[android-developers] C2DM, window already focused, ignoring focus gain

Hi all, I'm working on the C2DM for my app and having a problem. If 2 messages are received for the app, click on any of the 2 messages will start the activity, say Activity1, without any problem. While Activity1 is running, click on the other message received earlier, I got "Window already focuse

[android-developers] Re: hosting apk files on godaddy shared windows hosting

Just add a web.config file in the apk directory with this text: On Feb 11 2009, 7:26 pm, Josh wrote: > Ii know that I am supposed to add application/vnd.android.package- > archive mime type in iis however i have to access t

[android-developers] Re: Regarding WIFIInfo bssid & ssid

This will be a enterprise app scenario. All the devices need to connect to the same wifi network with same ssid. Also need to consider the roaming problem. On May 9, 9:32 pm, Raunaque Quaiser wrote: > mac address is of the hardware > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Bunty syed wro

[android-developers] Re: how to send vector from one activity to another

I'll assume you have a Vector. 1. Make sure Foo implements Serializable or Parcelable. 2. Call toArray(Foo[]) on the Vector to get a Foo[]. 3. Set the Foo[] as an extra using Intent.putExtra(Serializable) or intent.putExtra(Parcelable[]). 4. In the resulting activity, get the array back using In

[android-developers] consistent jpeg compression when using the camera api?

My app uses the Camera to take high-res images, which are then jpeg compressed and sent over the network. Initially I relied on the jpeg quality setting in the Camera API: final Camera.Parameters params = mCamera.getParameters(); params.setPictureFormat(PixelFormat.JPEG);

[android-developers] Re: Best Practive in Passing Objects through an Intent to either Activity, BroadcastRecievers or Services

For simplicity's sake I like Serializable because it frees you from the work of implementing Parcelable. It's possible Parcleable could perform better, but if you're worried about performance when passing objects between activities then you should probably be storing them in a global location

[android-developers] Re: jar blues

Guessing you need to have it in the lib directory in your Android project. Adding it as an external library in eclipse adds it to your eclipse classpath, so the build errors disappear in eclipse, but the android build process only packages the jars it finds in your project's lib dir. On Friday

[android-developers] Re: How to create time-lapse video from existing pictures?

I'm in a similar situation, Alex. Did you ever find a solution to your problem? I found third-party libraries that support creating AVI and MOV (Quicktime) files from a series of JPEG images, but the compression isn't nearly as good as H.264. On Saturday, June 30, 2012 5:26:41 PM UTC-5, Alex

[android-developers] parceling bitmaps pre and post honeycomb

With the changes to how bitmap data is stored that came in with Honeycomb affect the efficiency of parceling bitmap objects? I'm assuming the actual bitmap data wasn't ever parceled pre-Honeycomb. Is that accurate? If so, then my question is basically whether this behavior (not parceling the

[android-developers] Re: parceling bitmaps pre and post honeycomb

t; please? > > Bitmap.writeToParcel > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Bitmap.html#writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, > > int) > > Has no change notes against it and says it writes the pixels (from API > level 1) > > On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 4:22:04 PM

[android-developers] perform atomic message send/remove on a handler

I'm using a timer to manage timeout events, and would like to ensure that a particular method runs atomically without the handler issuing messages while the method is executing. Its basic form is: handler.removeMessages(MSG_ONE); handler.removeMessages(MSG_TWO); ... if (conditionOne) handler

Re: [android-developers] Re: perform atomic message send/remove on a handler

> if (conditionTwo) > handler.**sendEmptyMessageDelayed(MSG_**TWO, timeoutTwo); > } > }); > > Since both the 'removeMessages' and 'sendEmptyMessageDelayed' are called > on 'handler' the Runnable needs to finish first before any other m

Re: [android-developers] Re: perform atomic message send/remove on a handler

ficient to guarantee that doSomethingWithHandlerSync(), handleMessage() and onReceive() will never execute concurrently. On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Jay Howard wrote: > Thanks so much for the response! If you'll indulge me with a few more > questions... > > So I instantiate

[android-developers] buggy legacy options menu on Samsung S4

I'm seeing the following behavior (on a Samsung S4, but potentially also on other Samsung devices) in an app that uses a "legacy" options menu: 1. User taps hardware menu button to bring up options menu. There are more than six items in the menu. 2. User taps the bottom-right "more" button to a

[android-developers] Re: Writing file to app folder

This may be a complete red herring, but I've noticed that certain Motorola phones don't behave well unless you use the Motorola-branded USB cable that shipped with the phone. For whatever reason, those particular phones don't work well with generic cables. On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 12:59:21 P

