[android-beginners] Re: Show background applications dialog in front of current application

2009-03-09 Thread Sean Hodges
Interrupting another application with a custom dialog sounds quite invasive to the user. How about displaying a notification icon when you want the user input? Sean On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:25 PM, denzel dimitri.deroc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have an app that is running in the background

[android-beginners] Re: Droidweb.com

2009-03-22 Thread Sean Hodges
Enjoying the blog, have added it to my news feeds :) On Mar 22, 2009 7:13 AM, triplem triplemwebdesi...@gmail.com wrote: I've recently started a blog / forum dedicated to covering Android. I plan to cover the latest news reguarding Android, including new devices, programs, and other

[android-beginners] Re: Android?

2009-03-26 Thread Sean Hodges
You have to use the Android SDK, but Eclipse isn't necessary. The SDK is written in the Java programming language (although Android uses a custom JVM). You can initially make do with the various phone emulators when developing, but it's important that you test apps on a real phone before

[android-beginners] Re: Compiler Version

2009-03-31 Thread Sean Hodges
GCJ won't work (I assume that is what you are trying to use, GCC is a C++ compiler). I don't know where any official lists are, but I think the only supported are Sun JD On Mar 30, 2009 6:53 PM, linuxjet james.d.peter...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know if I'm just blind but I can not see a

[android-beginners] Re: Menu items and Contex Menu items

2009-03-31 Thread Sean Hodges
Not as far as I'm aware, you'll need to recompile those apps with the new code. Unfortunately some of them are not open source, so you might need to look for alternatives for those. On Mar 30, 2009 6:53 PM, Mariam Rady mariam.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I want to add a Menu item or a Context

[android-beginners] Re: this site in not available android plug in for Eclipse

2009-04-15 Thread Sean Hodges
Hmm, the site worked for me yesterday, I'm not in front of a pc today to test it but will get back to you if someone else doesn't get there first. On Apr 16, 2009 12:56 AM, goodboyx sud...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone tell me where I can find the android plug in for Eclipse. This site is not

[android-beginners] Re: Android and OpenJDK

2009-04-27 Thread Sean Hodges
I use OpenJDK 6 in Ubuntu, I've had no problems so far. Obviously the Android platform only officially supports the Sun implementation (http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.1_r1/requirements.html), so if you encounter unusual compilation problems it pays to have the Sun JDK available somewhere

[android-beginners] Re: Eclipse Error: SWT on ubuntu (amd turion )64 bit

2009-05-06 Thread Sean Hodges
I'm getting the same thing with Eclipse 3.4 On May 5, 2009 7:08 PM, Lorenz lorenzoteod...@gmail.com wrote: Hi i've just tried to install SDK 1.5 and I have a big problem, when I try to point the sdk directory(in Eclipse 3.3.2) from Windows- Preferences-Android two windows appear: in the first

[android-beginners] Re: New Android SDK

2009-05-06 Thread Sean Hodges
Ah, I'm glad its not just me going mad. Thanks for the link dragli, will give it a try later. On May 5, 2009 7:08 PM, dragli dra...@gmail.com wrote: Try to create an AVD. Please follow the page below: http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/hello-world.html On 5月1日, 上午3時07分,

[android-beginners] Re: Linux Kernel with SDK 1.5

2009-05-06 Thread Sean Hodges
The kernel version can be found in the .repo/manifests/default.xml in the corresponding SDK. 1.0 = 2.6.25 1.5 (current) = 2.6.27 Cupcake = 2.6.30-rc4 (pulled from latest kernel/common tree) On May 6, 2009 3:25 PM, ja...@work jamai5...@gmail.com wrote: Hi to everybody :) I didn't understand

[android-beginners] Re: Emulator launch error in HelloAndroid tutorial

2009-05-07 Thread Sean Hodges
You want the command prompt in Windows. Try typing cmd into the launch box in the start menu. On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Dennis Christy dennischri...@gmail.com wrote: I get the following error in attempting to run the HelloAndroid tutorial: Failed to find an AVD compatible with target

[android-beginners] Re: Emulator launch error in HelloAndroid tutorial

2009-05-07 Thread Sean Hodges
You may need to set your JAVA_HOME environment variable. What is the exact error you're getting? On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Dennis Christy dennischri...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sorry, I did not explain my problem completely. I just want to create the AVD so I can run the tutorial. Opening

[android-beginners] Re: Android plugins not appearing in Eclipse (XP)

2009-05-14 Thread Sean Hodges
If you go to Help - Software Updates - Manage Configuration, is the Android plugin present in the left tree? Does it have an exclamation mark icon against it? On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:29 AM, khendar khen...@gmail.com wrote: I have followed the instructions on this page (http://

[android-beginners] Re: Source not found.

