[android-developers] Re: ContentProviders assistance?
Hi Mark, See C:\android-sdk-windows\platforms\android-2.0.1\samples\NotePad for an example of using a ContentProvider. To allow the provider to be used by other applications, just set "Exported" to true for the provider in the manifest. You can also set permissions for the provider to limit access to it, but I haven't had a need for that yet, so haven't bothered to learn it. Good luck! Steve On Mar 21, 6:42 pm, Mark X wrote: > Hello, > > I have tried to figure out a way of exposing(sharing) data between a master > application and slave application in a secure way (not world readable), but > couldn't find clues on how to do that practically. Of course, reading > articles outline that ContentProviders are for sharing persistent data, but > I can't find a working example, nor the information how to setup/implement > two working piece of software that can work together as different apps. > > The data I share is simple - ID & Data. > > If there's anyone that already achieved this already, I'm all ears! > > Any ideas are welcome! > > Thanks, > Mark -- 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 from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[android-developers] Can anyone hook me up with an Exchange email account that I could use for testing?
Hi, I'm putting together a lightweight email provider for use with one of my apps (based on the K9 mail client). I'd love to test it with an Exchange account before releasing it. I'm hoping that some kind sole out there will be able to hook me up with an Exchange account that I can use for testing. Thanks a bunch! Steve -- 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 from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Can anyone hook me up with an Exchange email account that I could use for testing?
Hi Kumar, Thanks, I wasn't aware of "MS online" -- that's good to know. But, at the moment, what I really want is the ability to connect with stand-alone Exchange servers the same way that K9 or the Android Email client do. I believe my current solution will work fine, since its based on the K9 code, but haven't been able to test it yet. I could release it as "beta" and let users test it, but I'd really like to test it myself first. Cheers, Steve On Mar 23, 3:21 pm, Kumar Bibek wrote: > Umm, Microsoft online has a hosted trial of 30 days for 2007 exchange > accounts. You can try that. > > Thanks and Regards, > Kumar Bibek. > > On Mar 23, 12:09 am, Flying Coder wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > I'm putting together a lightweight email provider for use with one > > of my apps (based on the K9 mail client). I'd love to test it with an > > Exchange account before releasing it. > > > I'm hoping that some kind sole out there will be able to hook me up > > with an Exchange account that I can use for testing. > > > Thanks a bunch! > > > Steve -- 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 from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Can anyone hook me up with an Exchange email account that I could use for testing?
Hi Alexander, Thanks, can you provide any other details? I haven't had any luck in tracking this down. All the best, Steve On Mar 23, 3:23 pm, Alexander Blom wrote: > I'm pretty sure Gmail supports Exchange for email now. Try that. > > On Mar 22, 8:09 pm, Flying Coder wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > I'm putting together a lightweight email provider for use with one > > of my apps (based on the K9 mail client). I'd love to test it with an > > Exchange account before releasing it. > > > I'm hoping that some kind sole out there will be able to hook me up > > with an Exchange account that I can use for testing. > > > Thanks a bunch! > > > Steve -- 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 from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Can anyone hook me up with an Exchange email account that I could use for testing?
Hi Marek, POP & IMAP aren't a problem. Its just the proprietary Exchange stuff I'm worried about. Thanks for the suggestion to Google it -- it never occurred to me that companies would offer free Exchange accounts. As a matter of fact, I didn't find any "free" ones, but did find one that offers a 60-day free trial, which is good enough, at least for now. Cheers, Steve On Mar 25, 3:54 am, Marek Pola wrote: > What Email protocol do you want to test? There are plenty of free > email servers supporting the standard protocols POP3 and IMAP4. Gmail > supports them both. But if you mean the proprietary Exchange Active > Sync (EAS) protocol it's a different matter, but there are free > servers for that too. Google is your friend. > > Regards > Marek > > On Mar 24, 11:43 pm, Flying Coder wrote: > > > > > Hi Kumar, > > Thanks, I wasn't aware of "MS online" -- that's good to know. > > But, at the moment, what I really want is the ability to connect with > > stand-alone Exchange servers the same way that K9 or the Android Email > > client do. I believe my current solution will work fine, since its > > based on the K9 code, but haven't been able to test it yet. I could > > release it as "beta" and let users test it, but I'd really like to > > test it myself first. > > > Cheers, > > Steve > > > On Mar 23, 3:21 pm, Kumar Bibek wrote: > > > > Umm, Microsoft online has a hosted trial of 30 days for 2007 exchange > > > accounts. You can try that. > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > > Kumar Bibek. > > > > On Mar 23, 12:09 am, Flying Coder wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm putting together a lightweight email provider for use with one > > > > of my apps (based on the K9 mail client). I'd love to test it with an > > > > Exchange account before releasing it. > > > > > I'm hoping that some kind sole out there will be able to hook me up > > > > with an Exchange account that I can use for testing. > > > > > Thanks a bunch! > > > > > Steve -- 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 from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: how to detect screen is on or off?
I also listen to SCREEN_ON/OFF broadcasts in a couple of my apps. But, starting in 2.1 there is a new isScreenOn method: PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE); boolean isScreenOn = pm.isScreenOn(); It won't actually help me with my apps since I'm interested in transitions between on and off, but its nice to have anyway. Good luck, Steve On Mar 29, 3:20 pm, JP wrote: > On Mar 29, 3:00 am, zhiqiang wang wrote: > > > Hi,How can I detect the screen is on or off? > > We' had that before, I've implemented the following > solution:http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... -- 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 from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers
NC still waiting (but not complaining -- awesome for Google to do this) On Mar 29, 8:16 pm, Andrei wrote: > FL still waiting > > On Mar 29, 5:58 pm, "SoftwareForMe.com SoftwareForMe.com" > > > > wrote: > > Washington State, USA. Still waiting. > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Arnon wrote: > > > You mean 4 weeks? ;-) > > > > Quote: "Please allow 2-4 weeks from the date of submission of the form > > > for delivery of the phone. If you do not receive the phone within that > > > timeframe, please send an email to..." > > > > On Mar 29, 3:48 pm, zneref wrote: > > > > People relax, 6-weeks term doesn't passed yet ;) > > > > > On 29 Mar, 11:25, Paul wrote: > > > > > > Germany, still waiting. > > > > > ... and growing nervous :)- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > -- > > > 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 > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > > > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > > > ME" as the subject. -- 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 from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers
A pair of Droids in NC, USA today (one for being a ADC2 finalist). Google, you rock! On Mar 31, 4:26 pm, Ginda wrote: > Germany still waiting (since 6.March ) -- 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.
[android-developers] How to programmatically disable the soft keyboard?
My app has a simple number pad dialog for entering data into an EditText. I want to use that instead of the soft keyboard. How can I keep the soft keyboard from displaying when a user clicks on the EditText? I really don't wan to go the thru the hassle of developing a full blown InputMethod service, etc. Thanks! :-) Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Apps not showing up on Droid Eris (running cupcake)??
I have the "min SDK version" set to 3 in the manifest. Shouldn't the apps still be available in the Cupcake Market? Anyone know why apps are not showing up there? Or better yet, how to make them reappear? Thanks! Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: How to preserve old Db table, while adding new table columns for new version of app?
Override the onUpdate method of SQLiteOpenHelper and do:
if (oldVersion < VERSION_WHEN_COLUMN_ADDED)
db.execSQL("alter table " + TABLE_NAME + " add column " +
COLUMN_NAME + " " + COLUMN_TYPE + ";");
Cheers,
Steve
On Nov 16, 8:17 am, "jagtap.jj" wrote:
> Hello everybody
>
> Is there way for Android or in SQLite to preserve old version Db table
> columns, while adding new table columns for new version.
>
> The new application version should not vanish all user data from old
> version.
>
> Any suggestions?
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[android-developers] Given a TextView of a specific height, how many lines of text can be displayed?
I'm using a TextView in a widget to show some info from a ContentProvider. Right now, the update takes a little longer than I would like because I'm processing all of the data from the content provider, when I really only need the number of lines that will fit in the TextView. What's the easiest way to figure out how many lines are available in the TextView? Thanks a bunch! Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Hero & Tattoo: accelerometer doesn't work while screen is off?
