Shared Folder settings between Windows7 and uBuntu guest OS in VMWare

PS: Please make sure that your VMTools is installed correctly on the uBuntu Guest.
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022525

Virtual Machine Settings

• Folder sharing = Always Enabled.
• Make sure you have at least one Folder shared between the host and guest.
• For example: my-D-drive

On the uBuntu Guest

• check /mnt/hgfs that you can access your shared folder
•  If you cannot see the folder, then skip it. Next step will create the folder automatically.
• update your fstab using the details below:
• Open terminal and type:
• gksu gedit /etc/fstab
• Add below to the end of the file:
• .host:/{shared-folder} /{path-to-mount-on} vmhgfs defaults,ttl=5,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
• Change {shared-folder} to the shared folder of Virtual Machine Settings (my-D-drive).
• Change {path-to-mount-on} to the folder inside uBuntu (/mnt/hgfs/my-D-drive).
• Restart your vm.
• You may need to restart few times or get error message saying unable to mount just skip the error and restart.

Reference: http://askubuntu.com/questions/29284/how-do-i-mount-shared-folders-win7-host-in-ubuntu-guest-using-vmwaretools-v6

Connect localhost from VMWare Fusion using MAMP

I’m in the process of setting up a development environment on my mac. I’ve set up IE8 testing by converting Microsoft’s VPC images to a VMware compatible image. So the next thing I need to do is view my local webserver from VMware. Typing http://localhost doesn’t work because the virtual machine is an entity in itself so localhost is local to the virtual machine.
Having done a little of this in the past I knew the hosts file in folder c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc would need an entry, mapping my Mac’s IP address to a domain name. Sean Sperte reveals a secret VMware IP address that is particularly handy when you use a laptop because a laptop’s IP address is not likely to remain static. I’ll quote Sean here:

Type ifconfig vmnet1 into a Terminal window. You should get a return like this:

vmnet1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.115.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.115.255 ether 00:50:56:c0:00:01

The “inet” number is your “secret” IP (in my case, 192.168.115.1).
Now that we have that number, we can edit the hosts file on the VM. We find it in: C:/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/etc. Just open the host file with Notepad, and add each virtual host (domain) on it’s own line at the end of the document, like so:

192.168.115.1 macserver

… and save. Afterwards refresh the VM’s DNS cache by typing ipconfig /flushdns in a command line window.

This worked perfectly for me.
Reference: http://www.rowlando.com/blog/2009/01/11/reaching-localhost-from-vmware-virtual-machines-on-a-mac/

Using AssetManager on native language JNI, C++

#include <sstream>
#include <assert.h>
// include in android platform-9 or newer
#include <android/asset_manager.h>
#include <android/asset_manager_jni.h>
...

JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_yourpackage_yourfunctionname(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jobject assetManager)
{
    // get assetmanager native
    AAssetManager* mgr = AAssetManager_fromJava(env, assetManager);
    assert(mgr != NULL);

    // load file inside assets, "assets/a/b.txt"
    AAsset* asset = AAssetManager_open(mgr, "a/b.txt", AASSET_MODE_UNKNOWN);
    assert(asset != NULL);

    // get buffer of file
    char* buff = (char*) AAsset_getBuffer(asset);
    assert(buff != NULL);

    // print out buffer per line
    const int MAX_BUF = 512;
    char strbuf [MAX_BUF];

    std::istringstream iss(buff);
    while ( iss.getline(strbuf, MAX_BUF) )
        LOGE("%s", strbuf);

    AAsset_close(asset);
}