2009-05-14 Thread Sean Hodges
When does this message appear? When you try to compile your code? Are you using Eclipse, or something else? Try the Hello World first, to make sure your environment is set up correctly. http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/hello-world.html On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:30 AM, aglagla

[android-beginners] Re: Compiling C/C++ Code and Call It from Java

2009-05-14 Thread Sean Hodges
I'm not an expert, but you are probably looking for the NDK. Also, see this: http://honeypod.blogspot.com/2007/12/dynamically-linked-hello-world-for.html On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:23 PM, eka eka.a.kurnia...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Can I compile my C/C++ code as an engine and then call it from

[android-beginners] Re: ADT Plugin

2009-05-16 Thread Sean Hodges
I can confirm, the ADT plugin site appears to be down for me as well. On May 15, 2009 5:39 PM, medelin mede...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I coudn't fetch the ADT Eclipse plugin using the address provided by doc: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ Someone confirm this? Regards

[android-beginners] Re: import an existing project

2009-05-16 Thread Sean Hodges
This confused me the first time I used eclipse, but yes, empty packages (including tld's) are shown in the package view. I believe this is partly to allow easy copy/move refactoring of classes across the entire namespace. On May 16, 2009 11:28 PM, Raphael r...@android.com wrote: Oh I see.

[android-beginners] Re: Error Message

2009-05-16 Thread Sean Hodges
Well there is really no way of telling from the error dump you've given, it essentially points to a memory fault of some kind, but more likely something like attempting to access a released resource. Can you post up some of the offending code? On May 17, 2009 12:15 AM, Julius Spencer

[android-beginners] Re: Error Message

2009-05-18 Thread Sean Hodges
pyramid) I have no problems. I wouldn't know which part of the code to post as there is no Exception it just drops back to the previous Activity. Maybe I need to look at the memory usage or something else while it is drawing the frame. On 17/05/2009, at 11:23 AM, Sean Hodges wrote: Well

[android-beginners] How to determine if application is running on the emulator?

2009-05-19 Thread Sean Hodges
Hey all, I'm working on an application which requires a Wifi service. To ensure it does not start attempting to resolve addresses over the cell network, the app automatically starts the Wifi service when it is not available, and determines that connection has been established by polling for an

[android-beginners] Re: browser application..

2009-05-19 Thread Sean Hodges
How about you put the games on a website? You get the flexibility of using regular HTML/CSS for designing the site, and people will be able to access it from the Web browser on either their phones or their computers. I guess if you really want to build a client app for this, you could do so

[android-beginners] Re: findViewById returns NULL (RadioButton/RadioGroup)

2009-05-19 Thread Sean Hodges
Hello Vignesh, onCreateDialog() is invoked before the dialog is populated, so the RadioGroup widget has not yet been created. You probably want to override onPrepareDialog(). See these sections in the API: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onCreateDialog%28int%29

[android-beginners] Re: Is there an easy way to make EditText look like TextView but still behave like EditText?

2009-05-20 Thread Sean Hodges
Hello Nikolar, Your emails are getting sent, we've received it 3 times now. Don't Panic :) Drop the android: prefix to your style attribute and follow the style convention given here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/available-resources.html#stylesandthemes EditText

[android-beginners] Re: Show View object in a View object from layout

2009-05-20 Thread Sean Hodges
I would give it 24 hours before bumping a question. There are people in different time zones who may know the answer, and only haven't responded because they're dreaming of electric sheep. On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Junior Einsfeld junior.einsf...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone? Regards,

[android-beginners] Re: How to donload all the files from this site

2009-05-21 Thread Sean Hodges
Try: wget -r -np http://www.netmite.com/android/mydroid/packages/apps/Browser/ You're probably better off getting it from the official source though: http://source.android.com/ On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:56 AM, vineeth Desai vineeth.desa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All,  Could you please tell me