Hi, I have an app that needs to monitor the accelerometer while the screen is off (I hold a partial wake lock). This works for most phones, but I've had users with the Hero (running 1.5) and Tattoo (running 1.6) report that the motion detection doesn't work while the screen is off. Has anyone else encountered this issue? Apparently the Hero & Tattoo will both be getting 2.0 sometime soon -- will that resolve the problem? Anyone know of a workaround or fix for this issue? Thanks, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Questin about gmail intents
Moneytoo: How does one receive the intent? I'd be happy if my app could simply tell when a new gmail has arrived. Thanks, Steve On Dec 2, 6:41 pm, moneytoo wrote: > You can receive the intent but you can not cancel the notification. > > On Dec 2, 7:48 pm, "vendor.net" wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > Is it possible to get an intent when the user recieves a mail and to > > cancel the gmail notification? > > > I want to filter some messages and I do not want te get notifications > > from them. > > > Thanks! -- 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
[android-developers] ActivityGroup: How do I disable the shadow at the top of the window?
Here is the code I use in the parent activity to display a child
activity within a FrameLayout. However this FrameLayout is just part
of a larger layout and I don't want the shadow that is normally
displayed at the top of an activity's window. How do I get rid of the
shadow?
Much obliged to anyone who can provide the answer!
Steve
Window w = am.startActivity(id, intent);
currentView = w.getDecorView();
if (currentView != null) {
currentView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
currentView.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
((ViewGroup) currentView).setDescendantFocusability(
ViewGroup.FOCUS_AFTER_DESCENDANTS);
}
frame.addView(currentView);
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[android-developers] Constant Garbage Collection for ActivityManager?
I'm seeing the following notification in LogCat repeated approximately every 3 seconds: 08-05 10:19:51.500: DEBUG/dalvikvm(58): GC freed 33080 objects / 1212416 bytes in 344ms the number of objects/bytes varies from one line to the next, but only slightly. Pid 58 is the ActivityManager. Only the home screen is active. Is the activity manager really creating that much junk every 3 seconds? Can anyone shed some light on what's going on? Thanks! Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Constant Garbage Collection for ActivityManager?
Diane: I just rebooted the phone. I'll let you know if I'm able to figure out how to force it to happen. Its happened in the past, but I haven't yet noticed what triggers it. It *seems* to occur only after the phone has been continuously on for several days. fadden: No, I only have a production phone. Is there any way to change the "debuggable" property? On Aug 5, 2:10 pm, fadden wrote: > On Aug 5, 7:32 am, Flying Coder wrote: > > > I'm seeing the following notification in LogCat repeated approximately > > every 3 seconds: > > > 08-05 10:19:51.500: DEBUG/dalvikvm(58): GC freed 33080 objects / > > 1212416 bytes in 344ms > > > the number of objects/bytes varies from one line to the next, but only > > slightly. > > Are you able to connect DDMS and look at the process? (Won't work on > a production device where the "ro.debuggable" property is set to 0.) > > If so, the Allocation Tracker in the stand-alone version of DDMS will > let you see the last 512 allocations, with stack traces. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Constant Garbage Collection for ActivityManager?
Thanks -- will give that a try next time this happens. On Aug 5, 5:02 pm, fadden wrote: > On Aug 5, 11:17 am, Flying Coder wrote: > > > fadden: No, I only have a production phone. Is there any way to > > change the "debuggable" property? > > Nope. > > If you have the "top" utility installed (I can't remember if it ships > on production devices), run it and see which processes are very > eactive. Another thing to do is grab the output of "adb shell ps -x - > t" a couple of times, maybe 10 seconds apart, and compare the utime > values for threads in the active processes to see which ones are > running. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] how to dial voicemail?
According to the docs, the following should work:
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_DIAL);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("voicemail:"));
startActivity(intent);
But this just brings up the dialer without a number showing.
Anyone know how to launch the dialer with the voicemail number (or
otherwise lookup the voicemail number)?
Thanks :-)
Steve
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[android-developers] out of memory error & getWallpaper
This has been driving me nuts and I'm hoping someone will be able to help me understand what is happening (or better yet, how to fix it! ;-). I set the background image in one of my apps to the system wallpaper image using the following code: Drawable wp = this.getWallpaper(); background = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.background); background.setImageDrawable(wp); This seems to work fine, but periodically, I get the out of memory error shown below. Actually, on the emulator, all I have to do is repeatedly rotate the device and this error will consistently happen after 10-12 rotations. On the G1, opening and closing the keyboard doesn't seem to cause this, but I'll still get the failure every once in a while. Is getWallpaper() actually making a copy of the image (I would have thought I'd just get a refernece to the existing bitmap)? Do I need to do anything special to free the image? 08-17 08:32:37.943: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(1597): 614400-byte external allocation too large for this process. 08-17 08:32:37.943: ERROR/(1597): VM won't let us allocate 614400 bytes 08-17 08:32:38.054: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(1597): Shutting down VM 08-17 08:32:38.054: WARN/dalvikvm(1597): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4000fe70) 08-17 08:32:38.054: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeFileDescriptor(Native Method) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeFileDescriptor(BitmapFactory.java: 424) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.app.ApplicationContext.getCurrentWallpaperLocked (ApplicationContext.java:523) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.app.ApplicationContext.peekWallpaper(ApplicationContext.java: 515) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.app.ApplicationContext.getWallpaper(ApplicationContext.java: 504) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.content.ContextWrapper.getWallpaper(ContextWrapper.java:201) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at onCreate (MyApp.java:247) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java: 1123) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2231) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2284) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1800(ActivityThread.java:112) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1692) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3948) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:782) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:540) 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: out of memory error & getWallpaper
Hi Nivek,
Unfortunately, doing recycle on the drawable returned by
ContextWrapper.getWallpaper() results in a run-time exception the next
time the app is launched: attempt to use recycled bitmap. Though
curiously, if I launch the app again after receiving the exeption, it
works fine. I.e., run time exception every other launch.
At any rate, thanks for the pointer to Romain Guy's blog -- I
wasn't aware of the onRetainNonConfigurationInstance method. Should
be useful in some cases.
Cheers,
Steve
On Aug 17, 10:53 am, Nivek wrote:
> When you change the device orientation, you app is closed and then
> reopened.
>
> Android handles bitmaps a "special" way, you HAVE to explicitly
> recycle them as soon as you don't need them anymore... or they stay
> allocated in memory and NEVER get freed.
>
> I have started to code an app which uses a set of ImageViews. To avoid
> allocation errors on orientation changes, I had to override the
> onDestroy() method this way :
> /*
> * (non-Javadoc)
> *
> * @see android.app.Activity#onDestroy()
> */
> @Override
> protected void onDestroy() {
> super.onDestroy();
> if (isFinishing()) {
> for (ImageView view : mImgViews) {
> Drawable toRecycle = view.getDrawable
> ();
> if (toRecycle != null) {
> ((BitmapDrawable)
> toRecycle).getBitmap().recycle();
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> After this, If the orientation change time is too long, you have to
> store the data (bitmaps and whatever else you need) with
> onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() and get them back on reinit with
> getLastNonConfigurationInstance().
>
> This has been explained by Romain Guy on his blog
> :http://www.curious-creature.org/2009/02/16/faster-screen-orientation-...
>
> On 17 août, 15:58, Flying Coder wrote:
>
>
>
> > This has been driving me nuts and I'm hoping someone will be able to
> > help me understand what is happening (or better yet, how to fix
> > it! ;-).
>
> > I set the background image in one of my apps to the system wallpaper
> > image using the following code:
>
> > Drawable wp = this.getWallpaper();
> > background = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.background);
> > background.setImageDrawable(wp);
>
> > This seems to work fine, but periodically, I get the out of memory
> > error shown below. Actually, on the emulator, all I have to do is
> > repeatedly rotate the device and this error will consistently happen
> > after 10-12 rotations. On the G1, opening and closing the keyboard
> > doesn't seem to cause this, but I'll still get the failure every once
> > in a while.
>
> > Is getWallpaper() actually making a copy of the image (I would have
> > thought I'd just get a refernece to the existing bitmap)? Do I need
> > to do anything special to free the image?
>
> > 08-17 08:32:37.943: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(1597): 614400-byte external
> > allocation too large for this process.
> > 08-17 08:32:37.943: ERROR/(1597): VM won't let us allocate 614400
> > bytes
> > 08-17 08:32:38.054: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(1597): Shutting down VM
> > 08-17 08:32:38.054: WARN/dalvikvm(1597): threadid=3: thread exiting
> > with uncaught exception (group=0x4000fe70)
> > 08-17 08:32:38.054: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): Uncaught handler:
> > thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
> > 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597):
> > java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
> > 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at
> > android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeFileDescriptor(Native
> > Method)
> > 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at
> > android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeFileDescriptor(BitmapFactory.java:
> > 424)
> > 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at
> > android.app.ApplicationContext.getCurrentWallpaperLocked
> > (ApplicationContext.java:523)
> > 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at
> > android.app.ApplicationContext.peekWallpaper(ApplicationContext.java:
> > 515)
> > 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at
> > android.app.ApplicationContext.getWallpaper(ApplicationContext.java:
> > 504)
> > 08-17 08:32:38.313: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1597): at
> > android.content.ContextWrapper.getWallpaper(ContextWrapper.java:201)
> > 08-17 08:32:38.313:
[android-developers] Re: out of memory error & getWallpaper
Dianne,
I suspect you are right, though I'm having a heck of a time
tracking it down (i.e., I don't see any leaks). Thanks for the info
on the wallpaper!
