[android-beginners] Re: How to draw Text in a rectangle after onTouch

2010-02-19 Thread Mike
I wouldn't do anything except set a flag indicating you need to add text in the onTouch method and invalidate what you need to redraw. Then, in onDraw, you'll draw on the Canvas with a TextPaint. Read up on those classes in the documentation available on developer.android.com for more info.

[android-beginners] Re: How to draw Text in a rectangle after onTouch

2010-02-19 Thread wahib
hey mithun !! buddy i am a beginner with android thing. I need your little help. I am able to draw markers on google map. now i want to display a rectangular popup with little text when a user taps a marker. so can u help me how to display that rectangle. i'll be truly thankful if you can share

[android-beginners] Re: How to download android source code in windows machine

2010-02-17 Thread XCaffeinated
There is a great page here Attaching Android platform source in Eclipse: http://android.opensourceror.org/2010/01/18/android-source/ that explains both how to get the correct sources for the platform you are looking for and how to get Eclipse to recognize it. The author also took the time to

[android-beginners] Re: How to make gap between two TextViews'?

2010-02-16 Thread Marco
Hi Martin, try to add the following attribute to your TextView: android:layout_marginBottom=[pixel]px where [pixel] is the amount of space you want to have under your TextView. Marco On 16 Feb., 17:15, Prabakar prabhu_mp...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello, I am having Two textview one by one

[android-beginners] Re: How to make a animated ( live ) Wallpaper

2010-02-12 Thread Michbeck
thanks, that was exactly what i was looking for , unfortunatly 4 days to early :-/ Thank You very much for the quick response. Have a nice weekend. On Feb 10, 5:21 pm, MrChaz mrchazmob...@googlemail.com wrote: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/02/live-wallpapers.html On Feb 1, 10:25 

[android-beginners] Re: How to implement asking questions before uninstalling the apk

2010-02-11 Thread Laxmi Katti
Thanks a lot. On Feb 11, 6:49 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:   Usually when ever we install some apk from market and then try to uninstall it we get set of questions like 1.Did not like the software. 2. Do not want to use...etc  I want to know how we can do this. That

[android-beginners] Re: How to make a animated ( live ) Wallpaper

2010-02-10 Thread Michbeck
/push On Feb 1, 11:25 am, Michbeck michael.trank...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a good tutorial on how to code a animated / livewallpaper? i couldn't find decent help on how to do this except the android reference onwallpaperclass.

[android-beginners] Re: How to rotate a bitmap?

2010-02-09 Thread Dan Liew
You sort of have the right idea but your numbers aren't quite right: Using points as (x,y) with (0,0) being the top left corner of images: Your clockface bitmap is 800x480 therefore the centre is at (400,240)(not (240,400) as you said) Your clock hand bitmap is 60x140 with your stated centre

[android-beginners] Re: How can I set max-height on GridView?

2010-02-05 Thread CoRex
I found out. There is a little word called weight. It solved the problem. :) /CoRex On Jan 29, 5:52 pm, KitzyKitt kitzyk...@gmail.com wrote: Are your GridView and Spinner element all withiin the same element, such as a LinearLayout? If so, try posting your layout file here. -Kitzy On Jan

[android-beginners] Re: How to rotate a bitmap?

2010-02-04 Thread cellurl
look at the example code called jetboy. It has spinning asteroids. jim On Feb 3, 11:42 am, BobG bobgard...@aol.com wrote: I have a clock in the center of an 800x480 bitmap, and I have a 60x140 clock hand/dial needle with center of rot at 30,110 in the bitmap. To place the center of rotation

[android-beginners] Re: How to make a clickable region

2010-02-03 Thread David Aragão
Hi Rogerio, (I`m from Recife - PE =P) So, i have a background image in my layout and i want to trigger an action when i tap certain region of the image. It`s something that i want to create a simple game. Your contribution for the keyboard made me curious =) Thanks for the help. On Feb 2,

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to make a clickable region

2010-02-03 Thread Rogério de Souza Moraes
Hi David, (I'm from BH - MG :-)) Well I don't know if it can help you, but in android-x86 the developers made an file called TouchFeature.java created a fuction that verify when the user click on the right side of status bar to enable some action. the part of the code that do this is: if

[android-beginners] Re: How can I add a transparent scalable marker on Google map?