[android-beginners] Re: Android source 1.0

2009-05-22 Thread Sean Hodges
Hey Justin, I believe you can retrieve the source from version control (http://source.android.com/download), and switch to the android-1.0 tag. I'm not sure if/how you do this with the repo tool, but you could navigate into each of the project directories and use git to checkout the tag for each

[android-beginners] Re: Android on Ubunty 9.04

2009-05-26 Thread Sean Hodges
suggesting copying (not renaming) /etc/udev/rules.d/50-android.rules. to /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules. It helps. regards w On Apr 27, 12:07 pm, Sean Hodges seanhodge...@googlemail.com wrote: I'll be upgrading in the next couple of days, if you don't get your answer already

[android-beginners] Re: MotionEvent coordinates

2009-05-26 Thread Sean Hodges
I haven't tried this before, but I'd imagine you could construct a region positioned at getX()/getY() with a circumcircle radius based on the output of getSize(). With this approach, you will have to define a relative size for the fingerprint. This may not be useful if you are looking for high

[android-beginners] Re: can we use adb install or other else command to install all of .apk in a Dir once?

2009-05-27 Thread Sean Hodges
Luke, Perhaps you could run adb install across the directory contents? e.g. find ~/Desktop -name *.apk -execdir adb install {} \; On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Luke zy1986...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, As the tittle. Thx --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[android-beginners] Re: Where are the table layout sample files?

2009-05-27 Thread Sean Hodges
Check out table_layout_10.xml: http://developer.android.com/guide/samples/ApiDemos/res/layout/table_layout_10.html It uses a table containing TextView's and Button's. Basically, you want a series of TableRow views, containing the Button views inside (each View becomes a new cell). TableLayout

[android-beginners] Re: vertical scrolling TableLayout

2009-05-28 Thread Sean Hodges
I'm not sure on the purpose of the scrollbar attributes on the TableLayout, usually if you want scrollbars on a layout, you wrap them in a ScrollView: ScrollView android:layout_width=fill_parent android:layout_height=wrap_content android:layout_weight=1

[android-beginners] Re: Android emulator starts with a dialog promoting what is the HOME

2009-05-28 Thread Sean Hodges
It sounds like you installed an app on the emulator that declares itself as a home app to Android. Usually you have a checkbox at the bottom of the dialog that allows you to tell it not to ask again. Worst case scenario; just ditch the whole emulator and re-install it. I'm not sure on how you

[android-beginners] Re: Sprite in Android

2009-05-28 Thread Sean Hodges
Vinny, GameDev.net (http://www.gamedev.net/reference/start_here/) and DevMaster.net (http://www.devmaster.net/wiki/Main_Page) are good places to start. There are some good books available too, check out Amazon. In my opinion, you should really gather some experience developing games for the PC

[android-beginners] Re: Setting Focus by code in an array list

2009-06-01 Thread Sean Hodges
Hello Mike, I'm not familiar with the code you are using, but I believe you want to use setSelection() inside the onCreate method of the activity, something like: findViewById(R.id.myListView).setSelection(0); See here for more info:

[android-beginners] Re: Getting a reference to the View corresponding to the id passed to setContentView()

2009-06-01 Thread Sean Hodges
I'm not sure why this might be considered the hard way... Can you elaborate on why it is not easy for you? In answer to your question; I believe getRootView() would also do what you want: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#getRootView() Regards, Sean On 5/31/09,

[android-beginners] Re: Android marketplace pricing currency

2009-06-02 Thread Sean Hodges
The short answer to both of those is no. The market is still fairly limited with regards to i18n and currency conversion. This may change in the future, I suggest you raise both questions (separately) on the market forums to try and help this process. On Jun 2, 2009 12:26 AM, myandroid

[android-beginners] Re: Suggestion required for displaying a table

2009-06-04 Thread Sean Hodges
Vignesh, Put the TableView inside a ScrollView: ScrollView TableView TableRow TextView / TextView / TextView / /TableRow /TableView /ScrollView Using TextViews to represent the cells isn't particularly complicated. If you are

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

2009-06-05 Thread Sean Hodges
Yep, I third that. A great beginners book. Keeps you interested with lots of examples. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Stevesteveoliv...@gmail.com wrote: 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

