[android-developers] How to have your app overlayed on top of any other app?
That subject may sound crazy and before today I thought it was impossible. There is a free app called Super Manager on the market. This app gives you a little button to press that is overlayed everywhere. No matter if you are on your home screen, gmail or the browser that icon is overlayed. Pressing the icon brings up the app interface which is a little box. This box is also overlayed on top of your already running application like dolphin. While the icon overlay or app overlay is on the screen you can still interact with the app you were running! How can I accomplish something like this in my code? I can think of many great uses. -- 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 have your app overlayed on top of any other app?
Hopefully someone can hit us up with some open source examples. This would be amazing as an optional feature in application. Just cause some users would not want to use the option isn't a reason to never have it! On Jan 16, 8:48 pm, Hari Edo hari@gmail.com wrote: Another program called SoftKeys does this by way of a running Service. It offers access to the usually-mandated hardware keys like MENU, BACK, HOME, SEARCH, even for those few oddball devices like NOOKcolor that do not include those keys. An IME keyboard is also a form of this kind of UI overlay that people see all the time. I am just guessing, but any soft keyboard is likely another example of a service that spawns interface bits. However, I can see this sort of thing being more nuisance than godsend... one person's great uses is another person's clutter. On Jan 16, 9:34 pm, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: That subject may sound crazy and before today I thought it was impossible. There is a free app called Super Manager on the market. This app gives you a little button to press that is overlayed everywhere. No matter if you are on your home screen, gmail or the browser that icon is overlayed. Pressing the icon brings up the app interface which is a little box. This box is also overlayed on top of your already running application like dolphin. While the icon overlay or app overlay is on the screen you can still interact with the app you were running! How can I accomplish something like this in my code? I can think of many great uses.- 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] Longer description using versionname in Manifest?
If you look up Aquarium Donation Live Wallpaper on the market you will see a normal description but at the bottom where it normally would say Version: #.# he has a whole extra sentence there. I assume he has placed all of this in the version name attribule in the manifest file. Does anyone know how much text you can put in there? -- 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] Removing copy protection from my market app?
If I publish a new version of my application and remove copy protection will any of my users be impacted? For example if users using 1.6 and greater will not be impacted but users still running 1.5 would have to reinstall and resetup the application I could live with that. 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] Re: Moto Droid ADB Drivers no longer work after HTC Evo was used.
When I pick properties of the Android ADB Interface I have 3 tabs, General, Driver, and Details. Driver Tab: - Driver Details - WinUSB, WdfCoInstaller01007, WinUSBCoInstaller - Update Driver - Update Driver has me search for another driver - Roll Back Driver - No driver has been backed up for this device. - Uninstall Details Tab: - Value: USB\VID_22B8PID_41DB\040368420F01901B On Jun 26, 6:43 pm, schwiz sch...@gmail.com wrote: when it detects the device goto the properties and select install driver and then pick from existing installed drivers and pick adb from another android phone. On Jun 26, 5:54 pm, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: When I uncheck the Show compatible hardware box the ADB selection disappears. My ADK drivers are also revision 3. However, that hasn't stopped me from deleting them and download them several additional times through the SDK. I have also gone as far as to download random other SDK versions I found floating about the internet. I still can't find the one single place that tells it to keep looking at the SDK for the drivers. Somewhere in some registry setting or file it's telling it hey go look in this usb_driver folder for files. I've deleted a billion things out of my registry but so far no success. On Jun 26, 5:49 pm, Lance Nanek lna...