Cheers,
Steve
On Aug 17, 12:47 pm, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
> The wallpaper is loaded into each application that requests it. It is only
> loaded the first time you ask for it, and the next time after it is changed
> to some other image.
>
> You are probably leaking memory. You can use the hat tool to look at your
> allocations -- search on this list, there have been a number of discussions
> about it.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Flying Coder wrote:
>
> > Hi Nivek,
> > Unfortunately, doing recycle on the drawable returned by
> > ContextWrapper.getWallpaper() results in a run-time exception the next
> > time the app is launched: attempt to use recycled bitmap. Though
> > curiously, if I launch the app again after receiving the exeption, it
> > works fine. I.e., run time exception every other launch.
>
> > At any rate, thanks for the pointer to Romain Guy's blog -- I
> > wasn't aware of the onRetainNonConfigurationInstance method. Should
> > be useful in some cases.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Steve
>
> > On Aug 17, 10:53 am, Nivek wrote:
> > > When you change the device orientation, you app is closed and then
> > > reopened.
>
> > > Android handles bitmaps a "special" way, you HAVE to explicitly
> > > recycle them as soon as you don't need them anymore... or they stay
> > > allocated in memory and NEVER get freed.
>
> > > I have started to code an app which uses a set of ImageViews. To avoid
> > > allocation errors on orientation changes, I had to override the
> > > onDestroy() method this way :
> > > /*
> > > * (non-Javadoc)
> > > *
> > > * @see android.app.Activity#onDestroy()
> > > */
> > > @Override
> > > protected void onDestroy() {
> > > super.onDestroy();
> > > if (isFinishing()) {
> > > for (ImageView view : mImgViews) {
> > > Drawable toRecycle = view.getDrawable
> > > ();
> > > if (toRecycle != null) {
> > > ((BitmapDrawable)
> > > toRecycle).getBitmap().recycle();
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
> > > }
>
> > > After this, If the orientation change time is too long, you have to
> > > store the data (bitmaps and whatever else you need) with
> > > onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() and get them back on reinit with
> > > getLastNonConfigurationInstance().
>
> > > This has been explained by Romain Guy on his blog :
> >http://www.curious-creature.org/2009/02/16/faster-screen-orientation-...
>
> > > On 17 août, 15:58, Flying Coder wrote:
>
> > > > This has been driving me nuts and I'm hoping someone will be able to
> > > > help me understand what is happening (or better yet, how to fix
> > > > it! ;-).
>
> > > > I set the background image in one of my apps to the system wallpaper
> > > > image using the following code:
>
> > > > Drawable wp = this.getWallpaper();
> > > > background = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.background);
> > > > background.setImageDrawable(wp);
>
> > > > This seems to work fine, but periodically, I get the out of memory
> > > > error shown below. Actually, on the emulator, all I have to do is
> > > > repeatedly rotate the device and this error will consistently happen
> > > > after 10-12 rotations. On the G1, opening and closing the keyboard
> > > > doesn't seem to cause this, but I'll still get the failure every once
> > > > in a while.
>
> > > > Is getWallpaper() actually making a copy of the image (I would have
> > > > thought I'd just get a refernece to the existing bitmap)? Do I need
> > > > to do anything special to free the image?
>
> > > > 08-17 08:32:37.943: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(1597): 614400-byte external
> > > > allocation too large for this process.
> > > > 08-17 08:32:37.943: ERROR/(1597): VM won't let us allocate 614400
> > > > bytes
> > > > 08-17 08:32:38.054: DEBUG/And
[android-developers] AppWidgetHost: what is the "hostId"?
Hi, The constructor for AppWidgetHost takes a "hostId", but the docs don't say anything about it. What is it used for? What values are legal? Thanks for the help! Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: how to dial voicemail?
Thanks Balwinder!
On Aug 17, 12:46 pm, "Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)" wrote:
> I agree, the documentation for the this is not quite appropriate.
> To retrieve the voicemail number you can try
> TelephonyManager.getVoiceMailNumber
>
> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/TelephonyMan...()
>
> Balwinder Kaur
> Open Source Development Center
> ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together
>
> The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the
> author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily
> represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc.
> On Aug 16, 11:20 am, Flying Coder wrote:
>
>
>
> > According to the docs, the following should work:
>
> > Intent intent = new Intent();
> > intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_DIAL);
> > intent.setData(Uri.parse("voicemail:"));
>
> > startActivity(intent);
>
> > But this just brings up the dialer without a number showing.
>
> > Anyone know how to launch the dialer with the voicemail number (or
> > otherwise lookup the voicemail number)?
>
> > Thanks :-)
>
> > Steve- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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[android-developers] AppWidgetHost - what is the hostId for?
Hi there, I'm developing my own appwidget hoster and am curious about the "hostId" used in the constructor: AppWidgetHost(Context context, int hostId) The docs don't say anything about it. Can anyone tell me what its used for, and what values are legal? Thanks for the help, Steve P.s. Sorry if this is a duplicate post -- I posted this question earlier, but now I can't find it(!) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: AppWidgetHost - what is the hostId for?
Thanks Jeff! On Aug 18, 8:38 pm, Jeff Sharkey wrote: > The hostId is a number of your choosing that should be internally > unique to your app (that is, you don't need to worry about collisions > with other apps on the system). It's designed for cases where you > want two unique AppWidgetHosts inside of the same application, so the > system can optimize and only send updates to actively listening hosts. > > j > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Flying Coder wrote: > > > Hi there, > > I'm developing my own appwidget hoster and am curious about the > > "hostId" used in the constructor: > > > AppWidgetHost(Context context, int hostId) > > > The docs don't say anything about it. Can anyone tell me what its > > used for, and what values are legal? > > > Thanks for the help, > > Steve > > > P.s. Sorry if this is a duplicate post -- I posted this question > > earlier, but now I can't find it(!) > > -- > Jeff Sharkey > jshar...@android.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: logcat api?
There's a great little app on the Market called "log collector" programmatically reads the logcat output and emails it to someone (I've had my customers do this several times when they encountered problems that I couldn't reproduce). Happily, it looks like this app is open source: http://code.google.com/p/android-log-collector/ and the permission that Dianne was referring to appears to be: Enjoy, Steve On Sep 6, 3:11 am, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > You don't need to run as root, you don't need to run as system, you just > need to be in the group that can access the log driver, which I am pretty > sure there is a non-privileged permission for. > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Chris Stratton wrote: > > > On Sep 5, 3:44 pm, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > > > logcat doesn't need to run as root. > > > Technically true, it usually runs as system, but that also seems out > > of reach for an ordinary application on the phone... wheras adb gets > > you a shell as this semi privileged uid. It probably is possible to > > use the adb shell to make something setuid system which an application > > or app launched terminal could use to escalate, but finding a place to > > put it is a challenge (though not an inconquerable one). > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] How to interpret device state dump from DDMS?
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[android-developers] PhoneStateListener memory leak
There appears to be a leak when using PhoneStateListeners. The
following code simply reigsters in onResume and unregisters in onPause
a PhoneStateListener. Repeatedly launch then press BACK (so the app
is finished & onDestory is called before the next launch) and the
number of activities reported by meminfo will equal the number of
launches. For instance, here is the output I get after launching (and
finishing) 11 times in sequence:
dumpsys meminfo com.example.leak
Currently running services:
meminfo
---
DUMP OF SERVICE meminfo:
Applications Memory Usage (kB):
Uptime: 12204322 Realtime: 12204322
** MEMINFO in pid 1358 [com.example.leak] **
native dalvikothertotal
size: 2648 3079 N/A 5727
allocated: 2604 2254 N/A 4858
free: 43 825 N/A 868
(Pss): 913 1305 1475 3693
(shared dirty): 1080 3864 568 5512
(priv dirty): 808 936 1056 2800
Objects
Views: 77ViewRoots:1
AppContexts: 12 Activities: 11
Assets:2AssetManagers:2
Local Binders: 36Proxy Binders: 21
Death Recipients:0
OpenSSL Sockets:0
SQL
heap:0 dbFiles:0
numPagers:0 inactivePageKB:0
activePageKB:0
#
Without the PhoneStateListener, the number of activities is always 1
no matter how many times the app is launched & finished. So, am I
doing anything wrong here? Or is this a bug in the
TelephonyManager?