[android-developers] Re: buggy legacy options menu on Samsung S4

within onPrepareOptionsMenu(), remembering to call > menu.clear() before the inflator and see if that works any better. > > See for details > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onPrepareOptionsMenu(android.view.Menu) > > Good luck. > > On Wednesday,

[android-developers] Re: buggy legacy options menu on Samsung S4

commended practice, is to try your > inflator code within onPrepareOptionsMenu(), remembering to call > menu.clear() before the inflator and see if that works any better. > > See for details > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onPrepareOptionsMenu(a

[android-developers] Re: buggy legacy options menu on Samsung S4

xml: http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 2:40:37 PM UTC-5, Nobu Games wrote: > > Could you post your Activity code? > > On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 11:01:17 AM UTC-5, Jay Howard wrote: >> >> I'm seeing the following behavio

[android-developers] Re: buggy legacy options menu on Samsung S4

ld make use of an > action bar and move the most important and relevant menu options there. > > > On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 11:01:17 AM UTC-5, Jay Howard wrote: >> >> I'm seeing the following behavior (on a Samsung S4, but potentially also >> on other Samsung devices

[android-developers] Re: buggy legacy options menu on Samsung S4

27; version and is an 'unlocked' device, > not rooted & not from a carrier, it came out of Hong Kong, I am using it in > Australia. > > Perhaps the issue is specific to some subset of these devices? > > Regards > , > On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 11:48:28 PM UT

[android-developers] listview item layout change in SDK 18?

The layout of ListView items seems to have changed in SDK 18. I've created an example project that highlights the different behavior when targetSdkVersio = 17 vs. 18: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6DvDY2BvxUTZHUxTHkzNUZvVDg Additionally I've started a thread on StackOverflow (with screen s

[android-developers] manifestpackage property of AaptExecTask removed?

Am I imagining things, or was support for the "manifestpackage" property AaptExecTask removed in 22.6.3? This used to map to the command line option "--rename-manifest-package". If I'm not imagining things, any reason it was removed? I found it very helpful. Here's the functionality I'm refe

[android-developers] Re: manifestpackage property of AaptExecTask removed?

Disregard. Problem was on my end. On Monday, May 19, 2014 3:44:59 PM UTC-5, Jay Howard wrote: > > Am I imagining things, or was support for the "manifestpackage" property > AaptExecTask removed in 22.6.3? This used to map to the command line > option "--rename-ma

[android-developers] post data not re-submitted on webview "back" in 4.4.4

Anyone run into this? Activity creates a WebView and sets cache mode = LOAD_NO_CACHE, then calls WebView.postUrl() with a URL and some POST data. The resulting webpage has a hyperlink, which the user tap to access a second page. He then taps the device back button, which I intercept and turn i

[android-developers] How to Increase The Performance Of Mobile Apps?

App performance is one of the most crucial factors that determines the success of a mobile application. Performance of your mobile application can be referred to both – how your app is perceived by end & ideal development standards? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th

Re: [android-developers] Driving directions in Google map view

The Android framework comes with XML and JSON parsers. Searching for "android xml parser" or "android json parser" should turn up helpful results. There's nothing builtin to parse directions specifically, but it shouldn't be hard once you've got the XML or JSON parsed. Steve On Wed, Aug 11, 201

Re: [android-developers] Direction information in android MapView

Your best bet is to use the Google Directions API, which is a generic web service for directions info. You'll have to do a lot of the glue work yourself though (reading the directions and painting a path onto the MapView), unfortunately, unless you come across a good third-party library (I don't k

Re: [android-developers] Re: Google maps, Overlays and the shadow layer

Not sure what this could be. The following code draws two circles for me: public void draw(Canvas canvas, MapView view, boolean shadow) { //if (!shadow) return; Point center = new Point(canvas.getWidth() / 2, canvas.getHeight() / 2); int radius = (int) (Math.min(canvas.ge

Re: [android-developers] Google Map doesn,t work.

>From the top of http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/views/hello-mapview.html: """ This tutorial requires that you have the Google Maps external library installed in your SDK environment. By default the Android SDK includes the Google APIs add-on, which in turn includes the Maps external

Re: [android-developers] Is MapController's zoomToSpan() execution deferred?

