[android-beginners] build error

2009-01-12 Thread vishal bhoj
Hello friends, i am trying to build android filesys with this git git://git.omapzoom.org/repo/android/platform/omapmanifest.git but i get this error http://pastebin.com/m776ed018 i found this error here http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1004 but i could not fix it. i have

[android-beginners] Re: Error on setText

2009-01-12 Thread Mark Murphy
steve_macleod wrote: Ok thanks for this. I will look into these. Do you have any idea why its crashing on this line? mTa.setText(mTxt, TextView.BufferType.EDITABLE); I was hoping your error log would give you (and/or me) a clue. You do not need the second parameter, so try it with just

[android-beginners] Hello, and Google Summer of Code 2009 ?

2009-01-12 Thread vi
First of all wanted to say hi, as this is my first post here. Now, I was wondering whether Android plans on participating in Google Summer of Code 09? (This is a Google-sponsored internship program, where students work on open-source projects during the summer). This would be a great opportunity

[android-beginners] Re: Notepad tutorial

2009-01-12 Thread alex.james....@googlemail.com
I'm having the same error as Teena. I created the file res layout notes_row.xml and this information in it ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? TextView android:id=@+id/text1 xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; android:layout_width=wrap_content

[android-beginners] Windows XP emulator fails

2009-01-12 Thread rushtonmd
Hello, below is a copy/paste from the command prompt, attempting to run the emulator. Whenever I attempt to run the emulator, it throws an exception and attempts to open a debugger. I have been unable to remedy the situation, and any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -MDR

[android-beginners] Assistance in locating Android programmer in Portland, Oregon area

2009-01-12 Thread jimwilliams100
Dear Google Android Development Center We are in the process of training and need an expert in Android programming for our development group.  We are located in Portland, Oregon Is there any way in which Google and identify a group or individual engaged in Apps development in Portland, OR

[android-beginners] Webkit Activity + oAuth

2009-01-12 Thread Tane Piper
Hi there, I'm currently writing an application for Android for the Brightkite API. I would like to use the oAuth API instead of storing the username/password. So far, I've managed to invoke the webkit view - this loads up the correct URL and shows the login page. However, when I click login

[android-beginners] Problem Compiling Android Java/GCJ???

2009-01-12 Thread scramble45
1. ...while parsing methods[0] 2. ...while parsing java/nio/channels/spi/ AbstractSelectableChannel.class 3. ...while processing java/nio/channels/spi/ AbstractSelectableChannel.class 4. 5. trouble processing: 6. invalid constant pool index

[android-beginners] bluetooth api

2009-01-12 Thread knight writer
I'm new to android but i've developed on the j2me platform before and one thing I've noticed that I haven't found for android is a bluetooth api. Did they forget to add a bluetooth api or is it bundled in with the remote device class? This is vital to an app i want to develop on this platform.

[android-beginners] Re: No repository found at https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

2009-01-12 Thread wang peng
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[android-beginners] Why atomic access to functions like CameraService::Client::takePicture()?

2009-01-12 Thread Hank And
Hi, I seldom program multithreads. I am curious about why it needs a Mutex::Autolock to protect access to CameraService::Client::takePicture ()? We don't have multiple camera clients, right? Is it for preventing consecutively taking pictures? Thanks!

[android-beginners] display frame buffer

2009-01-12 Thread Srini amul
Hi, I have a RGB565 frame buffer. I need to display it on a screen. I am not finding a suitable API to pass a frame buffer [unsigned char*] to display on a screen. How can i display my own frame buffer on a screen ? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[android-beginners] beginner requirement

2009-01-12 Thread azhar
What knowledge is required to start programming in Android. I have knowledge in Java, and i am currently working in JavaEE(4+ yrs experience). But I have absolutely no knowledge in JavaME. Do I require to know JavaME for programming in Android? What other technologies other than Java will I

[android-beginners] Problem Compiling Android Java/GCJ???

