Re: [android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Contributors to Community Forums

Crap! I'll probably not make this cut either. On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Disconnect wrote: > Yes indeed, it seems to. > > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Robert Green wrote: > >> Does answering questions on this group count? :) >> >> On Mar 9, 10:37 am, Streets Of Boston wrote: >>

Re: [android-developers] Market apps Ranking rules

I have the same issue in the casual category. I'm assuming it has to do with the percentage of current installs. Since I'm sitting at 23% of total downloaded. But its growing at least. I was down to 15 about a month ago. On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:12 AM, croco wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm wonder

Re: [android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Contributors to Community Forums

Ah a typical Google thing then. Based on stats not content. (not saying that to be mean because I've used many of your ideas) On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Streets Of Boston wrote: > I don't know what determines whether you get an Android device or not. > I have 600 msgs overall on this boar

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is exactly an ANDROID_ID ?

If you use it while using items like android.os.Build.PRODUCT or something similar you should be able to create a unique ID. Of course with this is the assumption that no manufacturer will duplicate. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Greg Donald wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Mark Mu

Re: [android-developers] Re: Ads in apps... How to successfully generate a larger revenue?

There is AdWhirl that will allow you to serve up from different providers. I have not tried it yet but since I have both admob, which was doing very well for me, and Mobclix I may try to do them both. I found it interesting that while keeping the ad rotation interval the same between the two I was

Re: [android-developers] how do i get the android unique id??

Keep in mind that this is NULL on the emulator. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:36 PM, g...@devicedriven wrote: > can any 1 tell me how to get an unique id from an android phone?? > whenever i try to get the unique id from the phone as a string it > always shows "android id" and no other unique hex val

Re: [android-developers] Re: how do i get the android unique id??

I'll second that. I do exactly this. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:12 AM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) < cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > It might be a good idea, for testing on the emulator, to test the > Android ID for null and if it is, use some sort of default value. That > way, you can at least tes

Re: [android-developers] RESTful application with Protobufs

I used Ruby on Rails for the server side. Its not too bad to deal with and you get to learn a new language. http://www.robertsosinski.com/2008/02/23/simple-and-restful-authentication-for-ruby-on-rails/ is where I started for the server side.There are plenty of examples on using JSON on the i

Re: [android-developers] Game Developers: Some general questions about high scores, achievements, multi player support and in game ads.

In my Game I actually display the Hiscore as a webpage. This allows it to be shown on my website also. I generate it once an hour since it was taking way to long to display otherwise. I have since revised my code and I could update ever 15 minutes. Ads: If you have a game that users spend enou

Re: [android-developers] Re: Game Developers: Some general questions about high scores, achievements, multi player support and in game ads.

Security on my game is pretty much handled by the userid that is assigned and the RoR backend. Unless you are decrypting the stream from the phone you are pretty much assured that no cheating is going on. And honestly its just a game. If the JSON is not formatted properly nothing is going to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Game Developers: Some general questions about high scores, achievements, multi player support and in game ads.

Oh and if you do go with RoR make sure and use Phusion Passenger. The Mongrel server will crash and burn under too much load unless you cluster it somehow. Passenger will spawn another process. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > Security on my game is pretty m

Re: [android-developers] setting button images in drawable/xml

I'll toss out what works for me. The first thing I see is that I use ImageButton instead of just Button http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";> * * On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:56 AM, intbt wrote: > I am getting an error from Eclipse when I use this xml file (res/ > drawable/btnsw

Re: [android-developers] Re: Can an app upgrade itself?

