date:20100820

Hi,

from a brief look at the video you (I suppose) took:

1) I hate shaking the phone (while playing) on a regular basis. Maybe you
could try to think about some other way to power the cannon.
2) The power is dropping way too fast, make it slower.
3) High-scores table seems like a good idea (online if possible), make more
game modes, power-ups could work too.

Best regards,
Filip Havlicek

2010/8/19 Trevor Boyle tpboyl...@gmail.com

Last week I put my first Android Game onto the market, 'Greedy
Pirates'.

I would love it if you could have a play and give me some feedback.
http://greedypirates.trevorboyle.com/

I had some initial problems with the OpenGL (which were quickly
fixed), but I received a number of bad ratings as a result. Things are
beginning to slowly pick-up now though.

I have a few improvements in mind, most obviously a high-scores table.
I am also considering implementing 'user activated' power-ups, any
suggestions?

Thanks,
Trevor

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Re: [android-developers] Regarding Storing of data in the database in android.

Hi,

take a look at this tutorial
http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/notepad/index.html It contains
pretty much everything you need in the first exercise.

Best regards,
Filip Havlicek

2010/8/19 AAJ sethuraman.ak...@gmail.com

Hello,
I am working on some sample programs, where i have to take the value
from the user and store it in the database. I have used DroidDraw to
create the XML code for UI.For now, I have just started with a
textbox. So, I have to take the value from this textbox and store it
in a database. I am using SQlite browser to create tables. I read in
some forums, that one way of doing this -
1. Copy the db file in the asset folder of the android project and use
the AssetManager class. But i am not able to figure out how to use the
asset manager class here.

Or if I could get some simpler suggestions on how to store the value
from user into the database, it would be great.

Thanks
AAJ.

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[android-developers] Re: Sending EMAIL

2010-08-20 Thread FrankG



 The email address that I pass via:
         sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, theem...@comcast.net);
 is always ignored and so it has to be manually entered on each email.

 Any solution? Thanks in advance.

Try this :

private static final String YOURTO = m...@medomain.com;
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { YOURTO });


Good luck !

  Frank

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[android-developers] How to change an activity in a tab

2010-08-20 Thread DaPhilz

Hello everybody,

I have two tabs each with an activity. Now I implemented an TouchEvent
where I will change the activity of one tab. How can I do that. I
heard about ActivityGroup and I tried it but If I call that
ActivityGroup  teh activity switch to fullscreen and the tabs are
gone.
Could anyone please help me out.
Thanks

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-20 Thread Natalie Hooper

On 19 August 2010 23:09, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote:


  This is why there should be a technical note field (where you could also
 describe hardware limitations for example) and I'd rather ask for that than
 for a longer description field.


 What's the point of adding another, separate field for technical notes
 instead of just extending the description space and using that and saying:
 Technical Note: Don't be a dumbass (or whatever).


My reasons for suggesting it are as follows: it keeps consistency between
listings, it reminds the developer to think about whether there are any
technical notes he/she wishes to add, it means the technical info isn't lost
in a sea of descriptions (assuming you can write descriptions longer than
325 characters), it enables the phone to download smaller amount of data
(the technical note wouldn't need to be downloaded at the same time as the
changelog because they would be on a separate screen presumably) and it
gives Google more flexibility regarding how they manage their dB because
they could break it up rather than having to hold a big text field (the long
description) for each app.


Fundamentally, it seems that we want the same thing but we have a totally
different approach to the problem. You just want a space where you can write
it all and as we are already provided with a description field, your
reasoning is that if this field had no length limit, you could put it all in
there, and this is true, this would solve your problem. I want a more
organised way of putting that info in because of the criticisms I constantly
hear about the market, namely that the search facility isn't very good and
that it's not as sleek as the Apple app store. So things like tagging, while
undoubtedly more difficult to implement, would help with searching, and
sleekiness, for me, has a lot to do with consistency across the store, hence
my reluctance for the description field to be used for anything besides
description.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-20 Thread Natalie Hooper

PS: there are other aspects to take into considerations for what people call
sleeky, like graphics, they need to be addressed as well obviously.

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[android-developers] Re: Chilling news: Oracle sues Google over Android

2010-08-20 Thread DanH

Just a minor detail:  IMO, while Android is good, the design
undershoots rather than challenges the technology -- it's a bit too
primitive/limiting for the hardware of 2 years from now.

And I don't think that Oracle is trying to claim that bytecode/JVM is
their invention.  Rather, they probably have several patents on
specific details they hope to cash in on.  A good patent engineer can
always find a crack in existing patents in which to claim some new
territory.

On Aug 20, 12:25 am, gosh steve...@unimelb.edu.au wrote:
 The Irony of Java's success on the device UI via Android

 There's lots of irony in the successful use of the Java 'language'
 within the phenomena that the Android OS has become. E.g.
 Java began life at Sun as Oak which was meant to be a language for
 small devices up to set-top boxes. It went on at Sun to become a whole
 'platform' of APIs too, that technically challenged other OS's such as
 Windows, and whole server stacks of all persuasions - to the point
 where Microsoft had to then develop the .Net platform to stay ahead in
 the game. (I use that unfolding Java scenario as the ultimate case of
 'scope creep' to my students).
 Ultimately Java made its name and market running server-side, away
 from user-interfaces. Desktop-wise, Swing was too much too late.
 Mobile-wise ME was too limited, too rigid, too early.
 The Android user UI classes and widgets (which are nothing like Swing
 or AWT - I know, as I tried to convert lots of swing code to them -
 and a total rewrite was required), have hit a sweet-spot on mobile
 devices, just when processing power, interactivity and screen
 presentation can provide a 'user experience', that the modern user now
 demands of their daily devices.
 Java the language, via Android the GUI  OS, has finally fulfilled
 Oak's original goal from way-back, of running on small devices and
 attracting a huge market there-on, in the process. That's Irony with a
 capital 'I'.

 As for the originality of byte-code and virtual machines - the P-
 System was doing all that with p-code, back in the days of 8-bit
 micros, before some fool at IBM chose MD-DOS over it as their standard
 OS for the new 16-bit Intel processor - and an eon before the
 invention of 'software patents' themselves.

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[android-developers] Re: How to make this layout in programming?

2010-08-20 Thread CMF

Thanks, it works!

On Aug 17, 6:45 pm, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote:
   Take a look at LayoutInflater:

 http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/LayoutInflater.html

 It might be easier than building all these views from code, but still
 you can inject the inflated view hierarchy into an existing layout.

 -- Kostya

 17.08.2010 13:41,CMFпишет:



  I have a layout xml . I would like to do that in java programming.
  Can anybody help me?

  ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
  RelativeLayout
     xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android;
     android:layout_width=fill_parent
     android:layout_height=wrap_content
     android:id=@+id/rl

     TextView
       android:id=@+id/tv1
       android:layout_width=wrap_content
       android:layout_height=wrap_content
       android:layout_alignParentRight=true
       android:layout_centerVertical=true
       android:textColor=#FF
       /
     LinearLayout
       android:orientation=vertical
       android:layout_width=fill_parent
       android:layout_height=wrap_content
       android:layout_toLeftOf=@id/tv1

       TextView
           android:layout_width=fill_parent
           android:layout_height=wrap_content
           android:id=@+id/tv1
           android:textColor=#FF
           /
       TextView
           android:layout_width=fill_parent
           android:layout_height=wrap_content
           android:id=@+id/tv2
           android:textColor=#FF
           /
       TextView
           android:layout_width=fill_parent
           android:layout_height=wrap_content
           android:id=@+id/tv3
           android:textColor=#FF
           /
     /LinearLayout
  /RelativeLayout

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[android-developers] Layout Problem in different screen size

2010-08-20 Thread CMF

I have a linearlayout below, i want something similar to
android:layout_width=30%
does anyone know that?

LinearLayout
android:orientation=vertical
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=wrap_content

TextView
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=wrap_content
android:id=@+id/tv1
android:textColor=#FF
/
TextView
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=wrap_content
android:id=@+id/tv2
android:textColor=#FF
/
TextView
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=wrap_content
android:id=@+id/tv3
android:textColor=#FF
/
  /LinearLayout

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[android-developers] Re: Optimizing image processing algorithms for Android

Hi Dan,

Thanks for your reply

Yes, I looked at alignment as the first choice for optimization, but
was unable to find any directives that would help you do that in C.
(Specifically, for C and those that would compile on the Android NDK).
What I have done, however, (as I mentioned earlier) is refactoring the
code to take advantage of those optimizations (at a later stage)
through the use of compiler directives ... Then I was searching for
any docs related to them (compiler directives), but didn't find any.
Haven't searched too extensively, but from a preliminary search,
didn't see any.

Or on a different track (one that I haven't explored till now; and
neither used earlier, so excuse the ignorance), are there such
directives in Java? If there are, then I would consider implementing
the entire algorithm in Java (anyways the gains from using NDK are
doubtful at best, and I'm only using that to reduce dev. effort).

Thanks again,
Amit


On Aug 19, 11:47 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:
 Hate to sound like I'm harping on the same stuff, but then (assuming
 that the JVM/JIT compiler is doing good enough), the memory bottleneck
 still remains.

 Yep, much of our effort on iSeries went into the memory bottleneck
 area.  Eg, we got fairly astounding improvements (ca 20%) when we
 packed objects so that the fields of SubclassOfA filled in the
 holes left from aligning the fields of A.  And even more
 improvement by packing the Char array owned by a String into the
 String and arranging it so that the two shared a single header.

 (BTW, with regard to alignment, note that most processors can handle,
 eg, unaligned ints and longs, but often the storage accesses are
 several times longer if unaligned, so alignment may be very important,
 even if unnecessary.)

 On Aug 19, 12:54 pm, Amit prabhudesai.a...@gmail.com wrote:







  Hi Dan,

  Thanks for the response

   In general, JITed Java code is as fast as or faster than the
   equivalent native code, if the JIT is reasonably good, and if the
   specific application can be coded efficiently in Java.  

  I was actually banking on this. I don't know too much of the hairy
  details (am not really a compiler person), but from what I have read
  recent improvements by Google to the Dalvik VM make it *comparable* if
  not equal in performance to native code ...

  Hate to sound like I'm harping on the same stuff, but then (assuming
  that the JVM/JIT compiler is doing good enough), the memory bottleneck
  still remains.

  Thanks,
  Amit

  On Aug 19, 10:11 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:

   In general, JITed Java code is as fast as or faster than the
   equivalent native code, if the JIT is reasonably good, and if the
   specific application can be coded efficiently in Java.  The problem is
   that some specific dataprocessingpatterns are not easy to code
   efficiently in Java, and I suspect that certain of the bit-bashing
   algorithms used inimageprocessingfall into this category.

   In such cases the most efficient approach is native Java, but I only
   know of one JVM (the IBM iSeries classic JVM) that permits this, and
   then only for system code.  Otherwise it's a bit of a tradeoff to get
   the right partitioning between Java and native, since crossing the
   Java/native boundary tends to be relatively expensive.

   On Aug 19, 7:03 am, Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it
   wrote:

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 Now, I know that native code will *not* yield any significant
 performance improvement over Java code

Well, specifically forimageprocessingthis won't be true, for sure
up to 2.1 included (as the bytecode is purely interpreted); in 2.2 we
have JIT, but can't speak as I haven't seen it yet.

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[android-developers] Re: LVL returns LICENSED with anonymous accounts...

2010-08-20 Thread Mark Carter

This is not what I'm seeing.

I'm writing a new app which has never been published or in draft.

I have two devices. One (N1, running 2.2), I'm logged into my main
Google account (which has the Developer account). The other (Hero
running 2.1-update1) is a test account I use (no developer account).

When I use the N1, I always get the response specifed in my Dev
Console settings.
When I use the Hero, I always get ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED.

It appears the logic goes something like this for non-Market
(published or draft) apps:

Check the user has a Dev account.
If so, use the response set there.
If not, return ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED.

Notice, its the setting for the user, not the dev (because the Market
does not know who the dev is), that is used.

Anyone confirm this?

On Aug 7, 1:26 am, Trevor Johns tjo...@google.com wrote:
 If an app is not published AND not draft, then you'll get
 ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED.

 If an app is in draft (never published), then we send LICENSED for all
 requests for that app.

 If an app is published (or has been published then unpublished), then
 the response
 is driven by the dev console settings for the developer/testers, and purely
 by purchase history for everyone else.

 --
 Trevor Johns
 Google Developer Programs, Androidhttp://developer.android.com



 On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Mark Carter mjc1...@googlemail.com wrote:
  So to confirm. If an app is not published (nor draft) then the response is
  dictated by the user's (i.e. the user running the app, not the one who
  developed the app) setting in the Dev Console. If the user does not have a
  Dev account (like many beta testers) then the response will be like Respond
  normally?

  If the app is published (or draft) then the response is driven primarily by
  the dev's console settings and secondarily by the Market license server
  (storing who has paid for what).

   I think the first part could catch a lot of people out...

  On 5 August 2010 11:03, Trevor Johns tjo...@google.com wrote:

  If the app isn't in Android Market, the license server will return
  ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED. LicenseValidator considers that to be a fatal
  error due to programmer error, and should invoke the applicationError()
  callback method.