The zoom may be deferred if the MapView hasn't been drawn yet. Have you tried putting your logic in a Runnable and post()ing it to the MapView? Steve On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Chad McQuillen wrote: > My application has a MapView which shows a collection of items in a > satellite view. I

Re: [android-developers] Is it possible to show my maps in MapView?

http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/a3a66e8d16ff78ba/cad8d016a0714a92 Steve On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:05 AM, cnwy wrote: > Hi, > The google map is too o

Re: [android-developers] Re: Weird behavior of MapView

Usually easier to use an Overlay rather than overriding MapView methods: http://osdir.com/ml/Android-Developers/2010-06/msg01242.html Steve On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:49 AM, drill wrote: > > thanks mark, but I still have some trouble. > > Yo

Re: [android-developers] Google Maps Sights Overlay

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Hendrik wrote: > when using the stock Google Maps application on an Android phone, > there are quite some sights (like churches, museums, ...) displayed in > the MapView. Those are also clickable and one can access further > information about them. Is it somehow po

Re: [android-developers] Google Maps API in Israel

Likely the same as this: http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=664 Steve On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:15 PM, oriharel wrote: > Can a Googler please answer this one - > how come I don't see detailed Israel map whe

Re: [android-developers] start activity from a overlay in maps

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Achanta wrote: > E/AndroidRuntime( 4985): Caused by: > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: MapViews can only be created > inside instances of MapActivity. > Do you have a MapView not inside a MapActivity? Steve -- You received this message because you are sub

Re: [android-developers] Showing Google MyMaps

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:09 AM, vlatkovr wrote: > Hi, > > I created a custom map in Google Maps "My Maps". Now i want to show > that map on an android device, but not just opening it as a web page > but showing it using MapView or smth similar. I want to be able to > center on a place I have mar

Re: [android-developers] Calling a MapActivity from another activity

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Pravin Parulekar wrote: > 07-26 23:03:20.259: WARN/dalvikvm(307): threadid=1: thread exiting > with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d800) > 07-26 23:03:20.397: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(307): FATAL EXCEPTION: main > 07-26 23:03:20.397: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(307): > java

Re: [android-developers] GPS worknig on emulator but not on atcual phone

Can you include the output from adb logcat? Steve On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:40 PM, XiaoDar wrote: > i've this error that i was able to set my location on the emulator > with the emulator control > but when i put the atcual code on the phone, it gives me the error > that i have to force close m

Re: [android-developers] How to get the point from click the google map

An easy way to accomplish this is to use an Overlay. Something like this: class MyOverlay extends Overlay { public boolean onTap(GeoPoint point, MapView mapView) { // do something with point } } And elsewhere: MyOverlay overlay = new MyOverlay(); myMapView.getOverlays().add(overlay); Y

Re: [android-developers] Open native Maps with "directions"??

You may find this useful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2853017/android-google-directions Steve On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:02 AM, guruk wrote: > Hi, > I open my Native Google Maps like: > > >

Re: [android-developers] Google Maps API: Catching zoom and panning events

A simple solution is to add an Overlay, override the draw() method, and not actually do any drawing, but simply use the method as a hook to know anytime the map has potentially moved or zoomed. The problem is, this will get called more often than necessary, so you'll need some custom logic to deci

Re: [android-developers] Auto zoom to fit markers on an overlay

Are you using ItemizedOverlay to display your markers? If so, ItemizedOverlay.getLatSpanE6() and ItemizedOverlay.getLonSpanE6() will give you the span of your markers. You can then use MapController.zoomToSpan() to find an appropriate zoom level. As for panning, depending on your application, yo

Re: [android-developers] MapActivity

You can use Context.startActivity() with an Intent, just as you would for any other Activity. The Android developer docs cover this well. Steve On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Costantinos Costa < costa.costanti...@gmail.com> wrote: > How can i start a Mapactivity from a normal Activtiy? > > Th

Re: [android-developers] Google Maps API: Catching zoom and panning events

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Raymond Rodgers wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Steve Howard wrote: > >> A simple solution is to add an Overlay, override the draw() method, and >> not actually do any drawing, but simply use the method as a hook to kno

Re: [android-developers] Re: ItemizedOverlay using both onTap methods

I think the ideal usage would be something like this: public boolean onTap(GeoPoint point, MapView mapView) { // first, let the superclass check if the event hit a marker; if so, it'll call onTap(index) // if it returns true, that means onTap(index) returned true, meaning the event has been ha

Re: [android-developers] Re: ItemizedOverlay.hitTest incorrect

As explained in your other email thread, it should not be necessary to call hitTest manually for this purpose. However, for the record, I believe the problem here is that hitTest() takes the hit point in coordinates relative to the marker, not in absolute screen coordinates. This is vaguely descr

Re: [android-developers] ItemizedOverlay & database items: When do I update the OverlayItem list?

