[android-developers] Re: Performance Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Droid
Probably an image is too big (too many?) (over 1800 pixels triggers MOM in some cheaper phones) and/or the change of screen orientation tends to trigger MOM errors for large images. I had to switch it off with; android:screenOrientation=nosensor -- You received this message because you are

[android-developers] Re: I need portrait only for all screen sizes except xlarge screen size which needs to be landscape only

2011-05-09 Thread Droid
I may use your suggestion if I need to specify different orientations than the defaults. But the nosensors attribute fixes orientations at their best for each device (landscape for xoom, portrait for Nexus etc). This is just what I want. * * * * * * -- You received this message because you are

[android-developers] scrollView in AlertDialog body not scrolling…

2011-05-08 Thread droid-stricken
Hi All, I am trying to have a ScrollView in the message part of the AlertDialog. But, i am unable to get the desired result. Following is the relevant piece of code. If you find something incorrect in the way i am building the custom view, please let me know. TIA. protected Dialog

[android-developers] Async Task or Spawn a Thread?

2011-05-07 Thread Droid
Seems I can use an async task OR roll my own thread to do a background task. Is one better than the other? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To

[android-developers] SearchView as part of the AlertDialog

2011-05-07 Thread droid-stricken
Hi All, I am trying to place the search widget [SearchView basically] in the title part of an AlertDialog. Is that allowed i.e will it work? The idea is to have the user enter a search word and when he/she presses the Enter key on the keyboard, to use the search word entered to search through an

[android-developers] SDCard installs - auto or preferExternal?

2011-05-04 Thread Droid
I am guessing my manifest entry is better (from the users point of view) as: android:installLocation=preferExternal Would users prefer android:installLocation=auto? Would app users prefer installing to their SDCard by default rather than to internal memory? -- You received this message because

[android-developers] Re: ListView Item Focussable issue

2011-05-04 Thread droid-stricken
, droid-stricken harik...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, There seems to be a lot of questions on this very issue. I have gone thro' most of them and yet unable to find a workable solution :( I am unable to get the focus on any item of my list. My Activity DOES NOT extend ListActivity and i do not have

[android-developers] Re: SDCard installs - auto or preferExternal?

2011-05-04 Thread Droid
Yes, maybe 'auto' better, I read somewhere that a few models will fail to install at all if install location is set to preferExternal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] inflate popup menu items programatically

2011-05-03 Thread droid-stricken
Hi, [I have posted the same query on StackOverflow forum as well. So, kindly excuse the re-posting here - was not sure if this was a beginner's level question or a beyond beginner's level] I have a button in my activity, pressing upon which, the following method gets called - private

[android-developers] ListView Item Focussable issue

2011-05-03 Thread droid-stricken
Hi, There seems to be a lot of questions on this very issue. I have gone thro' most of them and yet unable to find a workable solution :( I am unable to get the focus on any item of my list. My Activity DOES NOT extend ListActivity and i do not have any ListView with default ID -

[android-developers] Re: Motorola xoom is xhdpi?

2011-05-02 Thread Droid
Doesnt xoom get images fron drawable-xlarge as a first choice? On May 2, 10:17 pm, faah farah.ha...@gmail.com wrote: Yes it was a typo. drawable-mdpi-v9 directory is where I have the assets. More info: default properties states: # Project target. target=android-11 and the manifest

[android-developers] Can I disable updates updating old apps?

2011-05-01 Thread Droid
I want to put an 'install to SDCard' option into an app already in the market, but do not want to make thousands of people do an update for such a minor thing. Can I disable updates so that only new downloads get the new version. This is a big problem because continual updates often annoy users.

[android-developers] Re: How is your app selling on the Amazon Appstore?