But there is no drive platter on my phone! And dammit I need to renew my sub now. > > http://xkcd.com/378/ > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Beginning Android 2_ from Apress Now Available! > > -- Writing code is one of few things th

Re: [android-developers] Re: Ads in apps... How to successfully generate a larger revenue?

http://www.aditic.com/demo, it may helps you to improve your CTR and >>> Revenue. >>> >>> They have more ad formats, splashscreen, interstial, 2/3 banner, >>> strech banner and more for Android. >>> >>> Just for your information I used intro/sp

Re: [android-developers] Re: Ads in apps... How to successfully generate a larger revenue?

eing a lot of it go straight back out), they're going to need to keep >>>> records, and report as to where that money went out to. Mostly so they >>>> don't have to pay taxes on it (was your profits, not theirs). >>>> >>>> - Dan >>>&g

Re: [android-developers] Re: Ads in apps... How to successfully generate a larger revenue?

info on how much was paid to you.. that is > not clear > > > >>>> to me at all. > > > > > >>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Dan Sherman < > impact...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >>>>> I would very ser

Re: [android-developers] Re: ADC2 Judging App FC

I just wish I could do some Judging. On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM, String wrote: > On Nov 10, 10:36 pm, CraigsRace wrote: > > > Based on the comments left on Phandroid (http://phandroid.com/ > > 2009/11/07/adc2-top-200-announced-round-2-starts/), I think the > > judging app is not available t

Re: [android-developers] Re: User Ratings in Apps

Having just published my app I find it very irritating that I can't see what type of phone someone has when they give me 1 star and say "Force closes after I enter my name" I know I'm just adding my name to the dull roar of developers that find the market very inadequate. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at

[android-developers] Toast doesn't leave

I've had a user say that one of my toasts never left the screen even after exiting the app. Has anyone else had a stuck toast? -- Writing code is one of few things that teaches me I don't know everything. http://www.fuligin.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

Re: [android-developers] Toast doesn't leave

immediately after the toast came up, I guess it will continue to be on the > screen until it times out. > Maybe you can test it with Toast.LENGTH_SHORT and see if it solves your > problem. > > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > >> I've h

Re: [android-developers] Toast doesn't leave

is happening in the logcat at that point when the toast > refuses to go away. > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > >> I'll switch them to short and see if that works. This guy was claiming >> that it didn't leave until he rebooted the

Re: [android-developers] Re: User Ratings in Apps

Yeah its very frustrating putting in the many hours to develop an app to have someone take a dump on it right out of the gate. Kinda depressing. I'm tempted to try to write an article for Android Guys called "Blood, Sweat and Swears. The birth of an Android App" LOL On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9

Re: [android-developers] Re: User Ratings in Apps

Its those precious few chars that hurt also. I did amend mine to include my forums link. Hopefully that will help. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:59 AM, String wrote: > On Nov 17, 5:12 pm, "admin.androidsl...@googlemail.com" > wrote: > > > If they leave 1 * they are not looking for help, if they we

Re: [android-developers] Re: Toast doesn't leave

as they expire after the time you set, but there have been > > cases I've wanted to dismiss them sooner than the timer (depending on > > user actions), In the main UI thread you can call > > > > myInstantiatedToast.cancel(); > > > > Has to be in the main UI threa

Re: [android-developers] Re: SoundPool problem

I may be wrong but I thought I read that the ADC2 was restricted and will not run on 2.0. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Doug wrote: > YES YES YES. This is particularly disappointing to me (that mp3 > doesn't work with SoundPool on 2.0). > > I have an entry in ADC2 that relies heavily on mp3

Re: [android-developers] Re: Developing Android Developers in the US

Hey now it took me 6 months to do that! On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:16 AM, niko20 wrote: > 3-6 learning days is enough to write a game that looks like hell and > has subtle bugs LOL > > -niko > > On Nov 18, 12:33 pm, Sundog wrote: > > Basically true. I learned enough in three days last year

Re: [android-developers] Re: SoundPool problem

I'm glad someone is having a good day! LOL I hate bugs! On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Doug wrote: > You just made my day. > > On Nov 18, 8:44 am, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > I may be wrong but I thought I read that the ADC2 was restricted and will > > not run on

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

Then wouldn't this apply to the AndroidID also?There is no permissions needed for this information. Is google violating some laws by allowing the "personal" information out without asking permission? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:54 AM, LambergaR wrote: > In actuality IMEI number can be used i

Re: [android-developers] map view not responding today?