I think some of the confusion might be coming from the fact that you're expecting too much high-level logic from ItemizedOverlay. ItemizedOverlay is a pretty basic class. You override size() and createItem() to do whatever you want, and then you call populate() anytime you want to update the item

Re: [android-developers] Re: ItemizedOverlay using both onTap methods

Trying to resend this reply as I think it may not have gone through the first time... Steve On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Steve Howard wrote: > I think the ideal usage would be something like this: > > public boolean onTap(GeoPoint point, MapView mapView) { > // first, let th

Re: [android-developers] crashing map

Have you ensured you're calling ItemizedOverlay.populate() before adding the overlay to the map view? Steve On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Pedro Teixeira wrote: > Hey there... > > My application using google maps was working just fine.. I left it for > a while.. and suddenly out of the blue..

[android-developers] Re: Android WVGA support

y app uses the entire screen properly. I tried also adding the following to the AndroidManifest.xml: Then I changed back to minSdkVersion="3" to see if the app would still work properly, but it did not. Is there a way to make my app use the entire display area, even if I keep the minSdk

[android-developers] Re: Android WVGA support

o, it would be nice to be able to prevent the soft keyboard IME from forcing full-screen/extract mode for landscape WVGA at medium DPI since now there is a lot more display real estate, and extract mode makes less sense. Thanks, Howard > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer

[android-developers] Soft keyboard in Fullscreen/extract mode

rtrait mode, if the status bar is hidden, the IME also does not resize my app. This clearly seems like a bug to me. Any suggestions? Thanks, Howard --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Develo

[android-developers] Re: Soft keyboard in Fullscreen/extract mode

is a free app. the "Better Terminal Emulator Pro" version has the hack to force resize the app, but is not a free app. Thanks, Howard > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Howard M. Harte wrote: > > > > > > > > > When Android is in portrait mode and the s

[android-developers] Re: Soft keyboard in Fullscreen/extract mode

nk this was broken in 1.5. Thanks Diane, the flagNoExtractUi is what I am using, and I can see the top portion of my app, but I think you are correct that it is broken in 1.5 in that the framework does not resize the visible portion of my app. I see the same behavior in the 1.6 SDK built from the open source re

[android-developers] onCreateInputConnection gets called only after trackball is pressed

return key will work without having to touch the trackball? Thanks, Howard --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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@g

[android-developers] Re: Http -1 when Transfer-Encoding=chunked, Content-Encoding=gzip and Connection=Keep-Alive

I can see a problem similar to this when I use the browser to connect to my company's web portal. I had a patch for Android 1.x which fixed this, but it doesn't work on Android 2.x. I'd really like to find a fix so I can access my web mail again. -Howard On Mar 3, 12:10 pm, SN w

[android-developers] Re: Writing applications uses ethernet instead of Wifi

Why does it matter to your app whether you're connected to the internet over WiFi or Ethernet? If you're trying to make Ethernet work at the platform level, try Android-platform. -Howard On Jul 6, 4:44 pm, tarek attia wrote: > Thank you for your response > > First :- Sor

[android-developers] Re: Serial Port Connectivity

Yes, take a look at the Bluetooth Chat example and change the UUID to the one for the Bluetooth SPP profile. -Howard On Sep 9, 1:15 am, parasnath wrote: > I have an twitter app.I want to open my twitts in hyper > terminal(Serial port). when I click on my twitter app,then all  twitts >

[android-developers] Re: Flash Nexus One with Gingerbread, from scratch

name of the GRI40 zip you downloaded previously. -Howard On Sep 11, 1:06 pm, JP wrote: > I've regularly flashed my Nexus One with the various updates, GRJ22- > from-GRI40, GRI40-from-FRG83G etc. > It is my understanding these are all updates that build on previously > installed

[android-developers] Re: License Check fails for 5-10% of legit users

so removed the analytics now, over privacy concerns. Just my observations, having had an app in the Market since early 2009. -Howard On Sep 16, 12:45 pm, Kenny Wyland wrote: > This is really starting to become an issue. I'm getting bad reviews > and my word of mouth recommenda

[android-developers] Re: License Check fails for 5-10% of legit users

pirate users did not change measurably during the six months or so that I was using LVL. -Howard On Sep 19, 8:48 pm, GJTorikian wrote: > In LicenseValidator.verify() I had to add two more exception clauses: > > catch (Base64DecoderException e) { >                                 Log.e

[android-developers] Re: Recent developments regarding Android (HTC) patent infringement lawsuits

original patent examiner. It also takes a lot of money, which is why this is a game for big players with deep pockets. But of course I am not a lawyer, and this just my personal opinion having seen a little of how these things play out. -Howard On Jul 16, 8:52 am, Jim Graham wrote: > On Sat, Jul

[android-developers] LG G3 malfunctioned with software issues. How to revamp?

