[android-developers] Re: Why oh why did Google let manufacturers take over the getExternalStorageDirectory() API?

> A user should be able to move an SD card from one device to the next and > have all of there data in the expected location and be ready to go from an > app standpoint without jumping through these hoops. This is so broken it's > pathetic. Yeah, this is where the pain comes. And when your app is

Re: [android-developers] Re: using ffmpeg library for converting no. of images into a video containing music

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:58 AM, rakesh kumar wrote: > Hi Narendra, > > I have to covert no of images into video. > > Can you Please share your code on my mail Id:rakesh_dogr...@yahoo.co.in > Hi Rakesh, I already shared the link, which I used to convert images into video. Try to use that. --

Re: [android-developers] Re: Identifying HTTP Get requests in Android

Hi, Thanks for the input. It is part of research project (so we are using HTTP servers) and we also want to monitor battery in this scenario. As I am relatively new to developing these, please let me know if I am to use the code similar to Page 31, 32 of http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-cor

[android-developers] Re: Android circular seek bar

On Monday, 3 December 2012 11:45:23 UTC+5:30, djhacktor wrote: > > Hi can any one tell me how to make seek bar in circular shape ?? is there > any example ?? Reference : https://lh4.ggpht.com/9qL2sQi6XQYBY2pvgsPyObYS3UM42kRw64ve-GacU3jqW0XTEhARkdCLpmYzzhRULk0r -- You received this message

[android-developers] Re: using ffmpeg library for converting no. of images into a video containing music

Hi Narendra, I have to covert no of images into video. Can you Please share your code on my mail Id:rakesh_dogr...@yahoo.co.in Regards Rakeh On Friday, October 19, 2012 6:11:31 PM UTC+5:30, Narendra Singh Rathore wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have used the following link for converting images i

[android-developers] Re: Android circular seek bar

hi bob m still struggling in understanding your example what i want is Reference : https://lh4.ggpht.com/9qL2sQi6XQYBY2pvgsPyObYS3UM42kRw64ve-GacU3jqW0XTEhARkdCLpmYzzhRULk0r On Monday, 3 December 2012 11:45:23 UTC+5:30, djhacktor wrote: > > Hi can any one tell me how to make seek bar in circ

Re: [android-developers] Cipher.wrap() not working in Android 4.2?

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Matthew Fleming wrote: > I use the following code to encrypt a SecretKey with password-based > encryption: > > Cipher pbeEncryptCipher = Cipher.getInstance("PBEWithMD5AndDES"); Try Cipher.getInstance("PBEWithMD5AndDES", "BC"); Also probably not a good idea to

[android-developers] Viewpager overscrolls when width is changed when swiping

Dear all, I am having trouble with ViewPager overscrolling to the next or previous page if ViewPager's width is changed in onPageSelected. I'm looking at ViewPager's setCurrentItemInternal code and the steps of swiping to the next page seems to be 1. smoothScrollTo 2. calls onPageSelecte

[android-developers] Better view recycling like the Google Play App

I'm wondering if anyone could give me ideas about how the Google Play app implements its list of apps (e.g. the search results page). I'm specifically interested in how it handles the apps icon because, it appears to be lazy loaded (flinging down the list will show a placeholder) but it seems t

Re: [android-developers] Exception in socket programming

FYI two phones communicating is *not* a good use case for a server... As for your question, you can easily answer that by a quick Google search "eclipse multiple emulators:" http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1761246/possible-to-safely-run-multiple-android-emulators-on-the-same-machine-and-commun

Re: [android-developers] Exception in socket programming

Actually I want two android phones to communicate with each other. For that purpose, one phone would need to behave as a server. Yeah, I now have added the internet permission, it does not crash now but I am not getting any output. I don't know how to run two android projects simultaneously, means,

Re: [android-developers] Exception in socket programming

1. You probably shouldn't be writing a server as an Android app. That's just a bad idea. It's going to kill the battery unless you have really good motivation for doing so... 2. You forgot to include the internet permission. Kris On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:28 PM, s_ali wrote: > Hi! > > I am tr

[android-developers] Re: Complicated Preference Activity

On 12/12/2012 08:59 PM, TreKing wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Jim Duda > wrote: > > Use a different SharedPreferences instance for each host, using some name > unique to each host: > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#getShar

[android-developers] Cipher.wrap() not working in Android 4.2?