2011-04-28 Thread Droid
My app was tested in India (I knew this cos of an inn app widget giving me locations) and three weeks later appeared in Amazon market. It is a free app and gets hardly any downloads or feedback whereas in google market it get loads of downloads and feedback. Not impressed with Amazon app store

[android-developers] BitmapSize exceeds VM budget out of memory error

2011-04-28 Thread Droid
I use images that often me this error: BitmapSize exceeds VM budget out of memory error. It depends on the device Can I check my devices VM budget programmatically or in technical specs? I have no idea which devices have good VM budgets and which have low budgets, so I cannot target. At

[android-developers] Re: Missing USB driver for WiFi Galaxy Tab?

2011-04-28 Thread Droid
I used the usb driver supplied by Samsung. Cannot remember if I went to their website or got it from the SDK installation manager but it works very well on my Vista machine. I remember I used about 20 minutes up to locate and install it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

[android-developers] Obtaining access to the surfaceView instance

2011-04-27 Thread droid-stricken
Hi, I have an activity - public class mainActivity extends Activity { private SurfaceView sv; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { sv = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.video_surface); . } } I have a service - public class VideoService extends Service {

[android-developers] Re: Obtaining access to the surfaceView instance

2011-04-27 Thread droid-stricken
believe. Thanks. On Apr 27, 11:18 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: You can't do this from a service.  A service is not associated with a UI. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:15 AM, droid-stricken harik...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have an activity - public class mainActivity

[android-developers] No google orders results for SDK11

2011-04-24 Thread Droid
I have done several apps that target SDK11 alone (Xoom, Acer tablets) but I get zero downloads results in my orders pages. I am absolutely certain that there have been downloads but there are no results (over 5 popular apps). Have Google switched off downloads and analytics for SDK11? -- You

[android-developers] Fragment, how to send message from one fragment to another

2011-04-18 Thread Droid
If I click a button in one fragment, what is the best way to get a response in another fragment? eg click button in fragment1 which displays text in a TextView in fragment2. which is the best approach here? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-developers] Re: Class not found exception static fragment library

2011-04-18 Thread Droid
Might be connected with different: android-support-v4.jar I think they are different incompatible versions. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5561353/fragmentactivity-can-not-be-tested-via-activityinstrumentationtestcase2 On Apr 17, 7:58 am, k_day kevin.r@gmail.com wrote: Another

[android-developers] Re: Class not found exception static fragment library

2011-04-18 Thread Droid
In my App I got the same error and it was the wrong path reference in the fragment xml layout file. Here is my error: fragment android:name=com.example.android.apis.app.FragmentHideShow $FirstFragment android:id=@+id/fragment1 android:layout_weight=1

[android-developers] Purchasing a phone for development

2011-04-18 Thread droid-stricken
Hi All, I finally put together some change to be able to afford a device for purely development purpose. I would appreciate which phone/device you would recommend that gives the best bang for the buck and can be used for as long as possible without any issues for future firmware upgrades. Also,

[android-developers] ListViews inside TableLayout...

2011-04-05 Thread droid-stricken
Hi All, I have a TableLayout with one TableRow. The first column/cell is a ListView. The second cell/column is a TableLayout again which consists of 2 ListViews. When i inflate the xml layout, everything looks fine and i have set of adapters for each of the 3 ListViews. I have added dummy

[android-developers] Re: Refreshing app

2011-04-02 Thread Droid
Set up a service that tests the data every 2 minutes. Then wake app if data relevant. On Apr 2, 6:58 am, Pinkesh Gupta pinkeshgup...@gmail.com wrote: i think you need to do one thing just implement a timer on your thread event and put the dat that is coming from the server on sleep.On Fri, Apr

[android-developers] Video Playback within a service component...

2011-04-01 Thread droid-stricken
Hi All, My question has been asked once before - http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/msg/03372af088048de6 I could not see any replies to that one or find other questions on the forum that were similar to this one. Do anyone have any idea how to handle or work-around the above

[android-developers] video playback on emulator target android 3.0 API 11

2011-03-28 Thread droid-stricken
Hi All, I would like to know if anyone was able to successfully play the video on the android emulator targetting 3.0 api 11. I am able to play it on the xoom device but the same apk and setup (video file located at the /mnt/sdcard/ location) does not work on the emulator. Was wondering if any

[android-developers] What is best game engine for Android?