Mine seems to be working. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:10 AM, ian wrote: > So strange. None of my mapview pages work today even though I haven't > edited them for days, Everything compiles and the other pages in the > apps work fine, but when I try to open a map page I get "..app stopped > unexpe

Re: [android-developers] Beginner Question

Give it some time. The emulator is very slow to load. Once its up it will be fine. Just don't shut it down everytime and you will be good. On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 1:40 PM, LeBlanc217 wrote: > Hey sorry this might seem kinda dumb but just recently I decided to > try out programing for Androi

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to Track Down Force Closes?

I'm thinking of putting flurry in my app. Would it be possible to share your code on how you catch these and trigger flurry? Thanks, Wayne On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:24 AM, westmeadboy wrote: > I use a combination of my own default uncaught exception handler and > flurry's. > > When an uncaught

Re: [android-developers] Re: ADC2 Results?

Wow me too. I'm gonna have to play that one! On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Dan Sherman wrote: > We're anxiously waiting to hear who beat us :) > > - Dan > > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Jeff wrote: > >> "Thank you for participating in the Android Developer Challenge 2. The >> results

Re: [android-developers] Re: toast

I seem to remember something about this awhile ago. A Toast is a Toast and once queue can't be canceled is what I remember.You might search this group and I'll bet you'll find that answer. On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Greg Donald wrote: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Greg Donald

Re: [android-developers] Can anyone tell me ONE app that shows up in Android Market on HTC Tattoo

Have fun. Less competition for us. On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:06 PM, tomei.ninge...@gmail.com < tomei.ninge...@gmail.com> wrote: > My app is now showing up on HTC tattoo. Many people have complained > about this and I don't see ANY response from Google. > > Google, you are PATHETIC! > > Could an

Re: [android-developers] Did Something Happen on Dec. 1st?

I got several "Host not found" and "No route to host" reports out of flurry but since this was my first day with it I can't say it isn't normal. But it would point to some network failure somewhere since the domain has been around for about 15 years. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:49 AM, polyclefsoftw

[android-developers] androidID

Is anyone using this to determine uniqueness with a phone?How would you set that in the emulator? Wayne -- Writing code is one of few things that teaches me I don't know everything. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

[android-developers] Re: unique phone id....

I use this also. Is there some way to create one of these for the emulator? On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) < cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm using: > > Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), > Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID) > > as a unique id for the phon

[android-developers] Re: Please help _Confused_Server Side For android mobile application

I'm using JSON to make the packets up and Ruby on Rails on the server side to serve up most of my applications needs. I may switch up to PHP since I'm more familiar with that. On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:25 PM, HeHe wrote: > > try mason. amazon uses it. easy and fast. > > and, mysql. > > u need

[android-developers] Re: Very urgent

from what I understand the answer is no. On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:41 PM, praful bhatnagar wrote: > Hi All, > I have a very urgent query: > > If it is possible to over-ride the Refund button on the Android app store ? > > > -- > Regards: > Praful Bhatnagar > Technical Lead > Wirkle technologies

[android-developers] Unique ID

I've seen alot of people say that using the IMEI is the way to go to validate uniqueness. Is this going to be valid on devices that are not phones but still use the Android OS?I'm getting ready to beta my app and am using the androidid. My only issue is that I haven't figure out a way to simu

[android-developers] Archos 5 Android PMP

Has anyone done any developing for this device. Since it doesn't have a Phone how do you identify it? I can't imagine it has an IMEI. Does it have an AndroidID? Inquiring minds want to know. -- Writing code is one of few things that teaches me I don't know everything. --~--~-~--~

