[android-beginners] Re: Can I develop android applications on a phone without service?

2009-04-05 Thread Faber Fedor
. -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com faberfedor.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[android-beginners] Long-pressing a map marker

2009-03-15 Thread Faber Fedor
I'd like to do a long-press on a map marker and execute another activity. Can that be done? I don't see anything in the ItemizedOverlay that will let me do a long-press. onTap() yes, but onLongPress() I don't see. -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com faberfedor.blogspot.com

[android-beginners] What's the trick to making ProximityAlerts work?

2009-03-07 Thread Faber Fedor
a ProximityAlert fired but maybe I do, so today I set up three PAs and walked right past the locations. The GPS followed right along but I never got a Notification. What's the magic to get it to work? Or does it work in some manner I don't yet grok? -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http

[android-beginners] Re: What's the trick to making ProximityAlerts work?

2009-03-07 Thread Faber Fedor
. :-? Is there someway for me to monitor myLocationManager to see when he fires off a PA? On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Faber Fedor wrote: I've set the minimum distance/time to check for updates to be ridiculously low (10 feet, 5 secs, 0 for each, etc

[android-beginners] Re: What's the trick to making ProximityAlerts work?

2009-03-07 Thread Faber Fedor
Tutorials_, though. Another book? -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com faberfedor.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email

[android-beginners] Re: Here you go!

2009-03-02 Thread Faber Fedor
!! EditText mNameText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.mNameText); mNameText.layout(int left , int top , int right , int bottom); // this is relative to it's parent of course -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com faberfedor.blogspot.com

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

2009-03-01 Thread Faber Fedor
(MenuItem item){ switch(item.getItemId()){ case R.id.settings: Intent i = new Intent(this,Settings.class); My SWAG (Silly Wild-A$$ Guess) is this should read Intent i = new Intent(MyClassName.this,Settings.class); -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey

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

2009-03-01 Thread Faber Fedor
this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml? ^ And your answer is...? -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com faberfedor.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

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

2009-03-01 Thread Faber Fedor
the 'this' in the Intent with the current class name.) -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com faberfedor.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post

[android-beginners] detecting network connections

2009-03-01 Thread Faber Fedor
. If I don't, I'd like my program to offer a list of available network connections to choose from. This can probably be done using the system services, but I can't find the magic Google phrase that will show me how. Any suggestions? -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com

[android-beginners] Re: How-To Remove An App Icon from Home Page?

2009-02-26 Thread Faber Fedor
can view by making the appropriate gesture. How do you move an Icon from one of the three to another? You don't, IIUC. They will fill up when you have enough icons on your home page. Thanks! You're welcome. -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com faberfedor.blogspot.com

[android-beginners] Re: I really need help with Android and I guess to some degree Java.

2009-02-23 Thread Faber Fedor
. Is there one or is this just a gripe? lol -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com faberfedor.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send

[android-beginners] Re: Online Android Programming courses

2009-02-17 Thread Faber Fedor
Techies out here.. I would like to inform you that we are currently running a promo with EDUmobile.org. snip -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com faberfedor.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] Re: Online Android Programming courses

2009-02-17 Thread Faber Fedor
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: Do you post by Web or by your mail client? Web-based posts go into some sort of moderation queue; emailed posts appear to get published fairly quickly. I post and read via my Gmail account. -- Faber Fedor Linux

[android-beginners] Re: Playing Hide and seek with menu items

2009-02-17 Thread Faber Fedor
Let's try this again, shall we? On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Faber Fedor faberfe...@gmail.com wrote: On my map menu I've got two menuitems: Map View and Satellite View. I'm sure you can figure out what they do. :-) I want to push Map View and have the Satellite View menuitem disappear

[android-beginners] Re: Online Android Programming courses

2009-02-17 Thread Faber Fedor
: HAHA, I guess the only possible explanation is: You're in bad luck. :) On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Faber Fedor faberfe...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Do you post by Web or by your mail client? Web-based posts go

[android-beginners] Playing Hide and seek with menu items

2009-02-16 Thread Faber Fedor
(); break; } return(super.onOptionsItemSelected(item)); } /CODE -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners

[android-beginners] Best way to parse [KX]ML in Android?

2009-02-15 Thread Faber Fedor
? If the latter, any suggestions as to which one to use? -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email

[android-beginners] Re: Checkout source code

2009-02-15 Thread Faber Fedor
@googlegroups.com [mailto: android-beginn...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Faber Fedor *Sent:* Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:20 PM *To:* android-beginners@googlegroups.com *Subject:* [android-beginners] Re: Checkout source code No idea, sorry. I run Linux. It Just Works. Try creating

[android-beginners] Re: Checkout source code

2009-02-14 Thread Faber Fedor
with SDK 1.0 r1. On another note, I was also wondering if there is any documentation for the WebViewDemo? Thanks! -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[android-beginners] Re: Checkout source code

2009-02-14 Thread Faber Fedor
*:// apps-for-android.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ apps-for-android-read-only path doesn't exist. Does anyone know why this might be? -- *From:* android-beginners@googlegroups.com [mailto: android-beginn...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Faber Fedor *Sent:* Saturday

[android-beginners] MapViews with EditText and Overlays?