I use the following code to encrypt a SecretKey with password-based encryption: Cipher pbeEncryptCipher = Cipher.getInstance("PBEWithMD5AndDES"); pbeEncryptCipher.init(Cipher.WRAP_MODE, pbeKey, pbeParamSpec); byte[] symKeyBytes = null; try { symKeyBytes = pbeEncryp

Re: [android-developers] New In-app billing (v3)

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Bram Stolk wrote: >> >> >> Could you please comment on the reports that AIBv3 will not work until you >> clear the cache of Google Play, and agree to a EULA? >> If this is the case, I hesitate to put this bur

[android-developers] Re: Weird artifacts simple List View on 4.2

I was able to work with the user and found that removing the "alpha" from the RelativeLayout (containing the ListView) eliminated the glitches while scrolling. Instead of using "alpha", I'm now using a background color with transparency. On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:45:48 PM UTC-5, Hedam

[android-developers] Exception in socket programming

Hi! I am trying to make a client server scenario in android. In client project, emulator is acting like a client, and its working fine. But when I run the server code (using emulator), it gives an exception. The server project gives the correct output when I run it as a simple java project. Th

[android-developers] Re: Why oh why did Google let manufacturers take over the getExternalStorageDirectory() API?

On Wednesday, 12 December 2012 20:54:10 UTC+1, niko20 wrote: > > Just what the title says, > > The getExternalStorageDirectory API is supposed to GET EXTERNAL STORAGE. > But manufacturers have all turned it into "point to the internal storage on > the device". There should have been a "getIntern

[android-developers] Viewstub reuse

i want use viewstub real time titlebar change main.xml *<**ViewStub* *android:id**=**"@+id/headerstub"* *android:layout_gravity**=**"top"* *android:layout_width**=**"match_parent"* *android:layout_height**=**"wrap_content"* *android:inflatedId**=**"@+i

Re: [android-developers] Complicated Preference Activity

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Jim Duda wrote: > Any advice appreciated. Do I need to stick with my external dialog boxes? > Use a different SharedPreferences instance for each host, using some name unique to each host: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#getSh

[android-developers] Complicated Preference Activity

I've learned how to build simple preferences for my application using a separate Activity and PreferenceFragments. So far so good. Part of my application's preferences are to provide a list of HOSTS to select from, where each HOST has a set of data which describes the host (host address, port,

Re: [android-developers] New In-app billing (v3)

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Bram Stolk wrote: >>> >>> >>> Could you please comment on the reports that AIBv3 will not work until you >>> clear the cache of Google Play, and ag

Re: [android-developers] New In-app billing (v3)

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Bram Stolk wrote: >> >> >> Could you please comment on the reports that AIBv3 will not work until you >> clear the cache of Google Play, and agree to a EULA? >> If this is the case, I hesitate to put this bur

Re: [android-developers] New In-app billing (v3)

Thanks Ian, A lot of useful information there. Bram -- 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-developer

Re: [android-developers] New In-app billing (v3)

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Bram Stolk wrote: > > Could you please comment on the reports that AIBv3 will not work until you > clear the cache of Google Play, and agree to a EULA? > If this is the case, I hesitate to put this burden on my users. > IABv3 is built into Google Play services,

[android-developers] Re: Weird artifacts simple List View on 4.2

My app is currently in beta testing and a Nexus 4 user running Android 4.2.1 is reporting the same thing. When scrolling the ListView, it products visual artifacts (screenshots posted here: http://forums.androidcentral.com/android-applications/206430-music-player-remix-public-beta-now-open-6.h

Re: [android-developers] WTH?

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Raymond C. Rodgers wrote: > Because you're supposed to define that exception handling yourself, just > like the rest of it? No, that might be adequate if it were not relying on components that are out of our control. Unfortunately, that's not the case and if anyt

[android-developers] BlackWhiteFilter.java

Anyone know what the story is with BlackWhiteFilter.java? As far as I can tell, it has nothing to do with making stuff black and white. The output is in full color. Here's the brains behind it: private final String mBlackWhiteShader = "precision mediump float;\n" +

Re: [android-developers] WTH?

Because you're supposed to define that exception handling yourself, just like the rest of it? On 12/11/2012 1:31 PM, Larry Meadors wrote: This is in the android.test.ActivityUnitTestCase code: try{ // do some stuff here to build the activity to test } catch (Exception e) { assertNotNull(n

Re: [android-developers] GCode

Kristopher Micinski wrote: > I don't really think that would be of any use to the Android team and > seems like kind of a time waste: I don't really see how that would > make economic sense for Google. > > Developing an IDE is extremely nontrivial, eclipse has thousands of > developers over th

[android-developers] Re: GCode

bob wrote: > What do you guys think about Google developing an IDE that is tailored > specifically for Android development? It would basically replace Eclipse > and not have a bunch of confusing Eclipsy options that are irrelevant to > Android. > > It would basically be Google's answer to Xcod

Re: [android-developers] GCode

I don't really think that would be of any use to the Android team and seems like kind of a time waste: I don't really see how that would make economic sense for Google. Developing an IDE is extremely nontrivial, eclipse has thousands of developers over the course of years and it still really sucks

Re: [android-developers] New In-app billing (v3)

On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 10:39:37 AM UTC-8, Ian Ni-Lewis wrote: > > For those who are wondering if you should switch: the answer is probably > "yes." IABv2 turned out to be very, very easy to get wrong. V3 is pretty > easy to get right. There are a couple things that v3 doesn't support yet

Re: [android-developers] Why oh why did Google let manufacturers take over the getExternalStorageDirectory() API?