[android-developers] Re: Archos 5 Android PMP

Please keep us apprised. My concern is primarily how it handles things like Coarse Location providers and GPS which is what my game primarily uses. I'm sure in the future I will want to know more. I have sent an email off to them looking for any developer information they have and if I get a

[android-developers] Re: Archos 5 Android PMP

I got this back from them. http://appslib.com/developers/index.html On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > > Have been looking at getting one to develop/test with BUT it does not > > support debugging. There is no support on the device

[android-developers] Re: How to get unique handset device id?

why not String Android_ID = System.getString(this.getContentResolver(), android.provider.Settings.System.ANDROID_ID); What would happen if I tried the suggested method on an Archos 5 which doesn't actually have a phone? On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Yusuf Saib (T-Mobile USA) < yusuf.s...@t-m

[android-developers] Re: How to get unique handset device id?

Is this something that someone with an archos can test? /looks at Mark. I know he has copious amounts of spare time. LOL On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > why not > String Android_ID = System.getString(this.getContentRe

[android-developers] Re: Piracy protection idea

I would be happy if Keys were generated. My app already has a backend that is queried quite often. I have a registration flag and know the androidID of every device. If I could generate a key and confirm that key is valid for that device then I could just flip the bit and you have a registered

[android-developers] Re: Piracy protection idea

Adopting AndAppStore's version as a standard would be Ideal. Only one set of code to modify. I wonder if they are willing to share with other stores? On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Robert Woodruff wrote: > Its not bullet proof, but it is thicker plating. Apparently the AndAppStore > people h

[android-developers] Re: AdSense for Mobile Apps

Last time I read up on this you had to guarantee so many impressions. I know that Chickenbrick Studios is doing it because I play Cestos all the time. I'm trying to figure out if I can shoehorn this into my game but I don't see a way. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Vassilios Kirellous wrote:

[android-developers] Detect emulator

Is there a way to tell if you are running in the emulator? -- Writing code is one of few things that teaches me I don't know everything. http://www.fuligin.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Androi

[android-developers] Re: Detect emulator

er, or null on the emulator :) > > - Dan > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > >> Is there a way to tell if you are running in the emulator? >> >> -- >> Writing code is one of few things >> that teaches me

[android-developers] Location based problem in emulator

Why would this blow up in the emulator if I have already pushed a location to it in DDMS? It works fine on the handset. Am I missing something really simple? Location loc = lm.getLastKnownLocation(lm.getProviders(true).get(0)); -- Writing code is one of few things that teaches me I don't know

[android-developers] Re: trouble with programmatically adding mock location data

Frederik,Did you ever find a way around this? I am experiencing the same problem. Wayne On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Frederik Pfisterer wrote: > > Seems i'm talking with myself :-) > Seems like it's a bug though, filed: > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4036 > > On 28 Sep

[android-developers] Re: ARCHOS 5 Android tablet and ANDROID_ID

ugh! I rely on it to be a 16 byte hex like it is supposed to be. Oh well I guess the Archos won't be playing my game too bad because its really good. LOL On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > Somebody on this list asked a bit ago about whether the ARCHOS 5 Android > I

[android-developers] android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER

Is this no longer available? I find it here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.html#MANUFACTURER but when I try to use eclipse just gives me an error. The reason I am looking for something like this is to make my unique id something more substantial. Since it appears that

[android-developers] Re: location manager

LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 1000L,500.0f, this); Location loc = lm.getLastKnownLocation(lm.getProviders(true).get(0)); is what works for me On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 6:46 PM, pavan wr

[android-developers] Re: location manager

True. I'm only looking for a coarse location in my app and assume that the phone has been on long enough to find the cell towers. On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) >

[android-developers] Re: android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER

Exactly. On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > Greivin Lopez wrote: > > I think you could use IMEI value. IMEI = International Mobile > > Equipment Identity which is a unique number for every GSM, WCDMA, IDEN > > phone. > > 1. Not all Android devices are phones (e.g., ARCHOS 5

