In the context of UX, UI's and programming, 'instant' refers to immediate and automatic. As soon as a trigger activates, the item is updated as fast as possible. Do not use this tag for questions about the `java.time.Instant` class; instead use the java.time.instant tag.
Questions tagged [instant]
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Best way to store chat messages in elasticsearch
We are currently implementing an Instant Messaging system on our platform. We need to provide our users a chat history and be able to show the last 5 conversations that user had ( preview like on facebook).
ipso facto we necessarily need to think…

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Working example of Rails 3.1 + Juggernaut Instant Messenger?
Are there any decent example apps for an ruby on rails 3 instant Messenger app based on any of the publish-subscribe messaging system Juggernaut?
1-1 chat with method of adding 2 users to a "conversation"
Ways to protect the 1-1 conversation to…

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date in MongoDB: when inserting Date objects into Mongo database, the date becomes 1 day earlier than itself
My date string format is like this: Jan 2, 2012
After the Instant.parse() method, instant instance becomes the date of Jan 1, 2012, which is 1 day earlier, why? If the original date string is jan 1, 2012, the Instant will be the date of Dec 31,…

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(Java) How to get user input without pressing the "enter" key
I was curious and wanted to test this type of thing out in java. I looked it up online and couldn't really find anything that helped out in any of the questions I found; so I decided to ask it myself.
In the example I wrote out, you're given a…

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Simple C++ Instant messenger
I want to make a very simple c++ instant messenger for lan networks and internet (direct IP connect). I know little about sockets. I searched the internet, but nothing really helped. I would someone to suggest a howto/tutorial/guide. I just want to…
user197967
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AutoHotKey: Instant text replace
One part of my AutoHotKey script replaces @@ with my email address. Currently, I'm doing this like so:
::@@::
SendInput, example@domain.com
return
Simple enough and it works fairly well but you need to push space / comma / period / etc before it is…

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How to convert Joda instant to LocalDate and vice-versa?
I understand that an Joda Instant is similiar to Unix Timestamp in that it stores the number of milliseconds since 1.1.1970. So I want to insert this in my Android SQLite Database as INTEGER.
But in my app, I work with Joda LocalDate, so I need to…

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How to round it down to the closest 5 minute interval if it is 1,2,3,4 minutes ahead?
I want to round down an Instant / LocalDateTime to its closest 5 minutes interval in Java.
Examples: Suppose the time is:
2021-02-08T19:01:49.594
or
2021-02-08T19:02:49.594
or
2021-02-08T19:03:49.594
or
2021-02-08T19:04:49.594
Expected…

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Android App to play video Instant like Tiktok
I have developed an app where I am displaying users videos, those can be of 15 minutes long, that is why I have transcoded all the videos in HLS format in AWS Bucket with the help of lambda function and I am serving those videos through cloud front…

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Clojure instant/parse-timestamp usage
A clojure newbie question. I am trying to figure out the best way to pass a date from a client (written in any language) to a server written in clojure that rests on a Datomic database. To avoid any problems with language specific classes I was…

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Could not get unknown property 'instantRunManifestOutputDirectory' for task ':app:processDebugManifest'
I keep getting the error "ERROR: Could not get unknown property 'instantRunManifestOutputDirectory' for task ':app:processDebugManifest' of type com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ProcessApplicationManifest.
" under gradle sync issues ever since I…

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How to serialize Java Instant type using redis
I'm using spring boot 2.0.3 and
spring-boot-starter-data-redis.
Also using jackson-datatype-jsr310.
I want to store Object into redis.
the object(MyObj):
String text;
Instant instant;
Here's my code:
@Test
public void test() {
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Create a Google like instant search in an Android app
I am working on an Android app in which i want to add an instant search feature.
Basically I want to show places name when the user writes its initials in a TextBox.
How can I achieve this?

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Why setting a client-side timeout when using long polling?
In almost every long polling examples I see, there is something like a timeout of 30 seconds client-side. What is the precise reason for this?

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How to include instant dynamic feature module in instant app?
I have a project with these modules:
app
bookingfeature (instant enabled)
map (not instant)
app contains some common code and resources and a starting activity with some logic to route the app to the correct destination, based on whether it's…

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