2011-03-27 Thread Droid
I reckon that I might need to use game type of content soon, especially with Xoom. So which is the easiest to get started on? Is there one starting to stand out from the crowd? I prefer late adopting so that I get a viable game engine that I could use into the future. Not impressed with openGL in

[android-developers] mediaplayer surface initialized to a frame

2011-03-21 Thread droid-stricken
Hi All, I am creating a surface holder for displaying my video and creating the mediaplayer instance as well. My question is - How to display the first frame on the surfaceView and then provide a button for the user to click that starts the actual playback of the video? Currently, my screen is

[android-developers] Re: mediaplayer surface initialized to a frame

2011-03-21 Thread droid-stricken
I think i have a solution for this. Using a background image for the surface view and removing the background before calling mediaplayerinstance.start() works for me. Thanks. On Mar 21, 1:09 pm, droid-stricken harik...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am creating a surface holder for displaying my

[android-developers] Creating integer array of resource ids

2011-03-18 Thread droid-stricken
Hi All, I have some images in my res/drawable folder. Let's say img1.png, img2.png and img3.png I am currently creating an int array of these image IDs in Java like this - int[] imgIds = {R.drawable.img1, R.drawable.img2, R.drawable.img3}; Instead is it possible to create an int arr in one of

[android-developers] Re: Geocoder IOException

2011-03-10 Thread Droid
One way is to capture the geocoder responses into a collection (over time) then write an algoritm to determine the which contents of that collection are usable. The geocode throws bad results and nulls all thge time. Most of the good algorithms are propietary (skyhook), but there is room for

[android-developers] Re: Android manifest no longer can be found on any of my packages

2011-03-10 Thread Droid
1) I get this too in WIndows Vista. I think its from Oracles JDK updates, so lowering the build in preferences for a project seems to work (sometimes!) 2) You can always take the res src and manifest files only to a folder of its own - on your c drive and then create a new project using them as

[android-developers] Re: Honeycomb orientation

2011-03-08 Thread Droid
The preview emulator for honeycomb had that bug, so get the latest non-preview emulator. On Mar 8, 9:55 am, limtc thyech...@gmail.com wrote: I encountered something strange in development using the emulator. I wanted my app to start and only work in landscape mode, but even if I put in the

[android-developers] Can I put a link page to my own market Apps?

2011-02-23 Thread Droid
I need to categorize my Apps and so need do build an external web page with links to my Apps and embed it in a WebView in my Apps. But will google let me do this? (my other Apps are in google market place) Thanks in advance... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[android-developers] Cannot find my own Apps in the Market

2011-01-27 Thread Droid
After 2.2 update I cannot find my own Apps in the android market. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: 60% payment declined on Android Market today!

2010-12-06 Thread Droid
Yup, me too (UK). All payments declined for 2 days or so I suppose google must know this and be working hard to fix it. On Dec 4, 11:32 pm, webmonkey webmonke...@gmail.com wrote: What is going on today! Out of a 100 orders, more than 50 are declined, and it is not stopping, all I see is

[android-developers] Re: Is there any android expert from Google or any other company?