[android-developers] Re: android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER

I'm currently using ANDROID_ID but it looks like I need to switch it up to a custom one because of the Archos 5. I will probably be using a concatenation of a custom 3 letter designating the app, android.os.Build.PRODUCT and the ANDROID_ID. My assumption is that the ANDROID_ID will be unique f

[android-developers] Re: android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER

That is what I was using also. But Mark Murphy picked up an Archos 5 and found that it does not return a 16 byte hex number like described in the SDK. This will no longer work for me if I can't expect the ID to be 16 bytes. My previous post explains how I am going to use the ID along with othe

[android-developers] Re: How to get unique handset device id?

Is the value ANDROID_ID a globally unique id like the MAC address? > > reference: > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html#ANDROID_ID > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > >> why not >> String Android_ID

[android-developers] Re: How to get unique handset device id?

Sorry Mark I misread your earlier post. I don't know where I got a number from ;-) On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > RichardC wrote: > > Given that people are rooting phones and producing their own custom > > platform builds I cannot see how any field can be relied o

[android-developers] Re: Do maps always need GPS?

You can use coarselocation too. That way you don't have to wait so long for an update. On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Ken H wrote: > > Just want to make sure I'm not missing something because I'm having > trouble making this work for some reason. If I use a map, do I need to > setup the Loca

[android-developers] Re: How to get unique handset device id?

2009 at 12:11 PM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > Sorry Mark I misread your earlier post. I don't know where I got a number > from ;-) > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > >> >> RichardC wrote: >> > Given that people are rooti

[android-developers] Re: Ad test problem in app with AdMob

The first two lines of the Logcat output pretty much sum it up:10-21 17:57:25.064: INFO/AdMob SDK(722): The user ID is null 10-21 17:57:25.124: DEBUG/AdMob SDK(722): Publisher ID read from AndroidManifest.xml is null The user ID is null. I'm assuming that it must be put in the AndroidManifest.xm

[android-developers] Re: Find MAC address

Anyone have a clue how to implement this? This looks like a good way to get a unique ID for any device that can talk to the net. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:31 PM, String wrote: > > On Oct 22, 8:49 pm, Ronny wrote: > > > I am eager to know if it is possible to get the device MAC address. > > How

[android-developers] Re: Can i specially forbids switching orientation when rotating phone on my app?

You might want to do this during onCreate setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); or landscape whichever it is that you want On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Philip wrote: > > When i chick a button on my app , the method below will be happened. > ***

[android-developers] Re: Linking checkout orders to devices

Well then you won't like the market.I am almost positive (having went through 3 phones) that the market is tied in someway to the handset not the google account.As a developer I echo the idea of the original poster. Since my upcoming app requires a unique ID to be able to play I would love

[android-developers] Re: Android 2.0

I agree that the work may be built on each successive release. I think a bigger issue may be that items come and go through a beta release cycle. If you got beta1 and relied on getAndroidToastButteringSchedule(), if it never makes to to the final release and you failed to keep up with successive

[android-developers] Re: NEEDED: Apps to feature on Sprint Microsite

A good starting point would be to let us know what types of apps you are looking for. For example my app is probably not something you would hype because of the implied nature of it. for an example look at www.fuligin.com/game.html On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:20 AM, tvprintweb wrote: > > Hi Ni

[android-developers] Re: NEEDED: Apps to feature on Sprint Microsite

I hope you were not associating me with Sprint. I merely hinted that he may want to put some conditions on what type of apps he was looking to promote. My app is obviously not intended for anyone under 18 and deals with adult subject matter. This is probably the type of information that shoul

[android-developers] getNetworkLocation in 2.0

I can't get this to work in the emulator. LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 1000L, 500.0f, this); Location loc = lm .getLastKnownLocation(lm.getProviders(true).get(0)); loc always returns