  My understanding from the server team is that uploading a draft version is
  supposed to be sufficient to avoid getting ERROR_NOT_MARKET_MANAGED. (In 
  the
  case of existing applications, you'll also need to increment your version
  code.)

  The other way you'll avoid this is precisely as Mark mentioned. If we
  don't find the application, we check to see if the current user has a
  developer account, and will send a test response (if one is set) using the
  user's RSA keypair.

  --
  Trevor Johns

  On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Kirky rob.kirkbr...@gmail.com wrote:

  Trevor,

  Can you clarify what the licensing server returns if the App is not in
  the Android Market? In my experience (and it seems other people) it is
  returning LICENSED. This does not seem sensible to me.

  Thanks

  Rob

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[android-developers] Re: Optimizing image processing algorithms for Android

Hi Marc,

Thanks for your reply

I have done some optimization myself, but all of that has been on TI-
DSP processors, and TI has *very good* compiler tools (and also
general development tools). Now, question is, anyone aware of such
tools (or libraries developed) for Android?

As I can see from my code (cannot post that for obvious reasons), I'm
pretty certain the code is pretty ugly on the memory usage side. It's
really killing the processor :(
I'll share what I can: I am basically loading two images (in float)
and the result image is being filled in, so that is the equivalent of
4 * 3 = 12 byte images (assuming 4 bytes to a float, 4 bytes to an
int, etc -- standard type widths). So obviously I have not one, but
*three* images getting accessed, so cache misses and swaps are
happening. What I am looking to do now is to redesign the algorithm/
data structures to minimize the cache misses by favoring locality
patterns -- temporal  spatial. What I wanted to see was if someone
has sort-of been-there-done-that and could provide some pointers.

 Java tends to be allocate as you need memory model, but for
 cache optimizations you need tighter control of memory usage.

Exactly! How do I get that level of control while developing for
Android? With either Java or native C...

Thanks so much,
Amit


On Aug 20, 12:40 am, Marc gobl...@gmail.com wrote:
 I have spent a lot of time optimizing signalprocessingalgorithms
 using both arm assembly and memory optimizations. The memory
 optimizations can be huge. I remember one project the speed more than
 doubled once we only using cache memory. That is the entire working
 data set was less than 8k.

 The process is fairly straight forward: Determine the size of your
 cache, then use only that much memory. This typically requires doing
 tricks like making the output buffer overlap the input buffer.
 Basically you need to know exactly where every byte of memory is being
 used. Java tends to be allocate as you need memory model, but for
 cache optimizations you need tighter control of memory usage.

 On Aug 19, 11:47 am, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:







  Hate to sound like I'm harping on the same stuff, but then (assuming
  that the JVM/JIT compiler is doing good enough), the memory bottleneck
  still remains.

  Yep, much of our effort on iSeries went into the memory bottleneck
  area.  Eg, we got fairly astounding improvements (ca 20%) when we
  packed objects so that the fields of SubclassOfA filled in the
  holes left from aligning the fields of A.  And even more
  improvement by packing the Char array owned by a String into the
  String and arranging it so that the two shared a single header.

  (BTW, with regard to alignment, note that most processors can handle,
  eg, unaligned ints and longs, but often the storage accesses are
  several times longer if unaligned, so alignment may be very important,
  even if unnecessary.)

  On Aug 19, 12:54 pm, Amit prabhudesai.a...@gmail.com wrote:

   Hi Dan,

   Thanks for the response

In general, JITed Java code is as fast as or faster than the
equivalent native code, if the JIT is reasonably good, and if the
specific application can be coded efficiently in Java.  

   I was actually banking on this. I don't know too much of the hairy
   details (am not really a compiler person), but from what I have read
   recent improvements by Google to the Dalvik VM make it *comparable* if
   not equal in performance to native code ...

   Hate to sound like I'm harping on the same stuff, but then (assuming
   that the JVM/JIT compiler is doing good enough), the memory bottleneck
   still remains.

   Thanks,
   Amit

   On Aug 19, 10:11 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:

In general, JITed Java code is as fast as or faster than the
equivalent native code, if the JIT is reasonably good, and if the
specific application can be coded efficiently in Java.  The problem is
that some specific dataprocessingpatterns are not easy to code
efficiently in Java, and I suspect that certain of the bit-bashing
algorithms used inimageprocessingfall into this category.

In such cases the most efficient approach is native Java, but I only
know of one JVM (the IBM iSeries classic JVM) that permits this, and
then only for system code.  Otherwise it's a bit of a tradeoff to get
the right partitioning between Java and native, since crossing the
Java/native boundary tends to be relatively expensive.

On Aug 19, 7:03 am, Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it
wrote:

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 On 8/19/10 13:35 , Amit wrote:

  Now, I know that native code will *not* yield any significant
  performance improvement over Java code

 Well, specifically forimageprocessingthis won't be true, for sure
 up to 2.1 included (as the bytecode is purely interpreted); in 2.2 we
 have JIT, but can't speak as I haven't seen it yet.

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[android-developers] Re: Layout Problem in different screen size

2010-08-20 Thread optimusgeek

LinearLayout
android:orientation=horizontal
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=wrap_content

LinearLayout
android:orientation=vertical
!-- android:layout_width=fill_parent --
android:layout_height=wrap_content
android:layout_weight=3

TextView
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=wrap_content
android:id=@+id/tv1
android:textColor=#FF
/
TextView
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=wrap_content
android:id=@+id/tv2
android:textColor=#FF
/
TextView
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=wrap_content
android:id=@+id/tv3
android:textColor=#FF
/
  /LinearLayout
  LinearLayout  !-- empty layout --
android:orientation=vertical
!-- android:layout_width=fill_parent --
android:layout_height=wrap_content
android:layout_weight=7

  /LinearLayout
/LinearLayout

It just my thought.. not checked in code.



On 8월20일, 오후6시09분, CMF manf...@gmail.com wrote:
 I have a linearlayout below, i want something similar to
 android:layout_width=30%
 does anyone know that?

 LinearLayout
 android:orientation=vertical
 android:layout_width=fill_parent
 android:layout_height=wrap_content
 
 TextView
 android:layout_width=fill_parent
 android:layout_height=wrap_content
 android:id=@+id/tv1
 android:textColor=#FF
 /
 TextView
 android:layout_width=fill_parent
 android:layout_height=wrap_content
 android:id=@+id/tv2
 android:textColor=#FF
 /
 TextView
 android:layout_width=fill_parent
 android:layout_height=wrap_content
 android:id=@+id/tv3
 android:textColor=#FF
 /
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[android-developers] Re: Optimizing image processing algorithms for Android

Hi,

Thanks for your reply

 This sounds all find and good, but I still haven't heard anything
 about the far more common cause of delay: the garbage collector
 locking up the thread or pre-empting the CPU. Or has Amit already
 solved this problem?

About GC locking up the thread or pre-empting the CPU, no I haven't
solved that, nor had I thought about it. I am kind of new to
developing for Android, and may be my expertise on the platform can be
considered Average. And I haven't developed or deployed image
processing algorithms on Android either (though I have done that a bit
on other embedded platforms), so I do not know the specifics involved.
I am mapping what I know from optimizing algorithms for DSPs and what
I get from profile data and trying to come up with solutions.

Could you provide me with some resources (docs) for what you mention?
(I will of course try googling for it ;-) ) It would be interesting to
know that, as I am really trying to learn more about Android platform
also (apart from imaging stuff).

Finally, I'll take a look at the jsr-239 java.nio; I haven't used it
or seen samples of it earlier, so totally new to me.

Thanks again for your pointers.

Amit

On Aug 20, 3:25 am, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.com wrote:
 This sounds all find and good, but I still haven't heard anything
 about the far more common cause of delay: the garbage collector
 locking up the thread or pre-empting the CPU. Or has Amit already
 solved this problem?

 As for alignment, OpenGL as implemented by JSR-239 (therefore
 available onAndroid) solves this problem by using the JSR-239
 java.nio Buffer classes. If you use one of these, you are guaranteed
 word-alignment on the ARM.

 NB: I say jsr-239 java.nio because there may be subtle
 implementation differences between those and the original java.nio
 classes. For example, JSR-239 does not expect flip() to be useful, nor
 is supporting Mark required.

 NB: the online docs forAndroid'sjava.nio do not mention alignment: I
 found this info in one of the OpenGL ES specs (I forget which one): I
 forget whether or not the Buffer must be allocated Direct or not to
 get this benefit.

 On Aug 19, 12:40 pm, Marc gobl...@gmail.com wrote:







  I have spent a lot of time optimizing signalprocessingalgorithms
  using both arm assembly and memory optimizations. The memory
  optimizations can be huge. I remember one project the speed more than
  doubled once we only using cache memory. That is the entire working
  data set was less than 8k.

  The process is fairly straight forward: Determine the size of your
  cache, then use only that much memory. This typically requires doing
  tricks like making the output buffer overlap the input buffer.
  Basically you need to know exactly where every byte of memory is being
  used. Java tends to be allocate as you need memory model, but for
  cache optimizations you need tighter control of memory usage.

  On Aug 19, 11:47 am, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:

   Hate to sound like I'm harping on the same stuff, but then (assuming
   that the JVM/JIT compiler is doing good enough), the memory bottleneck
   still remains.

   Yep, much of our effort on iSeries went into the memory bottleneck
   area.  Eg, we got fairly astounding improvements (ca 20%) when we
   packed objects so that the fields of SubclassOfA filled in the
   holes left from aligning the fields of A.  And even more
   improvement by packing the Char array owned by a String into the
   String and arranging it so that the two shared a single header.

   (BTW, with regard to alignment, note that most processors can handle,
   eg, unaligned ints and longs, but often the storage accesses are
   several times longer if unaligned, so alignment may be very important,
   even if unnecessary.)

   On Aug 19, 12:54 pm, Amit prabhudesai.a...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the response

 In general, JITed Java code is as fast as or faster than the
 equivalent native code, if the JIT is reasonably good, and if the
 specific application can be coded efficiently in Java.  

I was actually banking on this. I don't know too much of the hairy
details (am not really a compiler person), but from what I have read
recent improvements by Google to the Dalvik VM make it *comparable* if
not equal in performance to native code ...

Hate to sound like I'm harping on the same stuff, but then (assuming
that the JVM/JIT compiler is doing good enough), the memory bottleneck
still remains.

Thanks,
Amit

On Aug 19, 10:11 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:

 In general, JITed Java code is as fast as or faster than the
 equivalent native code, if the JIT is reasonably good, and if the
 specific application can be coded efficiently in Java.  The problem is
 that some specific dataprocessingpatterns are not easy to code
 efficiently in Java, and I suspect that certain of the bit-bashing
 algorithms used

Re: [android-developers] How to change an activity in a tab

2010-08-20 Thread Rocky

Hi,
I've also same problem, i want replacement of content not tab, but calling
of Activity replace entire page



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 I have two tabs each with an activity. Now I implemented an TouchEvent
 where I will change the activity of one tab. How can I do that. I
 heard about ActivityGroup and I tried it but If I call that
 ActivityGroup  teh activity switch to fullscreen and the tabs are
 gone.
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[android-developers] How to get absolute time ?

2010-08-20 Thread optimusgeek

I'll notify something to user after 30 minutes for example.
so I need to get a time which is not changable by user or anything.
Does it call UTC?
I guess I need to get current time and it should have nothing to do
with user handle or location
actually, I'm focusing '30minutes from now' rather than current time.
It also should work even in case of power off and on.
Can I use alarm manager for this?

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[android-developers] Re: startLayoutAnimation in reverse order

2010-08-20 Thread Klaus Kartou

If have experienced the issue on 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2. Any ideas
how to avoid this?


On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Klaus Kartou kar...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi,

 I´m doing a layout animation on my listview where I fade the list
 elements into view using a LayoutAnimation with
 android:animationOrder=normal.
 It works perfectly fine and the elements are faded into view in
 top-to-bottom order.
 However, if I trigger a layout animation twice (eg call
 startLayoutAnimation before the list view has finished animating its
 views), the listview performs the new layout animation in reverse
 order; bottom-to-top.
 Any ideas why this happens or how I can avoid this unwanted behavior?

 Cheers


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[android-developers] Re: How to get absolute time ?

2010-08-20 Thread String

On Aug 20, 11:02 am, optimusgeek choongb...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'll notify something to user after 30 minutes for example.

 Can I use alarm manager for this?

Yes. Your code will look something like this:

AlarmManager am =
(AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
am.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME,
SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() + 30 * DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS,
pendingIntent);

...where pendingIntent is a PendingIntent you've declared for whatever
action you want to occur half an hour from now.

 It also should work even in case of power off and on.

Not possible, I'm afraid. AFAIK, there's nothing you (as a programmer)
can do to power-up the phone if it's off.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: How to get absolute time ?

I think he thought on device reboot. Although I'm not sure if PendingIntents
are stored before device powering off.

2010/8/20 String sterling.ud...@googlemail.com

On Aug 20, 11:02 am, optimusgeek choongb...@gmail.com wrote:

I'll notify something to user after 30 minutes for example.

Can I use alarm manager for this?

Yes. Your code will look something like this:

AlarmManager am =
(AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
am.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME,
SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() + 30 * DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS,
pendingIntent);

...where pendingIntent is a PendingIntent you've declared for whatever
action you want to occur half an hour from now.

