[android-beginners] Re: Bluetooth Debugging on phones

2010-07-27 Thread DonFrench
Well, I use Eclipse and view the log file with the LogCat View, which works great -- other than the well-known problem with occasionally having to reset adb or restart eclipse to get the log file refreshed. I can't imagine that using the command line creates some other problem but I haven't tried i

[android-beginners] Re: Bluetooth Debugging on phones

2010-07-25 Thread DonFrench
I debugged my Bluetooth app using a Nexus One. Why do you say it is difficult? On Jul 23, 9:06 am, Megh wrote: > Hi, can anyone recommend the best way to debug Bluetooth applications? > I'm running it on Nexus Ones because Bluetooth isn't supported on the > emulator but this makes it rather diff

[android-beginners] Re: Making option menu background non-translucent

2010-07-09 Thread DonFrench
eople in the world... > Those who know binary and those who don't. > ------ > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM, DonFrench wrote: > > So, it's impossible then??? > > > On Jul 7, 1:46 pm, DonFren

[android-beginners] Re: Making option menu background non-translucent

2010-07-09 Thread DonFrench
So, it's impossible then??? On Jul 7, 1:46 pm, DonFrench wrote: > The optionsmenuappears to have a translucent background by default. > Is there a way to change that to non-translucent, non-transparent. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

[android-beginners] Making option menu background non-translucent

2010-07-07 Thread DonFrench
The options menu appears to have a translucent background by default. Is there a way to change that to non-translucent, non-transparent. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Over

[android-beginners] Re: Fwd: Log cAT DISAPPERAS

2010-06-30 Thread DonFrench
This is a known bug. Here is a thread about this. http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread/bb0f47904241a462/b728a0538cd9a7cd?lnk=gst&q=donfrench#b728a0538cd9a7cd As I mentioned in that thread, you usually don't have to restart Eclipse. On Jun 29, 3:36 

[android-beginners] Re: LogCat

2010-06-30 Thread DonFrench
Thank you! On Jun 27, 12:29 am, Indicator Veritatis wrote: > That was completely uncalled for and even completely unjustifiable. > Why, your own response is more like that of "a petulant child" than > any thingDonFrenchsaid. > > After all Don French gave an excellent list of reasons why it is > b

[android-beginners] Re: LogCat

2010-06-23 Thread DonFrench
recommend running "adblogcat" from the OS's command line window. > > This way, it's always around, you can make it as large as you want, and > can do filtering by piping through grep or find, if necessary. > > -- Kostya > > 22.06.2010 22:02, DonFrench пишет:

[android-beginners] LogCat

2010-06-22 Thread DonFrench
I use LogCat a lot when debugging but it is an irritation that it frequently has to be reset to get the latest log output. I am only aware of two ways to get the log output when this happens: 1) Go to the DDMS perspective and then pull down the menu in the Devices view and select reset adb, and 2)

[android-beginners] Re: Date picker problem

2010-06-22 Thread DonFrench
Well you can't have two onCreate methods -- that much is certain. So fix that first and then work on the other problems. On Jun 21, 9:13 pm, Varun Khanduja wrote: > Thank you. > > I resolved some of the issues and the number of errors are down to 3. > > /*** >  * Excerpted from "Hello, Android!

[android-beginners] Re: Problems with Google Groups?

2010-06-22 Thread DonFrench
Thanks, it was the Cookie Monster! On Jun 21, 3:13 pm, RichardC wrote: > Had the same problem in Firefox, deleting the cookies for > groups.google.* fixed it. > > Hope this helps > > /Richard > > On Jun 21, 7:15 pm, Greg Donald wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 21,

[android-beginners] Re: Problems with Google Groups?

2010-06-21 Thread DonFrench
I just fired up an IE 8.0 instance and the problem does not exist with it, only with FF. And using a new instance of FF does not help. Here is a screen grab of the page for this thread on FireFox: http://www.donfrenchphotography.com/MiscPhotos/ScreenGrab.jpg On Jun 21, 10:08 am, Mark Murphy wr

[android-beginners] Re: The application has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

2010-05-13 Thread DonFrench
Well that was a puzzler for sure. I was not aware of this caps-lock "feature" either. Glad you found the answer and thanks for letting the rest of us know what caused the problem. On May 12, 11:34 pm, T1000 wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for everyone's help. I haven't had a chance to try the numeric >

[android-beginners] Re: How to create a new folder on the SD card?