2010-01-31 Thread mapper
Thanks TreKing, Let me try as you have suggested. On Jan 29, 7:16 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:58 PM, mapper sai.vaiku...@gmail.com wrote: Yes Kevin is right. I want the bubble/dialog which can show the information about that marker and two images to

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How can I add a transparent scalable marker on Google map?

2010-01-29 Thread TreKing
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:58 PM, mapper sai.vaiku...@gmail.com wrote: Yes Kevin is right. I want the bubble/dialog which can show the information about that marker and two images to go another Activity. In that case you don't want to be showing a dialog, though I'm not sure why your code

[android-beginners] Re: How can I set max-height on GridView?

2010-01-29 Thread KitzyKitt
Are your GridView and Spinner element all withiin the same element, such as a LinearLayout? If so, try posting your layout file here. -Kitzy On Jan 27, 4:45 am, CoRex mrco...@gmail.com wrote:   Hi all. I am new to android-development so please be patient with me. :) I am trying to

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How can I add a transparent scalable marker on Google map?

2010-01-28 Thread TreKing
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:20 AM, mapper sai.vaiku...@gmail.com wrote: It works fine when I use with Toast but not for Custom Dialog. When I tried to display custom dialogbox it gives me RunTime error (Force Close). How can I show my customDialog on the click of the marker? That's not much

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How can I add a transparent scalable marker on Google map?

2010-01-28 Thread Kevin Duffey
I think he wants to display a sort of small bubble thing above the marker, not a large dialog with it's own activity. Google maps does this.. you search for Starbucks, it shows 10 red dots, you click on one and it pops up a little bubble over the dot you clicked show minimal info. If you click

[android-beginners] Re: How can I add a transparent scalable marker on Google map?

2010-01-28 Thread mapper
Its really nice to have such a developer who responds very fast. Thanks to both of you. Yes Kevin is right. I want the bubble/dialog which can show the information about that marker and two images to go another Activity. I dont know about Starbucks. Let me see about that. To TreKing : Here i am

[android-beginners] Re: How can I add a transparent scalable marker on Google map?

2010-01-27 Thread mapper
Hi TreKing, I have plot multiple markers on the google map using below. http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-mapview.html Now I want to display information of the clicked marker in the rectangle which has TextView and two images(Which contains Click event through i can go

[android-beginners] Re: how to verify whether an application is lauched or not

2010-01-26 Thread Johnnie
Thanks a lot. On Jan 22, 7:15 am, Justin Anderson janderson@gmail.com wrote: Do you mean if it is currently considered by Android to be running?  If so you can use the following classes: ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo

[android-beginners] Re: How do you run math calculations?

2010-01-26 Thread blcooley
You just need to parse the text of your inputs. For example, if one of your inputs via an EditText named input1, you can store the value as a variable as follows: Double f = Double.parseDouble(input1.getText()); Info on parseDouble can be found here:

[android-beginners] Re: how to open the new screen

2010-01-26 Thread schwiz
you need to be more specific what do you want to be in the new window? I assume you want to start a new activity in which case you need to use the startActivity method and pass it an Intent for what you want the new window to hold. On Jan 24, 8:51 am, crajesh crajesh2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,  

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to open the new screen

2010-01-26 Thread rajesh chandrasekar
hi, Thanks for your replay. i opened the new screen, but i need to open in full screen size.. will please give me any idea to open in full screen.. Thanks C.Rajesh On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:37 AM, schwiz sch...@gmail.com wrote: you need to be more specific what do you want to be in the new

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to open the new screen

2010-01-26 Thread Justin Anderson
What do you mean by open a new screen? Do you mean launching a new activity? http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/faq/commontasks.html#configurewindowproperties I think this is what you want. It offers two methods, programmatically setting it to full-screen and doing it in XML. The XML

[android-beginners] Re: how to put button in list activity?