2009-02-13 Thread Faber Fedor
this? Or at least a way that will work? -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[android-beginners] Re: MapViews with EditText and Overlays?

2009-02-13 Thread Faber Fedor
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: Faber Fedor wrote: Does anyone know the proper way of doing this? Or at least a way that will work? I'd go with a dialog box, personally, just to be done with it. That's what I'm going to do for the help system

[android-beginners] Re: Retrieving EditText data

2009-02-13 Thread Faber Fedor
, 0x1337); then in your other activity's onCreate(), you can do Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras(); String myUsername = extras.getString(USERNAME); HTH -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com

[android-beginners] Re: How to show content in system?

2009-02-13 Thread Faber Fedor
the content or the objects? Thanks, Liaofan -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android

[android-beginners] Re: How to create a Hello World application?

2009-02-13 Thread Faber Fedor
http://code.google.com/android/intro/hello-android.html On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Leonardo Leite lable...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everybody. I'm getting started in Android plataform. I want to know how could I creat a Hello World application? Thanks everybody. -- Faber Fedor Linux

[android-beginners] Re: MapViews with EditText and Overlays?

2009-02-13 Thread Faber Fedor
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: Faber Fedor wrote: I call the geoIntent and it, of course, starts the Maps application, leaving my application. I don't want to leave my application. I'm confused. If you have an EditText and MapView working, why

[android-beginners] Re: android background application

2009-02-13 Thread Faber Fedor
in case a client sends data to be processed. The thread will stop By selecting and executing the app again from the main menu and pressing the stop button. What i actually need is a demo of a hide-minimize function for my app. thanks in advance! -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http

[android-beginners] Re: android background application

2009-02-13 Thread Faber Fedor
whithout quiting my current runnning app. is there such a thing? Yeah, that's called a Service. and how can i start a service that runs by de finition in the background? I don't know. Try this to start: http://developerlife.com/tutorials/?p=356 -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http

[android-beginners] Re: speeding up the emulator?

2009-02-11 Thread Faber Fedor
seem to be there on how to make things happen that bit quicker. Thanks for any replies... -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners

[android-beginners] Re: How to edit the R.java file

2009-02-11 Thread Faber Fedor
, tijomon mathew tijomonmat...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, If i am not able to edit the R.java file , i need to create a separate xml file in the layout ? if yes from where i will get the tutorial to do that ? Thanks Tijomon Mathew -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com

[android-beginners] Re: doing something useful in splash

2009-02-09 Thread Faber Fedor
? In the onCreate()? Then the splash screen will get called everytime the Activity is started, no? Unless you have a global flag set... -- Faber Fedor Linux New Jersey http://linuxnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] Which alert went with which proximity?

2009-01-28 Thread Faber Fedor
a ProximityAlert for that geohash. -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android

[android-beginners] Drawing on maps advice

2009-01-24 Thread Faber Fedor
resources tell me how to do this. I assume I create a new overlay and draw a circle on that, right? The big question I've got is how do I determine how big to draw the circle? Also how do I handle zooming which will, obviously, change the size of my circle? -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New

[android-beginners] Re: I hate layouts

2009-01-19 Thread Faber Fedor
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 8:13 AM, A R amit.r...@gmail.com wrote: The xml below works for me. Can you try to 'copy paste' my xml and give it a try? That works for me as well. I'll fire up vimdiff later today and track down the difference and get back to y'all. -- Faber Fedor Cloud

[android-beginners] Re: I hate layouts

2009-01-19 Thread Faber Fedor
and 0 for the EditText and button respectively. Well, would be ideal if I hadn't decided the Find functionality is moot. :-) I'll see if I have an older version of my layout around where I do have those added in. Thanks for the help! On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Faber Fedor faberfe

[android-beginners] Re: Overwriting data in EditTexts

2009-01-19 Thread Faber Fedor
, just type in what you want it to say. On Jan 17, 8:44 am, Faber Fedor faberfe...@gmail.com wrote: In my app, you can click New to add a new location. Obviously, the New screen has several EditTexts on it. I want to clear the field of the EditText when either a) the user enters the field

[android-beginners] Re: I hate layouts

2009-01-18 Thread Faber Fedor
android:layout_height=wrap_content android:text=Cancel android:layout_gravity=right /Button /LinearLayout /RelativeLayout /ScrollView -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[android-beginners] Re: Moving project between machines