[android-beginners] Re: 500kb OPML parsing issues

2009-06-10 Thread Sean Hodges
Andy, A simple example is provided on the already linked article for PullParser (http://developer.android.com/reference/org/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParser.html) An example for using the SAXParser is available here: http://www.anddev.org/parsing_xml_from_the_net_-_using_the_saxparser-t353.html If

[android-beginners] Re: android' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

2009-06-10 Thread Sean Hodges
Yogesh, From my recollection, with the 1.1 SDK you don't need to create an AVD, that functionality was introduced later on. You should be able to just type emulatorenter and the emulator will launch the built-in AVD. If you actually want more than one AVD, you'll need to upgrade your SDK. Is

[android-beginners] Re: REG: Xml to Wbxml using EAS.

2009-06-17 Thread Sean Hodges
These topics are quite specialised, you might get better responses on the android-developer list... The IM app was probably being developed around the same time, or before, the kxml2 component was added. You might get some help with kXML here: http://kxml.sourceforge.net/kxml2/ Regards, Sean

[android-beginners] Re: Integrate Own Application in Contact Application

2009-06-17 Thread Sean Hodges
No, but I believe it is possible to distribute a new modified Contact app that includes the functionality you want to add. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Swissdroidzim...@gmail.com wrote: is it possible to add a link to the default contact application which links to the own application.

[android-beginners] Re: How to enable Google search by voice?

2009-06-17 Thread Sean Hodges
Voice search is disabled in the UK as well, from my understanding it has something to do with the build customisations made by the service providers. I don't think you can turn it on, at least I've never heard of a way to do it. Vodafone might be able to shed some light as to why they chose to

[android-beginners] Re: pseudotarget of android build

2009-06-22 Thread Sean Hodges
I hit the same issue a while back. I believe what you are looking for is: make modules On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jimmy-Creupagujamai5...@gmail.com wrote: Same problem... i thought it was something wrong in my configuration...but maybe there is something missing :S On Jun 18,

[android-beginners] Re: Android Emulator Orientation on Macbook

2009-06-23 Thread Sean Hodges
Ed, F11 and F12 are apparently alternatives: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html You should also be able to start the emulator in landscape/portrait mode using the -skin command switch: emulator -skin HVGA-L -avd avdname emulator -skin HVGA-P -avd avdname

[android-beginners] Re: How Do you enter a negative number into an EditText

2009-06-23 Thread Sean Hodges
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 1:07 PM, MMC2m...@mmc2.com.au wrote: Can someone please tell me how to enter a negative number into an EditText? Ensure the EditText box is in focus (the cursor will be blinking inside it), then press the minus key - followed by the numerical digits required for your

[android-beginners] Re: Basic Layout

2009-06-23 Thread Sean Hodges
Carl, Can you post your activity XML? Ill take a look, its difficult to visualise exactly what you are trying to do On Jun 23, 2009 6:33 PM, Carl carl...@gmail.com wrote: Why has it got to be s difficult? For a week now I’ve been reading and playing around with code and have still not

[android-beginners] Re: How Do I Install Market Apps on the Emulator, and other questions about Intents

2009-07-20 Thread Sean Hodges
In addition to option #2, you could write a small application that listens on the intent contexts and acts as a stub for the radar app you want to target. Just accept the data being passed in and send back some static dummy responses. You can then deploy this dummy app on your emulator. This

[android-beginners] Re: [android-beginners]

2009-07-23 Thread Sean Hodges
An intent is an instruction you send so the system will perform an operation. You pass in a command in the form of a context string, such as android.intent.action.DIAL, along with some data, like tel:01234567890. See here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html An

[android-beginners] Re: Is it possible from Android device to access a local pc?

2009-07-23 Thread Sean Hodges
Android supports bluetooth, Wifi (local networking) and USB. Which one you want will depend on your requirements. For easy sychronisation of files between phone and PC, USB is probably a good choice; assuming you don't require the connection to be wireless. Regards, Sean On Thu, Jul 23, 2009

Re: Automatic Updates - iphone vastly superior (Was Re: [android-beginners] Re: Availability of Developer Phone.)