2009-01-12 Thread scramble45
1. ...while parsing methods[0] 2. ...while parsing java/nio/channels/spi/ AbstractSelectableChannel.class 3. ...while processing java/nio/channels/spi/ AbstractSelectableChannel.class 4. 5. trouble processing: 6. invalid constant pool index

[android-beginners] Exporting a Service

2009-01-12 Thread Rohan Francis
Hi, Can someone help me with the steps to export a service to another android application? I have created a service and defined an interface which is exposed by the service. I want to be able to get a reference to this interface in another android application. package scratch.service; Service:

[android-beginners] How to get the SMS massage?

2009-01-12 Thread lukewar
I have a problem, how to get the sms massage in adroid. I have found a solution how to get the incoming sms massage but still i can not get to the already stored massages. Please help. Luke --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] Exporting a Service

2009-01-12 Thread Rohan Francis
Hi, Can someone help me with the steps to export a service to another android application? I have created a service and defined an interface which is exposed by the service. I want to be able to get a reference to this interface in another android application. package scratch.service; Service:

[android-beginners] Re: Unable to run android thru emulator on Fedora 9 Kernel-2.6.27

2009-01-12 Thread Jorge C.
Hi, I'm not sure I understood your question. Did you forget to paste what your xterm shows? Can you show it? On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 6:42 AM, KK dioxide.softw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I'm completely new to all this things. I downloaded the SDK and tried to run it as given in

[android-beginners] Re: running an package from source code in emulator

2009-01-12 Thread Er. syed imran ali
i think it is possible, but i am also trying it. first you have to extract contacts application, and then put it on Eclipse and run it. On Jan 9, 5:01 pm, soumyaranjan soumyasi...@gmail.com wrote: hello everybody, Well i am a newbie to java and android, so please forgive any stupidity. Can

[android-beginners] Re: android problem

2009-01-12 Thread kaushik sur
u can put Log.d to check it the error log in logcat while running your apps. gud luck kaushik On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: lili wrote: Hi I am lili I use Eclipse to write Android clock I compiled eclipse the console when no error, but in

[android-beginners] Re: emulator: ERROR: you must provide the name of a virtual machine to start the emulator.

2009-01-12 Thread plisske...@gmail.com
Thank you. Can you please tell me where can I find the 'choosecombo' script? I did get the whole android source, i can't find the choosecombo script. Thanks, On Dec 23 2008, 7:56 am, moontain chen.worksp...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks David for the detailed informations, they are very useful. I

[android-beginners] How contacts transfer happen in blue tooth.

2009-01-12 Thread Er. syed imran ali
any one can give the details code for transfer contacts form one mobile to other mobile via bluetooth. how they take every thing on particular place, like, mob no, in mob no, name with name, and fax no. with fax no. etc. thanks and regards Er. syed imran ali

[android-beginners] Re: How to get Android default ringtone?

2009-01-12 Thread tychon
The android.media.RingtoneManager class should cover what you're looking for. The getRingtone() method will give you an object representing the ringtone. On Jan 9, 3:27 pm, Hw3699 hw3...@gmail.com wrote: I need help on getting Android default ringtone. Please help. Thanks!

[android-beginners] The source code of an Ap:Picture

2009-01-12 Thread birdy
Hi all: I am interested in the Ap named picture on the android emulator. But I can not find the source code in http://android.git.kernel.org/ . Does Android release this Ap's source and where can I get this souce code? Or where can I get the source relate show still image Ap? Thank you!!

[android-beginners] What's the handwriting recognition

2009-01-12 Thread Morris
Dear All: I see the T-mobile G1 support the handwriting recognition. But I don't find any demo for handwriting recognition, I'm afraid that I misunderstand the definition of handwriting recognition. In my knowledge, the handwriting recognition is to let user use pen to write words on the screen.

[android-beginners] Hello, and Google Summer of Code 2009 ?