2010-01-21 Thread umar
actually i am new to android.. on button click i want to go to text detail and button should be dispalyed beside that text.. could you please explain it?? do you have any example of that On Jan 21, 2:49 pm, Antti Karhu antti.iisa...@gmail.com wrote: HI. Just like with other views, put it in

[android-beginners] Re: how can I launch my own activity from Home screen?

2010-01-21 Thread KitzyKitt
Are you trying to run it through the Emulator? Or did you get it to work on the emulator and now you are trying to get it to work on your phone? This extra information will be helpful in solving your issue. Sincerly, -Kitzy On Jan 21, 6:19 am, satish bhoyar getsatonl...@gmail.com wrote: hi

[android-beginners] Re: how to put button in list activity?

2010-01-21 Thread Indicator Veritatis
The examples you ask for are in the tutorial at, for example: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/index.html These examples in this tutorial are a great way to familiarize yourself with views and how to modify the XML file to get what you want out of the views. On Jan 21, 1:56 

[android-beginners] Re: how to set the notification volume to the ringtone volume

2010-01-17 Thread onDroid
it doesn't work for me, and I'm still searching a solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from

[android-beginners] Re: how to set the notification volume to the ringtone volume

2010-01-17 Thread onDroid
Hello Justin, no, it doesn't work for me and I'm still looking for a solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to set the notification volume to the ringtone volume

2010-01-17 Thread ryan alford
Why don't you use the AudioManager to set the volume? Ryan Sent from my DROID On Jan 17, 2010 3:36 PM, onDroid o.nabil.dr...@gmail.com wrote: it doesn't work for me, and I'm still searching a solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-beginners] Re: How to upload HelloAndroid.apk directly to HTC Hero

2010-01-15 Thread XCaffeinated
Hi Michael, Your suggestion is a great one for testing on friends' phones, without requiring them to, at the very least, install adb and the associated USB drivers. Also at your suggestion, I downloaded the Linda Manager file manager. It's really slick. Thanks for the tips. -XCaf On Jan 14,

[android-beginners] Re: How to upload HelloAndroid.apk directly to HTC Hero

2010-01-14 Thread Michael boggess
Save the .apk to your SD card or send it to your self in an email. To install you need to allow non-market apks to be installed, Settings - Applications - Unknown Sources (check). Use a file browsing utility (search the market for Linda Manager) to navigate to the place where you saved your .apk

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to upload HelloAndroid.apk directly to HTC Hero

2010-01-14 Thread Rogério de Souza Moraes
Use adb to install it for you! Connect your phone to your computer. Execute the command bellow to list the devices you have connected to your computer: adb devices If your device was detected, use the command bellow to install your package : adb install your_package.apk 2010/1/14 Michael

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to upload HelloAndroid.apk directly to HTC Hero

2010-01-14 Thread Yuvi
Or you can simply run the HelloAndroid project directly from Eclipse (Debug as.., or Run as..). 2010/1/14 Rogério de Souza Moraes rogerio.so...@gmail.com Use adb to install it for you! Connect your phone to your computer. Execute the command bellow to list the devices you have connected to

[android-beginners] Re: How to upload HelloAndroid.apk directly to HTC Hero

2010-01-14 Thread Michael boggess
I forgot all about that, If you have your phone attached and USB Debugging enabled, launch your application to the device instead of the emulator. On Jan 14, 11:57 am, Yuvi yuvidr...@gmail.com wrote: Or you can simply run the HelloAndroid project directly from Eclipse (Debug as.., or Run as..).

[android-beginners] Re: How to use Dev tools which flashes momentary pink rectangle on any screen sections being redrawn?

2010-01-13 Thread XCaffeinated
Hi Mahesh, It is already installed as part of the DevTools package on the emulator (unless you've somehow managed to delete it). Start the emulator, open the slider drawer, and you'll find a DevTools icon there. Open DevTools, and the third item down from the top is the 'Show screen updates'

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How can I make a vew show up really, really fast?