It also should work even in case of power off and on.

Not possible, I'm afraid. AFAIK, there's nothing you (as a programmer)
can do to power-up the phone if it's off.

String

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Re: [android-developers] How to change an activity in a tab

Hi,

I'm not really sure this is the best approach to this problem nor if it
suits your needs, but you can always send a broadcast to the tab hosting
activity with intent extras stating which tab you want to change and target
activity to show and create the tabhost all over again with proper
activities (from a brief look I didn't find any method to remove or change
specific tab from tabhost).

Best regards,
Filip Havlicek

2010/8/20 DaPhilz daph...@googlemail.com

Hello everybody,

I have two tabs each with an activity. Now I implemented an TouchEvent
where I will change the activity of one tab. How can I do that. I
heard about ActivityGroup and I tried it but If I call that
ActivityGroup teh activity switch to fullscreen and the tabs are
gone.
Could anyone please help me out.
Thanks

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Reverse C2DM

2010-08-20 Thread Mark Murphy

There is nothing built into Android or offered by Google that meets
this description.

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:02 AM, noob_boy acharya@gmail.com wrote:
 oops sorry.

 Let me try to give an example.

 There is Chrome to Android plugin(which is similar to PC to Android)
 I am wondering if its possible to have Android to PC.

 1 ) To send files from Android to PC
 2 ) To send remote commands to my PC.

 Hence is it possible to communicate from Android to PC (through CLOUD
 or without.)
 I hope the question is clear now.

 Thanks.


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 Sorry, but that question is a bit confusing. The title suggests you're
 asking about Android-to-cloud, but then you throw in Windows.

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[android-developers] How To Enable pv LOG in froyo code

2010-08-20 Thread Aswini Kumar Sahoo

Hello all,
I want to enable pv logs in froyo to understand the flow
of opencore.If anybody can let me know how to do the same.I will be
thankful.

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[android-developers] SSLException: Not trusted server certificate

2010-08-20 Thread Ajay

Hi,
   I am receiving this exception, when I try to access a secure site
in my App. I am using DefaultHttpClient  BasicHttpParams classes for
Http communication. Any idea what could be the problem here?

Thank you,
AJ


javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Not trusted server certificate
at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:
360)
at
org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier.verify(AbstractVerifier.java:
92)
at
org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:
321)
at
org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:
129)
at
org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:
164)
at
org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:
119)
at
org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:
348)
at
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
555)
at
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
487)
at
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
465)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
Caused by: java.security.cert.CertificateException:
java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Could not validate
certificate signature.
at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:
168)
at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:
355)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Could not
validate certificate signature.
at
org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate(PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.java:
342)
at
java.security.cert.CertPathValidator.validate(CertPathValidator.java:
211)
at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:
164)
... 12 more
Caused by: java.security.SignatureException: Signature was not
verified.
at
org.apache.harmony.security.provider.cert.X509CertImpl.fastVerify(X509CertImpl.java:
601)
at
org.apache.harmony.security.provider.cert.X509CertImpl.verify(X509CertImpl.java:
544)
at
org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate(PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.java:
337)
... 14 more

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[android-developers] Re: Disappearing Alarms

2010-08-20 Thread Pent

Initial user reports indicate that setting a repeating 10 minute alarm
in the background whose sole task is to 'refresh' the main alarm might
be a viable workaround.

i.e. repeating this line: alarmManager.set( AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
alarmLastTime, alarmPendingIntent );

Now to see how far we can increase that 10 minutes without the problem
coming up again.

Pent

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[android-developers] Re: MediaPlayer getCurrentPosition problems on Android 2.2

2010-08-20 Thread CDavis8

I have the same problem, did you manage to find a workaround?
The built in player works ok but I wonder if they are using native
code.
I am guessing that this must effect the built in MediaController class
as it uses the same method call.

Next best solution is to keep track of the position myself perhaps
using time delayed handlers.
This will be fiddly as I also have a seek bar to contend with but if I
can get it working then I guess it should mask the error

I'll give it a try and post the code if I can


On Aug 4, 5:53 am, Femi Omojola fomoj...@gmail.com wrote:
 Looking for some guidance on MediaPlayer issues on Android 2.2. I've
 confirmed that the below code works on Android 1.5 (an ADP1). I'm
 playing back an MP3 file using a MediaPlayer instance and using a
 ProgressBar to track the progress. The method that updates the
 progress bar is invoked from a Handler every second. On the ADP1 this
 results in a correct update rate (the countdown timer moves about a
 second every second) and steady progress on the ProgressBar. However,
 the exact same code deployed on the Nexus 1 results in about a half
 second update in the count down timer every second.

 The code that updates the ProgressBar and captures the timer
 information is

 void updateAudioProgress(App a, boolean init)
         {
         if(a.getMediaPlayer() == null || audioControlToolbar == null ||
                         (!init  audioControlToolbar.getVisibility() == 
 View.GONE))
                 return;
                 ImageButton ib = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.playpause);
                 if(a.getMediaPlayer().isDownloading()){
                         ib.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
                         TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.duration);
                         tv.setText();
                         ProgressBar pb = 
 (ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.progress);
                         pb.setMax(5000);
                         pb.setProgress((int)(5000 *
 a.checkDownloadProgress(a.getMediaPlayer().getPendingUrl(;
                         Message m = Message.obtain();
                         m.what = App.UPDATE_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS;
                         getHandler().sendMessageDelayed(m, 1000);
                 }else{
                         boolean newAudioState =
 a.getMediaPlayer().getPlayer().isPlaying();
                         if(newAudioState != a.getLastAudioState() || init){
                                 init = true;
                                 if(newAudioState){

 ib.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.pause));
                                 }else{
                                         
 ib.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.play));
                                 }
                         }
                         if(ib.getVisibility() == View.INVISIBLE || init){

 ((TextView)audioControlToolbar.findViewById(R.id.audiocaption)).setText(a.getMediaPlayer().getCaption());
                                 ib.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                         }
                         if(init || newAudioState){
                                 int dur = 
 a.getMediaPlayer().getPlayer().getCurrentPosition();
                                 ProgressBar pb = 
 (ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.progress);
                                 int max =  
 a.getMediaPlayer().getPlayer().getDuration();
                                 pb.setMax(max);
                                 pb.setProgress(dur);
                                 TextView tv = 
 (TextView)findViewById(R.id.duration);
                                 tv.setText(a.formatDuration(dur - max));
                                 
 android.util.Log.v(JLA,String.format([%s/%s], dur, max));
                         }else{
                                 
 android.util.Log.v(LISTACTIVITY,String.format([%s][%s], init,
 newAudioState));
                         }
                         a.setLastAudioState(newAudioState);
                         Message m = Message.obtain();
                         m.what = App.UPDATE_PLAYBACK_PROGRESS;
                         getHandler().sendMessageDelayed(m, 1000);
                 }
         }

 I modified the code to log the method invocation, and it appears that
 the method is accurately called every second, but the calls to
 getCurrentPosition do NOT appear to work correctly. I noticed that
 there is an open issue,http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2559,
 talking about incorrect getCurrentPosition results: could this be what
 I'm seeing?

 Thank,
 Femi.

 08-04 00:46:52.944: VERBOSE/JLA(1552): [2090/148032]
 08-04 00:46:53.964: VERBOSE/JLA(1552): [2482/148032]
 08-04 00:46:54.994: VERBOSE/JLA(1552): [2847/148032]
 08-04 00:46:56.014: VERBOSE/JLA(1552): [3213/148032]
 08-04 00:46:56.414: DEBUG/dalvikvm(1305): GC_EXPLICIT freed 183
 objects / 13032 bytes in 56ms
 08-04 00:46:57.044: VERBOSE/JLA(1552): [3605/148032]
 08-04

Re: [android-developers] SSLException: Not trusted server certificate


 Ajay,

This can happen because the certificate is not signed by a trusted 
certificate authority (e.g. self-signed), or because the certificate is 
just plain wrong.


Try accessing the URL with a desktop browser to find out what the actual 
reason is.


If the certificate is good, but is self-signed, search list archives for 
the solution - this comes up quite often.


-- Kostya

20.08.2010 15:00, Ajay пишет:

Hi,
I am receiving this exception, when I try to access a secure site
in my App. I am using DefaultHttpClient  BasicHttpParams classes for
Http communication. Any idea what could be the problem here?

Thank you,
AJ


javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Not trusted server certificate
 at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:
360)
 at
org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier.verify(AbstractVerifier.java:
92)
 at
org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:
321)
 at
org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:
129)
 at
org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:
164)
 at
org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:
119)
 at
org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:
348)
 at
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
555)
 at
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
487)
 at
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
465)

 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
Caused by: java.security.cert.CertificateException:
java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Could not validate
certificate signature.
 at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:
168)
 at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:
355)
 ... 11 more
Caused by: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Could not
validate certificate signature.
 at
org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate(PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.java:
342)
 at
java.security.cert.CertPathValidator.validate(CertPathValidator.java:
211)
 at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:
164)
 ... 12 more
Caused by: java.security.SignatureException: Signature was not
verified.
 at
org.apache.harmony.security.provider.cert.X509CertImpl.fastVerify(X509CertImpl.java:
601)
 at
org.apache.harmony.security.provider.cert.X509CertImpl.verify(X509CertImpl.java:
544)
 at
org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate(PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.java:
337)
 ... 14 more




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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience


 What do you mean by technical info?

A short blurb on how to get started with the application?

-- Kostya

20.08.2010 12:43, Natalie Hooper ?:



On 19 August 2010 23:09, TreKing treking...@gmail.com 
mailto:treking...@gmail.com wrote:



 This is why there should be a technical note field (where
you could also describe hardware limitations for example) and
I'd rather ask for that than for a longer description field.


What's the point of adding another, separate field for technical
notes instead of just extending the description space and using
that and saying: Technical Note: Don't be a dumbass (or whatever).


My reasons for suggesting it are as follows: it keeps consistency 
between listings, it reminds the developer to think about whether 
there are any technical notes he/she wishes to add, it means the 
technical info isn't lost in a sea of descriptions (assuming you can 
write descriptions longer than 325 characters), it enables the phone 
to download smaller amount of data (the technical note wouldn't need 
to be downloaded at the same time as the changelog because they would 
be on a separate screen presumably) and it gives Google more 
flexibility regarding how they manage their dB because they could 
break it up rather than having to hold a big text field (the long 
description) for each app.



Fundamentally, it seems that we want the same thing but we have a 
totally different approach to the problem. You just want a space where 
you can write it all and as we are already provided with a description 
field, your reasoning is that if this field had no length limit, you 
could put it all in there, and this is true, this would solve your 
problem. I want a more organised way of putting that info in because 
of the criticisms I constantly hear about the market, namely that the 
search facility isn't very good and that it's not as sleek as the 
Apple app store. So things like tagging, while undoubtedly more 
difficult to implement, would help with searching, and sleekiness, for 
me, has a lot to do with consistency across the store, hence my 
reluctance for the description field to be used for anything besides 
description.




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[android-developers] Android framework Java sources

2010-08-20 Thread ls02

Where can I get all latest Android Java framework classes sources?

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[android-developers] Re: Android framework Java sources

http://source.android.com/

On Aug 20, 12:43 pm, ls02 agal...@audible.com wrote:
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Re: [android-developers] Re: Reverse C2DM

2010-08-20 Thread Jonas Petersson


On 08/20/2010 12:42 PM, Mark Murphy wrote:

There is nothing built into Android or offered by Google that meets
this description.


IMHO, this is highly dependent on interpretation.


On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:02 AM, noob_boyacharya@gmail.com  wrote:

I am wondering if its possible to have Android to PC.

1 ) To send files from Android to PC


I'd say that email might fit this description.


2 ) To send remote commands to my PC.


A JSON call could fit this description (assuming PC has som connection 
to a public IP ).


True, this is most likely not what you were after, but still, this is 
very much available for you to toy with, and it certainly works.


Best / Jonas

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[android-developers] Re: Difference between Android Service and Content Provider

2010-08-20 Thread Joseph Earl

It sounds like you have the right idea.

A ContentProvider is a wrapper around your database which allows other
applications to access and modify your database in a controlled
manner.
A Service is basically just a long-running task, such as downloading/
syncing data.

A ContentProvider would provide access to your data to your app and
others, and you would use a Service to download the new data, which
would then use your ContentProvider to insert that new data into your
database.

On Aug 19, 4:49 pm, Lily Zhang lily...@gmail.com wrote:
 I am developing an app and get confused about the idea of Service and
 Content Provider in Android. In practice, what will be the difference
 between them?

 Content Provider
 is a facade and it defines a way to share data among applications. You
 many attach a local database to your app or create Content Provider
 mapped to a universal database so that all the application on the same
 device can share it.

 Service
 is long running processes that need to be decoupled from main
 activity. It has local and remote service. local service is like the
 local database, and remote service is like Content Provider sharing
 the database info.

 What My App is doing?
 downloads info. from multiple internet resource in the background (I
 suppose this will be Service) and store the info. into database, and
 multiple applications will need to retrieve the data, format them and
 output them to user (I guess it will be a Content Provider).