2009-01-12 Thread vi
First of all wanted to say hi, as this is my first post here. Now, I was wondering whether Android plans on participating in Google Summer of Code 09? (This is a Google-sponsored internship program, where students work on open-source projects during the summer). This would be a great opportunity

[android-beginners] Re: Changing size of AlertDialog

2009-01-12 Thread AusR
You could enclose the existing view within a ScrollView, which will automatically add scrolling if the view is vertically larger than the screen. Aus. On Jan 9, 5:52 am, Suicide King the.sucide.k...@gmail.com wrote: is there anyway to change the size of a alertDialog? my snippet of code:

[android-beginners] Calling media frame work library function in C/C++

2009-01-12 Thread Srini amul
Hi, My sample app is in C/C++. I need to use media frame work library to play a video file. Can i call Mediaplayer() media framework library function in my C/C++ code ? Thanks Sriniamul --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] cross compile libc for android

2009-01-12 Thread sumit
hi i have ported android kernel on ARM11 now i am cross copiling and building libc which is free avalabe for androide source code site but it has no makefile. no configure file it has jam file and Android.mk file ,i dont understand how to buld libc pls suggest me how to make my libc regards

[android-beginners] how to print foreign language font -- hebrew?

2009-01-12 Thread shlomo
Hi, I am trying to print some hebrew characters. If I create a string with unicode \u05d0 which I expect to print the aleph character, I just get a [] in the emulator. What do I need to do to have foregin language characters print in the emulator? Thanks Shlomo

[android-beginners] Utterly simple app keeps giving me ActivityManager: [1] Killed

2009-01-12 Thread Droid Rage
When I try to run a very simple application, the console shows me: ActivityManager: [1] Killed and attempting to run the app in the emulator causes the acore to crash. The weirdest part is that all I've done is to change the class and package names of the Notepad_v3_Solution demo that comes

[android-beginners] combining two view options

2009-01-12 Thread The Spirit
HI. Is there an option to position the standart elements in my programm within the main.xml and show them with setContentView(R.layout.main); and use additionally the setContentView(new additional_opjects(this)); to postition dynamically things on top of the elements positioned within the

[android-beginners] Can I run Andriod on my notebook?

2009-01-12 Thread Cooper Yuan
Hi all, Can I run Android on my notebook, I want to take a look at Android. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-beginners] MyLocationOverlay and orientation change

2009-01-12 Thread CaptainSpam
Is there a relatively easy way to make sure a MyLocationOverlay gets preserved with an orientation shift (or any other relevant configuration change)? The quick story is that I'm designing a somewhat simple app that maps out the user's current location in relation to some non-moving final

[android-beginners] using main.xml and additional things?

2009-01-12 Thread The Spirit
Hi. I have some things do draw on the screen. So i use the main.xml file. I start it with the command setContentView(R.layout.main) to draw the screen. But for some other code parts, i would need the drawString function. I order to use it i need to use setContentView(new SampleView(this)); to

[android-beginners] Problem with sockets and UI

2009-01-12 Thread [^MiSaTo^]
Hi, I'm new at android development, and i've got some problems. I've been searching in this group but i couldn't find anything about my issue, sorry if repeated. I'm doing an IRC client just to try Android SDK. In the main UI i've got a textView where i put the server responses. To connect to

[android-beginners] Get callback when telephony is out of service?

2009-01-12 Thread Chris
Hi, I want to record the coordinates when the phone goes out of service, and when it comes back in a service area. I found the android.telephony.ServiceState, and its getState() should return a useful value, but I'd prefer to not run this in a loop. Is there some generic way of creating

[android-beginners] display frame buffer

2009-01-12 Thread srini amul
Hi,   I have a RGB565 frame buffer. I need to display it on a screen. I am not finding a suitable API to pass a frame buffer [unsigned char*] to display on a screen.   How can i display my own frame buffer on a screen ? Thanks Regards, P.Sriniamul Connect with friends all over the

[android-beginners] how to display hebrew characters

2009-01-12 Thread shlomo
Hi, I need to display hebrew characters. I tried the simplest thing I could think of: tv.setText(Hi :\u05d0:); setContentView(tv); but, all I see are [] in place of the characters. Thanks Shlomo --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

[android-beginners] Re: send gps location through Eclipse and be nofified through LocationListener.onLocationChanged

2009-01-12 Thread Justin Grammens
I don't have a solution, but I can say that I had this same problem, and changing the provider from NETWORK to GPS fixed my problem. I'm not on Windows, but MacOSX. You'll want to make sure you set the provider to be GPS_PROVIDER. An example like:

[android-beginners] Re: Signing and Publishing with Keytool and Jarsign - with Vista

2009-01-12 Thread ke zeng
keytool and jarsigner are released with jdk(or jre?) . On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:59 AM, novice tjackson.1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I have an app ready to be released! But all the examples with the Keytool and Jarsigner appear to be using a unix based system. How can I obtain the

[android-beginners] Re: Creating a contact by using an Intent

2009-01-12 Thread atasher
You could check that the contact exists in the provider, if so, view it (as you've done with the view intent); if not, add it using a content resolver update, then view it. On Jan 11, 12:48 pm, silverberg.ode...@googlemail.com silverberg.ode...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I have a

[android-beginners] Looking for news writers and community moderator.

