[android-developers] Re: Assorted API questions

2008-06-03 Thread Mark Murphy
David Given wrote: > I have a number of fairly simple questions. I thought it more simple to > batch them up than ask each one separately... > (c) How do I find the path of the SD card (and, indeed, whether the SD > card is mounted at all)? At least for the emulator, the SD card is always moun

[android-developers] Assorted API questions

2008-06-03 Thread David Given
I have a number of fairly simple questions. I thought it more simple to batch them up than ask each one separately... (a) Does Android have any asynchronous I/O support? In particular, I'm trying to download a file via HTTP, and am currently having to use a helper thread to do all the work. This b

[android-developers] Perst 3.0 embedded database for Android is released

2008-06-03 Thread Ted
Does your application for Android need a fast, efficient, open source embedded database system? McObject has released version 3.0 of Perst, its all-Java, Android- ready open source, object-oriented embedded database. Additions in 3.0 include built-in full text search, to provide highly efficient

[android-developers] Android book authoring opportunity

2008-06-03 Thread trinamac
Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall Publishers are looking for Android developers interested in contributing to an Andriod book. The book would be targeted at new Android developers and would cover the complete Android appication development lifecycle. If you are interested in contributing, please sen

[android-developers] Re: Android browser?

2008-06-03 Thread maceghost
It's been strange from the outset. I now know that I can also load "http://code.google.com/android"; ( seems appropriate ) but only if I have a sleep after the loadUrl(). I'm on M5 SDK. android-sdk_m5-rc15_windows Maybe I should try this on my linux box...or outside of the IDE. On Jun 3, 11:4

[android-developers] Re: Android browser?

2008-06-03 Thread Mark Murphy
> I'm almost willing to go out on a limb and say that if I don't sleep > for more then a second after loadUrl() then the page doesn't show. That's strange. > One thing I might add is that I'm running through eclipse ( 3.3.2 ). I run my emulator outside an IDE. I don't know that it matters. Are

[android-developers] Re: Android browser?

2008-06-03 Thread maceghost
I'm almost willing to go out on a limb and say that if I don't sleep for more then a second after loadUrl() then the page doesn't show. When I sleep for 1 second, sometimes the page will not show and sometimes the page will draw 1/2 way and then stop. If I sleep for 3 or more seconds, the page wil

[android-developers] Re: Android browser?

2008-06-03 Thread Mark Murphy
> Thank you for your help. So, what is this book you speak of...? _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_. Version 0.9 is available in PDF and Kindle form on the CommonsWare Web site. A more formal announcement is forthcoming. > I've > modified my code according to your suggestions. I've

[android-developers] Re: Android browser?

2008-06-03 Thread maceghost
Thank you for your help. So, what is this book you speak of...? I've modified my code according to your suggestions. I've also added a couple other tests to see if I get output. Curious thing is that the only time I see any output on the screen is when I load 'http:// commonsware.com'. None of t

[android-developers] When will the next SDK version be released to non-ADC winners?

2008-06-03 Thread thrusty
Anyone know when we should expect the next release of the Android SDK? I believe the last release was almost three months ago, and according to the bug database there are still a number of unresolved issues. It'd be great to get a new SDK release so we can keep moving our apps forward. --

[android-developers] Re: Android browser?

2008-06-03 Thread Mark Murphy
> what is working for you? I could find no real examples of any code > using WebView to load a page from the internet. What you have should work fine other than the catch block. My example in my book is similar to your implementation, minus the try/catch block, and using http://commonsware.com a

[android-developers] Re: Android browser?

2008-06-03 Thread maceghost
what is working for you? I could find no real examples of any code using WebView to load a page from the internet. I'll freely admit that I could be missing something. I'll include the code that I managed to piece together from several disjoint sources ( none from code.google.com ), as well as

[android-developers] LifeCycleDemo - android.app.Activity

2008-06-03 Thread Damien
Hi I have a produced a "tutorial" screencast; the title is LifeCycleDemo. The screencast covers the Activity life cycle and also introduces the watcher to logcat and gsm. To view LifeCycleDemo go to http://blip.tv/file/958450/ I intend to make more screencasts over the next few months so your f

[android-developers] Encrypting and decrippting

2008-06-03 Thread goro
Hi All, I want to send a login and password from Android to a server. Which is the secure why to send them? If I need some entcriting and decrippting, what framework or algorithm is good? Thank You --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are sub

[android-developers] Re: Problem stopping a thread at clicking the home or back button

2008-06-03 Thread cbraun75
Thanxx! just done it with onPause and Resume and it works yipee!! Couldn't see the wood for the trees after some hours of programming! Thanxx! On 3 Jun., 14:43, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cbraun75 wrote: > > Just have a Problem withstoppingathreadby finishing a programm > > through

[android-developers] Re: Android browser?

2008-06-03 Thread Mark Murphy
maceghost wrote: > I've used WebView to load local html, but can't get the browser to > load a page from the web. Why are there no working examples using the > android browser? For what it's worth, it works for me. There have been various threads on this group and android-beginners regarding ge

[android-developers] Android browser?

2008-06-03 Thread maceghost
I've used WebView to load local html, but can't get the browser to load a page from the web. Why are there no working examples using the android browser? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Develop

[android-developers] Re: Problem stopping a thread at clicking the home or back button

2008-06-03 Thread Mark Murphy
cbraun75 wrote: > Just have a Problem with stopping a thread by finishing a programm > through > - just go back to mainmenu or go back with the back button. > > It is replying always on in the Log modul the data. > > My programm catches the Location data from the GPS modul and should > send it t

[android-developers] Re: Where do I get an Android Phone?

2008-06-03 Thread Charlie Collins
There aren't any commercially available phones yet, as you yourself stated. If you search the interwebs and this forum though, you may find that some inventive people have ported Android to various devices. In those cases they went to the effort to port it on their own. Also, the videos you see

[android-developers] Re: About adb push

2008-06-03 Thread Mark Murphy
juma wrote: >When i used adb push ,I got the "protocol failure" error .Can > anybody please tell me the reason? Is the emulator running? Is the adb daemon running? (if you're on Linux, run "ps -A | grep adb" and see if you get any matches) If both are running and you still get the error,

[android-developers] About adb push

2008-06-03 Thread juma
Hi, When i used adb push ,I got the "protocol failure" error .Can anybody please tell me the reason? Thanks judy --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group,

[android-developers] Where do I get an Android Phone?

2008-06-03 Thread 51Andoid
Hello All, I am new to Android, and have a few questions. Where do I get an Android Phone? Ok, I understand there are no phones for sale with Android Preloaded. But I see all these video's on You Tube with phones running Android live !!?? Sowere do I get a phone that is Android compatable, a

[android-developers] Problem stopping a thread at clicking the home or back button

2008-06-03 Thread cbraun75
Hi! Just have a Problem with stopping a thread by finishing a programm through - just go back to mainmenu or go back with the back button. It is replying always on in the Log modul the data. My programm catches the Location data from the GPS modul and should send it to a webservice. But when th

[android-developers] Re: Google Android Contact

2008-06-03 Thread Reto
Hi bakercr, Plenty of Googlers working on Android read and respond to questions posted in the forum here. Is the snag you've hit something you can post about publically? If so your best bet would be to post the details here and see if anyone (from Google or otherwise) can help. Cheers Reto