 What will be the fine line between Service and Content Provider?
 Newbie in Android, and any suggestion is welcome.

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[android-developers] Re: custom attributes in library projects

2010-08-20 Thread Clément Plantier

Any update about this problem?

On Jul 9, 8:18 pm, Xavier Ducrohet x...@android.com wrote:
 Ah, there's a problem with the namespace.

 From aapt's point of view all the resources are compiled for the
 package name of the application (com.mycompany.test.app in your case),
 so your customValue attribute is defined in that namespace, and not
 in the namespace of thelibrary.

 At this time, the only solution is to remove the layout from thelibraryand 
 move it into the apps and edit the namespace to match the
 application package.

 We'll look at fixing this.
 xav

 On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 3:27 AM, Vladimir Lebedev-Schmidthof



 dair@gmail.com wrote:
  Hello,

  Having custom attribute (in attrs.xml) inlibraryproject leads to
  compilation fail of the project dependent of thatlibrary.

  I.e.:
  MyLib project (library)

  AndroidManifest.xml:
  manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android;
       package=com.mycompany.test.lib
       android:versionCode=1
       android:versionName=1.0
  ...
  /manifest

  res/layout/main.xml:
  ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
  LinearLayout xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
  android
         xmlns:my=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
  com.mycompany.test.lib
     android:orientation=vertical
     android:layout_width=fill_parent
     android:layout_height=fill_parent
     
  com.mycompany.test.lib.MyWidget
     android:id=@+id/my_widget
     android:layout_width=fill_parent
     android:layout_height=fill_parent
     my:customValue=324/
  /LinearLayout

  res/values/attrs.xml:
  resources
         declare-styleable name=MyWidget
                 attr name=customValue format=integer/
         /declare-styleable
  /resources

  And there are nothing in TestApp except AndroidManifest.xml:
  manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android;
       package=com.mycompany.test.app
       android:versionCode=1
       android:versionName=1.0
  ...
  /manifest

  And aapt says that
  res/layout/main.xml:13: error:No resource identifier found for 
  attribute'customValue' in package 'com.mycompany.test.lib'

  How to avoid this except for no having custom attributes inlibrary?

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[android-developers] Re: Dev phone linux (and Windows)

2010-08-20 Thread Joseph Earl

In general ALL Android devices work with Windows (and probably Mac
OSX)
Only some seem to have drivers for Linux.

Since there is a wide range of Android handsets you should try to
purchase a variety of phones by different manufacturers.
A good way to prioritize your purchases would be based on the handsets
popularity, but it would also be a good idea to make sure your range
of handsets covers:

- An HDPI device
- An MDPI device
- A device without a hard keyboard
- A device with a hard keyboard
- Android 1.5
- Android 1.6
- Android 2.1
- Android 2.2

I would also recommend trying to get phones from a variety of
manufacturers to test with their various Android flavours, e.g. HTC,
Motorola, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson

On Aug 20, 6:29 am, Davide d...@vide.bz wrote:
 Hi,

 as company we want buy some android phone. The phone will be used for
 developers to test and run applications.

 Which phone are the best for this?

 We have both Windows and Linux system, which android mobile will work
 on both system for developing?
 What I mean is that adb and eclipse can connect to the phone, and,
 when possible that the phone
 uses the computer network.

 For example I have tested the htc wildfire and I have seen  that in
 windows the default usb drivers does
 not works with adb and eclipse. Only work installing htc software ,
 but this is only for windows.

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[android-developers] Re: SSLException: Not trusted server certificate

2010-08-20 Thread Ajay

Thank you Kostya,

I tried accessing the same site on the desktop browser and a
BlackBerry device, and they seem to work fine without a problem. I
verified that the certificate on the server is installed properly
using the following site: http://www.digicert.com/help and it told
that it was installed properly on the server.

On Aug 20, 4:39 pm, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote:
   Ajay,

 This can happen because the certificate is not signed by a trusted
 certificate authority (e.g. self-signed), or because the certificate is
 just plain wrong.

 Try accessing the URL with a desktop browser to find out what the actual
 reason is.

 If the certificate is good, but is self-signed, search list archives for
 the solution - this comes up quite often.

 -- Kostya

 20.08.2010 15:00, Ajay пишет:



  Hi,
      I am receiving this exception, when I try to access a secure site
  in my App. I am using DefaultHttpClient  BasicHttpParamsclasses for
  Http communication. Any idea what could be the problem here?

  Thank you,
  AJ

  
  javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Not trusted server certificate
       at
  org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:
  360)
       at
  org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier.verify(AbstractVerifier.java:
  92)
       at
  org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:
  321)
       at
  org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:
  129)
       at
  org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:
  164)
       at
  org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:
  119)
       at
  org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:
  348)
       at
  org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
  555)
       at
  org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
  487)
       at
  org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
  465)

       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
  Caused by: java.security.cert.CertificateException:
  java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Could not validate
  certificate signature.
       at
  org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:
  168)
       at
  org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:
  355)
       ... 11 more
  Caused by: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Could not
  validate certificate signature.
       at
  org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate(PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.java:
  342)
       at
  java.security.cert.CertPathValidator.validate(CertPathValidator.java:
  211)
       at
  org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:
  164)
       ... 12 more
  Caused by: java.security.SignatureException: Signature was not
  verified.
       at
  org.apache.harmony.security.provider.cert.X509CertImpl.fastVerify(X509CertImpl.java:
  601)
       at
  org.apache.harmony.security.provider.cert.X509CertImpl.verify(X509CertImpl.java:
  544)
       at
  org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate(PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.java:
  337)
       ... 14 more

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[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-20 Thread String

On Aug 20, 12:40 pm, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote:

   What do you mean by technical info?

 A short blurb on how to get started with the application?

I think a field like Technical Info could cover a lot of ground,
anything from known issues (like doesn't run on Handset A) to usage
tips (long-press on home screen for widget). Basically, the
Description would be the sales pitch for your app, and Tech Info
could be just about any other details that a [prospective] user might
find useful before they get into the app.

Personally, I'm not convinced of the merit of splitting descriptive
text into multiple fields like this, but I wouldn't be opposed to it
either. Bottom line is, we need more than 325 bytes, one way or
another.

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[android-developers] Re: How to get absolute time ?

2010-08-20 Thread String


On Aug 20, 11:17 am, Filip Havlicek havlicek.fi...@gmail.com wrote:

 I think he thought on device reboot. Although I'm not sure if PendingIntents
 are stored before device powering off.

Alarms do not persist through a reboot, no. If the OP wants something
like that to happen, they'll need to set up a receiver for
Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED, and re-set the alarm there.

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[android-developers] Re: How to change an activity in a tab

2010-08-20 Thread DaPhilz

Hi,

I solved the problem. The answer is that first you have to create an
class extends from ActivityGroup and implements the OnTouchListener.
After you did that you can switch b/w differnet screens in one tab

The code look like that:

class TabActivityGroup extends ActivityGroup implements
OnTouchListener {

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
super.onTouchEvent(event);
//create a new intent and call the methode replaceContentView(String
id, Intent newIntent),
//for example Intent intent = new Intent().setClass(this,
myclass.class)
// intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);

replaceContentView(String id, Intent newIntent)
return true;
}

public void replaceContentView(String id, Intent newIntent) {
View view = getLocalActivityManager().startActivity(id,
newIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP))
.getDecorView();
this.setContentView(view);
}
}

the Tab class look like this

public class TabActivity extends TabActivity
{

Intent intent = new Intent().setClass(this, TabActivityGroup.class);
intent.putExtra(Content, 1);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);

tabHost.addTab(tabHost.newTabSpec(Tab1)
.setIndicator(Tab1).setContent(intent));

}

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[android-developers] Re: Android framework Java sources

2010-08-20 Thread ls02

Are these Android core C/C++ sources or Java framework sources?

On Aug 20, 7:46 am, RichardC richard.crit...@googlemail.com wrote:
 http://source.android.com/

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  Where can I get all latest Android Java framework classes sources?- Hide 
  quoted text -

 - Show quoted text -

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[android-developers] Loading Dialog/Html TextBox/Virtual Keyboard

2010-08-20 Thread Paulo

Hello guys, I have a weirb bug that is pissing me off.
I have an app that is pretty much only a webview with some extra
functionalities, one of them is a Custom Loading Dialog (Extended from
the progress dialog) that I show on the onPageStarted call, and
dismiss on the onPageFinished call. The problem is, if I do that (show
the dialog), the virtual keyboard will only show if the user touch TWO
times on a form text box (Html or Javascript Text box on the Webview).


- I've tried manually giving focus to the webview, before and after
the GUI update by the handler that dismisses the Dialog.
- Redrawing the WebView
- Not showing the dialog (this works, but I need the dialog)

Anyone has an idea?

Thanks!

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[android-developers] Slider devices cause Activities to reset…

2010-08-20 Thread draf...@gmail.com


While testing on Android 1.6 using a G1 I have noticed that when I
slide out the keyboard it kills the activity and recreates it even
though I have set my activity to only display in portrait mode.

Same happens when I push the keyboard back in.

I get onSaveInstance, onDestroy called, then onCreate, onResume,
OnrestoreInstance...

I understand why this is done when the display is being switched to
landscape view but why does this happen when I specifically dont want
my activity to switch view, its essentially killing and restarting the
activity for no reason.

Is it the same on 2.x devices?

Is there something I'm missing to stop it happening?

Can anyone explain if there is any point to it?

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[android-developers] Re: Android framework Java sources

Everything except the closed source Google Apps (Market and a few
others)

On Aug 20, 1:59 pm, ls02 agal...@audible.com wrote:
 Are these Android core C/C++ sources or Java framework sources?

 On Aug 20, 7:46 am, RichardC richard.crit...@googlemail.com wrote:

 http://source.android.com/

  On Aug 20, 12:43 pm, ls02 agal...@audible.com wrote:

   Where can I get all latest Android Java framework classes sources?- Hide 
   quoted text -

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[android-developers] Re: Slider devices cause Activi ties to reset…

Read about the mainfest activity setting android:configChanges
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#config


On Aug 20, 2:17 pm, draf...@gmail.com draf...@gmail.com wrote:
 While testing on Android 1.6 using a G1 I have noticed that when I
 slide out the keyboard it kills the activity and recreates it even
 though I have set my activity to only display in portrait mode.

 Same happens when I push the keyboard back in.

 I get onSaveInstance, onDestroy called, then onCreate, onResume,
 OnrestoreInstance...

 I understand why this is done when the display is being switched to
 landscape view but why does this happen when I specifically dont want
 my activity to switch view, its essentially killing and restarting the
 activity for no reason.

 Is it the same on 2.x devices?

 Is there something I'm missing to stop it happening?

 Can anyone explain if there is any point to it?

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[android-developers] Exception in the bowels of Contact Manager?

2010-08-20 Thread Zsolt Vasvari

Hello, got the error below reported to me when reading a Contact.  I
am clueless as to what the problem.  The same code works almost every
time as I've only had this one report and I've never seen it happen
during testing.

The query I am exectuing is simply:

context.getContentResolver().query(Uri.parse(token), null, null, null,
null)

The token is just the URI originally obtained using
RawContacts.getContactLookupUri()

Anybody has any ideas what the problem could be or how to debug this?

Thanks!


java.lang.IllegalStateException: Couldn't init cursor window
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1255)
at
android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:
160)
at
android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:
114)
at
android.content.ContentProviderProxy.bulkQueryInternal(ContentProviderNative.java:
372)
at
android.content.ContentProviderProxy.query(ContentProviderNative.java:
408)
at android.content.ContentResolver.query(ContentResolver.java:245)
at
com.zvasvari.anmoneyp.devicecontacts.android5contacts.ContactsImpl.existsByToken(ContactsImpl.java:
331)
at
com.zvasvari.anmoneyp.app.contact.payee.activity.PayeeUtil.isExternal(PayeeUtil.java:
208)
at
com.zvasvari.anmoneyp.app.contact.payee.activity.List.isExternal(List.java:
51)
at
com.zvasvari.anmoneyp.app.contact.activity.List.bindListItemView(List.java:
411)
at com.zvasvari.anmoneyp.app.contact.activity.List
$2.bindView(List.java:390)

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[android-developers] Re: Slider devices cause Activi ties to reset…

2010-08-20 Thread draf...@gmail.com

Ah i missedunderstood what that meant! Thanks very much.

How do I use more than one variable though?

I have tried it as follows:

android:configChanges=[keyboard, keyboardHidden, orientation]

But it wont compile for me

I get:

AndroidManifest.xml: Open quote is expected for attribute
android:configChanges associated with an element type activity.
Error in an XML file: aborting build.

in the console.

On Aug 20, 2:28 pm, RichardC richard.crit...@googlemail.com wrote:
Read about the mainfest activity setting
android:configChangeshttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.htmlhttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.h...

On Aug 20, 2:17 pm, draf...@gmail.com draf...@gmail.com wrote:

While testing on Android 1.6 using a G1 I have noticed that when I
slide out the keyboard it kills the activity and recreates it even
though I have set my activity to only display in portrait mode.

Same happens when I push the keyboard back in.

I get onSaveInstance, onDestroy called, then onCreate, onResume,
OnrestoreInstance...