2009-01-12 Thread Simplewhite
Hello, We are web developers and looking for person who want post articles, to be moderator of android community. We can develop any new parts of web site and modify already exists for to be more helpful to users. We can not pay for it, but we can add your advertising (google adsense or another

[android-beginners] basic doubts on andriod

2009-01-12 Thread srini amul
Hi,   I am new to andriod. I have some basic doubts, please clarify it.   a) I have a RGB565 frame buffer. I need to display it on a screen. I am not finding a suitable API to pass a frame buffer [unsigned char*] to display on a screen.  How can i display my own frame buffer on a screen ?

[android-beginners] How to Replace of existing default Application by the Application created by me

2009-01-12 Thread madhavbhar...@gmail.com
Hi All, I was trying to remove the default messaging application but couldn't find a way to do it. Can someone please help me and tell the process to replace the default application with the one created by developer. Through the below process I can uninstall few applications but not all. In

[android-beginners] Exporting a Service

2009-01-12 Thread Rohan Francis
Hi, Can someone help me with the steps to export a service to another android application? I have created a service and defined an interface which is exposed by the service. I want to be able to get a reference to this interface in another android application. package scratch.service; Service:

[android-beginners] Calling media framework API from C/C++

2009-01-12 Thread srini amul
Hi,   I am new to Andriod. I have a basic doubts, please clarify it.   I have my own library file say [sample.so file] and it will be in library layer and its in C/C++ code. And I need to load this library in a application say Browser app.   a) How browser app can load my library ? Is it dl_open

[android-beginners] how to print foreign lanugage font -- hebrew?

2009-01-12 Thread shlomo
Hi, I want to print some hebrew characters. Creating a string with unicode character \u05d0 doesn't work -- all I see in the emulator is []. what do I need to do in order to print foregin language characters (well, all I care about today is hebrew) in the emulator? thanks Shlomo

[android-beginners] Clone Vendor folder

2009-01-12 Thread Raghu D K
Hello All, I did a the following $ repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git And this creates a .repo folder within which it has a manifest.xml file that will later clone all the GIT repositories in the repo sync command. I was expecting the manifest.xml file to have the

[android-beginners] About downloading the source code of Android Apps for study

2009-01-12 Thread mblove
hi, All I am a new beginner who want to join the Android's app developments, but i am not very clear about the open source policy involved in Android development. I know that the Android SDK is open source, but i am confused about why there is also existing a android App Market which can provide

[android-beginners] Re: Browse to web server on LAN with wireless?

2009-01-12 Thread Mark Murphy
chrismo wrote: So, I'm attached on my home wireless router - shows 192.168.0.102 is the G1's IP address - and I try to hit a web server I'm running on 192.168.0.100. http://192.168.0.100 works from another laptop on the router (192.168.0.105), but not from the phone (Web page not

[android-beginners] Re: Can I run Andriod on my notebook?

2009-01-12 Thread Droid Rage
One guy got it ported to run his NetBook. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090105-android-netbook-port-leaves-some-pondering-google-os.html On Jan 11, 10:06 pm, Cooper Yuan coopery...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Can I run Android on my notebook, I want to take a look at Android.

