[android-beginners] Re: Gallery View performance

2009-11-17 Thread Tikoze
Any update as to when this fix will get worked in? On Sep 24, 1:42 pm, Justin Anderson janderson@gmail.com wrote: Hmm well that's a bummer.  Is there anything that could possibly make it run smoother?  Perhaps using a different type of adapter?

[android-beginners] Re: How to add a dialog in a AppWidget

2009-11-09 Thread Tikoze
You could set it up so that the widget just launches an activity, and have that activity themed to look like a dialog... On Oct 28, 6:11 pm, Carl vapor.trail@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am trying to add a dialog to a widget I made, in where when you press it, it displays two options, YES

[android-beginners] Long Press Search BUtton

2009-10-09 Thread Tikoze
I have an application that contains a receiver with the following intent filters: intent-filter android:priority= action android:name=android.intent.action.CAMERA_BUTTON / action android:name=android.intent.action.SEARCH_LONG_PRESS / /intent-filter For devices that have a camera

[android-beginners] Two apps... Same Preferences

2009-09-30 Thread Tikoze
According to the Dev Guide if two apps are signed by the same key and have the same sharedUserId set in the manifest, then they should be able to access each others data. I cannot get this to work. It should be possible for both apps to access the same shared preferences via

[android-beginners] Re: startActivityForResult problem...

2009-09-28 Thread Tikoze
Anyone have any ideas? On Sep 26, 8:44 am, Justin Anderson janderson@gmail.com wrote: * That is definitely a puzzling behaviour, I suspect the fact you have no content view is probably the cause.* I tried giving it a LinearLayout but the result was the same. * Is there any reason why

[android-beginners] Re: startActivityForResult problem...

2009-09-28 Thread Tikoze
One thing that may be pertinent is that the two apps are in different packages... I don't think that this should make a difference, but just thought I would point this out in case I am mistaken. Thanks, Justin On Sep 28, 7:51 am, Tikoze janderson@gmail.com wrote: Anyone have any ideas

[android-beginners] Re: Problem displaying notifications

2009-09-16 Thread Tikoze
I got the notification working! For anyone else who is having a similar problem, I have pasted the code below. For me, it is in the onCreate method of a service class. public void onCreate() { Intent launchIntent = new Intent(this, ActivityListView.class); CharSequence

[android-beginners] CheckboxPreference vs. CheckBoxPreference

2009-09-16 Thread Tikoze
I just ran into this and thought I would post this for anyone else who might be struggling with the same problem. In creating preferences, I had the following code in res/xml to define my preference activity: PreferenceScreen xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ android

[android-beginners] Re: Camera Button Broadcast Receiver Problem...

2009-09-15 Thread Tikoze
: Use PendingIntent On Sep 14, 8:01 pm, Tikoze janderson@gmail.com wrote: Anyone? On Aug 31, 4:26 pm, Tikoze janderson@gmail.com wrote: Any info on this would be appreciated.  I know it can be done because I have installed a few apps that are able to launch via

[android-beginners] Problem displaying notifications

2009-09-15 Thread Tikoze
I cannot get a notification to appear in the status bar. And since I haven't been able to find any posts of others with a similar problem I'm sure there is some small thing that I am missing... I more or less followed the example in the Dev Guide. Below is my Service class. public class

[android-beginners] Re: Camera Button Broadcast Receiver Problem...

2009-09-15 Thread Tikoze
it if some other app came along and unregistered your app from that intent? On 9/15/09 3:40 PM, Tikoze wrote: Since there is no guarantee as to the order that applications will be notified, it is almost like I would have to find some way to unregister everything else that is listening

[android-beginners] Gallery Child Count Problem

2009-09-14 Thread Tikoze
I have run into an interesting problem using the Gallery Object. I am doing some custom gesture detection in an onFling() method and get a null view object when the index of the view I am trying to get is 6 or above. The following line of code works fine for positions 0 - 5 but closeView is

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-09-14 Thread Tikoze
Anyone? On Sep 2, 1:16 am, Tikoze janderson@gmail.com wrote: Roman, Ok, so I did a little more tinkering around with this and found the following: I can use PackageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName) and I get a valid Intent to launch the activity.  However, no matter what

[android-beginners] Re: Gallery Child Count Problem

2009-09-14 Thread Tikoze
pointToPosition() does exactly what it was meant to do: it converts a point to a position, that is an index inside your adapter I never said it didn't, once I understood its purpose. It just wasn't clearly documented that it returns an index to the adapter (which is a different object) and I

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-09-02 Thread Tikoze
Engineer-OSDC ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Aug 30, 11:45 pm, Tikoze janderson@gmail.com wrote: Roman, I

[android-beginners] Re: Debugging on Samsung Galaxy

2009-09-01 Thread Tikoze
Try this link: http://www.anddev.org/debugging-installing_apps_on_the_g1_windows_driver-t3236.html Step 5 most likely will not happen. If it does not then try the following: - Open Device Manager - You should see something mentioning your Galaxy, or an ADB Interface, or perhaps even just

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-08-31 Thread Tikoze
Roman, I very well may be missing something here, but using taskInfo.topActivity still does not work (even if a taskInfo instance)... The problem, at least for the Calendar, is that taskInfo.topActivity.getClassName() does not return com.android.calendar.LaunchActivity It returns

[android-beginners] Re: R.java (generated File)

2009-08-31 Thread Tikoze
The id that is generated in the R class comes from a layout xml file... For example, in one of my programs I have a Gallery View that displays icons for currently running programs.. I have an xml file under /res/layout that contains the following: Gallery android:id=@+id/running_tasks_gallery /

[android-beginners] Re: Camera Button Broadcast Receiver Problem...