Thanks,
Steve
here's the code
package com.example.leak;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.PhoneStateListener;
import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
import android.util.Log;
public class LeakExample extends Activity {
private class MyPhoneStateListener extends PhoneStateListener {
@Override
public void onCallStateChanged(int state, String
incomingNumber) {
if ((state == TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_RINGING)
|| (state ==
TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_OFFHOOK)) {
LeakExample.this.finish();
}
}
}
MyPhoneStateListener phone_listener = new MyPhoneStateListener();
TelephonyManager telMgr ;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
telMgr = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService
(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
}
@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
telMgr.listen(phone_listener, PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_NONE);
}
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
telMgr.listen(phone_listener,
PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_CALL_STATE);
}
@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
Log.v("LEAK EXAMPLE", "onDestory");
}
}
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[android-developers] Re: PhoneStateListener memory leak
Ugh -- yep, that was the problem. Thanks! :-)
On Sep 8, 2:04 pm, Romain Guy wrote:
> When you do this kind of test, you should force GCs on the system
> process with DDMS, then force GCs in your process and then check how
> many activities you have running.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Flying Coder wrote:
>
> > There appears to be a leak when using PhoneStateListeners. The
> > following code simply reigsters in onResume and unregisters in onPause
> > a PhoneStateListener. Repeatedly launch then press BACK (so the app
> > is finished & onDestory is called before the next launch) and the
> > number of activities reported by meminfo will equal the number of
> > launches. For instance, here is the output I get after launching (and
> > finishing) 11 times in sequence:
>
> > dumpsys meminfo com.example.leak
> > Currently running services:
> > meminfo
> > ---
> > DUMP OF SERVICE meminfo:
> > Applications Memory Usage (kB):
> > Uptime: 12204322 Realtime: 12204322
>
> > ** MEMINFO in pid 1358 [com.example.leak] **
> > native dalvik other total
> > size: 2648 3079 N/A 5727
> > allocated: 2604 2254 N/A 4858
> > free: 43 825 N/A 868
> > (Pss): 913 1305 1475 3693
> > (shared dirty): 1080 3864 568 5512
> > (priv dirty): 808 936 1056 2800
>
> > Objects
> > Views: 77 ViewRoots: 1
> > AppContexts: 12 Activities: 11
> > Assets: 2 AssetManagers: 2
> > Local Binders: 36 Proxy Binders: 21
> > Death Recipients: 0
> > OpenSSL Sockets: 0
>
> > SQL
> > heap: 0 dbFiles: 0
> > numPagers: 0 inactivePageKB: 0
> > activePageKB: 0
> > #
>
> > Without the PhoneStateListener, the number of activities is always 1
> > no matter how many times the app is launched & finished. So, am I
> > doing anything wrong here? Or is this a bug in the
> > TelephonyManager?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
>
> > here's the code
> > package com.example.leak;
>
> > import android.app.Activity;
> > import android.content.Context;
> > import android.os.Bundle;
> > import android.telephony.PhoneStateListener;
> > import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
> > import android.util.Log;
>
> > public class LeakExample extends Activity {
>
> > private class MyPhoneStateListener extends PhoneStateListener {
> > �...@override
> > public void onCallStateChanged(int state, String
> > incomingNumber) {
>
> > if ((state == TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_RINGING)
> > || (state ==
> > TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_OFFHOOK)) {
> > LeakExample.this.finish();
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
> > MyPhoneStateListener phone_listener = new MyPhoneStateListener();
>
> > TelephonyManager telMgr ;
>
> > �...@override
> > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
> > setContentView(R.layout.main);
>
> > telMgr = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService
> > (Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
> > }
>
> > �...@override
> > protected void onPause() {
> > super.onPause();
>
> > telMgr.listen(phone_listener,
> > PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_NONE);
> > }
>
> > �...@override
> > protected void onResume() {
> > super.onResume();
>
> > telMgr.listen(phone_listener,
> > PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_CALL_STATE);
> > }
>
> > �...@override
> > protected void onDestroy() {
> > super.onDestroy();
>
> > Log.v("LEAK EXAMPLE", "onDestory");
> > }
>
> > }
>
> --
> Romain Guy
> Android framework engineer
> romain...@android.com
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time
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[android-developers] small test case that demonstrates out of memory failure using getWallpaper()
The code below shows how getWallpaper can lead to an out of memory
force close. This is the same code as I posted earlier for the
PhoneStateListener question, except getWallpaper() is used for the
background. Launch then exit (BACK) repeatedly will result in a force
close:
09-08 16:45:30.612: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): Uncaught handler:
thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564):
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeFileDescriptor(Native
Method)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeFileDescriptor(BitmapFactory.java:
424)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.app.ApplicationContext.getCurrentWallpaperLocked
(ApplicationContext.java:523)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.app.ApplicationContext.peekWallpaper(ApplicationContext.java:
515)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.app.ApplicationContext.getWallpaper(ApplicationContext.java:
504)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.content.ContextWrapper.getWallpaper(ContextWrapper.java:201)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
com.example.leak.LeakExample.onCreate(LeakExample.java:37)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:
1123)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:
2231)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:
2284)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.app.ActivityThread.access$1800(ActivityThread.java:112)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1692)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3948)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run
(ZygoteInit.java:782)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:540)
09-08 16:45:30.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4564): at
dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
On my G1 it takes ~20 launch/back cycles before the force close
happens.
Anyone have a good way of dealing with this? Is there a way to force
a GC on the system process? Would doing so resolve the problem?
Thanks,
Steve
### here's the code (note that background uses a scale type of
'center'):
package com.example.leak;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.PhoneStateListener;
import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.ImageView;
public class LeakExample extends Activity {
private class MyPhoneStateListener extends PhoneStateListener {
@Override
public void onCallStateChanged(int state, String
incomingNumber) {
if ((state == TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_RINGING)
|| (state ==
TelephonyManager.CALL_STATE_OFFHOOK)) {
LeakExample.this.finish();
}
}
}
MyPhoneStateListener phone_listener = new MyPhoneStateListener();
TelephonyManager telMgr ;
ImageView background ;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
background = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.background);
BitmapDrawable wp = (BitmapDrawable) this.getWallpaper();
background.setImageDrawable(wp);
telMgr = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService
(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
}
@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
telMgr.listen(phone_listener, PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_NONE);
}
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
telMgr.listen(phone_listener,
PhoneStateListener.LISTEN_CALL_STATE);
}
@Override
protec
[android-developers] Re: How to interpret device state dump from DDMS?
Bummer -- but thanks! :) On Sep 8, 4:38 pm, fadden wrote: > On Sep 8, 8:24 am, Flying Coder wrote: > > > Is there any documentation describing the various sections of "dump > > device state" output from DDMS? > > Not really. Some parts are self-explanatory, some only have meaning > to people very well acquainted with the inner workings of the > subsystem in question. > > The standard procedure for reporting a problem internally is to > include the output from "adb bugreport", which is the same stuff. > Since you never know what bits might be useful, we include everything > and the kitchen sink. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] react to SCREEN_ON, but only when user pressed a button
Hi, I have a BroadcastReceiver that receives SCREEN_ON. If the screen came on because the user pressed a button, I want to do something. However, if the screen was turned on by an app (e.g., alarm clock going off or SMS popup), then I don't want to do anything. Anyone know how I can differentiate between the two cases? Thanks a bunch! Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] How to detect if sound is currently playing on the speaker?
Hi, Is there any way to tell if an app is currently using the speaker (playing music or generating other sounds)? Specifically, I'd like to detect if an alarm clock is going off (not only the one that comes with the system, but any alarm clock), but I'll settle for simply knowing if any sounds are coming out of the speaker. Any thoughts? Thanks! Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: docs for shape xml syntax
Docs for this would be awesome! Nedrow: thanks for the link -- that was very helpful. Steve On Jan 28, 10:31 pm, jotobjects wrote: > Thanks - this sure looks like it might be useful if there was more > documentation :( > > On Jan 28, 3:38 pm, Nerdrow wrote: > > > > > Not a lot of good, workable documentation about this. This helped me > > out a lot:http://escomic.net/217 > > > On Jan 27, 3:59 pm, jotobjects wrote: > > > > Where is there information about the syntax of xml files. > > > These can be used to define 2D graphics as I understand it. There are > > > few spotty examples in the samples directory but that is all I have > > > found. -- 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
[android-developers] Android 2.0: Why does my transparent background turn white while scrolling??