I understand why this is done when the display is being switched to
landscape view but why does this happen when I specifically dont want
my activity to switch view, its essentially killing and restarting the
activity for no reason.

Is it the same on 2.x devices?

Is there something I'm missing to stop it happening?

Can anyone explain if there is any point to it?

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[android-developers] Re: Slider devices cause Activi ties to reset…

2010-08-20 Thread draf...@gmail.com

NeverMind, I got it!

On Aug 20, 2:28 pm, RichardC richard.crit...@googlemail.com wrote:
 Read about the mainfest activity setting 
 android:configChangeshttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.htmlhttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.h...

 On Aug 20, 2:17 pm, draf...@gmail.com draf...@gmail.com wrote:

  While testing on Android 1.6 using a G1 I have noticed that when I
  slide out the keyboard it kills the activity and recreates it even
  though I have set my activity to only display in portrait mode.

  Same happens when I push the keyboard back in.

  I get onSaveInstance, onDestroy called, then onCreate, onResume,
  OnrestoreInstance...

  I understand why this is done when the display is being switched to
  landscape view but why does this happen when I specifically dont want
  my activity to switch view, its essentially killing and restarting the
  activity for no reason.

  Is it the same on 2.x devices?

  Is there something I'm missing to stop it happening?

  Can anyone explain if there is any point to it?



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[android-developers] dynamically creating custom checkbox

2010-08-20 Thread sohel Cuetian

Hi,

I want to create a list of check box dynamically.So far I can create
it with default view. But I want the checkbox have custom look and
feel. Is it possible to do? If yes then please provide me a
suggestion. Thanks in advance.

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[android-developers] Re: Changing the Menu Selector?

Hi Treking,

By selector I mean the highlighter. E.g. in emulator the highlighter
is in orange color.

Best Regards
Amit

On Aug 19, 7:40 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Amit amitmishr...@gmail.com wrote:
  Is it possible to change the selector of standard Menu?

 What is the selector ?

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[android-developers] Toggle Button state programatically

2010-08-20 Thread Abhi

Hi

I am trying to toggle button state programatically. I want to go
between setEnabled(False) and setEnabled(True) for a given duration. I
have a timer and I want to toggle between these states at regular time
intervals.

I see that the button toggles correctly the first time, for e.g. from
True state to False state, but doesn't go back to True state again
unless I touch the button, which is kinda weird. Can someone help me
on this?

Thanks,

Abhi

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[android-developers] Cannot use the sdcard while connected by means of USB - problems testing

2010-08-20 Thread Fabrizio Giudici


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When I connect my Droid to the USB port, its sdcard gets mounted to my
laptop (Mac OS X). While this is occasionally useful, the sdcard
becomes unusable from the apps - which causes me troubles when I try
to test features that use the sdcard. Detaching the USB works, of
course, but I want to keep it attached in order to keep adb shell and
adb logcat running. Unmounting unilaterally the sdcard from the laptop
doesn't work - I see a notification on the phone that the sdcard is
again available only when I detach the USB.

Thanks.


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Re: [android-developers] Changing default location of R.java

2010-08-20 Thread Roj Thomas

HI Fabrizio Giudici, Richard,

Thank you for the suggestions. I had moved the common code/UI to a separate
library and now I can brand the same same application with different
flavors.

Thanks,
Roj

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Fabrizio Giudici 
fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it wrote:


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  Well, after experimenting I've found that #2 is the way to go, at
  least if you have explicit intents. In fact, if the code packages
  for activities stays the same, Android will pop up a question box
  when an explicit intent is activated, asking to choose one of the
  two apps. This means that the two apps are not well separated.
 Never mind my previous post. The problem are *implicit* intents, not
 explicit ones. If you don't have implicit intents, #1 strategy should
 be fine.

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[android-developers] Re: How to capture the contents of webview and parse it

2010-08-20 Thread dhilip

Hi Jason,

I am working on the same lines too . I am trying to pull down the
content from Google reader (rss feed) and parse it in to text. I am
not successful so far. Can you tell me what libraries you used?

With regards,

Dhilip

On Aug 16, 4:02 pm, Jason jpspad...@gmail.com wrote:
 I'd be curious if anyone has a good way to do this, too.  It actually
 relates to a problem I'm working on.

 I know it's possible to do something *like* this.  I did it once; I'm
 not sure what library I used but I was able to pull down an rss feed,
 parse, format, and display it in a textview.  It's significantly more
 work than just putting a simple webview up, though, especially to do
 it right.

 On Aug 16, 10:43 am, dhilip indiantalkiedhi...@gmail.com wrote:

  Hi,

     I am trying to capture the contents of a webview and to parse it.
  Is there any method that would allow me to do so?

  With regards,

  Dhilip



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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Natalie Hooper 
nataliehoo...@virginmedia.com wrote:

 Fundamentally, it seems that we want the same thing but we have a totally
 different approach to the problem. You just want a space where you can write
 it all and as we are already provided with a description field, your
 reasoning is that if this field had no length limit, you could put it all in
 there, and this is true, this would solve your problem.


No, not quite. I don't want to write a thesis in the description field and
include everything I could possibly think of to write about an app. I don't
think this space should be unlimited, I just think that 325 characters is
woefully inadequate to not only DESCRIBE an app, but to PROMOTE it.

It is hard enough getting users to your app to begin with considering the
joke of search the Market has and the flood of spam. Once users are actually
on your page, you have 325 characters (and two screenshots, don't get me
started on that) to convince them to even try your app.

Without that extra space I have to omit key features that might be the
determining factor in people giving my app a try.
Again, I can describe the app, sure, but I cannot completely communicate to
a user why they should use my app over other similar apps with such few
words.

That extra stuff, technical notes (which I think is so vague it wouldn't
really serve the purpose you think it should), changelog, etc. would be nice
too, but fairly pointless if people aren't even giving your app a try.

Not to mention the fact that if we had these extra fields, but were still
limited to 325 characters in the description, you're pretty
much guaranteeing that people will use that extra space to continue to list
features (much like people have started to hack the versionName string).


 So things like tagging, while undoubtedly more difficult to implement,
 would help with searching, and sleekiness, for me, has a lot to do with
 consistency across the store, hence my reluctance for the description field
 to be used for anything besides description.


Currently the description field can be used for whatever you want. Look at
10 different apps and you see them use the space in 10 different ways. There
is no consistency anyway, so why not bump up that count a notch and give
people the option?

And if we had technical notes, for example, you will probably use it one
way and I another and the next guy yet another. I would argue that having
multiple fields would actually lead to more inconsistency.

Whether you have one long description field to work with, or 5 different
fields that are *supposed* to serve specific purposes, in the end these will
basically be spaces a developer can put whatever string they want. To me,
the simplest and easiest thing to do is to make one field with a generous
length that developers can use as they wish, rather then
making various fields with no guarantee that they'll be used as intended
(and they probably won't).

Bumping up the character limit should take about 5 seconds and we would all
benefit immediately. Adding more fields is more work with the UI and backend
changes that would be required but not much more (if any) gain.

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Re: [android-developers] Cannot use the sdcard while connected by means of USB - problems testing


 Fabrizio,

You can try changing USB connection mode to Portal  Tools. I've 
posted screenshots here:


http://kmansoft.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/enabling-adb-on-the-motorola-milestone/

-- Kostya

20.08.2010 18:43, Fabrizio Giudici пишет:

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When I connect my Droid to the USB port, its sdcard gets mounted to my
laptop (Mac OS X). While this is occasionally useful, the sdcard
becomes unusable from the apps - which causes me troubles when I try
to test features that use the sdcard. Detaching the USB works, of
course, but I want to keep it attached in order to keep adb shell and
adb logcat running. Unmounting unilaterally the sdcard from the laptop
doesn't work - I see a notification on the phone that the sdcard is
again available only when I detach the USB.

Thanks.


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[android-developers] Re: Cannot use the sdcard while connected by means of USB - problems testing

2010-08-20 Thread Chris Stratton

You may have an app installed which makes mounting automatic instead
of by your choice.  A little searching shows something called
doubletwist has been doing this by default unless you tell it not to -
and if one app can, so can others.

Fabrizio Giudici wrote:
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 When I connect my Droid to the USB port, its sdcard gets mounted to my
 laptop (Mac OS X). While this is occasionally useful, the sdcard
 becomes unusable from the apps - which causes me troubles when I try
 to test features that use the sdcard. Detaching the USB works, of
 course, but I want to keep it attached in order to keep adb shell and
 adb logcat running. Unmounting unilaterally the sdcard from the laptop
 doesn't work - I see a notification on the phone that the sdcard is
 again available only when I detach the USB.

 Thanks.

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[android-developers] JDOM in Android 2.1 or earlier

2010-08-20 Thread als

Hi all,

I was trying to use JDOM to parse a response from my REST web service,
when it threw a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException. I dug into the code
and I found that Exception is thrown in a substring method when the
JDOM is trying to recover something like a property name. I did a
little search in the Internet about it and I found it's a known bug:
http://code.google.com/p/android-rome-feed-reader/
http://www.jdom.org/pipermail/jdom-interest/2009-July/016346.html

So, has anybody been able to parse a document using JDOM in Android
2.1?

Thanks.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: SSLException: Not trusted server certificate


 Ajay,

You being able to open the site in desktop browser and on a Blackberry 
seems to imply that the certificate is valid (not corrupted) and is not 
self-signed.


Perhaps the certificate was issued by an authority whose certificate is 
not installed in Android?


Take a look here:

http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/1afdf215aa539ca9/56970e750066e93d

This is a hack to accept all certificates.

-- Kostya

20.08.2010 16:07, Ajay пишет:

Thank you Kostya,

I tried accessing the same site on the desktop browser and a
BlackBerry device, and they seem to work fine without a problem. I
verified that the certificate on the server is installed properly
using the following site: http://www.digicert.com/help and it told
that it was installed properly on the server.

On Aug 20, 4:39 pm, Kostya Vasilyevkmans...@gmail.com  wrote:

   Ajay,

This can happen because the certificate is not signed by a trusted
certificate authority (e.g. self-signed), or because the certificate is
just plain wrong.

Try accessing the URL with a desktop browser to find out what the actual
reason is.

If the certificate is good, but is self-signed, search list archives for
the solution - this comes up quite often.

-- Kostya

20.08.2010 15:00, Ajay пишет:




Hi,
 I am receiving this exception, when I try to access a secure site
in my App. I am using DefaultHttpClientBasicHttpParamsclasses for
Http communication. Any idea what could be the problem here?
Thank you,
AJ

javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Not trusted server certificate
  at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:
360)
  at
org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier.verify(AbstractVerifier.java:
92)
  at
org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:
321)
  at
org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:
129)
  at
org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:
164)
  at
org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:
119)
  at
org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:
348)
  at
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
555)
  at
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
487)
  at
org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:
465)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
Caused by: java.security.cert.CertificateException:
java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Could not validate
certificate signature.
  at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:
168)
  at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:
355)
  ... 11 more
Caused by: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Could not
validate certificate signature.
  at
org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate(PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.java:
342)
  at
java.security.cert.CertPathValidator.validate(CertPathValidator.java:
211)
  at
org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:
164)
  ... 12 more
Caused by: java.security.SignatureException: Signature was not
verified.
  at
org.apache.harmony.security.provider.cert.X509CertImpl.fastVerify(X509CertImpl.java:
601)
  at
org.apache.harmony.security.provider.cert.X509CertImpl.verify(X509CertImpl.java:
544)
  at
org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.engineValidate(PKIXCertPathValidatorSpi.java:
337)
  ... 14 more

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[android-developers] Use of 3rd party game engines

2010-08-20 Thread Chris Stewart

I'm looking at building a game for Android and I've looked around for any
sort of insight into how to approach it.  I've run across a few game engines
for the platform and I'm wondering if any of you have had experience in
using them.  I worry about spending a lot of time building an app that
relies heavily on a game engine, that maybe is abandoned at some point or
becomes incompatible with future versions of Android.  However, some of the
out of the box functionality appears to be nice to have.  Just curious to
hear if any of you have looked into this at all.

http://rokonandroid.com/index.php
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[android-developers] Re: FTP Application for IPv6

2010-08-20 Thread Dragan Andric

That's good news Joe, thanks for testing it.

Dragan

On Aug 16, 10:19 am, Joe Petruchi petruchi.dr...@gmail.com wrote:
 Zirk, Thanks very much

 I tried with the Trial version of FTPCAFE and it works fine over IPv6. I am
 able to see the list of files in remote PC and download also.

 Thanks for the help

 Regards
 Ajan

 On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Joe Petruchi petruchi.dr...@gmail.comwrote:

  Hello All,

  I am trying to download the apk from my country India.

  But I am not able to do so.

  It would be really nice if you could send the apk through e-mail.

  Best Regards
   Petruchi

  On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Joe Petruchi 
  petruchi.dr...@gmail.comwrote:

  Hello All,

  Does any body know if there exists any package to test FTP over IPv6.

  I tried with some of FTP applications available in market but it doesnt
  seem to support IPv6.

  Please help as this is very urgent for me

  Best Regards
  Petruchi



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[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-20 Thread Bret Foreman

There's a reason why advertising copy is short. Research going back
more than 50 years has shown that shoppers spend only a few moments
evaluating a product. An application that costs no more than a box of
cereal should not have any more descriptive text than a box of cereal.
An app that costs as much as a DVD should not have more text than you
see on a typical DVD box.