2010-11-29 Thread Droid
AFIK you can use the libraries from your new voice recogniser and simply do not call the google one. You need to do something with the audio input too. I saw a simpler java OS one somewhere but did not bother to add it. On Nov 26, 9:45 am, Jerry chunlei@gmail.com wrote: My question on

[android-developers] Re: Display images at bottom

2010-11-29 Thread Droid
I think I used a scrollview and placed some more objects below that. I remember it worked. Take me too long to dig it out of my sources haystack though... On Nov 26, 8:17 pm, Daniel dhw4...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have a horizontal linear layout object that contains a row of

[android-developers] What is a 512 by 512 App icon high resolution

2010-11-27 Thread Droid
I know how to make a 512 by 512 image but what exactly is it for? Should it have lots of shapes/trees/animals on it? or one huge App icon like the 72 by 72 icons? High res? - for TVs? Tabs - what will be its size when viewed in-situ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

[android-developers] Re: voice recognition -- IVR on Android

2010-11-17 Thread Droid
I found it was hard to get the text to speech and voice recognition = more all into one activity (needed too many calls) so I put voice recognition into its own activity and pass intent messages between the two. Its a bit clunky but works. The other problem is detecting when the text to speech is

[android-developers] Re: to load image from drawable folder

2010-11-17 Thread Droid
You can actually dynamically call a new layout xml file using the well- used set content command - it works fast. May be useful if your one layout file gets too full and can just about do simple animations with it. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-developers] app not yet shipped? help

2010-10-13 Thread A-Droid
. A-Droid -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options

[android-developers] Re: app not yet shipped? help

2010-10-13 Thread A-Droid
Thank you. On Oct 13, 9:07 am, Sudsak jpidd...@gmail.com wrote: No, it's automatic, you don't have to do anything. On Oct 13, 3:55 am, A-Droid st...@netplusz.hu wrote: Hi, I've uploaded my first paid app to the market. Google checkout says not yet shipped on yhe order detail pages

[android-developers] Trying to track a webkit/Browser fix

2010-09-20 Thread droid-newbie
Hi, I see bug in eclair browser trying to load some websites, which have an image as a hyperlink, that is unclickable or does not take effect. I connected Wireshark and noticed no packets left the device, implying the webkit/browser didn't like it. This issue is fixed on froyo. How do I locate

[android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?

2010-09-15 Thread Droid
If you put an update out it tempts a few (me usually) to uninstall the App - I usually figure that its not worth my time updating it and I do not want it to auto update incase it installs a nasty, so I delete it and figure I can always get it when I want it again. Bill (and his thought

[android-developers] Re: GeoCoding Problems

2010-09-10 Thread Droid
I had with same problem with my App in that some geocoder returns are empty. I can suggest two solutions 1) Do try catch exceptions that traps a null and then starts the method again (which it will do until it gets a result). Seems to work for me. 2) The results come back thick and fast so use

[android-developers] Don't think my Apps are appearing in China - checks?

2010-09-09 Thread Droid
I have localised for China (EXCEPT) the App name. But most downloads are from USA I believe. Does China Android market place need more pre-requisites? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] Two buttons side by side to fill width of screen?

2010-09-06 Thread Droid
I have 2 buttons side by side in RelativeLayout (170dip each) but in landscape view, they are too narrow - I want to increase their widths automatically for landscape. I need a 'fill_parent' for two buttons at once kinda thing. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Here is my layout:

[android-developers] Re: OpenGL - 3D rotation from a 2D input

2010-09-06 Thread Droid
Suggest dragging for x, y and tapping for z axis movement. But its not clear exactly what your end-game is You could also use accelerometer for tipping (see Breakout Legend in the App in mkt) :) Droid On Sep 6, 7:04 pm, Thiago Lopes Rosa thiago.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a cube

[android-developers] Re: Recommendation for an Application with tons of media files

2010-09-06 Thread Droid
Yes, 160 MB cannot easily be bundled into the App Market? I am looking at the google app engine or a server to stream chunks of data at the App. On Sep 6, 8:01 pm, Filip Havlicek havlicek.fi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sebastián, 160MB is a lot of data, I think it is a must to save that much

[android-developers] Re: Two buttons side by side to fill width of screen?

2010-09-06 Thread Droid
With LinearLayout I believe I cannot two get buttons side by side? On Sep 6, 7:35 pm, OldSkoolMark m...@sublimeslime.com wrote: Consider LinearLayout. You can use layout_weight to achieve proportional sizing. On Sep 6, 12:26 am, Droid rod...@gmail.com wrote: I have 2 buttons side by side

[android-developers] Re: Developing Android app for tablet

2010-09-05 Thread Droid
And is landscape view preferred or default for these bigger screens? Many of my apps are fixed to portrait... On Sep 5, 1:50 pm, ytbryan ytbr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, do we(developer) need to alter our app to suit the android tablet(samsung galaxy tab)? or will them automatically run on

[android-developers] Re: Using eclipse

2010-09-05 Thread Droid
My eclipse goes out of sync very easily. I now make copy paste files into a project to make sure they go into the workspace and do not stay somewhere else. Its the worst thing about Eclipse IMO. Build/clean is automatic usually, but does not always fix problems. I have lost loads of stuff... On

[android-developers] Place two buttons side by side

2010-09-05 Thread Droid
OK, my buttons go one under the other, but I want them side by side. How do I place two buttons side by side? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To

[android-developers] Re: Place two buttons side by side

2010-09-05 Thread Droid
Thanks, but cannot follow that page without a migraine. Who can give me a snippet for two buttons side by side? On Sep 5, 5:12 pm, Filip Havlicek havlicek.fi...@gmail.com wrote: All you want is herehttp://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/LinearLayout.html 2010/9/5 Droid rod

[android-developers] Re: Place two buttons side by side

2010-09-05 Thread Droid
Havlicek 2010/9/5 Droid rod...@gmail.com Thanks, but cannot follow that page without a migraine. Who can give me a snippet for two buttons side by side? On Sep 5, 5:12 pm, Filip Havlicek havlicek.fi...@gmail.com wrote: All you want is herehttp:// developer.android.com/reference/android

[android-developers] Re: Place two buttons side by side

2010-09-05 Thread Droid
Thanks for that easy reference, looks like its android:layout_alignParentRight=true or something like that. On Sep 5, 7:11 pm, Frank Weiss fewe...@gmail.com wrote: Try the hello views page:http://developer.android.com/intl/de/resources/tutorials/views/index And please do use the

[android-developers] Lost my keystore, loads of Apps, what to do?

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
WIndows did a system restore on a crash boot-up, guess what? yes, my keystore has gone now - for ever. I should have backed it up. But The problem is I have 20 Apps that I cannot now update in the Market as it will not accept a new key signing. Can anyone think of a clever way out for me?

[android-developers] Re: Using eclipse

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
If you create a project from existing source, Eclipse uses the folder wherever it is. ie it does NOT ship them into your workspace. Means you can easily end up with source folders scattered far and wide. I made the mistake of using dropbox which stores in the cloud to create a project from.

[android-developers] Re: The first application

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
/ category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER / /intent-filter :) Droid On Sep 2, 3:24 pm, Lidoval lido...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, this is my first contact in the forum. Well, here is the question: when I run the simple code below, instead the result be a string

[android-developers] Re: How to printf in android development

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
Use: Log.d(my tag , here we are); System.out etc does not work in Android AFAIK. Then look at it in DDMS (its a special debugger, but very good when you find it). Works in emulator and device. Droid :) On Sep 2, 5:04 pm, xi developer xidevelope...@gmail.com wrote: I just notice

[android-developers] Re: i want to do very simple android application

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
Get one from the Android SDK in samples folder. Then File, new, Android Project, create from sample, etc... On Sep 2, 1:43 pm, bharani bharanikumariyer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi , i want to do very simple android program, Refer some good tutorial , -- Regards -- You received this message

[android-developers] Re: Need project idea

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
There is an App called Race Ace that is auto related in that it plots a track on a race course. There are many auto related apps possible, what do you have in mind.. On Sep 2, 8:19 am, analyst kalyankumar2...@gmail.com wrote: Can any tell me a project related to automative industries using

[android-developers] Re: How to get contacts detail on android 2.2 ?

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
This code gets contact names and phone numbers, but its easy to alter it to get more: package com.phone.list; import android.app.ListActivity; import android.database.Cursor; import android.os.Bundle; import android.provider.Contacts.Phones; import android.widget.ListAdapter; import

[android-developers] Re: limited distribution

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
I dont think there is a limit if you just email Apps to people and they have ticked install any App button. Not sure exactly what you want to do though On Sep 1, 8:53 pm, Greg greg.olmst...@gmail.com wrote: I want to build an android app and distribute it to a limited number of users,

[android-developers] Re: Automatic way to change versionCode (and/or versionName) in manifest

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
I doubt it, I would do like you - write a script to do it . On Sep 2, 10:55 pm, Adal arpi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everybody! I feel like this one it's going to be a silly question but after asking google and the list, I have no answer so... there I go: Is there any way using just eclipse to

[android-developers] Re: Voice Recognition for Voice Control?

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
I write code to analyse voice recognition results. It works well, but is quite a lot of stuff to do to make it workable. See my free (free at present anyway) App called Spelling in the market. On Sep 2, 5:16 pm, moa mich...@jixel.com wrote: Hi, Is it possible to use the voice recognition api

[android-developers] Re: Application not running..!

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
it does not like upper case L so login.xml should work OK. :) On Sep 2, 4:43 pm, Gold thangadura...@gmail.com wrote: Hi..All,                  I create new Project . In that I move to res - layout - create one xml file.!                  I gave name Login.xml but it show error (only [a-z]

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Licensing: Now Available!

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
The sample App (android-sdk-windows\market_licensing\sample) red lines on : import com.android.vending.licensing.AESObfuscator; import com.android.vending.licensing.LicenseChecker; import com.android.vending.licensing.LicenseCheckerCallback; import

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Licensing: Now Available!

2010-09-03 Thread Droid
Oh, OK, found it now. I have to reference the library project to get rid of import red squiggles. On Sep 3, 11:15 am, Droid rod...@gmail.com wrote: The sample App (android-sdk-windows\market_licensing\sample) red lines on : import com.android.vending.licensing.AESObfuscator; import

[android-developers] Soft Keyboard covers part of dialogbox in pan and scan mode

2010-09-02 Thread droid-newbie
I have a view with a text edit box at the bottom, which when clicked invokes a soft keyboard and the view is shifted up. The issue is that the keyboard obscures a significant portion of the text edit box. Looking at the diagrams @

[android-developers] Acquiring Location Message on websites, requesting location.

2010-09-01 Thread droid-newbie
Hi, *just posted this on Platform, but this may be the right place for this question * If I take a Droid phone, I can turn off checkbox options under Location and Security for 1. Use Wireless Networks 2. Use GPS Satellites and then under Privacy, turn off the option for Use My Location

[android-developers] Re: Popping up Toast (or something like it) from a thread

2010-08-29 Thread Droid
Are you using a message handler? they are better than spinning a naked thread. You may be blocking the UI thread or similar unwanted consequence. There is loads of code around but I can put some here if you want about message handlers in threads. On Aug 28, 10:45 pm, Bret Foreman

[android-developers] Re: String being truncated when its long

2010-08-27 Thread Droid
I think you are hitting a capacity limit of the android and should chunk it somehow at say 3000 chars and store the chars somewhere not in memory. Droid On Aug 27, 12:13 am, Achanta krishna.acha...@gmail.com wrote: I Tested your suggestions by setting UTF-8 and I also tried the same

[android-developers] How to connect android to Google App Engine

2010-08-26 Thread Droid
I have spent two days trying to decide on a way to upload and download data to the Google App Engine. Do I use REST or simple HTTP post/get? Do I use JSON or XML? Do I use java or Python. I am thinking probably use python and probably use REST. But which one out there? There are so many to

[android-developers] How to test Apps on a variety of devices?

2010-08-18 Thread Droid
My Apps work fine on my N1, but I have no idea what they do on other devices. This is becoming a worry. Any way to test them on different devices (without buying them all)? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this

[android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?

2010-08-17 Thread Droid
I uninstall Apps that need constant updates, a bit silly of me because I update my own Apps all the time. On Aug 17, 7:06 am, Mark Carter mjc1...@googlemail.com wrote: On 17 August 2010 03:15, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: I think user retention rate is a great ingredient to add to the

[android-developers] How safe is emailing a signed App apk?

2010-08-10 Thread Droid
I have an email wanting to localise an APK. But I have to email him/ her a signed APK. Is that safe, I mean can they access my merchant account or something horrible like that if they get my key store? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-developers] Android Google Maps example force closes why?

2010-08-09 Thread Droid
Forces close on emulator and device (Nexus One) I have followed the instructions at http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/views/hello-mapview.html on my emulator AND Nexus 1 Froyo force closes. Log error is: Unable to instantiate activity I have correct libraries, using SDK 8 settings.

[android-developers] Build Error - Android 2.2

2010-06-24 Thread Mani Droid
Hi All I downloaded the Android 2.2 source code and try to build it. When I executed the make command, I got an error here like this build/core/java.mk:20: *** frameworks/ex/common: Invalid LOCAL_SDK_VERSION '8' Choices are: current 4 5 6 7. Stop. Then I changed the

[android-developers] Re: Build Error - Android 2.2

2010-06-24 Thread Mani Droid
Hi All I again downloaded the code. Not its compiling. Thanks Regards Manikandan.D On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Mani Droid manis.dr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All I downloaded the Android 2.2 source code and try to build it. When I executed the make command, I got an error here like

[android-developers] Re: Build Error - Android 2.2

2010-06-24 Thread Mani Droid
Sorry, it's compiling fine. On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Mani Droid manis.dr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All I again downloaded the code. Not* its compiling. Thanks Regards Manikandan.D On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Mani Droid manis.dr...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All I downloaded

[android-developers] Handling keyevents in the Background (Service)

2010-06-02 Thread Mani Droid
Dear all Is it possible to handle the KeyEvents in the Service? If possible, please guide me. Thanks in Advance Regards Mani -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: Wired crash with ActivityUnitTestCase and dimens.xml

2010-05-18 Thread T-Droid
Ok, here is my observation. On device with Android 1.5 the program is crashing. With 1.6 the program works fine. I removed the attrs.xml and using the dimension elements directly. The crash was gone for 1.5 devices. On May 11, 10:13 am, T-Droid dev.r...@googlemail.com wrote: No comments

Re: [android-developers] Re: Getting and Sending Data From the Web (URLConnection via http)

2010-05-14 Thread an droid
I send back and forth on the same connection i.e. same port. All I do I say, connection.connect(); data_out=new DataOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream()); data_in=new DataInputStream(connection.getInputStream()); data_out.writeUTF(my data goes here); data_out.flush(); data_out.close();

Re: [android-developers] Re: Getting and Sending Data From the Web (URLConnection via http)

2010-05-14 Thread an droid
It is supposed to work in wlan, encryption is deactivated in order to make sure that it isn't the source of the problem. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Jason LeBlanc jasonalebl...@gmail.comwrote: Are you inside your network or outside, using wi-fi or 3g? Do you have to authenticate the

Re: [android-developers] Re: Getting and Sending Data From the Web (URLConnection via http)

2010-05-14 Thread an droid
And about the protocol, there is one that is quite simple and is embedded in json objects. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Jason LeBlanc jasonalebl...@gmail.comwrote: Are you inside your network or outside, using wi-fi or 3g? Do you have to authenticate the connection? Is there a

Re: [android-developers] Re: method.getAnnotation( ) or method.isAnnotationPresent( ) not working

2010-05-14 Thread Droid Wonders
Any one knows that annotation are even supported in android ??? I see that I can add annotations, but can not retrieve them using class methods. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Nehal droidwond...@gmail.com wrote: Just wanted to add that I get false for following line even if I have annotation

[android-developers] How to retrieve undelivered messages from handler when process is being killed

2010-05-12 Thread Droid Wonders
Hello, When android system decides to kill any process, how do we get a list of undelivered messages from handler object? I understand I can maintain my own list before posting messages to the handler. But I am trying to find a way if android already supports it. Thanks, DW -- You received

[android-developers] Re: Wired crash with ActivityUnitTestCase and dimens.xml

2010-05-11 Thread T-Droid
style and themes. The InstrumentationTestCases works fine. Thanks in advance. T-Droid On 10 Mai, 15:48, T-Droid dev.r...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi @all, I wrote a test case with ActivityUnitTestCase which was working fine. Now I added a dimensions file (dimens.xml) and using the values

[android-developers] Wired crash with ActivityUnitTestCase and dimens.xml

2010-05-10 Thread T-Droid
the crash: protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); this.setContentView(R.layout.my_layout); } Any idea? T-Droid -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post

[android-developers] Re: In process communication

2010-05-04 Thread T-Droid
a activity knows the service. I'm talking how a service knows an activity. Because in my design the service should trigger view changes. The communication is unidirectional. Thanks in advance T-Droid On Apr 4, 8:24 am, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: Fyi this approach is illustrated

[android-developers] Re: In process communication

2010-05-04 Thread T-Droid
Sorry, I was meaning I'm using the solution of Kumar Bibek. The static one. On May 4, 8:34 am, T-Droid dev.r...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I solved the problem as spachner mentioned. From my point of view it was easy to understand. About the second solution I still get not the whole idea

[android-developers] Dynamic view with two layout

2010-05-04 Thread T-Droid
. First pressing the button leads to the crash - unfortunately! Does anybody have another idea, which is easy to handle? Thank you in advance. T-Droid -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android

[android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers

2010-04-24 Thread A-Droid
Mine is the Ball Madness game. Market link: http://tinyurl.com/bmmarket Regards, A-Droid http://me-a-droid.blogspot.com/2010/01/ball-madness.html On Apr 23, 1:15 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Out of curiosity, what is the app you guys are getting Nexus / Droid for? On Apr 23, 11:05 am

[android-developers] In process communication

2010-04-02 Thread T-Droid
no reference to the service. Then I was thinking to take AIDL but this is more for inter-process communication. How is it possible that the service informs the activity about state changes? Both are running in the same process. What can you recommend? Thank you in advance. T-Droid -- You received

[android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers

2010-03-29 Thread A-Droid
Hungary | Waiting for my N1... On Mar 29, 2:03 pm, ratson materem...@gmail.com wrote: Hungary, still waiting ;) i guess EU shall receive N1s in the next days... On márc. 29, 11:25, Paul stuem...@gmail.com wrote: Germany, still waiting. ... and growing nervous :) -- You received this

[android-developers] change scroll speed in Gallery

2009-10-30 Thread Andy Droid
I made a gallery app inspired by the wallpaper chooser in the Launcher, using the Gallery class. However, one small swipe and it goes forever, can I slow it down, or add friction to my gallery object easily? thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-developers] change scroll speed in Gallery

2009-10-30 Thread Andy Droid
I made a gallery app inspired by the wallpaper chooser in the Launcher, using the Gallery class. However, one small swipe and it goes forever, can I slow it down, or add friction to my gallery object easily? thanks - sorry if this is on here twice, i'm having trouble verifying that my posts are

[android-developers] clipping in ViewGroup

2009-10-16 Thread Andy Droid
I have a ViewGroup with three children which are Views containing bitmaps. Two of the children are to the left and right (off screen) and one child is in the middle of the screen and visible. It is like a gallery, but my own flavor. When the user is dragging left or right, the ViewGroup

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