Hi, I'm using a ListView with a transparent background. It works fine in Android 1.5 & 1.6, but in Android 2.0 and later, the ListView background turns white while scrolling. I want it to stay transparent, just like in 1.5 & 1.6. Does anyone know what's going on, or better yet, how I can get this working correctly? Thanks a bunch! Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android 2.0: Why does my transparent background turn white while scrolling??
never mind, I found the answer: http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/listview-backgrounds.html On Jan 7, 10:08 am, Flying Coder wrote: > Hi, > I'm using a ListView with a transparent background. It works fine > in Android 1.5 & 1.6, but in Android 2.0 and later, the ListView > background turns white while scrolling. I want it to stay > transparent, just like in 1.5 & 1.6. > > Does anyone know what's going on, or better yet, how I can get > this working correctly? > > Thanks a bunch! > > Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Coverflow widget
Wow - looks great! I'll definitely play around with it and will let you know if I have any feedback. Cheers, Steve On Jan 8, 3:45 am, Taf wrote: > Hi, > > I've had a go at creating a coverflow like widget. My results can be > found here: > > http://www.inter-fuser.com/2010/01/android-coverflow-widget.html > > If you fancy giving it a try I'd been interested in your feedback. > I've only tried it on a HTC G1 running Android 1.1 > > Thanks, > > Neil. -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Create Nexus One live wallpaper
My app also runs on Android 1.5 & 1.6. Currently, I specify the translucent theme in the manifest. Is there a way to conditionally specify either translucent or wallpaper depending on the SDK version? Thanks, Steve On Jan 10, 2:11 pm, Romain Guy wrote: > No, don't do this in code, do this in your manifest. Otherwise there > will be an ugly transition. > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Beth Mezias wrote: > > Just to confirm, the code is ok if it sets the theme: > > setTheme(android.R.style.Theme_Wallpaper); > > Merci beaucoup! > > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Romain Guy wrote: > > >> > Can you please tell me if an app is picking up the systemwallpaperto > >> > set it in an Activity, will the new livewallpaperbreak the > >> > activity? > > >> Not at all. Thewallpapernow lives in its own process, in its own > >> window. If your app uses the correct theme in its manifest, it will be > >> transparent and show the livewallpaperunderneath. If not, you can > >> draw the staticwallpaperin your background yourself. You won't be > >> able to get live wallpapers though if you don't use the special > >>wallpapertheme. > > >> > On Jan 9, 1:16 am, String wrote: > >> >> On Jan 9, 7:30 am, Romain Guy wrote: > > >> >> > We are certainly not trying to piss off developers. The SDK is coming > >> >> > *very soon* and we understand your frustration. Trust me that if we > >> >> > could release it right now we would. > > >> >> Romain, > > >> >> Thanks for your response, and I do want to reiterate that my (our) > >> >> frustration isn't directed at you personally. But if you have any way > >> >> of passing word up the chain of command, please try to let them know > >> >> that external developers are a vital part of the ecosystem, and > >> >> releasing the appropriate SDK *before* any new OS version needs to be > >> >> a priority. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that releasing an SDK > >> >> needs to be an immutable prerequisite for any OS upgrade. > > >> >> Thanks again for your patience. > > >> >> String > > >> > -- > >> > 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 > > >> -- > >> Romain Guy > >> Android framework engineer > >> romain...@android.com > > >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > >> to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > >> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > >> -- > >> 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 > > > -- > > > Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." > > -- > > 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 > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > romain...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Create Nexus One live wallpaper
Never mind - I found a way to do it: define sdk-specific themes in values-v3 & values-v5. On Jan 12, 6:47 am, Flying Coder wrote: > My app also runs on Android 1.5 & 1.6. Currently, I specify the > translucent theme in the manifest. Is there a way to conditionally > specify either translucent orwallpaperdepending on the SDK version? > > Thanks, > Steve > > On Jan 10, 2:11 pm, Romain Guy wrote: > > > > > No, don't do this in code, do this in your manifest. Otherwise there > > will be an ugly transition. > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Beth Mezias wrote: > > > Just to confirm, the code is ok if it sets the theme: > > > setTheme(android.R.style.Theme_Wallpaper); > > > Merci beaucoup! > > > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Romain Guy wrote: > > > >> > Can you please tell me if an app is picking up the systemwallpaperto > > >> > set it in an Activity, will the new livewallpaperbreak the > > >> > activity? > > > >> Not at all. Thewallpapernow lives in its own process, in its own > > >> window. If your app uses the correct theme in its manifest, it will be > > >> transparent and show the livewallpaperunderneath. If not, you can > > >> draw the staticwallpaperin your background yourself. You won't be > > >> able to get live wallpapers though if you don't use the special > > >>wallpapertheme. > > > >> > On Jan 9, 1:16 am, String wrote: > > >> >> On Jan 9, 7:30 am, Romain Guy wrote: > > > >> >> > We are certainly not trying to piss off developers. The SDK is > > >> >> > coming > > >> >> > *very soon* and we understand your frustration. Trust me that if we > > >> >> > could release it right now we would. > > > >> >> Romain, > > > >> >> Thanks for your response, and I do want to reiterate that my (our) > > >> >> frustration isn't directed at you personally. But if you have any way > > >> >> of passing word up the chain of command, please try to let them know > > >> >> that external developers are a vital part of the ecosystem, and > > >> >> releasing the appropriate SDK *before* any new OS version needs to be > > >> >> a priority. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that releasing an SDK > > >> >> needs to be an immutable prerequisite for any OS upgrade. > > > >> >> Thanks again for your patience. > > > >> >> String > > > >> > -- > > >> > 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 > > > >> -- > > >> Romain Guy > > >> Android framework engineer > > >> romain...@android.com > > > >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > > >> to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > > >> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > > >> -- > > >> 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 > > > > -- > > > > Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." > > > -- > > > 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 > > > -- > > Romain Guy > > Android framework engineer > > romain...@android.com > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them -- 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
[android-developers] How do I launch the GMail client programmatically?
I know I can do this:
Intent intent = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.google.android.gm");
startActivity(intent);
But, are there any "generic" intents that will launch gmail? For
instance, I can use ACTION_SEND to send an email, but what similar
intent will simply launch gmail?
Thanks,
Steve
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[android-developers] Re: Android 3.2 emulator display freezes as soon as I click apps or + in the home screen
Did you ever find a solution to this? I'm having exactly the same problem with the latest tools (r17). Thanks, Steve On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:37:21 PM UTC-4, Michael Diener wrote: > > When running the 3.2 emulator and pressing "apps" or "+" in the home > screen, the screen starts to move a bit and then freezes. This happens > on a x64 Linux as well as a x64 Windows 7. Sometimes it gets so far > that apps are displayed, but only the top half of the screen is used > For 3.1 the same thing happens and for 3.0 it works sometimes. > > Anybody else experiencing this or knows a way around this? > > /Michael -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Google has received a subpoena seeking information related to Android applications
I got this too -- anyone know what this is about? On Monday, October 1, 2012 6:45:39 PM UTC-4, Andrei wrote: > > I received this email > But i am not interested and want my account to be excluded > What do i need to do? > Thanks > > Google has received a subpoena seeking information related to Android > applications that may have been made available on alternative markets > without the consent of the developer. The subpoena seeks information > about those Android applications, including contact information for the > developers of the applications. Our records show that your Android > developer account will be included in the information Google will provide > in response to this subpoena. > > Google is not in a position to provide you with legal advice or discuss > the substance of the process in our possession. For more information > about the subpoena, you may wish to contact the Federal Bureau of > Investigation -- Atlanta Field Office at (404) 679-9000, reference # > 2011R00320/FBI/ORKIN. > -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Lots of lost sales due to Credit Card authorization.
