date:20100919

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Michael A. michael.aki...@gmail.com wrote:
 Sure, you can give away a T-Shirt or Cup or stuff like that and
 probably not get into conflict with the TOS, but then you're just
 running an on-line shop + it requires you have an artist/designer to
 produce something worth giving away.

You need the logo, anyway, for your Web site, ad banners, business
cards, and so on. Given the logo, other donation-ware is fairly
straightforward.

 And I'd say you still risk being
 slapped with 4.5 (Non-compete - thou shall not put stuff on the market
 to sell stuff outside the market).

You really need to consult qualified legal counsel. IANAL, but IMHO
4.5 does not mean what you think it means. That is the anti-Al
Sutton clause, prohibiting you from distributing on the Market a
client for a competing market.

 Of course, enabling stuff in the game as thanks for the donation would
 run into 3.3 (bypassing the payment processor).

I agree with you here. My point was that the TOS does not block all
freemium/donation strategies. The closer you get to enabling app
features, the more likely it is the TOS will be a problem.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: webview javascript injection

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Marco Alexander Schmitz
marco.alexander.schm...@googlemail.com wrote:
 can noone help me?

See URLEncoder.

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[android-developers] Re: Better Dev Tools

2010-09-19 Thread Tim

Dear Keith,

Our MobiForms mobile development tool is the answer to your
prayers!!!

MobiForms was the world's first rapid application development tool
designed for specifically for Google Android smartphones.
Additionally, the same app will run on other platforms like Windows
Mobile without reconfiguration.

In one compact solution MobiForms replaces the need to download,
configure and learn 100s MB of diverse tools such as Eclipse, the
Android SDK, Droid Draw, Java or XML etc.

MobiForms removes the need to learn low level code such as Java or C.
With MobiForms apps that would traditionally take hours or days can be
created in minutes using the mainly drag and drop MobiForms
development and delpoyment environment.

MobiForms is ideal for creating professional business database apps.
MobiForms can connect directly to a host of industry standard
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or phone network with a private APN) or for partially disconnected
apps using the MobiForms Sync Server for offline buffering and online
synchronisation.

MobiForms is a proven technology used by hundreds of customers all
over the world to create field service, inspection, stock control and
CRM apps etc.

We have just released MobiForms 5.03 now with native Google Android
support for the camera and GPS integration.  Ideal for ideal for
adding photos to inspection reports and location capture to field
service or lone worker apps.

For more information please go to: http://www.mobiforms.com.

Kind regards,

Tim @ MobiForms

KPK wrote:
 Hello Google:

 I'm sure I'm not the first one to say this, but for goodness sakes, we
 need a very good Android UI builder plugin for Eclipse or whatever
 other java tools developers are using (I use Eclipse).

 A nice toolbox docked on the side where I can drag and drop controls
 to the screen/form and then allow me to set the properties in the prop
 inspector and then create events, etc.  I've got ideas for some
 business applications and I HATE having to deal with main.xml.
 Droid Draw is okay, but it is a far cry from having a good UI plugin.

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[android-developers] Re: Better Dev Tools

2010-09-19 Thread Alessandro Pellizzari

On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:22:47 -0700, Tim wrote:

 Dear Keith,
 
 Our XXX mobile development tool is the answer to your prayers!!!

Please stop spamming.


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[android-developers] Re: database difficulties

2010-09-19 Thread Tim

Dear Damien,

You may be interested in looking at our MobiForms Developer.
MobiForms is a rapid mobile application development tool ideal for
creating professional business database apps.

MobiForms can connect directly to a host of industry standard
databases such as Oracle and SQL Server (using a secure Wi-Fi network
or phone network with a private APN) or for partially disconnected
apps using the MobiForms Sync Server for offline buffering and online
synchronisation.

MobiForms is a proven technology used by hundreds of customers all
over the world to create field service, inspection, stock control and
CRM apps etc.

MobiForms was the world's first rapid application development tool
designed for specifically for Google Android smartphones.
Additionally, the same app will run on other platforms like Windows
Mobile without reconfiguration.

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configure and learn 100s MB of diverse tools such as Eclipse, the
Android SDK, Droid Draw, Java or XML etc.

We have just released MobiForms 5.03 now with native Google Android
support for the camera and GPS integration.  Ideal for ideal for
adding photos to inspection reports and location capture to field
service or lone worker apps.

For more information please go to: http://www.mobiforms.com.

Kind regards,

Tim @ MobiForms


Damien wrote:
 Hi All,
 I am just starting with Android development.  I am looking to port one
 of my iPhone apps to Android as a project to get going.  I have an
 exiting database that I would like to use.  So I have subclassed
 SQLiteOpenHelper and I open the database for writing then close it
 this should create the database, then I copy the database I have from
 my assts directory over the freshly created database file.

 It turns out my directory /data/data/com.mycompany.MyApplication/
 databases does not exist.  Ok so I try to crate it with File.mkdirs()
 and it laughs at me and does not create the directory.

 If anyone has had an issue like this I would love to hear how it was
 solved.  The phone I am using is a HTC Desire running Android 2.1
 update 1.

 Regards
 Damien

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[android-developers] Using Eclipse - can it get faster?

2010-09-19 Thread Neilz

Hi all. I'm sure like many of you, I use Eclipse for my development.

The problem with it is, I find it incredibly memory hungry... it often
takes ages to load up, when I save a file it hangs for a while (saying
Building workspace in the bottom right hand corner), and is just
generally slow.

I wondered if anyone had any tips for streamlining it for Android. I
don't use it for anything else (if necessary, I will install a
separate instance for general Java stuff) so I can't help thinking
there are lots of modules and stuff I could get rid of which may help
it run more smoothly.

Anyone have some tips on this?

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[android-developers] Re: rotate screen180 degress

2010-09-19 Thread rukiman

I came across another post to help me. But when I use FlipLayout in my
view all I get it a black screen. However if I change the rotation
from 180 to 0 all is drawn ok. But I want my screen upside down. Whats
going on here?

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Matrix;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;

public class FlipLayout extends LinearLayout {
private Matrix mMatrix = new Matrix();
private float[] mTemp = new float[2];

public FlipLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attr) {
super(context, attr);
mMatrix.postRotate(180);
}

@Override
protected void dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) {
int sc = canvas.save();
canvas.setMatrix(mMatrix);
super.dispatchDraw(canvas);
canvas.restoreToCount(sc);
}

@Override
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
final float[] temp = mTemp;
temp[0] = event.getX();
temp[1] = event.getY();
mMatrix.mapPoints(temp);
event.setLocation(temp[0], temp[1]);
return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event);
}
}

On Sep 19, 3:13 pm, rukiman ruksh...@optushome.com.au wrote:
 I have a need to rotate the views in my activities by 180 degrees. Any
 good suggestions on how to do this? Taking into account touch inputs
 still working. My activity is made up of several views in a
 linearlayout and also makes use of toasts.

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[android-developers] Re: testing android app for different devices

2010-09-19 Thread Tabman

Indicator,
Thanks for a detailed answer.

For anyone who come across this post the following could be a solution
to the fragmentation problem:
http://duarlander.ning.com/

Promote this community, developers can help other developers.


On Sep 19, 12:03 pm, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.com wrote:
 That is a very open-ended question. But I can make a good start on
 answering it by saying:

 1) before you even test on various phones, you should test in the
 emulator using AVD files for versions 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 and
 with a variety of different screen sizes and densities. Complete
 coverage is a good idea (large screen, small screen, normal; medium,
 low and high density).

 2) Depending on what you are doing, you may need to test on multiple
 vendors and models of phones for each of the combinations listed in 1.
 This is because multimedia support has different limitations and bugs
 on different phones and versions. Similarly with OpenGL: what looks
 fine on one vendors phone may look bad on another; it may even crash.

 3) If you are doing a r-e-a-l simple app, you can get away with less.
 But be careful. Do Google searches in these groups and elsewhere to
 determine what the fragmentation is like for the particular Android
 features your app requires.

 On Sep 18, 2:24 pm, Tabman tabishfay...@gmail.com wrote:



  hello

  my app works fine on samsung galaxy and nexus one. It is giving
  problem on htc incredible. How should I test my application for
  various phones ?

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[android-developers] Re: Using Eclipse - can it get faster?

Runs pretty well out of the box on my laptop -- 2MHz dual CPU with 4G
RAM, running Vista.  Not lightning fast, mind you, but certainly not
painfully slow (though emulator startup the very first time can be
benchmarked with a calendar).  I'm guessing that having enough RAM is
important.

On Sep 19, 6:07 am, Neilz neilhorn...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi all. I'm sure like many of you, I use Eclipse for my development.

 The problem with it is, I find it incredibly memory hungry... it often
 takes ages to load up, when I save a file it hangs for a while (saying
 Building workspace in the bottom right hand corner), and is just
 generally slow.

