[android-beginners] Why can't I post

2010-02-26 Thread Ed Holley
I really don't understand why I have not been able to post. I have decided to start my own group. Thanks for the great reads, and I hope nobody treats u as I have been treated. sent on location from my Motorola Droid -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-beginners] Filesystem sandbox

2010-02-23 Thread Ed Holley
I was thinking about making an app that emails and then deleted files (backups) from my sd card. I was wondering if that is even gonna be possible. I remember reading something about restrictions on manipulation of the files of other programs. Thanks I love watching this group even thought I

[android-beginners] How to fix errors in emulator

2010-02-09 Thread Ed Holley
I am getting a lot of errors when I start it. These errors occur before launch of my app. Any help greatly appreciated. I haven't looked yet as my programing time is limited, I am looking for best resources/experiences of other programers. sent on location from my Motorola Droid -- You received

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Emulator takes too much time to show up - any solution?

2010-02-09 Thread Ed Holley
Thanks much for this suggestion I have a 16gb setting that may be a solution to some of my emulation problems. sent on location from my Motorola Droid On Feb 8, 2010 8:20 PM, BobG bobgard...@aol.com wrote: Check the pagefile size in task manager. Once it starts getting bigger than the ram size

Re: [android-beginners] How to fix errors in emulator

2010-02-09 Thread Ed Holley
. -- On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Ed Holley 8792...@gmail.com wrote: I am getting a lot of errors when I start it. These errors occur before launch of my app. Any he... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Emulator takes too much time to show up - any solution?

2010-02-09 Thread Ed Holley
on the emulator start within seconds after it is already running. I do start it from inside Eclipse. -Kitzy On Feb 9, 7:35 am, Ed Holley 8792...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks much for this suggestion I have a ... On Feb 8, 2010 8:20 PM, BobG bobgard...@aol.com wrote: Check the pagefile size in task man

Re: [android-beginners] online seminar

2010-02-09 Thread Ed Holley
Anyone know of any video tutorials? I.e. not real-time. I looked at the ones on the Google dev site, they were to low level for me to get much out of it (most of my experience ia vbscript/and some vb). I am self taught and don't understand many od the terms, even for stuff I did (class etc). So

[android-beginners] Supporting new platforms

2010-02-09 Thread Ed
Hi, I've been messing around a bit with the android source. I'm not sure if this is better to ask in the android porting group, but it seems noobish so I thought I'd ask here. I was wondering if there's a comprehensive(ish) guide somewhere to adding new vendor configurations? It seems like there's

Re: [android-beginners] ADB problem on Windows 7 / Eclipse / Android

2010-02-09 Thread Ed Holley
Can u explain this? It is generally a bad practice to install programs thus. sent on location from my Motorola Droid On Feb 9, 2010 5:46 PM, Stephan Bo stephan.boit...@ruhrstadtdesign.de wrote: You must lay the whole Android folder in My Documents -- You received this message because you are

[android-beginners] A good place to start learning Java?

2010-01-13 Thread Ed Holley
Were would be a good place to start learning Java? I have done some limited VB.net and fairly extensive VB.script programming. I am not even sure I installed the android Dev properly. Any help greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-beginners] Help with android contacts

2010-01-13 Thread Ed Holley
Is there a system to make a plug in for contacts? I am seeking to change sort order if possible programaticaly. sent on location from my Motorola Droid -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your

[android-beginners] Question about the annoyingly short screen time-out during a call...

2009-07-22 Thread Ed
Hi, According to my adb logcat, this is what happens when the phone shuts off the screen during a phone call: D/PhoneApp( 185): updateWakeState: keepScreenOn = false (isRinging false, showingDisc false) D/SurfaceFlinger( 134): About to give-up screen, flinger = 0x17b200 [screen then turns

[android-beginners] Re: Question about the annoyingly short screen time-out during a call...

2009-07-22 Thread Ed
mPowerManagerService.setPokeLock(pokeLockSetting, mPokeLockToken, LOG_TAG); 627 } catch (RemoteException e) { 628 } 629 } On Jul 22, 6:18 pm, Ed edmundcl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, According to my adb logcat, this is what happens when the phone shuts off the screen during a phone call

[android-beginners] Android Emulator Orientation on Macbook

2009-06-22 Thread ed
to this hardware. Any help is appreciated. Ed --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

[android-beginners] Re: Fetching using http_proxy : 1.5_pre

2009-04-30 Thread Ed Burnette
I can verify that using the -http-proxy option alone is not enough anymore with 1.5_r1. Setting the proxy address and port number as described by mspanduranga works for me. Actually you don't need the IP address: a regular domain name works too. I think this might be a bug in the emulator. On

[android-beginners] Re: adb devices on the G1

2008-11-09 Thread Ed
Have you navigated to the directory using Terminal and typed ./adb devices? Nothing special happens--you'll just see HTCblahblah listed on the screen. On Nov 8, 1:40 pm, Kaleb Hornsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried to RTFM, but I cannot figure out for the life of me how to use adb to

[android-beginners] Re: I have an Android G1 phone, how can I download .apk to my G1 phone?

2008-10-31 Thread Ed
Easan, There is a tutorial at: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-File-Downloadable-from-Your-Website One thing to watch out for: make sure you are connected to a wireless access point or 3G if you see anything weird while installing (like a message that the Android System will be replaced). --Ed

[android-beginners] D-Pad on the emulator does not exist on G1

2008-10-25 Thread Ed
Hi all, I just installed the sample Lunar Lander app on my G1, only to find that the D-Pad controls (specifically Left and Right) do not exist with the scroller thingie. Is there a code snippet somewhere to convert from the D-Pad to the scroller? I have just written something that uses the

[android-beginners] Re: My application tries to replace the Android System

2008-10-25 Thread Ed
Hi, I am just reporting that I have seen the same thing happen. There is a dictionary app at andappstore.com called WordMate. When I tried to install it, it tried to replace the Android System (in the same way you have described). On Oct 25, 12:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[android-beginners] Re: OpenGL sample code

2008-09-05 Thread Ed Burnette
There's also an OpenGL example at http://www.pragprog.com/titles/eband/source_code . It draws a rotating cube with the Android robot textured on each face. -- Ed Burnette http://www.pragprog.com/titles/eband/hello-android Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform -- now

[android-beginners] New beta book available: Hello, Android

2008-05-01 Thread Ed Burnette
(click Errata from the home page), and share your suggestions and ideas in the dedicated book forum (click Discussions). Special thanks go out to all the folks on Android developer forums. Without the great advice and information I received here, the book would not have been possible. Thanks, --Ed