My vote for best marketing of an Android app goes to Locale. Here's
the entire pitch, about 150 characters:

In March 2005, Judge Robert Restaino jailed 46 people when a mobile
phone rang in his New York courtroom and no one would admit
responsibility.

So we invented Locale. Problem solved.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-20 Thread Chris Stewart

An application that costs no more than a box of cereal should not have
any more descriptive text than a box of cereal.

That's just wrong on so many levels. Perceived value is more important here
than the cost of a box of cereal. People want you to sell it to them, where
a box of cereal is a brand driven commodity.

My vote for best marketing of an Android app goes to Locale. Here's
the entire pitch, about 150 characters:

In March 2005, Judge Robert Restaino jailed 46 people when a mobile
phone rang in his New York courtroom and no one would admit
responsibility.

So we invented Locale. Problem solved.

Thanks for proving the point. That description tells me absolutely nothing
about what I'm being asked to pay for.

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On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.comwrote:

There's a reason why advertising copy is short. Research going back
more than 50 years has shown that shoppers spend only a few moments
evaluating a product. An application that costs no more than a box of
cereal should not have any more descriptive text than a box of cereal.
An app that costs as much as a DVD should not have more text than you
see on a typical DVD box.

My vote for best marketing of an Android app goes to Locale. Here's
the entire pitch, about 150 characters:

In March 2005, Judge Robert Restaino jailed 46 people when a mobile
phone rang in his New York courtroom and no one would admit
responsibility.

So we invented Locale. Problem solved.

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Re: [android-developers] Creating new calendar event not setting OnActivityResult params

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Kris Flyer robot.k...@gmail.com wrote:

 Does anyone know why the OnActivityResult behaves this way?


Probably because the Calendar is not a public API and is not supposed to be
used.

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Re: [android-developers] Use of 3rd party game engines

2010-08-20 Thread Greg Donald

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.com wrote:
 http://www.andengine.org/blog/

This one is really nice, but there are no sdk docs for it.  There is
lots of free example code to learn from, but you're on your own to
learn it.


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[android-developers] Some problem/question about resolutions

2010-08-20 Thread EvgenyV

Hi all,

I'm loading the same png file 32X32 into the ImageView. When loading
from the URL stream, from drawable folder and from drawable-hdpi
folder getting 3 different displayed sizes of image. From drawable
it's large, from drawable-hdpi - medium, from stream - small.

Can you please advise where is the catch. I can understand  the
difference between drawable and drawable-hdpi but why from the stream
getting third size of the image which dispalyed as very very small
image?

I'm using Motorola XT701 and appropriate WVGA845 build in emulator
skin and getting the same results.

Thanks in advance,
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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience


 And a free Android app should have no description at all, then?

20.08.2010 19:31, Bret Foreman пишет:

There's a reason why advertising copy is short. Research going back
more than 50 years has shown that shoppers spend only a few moments
evaluating a product. An application that costs no more than a box of
cereal should not have any more descriptive text than a box of cereal.
An app that costs as much as a DVD should not have more text than you
see on a typical DVD box.

My vote for best marketing of an Android app goes to Locale. Here's
the entire pitch, about 150 characters:

In March 2005, Judge Robert Restaino jailed 46 people when a mobile
phone rang in his New York courtroom and no one would admit
responsibility.

So we invented Locale. Problem solved.




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[android-developers] Starting TextToSpeech from a service - why is it an IntentReceiver ?

2010-08-20 Thread jarkman

I'm having a play with TextToSpeech, trying to get it to run from a
service.

But, this innocuous-looking line:
mTts = new TextToSpeech(mContext, this);
generateds an exception:

android.content.ReceiverCallNotAllowedException: IntentReceiver
components are not allowed to bind to services
 at
android.app.ReceiverRestrictedContext.bindService(ContextImpl.java:
148)
 at android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech.initTts(TextToSpeech.java:467)
 at android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech.init(TextToSpeech.java:433)

which seems to imply that I'm doomed. Has anyone tried (or even
succeeded!) in getting TTS to run from a service ?

I'm not really sure why TTS has to be an IntentReceiver. I presume
it's because the works to manage the installation of language
downloads is packaged into the same class as the actual audio
synthesis.

Thanks,

Richard

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[android-developers] Re: Some problem/question about resolutions

2010-08-20 Thread Evgeny V

Please see attached file

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:40 PM, EvgenyV evgen...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi all,

 I'm loading the same png file 32X32 into the ImageView. When loading
 from the URL stream, from drawable folder and from drawable-hdpi
 folder getting 3 different displayed sizes of image. From drawable
 it's large, from drawable-hdpi - medium, from stream - small.

 Can you please advise where is the catch. I can understand  the
 difference between drawable and drawable-hdpi but why from the stream
 getting third size of the image which dispalyed as very very small
 image?

 I'm using Motorola XT701 and appropriate WVGA845 build in emulator
 skin and getting the same results.

 Thanks in advance,
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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.comwrote:

 There's a reason why advertising copy is short. Research going back more
 than 50 years has shown that shoppers spend only a few moments evaluating a
 product.


OK - so every single shopper ever only takes a few moments? None of them
want the option to read more and make a more informed decision.

Common sense going back to the beginning of humanity has shown that users
like options. Some users might like the option to read more.


 An application that costs no more than a box of cereal should not have any
 more descriptive text than a box of cereal.
 An app that costs as much as a DVD should not have more text than you see
 on a typical DVD box.


The logic behind those statements is so stupid I'm not going to justify it
with an answer.


 My vote for best marketing of an Android app goes to Locale. Here's
 the entire pitch, about 150 characters:

 In March 2005, Judge Robert Restaino jailed 46 people when a mobile
 phone rang in his New York courtroom and no one would admit
 responsibility.

 So we invented Locale. Problem solved.


So Locale is what, an app judges use to identify the person who's phone is
ringing in their courtroom?

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[android-developers] Sound levels in games

2010-08-20 Thread Neilz

Anyone any thoughts on this?

On Aug 18, 6:46 pm, Neilz neilhorn...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi all.

 A common complaint with my app is that the sound is too low. I don't
 know what I can do to improve this.

 - I use SoundPool, and believe I am setting each sound to its maximum
 volume

 - I edit my sound files in Audacity, and use the normalization/
 amplification tools to maximize them to as much as I can before they
 start to cause popping/crackling.

 - They are saved and played back as ogg files.

 I don't know anything else I can do? Any ideas please?

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[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-20 Thread Bret Foreman

Locale is an Anrdoid app that costs $10 and is in the 10,000-50,000
downloads category. Their blurb in the Marketplaces is well under the
325 character limit. Their technology is not rocket science. Their
marketing is.

 So Locale is what, an app judges use to identify the person who's phone is
 ringing in their courtroom?


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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-20 Thread Phill Wiggin

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:44 AM, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.comwrote:

 There's a reason why advertising copy is short. Research going back more
 than 50 years has shown that shoppers spend only a few moments evaluating a
 product.


 OK - so every single shopper ever only takes a few moments? None of them
 want the option to read more and make a more informed decision.


Maybe not every shopper, but typically the majority of people that are
looking for apps


 Common sense going back to the beginning of humanity has shown that users
 like options. Some users might like the option to read more.







 An application that costs no more than a box of cereal should not have any
 more descriptive text than a box of cereal.
 An app that costs as much as a DVD should not have more text than you see
 on a typical DVD box.


 The logic behind those statements is so stupid I'm not going to justify it
 with an answer.


No need to be rude.

From a marketing standpoint, those statements aren't far off.  Then again,
Marketing rarely has much to do with logic




 My vote for best marketing of an Android app goes to Locale. Here's
 the entire pitch, about 150 characters:

 In March 2005, Judge Robert Restaino jailed 46 people when a mobile
 phone rang in his New York courtroom and no one would admit
 responsibility.

 So we invented Locale. Problem solved.


 So Locale is what, an app judges use to identify the person who's phone is
 ringing in their courtroom?


I expect your question is rhetorical... But considering the results, the
Marketing is sound.  In their case, it was better to deliver a shocker that
drew people in rather than explain the technical details of their app.

In the end, the important thing is: Know your audience.  The majority of
app-store shoppers are a certain demographic.

I wouldn't be surprised to find that most of that demographic react better
to short bursts of information and taglines (e.g. effective marketing),
rather than 100% accurate app descriptions.

Besides, full details of your app should be found on your website. So,
anyone that _really_ wants to know what you've got to offer will probably be
willing to open the browser and see all you have to say Whether that's
325 characters or 325k.

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[android-developers] Update progressbar in custom dialog

2010-08-20 Thread André

Hi,

is it possible to have a progressbar that is updated in realtime in a
custom dialog?
If so, how do I make it work?
At the moment I have made a custom dialog with onCreateDialog() and
onPrepareDialog() with a progressbar. I am using AsyncTask to update
the progressbar in the onProgressUpdate. This worked fine when the
progressbar was not in a dialog.
Where it force closes is when the line downloadBar is executed:

protected void onProgressUpdate(final Integer... values) {
downloadBar.setProgress(values[0]);
Log.i(makemachine, onProgressUpdate():  +
String.valueOf(values[0]));
}

Happy for any answers.
Thanks
André

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[android-developers] Re: connected Motorola Droid not recognized by adb

2010-08-20 Thread Ben Pellow

Thanks a-wjf.  Switching device driver to USB Composite Device worked
like a charm.

Kostya, I've never seen that menu and on both 2.1 and 2.2 the Droid
only allows for mounting and unmounting from that menu.  But, your
screenshots are sweet and I'd like your menu instead of mine.

On Aug 19, 1:28 pm, authorwjf wfran...@softlayer.com wrote:
 Like you I had similar problems getting my Motroloa DROID to show up
 as a device in Android Device Chooser dialog under Eclipse. I am
 running the 32-bit version of Windows 7. I found a number of forums
 that tried to address this issue, but no one seemed exactly sure what
 was happening, and a number of the sites suggested re-installing
 Windows.

 It just so happens that prior to doing Android development I wrote
 device drivers for Windows. So I am at a bit of an advantage here. USB
 drivers can be touchy, but you shouldn't have to re-install your OS
 and the idea of a driver boost app from a third party makes me
 shudder. More than likely what is happening is the OS has associated
 your DROID with the generic driver that comes with the Windows Android
 SDK.

 You can verify this by bringing up the Windows Device Manager. If in
 your root node you see, ANDROID PHONE instead of ADB INTERFACE, this
 post should solve your problem. Obviously, if you have not already
 gone out to the Motorola website and downloaded the 32 or 64 bit
 drivers for the DROID, this needs to be your first step.

 After you run the MSI you downloaded from Motorola, reboot your
 machine, bring up your old friend the device manager again, and
 reconnect your DROID. As mentioned in other posts on this thread, you
 need to have the USB debugging turned on from the DROID's application
 menu.

 Expand the ANDROID PHONE node, right click, and choose UPDATE DRIVER
 SOFTWARE. You will be presented with two options, the one you want is
 BROWSE MY COMPUTER FOR DRIVER SOFTWARE. When the next dialog comes up,
 select LET ME PICK FROM A LIST OF DEVICE DRIVERS ON MY COMPUTER.

 As long as you have the SHOW COMPATIBLE HARDWARE box checked, you
 should see a couple options. Ideally, you are looking for MOT
 COMPOSITE ADB INTERFACE. However, in some cases only ANDROID COMPOSITE
 ADB INTERFACE shows up. This *should* work as well. The one thing you
 don't want is the generic ANDROID ADB INTERFACE, which seems to be the
 default (thus the problem to begin with).

 Click NEXT and the driver will install. Its possible at this point (in
 fact likely), Windows will force you to do a reboot. Once that is
 complete you should be good to go. Hope this was helpful!

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Re: [android-developers] Sound levels in games

2010-08-20 Thread Leigh McRae

 It could be the master volume.  Make sure you let the OS handle the 
master volume using


Activity.setVolumeControlStream( AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC );



From there what I do is have a relative volume per effect.  The thing 
is that you don't hold the master volume so you need to get it from the 
OS.  I do this.



public float makeVolume( float fRelVolume )
{
AudioManageraudioManager= 
(AudioManager)m_Activity.getSystemService( Context.AUDIO_SERVICE );
int masterVolume = audioManager.getStreamVolume( 
AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC );

return ((float)masterVolume / 15.0f) * fRelVolume;
}


Leigh

On 8/20/2010 12:06 PM, Neilz wrote:

Anyone any thoughts on this?

On Aug 18, 6:46 pm, Neilzneilhorn...@gmail.com  wrote:

Hi all.

A common complaint with my app is that the sound is too low. I don't
know what I can do to improve this.

- I use SoundPool, and believe I am setting each sound to its maximum
volume

- I edit my sound files in Audacity, and use the normalization/
amplification tools to maximize them to as much as I can before they
start to cause popping/crackling.

- They are saved and played back as ogg files.

I don't know anything else I can do? Any ideas please?


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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.comwrote:

 Their blurb in the Marketplaces is well under the 325 character limit.


Their blurb in the Marketplace also actually describes what the app does,
unlike the quote you posted.