2009-08-31 Thread Tikoze
Any info on this would be appreciated. I know it can be done because I have installed a few apps that are able to launch via the camera button without having the camera app launch as well. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] Create New TextView Style....

2009-08-31 Thread Tikoze
I want to create a new style that slightly modifies the default style of a TextView... However, I have not been able to find what the value for the parent attribute should be... Any help would be appreciated! Current xml code: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? resources style

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-08-27 Thread Tikoze
-OSDC ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Aug 26, 8:02 am, Tikoze janderson@gmail.com wrote: Wow... it has been

[android-beginners] Re: 3 icons for one app

2009-08-27 Thread Tikoze
I very well may be wrong (I am a very new android developer and haven't done something like this yet), but have you tried removing the category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER / line from the activities you don't want icons for? I think I read somewhere that the recipe for getting

[android-beginners] Camera Button Broadcast Receiver Problem...

2009-08-27 Thread Tikoze
I am trying to launch my app when the camera button is pressed. However, when I do this the camera app is launched first and then my app is launched. How do I get an activity choosing dialog to prevent this from happening? Aside from having the camera permission, this is what I have in my

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-08-27 Thread Tikoze
For anyone out there wondering what my workaround was, what you have to do is this (courtesy of the developer of Task Manager): - Get a list of the ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo and ActivityManager.RecentTaskInfo objects. - ActivityManager has a baseIntent object - Both classes have an id that

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-08-26 Thread Tikoze
Wow... it has been over a week since anyone other than me has responded to this post. No one has any ideas on what is wrong? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-08-20 Thread Tikoze
Roman, Thanks for your reply, but your suggestion for starting the activity does not fix the problem. I have changed the code to closely resemble yours. The only difference is that the package and class names are taken from ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo.baseActivity.getPackageNamer () and

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-08-20 Thread Tikoze
Roman, I have also tried the hard-coded example you gave for launching the activity, but I get the same exception thrown. Thanks, Justin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-08-18 Thread Tikoze
Any ideas on why my app doesn't have permissions to launch the Calendar app when it is running but it does have permissions to launch virtually any other running app This bug is driving me crazy! Thanks in advance for any pointers/suggestions Justin

[android-beginners] startActivity() crash...

2009-08-17 Thread Tikoze
Here is the code that I am using to bring a running activity to the foreground: ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo task = getTask(idx); if (task != null) { Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setClassName(task.topActivity.getPackageName(), task.topActivity.getClassName());

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-08-17 Thread Tikoze
Roman, For most applications, my code works and will actually switch applications. I have tested it on both 3rd party apps and built-in ones. For example, it will switch to Maps, Browser, Camera, and Home. I should have mentioned that in my original post. However, if I try to switch to

[android-beginners] Re: startActivity() crash...

2009-08-17 Thread Tikoze
Here is the logcat info. For some reason it is saying I do not have permission to launch the Calendar activity... What does it mean when it says the process record required null? Thanks, Justin -BEGIN LOGCAT INFO- 08-17 14:01:28.933:

[android-beginners] Crash when bringing activity to foreground

2009-08-14 Thread Tikoze
The Android Application Framework FAQ states: The general mechanism to start a new activity if its not running— or to bring the activity stack to the front if is already running in the background— is the to use the NEW_TASK_LAUNCH flag in the startActivity () call. I have some fairly simple code

[android-beginners] Re: Start Activity With Long Press of Home Key

2009-08-03 Thread Tikoze
Ok, when I said replacement I really meant alternative... I don't think my expectations were unrealistic, though I can see how you can think they were when I said replacement. I was expecting to be able to long press the home key and have the activity chooser dialog (or whatever its official

[android-beginners] Start Activity With Long Press of Home Key

2009-07-31 Thread Tikoze
I am writing an app that will replace the functionality of the dialog displayed when performing a longpress on the home key and cannot figure out how to get my activity this way. I have spent the last week searching through the SDK, Google Groups, and normal google searches to try to find the

[android-beginners] Re: Start Activity With Long Press of Home Key

2009-07-31 Thread Tikoze
limits the possibilities of the phone Is there anywhere to request changes and/or bugs? On Jul 31, 2:25 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Tikoze wrote: I am writing an app that will replace the functionality of the dialog displayed when performing a longpress on the home key

[android-beginners] Re: Android running slow

2009-07-30 Thread Tikoze
It seems to me like this should be posted in another group (maybe the Android Discuss google group) since this group is more for developing for Android. However, Task Manager (now the current version is 1.7) provides a way to close running tasks... just long press on the task and choose Delete