 I wondered if anyone had any tips for streamlining it for Android. I
 don't use it for anything else (if necessary, I will install a
 separate instance for general Java stuff) so I can't help thinking
 there are lots of modules and stuff I could get rid of which may help
 it run more smoothly.

 Anyone have some tips on this?

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[android-developers] refresh menu icon image

2010-09-19 Thread dashman


where can i get it

it's not here

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design.html

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[android-developers] How to share data between applications with no dependency

2010-09-19 Thread ayanir

Hello,

I want to share data between 2 applications.
the idea is both applications can write and read the SAME data and
there is no dependency which one of the apps is installed or first
created the data. I have 2 version of the same app: regular and
premium and I don't know which of them will be first installed and
both of them can change it.

I tried to use ContentProvider but the problem is that only the first
app can create the Provider and when it is uninstalled it deletes that
custom Provider. I want the Content to be kept for the second app.
Also, I tried to use Settings.System which keeps the data regardless
if the application is installed or not but I don't want to use the
permission for that (it is very problematic from user perspective).
BTW, it seems that I can change ANY of the Settings.System which is
not secured from Android OS perspective - but this is a subject for
other post.

I see only one left choice using a File for that but, I wanted to know
if I can use another way?


Thanks,
ayanir

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Using Eclipse - can it get faster?

I hope you have 2 Ghz cpu, and not Mhz :P hehe

Anyway, to the OP, if you have a large project then the Build
Automatically feature of Eclipse might be quite frustrating sometimes
(since every time you save a file, the project is compiled). You might try
disabling it (by selecting Project -- Build Automatically). Then you
can build your project manually.

Hope it helps,
Yuvi

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:04 PM, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:

Runs pretty well out of the box on my laptop -- 2MHz dual CPU with 4G
RAM, running Vista. Not lightning fast, mind you, but certainly not
painfully slow (though emulator startup the very first time can be
benchmarked with a calendar). I'm guessing that having enough RAM is
important.

On Sep 19, 6:07 am, Neilz neilhorn...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all. I'm sure like many of you, I use Eclipse for my development.

The problem with it is, I find it incredibly memory hungry... it often
takes ages to load up, when I save a file it hangs for a while (saying
Building workspace in the bottom right hand corner), and is just
generally slow.

I wondered if anyone had any tips for streamlining it for Android. I
don't use it for anything else (if necessary, I will install a
separate instance for general Java stuff) so I can't help thinking
there are lots of modules and stuff I could get rid of which may help
it run more smoothly.

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[android-developers] Re: appbucket: all apps for $9.99 per year, are we just going to watch?

2010-09-19 Thread Pent

I'm surprised everyone is focused on what the app developers can do.

The people responsible for the market need to remove this stuff, it
can't be so hard.

I waited a few weeks then posted on Market Help.

Amazed they've not done anything, it looks really bad having an advert
to cracked apps at the top of
all the paid app comments. I mean really.

Pent

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[android-developers] Re: Using Eclipse - can it get faster?

2010-09-19 Thread Robert Kochem

Neilz wrote:

 The problem with it is, I find it incredibly memory hungry... it often
 takes ages to load up, when I save a file it hangs for a while (saying
 Building workspace in the bottom right hand corner), and is just
 generally slow.

Building the workspace requires a lot of disk I/O operations. If your HDD
is slow or your system needs to swap out memory this can take ages. Using a
SSD and enough RAM Eclipse is lightning fast.

Robert

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Re: [android-developers] refresh menu icon image

You can find that image in the android sdk folder, under
./platforms/android-XX/data/res/drawable-hdpi (or just drawable). Then look
for ic_menu_refresh.png.

In general you should use instead android.R.drawable.XX, but in this
case it seems that the refresh icon is not made public.


YuviDroid

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:09 PM, dashman erjdri...@gmail.com wrote:


 where can i get it

 it's not here

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Re: [android-developers] How to share data between applications with no dependency

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:12 AM, ayanir ayanir...@gmail.com wrote:
 I want to share data between 2 applications.
 the idea is both applications can write and read the SAME data and
 there is no dependency which one of the apps is installed or first
 created the data. I have 2 version of the same app: regular and
 premium and I don't know which of them will be first installed and
 both of them can change it.

That will be difficult.

 I tried to use ContentProvider but the problem is that only the first
 app can create the Provider and when it is uninstalled it deletes that
 custom Provider.

Correct.

 I want the Content to be kept for the second app.

That is only possible if you store it on external storage.

 Also, I tried to use Settings.System which keeps the data regardless
 if the application is installed or not but I don't want to use the
 permission for that (it is very problematic from user perspective).

I have no idea what you are talking about.

 BTW, it seems that I can change ANY of the Settings.System which is
 not secured from Android OS perspective - but this is a subject for
 other post.

Correct. The secure ones are in Settings.Secure.

 I see only one left choice using a File for that but, I wanted to know
 if I can use another way?

A file on external storage is the only thing that survives an
uninstall and is reachable by two applications.

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Re: [android-developers] refresh menu icon image

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:22 AM, YuviDroid yuvidr...@gmail.com wrote:
 In general you should use instead android.R.drawable.XX, but in this
 case it seems that the refresh icon is not made public.

Actually, Google has advised against this.

OEMs can, and do, change these images. The result may clash with the
rest of your images. If you want the image to remain consistent, you
need to copy it into your own app.

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Re: [android-developers] refresh menu icon image

Ah ok, I didn't know that. I though it was a good idea so that with newer
versions of Android your images were automatically upgraded. Thanks for
the info!

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 On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:22 AM, YuviDroid yuvidr...@gmail.com wrote:
  In general you should use instead android.R.drawable.XX, but in this
  case it seems that the refresh icon is not made public.

 Actually, Google has advised against this.

 OEMs can, and do, change these images. The result may clash with the
 rest of your images. If you want the image to remain consistent, you
 need to copy it into your own app.

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Re: [android-developers] How to share data between applications with no dependency

You could write a content provider app that installs independent of either
of your apps. Then each of your apps could check for and ask to install the
content provider as appropriate. May not be the simplest but it's a choice.

On Sep 19, 2010 8:23 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:12 AM, ayanir ayanir...@gmail.com wrote:
 I want to share data between ...
That will be difficult.


 I tried to use ContentProvider but the problem is that only the first
 app can create the Provid...
Correct.


 I want the Content to be kept for the second app.
That is only possible if you store it on external storage.


 Also, I tried to use Settings.System which keeps the data regardless
 if the application is inst...
I have no idea what you are talking about.


 BTW, it seems that I can change ANY of the Settings.System which is
 not secured from Android OS...
Correct. The secure ones are in Settings.Secure.


 I see only one left choice using a File for that but, I wanted to know
 if I can use another way...
A file on external storage is the only thing that survives an
uninstall and is reachable by two applications.

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Re: [android-developers] How to share data between applications with no dependency

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Prakash Iyer thei...@gmail.com wrote:
 You could write a content provider app that installs independent of either
 of your apps. Then each of your apps could check for and ask to install the
 content provider as appropriate. May not be the simplest but it's a choice.

Except it won't support the data survives uninstall requirement:

-- User installs App A
-- App A realizes the provider isn't there and enables its own copy of
the provider
-- Life is good
-- User installs App B
-- App B sees that App A's provider is there, uses it
-- Life is still good
-- User uninstalls App A, wiping out the data
-- App B sees that App A's provider isn't there and enables its own
copy of the provider
-- User sees the data is gone
-- User is unhappy
-- Life is not so good

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Re: [android-developers] How to share data between applications with no dependency

I might be missing something. I was proposing content provider as an app of
it's own, much like say how some of the file managers provide security
modules. So when A is installed the content provider is not. Of course the
user can go and just install the content provider but that's no different
than if the user deleted the file I guess.

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On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Prakash Iyer thei...@gmail.com wrote:
 You could write a content...
Except it won't support the data survives uninstall requirement:

-- User installs App A
-- App A realizes the provider isn't there and enables its own copy of
the provider
-- Life is good
-- User installs App B
-- App B sees that App A's provider is there, uses it
-- Life is still good
-- User uninstalls App A, wiping out the data
-- App B sees that App A's provider isn't there and enables its own
copy of the provider
-- User sees the data is gone
-- User is unhappy
-- Life is not so good

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[android-developers] I need complete code of http and php for file upload from android to php server please help me!!!

2010-09-19 Thread David Harris

Dear Members,

Please Please help me!!!

I need the java code for sending file from android and then a php code
to accept that file and store in my server.

I tried lots of code available on internet but have not succeeded :( i
am using latest Android SDK.

Please provide me with complete code if some one has. I am working on
this issue from last 14 days and it's still not resolved :(

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Re: [android-developers] I need complete code of http and php for file upload from android to php server please help me!!!

Sure. You can find it here,

http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Will you take fries and a drink with that?

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Please Please help me!!!

I need the java code for sending file from android and then a php code
to accept that file and store in my server.

I tried lots of code available on internet but have not succeeded :( i
am using latest Android SDK.