2009-07-24 Thread Sean Hodges
Shawn, I fail to see how this is a problem with Android. As Mark has stated repeatedly, it is the carrier who pushes OTA updates for the devices, not Google or the android-beginners mailing list. The issue you describe sounds like the blame rests solely with NTT DoCoMo. They are the ones pushing

[android-beginners] Re: XML and Java/Android

2009-07-26 Thread Sean Hodges
elegos, The official dev guide provides an example for XmlPullParser: http://developer.android.com/reference/org/xmlpull/v1/XmlPullParser.html Bear in mind XmlPullParser has some specific uses. If you are looking for an alternative to SimpleXML then you should probably look at basic SAX

[android-beginners] Re: multiple image attachment

2009-07-28 Thread Sean Hodges
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:33 PM, SrilankanKKk2er...@gmail.com wrote: Hi i have put this question on several time on this forum. But i didn't get any answer. It's fine to bump a unanswered post after a few days, but please don't post to multiple lists at the same time. You just

[android-beginners] Re: Folder under raw or drawable

2009-07-29 Thread Sean Hodges
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:35 AM, BOROkonradborowie...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. I would like to create a folder (s) under raw or/and drawable folders. Is it even possible and why not? According to the documentation it seams that folder names are limited to a specific set of names which have to

[android-beginners] Re: Supposed to use javac?

2009-07-30 Thread Sean Hodges
I thought I had read that Android does not use Sun's Java because of copyright issues but rather uses Dalvik, which is not 100% compliant. Where did you read this? Dalvik is a JVM implementation optimised for the mobile platform. It isn't a Java SDK, hence no javac.

[android-beginners] Re: Learning? Windows or Linux?

2009-07-30 Thread Sean Hodges
Eclipse works just as well in Linux as it does in Windows. The error you are getting can have several manifestations, try pulling any third-party .jars out of your project and start Eclipse using the -clean switch. Building from command-line works as well, you can write a build script in ANT or

[android-beginners] Re: Android SDK

2009-08-11 Thread Sean Hodges
You have not downloaded the Android SDK. You have downloaded some random Java applet called Anfy that has something to do with manipulating images. Please download the *Android* SDK from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r3/index.html Regards, Sean On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:07 PM,

[android-beginners] Re: 3 icons for one app

2009-08-18 Thread Sean Hodges
Can you post up your manifest file? On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:41 AM, tinyangtiny...@earthlink.net wrote: I am developing an app and so far it has 3 complete acticities.  For some reason, everytime I install it and run it in my emulator, it creates an icon for each activity instead of

[android-beginners] Re: Invalid apk file

2009-08-24 Thread Sean Hodges
Which version of Eclipse are you both running? I've not come across this problem before, but its possible that your emulator needs resetting. Try running: emulator -wipe-data from the command line to reset the data image. Sean On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Ivanxhh...@gmail.com wrote:

[android-beginners] Re: Android not found

2009-08-31 Thread Sean Hodges
Yusuf is right, you need to specify where the android program is. Try adding a ./ at the beginning: ./android create avd On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Yusuf Saib (T-Mobile USA)yusuf.s...@t-mobile.com wrote: Hmm. I'm no UNIX expert, but it sounds like your OS does not consider the current

[android-beginners] Re: Installed Application Version

2009-09-01 Thread Sean Hodges
Programmatically? or when using the phone? On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Ne0liamjamesalf...@googlemail.com wrote: This isnt stricktly a developer question, but once an app is installed on the phone how can you tell what the version is that is in the manifest file? Liam

[android-beginners] Re: Installed Application Version

2009-09-01 Thread Sean Hodges
be a Manifest.xml parser available for the PC, but within Android I don't think you can interrogate another app's Manifest.xml / version data for security purposes. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Ne0liamjamesalf...@googlemail.com wrote: Using the phone? On Sep 1, 11:28 am, Sean Hodges seanhodge

[android-beginners] Re: Progress bar for upload / doenload

2009-09-01 Thread Sean Hodges
You need to update your progress bar in a separate thread to the the main (UI) one, see the example here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ProgressBar.html What you have is saying When creating the activity, loop 1000 times and change the progress bar position value each

[android-beginners] Re: Installed Application Version

2009-09-01 Thread Sean Hodges
Wow thats pretty cool Mark. I thought the PackageManager was limited to providing info about the app that you are calling it from. Thanks for the tip. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Mark Murphymmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Sean Hodges wrote: As far as I'm aware of, there isn't a way