Have the customers who contact you about it check their spam folder -- chances are they'll find Google's email there (at least that's been my experience). Cheers, Steve On Apr 26, 9:54 am, Streets Of Boston wrote: > You may experiencing a bug, since e-mails should be sent out to > customers to update their incorrect payment details. > > At least it work sometimes, since i do see customers trying to update > their payment info when authorization failed. > > You lost 120 sales... only 120... I lost wy more than that. :) > But, then again, i'm happy that these checks are done, since i don't > want to pay a ton of chargebacks to fix invalid and un-authorized > transactions. > > On Apr 26, 12:19 am, Paul wrote: > > > > > > > I've lost about 120 sales from the Android Market due to people not > > ever entering valid credit card information in Google Checkout. Not > > sure if they ever got the email from google telling them to do it. > > > I also have to handle a lot of customer support for these issues. > > People think the app is going to download and it doesn't. Android > > Market doesn't tell them that their card didn't authorize. So they > > contact me. At least once a day I have to email someone and tell them > > to go into checkout.google.com and make sure their payment methods are > > correct. > > > There has to be a better way. I think if Android Market/Google > > Checkout told the user immediately in the Android Market that they > > weren't able to authorize the card, then they would know what to do. > > > Also it would be nice if buyers understood, that as a seller I don't > > get their credit card info, can't charge them, and have no control > > over the download of the app. > > > Google, I love ya, but you've got to work on this issue. Just make it > > clearer to the buyer. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
[android-developers] Strange layout bug: bottom half of button text missing. Xperia X10
Please see this image: http://sites.google.com/a/appventive.com/www/files/button_bug.jpg Notice how the bottom half of the words "Done" & "Clear" are clipped. This does NOT happen on the emulator or on the N1, Droid or G1. But, apparently is happening on the XPeria X10. Has anyone else seen this? Any idea how to work around the problem? Here's the layout for the buttons (background set programmatically): Thanks, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Want to confirm that app is in background due to Home Key press
I agree with Frank & Mark: you don't need to detect the HOME key to do what you want. Simply doing the check as part of the activity life cycle should be sufficient. However, I think you can detect when the HOME key is pressed by overriding onUserLeaveHint. I haven't yet had a reason to use it, but according to the docs it will only be called if the user put the app in the background (e.g., by pressing HOME). Cheers, Steve On Aug 31, 1:39 pm, Frank Weiss wrote: > When the user "launches the app" from the home screen, the activity > given in the manifest is started. I suppose the licensing check should > be done in that activity's lifecycle methods. -- 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
[android-developers] Permission checked at install time, but what happens if the "permission user" is installed before the "permission definer"?
For example, I am adding an option to my app (Executive Assistant) to integrate with the Astrid TODO list app. Astrid defines the permissions necessary for doing this. My app uses those permissions. Everything works fine if Astrid is installed before my app. However, many users will use my app first, then decide to use Astrid later (e.g., in at least some cases, because its now supported by my app). However, in this case, I will get a SecurityException if I try to read from the Astrid ContentProvider since that permission didn't exist when my app was installed. One easy solution would be to simply uninstall, then re-install my app after Astrid has been installed. However, this would require the user to reconfigure my app, which would understandably be quite annoying for the user. So, two questions: (1) is there any way for my app to "re-request" the permission after Astrid has been installed? And, (2) if not, is there any easy way to save & restore my applications data (database & shared preferences) between an uninstall/reinstall so that the user does not have to reconfigure? Thanks a bunch, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Permission checked at install time, but what happens if the "permission user" is installed before the "permission definer"?
Mark & Dianne, Thanks for the replies. I was hoping there might some equivalent of "adb install -r" that would allow my app to be re-installed without losing its data (is it possible?). Unfortunately, the backup/restore to SD card won't work for this app because the SharedPreferences contains some sensitive data. It looks like I will have to go with the plug-in approach. Cheers, Steve On Sep 4, 9:01 pm, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > Generally, unfortunately, this doesn't work. As of froyo, if it is a > signature permission, it will work -- the original app will be granted the > permission once it is known. (This is safe because it is not a permission > the user ever needs to be shown anyway.) > > But for a permission the user needs to approve... it won't get granted > until the first app is re-installed or updated, and the permission it wants > is known. > > This is something that really needs to be improved. > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Flying Coder wrote: > > > For example, I am adding an option to my app (Executive Assistant) to > > integrate with the Astrid TODO list app. Astrid defines the > > permissions necessary for doing this. My app uses those permissions. > > Everything works fine if Astrid is installed before my app. However, > > many users will use my app first, then decide to use Astrid later > > (e.g., in at least some cases, because its now supported by my app). > > However, in this case, I will get a SecurityException if I try to read > > from the Astrid ContentProvider since that permission didn't exist > > when my app was installed. > > > One easy solution would be to simply uninstall, then re-install my app > > after Astrid has been installed. However, this would require the user > > to reconfigure my app, which would understandably be quite annoying > > for the user. > > > So, two questions: (1) is there any way for my app to "re-request" > > the permission after Astrid has been installed? And, (2) if not, is > > there any easy way to save & restore my applications data (database & > > shared preferences) between an uninstall/reinstall so that the user > > does not have to reconfigure? > > > Thanks a bunch, > > Steve > > > -- > > 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 > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Permission checked at install time, but what happens if the "permission user" is installed before the "permission definer"?
Call it what you want, is there a way to make it happen? I believe the "in place update" would be sufficient to get the permission recognized. On Sep 5, 11:21 am, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Flying Coder wrote: > > Thanks for the replies. I was hoping there might some equivalent > > of "adb install -r" that would allow my app to be re-installed without > > losing its data (is it possible?). > > adb install -r doesn't "re-install" an app. It does an in-place > update. This does have the effect of keeping your data around, but so > does a regular Market update. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available! -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Permission checked at install time, but what happens if the "permission user" is installed before the "permission definer"?
OK. BTW, thanks for the tip about the "signature permission". That not only helped with a workaround for this problem, but also with another related issue. Cheers, Steve On Sep 5, 2:58 pm, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > There isn't a way in the SDK. You need to go through the permissions screen > so the user can approve the permissions being granted. (adb install doesn't > go through permissions because the shell is running as the user.) > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Flying Coder > > wrote: > > > Call it what you want, is there a way to make it happen? > > > Run adb install -r, or publish an update to your app on the Market. I > > don't know of any other mechanism to do this. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > >http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguy > >http://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available! > > > -- > > 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 > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
[android-developers] Another developer has published an app using the EXACT same name as mine
Surely, this can't be allowed, can it? What recourse do I have? Thanks, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Another developer has published an app using the EXACT same name as mine
Hi Dan, Thanks for the feedback. The app is "ICE: In Case of Emergency" and has been published on the Market since Feb 09 (at the time, it was the only ICE app for Android). Its currently one of the top-rated paid apps in the Health category. Its such a common phrase, that I wasn't expecting to be able to Trademark it, but I did expect the Market to require competitors to use names that were at least a LITTLE different. I discovered the copycat today when I got an email requesting technical support from someone who thought they had purchased my app, when in fact they had purchased the copycat's. Cheers, Steve On Sep 14, 1:58 pm, DanH wrote: > Do you have the app name trademark protected? > > If you have been using the app name for some time (how long "some" is > depends) then you could claim it as your trademark. Simplest way to > do this is to simply place (tm) after the name. It's not nearly as > good as a registered trademark, but it carries some weight. > > However, once a copycat has jumped on the name, it's harder to claim > your trademark, especially if you haven't used it very long. > > And in any event you have to hire your own lawyer to go after the > copycat, and if he's in another country things get dicey real > quickly. (However, not vigorously defending your trademark against a > copycat causes you to lose any rights you do have very quickly.) > > Do go to some effort (eg, preserve letters/invoices/etc) to establish > your "priority" on the name, so that a year from now the other guy > can't come along and sue YOU for trademark infringement. > > (And it's probably worth the effort to send the other guy a cease-and- > desist letter. Probably would do no good, but it's cheap.) > > I suppose if someone duplicates a name in the Android store then you > may have some recourse with store management, but it would be purely > at their discretion, especially given how hard it is to find a unique > name anymore. > > (I wonder how many here even know how to copyright their work?) > > On Sep 14, 12:41 pm, Flying Coder wrote: > > > > > Surely, this can't be allowed, can it? What recourse do I have? > > > Thanks, > > Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Another developer has published an app using the EXACT same name as mine
@Dan: thanks for the advice and link -- I will check it out. @Martin: thanks for the feedback. It is very frustrating the Market allows this issue to crop up. At one time at least, I believe it did require apps to have unique names. btw, I still owe you that write-up -- sorry, I've side-tracked with other things lately. @Metal Mikey: Thanks for the support! @JP: thanks, I will look into the DMCA takedown notice. All the best, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Pick a contact - only with phone, email ...