My LG G3 got some issues and they report one after one. I tried to flash the stock ROM firmware using LG Flash Tool. The tool downloaded from https://lgflash.com but the application does not support. Please help me to repair my device. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

[android-developers] Google Calendar Push Notifications

heard of firebase - can I use that and is there a way to capture the data from a calendar push notifications and enter into a database I appreciate any help or pointer you can give as it is a bit daunting when all you have is an idea Thanks Howard -- You received this message because you are

[android-developers] Re: Is it possible to integrate authorize.net gateway with Android app?

I just posted an Android based app that uses Authorize.net in the Android marketplace. What are you trying to do exactly? On Jan 22, 7:09 pm, pawpaw17 wrote: > Guys, > > I'm working on an Android based shopping cart for an app. This is to > sell items like groupon/ebay/amazon does - not to sell A

[android-developers] Re: LVL - A Massive Concern

according to Market, so just having people with access to paid apps actually pay for the app would be a big win. At the same time, pEople running AOSP builds would still be able to use the app. -Howard On Aug 2, 12:52 pm, Mark Carter wrote: > Still, existing users are not going to be happy. Eit

[android-developers] Re: Anybody seen a slowdown in sales?

I have seen a drastic slowdown in sales over the past few days as well, on the order of 50%. Basically back to what they were in Nov 2009. I didn't change the price or the app. Yesterday, I added a promotional graphic, and did an update to ad support for the Nook Color and the Nexus S thinking t

[android-developers] Re: Fm Radio

the HCI interface, but I dont think that method is used. There is no FM standard API in Android, but it would be nice to create one -Howard On Dec 19, 3:14 am, wolf wrote: > do you can make me an a example code ? and a sketch with a example > phone how it works ? can i use the blueto

[android-developers] Re: adb can't find my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab ...

I had the same problem with my VZW Galaxy at first. Unplug the USB cable, then check the USB debugging box. -Howard On Nov 13, 4:43 am, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:09 AM, OldSkoolMark wrote: > > The 'enable USB debugging' setting is greyed out and unsele

[android-developers] Re: The server could not process your apk. Try again.

Make sure you don't have any empty uses-configurations tags. I got hit by this today too, when I added some extra empty tags in my AndroidManifest.xml. Definitely the Market error message could be more helpful... On Nov 15, 8:09 pm, String wrote: > Since this morning, I've been getting the erro

[android-developers] Re: What Tablet would you get

y because it has a lot of homebrew Android possibilities, but also because of the price point and form factor. BN did a really good job on it. And with some rooting it is really a universal reader, working with BN, Kindle App, and Google Books. -Howard On Dec 9, 10:44 am, Jon F Hancock wrote: >

[android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?

ps better in the Market client, and if apps were actually sorted reasonably in Market. There is one app spammer who has five identical free spam apps which come up in Market search results above mine, despite his having 2-3 star rating and mine being north of 4.5. Go figure... -Howard On Sep 18

[android-developers] Re: Application checksum at runtime

Seems to work ok so far, but Diane''s idea seems better. This plus LVL should raise the difficulty of pirating the app high enough so as not to be worth it for pirates. -Howard On Sep 19, 6:36 pm, Chris Stratton wrote: > The market licensing server's response has to be t

[android-developers] Re: Bluetooth Serial Port Programming.

the problem. I targeted the app to Android 2.0 and higher, and tested with the phones I have: Droid, Droid X, EVO 4G, and Nexus One, and they all seem to work the same. Hope that helps, Howard On Sep 24, 3:34 pm, Nathan wrote: > I may be doing some Bluetooth Serial Port programming work fo

[android-developers] Re: Google TV

yesterday about my preorder: "Thank you for your recent pre-order from Logitech. This e-mail is to inform you that the product availability date has been delayed. Your pre-ordered product is now scheduled to be available on the date listed below. 10/21/10 00:00:00" -Howard > > On

[android-developers] Re: Google TV

abit ethernet. Sony also has two wifi antennae, not sure if it is for MIMO or simply for diversity, whereas Logitech has one. -Howard On Oct 25, 10:50 am, Shane Isbell wrote: > Howard, any feedback on Google TV from Logitech? The reviews on Amazon are > very mixed... > > On Wed

[android-developers] Re: Ad-Hoc Networking

In Android 2.2, WiFi Tethering uses Infrastructure mode, not Ad-hoc. The phone becomes an access point. As for the APIs to control this, I believe they are not exported to the SDK in API level 8. -Howard On Jun 15, 9:04 am, Matthew Powers wrote: > look at the wlan.ini > > > >