Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (starting after midnight)
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Focusing on the recorder
Because I could finally step away from Floor Is Lava and my other apps, I came to the Chaos Screen Recorder and tried to figure out how to connect AdMob. I had already installed AdMob into version twelve, so when I tried again the installer told me the framework was already there. All I needed was a new app set up in AdMob.
The test plan
I wrote a test plan in Claude AI with instructions for every step: Firebase setup, AdMob integration, an APK file, icons from Claude Design, and a website with a landing page that connects to the APK. I also wanted a color scheme from Claude Design.
Light purple becomes red
Claude Design made the color scheme and exported it as an HTML file. I had Claude code it into the app, and it also built the icon logo pack for Android. The light purple I complained about in June was gone: the app now has a red theme on a light background.
I installed and configured Firebase, then uploaded the landing page, terms and conditions and other pages. The app was already looking good.
Photos from today
This screenshot was captured at 1:20 a.m. on July 23, which still counts as this working day.
Feature Log: July 22, 2026
- AdMob connected (framework already present from version twelve)
- Firebase set up and configured
- Landing page, terms and conditions and other pages uploaded
- New red theme on a light background, with an Android icon pack
Version progress today: version 14
Read what happens next in the dev diary: the next entry.
Diary Of A Mad Chaos is a daily diary written from March 1996 until today, of which individual books and book series have been created, namely “The Lost Years” an exploration of young, entwined love, the “Wubao In China (猎艳奇缘)” book series which provides an extensive comparative analysis of the cultural differences between Eastern and Western societies, and the book titled “Foreigner (华人)” an exploration of race relations in Australia.