Hi, Set the type to: ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_TYPE Cheers, Steve On Jul 11, 8:45 am, andreas wrote: > Hi, > > I use this code to start the contact app and pick a contact in my app > > Intent contactintent = new Intent (Intent.ACTION_PICK); > contactintent.setType(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_TYPE); > startActivityForResult(contactintent,PICKCONTACT); > > and then working with the result in onActivityResult. > > But is there a way to tell the contact activity only to show contacts > which have a phone number or an email-adress? > > Andreas -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android lock screen
Hi Mark, I normally enjoy reading your posts here and usually even agree with you. Though in this instance, I have to disagree with your blanket characterization of all current lock screen replacements as "malware". I have two apps on the Market that offer lock screen functionality. Both are highly rated with many thousands of downloads and hundreds of ratings. One of them "ICE: In Case of Emergency" has even been credited by several users with saving their lives. Both apps use only public, documented API's for the lock screen support, though possibly in ways not intended by the framework engineers. You can choose to call this malware if you like, but the users of these apps clearly don't think so. I look forward to the day that Android provides an "official" lock screen replacement mechanism, but in the meantime, I make do with what is available. Steve On Jul 19, 11:05 am, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:56 AM, arnouf wrote: > > I don't agree with you mark, because there are some differents apps on > > market replacing lock screen without change the installed firmware or > > change root access. > > Those are not replacement lock screens. Those use malware techniques. > > Google has said on this list, repeatedly, that there are no APIs for > replacing the lock screen nor any near-term plans to add any. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available! -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android lock screen
Hi Mark, > > Both > > apps use only public, documented API's for the lock screen support, > > though possibly in ways not intended by the framework engineers. You > > can choose to call this malware if you like, but the users of these > > apps clearly don't think so. > > IMHO, any technique that would allow an application to prevent other > applications (including the home screen) from running, in the absence > of a managed API to support this, is a security flaw. This can be used > by anyone from script kiddies to the Mafia to government agencies in > ways that are antithetical to user interests. Just because you are > using that technique for positive aims does not magically absolve it > from being a security flaw. Sorry Mark, but in this particular instance, you don't know what you are talking about. The API's I use cannot prevent another app from running, certainly not the home screen app. Press HOME from either of my lock screen apps and you will exit the lock screen securely (with pattern/pin/password entry if that's how your phone is setup). Note that this is how the API's are implemented -- it does not depend on my apps. -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Strange or blank emails from users emailing from market
I get these periodically. I used to reply asking if they meant to send something. The ones who followed up all said that they had just accidentally sent the message. -- 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
[android-developers] DDMS Telephony Status controls not working for the emulator in latest SDK tools
I'm trying to test failure modes in my app. Using DDMS Emulator Controls, I set "telephony status"/data to "denied". This removes the 3G icon from the status bar as expected. However, it does NOT prevent my app from accessing the network -- it seems to have no effect at all. This is using the latest SDK tools. The emulator is emulating a 2.1 device. Anyone else seen this? Have a solution or workaround? Thanks a bunch, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Looking for recommendations for a textbook to use in a class on Android Development
I've been approached by a local community college to teach a course on Android Development. Have you taught such a course? Taken one that you thought was good? I appreciate any recommendations you might offer on textbooks or other materials that you used. Thanks in advance, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Toast message not displayed
Hi Nikki, Toast's need to happen on the main UI thread. Slightly different situation, but you may find this thread useful: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/8fe7d6a776f5f2fb/a9ecf18a32891cab#a9ecf18a32891cab Cheers, Steve On Aug 5, 8:48 am, nikki wrote: > hi group > > i have a service class written which gives notification(Toast dialog) > on every life cycle method call back. when i run my application all > works well. > > but when run this service class from my test project the toast message > are not displayed. > > it give the following log for the toast message > > 08-05 18:05:42.097: INFO/TestRunner(1763): started: > testService(com.android.example.testing.dummyapp.test.ServiceTest) > 08-05 18:05:42.317: INFO/NotificationService(581): enqueueToast > pkg=com.android.example.testing.dummyapp > callback=android.app.itransientnotification$stub$pr...@43703378 > duration=0 > 08-05 18:05:47.366: INFO/NotificationService(581): enqueueToast > pkg=com.android.example.testing.dummyapp > callback=android.app.itransientnotification$stub$pr...@436faa18 > duration=1 > 08-05 18:05:52.407: INFO/NotificationService(581): enqueueToast > pkg=com.android.example.testing.dummyapp > callback=android.app.itransientnotification$stub$pr...@43720e40 > duration=1 > 08-05 18:05:57.443: INFO/TestRunner(1763): finished: > testService(com.android.example.testing.dummyapp.test.ServiceTest) > 08-05 18:05:57.447: INFO/TestRunner(1763): passed: > testService(com.android.example.testing.dummyapp.test.ServiceTest) > > i want that the toast message should also be displayed on subsequent > calls to life cycle methods -- 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
[android-developers] Re: How do you specify ContentProvider authorities when using the Lite & Pro app publishing model?
Having lite & pro ContentProviders is very easy if you use a library project. Simply put all of the shared functionality between lite & pro versions, including the ContenteProvider, in the base library project. Then, have 2 separate lite & pro projects that use the same base library project. Define any lite/pro specific variables & manifest values in the lite & pro versions, and that's it. For instance, in one of my apps, I have both lite & pro versions with ContentProviders. The ContentProvider is defined in the library project and references an AUTHORITY variable defined in an Application object. Then, in each of the LITE & PRO versions, I created a subclass of the Application object that overrides the AUTHORITY variable with the correct version-specific value. Similarly, the LITE & PRO Manifest files have corresponding version-specific authority strings for the ContentProvider. Works like a charm. Cheers, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Anybody seen a slowdown in sales?
Same large drop in sales here too. Also, similar big, overnight drop in ranking for my top-rated app. A few months ago it had been #1 in the Health category for many months. Then was in the top 3 or 4 for several months, then a couple of days ago plummeted to 13th. :-( -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Anyone else ever submitted to Motorola Shop4Apps? I did and so far it seems dismal - share your experience?
I posted one of my most popular apps on Shop4Apps China a few months ago. Sadly, I have yet to make even 1 sale. Granted, the app is in English so I would not expect it to be anywhere near as popular in China as it is here, but I did expect to sell at least a few. Shop4Apps, as well as Motorola's "App Accelerator" program, have both been colossal wastes of my time. Cheers, Steve On Sep 20, 1:08 pm, niko20 wrote: > So a long time ago before Moto supported paid apps in Shop4Apps I had > submitted one of my apps - it was a paid app but that was before I > knew they didn't support devs getting paid yet. So I asked them to > remove all my apps. > > A few weeks ago I found out that they now supported getting paid thru > paypal, so you could sell your apps in China. So I resubmitted my > apps. > > Unfortunately the only bad thing is it's like putting your app in a > black hole. You really don't get any stats! Once a week they update > your download count. And right now the download count is China only > (even though Shop4Apps supports Mexico and Brazil as well). So far my > download count shows as "7". This is for an app the gets bought over > 40 times a day on the Android market. > > Wow - a whopping 7 so far, so this really still feels like a waste of > time just like when I originally got into it. > > I still think because of this that alternative markets are never going > to pan out - because for one, people don't seem to know about them, > and for two, the companies that run the alternative market don't even > provide the same level of information that Google does - even though > we as devs complain that Google needs to provide more stats, better > stats, it still seems they are ahead of the other market providers. > Like I said, for motodev, it's like your app just disappears. You just > "hope" that after a month, or up to 90 days, that you get some money > for it somehow. > > Has anyone else here posted their app to Shop4Apps and would you be > willing to share your current experience? I'm wondering if it's time > to get back out of their store AGAIN. > > I also read that many people were concerned that since it's for China > you won't get many sales anyway since they pirate everything over > there instead. > > Well, just venting - misery loves company. I already make good sales > on Android Market but obviously the more markets available (more > countries) the better your results should be.. > > -niko -- 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
[android-developers] How to use appt --rename-manifest-package during ant build?
I have an app with both a free & paid version. I have been using appt --rename-manifest-package from the command line to rename the package from one version to another. But, I would like to using ant to do builds. Anyone know how to use the rename-manifest-package option in an ant build? Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am a complete novice when it comes to ant. Thanks a bunch! Steve -- 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
[android-developers] How to use appt --rename-manifest-package during ant build?
I have an app with both a paid & free version. I have been using aapt --rename-manifest-package from the command line to switch from one package to the other. However, I would like to start using ant to do the builds (to more easily use LVL). Does anyone know how to use rename-manifest-package with ant? Sorry if this is a stupid question -- I am a complete novice when it comes to ant. Thanks a bunch! Steve P.s. I tried posting this several hours ago, but it looks like it didn't make it thru -- my apologies if you see this more than once. -- 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
[android-developers] Anyone have an experience dealing with Ubinuri?
