[android-developers] Re: In ADT: Best Set of Emulator Devices to Cover Most Actuals?

2014-01-12 Thread Piren
FYI, that wouldn't cover anything really.. the emulator can emulate resolution differences and different hardware specifications (as in, memory size and availability of features) but it does nothing to actually verify that the app works on the device. You can try and match the AVD as closely as

Re: [android-developers] AppStore emulation tools?

2014-01-12 Thread smoogli
I would like to identify exact behavior of installing several apps. e.g., does installation fail or succeed, and which prompts are shown in each case. On Friday, January 10, 2014 11:52:52 PM UTC+2, TreKing wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:48 AM, smoogli > > wrote: > >> How can one test act

Re: [android-developers] AppStore emulation tools?

2014-01-12 Thread smoogli
On Sunday, January 12, 2014 1:20:49 PM UTC+2, smoogli wrote: > > I would like to identify exact behavior of installing several apps. e.g., > does installation fail or succeed, and which prompts are shown in each case. > more specifically, I would like to experiment with permissions during inst

Re: [android-developers] How to open Google play from a shared link on Facebook?

2014-01-12 Thread MobileVisuals
> > Sorry, I missed your link in the previous thread before, but now I found > it. I tried to implement according to their advice, but the link to the > appstore is not included when the user tries to share the link now. I > tested from a Facebook test account. Do you know how I can fix this? >

Re: [android-developers] AppStore emulation tools?

2014-01-12 Thread Michael Banzon
I don't understand the problem. Installation usually don't do anything "special" - I haven't encountered anything that doesn't happen with "adb install" as well. Regarding the permissions - the user is prompted to accept the permissions. On updates new ones are highlighted. You need only to insta

Re: [android-developers] AppStore emulation tools?

2014-01-12 Thread smoogli
thanks, tried "adb install" but it does not prompt and interact with the user. e.g., when adding a permission to the app, it does not prompt with "OK, accepted" I would like to verify interaction with users in various scenarios. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

Re: [android-developers] AppStore emulation tools?

2014-01-12 Thread Michael Banzon
As a wrote: I don't understand the problem. During installation from Google Play the user is prompted to accept every permission your app require. This process has nothing to do with your app. It doesn't happen in your code - and it might not even happen (depending on the "store" app). What is the

Re: [android-developers] Re: In ADT: Best Set of Emulator Devices to Cover Most Actuals?

2014-01-12 Thread TreKing
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 2:04 AM, Piren wrote: > FYI, that wouldn't cover anything really.. the emulator can emulate > resolution differences and different hardware specifications (as in, memory > size and availability of features) but it does nothing to actually verify > that the app works on the

Re: [android-developers] How to open Google play from a shared link on Facebook?

2014-01-12 Thread TreKing
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 5:48 AM, MobileVisuals wrote: > I tried to implement according to their advice, but the link to the > appstore is not included when the user tries to share the link now. I > tested from a Facebook test account. Do you know how I can fix this? I'm not entirely sure what yo

Re: [android-developers] AppStore emulation tools?

2014-01-12 Thread TreKing
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:17 AM, smoogli wrote: > I would like to verify interaction with users in various scenarios. As Michael indicated, your question doesn't really make sense. There aren't various scenarios, there is one: app install starts, user is prompted with permissions list, they acc

Re: [android-developers] AppStore emulation tools?

2014-01-12 Thread smoogli
what happens when the app requests a permission that does not appear on the device? e.g., com.thirdparty.FOO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubs

[android-developers] Adding a system library

2014-01-12 Thread smoogli
I'm looking for instructions on how to add a library to the system. e.g., my library contains APIs that will be used by other apps. so it should be available on the device itself, and not within the app's APK files. thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [android-developers] Adding a system library

2014-01-12 Thread Kristopher Micinski
There isn't really a systematic way to add a library to the system in the same way that you can install a DLL on most systems. Instead, in Android, you can expose certain API hooks through AIDL, which might be what you want. It's almost certain that you don't want to add a library to the system,

[android-developers] Loading a Listview from 5MB-JSON in server and start loading a map

2014-01-12 Thread Rafa Firenze
Hello, in my app I download a 5MB-JSON which populates a ListView of people. Then, if you click to the map, it shows the position of the people which also shows a infowindow with data. I thought about loading the list, and at the same time loading the map with markers and able to get the infowi

[android-developers] GooglePlay filtering based on implicit features

2014-01-12 Thread smoogli
from http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-feature-element.html#implicit: Google Play attempts to discover an application's implied feature > requirements by examining *other elements* declared in the manifest file, > specifically, elements. > just wondering what happens if

Re: [android-developers] AppStore emulation tools?

2014-01-12 Thread TreKing
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 1:34 PM, smoogli wrote: > what happens when the app requests a permission that does not appear on > the device? More than likely, the same thing. You can easily test this for yourself. -

Re: [android-developers] GooglePlay filtering based on implicit features

2014-01-12 Thread TreKing
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 4:28 PM, smoogli wrote: > just wondering what happens if a new model comes with a new feature and > new permission associated with it... I guess that the OEM should update > GooglePlay with the new info, per these models... > If you are referring to a new hardware featur

Re: [android-developers] Loading a Listview from 5MB-JSON in server and start loading a map

2014-01-12 Thread TreKing
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Rafa Firenze wrote: > I thought about loading the list, and at the same time loading the map > with markers and able to get the infowindow but I've never done this... is > this done with FRAGMENTS? You asked three questions at once. What are you referring to tha

[android-developers] Re: In ADT: Best Set of Emulator Devices to Cover Most Actuals?

2014-01-12 Thread Cayce
I can't imagine a person would make it this far into the process assuming that "Emulator" was another word for "The Real Thing", but thanks for kindly pointing that out for me. The question was, simply, of all the listed options, as a matter of saving time, which would be the preferred set to c

[android-developers] How to open dialer during a call programmatically ?

2014-01-12 Thread Juned Khan
Hi all, I have specific requirement, i want to answer incoming call automatically and dial some DTMF number. I am able to answer call, but having problem with opening dialpad and sending DTMF during a call. I tried to do this using ITelephony.aidl class, but it seems those methods are not work