2010-01-07 Thread Sean Hodges
The method really depends on your requirements: * If the amount of work isn't too great, and you just want the activity to be drawn before the processing starts, then postDelayed() is a sensible approach. * If you have a lot of processing to do, and the execution needs to be linear (e.g. (a)

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to structure my app to run in background

2010-01-07 Thread Sean Hodges
You can create a ContentProvider for this: http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html A tutorial can be found here: http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/41133 It will provide a interface to your database, that can be shared between applications. On

[android-beginners] Re: How can I make a vew show up really, really fast?

2010-01-07 Thread skink
On Jan 7, 10:26 am, Sean Hodges seanhodge...@googlemail.com wrote: The method really depends on your requirements: * If the amount of work isn't too great, and you just want the activity to be drawn before the processing starts, then postDelayed() is a sensible approach. * If you have a

[android-beginners] Re: how to place a landmark on a google map programmatically

2010-01-06 Thread cellurl
I too need the same info. Typically I start by finding example code, so I will look for an example, and also monitor this thread -jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack

[android-beginners] Re: How can I make a vew show up really, really fast?

2010-01-06 Thread skink
On Jan 6, 1:52 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: I do a setContentView(R.layout.main);  in my onCreate, but have a ton of other things to do before the onCreate finishes...and it take a lot of time for anything to show up on the display. Is there an easy way just to have

[android-beginners] Re: how to place a landmark on a google map programmatically

2010-01-06 Thread wahib
thanks jim. It would be so nice if you could share some code. I am also searching myself to get some hands on example codes to give me a start. Regards, wahib On Jan 6, 8:44 pm, cellurl gpscru...@gmail.com wrote: I too need the same info. Typically I start by finding example code, so I will

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to place a landmark on a google map programmatically

2010-01-06 Thread TreKing
This is asked alot. Search this group and the developer group for map balloon or map popup or something along those lines. The basic idea is to add your own view that contains a button (or whatever you want) to the MapView you have using the MapView.LayoutParams - that lets you place any view at

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How can I make a vew show up really, really fast?

2010-01-06 Thread Kevin Duffey
Couldn't you spawn a thread to do the work, then put a Runnable on the UI thread to do the actual updating of the UI? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:08 AM, skink psk...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 6, 1:52 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: I do a setContentView(R.layout.main); in my

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to structure my app to run in background

2010-01-06 Thread Kevin Duffey
Not to sound like a jerk, but you like many are asking several questions that basically are having the app written for you. Your best bet is to look at a book or two on Android. It will explain everything you've asked. Check out Mark Murphy's books, $35USD for 3 online PDF books (CommonsWare).

[android-beginners] Re: how to structure my app to run in background

2010-01-05 Thread pentium10
So I need a service and an activity. How are you handling the database across two different app (i mean shared) ? how can I create a single database class and use that for db interactions all over my apps/services ? On Jan 5, 4:50 pm, Justin Anderson magouyaw...@gmail.com wrote: AFAIK, it is

[android-beginners] Re: how to call context menu

2009-12-22 Thread Greg Donald
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Greg Donald gdon...@gmail.com wrote: I open my context menu like this:  private OnClickListener optionsClickListener = new OnClickListener()  {   public void onClick( View v )   {     registerForContextMenu( v );     openContextMenu( v );   }  }; How

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to you keep your program running as a process?

