[android-beginners] Re: onTouchListener

2009-02-25 Thread coolbho3k
All right, I solved my own problem. Figured out I needed to check if the event action was MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN for touchscreen pressed down. On Feb 25, 3:50 pm, coolbho3k wrote: > I have a button in Android that I want to activate immediately as soon > as the user touches it. T

[android-beginners] onTouchListener

2009-02-25 Thread coolbho3k
I have a button in Android that I want to activate immediately as soon as the user touches it. This is different from a "click" which the user activates by touching and then releasing. I run into problems when I set setOnTouchListener on the button, as holding the press will continuously trigger

[android-beginners] Re: New to Android/Java, Creating a Test Program

2009-02-22 Thread coolbho3k
Thanks very much, this worked. Now I have a timer counting from 0 to 500. Yeah, I'm going to study Java more. On Feb 22, 2:35 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > coolbho3k wrote: > > Thank you. One more problem, however. Within updateCounter() I can no > > longer make references to th

[android-beginners] Re: New to Android/Java, Creating a Test Program

2009-02-22 Thread coolbho3k
Thank you. One more problem, however. Within updateCounter() I can no longer make references to the textView I defined in onCreate. Sorry, I'm a Java beginner. On Feb 22, 7:56 am, Mark Murphy wrote: > coolbho3k wrote: > > Thanks for your help. This reply is one month late as

[android-beginners] Re: New to Android/Java, Creating a Test Program

2009-02-21 Thread coolbho3k
ter = (String) tv.getText(); int i = Integer.parseInt(counter); tv.setText(Integer.toString(i+=1)); } }; handler.postDelayed(increment, 4000); } } On Jan 26, 2:08 pm, Mark M

[android-beginners] New to Android/Java, Creating a Test Program

2009-01-26 Thread coolbho3k
Okay, so I am creating a test program (my version of "hello world" every time I start developing on a new platform) that flashes the numbers 0 through 500 on the screen rapidly. Here's what I have in my main Java file so far. Problem is, it won't display anything. Anyone know what is wrong? I hav