@gmail.com wrote: I have to uncheck Show compatible hardware before Windows 7 will offer Android ADB Interface for the Droid. Not that I know the difference between the Android Composite ADB Interface driver I'm using and the Android ADB Interface one you are using. Is your USB driver that comes with the SDK up to date? I'm using Usb Driver package, revision 3 according to the Android SDK and AVD Manager. You can update it from the same in the available packages section if yours is earlier. Then you have to go use the update driver option in the device manager again to switch over to the updated one. On Jun 26, 3:25 pm, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: When I choose Dont search I will choose the driver to install I only get two things listed: - Android ADB Interface - USB Compisite Interface After installing and reinstalling the Motorola drivers 100 times I was hoping to see something extra in this list but nothing ever changes. On Jun 26, 1:47 pm, Lance Nanek lna...@gmail.com wrote: I ran into the same problem connecting both the Evo 4G and Droid to my Windows 7 Tablet PC. After installing the HTC software off the Evo's SD card, the Droid stopped working. I guess I did update a lot of SDK stuff around then too, so that's also a potential factor. I did eventually get both phones working at once. Basically I just tried lots of combinations of removing everything HTC/Motorola in remove programs, reinstalling them, connecting and disconnecting devices, and the star of the show: right clicking on devices in the device manager and choosing to update their drivers and picking a different one from the list of applicable drivers. You can use this, for example, to change a Mot Composite ADB Interface to an Android Composite ADB Interface by choosing the Android drivers instead of Motorola's. My currently working setup doesn't even have Motorola's software installed, but does have HTC's. There are several Android Composite ADB Interface for the Droid and other phones, and one My HTC, no Mot Composite ADB Interface. Kind of sad HTC screwed everything up, but I had to uninstall Motorola, but whatever. Although if you have something pointing to a removed directory somehow I'd try fixing that first via similar right-clicking on devices and updating methods. Although I suspect what you are talking about there might just be a helpful last used location for something copied into system32/drivers anyway. On Jun 26, 12:52 pm, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: Still have no resolution for this issue. I have tried uninstalling and removing every single DLL that hte Android SDK USB Drivers comes with from my system. Afterwards I installed the Motorola USB Drivers. Next I plug in the Droid and all it does it keep erroring out looking for the old sdk usb folder, which I removed. On Jun 25, 11:52 am, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: I have owned my Droid since day 1 and I have been doing Android development, with ADB working, on my Windows 2003 Server laptop all this time. I'll try to be as detailed as possible. Things to note right off the bat: - Motorola Droid 2.1 - Windows Server 2003 laptop - ADB has worked perfectly with this for ~ 8 months My work gave me a HTC Evo to do some development on. I installed the HTC drivers, ADB worked fine, did my development and now I am done
[android-developers] Re: Moto Droid ADB Drivers no longer work after HTC Evo was used.
Still have no resolution for this issue. I have tried uninstalling and removing every single DLL that hte Android SDK USB Drivers comes with from my system. Afterwards I installed the Motorola USB Drivers. Next I plug in the Droid and all it does it keep erroring out looking for the old sdk usb folder, which I removed. On Jun 25, 11:52 am, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: I have owned my Droid since day 1 and I have been doing Android development, with ADB working, on my Windows 2003 Server laptop all this time. I'll try to be as detailed as possible. Things to note right off the bat: - Motorola Droid 2.1 - Windows Server 2003 laptop - ADB has worked perfectly with this for ~ 8 months My work gave me a HTC Evo to do some development on. I installed the HTC drivers, ADB worked fine, did my development and now I am done with the Evo. The problem is my Droid no longer works with ADB. Here are some steps that I have tried: Attempt A: 1. In device manager I have listed Android Phone-Android ADB Interface 2. Right click-Uninstall 3. Scan for new hardware-Device shows up 4. Select this device, pick the usb drivers that come with the SDK 5. Various items install like ADB and Moto A855 6. Device manager looks exactly as it did in step 1. 7. ADB Doesnt work Attempt B: 1. Start up USBDeview 2. Delete the HTC entry, Delete all the Motorola A855 entries 3. Go through the steps in Attempt A. 4. ADB Doesnt work Attempt C: 1. Download Motorola 4.6.0 driver package and install it 2. Uninstall the current driver in device manager 3. Scan for drivers automatically 4. Drivers from SDK are automatically used 5. ADB not working 6. Go back and pick have disk for the driver. Tried every driver than came with Mtorola 4.6.0 driver package and none would install. Now I'm just stumped. Also important to note that the phone and ADB still work fine on other computers that I never installed the HTC drivers on. Thanks for any tips! -- 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: Moto Droid ADB Drivers no longer work after HTC Evo was used.