2009-12-11 Thread Justin Anderson
Check out these links: http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread/48466479b1f96381/d9719dd8fa4aafdc?lnk=gstq=service+forever#d9719dd8fa4aafdc

[android-beginners] Re: how to make custom spinners

2009-12-11 Thread Paul Turchenko
Catch click event on item and call to showDialod(int id) On Dec 10, 9:10 am, Jetti jettima...@gmail.com wrote: Hi to all,  i want to create an application to create an custom spinner.i.e. while clicking on the spinner it shows a full sized dialog box(entire screen of emulator)  to select the

[android-beginners] Re: How to navigate between different screens

2009-12-10 Thread Samuh
Consult development FAQs: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/faq/commontasks.html#opennewscreen -- 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

[android-beginners] Re: how to open another application with Intent

2009-12-10 Thread Samuh
Hi, this might help: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/11/integrating-application-with-intents.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FhsDu+%28Android+Developers+Blog%29 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-beginners] Re: how to open another application with Intent

2009-12-10 Thread Mike M
Samuh, thanks for the link. I was able to get what I wanted with the following code: Intent i = new Intent(); i.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); i.setComponent(new ComponentName(com.android.gallery, com.android.camera.ImageGallery));

[android-beginners] Re: How do I create a View instance from an XML layout?

2009-12-07 Thread niko20
I believe the SDK has an example of this, look in the samples folder. On Dec 6, 6:17 pm, Gabor gaborcse...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to build a ListView with custom list items. I built my own ListAdapter, and a list_item.xml file with a layout of the list items. In my ListAdapter's

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How do I create a View instance from an XML layout?

2009-12-07 Thread Justin Anderson
I don't remember the exact name of the class but I think it is called LayoutInflater or something like that... On Dec 7, 2009 1:48 AM, niko20 nikolatesl...@yahoo.com wrote: I believe the SDK has an example of this, look in the samples folder. On Dec 6, 6:17 pm, Gabor gaborcse...@gmail.com

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How do I create a View instance from an XML layout?

2009-12-07 Thread TreKing
I *really* wish my posts would show up when I actually post them and not hours or days after others' posts have gotten through and skipped my post, making it completely redundant. Posted 12/7 1:52PM. I wonder when it will show up?

[android-beginners] Re: How long is loooooonnnnggggggg

2009-12-06 Thread CosminB
This also happens to me on WinXP. But on Linux (I use Ubuntu 9.10), it runs *much* faster. (Though when starting up it still may take ~1min) On Dec 2, 8:11 am, jk jamesknaack@gmail.com wrote: I've ran into the same problem with hello world. How long is long. I am at 2 minutes and

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to Convert 1.5 project to 2.0

2009-12-03 Thread Justin Anderson
R.java is a file that is generated when you compile. If you recompile with your new settings then it should be regenerated and you should be good to go. Also, make sure you set the minSdkVersino attribute in the manifest file to the appropriate level.

[android-beginners] Re: How can I install android sdk on windows 7 x64?

2009-12-02 Thread tkz
I got same problem and I solved it. Let's download and install jre 32bit. ( ex. jre-6u17-windows- i586.exe ) You'll be happy. ;) On 11月30日, 午前1:09, Wayne Wenthin wa...@fuligin.com wrote: I believe you need the 32 bit Java.  I have it running under  windows 7 64 right now and that is the path I

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to run Android Market in simulator

2009-12-02 Thread Moon Technolabs
Load Motorola Rom on ur Android... U can find that from Motorola Site On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:35 AM, Paul Turchenko paul.turche...@gmail.comwrote: Officially there's no way to use android market from emulator, however, there are solutions. Try googling it, as I can't reference such things

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to run Android Market in simulator

2009-12-02 Thread Adrian Vintu
check out this blog http://tech-droid.blogspot.com/ it seems they managed to get it right. haven't tried it though. BR, Adrian Vintu On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Paul Turchenko paul.turche...@gmail.comwrote: Officially there's no way to use android market from emulator, however, there

[android-beginners] Re: How to Convert 1.5 project to 2.0

2009-12-02 Thread Sasi Kumar
I can't understand clearly... can u pls tell some what breifly On Dec 3, 12:45 pm, Pankaj Sharma reliablepan...@gmail.com wrote: lol On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Sasikumar.S sasikumar.it1...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I created a Android Project in 1.5. Now i want to convert

[android-beginners] Re: How to make Big button (text)

2009-12-01 Thread Areeda
I think the moderators may have been in a well deserved turkey coma for the last couple of days. I have learned that programatically changing text size works fine on the phone. The difference between the emulator and the phone are still a mystery for me. If you use the call: Button b =

[android-beginners] Re: How to run Android Market in simulator

2009-12-01 Thread seb
On 27 Nov., 16:05, david2 enki1...@gmail.com wrote: As an Android developer, it seems essential to be able to access the market. Its important to see how other listing appear, to search for competitors, etc. Many developers do not have an actual phone with its ensuing 2 year plan commitment

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How can I install android sdk on windows 7 x64?

