[android-developers] TextToSpeech issues in API 18

Hi All, I have this super old application called Say Time that I have been working on updating to bring it up to date. So I set my Target API to Android 4.3 (18) and the application basically stopped working reliably. Here's what seems to be happening. I have a Service which creates a

[android-developers] Android Tools R14 including external source?

Hi All, I work for a company whose product is pretty complicated, but I suspect this is not uncommon and there must be someone out there who is doing something similar. I am trying to port our build.xml to the new R14 format and have encountered a strange problem. We need to build some external

[android-developers] Activity Flow Brain Teaser

Hi All, I have been learning about the complex problem of Activities, launch flags, Intent flags, tasks and the Activity stack. I've been trying to solve what I thought would be a simple problem. Our application has a Search Activity that can possible be entered through two paths: 1)

[android-developers] Fading views after interaction stops for a time...

Hi All, I have a set of requirements that I'm not sure how to solve with Android. 1) Initially show a set of views to the user. 2) After something happens in the app, set a timer for a few seconds and fade the views so they are invisible. 3) If the user single taps on the application, fade the

[android-developers] Re: Fading views after interaction stops for a time...

So, my deep questions are: Is there a way to intercept the flow of messages to an activity at a lower layer than the touch events? If not, is there a way to intercept all of the touch events for a given view heirarchy so I can know for sure if the user is currently interacting with something?

[android-developers] Fragment Support forward compatibility?

On Friday I decided to take a look at the latest Fragment Support API and was able to get something working. I was most interested in the Fragment Layout sample, and spent some time making my own application that included what was necessary just to get that sample running. I was able to run this

[android-developers] Re: media button B/R accuring twice and service not stopping

Hi Paul, I'm having no luck trapping the 'MEDIA_BUTTON' at all. I can capture the ACTION_CAMERA_BUTTON for the most part, but ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON isn't working at all from the Service class I'm writing. I'd appreciate knowing if you solved your issues at all. I am currently calling the