When I choose Dont search I will choose the driver to install I only get two things listed: - Android ADB Interface - USB Compisite Interface After installing and reinstalling the Motorola drivers 100 times I was hoping to see something extra in this list but nothing ever changes. On Jun 26, 1:47 pm, Lance Nanek lna...@gmail.com wrote: I ran into the same problem connecting both the Evo 4G and Droid to my Windows 7 Tablet PC. After installing the HTC software off the Evo's SD card, the Droid stopped working. I guess I did update a lot of SDK stuff around then too, so that's also a potential factor. I did eventually get both phones working at once. Basically I just tried lots of combinations of removing everything HTC/Motorola in remove programs, reinstalling them, connecting and disconnecting devices, and the star of the show: right clicking on devices in the device manager and choosing to update their drivers and picking a different one from the list of applicable drivers. You can use this, for example, to change a Mot Composite ADB Interface to an Android Composite ADB Interface by choosing the Android drivers instead of Motorola's. My currently working setup doesn't even have Motorola's software installed, but does have HTC's. There are several Android Composite ADB Interface for the Droid and other phones, and one My HTC, no Mot Composite ADB Interface. Kind of sad HTC screwed everything up, but I had to uninstall Motorola, but whatever. Although if you have something pointing to a removed directory somehow I'd try fixing that first via similar right-clicking on devices and updating methods. Although I suspect what you are talking about there might just be a helpful last used location for something copied into system32/drivers anyway. On Jun 26, 12:52 pm, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: Still have no resolution for this issue. I have tried uninstalling and removing every single DLL that hte Android SDK USB Drivers comes with from my system. Afterwards I installed the Motorola USB Drivers. Next I plug in the Droid and all it does it keep erroring out looking for the old sdk usb folder, which I removed. On Jun 25, 11:52 am, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: I have owned my Droid since day 1 and I have been doing Android development, with ADB working, on my Windows 2003 Server laptop all this time. I'll try to be as detailed as possible. Things to note right off the bat: - Motorola Droid 2.1 - Windows Server 2003 laptop - ADB has worked perfectly with this for ~ 8 months My work gave me a HTC Evo to do some development on. I installed the HTC drivers, ADB worked fine, did my development and now I am done with the Evo. The problem is my Droid no longer works with ADB. Here are some steps that I have tried: Attempt A: 1. In device manager I have listed Android Phone-Android ADB Interface 2. Right click-Uninstall 3. Scan for new hardware-Device shows up 4. Select this device, pick the usb drivers that come with the SDK 5. Various items install like ADB and Moto A855 6. Device manager looks exactly as it did in step 1. 7. ADB Doesnt work Attempt B: 1. Start up USBDeview 2. Delete the HTC entry, Delete all the Motorola A855 entries 3. Go through the steps in Attempt A. 4. ADB Doesnt work Attempt C: 1. Download Motorola 4.6.0 driver package and install it 2. Uninstall the current driver in device manager 3. Scan for drivers automatically 4. Drivers from SDK are automatically used 5. ADB not working 6. Go back and pick have disk for the driver. Tried every driver than came with Mtorola 4.6.0 driver package and none would install. Now I'm just stumped. Also important to note that the phone and ADB still work fine on other computers that I never installed the HTC drivers on. Thanks for any tips!- 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: Moto Droid ADB Drivers no longer work after HTC Evo was used.
When I uncheck the Show compatible hardware box the ADB selection disappears. My ADK drivers are also revision 3. However, that hasn't stopped me from deleting them and download them several additional times through the SDK. I have also gone as far as to download random other SDK versions I found floating about the internet. I still can't find the one single place that tells it to keep looking at the SDK for the drivers. Somewhere in some registry setting or file it's telling it hey go look in this usb_driver folder for files. I've deleted a billion things out of my registry but so far no success. On Jun 26, 5:49 pm, Lance Nanek lna...@gmail.com wrote: I have to uncheck Show compatible hardware before Windows 7 will offer Android ADB Interface for the Droid. Not that I know the difference between the Android Composite ADB Interface driver I'm using and the Android ADB Interface one you are using. Is your USB driver that comes with the SDK up to date? I'm using Usb Driver package, revision 3 according to the Android SDK and AVD Manager. You can update it from the same in the available packages section if yours is earlier. Then you have to go use the update driver option in the device manager again to switch over to the updated one. On Jun 26, 3:25 pm, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: When I choose Dont search I will choose the driver to install I only get two things listed: - Android ADB Interface - USB Compisite Interface After installing and reinstalling the Motorola drivers 100 times I was hoping to see something extra in this list but nothing ever changes. On Jun 26, 1:47 pm, Lance Nanek lna...