2009-11-29 Thread Wayne Wenthin
I believe you need the 32 bit Java. I have it running under windows 7 64 right now and that is the path I had to take On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:51 AM, vekexasia vekexa...@gmail.com wrote: Did you find a solution to this? On Nov 18, 3:21 pm, Súper JMN super...@gmail.com wrote: It's just

[android-beginners] Re: How to add a refresh button to a webview app?

2009-11-29 Thread BryBam
Thank you for the response. But like I said im very very new to this and i was basically looking for an example. I wish i knew what you meant and could go from there but if you dont mind could you show me what it should look like? Thank you so much, hopefully from looking at it i can get a better

[android-beginners] Re: how to add .KML file to my google map app

2009-11-29 Thread mack2978
Use this link http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/39239/1954 Thanks, Mahesh On Nov 25, 11:31 am, wahib wahib.t...@gmail.com wrote: hi !! I have written a simple app following a tutorial. but when i run the application these is blank map view. Then i came to know that we can emulate google

[android-beginners] Re: How to save Setings

2009-11-29 Thread jeremynealbrown
This might be of help to you: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html ~Jeremy On Nov 24, 5:59 pm, Justin Anderson janderson@gmail.com wrote: Have a look at SharedPreferences and PreferenceActivity

[android-beginners] Re: How to save Setings

2009-11-29 Thread jeremynealbrown
This might help you out: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#pref On Nov 24, 5:59 pm, Justin Anderson janderson@gmail.com wrote: Have a look at SharedPreferences and PreferenceActivity --

[android-beginners] Re: How to run Android Market in simulator

2009-11-29 Thread Paul Turchenko
Officially there's no way to use android market from emulator, however, there are solutions. Try googling it, as I can't reference such things in Android groups ;) On Nov 27, 5:05 pm, david2 enki1...@gmail.com wrote: As an Android developer, it seems essential to be able to access the market.

[android-beginners] Re: How to update G1 firmware to 2.0.

2009-11-28 Thread Fugita
Root your phone and installed a modified ROM. On Nov 27, 7:30 pm, Fion Z fion200...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, android-beginners   How to update my G1 firmware version to 2.0, current is 1.5.   Thank you. BR, Fion -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to update G1 firmware to 2.0.

2009-11-28 Thread Sena Gbeckor-Kove
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[android-beginners] Re: How can I install android sdk on windows 7 x64?

2009-11-28 Thread vekexasia
Did you find a solution to this? On Nov 18, 3:21 pm, Súper JMN super...@gmail.com wrote: It's just the same that happens to me. I'm under Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and installed JDK SE x64. On Oct 30, 10:34 pm, Shuo HUANG technologicalcrus...@gmail.com wrote: When start the SDK setup.exe,

[android-beginners] Re: How to save Setings

2009-11-24 Thread Batuka
help me pls -- 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 this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options,

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to save Setings

2009-11-24 Thread Justin Anderson
Have a look at SharedPreferences and PreferenceActivity -- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. -- On

[android-beginners] Re: How to change application theme at runtime

2009-11-19 Thread Lovievi
Hello, My question is the same. Did you get any answers? Or do you know the solution? Evi On okt. 20, 08:40, kk_Kiran simplyurki...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends, I want to know is it possible tochangethemeof an android application atruntime, say by clicking a button in application itself. I

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to change application theme at runtime

2009-11-19 Thread Justin Anderson
According to the Dev Guide this is not possible. Changing the theme requires your app to be restarted. -- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't.

