[android-beginners] Re: Hello Date Picker

2009-12-22 Thread Steve
is it supposed to be? Eclipse's suggestion is: public static Object id; or public static final String id = null; -Steve On Dec 15, 2:45 pm, Justin Anderson janderson@gmail.com wrote: If you are using Eclipse you can do this quickly with the Ctrl+Shift+O shortcut... It will automatically add missing

[android-beginners] Unable to see Google Map - but eveything else seems to be working....

2009-12-06 Thread Steve Keener
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[android-beginners] Exif intrerface not found

2009-12-02 Thread steve
Greetings, I'm on a HTC Tattoo (Android 1.6) and am trying to use the exif interface. However it does not appear to be visible. Am I right in assuming this should be available? Also I'd be interested in hearing what way poeple here have been getting exif information from photos. Thanks, Steve

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

2009-10-22 Thread Steve
I always use ADMOB_PUBLISHER_ID as the publisher ID (not test), and since you have 2 errors related to an empty user id, that might be worth trying. !-- The application's publisher ID assigned by AdMob -- meta-data android:value=a14adf472974adb android:name=ADMOB_PUBLISHER_ID /

[android-beginners] Re: Is your Android app on Archos Market ?

2009-10-20 Thread Steve
I tried the Archos emulator on your web site, but can't figure out how to simulate the BACK button? Is there a key for it? thanks. On Oct 20, 1:56 am, arnouf arnaud.far...@gmail.com wrote: If you  have developed or if you are developing applications, and they are on the Android Market -

[android-beginners] Re: Is your Android app on Archos Market ?

2009-10-20 Thread Steve Oliver
Got it, it's the ESC key (just like all the other emulators). On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Steve steveoliv...@gmail.com wrote: I tried the Archos emulator on your web site, but can't figure out how to simulate the BACK button? Is there a key for it? thanks. On Oct 20, 1:56 am, arnouf

[android-beginners] Re: Is your Android app on Archos Market ?

2009-10-20 Thread Steve Oliver
the Menu button is done with the PAGE UP key On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Jeffrey Blattman jeffrey.blatt...@gmail.com wrote: and the menu button? On 10/20/09 7:48 AM, Steve wrote: I tried the Archos emulator on your web site, but can't figure out how to simulate the BACK button

[android-beginners] Re: Creating a Lite and Pro version of an application

2009-10-05 Thread Steve
I don't think the other thread explained how to do this without creating two package names. You would either have to re-name your package each time you published, or you would need two different projects, wouldn't you? Another approach is to try to pull out as much common functionality as you

[android-beginners] Re: Creating a Lite and Pro version of an application

2009-10-05 Thread Steve Oliver
-- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. -- On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Steve steveoliv...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think the other thread explained

[android-beginners] Re: ImageView.VISIBLE/INVISIBLE

2009-09-25 Thread Steve
I always use VIEW.invisible or VIEW.visible or VIEW.gone (rather than ImageView.invisible etc.) and that works for me in any method other than onCreate where I've tried it.. On Sep 25, 12:49 pm, Kingcrowley kingcrow...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering how this works, I can set ImageViews

[android-beginners] Installing the SDK alongside Amazon EC2 Tools on Mac

2009-09-08 Thread Steve
}:your_sdk_dir/ tools to ~/.bash_profile i was wondering is there was anyway to use a different variable so i can have both at the same time or will i have to do what im doing now and comment out one of the lines to use the other. thanks in advance steve mitchell

[android-beginners] ExpandableList Items click after scroll

2009-09-02 Thread Steve Hall
Hi, I am working on an ExpandableListView. It all works fine until I scroll the current set of views off the screen where upon I cannot select either Groups or Children. After trying to select a group when I roll the ball the group I tried to select becomes sellected and all views within the

[android-beginners] problem with Hello, Gallery R.styleable not resolve

2009-08-29 Thread steve
I've been working through the Hello,Views examples. They are great resource - thanks to those that created them. There is a problem with the setiton on the example using android.R.sytleable public ImageAdapter(Context c) { mContext = c; TypedArray a = obtainStyledAttributes

[android-beginners] Re: ExpandableList With ContextMenu

2009-08-17 Thread Steve
Check for the item that is selected (in onCreateContextMenu). If it's a group item, then don't make a context menu for it. If it's a child item, then make the context menu. On Aug 16, 8:22 pm, Jose Ayerdis joseayer...@gmail.com wrote: How can i add a ContextMenu only to the child in the

[android-beginners] Re: TabHost problem with designing Tabs

2009-08-17 Thread Steve
Have you tried using a TabActivity, then you don't have to use a layout XML file for the tabhost. Each tab calls its own intent, and that activity can use its own layout file. Not sure if that fixes your exact issue, but then you won't have to worry that you are messing up your overall layout of

[android-beginners] Using ExpandableListView inside a Dialog

2009-08-11 Thread Steve Hall
the getExpandableListView functionality inside the Dialog) ??? Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[android-beginners] Re: Using ExpandableListView inside a Dialog

2009-08-11 Thread Steve Hall
); working so I can put back the time when I need to crack creating a more complex Custom Dialog. Many thanks Steve On Aug 11, 4:03 pm, Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile) balwinder.k...@t- mobile.com wrote: Steve, setListAdapter() and getExpandableListView() are methods that belong

[android-beginners] Re: Help Needed with Opening File

2009-08-08 Thread Steve Hall
RandomAccessFile(/data/data/ com.example.test2/data/+filename,rw); .. Hope this helps other newbies who can't figure out file creation. Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group