@gmail.com wrote: I ran into the same problem connecting both the Evo 4G and Droid to my Windows 7 Tablet PC. After installing the HTC software off the Evo's SD card, the Droid stopped working. I guess I did update a lot of SDK stuff around then too, so that's also a potential factor. I did eventually get both phones working at once. Basically I just tried lots of combinations of removing everything HTC/Motorola in remove programs, reinstalling them, connecting and disconnecting devices, and the star of the show: right clicking on devices in the device manager and choosing to update their drivers and picking a different one from the list of applicable drivers. You can use this, for example, to change a Mot Composite ADB Interface to an Android Composite ADB Interface by choosing the Android drivers instead of Motorola's. My currently working setup doesn't even have Motorola's software installed, but does have HTC's. There are several Android Composite ADB Interface for the Droid and other phones, and one My HTC, no Mot Composite ADB Interface. Kind of sad HTC screwed everything up, but I had to uninstall Motorola, but whatever. Although if you have something pointing to a removed directory somehow I'd try fixing that first via similar right-clicking on devices and updating methods. Although I suspect what you are talking about there might just be a helpful last used location for something copied into system32/drivers anyway. On Jun 26, 12:52 pm, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: Still have no resolution for this issue. I have tried uninstalling and removing every single DLL that hte Android SDK USB Drivers comes with from my system. Afterwards I installed the Motorola USB Drivers. Next I plug in the Droid and all it does it keep erroring out looking for the old sdk usb folder, which I removed. On Jun 25, 11:52 am, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: I have owned my Droid since day 1 and I have been doing Android development, with ADB working, on my Windows 2003 Server laptop all this time. I'll try to be as detailed as possible. Things to note right off the bat: - Motorola Droid 2.1 - Windows Server 2003 laptop - ADB has worked perfectly with this for ~ 8 months My work gave me a HTC Evo to do some development on. I installed the HTC drivers, ADB worked fine, did my development and now I am done with the Evo. The problem is my Droid no longer works with ADB. Here are some steps that I have tried: Attempt A: 1. In device manager I have listed Android Phone-Android ADB Interface 2. Right click-Uninstall 3. Scan for new hardware-Device shows up 4. Select this device, pick the usb drivers that come with the SDK 5. Various items install like ADB and Moto A855 6. Device manager looks exactly as it did in step 1. 7. ADB Doesnt work Attempt B: 1. Start up USBDeview 2. Delete the HTC entry, Delete all the Motorola A855 entries 3. Go through the steps in Attempt A. 4. ADB Doesnt work Attempt C: 1. Download Motorola 4.6.0 driver package and install it 2. Uninstall the current driver in device manager 3. Scan for drivers automatically
[android-developers] Moto Droid ADB Drivers no longer work after HTC Evo was used.
I have owned my Droid since day 1 and I have been doing Android development, with ADB working, on my Windows 2003 Server laptop all this time. I'll try to be as detailed as possible. Things to note right off the bat: - Motorola Droid 2.1 - Windows Server 2003 laptop - ADB has worked perfectly with this for ~ 8 months My work gave me a HTC Evo to do some development on. I installed the HTC drivers, ADB worked fine, did my development and now I am done with the Evo. The problem is my Droid no longer works with ADB. Here are some steps that I have tried: Attempt A: 1. In device manager I have listed Android Phone-Android ADB Interface 2. Right click-Uninstall 3. Scan for new hardware-Device shows up 4. Select this device, pick the usb drivers that come with the SDK 5. Various items install like ADB and Moto A855 6. Device manager looks exactly as it did in step 1. 7. ADB Doesnt work Attempt B: 1. Start up USBDeview 2. Delete the HTC entry, Delete all the Motorola A855 entries 3. Go through the steps in Attempt A. 4. ADB Doesnt work Attempt C: 1. Download Motorola 4.6.0 driver package and install it 2. Uninstall the current driver in device manager 3. Scan for drivers automatically 4. Drivers from SDK are automatically used 5. ADB not working 6. Go back and pick have disk for the driver. Tried every driver than came with Mtorola 4.6.0 driver package and none would install. Now I'm just stumped. Also important to note that the phone and ADB still work fine on other computers that I never installed the HTC drivers on. Thanks for any tips! -- 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] Google support number for Droid's sent to Developers from Google?