Please provide me with complete code if some one has. I am working on
this issue from last 14 days and it's still not resolved :(

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[android-developers] Activity/Intents inTabs

2010-09-19 Thread cwgrc2

Developers.  I am a newbie to Android but a seasoned developer in UI,
Java , and ECLIPSE.

I am trying to do something I believe is very simple yet I am
struggling.  I have two tabs, A  B.  I want to put an Activity in
each tab.  I want to have the 'B' Activity live inside 'A' so I can
access it within 'A'.  'A' has a clock and every second that passes I
need to update information in 'B', even if 'A' is not currently shown.

I put 'B' into the 2nd tab as follows:

TabSpec mapInfo=tabs.newTabSpec(tag3);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MathleteMapActivity.class);
mapInfo.setContent(intent);
mapInfo.setIndicator(Course Map);
tabs.addTab(mapInfo);


I am totally confused on how to get the MathleteMapActivity Activity
from the Intent 'intent'.  There appears no way to do this.  Can
anyone please recommend a cleaner way to do this knowing what I am
trying to do?

Thanks in advance.

Chris

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[android-developers] File extensions and MIME type

2010-09-19 Thread ls02

My app has two private file formats with distinctive extensions. How
to I register their MIME types and associate them with file
extensions? My understanding that then my app can be launched to
handle a file. How is this done and how to extract the file path my
app is launched to handle?

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[android-developers] Re: How to share data between applications with no dependency

Can an application not place images or music in directories on the
device, and have those files persist beyond the persistence of the
app?

On Sep 19, 7:23 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:12 AM, ayanir ayanir...@gmail.com wrote:
I want to share data between 2 applications.
the idea is both applications can write and read the SAME data and
there is no dependency which one of the apps is installed or first
created the data. I have 2 version of the same app: regular and
premium and I don't know which of them will be first installed and
both of them can change it.

That will be difficult.

I tried to use ContentProvider but the problem is that only the first
app can create the Provider and when it is uninstalled it deletes that
custom Provider.

Correct.

I want the Content to be kept for the second app.

That is only possible if you store it on external storage.

Also, I tried to use Settings.System which keeps the data regardless
if the application is installed or not but I don't want to use the
permission for that (it is very problematic from user perspective).

I have no idea what you are talking about.

BTW, it seems that I can change ANY of the Settings.System which is
not secured from Android OS perspective - but this is a subject for
other post.

Correct. The secure ones are in Settings.Secure.

I see only one left choice using a File for that but, I wanted to know
if I can use another way?

A file on external storage is the only thing that survives an
uninstall and is reachable by two applications.

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[android-developers] Re: File extensions and MIME type

I'd suggest that you get yourself a good Android reference ... only
there isn't one.  However, even a mediocre reference such as Pro
Android 2 covers this topic in more complete detail than you're
likely to get asking here.

On Sep 19, 9:08 am, ls02 agal...@audible.com wrote:
 My app has two private file formats with distinctive extensions. How
 to I register their MIME types and associate them with file
 extensions? My understanding that then my app can be launched to
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Re: [android-developers] Re: How to share data between applications with no dependency

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:09 AM, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:
 Can an application not place images or music in directories on the
 device, and have those files persist beyond the persistence of the
 app?

On external storage, yes. In the directory obtained via getFilesDir()
(/data/data/your.package.here/files), no. The whole
/data/data/your.package.here directory is deleted on uninstall.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: How to share data between applications with no dependency

Yes. That's what I interpreted the OP saying when he says File is an option
but he's looking for alternatives.

On Sep 19, 2010 10:10 AM, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:

Can an application not place images or music in directories on the
device, and have those files persist beyond the persistence of the
app?

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Re: [android-developers] File extensions and MIME type

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:08 AM, ls02 agal...@audible.com wrote:
 My app has two private file formats with distinctive extensions. How
 to I register their MIME types and associate them with file
 extensions? My understanding that then my app can be launched to
 handle a file. How is this done and how to extract the file path my
 app is launched to handle?

Use the data element in your manifest and the android:mimeType attribute:

intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.VIEW /
category android:name=android.intent.category.DEFAULT /
category android:name=android.intent.category.BROWSABLE /
data android:mimeType=application/pdf /
/intent-filter

The BROWSABLE allows you to be launched by clicks in the browser. The
Uri to the file is in getIntent().getData() in your activity.

http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/Introspection/URLHandler/

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Re: [android-developers] Activity/Intents inTabs

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:55 AM, cwgrc2 ch...@transformsw.com wrote:
 I have two tabs, A  B.  I want to put an Activity in
 each tab.

Why? Why not just use a single activity?

http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-android/tree/master/Fancy/Tab/

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[android-developers] Re: How to share data between applications with no dependency

2010-09-19 Thread ayanir

Thank you Mark.

I'll go with the file on external storage.
I think that there should be a general system ContentProvider for that
exact purpose - I could only hope it will be one day...

Prakash - you solution of installing a third app which contains the
ContentProvider is not really an option for me but thanks.

could you please refer me to an example how to create/read a file
using the external storage?

thanks'
ayanir

On Sep 19, 4:09 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote:
Can an application not place images or music in directories on the
device, and have those files persist beyond the persistence of the
app?

On Sep 19, 7:23 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:12 AM, ayanir ayanir...@gmail.com wrote:
I want to share data between 2 applications.
the idea is both applications can write and read the SAME data and
there is no dependency which one of the apps is installed or first
created the data. I have 2 version of the same app: regular and
premium and I don't know which of them will be first installed and
both of them can change it.

That will be difficult.

I tried to use ContentProvider but the problem is that only the first
app can create the Provider and when it is uninstalled it deletes that
custom Provider.

Correct.

I want the Content to be kept for the second app.

That is only possible if you store it on external storage.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

BTW, it seems that I can change ANY of the Settings.System which is
not secured from Android OS perspective - but this is a subject for
other post.

Correct. The secure ones are in Settings.Secure.

I see only one left choice using a File for that but, I wanted to know
if I can use another way?

A file on external storage is the only thing that survives an
uninstall and is reachable by two applications.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: How to share data between applications with no dependency

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:32 AM, ayanir ayanir...@gmail.com wrote:
 I think that there should be a general system ContentProvider for that
 exact purpose - I could only hope it will be one day...

I rather doubt that will happen, at least in terms of the core OS.
Android is very determined to avoid applications leaving crap behind,
even if, in your case, that crap is intentional.

 could you please refer me to an example how to create/read a file
 using the external storage?

Add the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to your app. Use
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() to get the path to external
storage. From there, it is standard Java I/O to read and write files.

Use Environment.getExternalStorageState() and the ACTION_MEDIA_
broadcast Intents to monitor when external storage is available. Note
that, since the user can mount external storage on a host computer,
external storage is not available 100% of the time.

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[android-developers] Re: Activity/Intents inTabs

2010-09-19 Thread cwgrc2

Hi Mark.  I have bought your book and re-read the Put it on my Tab
section several times.  I have two activities because your book
recommends using different ones to cature different grouping of
Widgets.  So my main Actvity has one page (tab) of Widgets that
collect the information and start a stopwatch, then that information
feeds into a MapActivty that is on a different tab.  Again, each tab
has many different things on them and I want to be able to freely
communicate between them.

Thanks,

Chris





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 On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:55 AM, cwgrc2 ch...@transformsw.com wrote:
  I have two tabs, A  B.  I want to put an Activity in
  each tab.

 Why? Why not just use a single activity?

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

2010-09-19 Thread Michael A.

On Sep 19, 12:09 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
 On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Michael A. michael.aki...@gmail.com wrote:
  Sure, you can give away a T-Shirt or Cup or stuff like that and
  probably not get into conflict with the TOS, but then you're just
  running an on-line shop + it requires you have an artist/designer to
  produce something worth giving away.

 You need the logo, anyway, for your Web site, ad banners, business
 cards, and so on. Given the logo, other donation-ware is fairly
 straightforward.

Depends. For me this is a part-time occupation, and I haven't found
any of those necessary.

  And I'd say you still risk being
  slapped with 4.5 (Non-compete - thou shall not put stuff on the market
  to sell stuff outside the market).

 You really need to consult qualified legal counsel. IANAL, but IMHO
 4.5 does not mean what you think it means. That is the anti-Al
 Sutton clause, prohibiting you from distributing on the Market a
 client for a competing market.

I seriously doubt that the revenue generated from overpriced coffer
mugs would justify the cost of legal counsel for something like
this. :-)

In any case, I did not say that 4.5 necessarily prohibits this
activity - I said that you risk being slapped with 4.5. What a lawyer
thinks the clause means is rather irrelevant, because if Google
decides that this sort of activity violates 4.5, then it violates 4.5
(see 7.2 which specifically says that determining violations of the
TOS are done at Google's sole discretion).

Seeing as how I have yet to read of any app being taken off the market
(or even warned) for bypassing the payment processor, I don't think
this would actually become a problem, but I don't see the point in
taking the risk just for a few extra dollars.