[android-developers] Re: Emulator Problem: No emulated GSM ubuntu 9.04 x64

Just tried this in XP. Same issue. Not to hijack but I have a "similar" problem with getting GPS locations. On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Andre wrote: > > Hi Steve. > > Did you find a solution? > I have the same problem, but on x32 ubuntu 9.04 and sdk 1.5... > > Best Regards. > > > > --

[android-developers] Re: Couldn't update SDK to 2.0

Download each item individually under android. It will not create another directory (or at least mine didn't) and will install them under your current SDK directory. Be patient and if if fails just try again one item at a time until they go through. This is what worked for me. On Wed, Oct 2

[android-developers] Re: Android SDK not working on Windows 7

Run it with elevated permissions? It needs to write to the drive so you may need to run any install as administrator. Same with any command prompts. On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Edo Noordhuizen wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a problem getting the Android SDK to work on my new Windows 7 > comp

[android-developers] Re: shut off shutter sound

I was just about to post the same thing. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Keith Wiley wrote: > > I have absolutely no idea if I'm right about this, so this is pure > speculation...but Google may have "hard-coded" a shutter sound to the > camera due to security concerns about people taking surrept

[android-developers] Re: MapView Draggable Objects

I haven't been able to drag but I have been able to use these methods to pick the marker and then remove and re-insert into the ItemizedOverlay. If anyone does have code for dragging please post. I would rather do it that way then the dumb work around I have now. Plus it looks much cooler! On

Re: [android-developers] Re: Strange error with AdMob

wrote: > Does Project->Clean help? > > On Jan 21, 4:59 pm, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > I have already posted on their developer group but based on everything > I've > > seen I don't expect a reply. > > > > I have a strange problem. When I added and advie

Re: [android-developers] Re: Strange error with AdMob

Ok I'm stupid. Evidently it pulled in Android.R without me noticing. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > Nope. I've tried cleaning it. I'm starting to wonder if its eclipse. > Maybe there is some setting that allows you to use the double ast

Re: [android-developers] How can I force the display mode of my android activity

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN); But change it to Landscape? This is how I force it to portrait in my onCr

Re: [android-developers] ANDROID_ID always null on devices

I have a function for this since I munge up the android id and I need an androidid for the emulator so I make one up. Hope this helps. public String getandroidid() { String AndroidID = System.getString(this.getContentResolver(), android.provider.Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID); if (AndroidID == null

Re: [android-developers] Re: ANDROID_ID always null on devices

#x27;m not seeing alot of traffic an the ION. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:31 AM, theSmith wrote: > > > On Jan 28, 11:34 am, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > I have a function for this since I munge up the android id and I need an > > androidid for the emulator so I make one up. Hope th

Re: [android-developers] Re: ANDROID_ID always null on devices

ny value, except for the ANDROID_ID that always comes null. > > > On Jan 28, 6:15 pm, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > It returns a unique string based on both > > the android.provider.Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID and > > the android.os.Build.PRODUCT along with a unique code for my

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is the difference between rooted and Developer phone?

The emulator is a good friend to have. It will save you from going bankrupt trying to keep up. Unless your app makes alot of money. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Urban ArtFX wrote: > Please help. > > On Jan 28, 2:05 pm, Urban ArtFX wrote: > > I was just wondering. I was going to buy the DE

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is the difference between rooted and Developer phone?