A few months ago Google sent top market developers a feww phone (Droid or Nexus). I was one of them and received a Droid. I just now called in to activate the Droid on my Verizon account and was told that it is not activatable. They said that the ESN number is tied to a business account and currently active. Verizon said the only thing I can do is to contact Google, who sent me the phone, and work it out with them. The paperwork with the phone came with no numbers or email addresses. I have tried calling the Nexus support line, they could not direct me anywhere. I have tried emailing the automated robots that sent me emails about the phone. Is there anyone at Google that I can contact that would be able to help with this? -- 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] code.google.com is down for source code viewing or svn
One example would be here: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/source/browse/ svn checking out or in is down as well: svn checkout http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ android-wifi-tether-read-only svn: Server sent unexpected return value (502 Bad Gateway) in response to OPTIONS request for 'http://android-wifi-tethe r.googlecode.com/svn/trunk' Has been down for over an hour. Is anyone on google's side aware of the outage? -- 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] Code to enable and disable bluetooth for SDK 3 and above?
Hey all. People are requesting bluetooth toggle support in my More Icons Widget. The problem is I have to keep things compatible with Android 1.5 (SDK level 3) and above. There also are about 9500 free or pay bluetooth toggles that work on SDK 3 and above so I know it must be possible. The only examples I can find are for Android 1.0 (context.getSystemSerivce(bluetooth)) which is no longer available in Android 1.5, and of course I have found examples of how to do it if you are using hte Android 2.0 (SDK 5) SDK. I know that I will have to use reflection to access the android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice class for SDK 3 phones and then I will have to also use reflection for SDK 5 and greater phones. I've done my best to get it working for a few days but it has been a no-go. Does anyone have any good examples of this or know of any open source bluetooth toggles that I can take a look at. I'm dead in the water here. 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] Nexus 2.1 one sale, WHERE is the SDK!
These phones are on sale with 2.1 Os on them right now. My friend just ordered two with overnight shipping. How is it even remotely acceptable that people will have 2.1 in their hands before developers even get to touch the SDK? I already have users using the Nexis-Droid 2.1 rom saying that my highly used widget doesn't work. How am I supposed to test this out in advance without hacking our phone all up? All this does is frustrate users when apps don't work and further degrades the market with 1 stars because developers don't have a chance to update their code. Thanks google -- 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] Where to find this graphic? com.android.internal.R.id.keyboardView
I am looking for several graphics from Android 2.0 source but I am unsure where online to locate 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] Re: Droid 2.1?
They ported the Nexus 2.1 build to the droid weeks ago over on alldroid. On Dec 28, 5:25 pm, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) cor...@gmail.com wrote: I've seen Nexus already, today was the first time I saw Droid with 2.1. Maybe a test device? -John Coryat -- 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] Multitouch code examples?
Are there any multitouch code examples that Google provides for SDK levels 2.0 or higher? I do searches on here and on google and come up empty. -- 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] Widget - onUpdate gets called even if no room on the screen for it!
Hopefully someone else has ran into this issue. On SDK level 3 (Android 1.5) if a user adds a homescreen widget that there is not room for, the onUpdate method is still called. So in my widgets, in the onUpdate I check to see if hte widget has been configured. If it has not then I launch the configuration. Stuff also gets saved to a SharedPreferences config. So in this example if the user adds a widget that is too big for their screen 10 times, it is going to launch the config needlessly 10 times. Also for that appWidgetId, stuff is going to get saved 10 times. How can I head this off and tell that there is no room on the screen, in onUpdate, before doing all of that? -- 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 change widget layout background or hide it dynamically?
I have a simple layout: LinearLayout xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ android android:background=@drawable/background android:layout_height=fill_parent android:layout_width=wrap_content android:orientation=vertical In my method onUpdate I can get the remote view: RemoteViews remoteView = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.somelayout); I cannot find any information on how to change or hide the background image. -- 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] Sprint Hero users appWidgetId changes after reboot, no settings saved!
So this one is crazy guys. I have 7000+ users using my widget with no problem at all. However, I got one Sprint Hero using an unrooted phone with no home screen manager besides the default Hero SenseUI. I shot him over a copy of my widget pumped full of debug lines. I can see him add the widget with say an appWidgetId of 50. After that he reboots the phone and then sends me another set of logs. In the next set of logs the widget didnt save its settings because the appWidgetId is now 54. So really those settings are saved, they are just under a different appWidgetId! Can I do anything for this user besides refund his money and tell him that Android has let him down? 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] Re: How to change widget layout background or hide it dynamically?