[android-beginners] Help Needed with Opening File

2009-08-06 Thread Steve Hall
security problem!: + e.getMessage ()); } catch (Exception e){ System.out.println(File input error); } } Any help gratefully received Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] Two Problems with ExpandableListView

2009-08-03 Thread Steve Hall
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[android-beginners] Re: How to redraw the list in ExpandableListViewActivity

2009-08-02 Thread Steve Hall
, childPosition to the View after the event?? or how to use one of the above?? any suggestions would gratefully received!! Steve Alas there is more - I have a command to expand the group and move it to the top of the display:- case 1:// Move to Top) getExpandableListView

[android-beginners] Re: How to redraw the list in ExpandableListViewActivity

2009-07-31 Thread Steve
I've got a very similar app I'm doing now, I replied to your other post as well, just to point out that I'm also using onActivityResult however instead of invalidate I just force the activity to launch again. I track which tab they were on before they launched the activity which created the new

[android-beginners] Re: Is learning Java directly on the Android possible or a good idea?

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
I agree with the others that you should learn some Java on the PC before diving into Android. Everything you need is in the JDK and Notepad. After that, you might find you need to go back and look up a few things that are not so basic. Depends on how far you go with Android, but just reading

[android-beginners] Re: Hello, Android the book

2009-06-05 Thread Steve
I'll second that! And it packs a lot of very good material in only 200 pages, so a great way to get an intro to Android dev in a short time. On Jun 4, 4:43 pm, grakhul grak...@gmail.com wrote: So I went into Borders and bought the book in the subject line. Just my way of keeping open source

[android-beginners] Re: Corrupt XML binary file error when adding a PNG to res/drawable

2009-05-20 Thread Steve Smith
No worries: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2726 Cheers, Steve 2009/5/21 Raphael r...@android.com: Can you file a bug at b.android.com with the zip file and your steps below? Thanks in advance. R/ On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Steve Smith tarkast...@gmail.com

[android-beginners] Re: Cannot create AVD in window XP

2009-05-18 Thread Steve
This is because the Android HelloWorld example: http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/hello-world.html ...points to the download page of the 1.1 SDK, whereas you need the 1.5 SDK to be able to use the 'android' command from the same example! Download the 1.5 SDK here:

[android-beginners] Corrupt XML binary file error when adding a PNG to res/drawable

2009-05-18 Thread Steve Smith
suggestions on what I'm missing here? Thanks, Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[android-beginners] Re: Cannot create AVD in window XP

2009-05-18 Thread Steve
I have the same problem as this. There is no 'android' executable in the tools directory - should there be? I only have an android.jar file in the tools' parent folder, but this is not part of my path, and I'm not sure if this is what is meant to be running. On May 12, 4:19 am,

[android-beginners] Re: Corrupt XML binary file error when adding a PNG to res/drawable

2009-05-18 Thread Steve Smith
Hi, The file is res/drawable/androidmarker.png (taken from a tutorial). I'm not referring to it at all; I'm merely placing it in the drawable directory. Removing it removes the error. Thanks, Steve 2009/5/19 Raphael r...@android.com: What is the name of the png you are adding and where

[android-beginners] Re: switch / if statement, efficiency question

2009-04-29 Thread Steve
This would be a good setup if you were planning on adding more menu items later, such as About or Settings or whatever. On Apr 29, 2:22 am, asymmetric oxy...@gmail.com wrote: fadden, thanks for your reply. i'm curious as to why the android devs only used switch statements then, if, as you

[android-beginners] How to access LInux shell command from GUI interface with root permission

2009-02-24 Thread steve
Is it a way to access Linux shell command from with the Android SDK? I would like to do it as a root user Thanks, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send

[android-beginners] Re: Which View is the Android Main Menu?

2009-02-16 Thread Steve Wong
Thanks! On Feb 7, 4:47 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: I am interesting in using the view that android has of the sliding mainmenuthat is on the home screen (where you can drag the tab to expose themainmenuon the screen).  Is this view open to applications? Not at this

[android-beginners] The Widget used for the Main Menu in android Home Screen

2009-02-05 Thread Steve Wong
Hi everyone, I want to use the widget that is used for the main menu in the Android Home Screen, but I'm not sure which one it is, or if it's even exposed to be used in the SDK. Could anyone provide me details on this? - Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[android-beginners] Which View is the Android Main Menu?

2009-02-05 Thread Steve Wong
Hi, I am interesting in using the view that android has of the sliding main menu that is on the home screen (where you can drag the tab to expose the main menu on the screen). Is this view open to applications? If so, which is it? It's also used for the in-call dialer I think. - Steve

[android-beginners] Re: Hello Android!

2009-01-05 Thread Steve Carville
animation too). Don't know about the other question; I'm a beginner too and the Notepad app tutorial looks pretty scary!! Steve -Original Message- From: android-beginners@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-beginn...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Buixa Sent: 02 January 2009 11:06 To: Android

[android-beginners] Re: Best way to learn android development?

2009-01-01 Thread Steve
I'm getting a lot out of this book -- it covers a lot of material pretty quickly and the examples are very useful -- Professional Android Application Development published by Wrox -- http://tinyurl.com/8sqtd8 On Dec 26 2008, 2:28 pm, Fender cmglassm...@gmail.com wrote: Im just starting to get

[android-beginners] Re: Graphing in Android

2008-12-29 Thread Steve
On Nov 9, 12:51 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: It should be possible to write or port such an API, but most of the off-the-shelf solutions for Java graphing on-screen will be assuming AWT/Swing and not Android. Has anyone written a guide for Swing programmers for working with

[android-beginners] Is it necessary to rebuild android platform

2008-12-18 Thread Steve Logue
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