2010-05-07 Thread DonFrench
Jacob wrote: > You hate finding the answer  ;) > > This is good to know, anyway.  Thanks for posting the answer. > > On May 6, 4:56 pm, DonFrench wrote: > > > > > I hate it when I find the answer two minutes after posting the > > question!   All I ne

[android-beginners] Re: How to create a new folder on the SD card?

2010-05-06 Thread DonFrench
I hate it when I find the answer two minutes after posting the question! All I needed was this: in the manifest. On May 6, 4:50 pm, DonFrench wrote: > I am not succeeding in creating a new folder on the SD card using the > following code: > >   try{ >     String dirName = &

[android-beginners] How to create a new folder on the SD card?

2010-05-06 Thread DonFrench
I am not succeeding in creating a new folder on the SD card using the following code: try{ String dirName = "/sdcard/testdir"; File newFile = new File(dirName); newFile.mkdirs(); if(newFile.exists()){ toastLong("directory exists"); if(newFile.isDirectory()){

[android-beginners] Re: Bluetooth on/off in Android 1.5+

2010-04-08 Thread DonFrench
; I'm just do not think it will do what I need it to. > > On Apr 8, 12:34 pm, DonFrench wrote: > > > Try this: > > >  Intent enableIntent = new > > Intent(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE); > >  startActivityForResult(enableIntent, REQUEST_ENABLE_BT)

[android-beginners] Re: Bluetooth on/off in Android 1.5+

2010-04-08 Thread DonFrench
Try this: Intent enableIntent = new Intent(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE); startActivityForResult(enableIntent, REQUEST_ENABLE_BT); On Apr 7, 11:46 am, NoImJosh wrote: > I have been searching for weeks for a way to turn on and off the > bluetooth for any Android version from 1.5 onwa

[android-beginners] Re: How to connect to a robot.

2010-04-06 Thread DonFrench
using Bluetooth. > My question is, can I create -two- separate bluetooth channels at the > same time? > -jp > > On Apr 6, 9:47 am, DonFrench wrote: > > > I have an Android app in development that uses Bluetooth to control > > this robotic camera mount:  http://www.th

[android-beginners] Re: How to connect to a robot.

2010-04-06 Thread DonFrench
I have an Android app in development that uses Bluetooth to control this robotic camera mount: http://www.thegadgetworks.com/. On Apr 5, 7:45 pm, cellurl wrote: > I want to control something external using Android. > > Q1: Can I have two-RFCOMM channels running at the same moment? Eg, > channe

Re: 回复: [android-beginners] How to send AT com mand in android?

2010-04-04 Thread DonFrench
What is this modem of which you speak? On Apr 3, 12:52 am, lhsxqsc wrote: > right > > 在 2010-4-3 下午1:37,"jitendra kumar" 编写: > > Hi All, > > I want to send At command throug my application to modem. Can some one > please let me know how to send AT command thr my application?? > > *The ATResponse

[android-beginners] Re: Serial Data Transfer via Bluetooth

2010-03-17 Thread DonFrench
Then we are out of my comfort zone. You might check this site though, http://www.amarino-toolkit.net/documentation.html. According to Bonifaz Kaufmann, the developer of Amarino, they are communicating via Bluetooth SPP with the following devices, all pre 2.0. * HTC Dream (aka T-Mobile G1,

[android-beginners] Re: Serial Data Transfer via Bluetooth

2010-03-16 Thread DonFrench
Look at the Bluetooth Chat example and change the UUID to "1101--1000-8000-00805F9B34FB". That should get you going. On Mar 10, 7:29 pm, AnthonyB wrote: > I'm trying to get serial data from a USB Weather Board from Sparkfun > Electronics using one of their SPP Bluetooth Modems.  This dev

[android-beginners] Re: he application Settings(process com.android.settintgs) has stopped unexpectedly."

2010-03-09 Thread DonFrench
As you point out, there IS no support for Bluetooth in the emulator, so there is nothing to enable. If you decide to write your own emulator and include Bluetooth support, please let us know as there are many others who would like it also. On Mar 6, 9:23 pm, Bhushan wrote: > Android sdk 2.1 sup