There are many excellent freemium/donation strategies one can use. If
you're outside the magic 12 (or is it 11) countries, though, I think
you are pretty much screwed for reasonable options, though.

Regards,

Michael A.

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[android-developers] setImageViewResource not working

2010-09-19 Thread Simone

I have a simple widget (whose entire layout is just an ImageView) that
starts and stops a service. From within the service, I'd like to
switch the image displayed by such ImageView.
So, i did this:

public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId){
RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(),
R.layout.main);
remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.imgView, R.drawable.image1);

...
...

return START_STICKY;
}

and

public void onDestroy(){
RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(),
R.layout.main);
remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.imgView, R.drawable.off);

...
...
}

But it doesn't work.  onStartCommand and onDestroy are called, but the
image doesn't change.
What gives?
Simone

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Activity/Intents inTabs

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:41 AM, cwgrc2 ch...@transformsw.com wrote:
 Hi Mark.  I have bought your book and re-read the Put it on my Tab
 section several times.  I have two activities because your book
 recommends using different ones to cature different grouping of
 Widgets.

I sure hope not. I'll need to fix that section.

I have found zero good reasons for using activities in tabs. Having
multiple activities as first-class UI components is great -- but for
tabs, I recommend just using Views.

 Again, each tab
 has many different things on them and I want to be able to freely
 communicate between them.

Which is precisely why you do *not* want those in separate Activities.

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[android-developers] Possibility of a curved Gallery

2010-09-19 Thread Navaneeth

Hi All,
Is it possible to change the default arrangement of the Android
Gallery? What i meant is can we make the Gallery in a curved path,
where the images will be along the curved path and the same time it
has all the properties of the Android gallery(which appears to be
center locked and horizontal right now..)?

If possible, please tell me your ideas. All ideas are welcome.

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

2010-09-19 Thread Kostya Vasilyev


 19.09.2010 18:47, Michael A. пишет:

In any case, I did not say that 4.5 necessarily prohibits this
activity - I said that you risk being slapped with 4.5. What a lawyer
thinks the clause means is rather irrelevant, because if Google
decides that this sort of activity violates 4.5, then it violates 4.5
(see 7.2 which specifically says that determining violations of the
TOS are done at Google's sole discretion).

Seeing as how I have yet to read of any app being taken off the market
(or even warned) for bypassing the payment processor, I don't think
this would actually become a problem, but I don't see the point in
taking the risk just for a few extra dollars.


Having terms of use is one thing, enforcing them is quite another.

I think it would take a pretty special application that violated the TOS 
for Google to actually notice and take action. Perhaps an app that made 
a lot of money bypassing Android Market, or an app that had really high 
visibility, or perhaps both.



There are many excellent freemium/donation strategies one can use. If
you're outside the magic 12 (or is it 11) countries, though, I think
you are pretty much screwed for reasonable options, though.
+1 to that. Especially ironic given that Google Checkout works in more 
counties.


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Re: [android-developers] Re: Using Eclipse - can it get faster?

2010-09-19 Thread Lorensius W. L. T

Using 64bit win7 with 2Gb RAm + high rpm hardisk is really fast..never had
that problem..

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Robert Kochem rob...@mailueberfall.dewrote:

 Neilz wrote:

  The problem with it is, I find it incredibly memory hungry... it often
  takes ages to load up, when I save a file it hangs for a while (saying
  Building workspace in the bottom right hand corner), and is just
  generally slow.

 Building the workspace requires a lot of disk I/O operations. If your HDD
 is slow or your system needs to swap out memory this can take ages. Using a
 SSD and enough RAM Eclipse is lightning fast.

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[android-developers] Re: How to share data between applications with no dependency

2010-09-19 Thread ayanir

Thanks, it worked like a charm.

On Sep 19, 4:39 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:32 AM, ayanir ayanir...@gmail.com wrote:
I think that there should be a general system ContentProvider for that
exact purpose - I could only hope it will be one day...

I rather doubt that will happen, at least in terms of the core OS.
Android is very determined to avoid applications leaving crap behind,
even if, in your case, that crap is intentional.

could you please refer me to an example how to create/read a file
using the external storage?

Add the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to your app. Use
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() to get the path to external
storage. From there, it is standard Java I/O to read and write files.

Use Environment.getExternalStorageState() and the ACTION_MEDIA_
broadcast Intents to monitor when external storage is available. Note
that, since the user can mount external storage on a host computer,
external storage is not available 100% of the time.

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[android-developers] Re: Using Eclipse - can it get faster?

2010-09-19 Thread Neilz

Ah, well I guess it's just my PC build then.

It's about 3 years old, and until the other day I had 3Gb Ram, but one
of those fried and now I have just 1Gb. But to be honest the extra 2Gb
barely made any difference, so I guess the overall motherboard/
processor spec just isn't good enough.

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[android-developers] Re: Getting the height of a TextView

What if I was to override TextView.onSizeChanged() and get the h value
passed to that method? Will onSizeChanged get called at least once
before the TextView is drawn?

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[android-developers] is there a way to make drawable clickable?

2010-09-19 Thread dadada

hi all,

i am using drawable and translateobject to create animation on camera
overlay.


how do i get clickable drawable object?

should i be using drawable?

thanks!

bryan

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[android-developers] Re: Using Eclipse - can it get faster?

Being memory-bound and being disk-I/O-bound are nearly the same thing,
since Windows can use extra memory for I/O caching. Being short of
both memory and I/O speed is a fatal combination.

On Sep 19, 9:18 am, Neilz neilhorn...@gmail.com wrote:
 Ah, well I guess it's just my PC build then.

 It's about 3 years old, and until the other day I had 3Gb Ram, but one
 of those fried and now I have just 1Gb. But to be honest the extra 2Gb
 barely made any difference, so I guess the overall motherboard/
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[android-developers] any info about this?

2010-09-19 Thread Liorry

Been using android 2.2 sdk 8 for my app development and i still get
write permission denial... i saw more than one app in the Market which
is able to delete/edit a bookmark so i know it's possible...

Any ideas?

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[android-developers] Re: I need complete code of http and php for file upload from android to php server please help me!!!

2010-09-19 Thread Kumar Bibek

Where are you stuck by the way? And yes, give some details please...

-Kumar Bibek
http://techdroid.kbeanie.com

On Sep 19, 6:44 pm, Prakash Iyer thei...@gmail.com wrote:
Sure. You can find it here,

http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Will you take fries and a drink with that?

On Sep 19, 2010 9:36 AM, David Harris bumpy...@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Members,

Please Please help me!!!

I need the java code for sending file from android and then a php code
to accept that file and store in my server.

I tried lots of code available on internet but have not succeeded :( i
am using latest Android SDK.

Please provide me with complete code if some one has. I am working on
this issue from last 14 days and it's still not resolved :(

Regards,
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[android-developers] Re: Using Eclipse - can it get faster?

2010-09-19 Thread Chris Stratton

I don't find it too bad on a 6 year old box running ubuntu linux with
2.5gb of ram, though disabling auto build is a good idea on large
projects.

When I first installed it pre-android I had the wrong java runtime
installation and you could literally watch it meter out keystrokes.  I
downloaded the recommended jdk, used its runtime, and eclipse became
useable.

Neilz wrote:
 Ah, well I guess it's just my PC build then.

 It's about 3 years old, and until the other day I had 3Gb Ram, but one
 of those fried and now I have just 1Gb. But to be honest the extra 2Gb
 barely made any difference, so I guess the overall motherboard/
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[android-developers] Can ScrollView and Scrollbars in EditText co-exist?

2010-09-19 Thread Mystique

Hi, I have a Dialog implemented with scrollview and a multiline
edittext item in the scrollview. I see that I can use the scrollbar in
the edittext as the scrollview will take over it.

Can they co-exist and work together?

Many thanks.

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[android-developers] Wrap text for EditText - automatically go to new line?

2010-09-19 Thread Mystique

Hi,can I limit the edittext field so it wrap text around the input box
instead of scrolling right unless I hit return?

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[android-developers] Re: finding spinner widgets

2010-09-19 Thread intbt

When I set the spinner adapter to be:

android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item

I am assuming there are variations on the android.R.layout 'types'
that I could use, is there such a list?

In terms of Dialog ID - what I am looking for is a picker dialog that
I can add the data, is that possible?

Thanks,

intbt

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 On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 6:06 PM,intbtin...@tacberry.com wrote:
  Where can I find a complete list of the spinner types available for
  use?

 What do you mean by spinner types?

  Also how about a list of DIALOG IDs?

 What do you mean by DIALOG IDs?

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[android-developers] Re: Using Eclipse - can it get faster?

Yes on two points:

1) Not just for Android, but with just about any use of Eclipse you
want to turn off auto build.  I probably did that subconsciously when
I set up Android.