[android-beginners] Re: how to start in SDK

2009-11-18 Thread Kenelm McKinney
Hi, I bought the e-book Hello Android, http://pragprog.com/titles/eband/hello-android. It pretty much does what you ask. I am only on chapter 5, but I believe it has been a very good and well paced introduction to Android development. The combination of Andoroid API, Java and Eclipse can be

[android-beginners] Re: How can I install android sdk on windows 7 x64?

2009-11-18 Thread Súper JMN
I'm also having this issue!! I've installed jdk-6u17-windows-x64. (Windows 7 Ultimate x64) On Oct 30, 10:34 pm, Shuo HUANG technologicalcrus...@gmail.com wrote: When start the SDK setup.exe, the program is automatically terminated! Shuo -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] Re: How can I install android sdk on windows 7 x64?

2009-11-18 Thread Súper JMN
It's just the same that happens to me. I'm under Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and installed JDK SE x64. On Oct 30, 10:34 pm, Shuo HUANG technologicalcrus...@gmail.com wrote: When start the SDK setup.exe, the program is automatically terminated! Shuo -- You received this message because you are

[android-beginners] Re: How to measure download speed ?

2009-11-18 Thread Roman ( T-Mobile USA)
When you write the file on the sdcard, you can always start a timer and check for the current file size. Another possibility is to count the number of bytes which you are writing in each write step. -- Roman Baumgaertner Sr. SW Engineer-OSDC ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and

[android-beginners] Re: How can I select or click on an item in a ListView?

2009-11-17 Thread Carmen Lau
Thank you so much. On Nov 16, 8:32 am, nikki n1kk1...@gmail.com wrote: As far as I know ListView doesn't support setting selection by clicking under touchmode, but I also remember you can get onItemClick listener invoked by turnning the focus of your list item and its children off lau ka

[android-beginners] Re: How can I select or click on an item in a ListView?

2009-11-15 Thread nikki
As far as I know ListView doesn't support setting selection by clicking under touchmode, but I also remember you can get onItemClick listener invoked by turnning the focus of your list item and its children off lau ka man wrote: As I mentioned in the email subject, I want to select an item

[android-beginners] Re: How much number of voices can android support for MIDI?

2009-11-15 Thread ando
Thank you! On 11月13日, 午前7:27, PJ pjbar...@gmail.com wrote: Look at:http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html For specific number of simultaneous voices, I assume that it depends on which file type you're using (e.g. MIDI, RTTTL/RTX, etc.) and the CPU power for the

[android-beginners] Re: How hard would it be to make a second language of sorts for the Android?

2009-11-15 Thread PJ
If you prefer learning Java from books, I'd suggest these two: 2. Heads First Java by O'Reilly: solid primer, teaches Java and OO at the same time 1. Effective Java by Joshua Bloch: fantastic practices for writing good code, very popular at Google and other companies (By the way, Joshua Bloch,

[android-beginners] Re: How hard would it be to make a second language of sorts for the Android?

2009-11-13 Thread Indicator Veritatis
I second the motion. Not that I share Stephen's enthusiasm for the 'greatness' of Java, but I do recognize that it has the market momentum now that makes it well worth the effort to learn. Especially now that Android uses it. The tutorials at Sun/Javasoft are pretty good, too. You would be hard

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to hide keyboard when done typing

2009-11-12 Thread Shadana Myers
For the HTC Eris, the bottom leftmost button has an icon of a keyboard with an down arrow. Pressing that button will hide the keyboard. And like the others have said, the back button works too. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Justin Anderson janderson@gmail.comwrote: On the G1 the menu

[android-beginners] Re: how to hide keyboard when done typing

2009-11-12 Thread PJ
Holding the Menu button does not work on the Hero, either, which is a phone that doesn't even have a hard keyboard! After I published an app, I found out that Hero users couldn't input any information into my EditText fields. (As a workaround I added a button that allowed them to unhide/hide the

[android-beginners] Re: How much number of voices can android support for MIDI?