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Phill Wiggin ala...@gmail.com wrote:

 Maybe not every shopper, but typically the majority of people that are
 looking for apps


That's the point. Majority or not, what's the harm in giving more
information? The majority of people will get bored after two sentences and
move on. Oh well. No one is forcing them to read anything. But for the rest,
the OPTION to read more would be nice.


  An application that costs no more than a box of cereal should not have
 any more descriptive text than a box of cereal.
 An app that costs as much as a DVD should not have more text than you see
 on a typical DVD box.


 The logic behind those statements is so stupid I'm not going to justify it
 with an answer.


 No need to be rude.


True. Sorry. But there's also no need to make nonsensical statements that
have no basis or reason.


 From a marketing standpoint, those statements aren't far off.  Then again,
 Marketing rarely has much to do with logic


Stating that the value of something somehow correlates to the amount of text
used to describe it and comparing Android apps to cereal and DVDs sounds
pretty far off to me.


  So Locale is what, an app judges use to identify the person who's phone is
 ringing in their courtroom?


 I expect your question is rhetorical... But considering the results, the
 Marketing is sound.  In their case, it was better to deliver a shocker that
 drew people in rather than explain the technical details of their app.


Of course it is rhetorical.
What results? Their app popularity? I somehow doubt that one quote is the
driving factor for their success.
It's also good to note that that quote is not what they use as their
description.
And do you suppose their description would be that short if it didn't need
to be?


 In the end, the important thing is: Know your audience.  The majority of
 app-store shoppers are a certain demographic.


Right. And there are A LOT of apps that cater to A LOT of different people
and purposes. 325 characters might be fine for something simple like Locale
but is inadequate for many other apps where elaborating on features is what
sets you apart.


 I wouldn't be surprised to find that most of that demographic react better
 to short bursts of information and taglines (e.g. effective marketing),
 rather than 100% accurate app descriptions.


I wouldn't either, but what is the harm in giving people the option?


 Besides, full details of your app should be found on your website.


Of course. But AGAIN, I'm not talking about full details - I'm talking
about enough space to properly DESCRIBE, PROMOTE, and SELL your product. If
you feel you can do that in 325 characters, congratulations. I really don't
and it would be nice to have the OPTION to be as detailed and verbose or
simple and to-the-point as I felt I needed to be to sell my product.

As a user, it would be nice to have the OPTION to read as much as I wanted
to determine if an app was worth my time without having to navigate to a
website or download the app and try it out to find out if it does what I
want.


 So, anyone that _really_ wants to know what you've got to offer will
 probably be willing to open the browser and see all you have to say
 Whether that's 325 characters or 325k.


Yes, and the majority of people that you referred to that don't have the
attention span to read more text won't bother, won't see the full potential
of your app, and will just move on. Given the options of:

a) reading more right on your description page
b) having to click through to your website
c) having to install the app to see what it's really about

I have to believe that this majority you speak of that has the attention
span of a 3-year-old would prefer the convenience of option a.


It's seriously boggling my mind that any developers would be opposed to the
idea of the OPTION of adding more text.

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Re: [android-developers] Scrolling in a ListView

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Sebastian Muehr 
sebastian.mu...@googlemail.com wrote:

 Can anyone help me with this issue?
 I'm glad about any hint that you can give me.


You probably need to provide more information, like what you adapter looks
like, how you've implemented getView(), and what, exactly, you're doing when
you get this error.

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[android-developers] Re: Camera Application Not Working When I Test on My Phone

2010-08-20 Thread Chris Maurer

My development environment is windows 7 64 bit. I think I'm using jdk
1.5.20 and not 1.5.21 based on a recommendation from Eclipse.

Chris

On Aug 19, 9:28 pm, Chris Maurer cgmau...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying to test against 1.5 sdk 3. I'm only trying to access the
camera and the sd card.

I don't see anything (or don't know how to use) in the Java Stack
Trace Console in the Eclipse debug move.

In the DDMS I keep getting the following

08-20 01:03:44.452: ERROR/jdwp(875): Failed sending reply to debugger:
Broken pipe
08-20 01:03:50.722: ERROR/MediaPlayer(554): Unable to to create media
player
08-20 01:03:50.722: ERROR/CameraService(554): Failed to load
CameraService sounds.
08-20 01:03:50.742: ERROR/MediaPlayer(554): Unable to to create media
player
08-20 01:03:50.742: ERROR/CameraService(554): Failed to load
CameraService sounds.
08-20 01:03:50.782: ERROR/Camera(882): _getParameters: picture-
format=jpeg;picture-size=213x350;preview-format=yuv422sp;preview-frame-
rate=15;preview-size=176x144
08-20 01:03:50.812: ERROR/Camera(882): setParameters()

Should I limit the features of my AVD? Expand them?

On Aug 19, 12:32 am, Tommy droi...@gmail.com wrote:

What is the OS version are you testing on? What features of the camera are
you using. I had the same issue due to trying to call the flash feature on a
1.5 device. They don't support flash. So a list of the features would be
helpful and the OS version your testing on. I had a few issues I had to
figure out trying to work with the camera.

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On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Chris Maurer cgmau...@gmail.com wrote:
When I step through the code I get an error in Looper.loop() line:124
after the onCreate function.

That information is not especially useful. We would need the stack
trace, at least to the point where your own code starts showing up.

i apologize for my ignorance, but what will the Java stack trace look
like in logcat

Generally, it will look like a Java stack trace does everywhere else
you do Java development.

http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/Stacktrace/

In DDMS, it will be colored red. Also, some Android stack traces are
in two halves, the bottom half labeled Caused by -- that'd be the
more relevant half.

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[android-developers] GUI alignment ok for emulator and direct transfer but misaligned when published in Android Market?

2010-08-20 Thread Mystique

Hi, does publishing app in Android Market add something to the app?
Why is my alignment off where where were ok in emulator and direct
transfer to my phone?

How am I going to know what to adjust if Android Market causes it?

Anyone have this issue?

Regards.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-20 Thread Phill Wiggin

For the record, I (at least) am not opposed to adding more space.  I just
see from your primary argument that you're not looking at the situation from
a consumer's standpoint.

 I wouldn't be surprised to find that most of that demographic react
better to short bursts of information and taglines (e.g. effective
marketing), rather than 100% accurate app descriptions.

 I wouldn't either, but what is the harm in giving people the option?

Most consumers aren't as detail-oriented as developers are; they don't
respond well to too much information.

Look at how many people buy iPads.  They don't _care_ what it's full
potential is. They don't _care_ what all the features are. Frankly, when you
try to explain all the features, their eyes glass over and they retreat...
They walk away because you're explaining too much for them.  (I've worked
retail in the past, and I've seen this exact situation in my extended family
even recently.)

You say Yes, and the majority of people that you referred to that don't
have the attention span to read more text won't bother, won't see the full
potential of your app, and will just move on.   Whereas, if (in your
descritpion) you tell them _why_ they should care and what 1-2 killer things
your app does, that may convince them to try it out if they don't have to
read a treatise dealing with all the features you packed into your app.

I'm just saying that information overload is a bad thing for non-technical
people, (likely) the vast majority of the app consumers.

(Locale) And do you suppose their description would be that short if it
didn't need to be?
Yes, I believe their description is best served by being short. As much as
Locale does, their market description is short, succinct and includes links
to further information.  It clearly states what the purpose of the app is
and doesn't get overly verbose. It's just about the perfect amount of
information to pique someone's interest.

 As a user, it would be nice to have the OPTION to read as much as I wanted
to determine if an app was worth my time without having to navigate to a
website or download the app and try it out to find out if it does what I
want.

Yes, but _you_ as a user aren't a typical user.  If you want to target the
group that matches _your_ methods of finding apps,  you're going to be
targeting a minority of the market's user-base.  That's really the point I'm
trying to get across.

The poster who was comparing prices of boxes of cereal to the text on them
is looking at it from a marketing prospective. And even if you don't agree
(or think it's stupid, base-less, hare-brained...etc) the fact is: effective
marketing sells products.  There are a lot of stupid products on the market
that people buy because the Marketing is good.  And there are awesome
products on the market that die a quick death because their marketing is
bad, mistargeted, or ineffective.

I'm just saying that Locale did a good job of using that limited amount of
space in promoting their product. So, if we (as developers) are creative and
succinct, we should be able to live with that space constraint until/unless
Google decides to give us more.

But I'd dearly love a changelog section Who couldn't use one of those?
=)

--Phill W

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[android-developers] Incoming Call GPS

2010-08-20 Thread David Toledo

Hi All

Is possible in android, detect the latitude and longitude from Incoming Call
?

Thanks
David

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[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-20 Thread Brad

The 325 character limit is really inexcusable.   My main problem is
that I need to use all the space just to describe, in broad terms,
what the app does.  There is really no room to mention the specific
features that differentiate my app from my competitors.   If I add a
great new feature, can I mention that in the description in order to
drive sales?  Probably not.   Does that reduce my motivation to add
new features?  Yes somewhat - especially if the other option is adding
stuff to an Apple app where I can use the app store description to
drive sales.

This really shouldn't be such a big problem.  Apple has it right with
its 4000 char limit.  Has anyone really thought This description is
unbearably long - I wish Apple would limit them to a couple
sentences.?  No, if it's too long, you read what you need to form
your opinion and skip the rest.

This is such a no-brainer that I really wonder if there is some sort
of political reason for this.  Has anyone checked the new Chrome app
store to see if it also has a 325 description limit?

On Aug 20, 10:05 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.comwrote:



  Their blurb in the Marketplaces is well under the 325 character limit.

 Their blurb in the Marketplace also actually describes what the app does,
 unlike the quote you posted.

 On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Phill Wiggin ala...@gmail.com wrote:
  Maybe not every shopper, but typically the majority of people that are
  looking for apps

 That's the point. Majority or not, what's the harm in giving more
 information? The majority of people will get bored after two sentences and
 move on. Oh well. No one is forcing them to read anything. But for the rest,
 the OPTION to read more would be nice.

   An application that costs no more than a box of cereal should not have
  any more descriptive text than a box of cereal.
  An app that costs as much as a DVD should not have more text than you see
  on a typical DVD box.

  The logic behind those statements is so stupid I'm not going to justify it
  with an answer.

  No need to be rude.

 True. Sorry. But there's also no need to make nonsensical statements that
 have no basis or reason.

  From a marketing standpoint, those statements aren't far off.  Then again,
  Marketing rarely has much to do with logic

 Stating that the value of something somehow correlates to the amount of text
 used to describe it and comparing Android apps to cereal and DVDs sounds
 pretty far off to me.

   So Locale is what, an app judges use to identify the person who's phone is
  ringing in their courtroom?

  I expect your question is rhetorical... But considering the results, the
  Marketing is sound.  In their case, it was better to deliver a shocker that
  drew people in rather than explain the technical details of their app.

 Of course it is rhetorical.
 What results? Their app popularity? I somehow doubt that one quote is the
 driving factor for their success.
 It's also good to note that that quote is not what they use as their
 description.
 And do you suppose their description would be that short if it didn't need
 to be?

  In the end, the important thing is: Know your audience.  The majority of
  app-store shoppers are a certain demographic.

 Right. And there are A LOT of apps that cater to A LOT of different people
 and purposes. 325 characters might be fine for something simple like Locale
 but is inadequate for many other apps where elaborating on features is what
 sets you apart.

  I wouldn't be surprised to find that most of that demographic react better
  to short bursts of information and taglines (e.g. effective marketing),
  rather than 100% accurate app descriptions.

 I wouldn't either, but what is the harm in giving people the option?

  Besides, full details of your app should be found on your website.

 Of course. But AGAIN, I'm not talking about full details - I'm talking
 about enough space to properly DESCRIBE, PROMOTE, and SELL your product. If
 you feel you can do that in 325 characters, congratulations. I really don't
 and it would be nice to have the OPTION to be as detailed and verbose or
 simple and to-the-point as I felt I needed to be to sell my product.

 As a user, it would be nice to have the OPTION to read as much as I wanted
 to determine if an app was worth my time without having to navigate to a
 website or download the app and try it out to find out if it does what I
 want.

  So, anyone that _really_ wants to know what you've got to offer will
  probably be willing to open the browser and see all you have to say
  Whether that's 325 characters or 325k.

 Yes, and the majority of people that you referred to that don't have the
 attention span to read more text won't bother, won't see the full potential
 of your app, and will just move on. Given the options of:

 a) reading more right on your description page
 b) having to click through to your website
 c)

[android-developers] Re: Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID not unique on DROID2?

2010-08-20 Thread suzanne.alexandra

Andrew,
I don't know that this is reported in any public bug system. I've
reported it within a Motorola bug system.

- Suzanne


On Aug 20, 12:33 am, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
cor...@gmail.com wrote:
  John, have you had any complaints yet about conflicts from duplicate
  unique ids?

 I handled it in code.

 -John Coryat

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[android-developers] Re: Scrolling in a ListView

2010-08-20 Thread Sebastian Muehr

On 20 Aug., 19:17, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote:
 You probably need to provide more information, like what you adapter looks
 like, how you've implemented getView(), and what, exactly, you're doing when
 you get this error.