2) There are several different versions of Eclipse and several
different versions of the JDK.  I used what seemed to be recommended
for Eclipse versioin, plus my existing JDK, and it worked out.  No
doubt there are other versions that aren't so good.  You can have
several different versions of Eclipse on your box (I have at least 3)
without them fighting, so best to pick one specifically for Android
vs trying to use one already installed for another purpose, and if you
suspect you have the wrong version it's not that hard to try another.

On Sep 19, 12:36 pm, Chris Stratton cs07...@gmail.com wrote:
 I don't find it too bad on a 6 year old box running ubuntu linux with
 2.5gb of ram, though disabling auto build is a good idea on large
 projects.

 When I first installed it pre-android I had the wrong java runtime
 installation and you could literally watch it meter out keystrokes.  I
 downloaded the recommended jdk, used its runtime, and eclipse became
 useable.

 Neilz wrote:
  Ah, well I guess it's just my PC build then.

  It's about 3 years old, and until the other day I had 3Gb Ram, but one
  of those fried and now I have just 1Gb. But to be honest the extra 2Gb
  barely made any difference, so I guess the overall motherboard/
  processor spec just isn't good enough.

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[android-developers] Re: Wrap text for EditText - automatically go to new line?

2010-09-19 Thread Mystique

Ok, I found it.
android:scrollHorizontally=false


On Sep 20, 2:07 am, Mystique joven.ch...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi,can I limit the edittext field so it wrap text around the input box
 instead of scrolling right unless I hit return?

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

2010-09-19 Thread TreKing

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.comwrote:

 Granted, most of those companies I've not really heard of, so I can't say
 for sure whether they are big guys, but it seems reasonably balanced to
 me.


Well sure, if you want to play the factual evidence game ... =P
I guess I have I should not have generalized and said that's all I ever
see - that was an overstatement. I should really start proof-reading my
posts. My bad. Certainly that's not the case, but I does seem like there are
generally more of these big name or otherwise already so ridiculously
popular they really don't need the bump apps in the list than others.

Currently 9 of the 15 I'm looking at (some of which are in your list as
well) I think would fall in that category, and one developer has two apps
featured! How's that fair!?


 And not a Google app in sight. ;)


Sure, Google Employee tries to prove a point and there just happens to not
be any Google apps. I smell conspiracy!

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Justin Giles jtgi...@gmail.com wrote:

 Reasonable post


Agreed - I did over-generalize. I do think that list could stand with a
little refreshing every once in a while though. As a user, I get tired of
seeing the same apps in rotation - with however many thousands of apps there
are now, I don't think it's that hard to find a new app to feature that has
not already been.

Also, the section in each category at the top that features apps from that
category needs major work. In Paid Travel, at least, there are only ever two
apps that this flips back and forth between (it used to be only one). This
does not effect me personally as my paid app is in the top and visible
anyway, but if this is how that thing works across all categories, it sucks
for most developers.

In the Free Travel section, two of the apps featured are Google Earth and
Yelp, which are already featured ON THE SAME PAGE by being visible at the
#2 and #6 spots, respectively. Shouldn't those promo spots go to apps that
are nowhere near the top but have good apps and could use a little help?

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Howard M. Harte hhar...@gmail.com wrote:

 I had an Ad-supported version of my app for a while.  It made less in
 several months than my paid app made in a day.  Not worth it IMHO.


Yeah, sounds terrible, but the only reason I really bother with ads in the
free version is as more incentive for people to buy the paid. Otherwise the
profit is so pathetic it just makes me sad.

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Leigh McRae leigh.mc...@lonedwarfgames.com
 wrote:

 I for one have been extremely happy with how I have been treated by Google.


Easy to say when you've been featured!

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:27 AM, Chister Nordvik cnord...@gmail.com wrote:

 But how do you get featured?
 Would be great if we knew how they were chosen.


That is the million dollar ... err ... $0.99 (ad-free!) ... question and
we'll probably never know.

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[android-developers] Re: After onActivityResult event State Is Gone (Droid Phones)

2010-09-19 Thread GregAZ

I think I'm missing something.  If I add the string as an extra to the
image picker intent, then show that intent, that extra is gone in the
onActivityResult.  Even with setResult it's still gone.  This is on my
HTC Hero:

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
i.putExtra(url, url);
setResult(1, i);
startActivityForResult(i, 1);

In the onActivityResult:
String url = intent.getStringExtra(url);

It's null.

On Sep 17, 2:31 pm, GregAZ ggur...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thanks for the reply.

 I actually have tried putting it in the intent, but when I try to read
 it back out in the onActivityResult it's null.  I think even on my
 Hero.

 I'll look at the setResult... I haven't tried that yet.

 On Sep 17, 1:10 pm, joebowbeer joe.bowb...@gmail.com wrote:







  Using the Application should work in this instance, however, why not
  use setResult(resultCode, data) to return a result from the child
  activity?

 http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#setR...,
  android.content.Intent)

  You can add the url to the data (Intent) that is returned:

    data.putExtra(url, url)

  On Sep 17, 7:57 am, GregAZ ggur...@gmail.com wrote:

   I have a problem that's only affecting Droid phones. I end up not
   being able to access global variables after an onActivityResult event.

   While looking into this I came 
   across:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/708012/android-how-to-declare-glob...

   I follow those directions, but still the value is NULL.

   On my HTC Hero everything I've tried works. On Droid phones everything
   is NULL or an empty string.

   What I need is the URL from the webview. In the onPageFinished I've
   been putting the URL into a global variable. The app has the correct
   URL in that method because that's when I pop open the imagepicker.
   After that is when the global variable value is gone. I also can't
   read the webview (I can on my Hero, can't on Droid's) after hitting
   the onActivityResult event. GetUrl() returns NULL for them, works fine
   for me. Everything also works fine in the simulator. I've 1.5, 2.1,
   and 2.2 in the simulator.

   How else can I store the info I need to retrieve?

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Re: [android-developers] Re: finding spinner widgets

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:10 PM, intbt in...@tacberry.com wrote:
 When I set the spinner adapter to be:

 android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item

 I am assuming there are variations on the android.R.layout 'types'
 that I could use, is there such a list?

Not really. You can find the XML source to that layout in your SDK installation:

$ANDROID_HOME/platforms/$VERSION/data/res/layout

where $ANDROID_HOME is wherever you unpacked your SDK and $VERSION is
some Android version.

From there, you can copy it into your project and customize to suit.

 In terms of Dialog ID - what I am looking for is a picker dialog that
 I can add the data, is that possible?

What is the data?

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Re: [android-developers] database difficulties

2010-09-19 Thread TreKing

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Damien cooke.dam...@gmail.com wrote:

 It turns out my directory /data/data/com.mycompany.MyApplication/ databases
 does not exist.  Ok so I try to crate it with File.mkdirs() and it laughs at
 me and does not create the directory.


You should not have to call mkdirs() on the data folder - that's there by
default so it makes sense you trying to create it would fail (and that it
would laugh at you for trying =P).

Use getFilesDir() and the other similar file-helper functions to get at your
root data directory and create files as necessary.

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Tim t...@mobiforms.com wrote:

 Dear Damien,

 You may be interested in looking at our crap software


Dear Tim,

You may be interested in looking at better ways of promoting your product
than spamming a discussion group.
You're hurting yourself and your product more than you're helping it.
I, personally, will never bother to even look at your website since you're
copy  paste responses to these types of posts are incredibly annoying.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: After onActivityResult event State Is Gone (Droid Phones)

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:59 PM, GregAZ ggur...@gmail.com wrote:
 I think I'm missing something.  If I add the string as an extra to the
 image picker intent, then show that intent, that extra is gone in the
 onActivityResult.

Correct.

 Even with setResult it's still gone.  This is on my
 HTC Hero:

        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
 android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
        i.putExtra(url, url);
        setResult(1, i);
        startActivityForResult(i, 1);

You do not call setResult() here. That is for use in the activity that
is *started* by startActivityForResult().

 In the onActivityResult:
 String url = intent.getStringExtra(url);

 It's null.

Correct.

If you are implementing the activity being started by
startActivityForResult(), in that activity, you can use extras with
setResult(). In this case, somebody else wrote that activity. Extras
you put on the requesting Intent will not automatically be copied to
the response Intent.

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[android-developers] Re: Widget Configuration Activity issue

2010-09-19 Thread Chris

Thank you very much for the reply, I was afraid that might be your
answer!  If it is the case, and the onUpdate method is always called
before the configuration activity is launched, then the Android
documentation is wrong:

From the documentation(http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/
appwidgets/index.html):

The onUpdate() method will not be called when the App Widget is
created (the system will not send the ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE
broadcast when a configuration Activity is launched). It is the
responsibility of the configuration Activity to request an update from
the AppWidgetManager when the App Widget is first created. However,
onUpdate() will be called for subsequent updates—it is only skipped
the first time.