I've tried two scenarios of this. 1. I used R.layout.mylayout remoteView.setBitmap(R.layout.main, setBackgroundDrawable, ((BitmapDrawable) context.getResources().getDrawable (R.drawable.background)).getBitmap()); 12-09 19:55:06.972: WARN/AppWidgetHostView(626): updateAppWidget couldn't find any view, using error view 12-09 19:55:06.972: WARN/AppWidgetHostView(626): android.widget.RemoteViews$ActionException: can't find view: 0x7f030006 2. I put an id in my .xml's LinearLayout tag like android:id=@+id/ mylayout and I tried to use that. remoteView.setBitmap(R.id.mylayout, setBackgroundDrawable, ((BitmapDrawable) context.getResources().getDrawable (R.drawable.background)).getBitmap()); 12-09 21:37:59.710: WARN/AppWidgetHostView(626): android.widget.RemoteViews$ActionException: view: android.widget.LinearLayout doesn't have method: setBackgroundDrawable (android.graphics.Bitmap) Neither way seemed to work. On Dec 9, 4:08 pm, Paul Turchenko paul.turche...@gmail.com wrote: how about setBitmap(R.layout.you_view_id, setBackgroundDrawable, mYourBitmapDrawable)? On Dec 9, 10:58 pm,pcm2areeeye...@gmail.com wrote: I have a simple layout: LinearLayout xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ android android:background=@drawable/background android:layout_height=fill_parent android:layout_width=wrap_content android:orientation=vertical In my method onUpdate I can get the remote view: RemoteViews remoteView = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.somelayout); I cannot find any information on how to change or hide the background image. -- 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 start up the native gallery app?
I eventually found two spectacular ways to get the list of
applications on the phone (including the gallery). Both of these
methods are from Android source code!
Method one, if you want the list of applications in a list to iterate
through:
PackageManager manager = context.getPackageManager();
Intent mainIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
final ListResolveInfo apps = manager.queryIntentActivities
(mainIntent, 0);
Collections.sort(apps, new ResolveInfo.DisplayNameComparator
(manager))
if (apps != null) {
final int count = apps.size();
for (int i = 0; i count; i++) {
ResolveInfo info = apps.get(i);
String packageName =
info.activityInfo.applicationInfo.packageName;
String activityName = info.activityInfo.name;
Drawable icon = info.activityInfo.loadIcon(manager);
}
}
Wow!
For the second method, in my case I needed the applications in a
pickable list. I was able to poach some code from googles Launcher to
do this, and it also works fast and amazing.
Intent mainIntent = new Intent
(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
Intent pickIntent = new Intent
(Intent.ACTION_PICK_ACTIVITY);
pickIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INTENT, mainIntent);
startActivityForResult(pickIntent,
MoreIconsConstants.REQUEST_PICK_APPLICATION)
That will return in your onActivityResults method the intent for the
item that was picked!
Enjoy.
On Nov 27, 5:15 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
pcm2awrote:
Maybe I'm asking the totally wrong question here:
On any android phone I can press the up arrow and get a list of all
the built in and install application. What is the recommended way to
get a list of all these items, their icons, and their start intents.
Current'y I'm using the PackageManager class.
If that is a no go, then on any android phone I can long press, select
shortcut, select application and a list comes up. What is the
recommended way to get this list along with their icons and their
start intents?
http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/Introspection/...
The Gallery application shows up in the Launchalot list for the Google
Ion and the Motorola DROID. HTC Sense devices (Hero, Tattoo) do not have
a Gallery, hence it will not show up.
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[android-developers] Where to start for home screen replacement app?
Funny topic maybe, but I feel like I have a decent hold on app development, widget development, and even made a game. I'd like to tinker with creating a home screen replacement but havn't been able to dig up any examples or good places to start. Does anyone have any recommendations or links that might help out? -- 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: Is Android backwards compatible?
Yes doesn't really cover all the situations. Google has attempted to make code you write for 1.5 (code level 3) or 1.6 (code level 4) forwards compatible with Android 2.0 (code level 5). This works mostly but you may have to make a few tweaks. In my case when they went from 1.6 they broke almost every single one of my widgets that I have written due to a parameter I was using in my provider.xml file that they changed. I had to make a small modification to all of them to keep it compatible with 1.5 but also forwards compatible with 1.6 and 2.0. Another fine example is with the higher screen resolutions. If you made the mistake of using of a font size of say 12pt in 1.5, thats going to look like crap on a Droid with a higher resolution. I had to change a lot of stuff like that to support across the board screen resolutions. Your best bet right now is to write your application using SDK level 3 (Android 1.5) and then test it in an AVD emulator for 1.5, 1.6, and 2.0. The reason you want to still be supporting 1.5 is because ALL of the HTC Hero line of phones are still running 1.5. This includes the Hero, the Eris, the European Hero, etc. There are also versions of phones in other countries where the carrier did not push out 1.6 to it's customers. Good luck! On Dec 1, 11:50 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: Yes it is. Did you set the minSDK parameter in the manifest to target 1.6? (SDK version code 4 I believe). ----- TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered deviceshttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:14 AM, bennyb taw...@gmail.com wrote: Is Android backwards compatible, in other words can an application developed in Android 1.6 run in Android 2.0? I just published a 2.0 application and discovered that I can't find it in the market using my G1 (Android 1.6) phone. But apparently others are downloading it. Should I downgrade the application to 1.6 or do I need to create separate applications for each Android version? -- 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en- 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: Where to start for home screen replacement app?