I'm sure many, if not most, of us have been contacted by Ubinuri about distributing apps in Korea. Just wondering if anyone has any experience dealing with them? Good, bad? Thanks, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Even with Min SDK version, building app against 2.2 breaks 1.5?
Hi Greg, Did you ever figure out what was going on? I'm having exactly the same problem. Thanks, Steve On May 21, 8:39 pm, Greg Giacovelli wrote: > Nope it's just in drawable. > > -Greg > > On May 21, 5:28 pm, Xavier Ducrohet wrote: > > > > > > > Is that resource in a qualified drawable folder? (like drawable-hdpi ?) > > > Xav > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Greg Giacovelli > > wrote: > > > public static final int profile_section_background=0x7f020033; > > > is the value inside of R > > > > spec resource 0x7f020033 :drawable/ > > > profile_section_background: flags=0x > > > > is the value from the dump using the toolset from android-8 and the > > > android-1.5 platforms > > > > However I assume this is correct as the stack specifies that it cannot > > > find the resource specified. Is there a way to extract the xml > > > content? > > > I have been trying to use the dump xmltree command however I think > > > there is a typo in the error message and the format for the reference > > > is not known to me. > > > > aapt dump xmltree :drawable/profile_section_background > > > returns > > > ERROR: dump failed because resource :drawable/ > > > profile_section_background found > > > > -Greg > > > > On May 21, 4:28 pm, Xavier Ducrohet wrote: > > >> This is quite strange. Look inside your apk for the ID of the > > >> resources that seemed to be missing (or if it's actually missing) and > > >> match it with the R class. > > > >> To look at the compiled resources: > > > >> aapt dump resources .apk > > > >> aapt is in /platforms/android-8/tools/ > > > >> Xav > > > >> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Greg Giacovelli > > >> wrote: > > >> > Yeah that was what I tried before posting. I did that like 3 times. > > >> > The same APK works on 2.1 devices so it cannot be an inlining issue. > > > >> > I am sorry I know it's a vague error. The drawable in question is just > > >> > a selector with dither equals true with 4 states inside of it. Nothing > > >> > complicated but maybe it helps somewhere. > > > >> > -Greg > > > >> > On May 21, 2:17 pm, "Mark Murphy" wrote: > > >> >> > I just built my app against the new SDK released yesterday and it > > >> >> > seems to break when I run the app in my old 1.5 profile in regards > > >> >> > to > > >> >> > packaging assets. > > >> >> > I haven't changed anything about my application and it ran on API 3 > > >> >> > - > > >> >> > 7. However just increasing that build to 8 seems to change something > > >> >> > with the way assets are packed. Here is a stack trace with the app > > >> >> > trying to load a resource that it says it cannot fine. If I > > >> >> > recompile > > >> >> > the same code in the same workspace against API 8, it cannot find > > >> >> > some > > >> >> > of my drawables. Anything that seems wrong or is this a bug? > > > >> >> Do a full rebuild of the project. In Eclipse, I think Project|Force > > >> >> Clean > > >> >> does this. Outside of Eclipse, ant clean does this. > > > >> >> Most likely, the resource IDs changed, but Java code that inlined > > >> >> those > > >> >> resource IDs did not. > > > >> >> -- > > >> >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > >> >> Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html > > > >> >> -- > > >> >> 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 > > >> >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > >> > -- > > >> > 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 > > > >> -- > > >> Xavier Ducrohet > > >> Android SDK Tech Lead > > >> Google Inc. > > > >> Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! > > > >> -- > > >> 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 > > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > > 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: Froyo-Problem: Calendar access
Definitely looking forward to the day when Android makes the API official again (also VERY much looking forward to the day when there is an API to access the email and/or gmail database). But, in the meantime, prior to Froyo, I was using the following uri to access calendar events: content://calendar/calendars/instances/when// Anyone know what the new URI would be? Simply substituting the 2.2 authority doesn't do the trick. Thanks, Steve On May 28, 3:22 am, arnoldl wrote: > Adam > > you're my hero of the day :-) > > On 26 mei, 18:01, Adam Jensen wrote: > > > > > Here are the URI and package name changes between 2.1 and 2.2: -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Home key - desired behaviour?
It would be more accurate to say that onStop is *supposed* to be called whenever HOME is pressed. In 2.1, this does not happen: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6094#c0 Cheers, Steve On Jun 5, 7:59 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > guich wrote: > > Thanks. I got that the onStop event is called when the home key is > > pressed. > > onStop() is called any time the activity is no longer visible. Hence, > onStop() will be called for: > > -- HOME > -- BACK > -- you starting another activity > -- the user choosing a notification from the drawer > -- an incoming phone call > -- etc. > > > As a side question, is there a way to discover the name of the intent > > that called another intent? Like a stack trace of intents. > > No, sorry. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
[android-developers] how to display a Toast from an IntentService?
So, I have an IntentService that handles button callbacks from a widget. When the user presses a certain button, I want to display a Toast. I return from onHandleIntent almost immediately after doing Toast.show(), which in turn stops the service and kills its thread, which keeps the Toast from actually being displayed. Can anyone suggest an easy way to get the Toast (or something similar) to display from an IntentService? Thanks a bunch, Steve -- 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
[android-developers] Re: how to display a Toast from an IntentService?
Hi Mark, Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately, SystemClock.sleep() doesn't do the trick. :-( Cheers, Steve On Jun 11, 1:22 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > Flying Coder wrote: > > So, I have an IntentService that handles button callbacks from a > > widget. When the user presses a certain button, I want to display a > > Toast. I return from onHandleIntent almost immediately after doing > > Toast.show(), which in turn stops the service and kills its thread, > > which keeps the Toast from actually being displayed. > > That's interesting. I've never tried that pattern. I'm a bit surprised > that the Toast doesn't fire. > > > Can anyone suggest an easy way to get the Toast (or something similar) > > to display from an IntentService? > > Have you tried SystemClock.sleep()? It's a serious kludge, but I don't > know what else you can do. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Consulting:http://commonsware.com/consulting -- 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
[android-developers] Re: how to display a Toast from an IntentService?
Thanks Satya,
That did indeed do the trick!
All the best,
Steve
On Jun 11, 2:01 pm, Satya Komatineni
wrote:
> May be this will work:
>
> MyService extends IntentService
> {
> Handler mMainThreadHandler = null;
> onCreate() {
> super.onCreate();
> //initialize and populate the mMainThreadHandler
> //because this method runs on the main thread
> //unlike the deriver handle...method
> }
> onHandleIntent() {
> //this runs on its own thread
> //do your work
> //post a message to mMainThreadHandler
> }
>
> //in that handle of the mMainThreadHandler
> {
> show the toast as this runs on the main thread now
> }
>
> }
>
> I am a bit guessing here.
>
> Satya
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
> > Oh for doing it from the callback from IntentService, you need to do it from
> > a thread that is actually running a responsive looper (which by definition
> > IntentService does not, since the thread it is calling you on is there to
> > run long-running operations).
> > So schedule a message in a Handler of the main thread, and show it there.
> > Basically the same as any time you want to touch other parts of your UI.
>
> > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Flying Coder wrote:
>
> >> Hi Mark,
> >> Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately, SystemClock.sleep()
> >> doesn't do the trick. :-(
>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Steve
>
> >> On Jun 11, 1:22 pm, Mark Murphy wrote:
> >> > Flying Coder wrote:
> >> > > So, I have an IntentService that handles button callbacks from a
> >> > > widget. When the user presses a certain button, I want to display a
> >> > > Toast. I return from onHandleIntent almost immediately after doing
> >> > > Toast.show(), which in turn stops the service and kills its thread,
> >> > > which keeps the Toast from actually being displayed.
>
> >> > That's interesting. I've never tried that pattern. I'm a bit surprised
> >> > that the Toast doesn't fire.
>
> >> > > Can anyone suggest an easy way to get the Toast (or something similar)
> >> > > to display from an IntentService?
>
> >> > Have you tried SystemClock.sleep()? It's a serious kludge, but I don't
> >> > know what else you can do.
>
> >> > --
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> >> > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy
>
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[android-developers] pirated apps hosted on Google Sites :-(
Nothing new about people pirating apps, but this guy is actually trying to pass himself off as a legitimate Google and T-Mobile site: The "Official T-Mobile My Touch 3G Fan Page" http://sites.google.com/site/officialmytouch3gfanpage/calendar where you can download "Free Paid Apps". Google, can you please shut this guy down? Thank you, Steve -- 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