On Sep 19, 2:50 am, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote:
   19.09.2010 6:08, Chris пишет:    I'm having an issue with a config 
 activity for a widget.  According
  to the dev docs, if I specify a configuration activity than the
  onUpdate method of the AppWidgetProvider doesn't get called until
  after you request an update once you've completed the configuration
  activity.  For me its happening in reverse, the onUpdate method of the
  AppWidgetProvider gets called first, followed by the configuration
  activity.  Then the onUpdate method is never called after completion
  of the config activity even though I request it explicitly.  I tried
  with level 4 and level 7 API, same result.  Here is some of the
  source:

 onUpdate getting called before the config activity is done is normal
 (i.e. Android does things this way, not sure it's a good thing, but it's
 not something specific to your code), the widget is hidden at this point.

 Not sure what you mean by requesting an update - what config activity
 is supposed to do is build a RemoteViews object and push it manually
 to the widget using appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(widget id,
 remote views);

 Using a config activity can result in some issues with stale widget ids
 (if the user cancels). I've documented my experiences with it here:

 http://kmansoft.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/per-widget-options-stale-wid...

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Widget Configuration Activity issue

They changed this behavior somewhere along the line -- I forget
exactly when. It used to work as documented, and now behaves as Kostya
indicated.

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Chris crebst...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thank you very much for the reply, I was afraid that might be your
 answer!  If it is the case, and the onUpdate method is always called
 before the configuration activity is launched, then the Android
 documentation is wrong:

 From the documentation(http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/
 appwidgets/index.html):

 The onUpdate() method will not be called when the App Widget is
 created (the system will not send the ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE
 broadcast when a configuration Activity is launched). It is the
 responsibility of the configuration Activity to request an update from
 the AppWidgetManager when the App Widget is first created. However,
 onUpdate() will be called for subsequent updates—it is only skipped
 the first time.

 On Sep 19, 2:50 am, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote:
   19.09.2010 6:08, Chris пишет:    I'm having an issue with a config 
 activity for a widget.  According
  to the dev docs, if I specify a configuration activity than the
  onUpdate method of the AppWidgetProvider doesn't get called until
  after you request an update once you've completed the configuration
  activity.  For me its happening in reverse, the onUpdate method of the
  AppWidgetProvider gets called first, followed by the configuration
  activity.  Then the onUpdate method is never called after completion
  of the config activity even though I request it explicitly.  I tried
  with level 4 and level 7 API, same result.  Here is some of the
  source:

 onUpdate getting called before the config activity is done is normal
 (i.e. Android does things this way, not sure it's a good thing, but it's
 not something specific to your code), the widget is hidden at this point.

 Not sure what you mean by requesting an update - what config activity
 is supposed to do is build a RemoteViews object and push it manually
 to the widget using appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(widget id,
 remote views);

 Using a config activity can result in some issues with stale widget ids
 (if the user cancels). I've documented my experiences with it here:

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[android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?

2010-09-19 Thread tdieckman

I came here to comment again on my active install numbers and this is
for sure the same thing that has happened to me. My app works by
unlocking the paid features when a user purchases the license key app
package. The app detects that it is on the device to unlock features.
I was using encryption on the license key to mitigate piracy. Since
there wasn't really any code in the license key, I hadn't needed to
update it since it was first posted. My numbers seems a little off,
but close enough to what I was seeing from the revenue information.

Now that Google is close to removing the encryption option, I added
LVL code to the license key package that my app will call. I haven't
deployed the app yet, but did deploy the new license key app package
on Friday morning. I think because without encryption, the license key
package is visible to a lot more people that this is one of the big
things that has drastically increased my sales numbers on Friday and
Saturday (30 this Sat compared to 8 last Sat). So with the huge
increase in sales, what does my active installs for the license key
look like? It dropped from 78% down to about 58% as of this morning
(Sunday). So it really appears that upgrades are being counted as
uninstalls...probably for everyone.

On Sep 14, 11:55 pm, Tomáš Hubálek tom.huba...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:44 AM, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote:

  Posted this in the other thread. We received a comment from the Market
  people:

  Thanks for writing in. We are currently investigating this issue. So far,
  this appears to be purely a reporting issue: some update events are being
  inaccurately recorded as uninstalls, rather than updates, creating a lower
  active installs percentage. However, our investigation tells us that
  applications are not actually being uninstalled. We hope to have a
  resolution soon.

 This is crazy.

 Tom

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Re: [android-developers] Can ScrollView and Scrollbars in EditText co-exist?

2010-09-19 Thread TreKing

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Mystique joven.ch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Can they co-exist and work together?


In general, I believe, you cannot (or should not) put auto-scrolling
components inside a ScrollView.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Widget Configuration Activity issue

2010-09-19 Thread Kostya Vasilyev

During the first update the widget is not yet visible, anyway.

And if you implement a live flag like I describe in my blog, the initial
update is not an issue at all.

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написал:

They changed this behavior somewhere along the line -- I forget
exactly when. It used to work as documented, and now behaves as Kostya
indicated.


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[android-developers] Re: After onActivityResult event State Is Gone (Droid Phones)

2010-09-19 Thread GregAZ

That's what I thought.

Any ideas why the value is getting lost from the application?

I created a class that I called BaseClass that inherits Application.
That class contains:

private String uploadUrl;

  public String getUploadUrl(){
return uploadUrl;
  }
  public void setUploadUrl(String url){
  uploadUrl = url;
  }

In my activity, I'm setting it:
public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url)
{

BaseClass appState =
((BaseClass)getApplicationContext());
appState.setUploadUrl(new String(url));

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(i, 1);
}

Then in the onActivityResult I'm trying to read it back out, but on
Droid phones it's NULL.  Works perfect on my HTC Hero (and the
emulators).  I know the url getting set is correct because I'm
checking it (I left that part out) and only show the image picker
intent if they are at a specific page.

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
Intent intent) {

if (requestCode == 1)
{
BaseClass appState = ((BaseClass)getApplicationContext());
String uploadUrl = appState.getUploadUrl(); // NULL on Droid 
phones
}
}

I added
android:name=.BaseClass

to the manifest.


On Sep 19, 2:05 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
 On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:59 PM, GregAZ ggur...@gmail.com wrote:
  I think I'm missing something.  If I add the string as an extra to the
  image picker intent, then show that intent, that extra is gone in the
  onActivityResult.

 Correct.

  Even with setResult it's still gone.  This is on my
  HTC Hero:

         Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
  android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
         i.putExtra(url, url);
         setResult(1, i);
         startActivityForResult(i, 1);

 You do not call setResult() here. That is for use in the activity that
 is *started* by startActivityForResult().

  In the onActivityResult:
  String url = intent.getStringExtra(url);

  It's null.

 Correct.

 If you are implementing the activity being started by
 startActivityForResult(), in that activity, you can use extras with
 setResult(). In this case, somebody else wrote that activity. Extras
 you put on the requesting Intent will not automatically be copied to
 the response Intent.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Debugging Droid X-specific issues

2010-09-19 Thread Paul Tongyoo

Mark--

Thank you  for the MOTODEV tip; I had no idea the site existed.  To much
dismay however I was not able to reproduce my issue using the Droid X
emulator add-on; and I'm embarassed to say that the issue appears related to
my use of the un-documented CropImage intent action (which you warned me
about in the past .. i know i know, you told me so :-)).

I'll go ahead and explain my problem anyway just in case there's another
solution other than cloning the CropImage class (I'm actually still trying
to accomplish this, but am running into issues building the Camera package
with the Android source).  To summarize the problem:  After passing image
data to the CropImage activity and cropping the image, the phone's
_WALLPAPER_ changes to the cropped image instead of my application's views!
Is it possible the Droid X OS on the phone has a alternate implementation of
CropImage that could be causing this behavior?

-PT

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 On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Paul Tongyoo paul.tong...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  Any ideas any one?  Is there a way to emulate the Droid X's specific
 build
  locally?

 MOTODEV publishes some SDK add-ons for their various devices. Whether
 there is one for the Droid X and whether it will help you with your
 issue is unclear.

 My recommendation is for you either to explain the actual problem here
 (your email appears cut off), or go to the MOTODEV support boards for
 Motorola-specific support.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: After onActivityResult event State Is Gone (Droid Phones)

Your process is getting killed, for whatever reason.  When you are not in
the foreground this can happen at any time.  Typically when you start
another activity the new activity will be full screen so the previous
activity is no longer in the foreground.  And if you are using
startActivityForResult() to launch an activity in another app (as you are
doing here), then your app's process is no longer in the foreground and may
get killed.

Also I think probably 99% of the time that you would be using a static or
Application instance to store state related to startActivityForResult() is
wrong.  This method is about making a call to another activity, whose result
will be delivered back to the caller's activity.  There is no global state
here -- the result goes back to the original activity.  The wrinkle is that
this may be a new instance of the activity...  but if you save your current
state (including whatever state you need about a result you are waiting for)
in onSaveInstanceState() and restore it in onCreate(), this will all work
correctly.

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 12:37 PM, GregAZ ggur...@gmail.com wrote:

 That's what I thought.

