[android-beginners] Launch Activity from BroadcastReciever

2010-03-26 Thread Andrew MacKillop
Hey. I have a BroadcastReceiver, which works well, however, I want to show a full UI when it is hit. At the moment, I can create a Toast, which appears, but I can't seem to make a UI appear (I'd rather not make one programmatically). So, unable to set a content, I tried to use Intent to change to

[android-beginners] Re: Help! My simple app works in Eclipse Emulator but not on droid

2009-11-29 Thread andrew android
Thanks... I didn't get it for so long until I finally learned that my default values on my preferences view didn't make the stored preference persist so the way I had read the preferences actually meant that on first run of app, an endless loopn was created... Now I have a different problem...

[android-beginners] Help! My simple app works in Eclipse Emulator but not on droid

2009-11-22 Thread andrew android
My simple app - with no fancy stuff - just one preferences screen and simple while loop logic keeps crashing on my droid though it works fine in the emulator ... I've tried everything I could find online for possible answers, I think... is there something very basic I'm missing? I get a blank

[android-beginners] Gestures and underlying views

2009-11-11 Thread Andrew Perepelytsya
simple clicks and long-presses. Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr

[android-beginners] Re: Android 2.0 on Dev Phone

2009-10-29 Thread Andrew
:\),and its slow. Link for the brave:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=577291 I am hoping Cyanogen will once again prove how great a system he has (by using the SD-card for the system) and how great Android is by being so customizable. /Andrew

[android-beginners] Application Drawer Icon

2009-10-29 Thread Andrew Louth
Where can I find the icon used for the Application Drawer on the home screen? I would like to have a sliding drawer widget that uses this icon but I'm not sure if its even available via android:drawable or at all. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[android-beginners] Re: How do you center a TextView inside a layout?

2009-09-08 Thread Andrew Louth
I know its possible to center layouts easily using the TableLayout. You will find an example here: http://droidhut.com/solutions/centered-layouts Cheers, Andrew Louth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[android-beginners] Launching a Dialog from an Overlay/MapActivity

2009-07-29 Thread Andrew
click on a point, it will not show a Dialog. The OnTouchListener uses the Overlay's onTouchEvent to see if the point is clicked. The Overlay recognizes that the point is being clicked, but I cannot launch a Dialog from the Overlay, which is the problem. Thanks, Andrew Here is the code

[android-beginners] Using map activity in an app widget large problems

2009-07-26 Thread Andrew Armstrong
Right so am I trying to launch an activity which extends MapActivity from an appwidget when a button is pressed. So I have the following class which should be launched: http://pastebin.com/m54788588 Right - however when i launch the activity on the button press the following error occurs:

[android-beginners] Best practices - looking for application design advice for a location aware app.

2009-07-16 Thread Andrew
I am working on my first android application and am looking for some advice on design decisions. The main goal of the application is to display trails (like cycling/ hiking trails) near the users current location. The user will first be presented with a mapview with markers indicating the

[android-beginners] Can one APK result in multiple icons/apps on the device?

2009-07-08 Thread Andrew
Hi all, Curious if this functionality is present on the Android platform. I'm looking to package my apps into a single APK file, which when installed would spawn multiple application icons on the device. All applications would be related and would talk to each other (this part isn't a problem

[android-beginners] Re: How to test Sipdroid using an emulator?

2009-07-02 Thread Andrew Burgess
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[android-beginners] Re: Alarm Manager

2009-07-01 Thread Andrew Burgess
)); PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, i, 0); AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService (ALARM_SERVICE); alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, lcal, pendingIntent); -- Andrew Burgess

[android-beginners] Re: Unable to Connect to FTP server

2009-07-01 Thread Andrew Burgess
) stackState int[] (id=830058792560) stackTrace null -- Andrew Burgess --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android

[android-beginners] android.location requestLocationUpdates only calls onLocationChanged once

2009-06-30 Thread Andrew Gee
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[android-beginners] Where I can get royalty free pictures?

2009-06-09 Thread Andrew Li
Hello, everyone! I made a game recently. and I need some pictures, I searched on the internet. But most of them are not allowed to use into the Mobile devices or applications. Does anyone know where I can get royalty free pictures? Please tell me! Thanks!!!

[android-beginners] Re: how to update the firmware of the dev phone to 1.1?

2009-03-02 Thread Andrew
in the end may lock the phone so you cannot do anything with it anymore unless you reset it back to 1.0! /Andrew --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email

[android-beginners] Re: how to update the firmware of the dev phone to 1.1?

2009-03-01 Thread Andrew
for the actual handset, you need to include extra modules (GPS drivers etc.). Infos on that can be found at http://source.android.com/documentation/building-for-dream Try it it is fun! :-) Andrew --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] Re: free android programming book

2009-01-29 Thread Andrew
Androidcore is just the PDF files from the SDK and as far as I can tell andbook is a very old preview copy! But get this book! I think it is giving a very good overview on how to program programs for Android. On Jan 28, 7:50 pm, Michael Martin - MM Agency mi...@mm-agency.com wrote: I am also

[android-beginners] Push email has stopped

2008-11-17 Thread andrew baisley
I have the G1 on T-mobile UK. I setup the alternative email client with my Gmail account to see how it worked. It wasn't as good as the native Google Mail app so I deleted my account. But now my Google Mail program has stopped working properly. It won't download new messages or send either. And

[android-beginners] Re: How to get a G1 whithout a suscription plan?

2008-11-16 Thread Andrew
that you have to pay a 2 year suscription, is that right? No problem. You can buy unlocked HTC G1, for example, on ebay.com. ($400-$600) Well I don't really (know who to) trust (anyone) on ebay.com! I would have a professional contact! :-) Andrew

[android-beginners] Re: 3D game development

2008-11-11 Thread Andrew Burgess
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