideal names. The first is indeed related to the…
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