Well now i feel like a fool for missing that! It's there and it compiles (as a 1.5 project) and runs fine on my 2.0 droid. Obviously is a solid place to start. It's there in the 1.6 and 2.0 SDK as well but I haven't compared them for differences yet. Thanks! On Dec 1, 12:10 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Funny topic maybe, but I feel like I have a decent hold on app development, widget development, and even made a game. I'd like to tinker with creating a home screen replacement but havn't been able to dig up any examples or good places to start. Does anyone have any recommendations or links that might help out? There's the Home sample app in the samples that ship with the SDK. I have no idea if it is being kept up to date, but last I knew it still worked. -- 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How to start up the native gallery app?
Maybe I'm asking the totally wrong question here: On any android phone I can press the up arrow and get a list of all the built in and install application. What is the recommended way to get a list of all these items, their icons, and their start intents. Current'y I'm using the PackageManager class. If that is a no go, then on any android phone I can long press, select shortcut, select application and a list comes up. What is the recommended way to get this list along with their icons and their start intents? 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] How to start up the native gallery app?
The api has a nice way to get a list of all installed applications: Code: PackageManager appInfo = context.getPackageManager(); ListApplicationInfo list = appInfo.getInstalledApplications (0); The problem is that the Gallery is not in this list. So what is the correct way to launch the gallery? I have tried running this intent: Code: Intent intent = new Intent(android.intent.action.GET_CONTENT); intent.setType(image/*); It doesn't start up the same Gallery as pressing your normal Gallery icon. Instead it starts up a list of all images and then when you pick one it just returns back to the program. What I'm looking to do is start up the regular gallery app just like if someone pressed the Gallery icon on their home screen. Any ideas how to do that? -- 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 start up the native gallery app?
Why would it break in the future? The main function of my app relies on the user to be able to get a list of install applications. Think of like an application like App Task Manager that shows you the installed apps and allows you to uninstall them. Running appInfo.getInstalledApplications(0) each time the user wants to do anything will grab you a fresh list of applications along with their start intents. From that list you can safely run any of those apps and know that you are getting the latest item. The only items that I have came aross that have to be started up differently are the Camera, the Dialer, and the Contacts list. Do you know of a better way to: 1. Start up the Gallery application that is present on all phones 2. Get a list of native and 3rd party applications, their icons, names and start intents without using the PackageManager? On Nov 26, 4:43 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: You can't do this. The gallery in most devices exists as part of the camera app, but may not. It is very important: if you rely on finding things by package name and trying to launch them, you will break in the future. Where things are and what their package names are, are entirely implementation details. -- 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 start up the native gallery app?
I don't need to start up one image, what I need to start up is the gallery application. I'm not wanting to choose one image or return an image back to my application. I just want the gallery app to start up just like you clicked the icon. I do have some good news that I have figured out a way to actually start it up, but not only do I have to use class names, I have also check if it is a Hero or a non-Hero. This line starts up the Gallery app on a non Hero phone (could be different once the Acer A1 or Sony X10 comes out): intent.setClassName(com.android.camera, com.android.camera.GalleryPicker); This line starts up the Gallery app on a Hero phone: intent.setClassName(com.htc.album, com.htc.album.AlbumTabSwitchActivity); I've poached a method i found on another forum that lets me check which activity will work with this: ListResolveInfo list = context.getPackageManager ().queryIntentActivities(intent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY); With this I now have a way for my users to start up the native gallery app from my application. This has been asked a tremendous amount by my users and I'm excited to deliver it to them. We both know that hard coding class names in is not the best method but if there is no other alternative, then that is just how it must be for now. On Nov 26, 7:59 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: It doesn't even work today, because different devices have the gallery implemented in different places. DO NOT USE PACKAGE NAMES. The only supported way to launch other applications is through the officially published intent protocols, such as VIEW with an image to show an image. -- 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] User has returned my app, and then purchased it later on a 2nd time but cannot download it now.