Or look at moto's stuff. They have some sort of way you can "rent" time on a real phone. Not really sure its Moto but they are the ones pushing it right now the hardest. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > The emulator is a good friend to have. It

Re: [android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers

sniff. No email for me. I could use a new phone. This G1 is getting pretty long in the tooth. On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Corollary Computing < corollarycomput...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everybody, > > First off, congrats on qualifying. We rock. > > Second, we don't know yet which phone we

Re: [android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers

I'm right there with ya. On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:41 PM, ydario wrote: > > because you're one of the top developers in Android Market with one or > > more of your applications having a 3.5 star or higher rating and more > > than 5,000 unique downloads. > > sigh, my rating is at 3.2 stars :-( >

Re: [android-developers] Re: Debugging in Android Open Source

If you are building the OS you might want to checkout the group for that. On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Android_n00b wrote: > Thanks Rogerio. Just to confirm, is DDMS applicable to the Android > System level code? Again, I am not building applications but am > actually modifying system level

Re: [android-developers] Re: Free Version of App

I currently use the ANDROID_ID to distinguish individuals for my game. You can get it programatically. The ANDROID_ID is in the spec and even appears to be on non-phone devices (archos etc) and as far as I know is not tied to the market. Having went through 3 phones and having to redownload eve

Re: [android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers

Yeah the rest of us are really interested in your good fortune. Honestly if the market were worth its salt there wouldn't be angry customers because we developers that are trying could actually communicate with the 1 stars out there that just say crap like "FC's too much" without even trying to co

Re: [android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers

o listen to you. I consider you a guru and your post was the first in this entire thread that had anything to do with developing apps.This includes and concludes my rant. On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > Yeah the rest of us are really

Re: [android-developers] Re: Publish App

I wrote a batch file that does this for me. I export as xxx-unaligned.apk then the batch deletes my old version uses zipalign on the ualigned, uninstalls the old aligned version from my phone then reinstalls the new version. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:12 AM, stanlick wrote: > Ahh, I see! I

Re: [android-developers] Re: Publish App

8, 2009 at 9:31 AM, stanlick wrote: > care 2 share? > > On Dec 8, 10:35 am, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > I wrote a batch file that does this for me. I export as > xxx-unaligned.apk > > then the batch deletes my old version uses zipalign on the ualigned, > > uninstal

Re: [android-developers] Re: Publish App

del CGMBeta.apk zipalign -v 4 cgmbeta-unaligned.apk CGMBeta.apk adb uninstall com.fuligin.cgm adb install CGMBeta.apk with all the gory details On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > I'll do it when I get home. I guess I can't get a connection to my home > co

[android-developers] Educating Users

Has anyone got a good method to teach users that the Market is a one way street and that I can't reply there. I've tried putting that in the description, wasting valuable text space, I put in in my news button on the game but they still ask for help in the market and leave a low score because the

Re: [android-developers] how to know type of the device

The Flurry API gives you some of these. www.flurry.com On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:40 AM, saikiran n wrote: > Hi > I have gone through android.os.Build api > and seen some of the device details like manufaterer and deviceId etc.. > But i need some other details like software vertion,type of the de

Re: [android-developers] Anyone using Greystripe for ads?

Did it get any better?I'm currently looking at this and would love to hear some input. It looks like they have two api keys one for testing and one for live so you don't test with live ads. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Greg Donald wrote: > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Justin Giles

Re: [android-developers] Re: Educating Users

e to use and idiot proof. > > Jeff > http://www.trackaroo.com > > On Dec 9, 8:47 am, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > Has anyone got a good method to teach users that the Market is a one way > > street and that I can't reply there. I've tried putting that in the >

Re: [android-developers] Educating Users

ket and it lack of useful interaction with users.The previous suggestions were good and I will probably work out a rolling "Hint" system for users and a way to turn it off because I'm sure it would get annoying after awhile. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Steve Wilson wrote:

Re: [android-developers] Re: Educating Users

I should try those more, although > there is a limit of too much. > > On Dec 10, 10:55 am, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > I would get defensive but I just don't roll that way. In the > description > > on the market it a blatant statement that they should contact me at my >

Re: [android-developers] T-Mobile Carrier Billing

It would be cool if it could just pay me by taking it straight off my bill. LOL On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:00 PM, polyclefsoftware wrote: > Apparently they've started rolling it out: > > > http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Market-Applications-Help/New-Payment-Option-for-Android-Market-Purchases/td

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