 Any ideas why the value is getting lost from the application?

 I created a class that I called BaseClass that inherits Application.
 That class contains:

private String uploadUrl;

  public String getUploadUrl(){
return uploadUrl;
  }
  public void setUploadUrl(String url){
  uploadUrl = url;
  }

 In my activity, I'm setting it:
 public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url)
 {

BaseClass appState =
 ((BaseClass)getApplicationContext());
appState.setUploadUrl(new String(url));

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
 android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
 startActivityForResult(i, 1);
 }

 Then in the onActivityResult I'm trying to read it back out, but on
 Droid phones it's NULL.  Works perfect on my HTC Hero (and the
 emulators).  I know the url getting set is correct because I'm
 checking it (I left that part out) and only show the image picker
 intent if they are at a specific page.

 protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
 Intent intent) {

if (requestCode == 1)
{
BaseClass appState = ((BaseClass)getApplicationContext());
String uploadUrl = appState.getUploadUrl(); // NULL on Droid
 phones
}
 }

 I added
 android:name=.BaseClass

 to the manifest.


 On Sep 19, 2:05 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
  On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:59 PM, GregAZ ggur...@gmail.com wrote:
   I think I'm missing something.  If I add the string as an extra to the
   image picker intent, then show that intent, that extra is gone in the
   onActivityResult.
 
  Correct.
 
   Even with setResult it's still gone.  This is on my
   HTC Hero:
 
  Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
   android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
  i.putExtra(url, url);
  setResult(1, i);
  startActivityForResult(i, 1);
 
  You do not call setResult() here. That is for use in the activity that
  is *started* by startActivityForResult().
 
   In the onActivityResult:
   String url = intent.getStringExtra(url);
 
   It's null.
 
  Correct.
 
  If you are implementing the activity being started by
  startActivityForResult(), in that activity, you can use extras with
  setResult(). In this case, somebody else wrote that activity. Extras
  you put on the requesting Intent will not automatically be copied to
  the response Intent.
 
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Re: [android-developers] is there a way to make drawable clickable?

Drawables don't do anything but draw.  That don't receive input events, so
they have no concept of being clickable.

Views can be clickable, and you can associate a drawable with a view to
provide what the view draws.

So the simplest thing is to make a View, use View.setBackground() to give a
drawable it will draw as its background, and get the click events from the
view however you want.

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 hi all,

 i am using drawable and translateobject to create animation on camera
 overlay.


 how do i get clickable drawable object?

 should i be using drawable?

 thanks!

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Re: [android-developers] Possibility of a curved Gallery

I'd suggest taking the platform's code for the gallery and modifying it to
do what you want.  You'll need to tweak some things to be able to build it
against the SDK, but it is entirely implementable with the SDK.

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Navaneeth sen4u@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi All,
 Is it possible to change the default arrangement of the Android
 Gallery? What i meant is can we make the Gallery in a curved path,
 where the images will be along the curved path and the same time it
 has all the properties of the Android gallery(which appears to be
 center locked and horizontal right now..)?

 If possible, please tell me your ideas. All ideas are welcome.

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Re: [android-developers] Re: How to share data between applications with no dependency

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:32 AM, ayanir ayanir...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'll go with the file on external storage.
 I think that there should be a general system ContentProvider for that
 exact purpose - I could only hope it will be one day...


Why?  There is already external storage which is a mess enough.  Why add
another place for applications to throw random uncontrolled junk in?

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Re: [android-developers] File extensions and MIME type

And fwiw, Android basically knows nothing about extensions.  Everything at
this point is identified through MIME types.  There are some hacks you can
do with intent filters to kind-of do matching against file extensions, but I
wouldn't recommend it.

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 On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:08 AM, ls02 agal...@audible.com wrote:
  My app has two private file formats with distinctive extensions. How
  to I register their MIME types and associate them with file
  extensions? My understanding that then my app can be launched to
  handle a file. How is this done and how to extract the file path my
  app is launched to handle?

 Use the data element in your manifest and the android:mimeType attribute:

 intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.VIEW /
category android:name=android.intent.category.DEFAULT /
category android:name=android.intent.category.BROWSABLE
 /
data android:mimeType=application/pdf /
 /intent-filter

 The BROWSABLE allows you to be launched by clicks in the browser. The
 Uri to the file is in getIntent().getData() in your activity.


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[android-developers] Re: After onActivityResult event State Is Gone (Droid Phones)

2010-09-19 Thread GregAZ

Thanks for that information, that makes a lot of sense.  I will give
that a try!

On Sep 19, 3:07 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote:
 Your process is getting killed, for whatever reason.  When you are not in
 the foreground this can happen at any time.  Typically when you start
 another activity the new activity will be full screen so the previous
 activity is no longer in the foreground.  And if you are using
 startActivityForResult() to launch an activity in another app (as you are
 doing here), then your app's process is no longer in the foreground and may
 get killed.

 Also I think probably 99% of the time that you would be using a static or
 Application instance to store state related to startActivityForResult() is
 wrong.  This method is about making a call to another activity, whose result
 will be delivered back to the caller's activity.  There is no global state
 here -- the result goes back to the original activity.  The wrinkle is that
 this may be a new instance of the activity...  but if you save your current
 state (including whatever state you need about a result you are waiting for)
 in onSaveInstanceState() and restore it in onCreate(), this will all work
 correctly.









 On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 12:37 PM, GregAZ ggur...@gmail.com wrote:
  That's what I thought.

  Any ideas why the value is getting lost from the application?

  I created a class that I called BaseClass that inherits Application.
  That class contains:

         private String uploadUrl;

           public String getUploadUrl(){
             return uploadUrl;
           }
           public void setUploadUrl(String url){
                   uploadUrl = url;
           }

  In my activity, I'm setting it:
  public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url)
  {

                 BaseClass appState =
  ((BaseClass)getApplicationContext());
                 appState.setUploadUrl(new String(url));

         Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
  android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
          startActivityForResult(i, 1);
  }

  Then in the onActivityResult I'm trying to read it back out, but on
  Droid phones it's NULL.  Works perfect on my HTC Hero (and the
  emulators).  I know the url getting set is correct because I'm
  checking it (I left that part out) and only show the image picker
  intent if they are at a specific page.

  protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
  Intent intent) {

         if (requestCode == 1)
         {
                 BaseClass appState = ((BaseClass)getApplicationContext());
                 String uploadUrl = appState.getUploadUrl(); // NULL on Droid
  phones
         }
  }

  I added
  android:name=.BaseClass

  to the manifest.

  On Sep 19, 2:05 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
   On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:59 PM, GregAZ ggur...@gmail.com wrote:
I think I'm missing something.  If I add the string as an extra to the
image picker intent, then show that intent, that extra is gone in the
onActivityResult.

   Correct.

Even with setResult it's still gone.  This is on my
HTC Hero:

       Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
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   You do not call setResult() here. That is for use in the activity that
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In the onActivityResult:
String url = intent.getStringExtra(url);

It's null.

   Correct.

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Re: [android-developers] setImageViewResource not working

Ciao Simone,

probably it's stupid to ask this, but just to be sure: have you called
updateAppWidget() after setting the RemoteViews object? Like this:

appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, remoteViews);



Yuvi


On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Simone simone.russ...@gmail.com wrote:

 I have a simple widget (whose entire layout is just an ImageView) that
 starts and stops a service. From within the service, I'd like to
 switch the image displayed by such ImageView.
 So, i did this:

 public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId){
RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(),
 R.layout.main);
remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.imgView, R.drawable.image1);

...
...

return START_STICKY;
 }

 and

 public void onDestroy(){
RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(),
 R.layout.main);
remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.imgView, R.drawable.off);

...
...
 }

 But it doesn't work.  onStartCommand and onDestroy are called, but the
 image doesn't change.
 What gives?
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[android-developers] Re: setImageViewResource not working

2010-09-19 Thread Simone

How can I retrieve the correct appWidgetId from inside the service?

On 19 Set, 22:30, YuviDroid yuvidr...@gmail.com wrote:
 Ciao Simone,

 probably it's stupid to ask this, but just to be sure: have you called
 updateAppWidget() after setting the RemoteViews object? Like this:

 appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, remoteViews);

 Yuvi



 On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Simone simone.russ...@gmail.com wrote:
  I have a simple widget (whose entire layout is just an ImageView) that
  starts and stops a service. From within the service, I'd like to
  switch the image displayed by such ImageView.
  So, i did this:

  public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId){
         RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(),
  R.layout.main);
         remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.imgView, R.drawable.image1);

         ...
         ...

         return START_STICKY;
  }

  and

  public void onDestroy(){
         RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(),
  R.layout.main);
         remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.imgView, R.drawable.off);

         ...
         ...
  }

  But it doesn't work.  onStartCommand and onDestroy are called, but the
  image doesn't change.
  What gives?
  Simone

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Re: [android-developers] Re: setImageViewResource not working

It depends on how you structured your widget. How are you starting the
service?

