[android-developers] Re: Got my free DROID, who's paying for service?

2010-04-01 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
Probably like the IONs given away at Google IO (I think it was there)...free for 1 month... On Apr 1, 1:30 pm, joshv jvanderb...@gmail.com wrote: So as part of the Google device seeding program I recently recieved my free Droid.  Great phone, and it appears to have wireless and data service.  

[android-developers] Re: Is this a joke or a spam or another April 1st prank?

2010-04-01 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
It isn't really a reply to your post. I got the same email. Probably just a spam bot that detects every email sent and replys to that address...notice the email address is from dreamhost, not google groups. It's spam. On Apr 1, 11:15 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Achanta

[android-developers] Re: Rating bar cut off

2010-01-29 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
For some reason, I find that if you use padding, ratingbars often get cut off. Try using margins instead. On Jan 29, 9:55 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: Post the layout file you're using to do this. ---

[android-developers] Re: Using OS 1.6 and Up , are we penalized on the market ?

2010-01-24 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
Honestly, I hardly think average users actually look at the permissions... On average, people don't care too much. If they want the app, they will install it anyways. The best way is to build a quality app and build dev reliability/a dev brand, and that way people will trust you. On Jan 24,

[android-developers] Re: First HTTP/S requests are slow. [Android 1.5]

2010-01-23 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
Same thing here. The first request (for both POST and GET) takes up to a couple seconds and then all requests afterwards take much shorter (less than half a second!). Any ideas? On Jan 23, 4:31 pm, Yuvi yuvidr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I'm developing my first android app, which needs to make

[android-developers] Re: First HTTP/S requests are slow. [Android 1.5]

2010-01-23 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
BTW: Same thing too with URLConnection...even when using new connections each time (not reusing the old connection) On Jan 23, 4:31 pm, Yuvi yuvidr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I'm developing my first android app, which needs to make some http and https requests. I'm using the apache HttpClient.

[android-developers] Handling OnItemSelected...the opposite way!

2010-01-14 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
I have a listview in which I set the background drawable of each of the views. I can change the background using OnItemSelected, but I cannot find a way to reset the background after it has been deselected or something else has been selected...something like OnItemDeselected (set background to

[android-developers] Re: Calling .net webservice from app?

2010-01-11 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
Here's a simple http post request that works: DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpPost httpost = new HttpPost(URI); httpost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity (NAMEVALUEPAIRLIST_OF_HEADERS, HTTP.UTF_8));

[android-developers] Re: Best HTTP Request Method

2010-01-02 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
HttpClient object around for as long as you're going to be using it. For example: create the HttpClient in your onCreate() and close it in onDestroy() for your activity. On Jan 1, 10:45 pm, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer cbo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks a lot!  Just wondering:  how do you set

[android-developers] Re: Best HTTP Request Method

2010-01-02 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
allows for stream processing of the response. This is usually much more efficient than copying the whole thing into a memory buffer. On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer cbo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! After doing a TraceView, I found that most of the processing

[android-developers] Re: Best HTTP Request Method

2010-01-02 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
, Jan 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer cbo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! After doing a TraceView, I found that most of the processing time is spent in the EntityUtils.toString(entity); portion...any ideas how to speed it up/circumvent this step? On Jan 2, 12:47 am, Brion

[android-developers] Re: Best HTTP Request Method

2010-01-01 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
Yes, I've tried logging and the HTTP execute definitely takes the largest chunk of time, but how can I speed it up? Is there another protocol/method? On Dec 31 2009, 6:07 pm, jotobjects jotobje...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 31, 12:52 pm, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer cbo...@gmail.com wrote

[android-developers] Re: Best HTTP Request Method

2010-01-01 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
: Considering that the execute method's latency includes network and server times, on what basis do you think it's taking too long? What latency are you observing, less than one second, more than one minute? On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 1:19 PM, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer cbo...@gmail.com wrote

[android-developers] Re: Best HTTP Request Method

2010-01-01 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
the desktop and Android to the server. I know you'd like to just get an answer do this/try this. I hope that by looking into the problem in more detail you''ll find a solution. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 3:36 PM, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer cbo...@gmail.com wrote: About 5 seconds, which isn't

[android-developers] Best HTTP Request Method

2009-12-31 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
What is the best (fastest and most efficient) method of doing an HTTP Request? Currently I use: DefaultHttpClient httpclient= new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpPost httpost = new HttpPost(uri); httpost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps, HTTP.UTF_8)); HttpResponse response =

[android-developers] Re: Archos Approval on an app

2009-12-06 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
Mine too...I'll wait a couple days...then I'll send some emails! On Dec 5, 9:35 pm, Andrei gml...@gmail.com wrote: mine says approved but i did not get email On Dec 5, 8:13 pm, hc honch...@gmail.com wrote: You can check outhttp://library.strazzere.com/ to see if ur app is approved. I

[android-developers] Re: ADC2 Results Post

2009-11-05 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
Google did publish a list of the top 200: check it out! http://code.google.com/android/adc/adc2_top200.html My app didn't make it...just wondering, but what happened to the reference part in 'reference/education' category...they seem to just list the winners as education. Did that negatively

[android-developers] Re: How to get full package size?

2009-09-27 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
how do you get the apk size??? On Sep 27, 5:10 pm, iron ironph...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone! How i can get package size info - code, cache and data size? I tried to use PackageStats, but it always returns 0. Right now i can get apk size and dex file size, but how i can get DATA

[android-developers] Android Market Data

2009-06-02 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
Hi! I was wondering if there is a way that I could access the market data from Google's (android's) servers, in a similar fashion to Cyrket.com (such as an open web service, etc) This would definitely increase the market's potential and usability, and I was wondering how I could go about

[android-developers] Getting Android Market data

2009-06-01 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
Hi! I was wondering if there is a way that I could access the market data from Google's (android's) servers, in a similar fashion to Cyrket.com (such as an open web service, etc) This would definitely increase the market's potential and usability, and I was wondering how I could go about

[android-developers] Adding items to a ListView

2009-05-31 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
After the listview is already initialized, is it possible to add items to it during runtime? Thanks! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: How to get an applications permission?

2009-05-30 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
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[android-developers] How to get an applications permission?

2009-05-29 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
How do I access another package's permissions? Somehow with PackageManager? thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: How to get an applications permission?

2009-05-29 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
I mean the permissions that are shown in the Android market when you download it (internet, cell phone, gps, etc). --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send

[android-developers] How to get an applications permission?

2009-05-28 Thread SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer
How do I retrieve an applications permission (a different app stored on the device)? Thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to