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:54 PM, niko20 wrote: > The getExternalStorageDirectory API is supposed to GET EXTERNAL STORAGE. > But manufacturers have all turned it into "point to the internal storage on > the device". There should have been a "getInternalStorageDirectory()" API > to go along with th

[android-developers] Re: ListView with Editable components

Thanks for answering Piren. That's the point. Those kind of items cause issues though they can be handled in some or other way. So I guess it was a design decision not to make things like that. Em quarta-feira, 12 de dezembro de 2012 06h03min01s UTC-2, Piren escreveu: > > any kind of focusable/

[android-developers] GCode

What do you guys think about Google developing an IDE that is tailored specifically for Android development? It would basically replace Eclipse and not have a bunch of confusing Eclipsy options that are irrelevant to Android. It would basically be Google's answer to Xcode. -- You receiv

[android-developers] Why oh why did Google let manufacturers take over the getExternalStorageDirectory() API?

Just what the title says, The getExternalStorageDirectory API is supposed to GET EXTERNAL STORAGE. But manufacturers have all turned it into "point to the internal storage on the device". There should have been a "getInternalStorageDirectory()" API to go along with this. I don't mind, I've "so

[android-developers] Re: App disappearing from my user's phones after update with "preferExternal" install location in Manifest

Don't use "preferExternal", ever. I learned that a long time ago. It's too buggy. Use "auto" On Thursday, December 6, 2012 11:35:49 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote: > > Thanks Nobu Games, but I'm not worried about what to tell customers (got > that covered), I'm worried about how to fix the problem or ma

Re: [android-developers] cleaner shaders

FYI GNU indent does exactly this, along with indent-buffer in emacs... kris On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:50 PM, bob wrote: > Yeah, I'm using raw resources now. > > Also, I like to format the code using http://jsbeautifier.org/ > > It indents it real nice. > > > On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 12:38:5

[android-developers] Best way to integrate G+ reviewing for an app?

I want to add a button in my live wallpapers and apps, so the usera easily can G+ the app and write a review. Which is the best way to do that? Which text is most suitable for the button? "G+ this app", "Rate this app" or "Write a review for this app"? I assume that this would be a good way of

Re: [android-developers] cleaner shaders

Yeah. I like to convert the current ones to files by going to ideone.com and pasting in short programs like this: import java.util.*; import java.lang.*; class Main { public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception { String m = "pr

[android-developers] Re: Public Play Store statistics ?

Why not put Localytics or Flurry into your app? On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 5:06:31 AM UTC-6, Jean-Luc TRESSET wrote: > > Hi > > We've just produced an application for a third party company which have > published it on the Play Store with their own developper account and we > would like t

[android-developers] HelloEffects confusion

I'm looking at the HelloEffects sample, and I'm very confused. There is this line of code: GLES20.glUniform1i(mTexSamplerHandle, 0); I would think it should be: GLES20.glUniform1i(mTexSamplerHandle, texId); But that doesn't work. Can someone help me understand this line? -- You received t

[android-developers] Re: Required: Sr. NET Developer at Santa Clara, CA

It is now Mi¢rosoft. On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 2:00:32 AM UTC-6, Piren wrote: > > i think spelling Microsoft with the dollar sign was lost somewhere in the > twentieth century as well :) > > > On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:18:45 AM UTC+2, gjs wrote: >> >> Clearly you are lost. Turn aro

[android-developers] How to tidy up a Surface and SurfaceTexture when used with RenderScript

I am using an android.view.Surface, an android.graphics.SurfaceTexture and the setSurface method of an Allocation to receive the results from some RenderScript and then use those results as a texture within OpenGL ES. The texture does successfully get updated with the RenderScript results. Howe

Re: [android-developers] Re: Identifying HTTP Get requests in Android

This is nothing Android specific. Designing HTTP servers that follow this pattern is a common Java problem, but in my mind there is no reason that you should be doing this on Android. Instead you should be communicating with your service using messages to and from a service using a smart mechanis

[android-developers] SecurityException thown from MediaPlayer.prepare()?