The user purchases my application from the Android market yesterday and then returned it. The next day he has purchased it again. I can verify this in my google checkout console, I see where he has purchased the app today. Now when he goes into the market and presses download it takes him to the buy screen. When he presses buy again it tells him to visit checkout.google.com. How can he get access to the app that he has purchased? I assume this is some common issue caused by returning an app for a refund then buying it again later on. -- 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 export from keystore and import into another keystore?
I have an older keystore and I would like to export one of my apps from it and import that key into my newer keystore. I have tried: keytool -exportcert -keystore keystore.file -file certfile This command exports my cert file. Next I import it into my new keystore: keytool -importcert -keystore newkeystore.file -alias myalias -file certfile The newly imported key shows up as trustedCertEntry instead of PrivateKeyEntry. imported app, Nov 22, 2009, trustedCertEntry, Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 61:AD:99:D2:EE:2E:4F:AC:20:FE:03:40:0F: 7E:A5:12 older app, Aug 17, 2009, PrivateKeyEntry, Certificate fingerprint (MD5): F0:A9:21:92:3B:E4:9C: 74:D7:C1:C3:45:7C:FE:E8:C7 When I try to sign a file with jarsigner it does not find the alias and just spits out the error that it doesn't find it in my keystore. What step did I miss? -- 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 force Uninstall/Reinstall instead of upgrade from the Market?
Evening fellow androiders, I have a weird problem here. In the previous version of my app on the market, I have an icon in all prorgams that starts up my config screen for my widget. In my new version I have done away with this icon, and you get to configure it from the actual widget (yay). The problem is the automatic upgrade, that keeps your settings, doesn't get rid of this icon in all programs. So after upgrading you are left with an icon that does nothing but give an error when pressed. How can I tell the app store, I assume in my manifest file, that it needs to do a full uninstall and reinstall rather than an in place upgrade? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 force Uninstall/Reinstall instead of upgrade from the Market?
There must be some option telling it to do that. Did it uninstall the app for you or did it make you uninstall it, then return to the market and reinstall? On Aug 26, 8:41 pm, Michael Leung michaelchi...@gmail.com wrote: I have not published my app to the market. But when I upgarde the apps I use, it forced myself to reinstall. ohttp://www.michaelleung.info --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 force Uninstall/Reinstall instead of upgrade from the Market?
So there is currently no way to have it uninstall/reinstall the application to work around this bug? The only other alternative is to put a big note to the user that says Please uninstall first due to buggy OS? What is the recommended way of handling this. Maybe it would be better to keep the icon in play until the bug is fixed. On Aug 26, 9:09 pm, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote: This is a problem in Home that was fixed in Donut. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:47 PM, pcm2areeeye...@gmail.com wrote: 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: How to force Uninstall/Reinstall instead of upgrade from the Market?
Thanks, a reboot does make it go away. I will put a note on the market description for users to expect this behavior. I appreciate the explanation, thanks again. On Aug 26, 10:02 pm, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote: The user can also reboot the phone or wait for Home to be restarted (by launching big apps like Browser) On Aug 26, 2009 7:51 PM, pcm2a reeeye...@gmail.com wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 read Sensors from home screen Widget (1.5 cupcake)?
The main Hero widget is a clock with the weather. Every time you turn your screen on, it reads your gps locations and gives you the weather in that location. It is obviously reading the gps sensor from the widget. I am looking to do something similar, except I want to read the compass. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 read Sensors from home screen Widget (1.5 cupcake)?
Hey all. I am having a difficult time figuring out a way to read the sensor data from a home screen widget. I can successfully create a home screen widget that extends AppWidgetProvider. I can successfully create a stand-alone application that reads sensor data (extends Activity). What seems to be impossble (for me) is combining them into a home screen widget that reads sensor data. The classes that you have to use, like SensorManager, SensorListener all seem to require an Activity which the AppWidgetProdiver doesnt have. I have also tried keeping my sensor data reader in a separate class that extends Activity and then instantiating that class in my widget. Makes sense in my head but no data is ever read from the sensors. Any tips or examples of how this works is appretiated! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