If you just need to update all of your widgets that are on the homescreen
you can get their ids with appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds().

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Simone simone.russ...@gmail.com wrote:

 How can I retrieve the correct appWidgetId from inside the service?

 On 19 Set, 22:30, YuviDroid yuvidr...@gmail.com wrote:
  Ciao Simone,
 
  probably it's stupid to ask this, but just to be sure: have you called
  updateAppWidget() after setting the RemoteViews object? Like this:
 
  appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, remoteViews);
 
  Yuvi
 
 
 
  On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Simone simone.russ...@gmail.com
 wrote:
   I have a simple widget (whose entire layout is just an ImageView) that
   starts and stops a service. From within the service, I'd like to
   switch the image displayed by such ImageView.
   So, i did this:
 
   public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId){
  RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(),
   R.layout.main);
  remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.imgView,
 R.drawable.image1);
 
  ...
  ...
 
  return START_STICKY;
   }
 
   and
 
   public void onDestroy(){
  RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(),
   R.layout.main);
  remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.imgView, R.drawable.off);
 
  ...
  ...
   }
 
   But it doesn't work.  onStartCommand and onDestroy are called, but the
   image doesn't change.
   What gives?
   Simone
 
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[android-developers] Re: setImageViewResource not working

2010-09-19 Thread Simone

Hey, thank you very much, I solved it this way though:

appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(new
ComponentName(getApplicationContext(), MyWidget.class), remoteViews);

Simone

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[android-developers] Application checksum at runtime

As an additional anti-pirating strategy, I'd like to compute a
checksum on my application at runtime. Since my app communicates with
a back-end server, I can send the checksum with each message and the
server can deny service to altered apps. Not a complete solution to
piracy by any means, but a fairly easy way to raise the bar.

Anyone know how an app can get access to it's load image at runtime?

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[android-developers] Re: How to share data between applications with no dependency

2010-09-19 Thread Adam Hammer

You could use network/cloud storage for this instead of SD. Depending
on how much data you are talking it's a feasible alternative.

Adam

On Sep 19, 5:12 am, ayanir ayanir...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello,

 I want to share data between 2 applications.
 the idea is both applications can write and read the SAME data and
 there is no dependency which one of the apps is installed or first
 created the data. I have 2 version of the same app: regular and
 premium and I don't know which of them will be first installed and
 both of them can change it.

 I tried to use ContentProvider but the problem is that only the first
 app can create the Provider and when it is uninstalled it deletes that
 custom Provider. I want the Content to be kept for the second app.
 Also, I tried to use Settings.System which keeps the data regardless
 if the application is installed or not but I don't want to use the
 permission for that (it is very problematic from user perspective).
 BTW, it seems that I can change ANY of the Settings.System which is
 not secured from Android OS perspective - but this is a subject for
 other post.

 I see only one left choice using a File for that but, I wanted to know
 if I can use another way?

 Thanks,
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[android-developers] Re: appbucket: all apps for $9.99 per year, are we just going to watch?

2010-09-19 Thread JP



On Sep 19, 5:15 am, Pent tas...@dinglisch.net wrote:
 Amazed they've not done anything

You must be new here

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[android-developers] Re: appbucket: all apps for $9.99 per year, are we just going to watch?

2010-09-19 Thread mot12

On Sep 19, 5:15 am, Pent tas...@dinglisch.net wrote:
 I'm surprised everyone is focused on what the app developers can do.

 The people responsible for the market need to remove this stuff, it
 can't be so hard.

 I waited a few weeks then posted on Market Help.

 Amazed they've not done anything, it looks really bad having an advert
 to cracked apps at the top of
 all the paid app comments. I mean really.

This is a very good point, Pent. It would take little to
- remove the comments from these criminals since they are very easily
identified
- ban their gmail accounts
- allow developers to make a comment in the market by allowing them to
purchase their own apps: appbucket is a website by thieves, the
developers get screwed and you will get screwed. Or something like
this.

Instead, Android gives a free advertisement platform for these
pinheads. I feel really ignored by you, Google. Helll

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[android-developers] Re: Application checksum at runtime

2010-09-19 Thread William Ferguson

I would love your solution to work, but surely any pirate will be able
to calculate exactly the same checksum.
If they have access to your apk, they have access to the key or
algorithm you are using.

On Sep 20, 8:07 am, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.com wrote:
 As an additional anti-pirating strategy, I'd like to compute a
 checksum on my application at runtime. Since my app communicates with
 a back-end server, I can send the checksum with each message and the
 server can deny service to altered apps. Not a complete solution to
 piracy by any means, but a fairly easy way to raise the bar.

 Anyone know how an app can get access to it's load image at runtime?

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[android-developers] Re: Application checksum at runtime

I wonder if there's a way to access the application's signature.

On Sep 19, 5:07 pm, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.com wrote:
 As an additional anti-pirating strategy, I'd like to compute a
 checksum on my application at runtime. Since my app communicates with
 a back-end server, I can send the checksum with each message and the
 server can deny service to altered apps. Not a complete solution to
 piracy by any means, but a fairly easy way to raise the bar.

 Anyone know how an app can get access to it's load image at runtime?

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[android-developers] Re: Application checksum at runtime

2010-09-19 Thread Chris Stratton

You can usually read non forward locked apk's out of /data/app if you
know what their exact path names should be, even though you can't
browse.  However, I'm not sure that will always be bit for bit the
same as what you distribute (for example I forgot to zipalign
something the other day, and logcat seemed to indicate the phone was
doing it).

Anti-piracy measures often rest in the gap between what a third party
has access to, and the degree to which they understand in detail what
they are looking at.

However it would seem that if you have a server involved you have
other options.  Either sell the app directly and keep track of
purchasers, or use market licensing and have the app forward the
license server's response to your server when it requests something
from you.

William Ferguson wrote:
 I would love your solution to work, but surely any pirate will be able
 to calculate exactly the same checksum.
 If they have access to your apk, they have access to the key or
 algorithm you are using.

 On Sep 20, 8:07 am, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.com wrote:
  As an additional anti-pirating strategy, I'd like to compute a
  checksum on my application at runtime. Since my app communicates with
  a back-end server, I can send the checksum with each message and the
  server can deny service to altered apps. Not a complete solution to
  piracy by any means, but a fairly easy way to raise the bar.
 
  Anyone know how an app can get access to it's load image at runtime?

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[android-developers] Re: Application checksum at runtime

Sure, if they could reverse engineer the program logic then they could
generate the correct checksum...but that's not so easy. Since the
checking logic is on the server side, they won't even know what part
of the code is causing the non-response. Anything that raises the
reverse-engineering bar is going to motivate a potential cracker to
try to break some other app instead of mine.

On Sep 19, 3:40 pm, William Ferguson william.ferguson...@gmail.com
wrote:
 I would love your solution to work, but surely any pirate will be able
 to calculate exactly the same checksum.
 If they have access to your apk, they have access to the key or
 algorithm you are using.


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[android-developers] Re: Application checksum at runtime

Not a bad idea, but a hacker could see the server's response come over
the network and would probably detect me resending part of that
response to my server. But an encrypted version of the license server
response would work.

 use market licensing and have the app forward the
 license server's response to your server when it requests something
 from you.


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[android-developers] Re: Quick Contact Window integration like Facebook and Twitter

2010-09-19 Thread Nik Bhattacharya

Bump.

Can anyone help on this subject?  How do I integrate with the quick
contacts menu?

On Sep 9, 10:39 am, Nik Bhattacharya nik.bhattacha...@frogdesign.com
wrote:
 I would like to add an quick contact option to the Quick Contact
 window that displays for a contact.  How do I get this option to show
 up when the user taps on a contact?  I looked at the Facebook and
 Twitter applications and can see that they have this:

 Facebook:

 activity name=.ProfileTabHostActivity
         intent-filter
                 action name=android.intent.action.VIEW/
                 category name=android.intent.catefory.DEFAULT/
                 data mimeType=vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.facebook.profile
 host=com.android.contacts/
         /intent-filter
 /activity

 Twitter:

 activity name=.ProfileTabActivity
         intent-filter
                 action name=android.intent.action.VIEW/
                 category name=android.intent.catefory.DEFAULT/
                 data mimeType=vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.twitter.profile
 host=com.android.contacts/
         /intent-filter
 /activity

 First of all, I am not sure that the snippets above are *really* what
 get used to plug into the quick contacts.  It's just an educated
 guess.  I still am at a bit of a loss to figure out exactly how to
 plug into the quick contact window (for example, which xml/java file
 did Facebook/Twitter apps use to declare their intent to plug into the
 quick contact window, declare the icon to show etc?).

 I am not specifically interested in Facebook/Twitter, its just that
 these apps have plugged into the new API successfully.  I am just
 looking for an end to end example (ideally) or simply pointers to how
 to integrate my contacts sync info into the quick contacts menu.

 Any help is much appreciated.

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