2009-11-12 Thread PJ
Look at: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html For specific number of simultaneous voices, I assume that it depends on which file type you're using (e.g. MIDI, RTTTL/RTX, etc.) and the CPU power for the specific device. For example, if you're using MIDI, you can look at

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to hide keyboard when done typing

2009-11-12 Thread Justin Anderson
You shouldn't have to write logic for that. I don't have a Hero so I don't know for sure, but they should be able to just click in the TextBox (either by touch, trackball, or any other way) and the keyboard should come up... --

[android-beginners] Re: how to hide keyboard when done typing

2009-11-11 Thread androXid.com
I would like to know this too. On 7 nov, 10:03, Marton Kodok pentiu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Whenever a keyboard shows up, how can I hide it after I finished my typing. For example when I run the SkeletonActivity, I can type in some text, but how do I hide the keyboard when I'm done --

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to hide keyboard when done typing

2009-11-11 Thread Justin Anderson
Again press the back button -- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. -- On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:10

[android-beginners] Re: how to hide keyboard when done typing

2009-11-11 Thread Kyle
Yup just hit the back button On Nov 7, 1:03 am, Marton Kodok pentiu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Whenever a keyboard shows up, how can I hide it after I finished my typing. For example when I run the SkeletonActivity, I can type in some text, but how do I hide the keyboard when I'm done --

[android-beginners] Re: how to hide keyboard when done typing

2009-11-11 Thread androXid.com
Hold the Menu key, it will hide/unhide the keyboard. On 7 nov, 10:03, Marton Kodok pentiu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Whenever a keyboard shows up, how can I hide it after I finished my typing. For example when I run the SkeletonActivity, I can type in some text, but how do I hide the

[android-beginners] Re: How do I simulate a Home, Menu, Or Back key press

2009-11-11 Thread GT
Update: I managed to get the soft Home button functioning by sending the Intent: Intent HomeIntent = new Intent(); HomeIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN); HomeIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME); I still don't have a solution for the Back and Menu keys. Furthermore, I ran into problems

[android-beginners] Re: how to hide keyboard when done typing

2009-11-11 Thread androXid
Hold down the menu button. On 7 nov, 10:03, Marton Kodok pentiu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Whenever a keyboard shows up, how can I hide it after I finished my typing. For example when I run the SkeletonActivity, I can type in some text, but how do I hide the keyboard when I'm done --

[android-beginners] Re: How to set clickable areas of a single image?

2009-11-11 Thread dj
Can you get the image coordinates from MotionEvent? Don't the getX() and getY() functions return the *screen* X and Y coords, which aren't even necessarily on the image? On Oct 29, 10:36 pm, Justin Anderson janderson@gmail.com wrote: Use View.OnTouchListener... It provides an onTouch()

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to hide keyboard when done typing

2009-11-11 Thread Justin Anderson
On the G1 the menu button doesn't toggle the onscreen keyboard... If the hard keyboard is not open you have to click on the textbox to get it to show up. To hide it, you press the back button. Perhaps other models of phones are different.

[android-beginners] Re: How to set clickable areas of a single image?

2009-11-11 Thread Matt Kanninen
You can put the image in a FrameLayout, and put other transparent clickable views on top of the image. I'm not at all sure this is the best way to do this. On Oct 28, 2:07 pm, Chris chris.mil...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All I have one image (it's a guitar fretboard), and I want to identify/act on

[android-beginners] Re: how to remove completely the SDK and ADB

2009-11-11 Thread Indicator Veritatis
Are you running them under Windows or Linux? Windows has its uninstall somewhere in the Control Panel, and most distibutions of Linux have their own package manager for the uninstall (e.g. apt-get, yum). And did you install the SDK using the Eclipse package manager (supported since 1.6), or did

Re: [android-beginners] Re: how to call a function after taking snap from camera?? plz help

2009-11-10 Thread wahib haq
hi Chris !! Its after a long time i am responding to your suggestion :S. I was out of this task for a while. I tried your suggestion that to use StartActivityForResult and then calling mufunction() in an override of onActivityResult(). But its not working and being a newbie its tough to find the

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