2009-01-18 Thread Faber Fedor
17, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Faber Fedor faberfe...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Odessa Silverberg silverberg.ode...@googlemail.com wrote: Maybe you're using different versions of the SDK on your Linux and Macbook? (i.e. 1.0_r1 on Linux and 1.0_r2 on the new Macbook) Nope

[android-beginners] Re: Moving project between machines

2009-01-17 Thread Faber Fedor
on the MB, I ended up copying .android/debug.keystore from the Linux box to the MB. After running the app a few times, things magically cleared up and it's working now. That does not make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. On Jan 16, 7:47 pm, Faber Fedor faberfe...@gmail.com wrote: I develop my app

[android-beginners] Overwriting data in EditTexts

2009-01-17 Thread Faber Fedor
application; I just can't figure out where in Contacts they do it. What's the generally accepted algorithm for this? Do I check *every* keystroke? That seems wasteful. -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[android-beginners] I hate layouts

2009-01-17 Thread Faber Fedor
=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content android:text=Find android:layout_gravity=right android.layout_weight=1 /Button /LinearLayout -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com

[android-beginners] Moving project between machines

2009-01-16 Thread Faber Fedor
. What else do I need to do to get this working on my Macbook? -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post

[android-beginners] What's the trick for viewing my location?

2009-01-14 Thread Faber Fedor
map. Well, it doesn't. I've used DDMS to set the location to a known location. I've placed a marker at that location to prove I now what I'm doing. I've got me.enableCompass and me.enableMyLocation in my onResume. Oh, and I don't see the compass, either. What's the trick? -- Faber Fedor Cloud

[android-beginners] Re: What's the trick for viewing my location?

2009-01-14 Thread Faber Fedor
don't see the compass, either. What's the trick? -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group

[android-beginners] Re: What's the trick for viewing my location?

2009-01-14 Thread Faber Fedor
weeks ago and activated it last night at the NYC Android Meetup (a really cool thing to attend if any of y'all are near NYC). I have to read up on all that signing stuff first, though; I prolly won't be able to get to it until this w/e though. :-( -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http

[android-beginners] Re: Null Pointer Exception/ Crashing problem

2009-01-13 Thread Faber Fedor
the setContentView to at least above the findViewById and preferably, IMHO, to the top of the function. -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] debug.keystore password doesn't work

2009-01-11 Thread Faber Fedor
magic I don't see anything useful on the 'net about this (2 hits!). Suggestions? -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-beginners] Changes not affecting layout?

2009-01-10 Thread Faber Fedor
/Button /TableRow You can see that editEndDate should be ridiculousl larger than editEndTime but the same 25/75 ration exists. What gives? -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[android-beginners] Re: Understanding ListView

2009-01-09 Thread Faber Fedor
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Ivan ivanso...@gmail.com wrote: If in file_row.xml I only put a TextView it works but how can I do to add extra stuff to the list item? If I understand you, you would just add more items to the items() ArrayList. -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New

[android-beginners] Re: Tracking data/hiding things in a list

2009-01-09 Thread Faber Fedor
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Faber Fedor wrote: How do I get rid of either passing the _id around or not displaying it? To not display it, don't put it in the list in the first place. Well, if you're going to be unreasonable about it! :-) I'm

[android-beginners] How can I debug this?

2009-01-08 Thread Faber Fedor
can't see how DDMS can help me. -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email

[android-beginners] Why do I need a ListView?

2009-01-07 Thread Faber Fedor
I've been fighting this for freaking hours: I can open my ContentProvider and assign data to variable. I know want to list all the records. I can't get anything to display. I've been trying to simply things and I've run into a road block: for some reason, I keep getting the error Your content

[android-beginners] Re: Where's my ContentProvider

2009-01-06 Thread Faber Fedor
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Faber Fedor wrote: locationsCursor is alway null, nothing is displayed, and logcat complains E/ActivityThread( 387): Failed to find provider info for com.appspot.lbtdl That suggests either your provider

[android-beginners] Re: Developing an IMS client on Android : Request for Comments.

2008-12-29 Thread Faber Fedor
. -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[android-beginners] Re: anyone buy an android dev phone?

2008-12-10 Thread Faber Fedor
in google checkout. :/slightly worried. can anyone else verfiy this is the same as what they are experiencing? plopped down $400+ dollars, i should get SOMETHING. _henry -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com

[android-beginners] Re: The use of Eclipse for android development

2008-12-09 Thread Faber Fedor
of the drudgery work so you can get to learning the framework (which is a major chore in and of itself). Use the Eclipse and the Android plugin. you can always go back to vi later if it suits you, but I don't think it will. -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com