[android-beginners] Re: beginner requirement

2009-01-12 Thread Mark Murphy
azhar wrote: Do I require to know JavaME for programming in Android? No. What other technologies other than Java will I require to start with Android Programming? XML. Plus some experience with other technologies you want to use (e.g., if you want to invoke a Web service from an Android

[android-beginners] Re: keeping an application in portrait mode

2009-01-12 Thread Bryan.paul
I assume you added the screenOrientation to the application tag. Unfortunately, this is not an attribute of the application tag: http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/R.styleable.html#AndroidManifestApplication It IS, however, an attribute of the activity tag:

[android-beginners] Re: keeping an application in portrait mode

2009-01-12 Thread Josh Dobbs
Thanks. it actually does work fine on the g1, i just couldnt get it to work in the emulator. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Bryan.paul bryan.p...@gmail.com wrote: I assume you added the screenOrientation to the application tag. Unfortunately, this is not an attribute of the application

[android-beginners] Re: About downloading the source code of Android Apps for study

2009-01-12 Thread Samat K Jain
On Sunday 11 January 2009 11:30:52 am mblove wrote: Does it mean that the Android App product sharing is just only share binary code but not the source code? So if i want to do some development by leveraging other developer's code sharing in their Apps, where can i search it and how can i

[android-beginners] Not working url for adt plugin

2009-01-12 Thread vovkab
Not working url for adt plugin https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ Not Found The requested URL /android/eclipse/ was not found on this server. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners

[android-beginners] Re: How to Replace of existing default Application by the Application created by me

2009-01-12 Thread A T
Instead of removing the default app, you can put an intent filter inside your manifest with the DEFAULT category that will cause android to consider your app as a possible choice for executing a certain intent. The way it works is if there is more than one possibility, it gives the user the choice

[android-beginners] Re: Not able to kill process using destroy() method

2009-01-12 Thread Justin (Google Employee)
There isn't a right way to kill a process, you just shouldn't be doing it, quite literally I'm not even sure you can. These aren't normal Linux or Java processes, they're managed by the system. You can call finish(), which may shortly result in your process being killed by the system, but it may

[android-beginners] Re: Why atomic access to functions like CameraService::Client::takePicture()?

2009-01-12 Thread Dave Sparks
If I recall correctly, the mutex protects the camera hardware context. A malevolent application could start a picture snap and disconnect the camera on another thread. Without the mutex to protect the camera context, it could cause the media server to crash. On Jan 9, 6:01 pm, Hank And

[android-beginners] Re: Can I run Andriod on my notebook?

2009-01-12 Thread Dmaxi
Android OS is not for PCs but for mobile devices. You can run Android on a PC in an emulator only. The emulator is in the Android SDK dowloadable here: code.google.com/android --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[android-beginners] performing certain actions on installation/upgrade?

2009-01-12 Thread silverberg.ode...@googlemail.com
Is there a way in android to perform certain actions when upgrading a programm? i.e. deleting all old settings and databases. For a more practical example, lets assume you have an application you to sell for a small charge but you also want to offer a free trial version of it. The trial should

[android-beginners] Re: Utterly simple app keeps giving me ActivityManager: [1] Killed

2009-01-12 Thread Droid Rage
Issue has been resolved. On Jan 12, 1:35 am, Droid Rage divert...@yahoo.com wrote: When I try to run a very simple application, the console shows me: ActivityManager: [1] Killed --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

[android-beginners] Re: Is there a way to know what external API's are supported by Android?

2009-01-12 Thread gymshoe
LOL, Thanks Mark. On Jan 12, 8:36 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: gymshoe wrote: Hi Mark, Thanks for the comments.  I will check out the GNU Classpath. However, I am confused. Does it matter what the size of the external jar or library is? Sure. For starters, Android

[android-beginners] Re: Notepad tutorial

2009-01-12 Thread PRATAP SOLAPUR
wrpa it with any layout tags... ?xml version=*1.0* encoding=*utf-8*? LinearLayout xmlns:android=*http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; * android:orientation=*vertical * android:layout_width=*fill_parent * android:layout_height=*fill_parent * TextView

[android-beginners] Re: Can I run Andriod on my notebook?

2009-01-12 Thread Cooper Yuan
Thank you all! On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Dmaxi robert.b...@gmail.com wrote: Android OS is not for PCs but for mobile devices. You can run Android on a PC in an emulator only. The emulator is in the Android SDK dowloadable here: code.google.com/android

[android-beginners] Is there a way we can see the codes of default applications which comes with emulator?

2009-01-12 Thread madhavbhar...@gmail.com
Hi, I am a newbie. I was just wondering if there is some place where we can see the code of the default applications available with emulator? Thank you Regards Madhav --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups