Perhaps -- but since I don't really understand the question, perhaps question quality had something to do with it?
"The radio button". What radio button? What's a "a simple_list_item_single_choice layout"? These things probably seem obvious to you, but they're not to me. So I can only guess at the obvious solution. It could also be that I don't even KNOW the solution. I spend too much time answering questions as it is. If I don't immediately understand the question enough (or a response) to have something to offer, I just skip on to the next message. Even good, easy questions can go unanswered. You can improve the odds by writing clear questions, easily grasped by someone just scanning, yet complete enough to fully understand. That's not easy -- and even if everyone suddenly managed to do it, it'd just increase the competition for answers to good questions! On Apr 7, 9:17 am, DonFrench <dcfre...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 7, 8:14 am, "~ TreKing" <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:44 PM, DonFrench <dcfre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > And the truth is that even then the odds are that no one will answer you. > > > I highly disagree. > > > > I recently posted a very simple and clear one-sentence question > > > Which was what, out of curiosity? > > This one: > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > > > > > that I know a high percentage of the people on this list knew the answer > > > to. > > > And you know this for a fact how? > > Because when I found the answer for myself, I saw that it was > something that any experienced Android developer would probably know. > > > > > > > > Trying to figure out how to get an answer from this group is a puzzle in > > > itself. > > > The problem is that on these Android groups a lot of people post things like > > "URGENT!: my app doesn't work, why?", or, like in this case, large chunk of > > alien code with no context, or "here's a picture of what I want to do, how > > do I do it?", or other equally vague and generic posts that would take hours > > to answer completely. > > > I don't know about the rest of the group, but I'm more inclined to help > > where I can when 1) The post is clear, concise, and specific (not "it > > doesn't work") and 2) The person indicates that they've put time and energy > > into solving the problem and they've narrowed it down to something specific > > (they Googled with no result, they checked the debug log with nothing > > obvious, they've tried A, B, C, and D with no luck, etc). > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------- > > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered > > deviceshttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