This is all I implemented:

setContentView(R.layout.new_career);
ListView lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview_newCareer);
lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
lv.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapterString(getApplicationContext(),
R.layout.item_team, game.getTeamNames()));

new_career.xml:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
LinearLayout xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
android
android:orientation=vertical
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=fill_parent

ListView
android:id=@+id/listview_newCareer
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=wrap_content
/

/LinearLayout

item_team.xml:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
TextView xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android;
android:layout_width=fill_parent
android:layout_height=fill_parent
/

All I do when getting this error is scrolling through the list.
At about the half of the list I get the error.
In the upper half I can scroll normally without any problems.

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Re: [android-developers] enable/dissable fullscreen for lifetime of the app?

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Moto medicalsou...@gmail.com wrote:

 One way to do it would be to have a custom Activity class that does these
 checks and all my activities can just implement it?  would that be slow is
 it recommended?


It wouldn't be slow (at least it shouldn't be), but would only work if you
only ever extend Activity. If you use ListActivity, MapActivity, etc, this
would not work.

An option is to make an Activity proxy class that takes a reference to an
Activity and then forwards calls on to it as necessary. Then each of your
Activities has a proxy and forwards calls to it and let's the proxy do the
common work. A little more verbose since you need to inject it in every
Activity, but a decent tradeoff given how Android is designed.

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:27 AM, Kantesh kantesh@gmail.com wrote:

 this may help u.. try it out..i am not sure..:)

 getApplicationContext().setTheme(android.R.style.Theme_NoTitleBar_Fullscreen);


OP would still have to check each time to see if the user had the setting.

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transit tracking app for Android-powered devices

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[android-developers] Re: GUI alignment ok for emulator and direct transfer but misaligned when published in Android Market?

On the emulator did you try your app with all the difference screen
sizes / OS combinations ?

I think you need about 5 emulators to hit 90% of devices:
  1.5 HVGA mdpi
  1.6 HVGA mdpi
  2.1 WVGA800 hdpi
  2.1 QVGA ldpi
  2.2 WVGA854 hdpi

There are a few more combinations you could test with but I think the
above gets you to about 90% coverage.



On Aug 20, 6:38 pm, Mystique joven.ch...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi, does publishing app in Android Market add something to the app?
 Why is my alignment off where where were ok in emulator and direct
 transfer to my phone?

 How am I going to know what to adjust if Android Market causes it?

 Anyone have this issue?

 Regards.

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[android-developers] Re: Incoming Call GPS

2010-08-20 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)

No. You might be able to cross link from the contact book to some
third party service the caller subscribes to in order to obtain this
information.

-John Coryat

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[android-developers] Re: Difference between Android Service and Content Provider

2010-08-20 Thread A. Elk

To be precise, a ContentProvider is an object that can communicate
with the ContentResolver facade. ContentProvider classes are aware of
the underlying nature of their dataset, while ContentResolver is
agnostic and provides a single interface.

A ContentProvider does not have to wrap a database. It can wrap *any*
source of data. A ContentProvider could wrap a reference librarian on
the telephone (granted, it would be very low bandwidth), although you
might find it much more useful to have the data local to the device.
Note also that ContentProvider is an abstract class, so you probably
want to implement the Big 6 Methods
(onCreate,query,insert,update,delete,getType) if you're making the
actual instance available to external developers. The method
signatures imply to the outside world that your data is organized in
tables of rows and columns. That is, the object mimics a database.
Nothing is implied about what's inside, and the external user
shouldn't have to know. To provide a ContentProvider to external
users, you should provide a contract class that defines constants
for the table and column names, the content URIs, and the available
types. Look at the Javadoc for android.provider.ContactsContract for
an example of this.

Another note: If you're only using the ContentProvider in your own
application, and you're using an SQLite database, and you have no
intention of syncing it to anything else, then you might want to skip
making a ContentProvider, and use the SQLite classes directly. I think
that the intent of ContentProvider was to make common, public datasets
available to multiple applications.

The difference between ContentProvider and Service?

ContentProvider establishes a pattern for accessing data that matches
the ContentResolver facade. This makes it easy for an application to
locate the data and access it independently of its internal form.

Service is meant to handle work-intensive tasks in an asynchronous
fashion. Nothing about data is implied. Use a Service to handle
syncing data or keeping something around to use as needed (like an
Alarm object).

Hope this helps. I apologize for hammering on ContentProvider. Just
wanted to point out that you're not limited to databases.

On Aug 20, 4:57 am, Joseph Earl joseph.w.e...@gmail.com wrote:
 It sounds like you have the right idea.

 A ContentProvider is a wrapper around your database which allows other
 applications to access and modify your database in a controlled
 manner.
 A Service is basically just a long-running task, such as downloading/
 syncing data.

 A ContentProvider would provide access to your data to your app and
 others, and you would use a Service to download the new data, which
 would then use your ContentProvider to insert that new data into your
 database.

 On Aug 19, 4:49 pm, Lily Zhang lily...@gmail.com wrote:



  I am developing an app and get confused about the idea of Service and
  Content Provider in Android. In practice, what will be the difference
  between them?

  Content Provider
  is a facade and it defines a way to share data among applications. You
  many attach a local database to your app or create Content Provider
  mapped to a universal database so that all the application on the same
  device can share it.

  Service
  is long running processes that need to be decoupled from main
  activity. It has local and remote service. local service is like the
  local database, and remote service is like Content Provider sharing
  the database info.

  What My App is doing?
  downloads info. from multiple internet resource in the background (I
  suppose this will be Service) and store the info. into database, and
  multiple applications will need to retrieve the data, format them and
  output them to user (I guess it will be a Content Provider).

  What will be the fine line between Service and Content Provider?
  Newbie in Android, and any suggestion is welcome.

  Lily

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[android-developers] Calender Entry Listener

2010-08-20 Thread mayank bisht

I am developing an app in which I need to listen events whenever they
are created or modified in android calendar. Is it possible to listen
calendar entry when the user enters events ?

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[android-developers] USB Issues: 2nd Droid not recognized by ADB

2010-08-20 Thread Richard Schilling

I have two Droids.

The first is recognized just fine by ADB and Eclipse.  In hardware
manager, it's identified as 'Android Phone/Android Composite ADB
Interface'.

The second is not recognized by ADB at all.  In hardware manager, it's
identified as 'Android Phone/Android Composite ADB Interface'

The computer is a Windows 7 Professional machine.

What's going on here?

Richard

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[android-developers] Re: GUI alignment ok for emulator and direct transfer but misaligned when published in Android Market?

2010-08-20 Thread Mystique

I was using 1.6 as emulator and then installed the apk in HTC Desire
which has 480x800.
Both shows the same result. When I published it, it doesn't look the
same on my Desire when I install from Market.
Isn't that strange?

On Aug 21, 2:15 am, RichardC richard.crit...@googlemail.com wrote:
 On the emulator did you try your app with all the difference screen
 sizes / OS combinations ?

 I think you need about 5 emulators to hit 90% of devices:
   1.5 HVGA mdpi
   1.6 HVGA mdpi
   2.1 WVGA800 hdpi
   2.1 QVGA ldpi
   2.2 WVGA854 hdpi

 There are a few more combinations you could test with but I think the
 above gets you to about 90% coverage.

 On Aug 20, 6:38 pm, Mystique joven.ch...@gmail.com wrote:



  Hi, does publishing app in Android Market add something to the app?
  Why is my alignment off where where were ok in emulator and direct
  transfer to my phone?

  How am I going to know what to adjust if Android Market causes it?

  Anyone have this issue?

  Regards.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Phill Wiggin ala...@gmail.com wrote:

 For the record, I (at least) am not opposed to adding more space.  I just
 see from your primary argument that you're not looking at the situation from
 a consumer's standpoint.


But I am. I want to give the consumer the CHOICE to read as much as they
want. Why is that so difficult to understand?
You're looking at this from a marketer's perspective. This is important of
course but marketing types also have a habit of thinking they're more
clever than they really are.


  I wouldn't be surprised to find that most of that demographic react
 better to short bursts of information and taglines (e.g. effective
 marketing), rather than 100% accurate app descriptions.

  I wouldn't either, but what is the harm in giving people the option?

 Most consumers aren't as detail-oriented as developers are; they don't
 respond well to too much information.


So what? No one would be forcing consumers to read too much information.
If you don't use the extra space properly, that's your problem. But
shouldn't developer and users have that OPTION?


 Look at how many people buy iPads.  They don't _care_ what it's full
 potential is. They don't _care_ what all the features are. Frankly, when you
 try to explain all the features, their eyes glass over and they retreat...
 They walk away because you're explaining too much for them.  (I've worked
 retail in the past, and I've seen this exact situation in my extended family
 even recently.)


Again, making ridiculous comparisons. You cannot compare a hardware device
that has the Apple brand, marketing, and recognition behind it with an app
in the Android Market. If the iPad was a brand new product being distributed
by a no-name company and was being pitched with 325 characters and two
screen shots, how many people do you think would pay what it costs for it?
Hmm?


 You say Yes, and the majority of people that you referred to that don't
 have the attention span to read more text won't bother, won't see the full
 potential of your app, and will just move on.   Whereas, if (in your
 descritpion) you tell them _why_ they should care and what 1-2 killer things
 your app does, that may convince them to try it out if they don't have to
 read a treatise dealing with all the features you packed into your app.

 I'm just saying that information overload is a bad thing for non-technical
 people, (likely) the vast majority of the app consumers.


And I'm not saying that these descriptions should be a space for writing the
sequel to War and Peace. My app does more than 1-2 killer things that make
it stand out. A simple, concise, bullet point list of features of my app
runs way over 325 characters. I'm not going into technical details, I'm not
explaining how things work - I'm just listing clear, to the point features
and there is not enough room to do even that.


 (Locale) And do you suppose their description would be that short if it
 didn't need to be?
 Yes, I believe their description is best served by being short. As much as
 Locale does, their market description is short, succinct and includes links
 to further information.  It clearly states what the purpose of the app is
 and doesn't get overly verbose. It's just about the perfect amount of
 information to pique someone's interest.


They could do exactly that and then go into detail with a read more
section, which I've been suggestion. No need for a link (that's not even
clickable, how many people will actually go their browser and type it out,
regardless of how short?) and anyone that likes what they read in the intro
can get more info, IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

Isn't it better to give users more than they need and let them CHOOSE how
much to consume, then not give them enough?



  As a user, it would be nice to have the OPTION to read as much as I
 wanted to determine if an app was worth my time without having to navigate
 to a website or download the app and try it out to find out if it does what
 I want.

 Yes, but _you_ as a user aren't a typical user.  If you want to target
 the group that matches _your_ methods of finding apps,  you're going to be
 targeting a minority of the market's user-base.  That's really the point I'm
 trying to get across.


You're telling me that the typical user doesn't like options? That if given
the choice of only reading 325 characters or reading 325 characters with THE
OPTION to read more, they'd choose the former?

The point I'm trying to get across is that regardless of what the typical
user does or doesn't do, EVERY user likes options.
And that given more space, developers could chose the best way to market
their product, since different products require different methodologies.

If you overload the user with information THAT'S ON YOU. YOU screwed it up
and YOU lost a customer. The way it it now though, there is no choice. I
don't have any option but to use this magical 325 number that someone pulled
out of their ass.


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Re: [android-developers] Re: Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID not unique on DROID2?

2010-08-20 Thread Trevor Johns

Hi everyone,
Just to follow up a bit here, the reason we believe this is happening is
because ro.serialno isn't set on these devices. (Note that the ro.*
properties currently aren't required by the CDD/CTS.) Unfortunately, it
seems that we're using ro.serialno as the seed for the PRNG when generating
ANDROID_ID.

See: 
frameworks/base/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java:416

http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#uX1GffpyOZk/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsProvider.javaq=android_id%20ro.serialnosa=Ncd=1ct=rc

I've gone ahead and opened up a bug here for tracking purposes:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10639

(We suspect that the Droid 2 isn't the only phone affected by this, likely
just the most noticeable instance.)

We have a fix for this checked into our internal Git repo, so once that
change propagates to vendors this shouldn't be an issue on future devices.
For existing devices though, if you absolutely depend on the uniqueness of
ANDROID_ID, you'll unfortunately need to rely on some other identifier
(IMEI, WiFi MAC, etc.).

-- 
Trevor Johns

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:46 AM, suzanne.alexandra 
suzanne.alexan...@motorola.com wrote:

 Andrew,
 I don't know that this is reported in any public bug system. I've
 reported it within a Motorola bug system.

 - Suzanne


 On Aug 20, 12:33 am, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
 cor...@gmail.com wrote:
   John, have you had any complaints yet about conflicts from duplicate
   unique ids?
 
  I handled it in code.
 
  -John Coryat

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Re: [android-developers] Re: How to capture the contents of webview and parse it

2010-08-20 Thread Frank Weiss

Well, gosh, if you're trying to access an RSS feed, that's in XML. So
brush up on the URLConnection or HttpClient and the SAXParser or xml
pull parser. You ought to be able to Google how to do that in Java.

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[android-developers] message for canceled order for licensing framework

2010-08-20 Thread Andrei

What kind of status licensing framework returns for canceled order?
Thanks

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[android-developers] Re: GUI alignment ok for emulator and direct transfer but misaligned when published in Android Market?