Hello, I got a crash logged through ACRA which looks like MediaPlayer.prepare() threw SecurityException. I'm not sure how to interpret this - as far as I can tell, prepare() is not documented to throw that exception type. However, the previous line in my source calls setDataSource() which can th

Re: [android-developers] Re: Continuosly playing video

nemi chhimpa wrote: > They are not playing as a single file playing why? pskink -- 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, se

Re: [android-developers] Re: Continuosly playing video

They are not playing as a single file playing On Dec 11, 2012 11:01 PM, "skink" wrote: > > > nemi chhimpa wrote: > > I have list of video file. I want to play them one after other and look > > like that only one video file is playing. Video files are at server. > Thanks. > > and what is a problem

Re: [android-developers] How to get the space available in sdcard..?

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:21 AM, abhay_401 wrote: > I want to write a file(.txt) in sdcard before to that I want to check > whether the space availability in Sdcard. > If there is sufficient memory I want to write that file in sdcard. How can I > do that..? http://developer.android.com/reference/

[android-developers] Re: Identifying HTTP Get requests in Android

Hi, I used request.getRequestLine().getMethod(); that tells me if the method is GET/DELETE/POST and handle it accordingly. Any idea of how can I make my HTTP server in the Android phone non-blocking? I mean to simultaneously handle POST, GET and DELETE requests ? Thank you! On Tuesday, Dece

[android-developers] How to get the space available in sdcard..?

Hi, I want to write a file(.txt) in sdcard before to that I want to check whether the space availability in Sdcard. If there is sufficient memory I want to write that file in sdcard. How can I do that..? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android D

[android-developers] Re: Adding support to USB audio 5.1 and USB TV Tuner

Anyone is interested on this project? It will save us lot of money! Thank you! -- 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 ema

[android-developers] Re: Adding support to USB audio 5.1 and USB TV Tuner

Il giorno mercoledì 28 novembre 2012 00:56:32 UTC+1, Barabba ha scritto: > > Hi all, I would kindly suggest 2 important features to include in Android: > > The support for 5.1 USB soundcard allows devices like Media Centers (based > on Android) to output audio over a cheap soundard (on Ebay ther

[android-developers] Re: Adding support to USB audio 5.1 and USB TV Tuner

Il giorno mercoledì 28 novembre 2012 00:56:32 UTC+1, Barabba ha scritto: > > Hi all, I would kindly suggest 2 important features to include in Android: > > The support for 5.1 USB soundcard allows devices like Media Centers (based > on Android) to output audio over a cheap soundard (on Ebay ther

Re: [android-developers] Re: onConfigurationChanged() is not called when flipping between landscape and reverse landscape?

Hi Dianne, your answer isn't good enough. On flipping, the activity isn't informed through onConfigurationChanged (since Honeycomb, I suppose). This saves an unnecessary onSurfaceChange, texture loading, etc. Cool. But in that case sensor manager too must provide values as in previous orientat

[android-developers] Re: ContentResolver.query return null android

Are you sure the uri coming into the method is not null? On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 10:19:13 PM UTC-5, Hilda Chen wrote: > public int getCount(Uri uri){ > Cursor c=null; > int size=0; > if(uri.equals(DatabaseContants.CONTENT_URI_SETTING)){ > c=mContentResolv

[android-developers] Re: ListView one item per screen

I'm not saying that you should use the library (since its obviously isnt working and you dont want to revert to an older version of it). I did say that at least to me, it be easier to either write your own ViewPager based on their source or make a ViewFlipper (and the likes) work as a pager. Tr

[android-developers] Re: ListView one item per screen

I've tried using the library - it crushes when in onPause state. If I knew I would be able to achieve something with rewriting the code, I would go for it, but again - not sure if I can - can't waste time really. среда, 12 декабря 2012 г., 11:58:30 UTC+4 пользователь Piren написал: > > I wouldn'

Re: [android-developers] How to start service at boot time?

That's why i dont like answering such questions ... Although your answer is pretty much correct, it's also promising that eventually he'll return to the forum asking how come this isn't working on all devices. That's the whole "teach a man to fish" thing... had he done a simple search for his q

[android-developers] Re: ListView with Editable components

any kind of focusable/clickable item causes issues in listviews, but nothing that can't be handled. On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:32:58 PM UTC+2, Leossa wrote: > > Hi, > I read on the wild some people saying that it's not a good thing to have > EditTexts inside a ListView. Something related to

[android-developers] Re: Required: Sr. NET Developer at Santa Clara, CA

i think spelling Microsoft with the dollar sign was lost somewhere in the twentieth century as well :) On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:18:45 AM UTC+2, gjs wrote: > > Clearly you are lost. Turn around and head back through the last decade > towards the twentieth century, you'll find asp.net is