[android-beginners] Re: launch app from an app

2009-09-22 Thread Sean Hodges
I think he's trying to launch the Youtube app On Sep 22, 2009 7:29 AM, Justin Anderson janderson@gmail.com wrote: Are you trying to launch an activity that you created, or an arbitrary third party app? Thanks, Justin --

[android-beginners] Re: Please Help Urgent: Get active context dynamically of an application

2009-09-24 Thread Sean Hodges
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Atif Gulzar atif.gul...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Murphy , I really appreciate your help. I posted this questions about two weeks ago on developers list. But when I did not get any response. I posted it on both lists. Sorry if I lost my patient and posted it

[android-beginners] Re: Unable to stop Emulator from commandline in linux

2009-09-24 Thread Sean Hodges
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Smruti smruti...@gmail.com wrote: [r...@localhost tools]# emulator -avd test_avd unknown option: -avd Android Emulator usage: emulator [options] [-qemu args]  options:    -system dir            read system image from dir    -datadir dir           write user

[android-beginners] Re: intercepting email

2009-09-25 Thread Sean Hodges
Intercepting the actions in the mail client apps, no. But you could use SMTP to periodically query a remote mailbox from a service, and trigger an intent from there. I haven't checked yet, but if it is possible to observe when a particular app/activity starts (in this case the mail client), you

[android-beginners] Re: startActivityForResult problem...

2009-09-26 Thread Sean Hodges
That is definitely a puzzling behaviour, I suspect the fact you have no content view is probably the cause. Is there any reason why you need the second activity? Activities are supposed to be used to display a new screen, processing data in the background is usually performed in an ASyncTask or

[android-beginners] Re: problem installing a .apk file

2009-09-29 Thread Sean Hodges
It means that there is a content provider specified in the apps AndroidManifest.xml file that has not been given an android:name attribute. As described in the docs (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/provider-element.html) the android:name attribute is mandatory. My guess is that

[android-beginners] Re: Join

2009-09-30 Thread Sean Hodges
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Sasikumar.S sasikumar.it1...@gmail.com wrote: pls join this group to share ideas http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-application-developers Sasikumar.S, Are we going to be seeing these emails every week now? If so, you might find a lot of people on this

[android-beginners] Re: [android-beginners]

2009-10-03 Thread Sean Hodges
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:53 AM, saurabh sinha saurso...@gmail.com wrote: somebody tell me what is use of onBind in service http://lmgtfy.com/?q=android+service+onBind --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[android-beginners] Re: is it possible to receive incoming call automatically?

2009-10-05 Thread Sean Hodges
There is no correct way, at this point in time. Your approach may work (assuming the security model does not prohibit you), but it may also break when the next Android update is released. On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Nemat nemate...@gmail.com wrote: Can you please tell me how can we do

[android-beginners] Re: Imp ..

2009-10-11 Thread Sean Hodges
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:52 PM, kruti shah kruti...@gmail.com wrote: Hey i m making a UI on a parking lot application in android .In my application it helps the user find a free place in the parking lot.So that it gets convenient for him so he doesnot have to waste time searching for

[android-beginners] Re: How can I change the look of the front screen of the Android

2009-10-13 Thread Sean Hodges
-Applications will be launched in the space left in the middle What space? :) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Unsubscribe

2009-10-16 Thread Sean Hodges
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Danny W. Pimienta iph...@the16thletter.com wrote: I have the same issue. Can the owner zap me off the list too? The same instructions that Mark gave David apply to you as well. Click on this link: http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en Click

[android-beginners] Re: Poor Documentation

2009-10-22 Thread Sean Hodges
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM, gmseed gms...@gmail.com wrote: Take the Sensor page, which lists the public methods: float   getMaximumRange() String  getName() float   getPower() float   getResolution() int     getType() String  getVendor() int     getVersion() Not a single comment

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

2009-10-22 Thread Sean Hodges
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:35 AM, arnouf arnaud.far...@gmail.com wrote: Definitely a showstopper. Additionally there is the allegationhttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_frm/thread/4d5c... Hi, I'm not an Archos employee and I read this message two. I have no

[android-beginners] Re: Emulator on Windows7 can't connect to internet

2009-10-24 Thread Sean Hodges
Similar issues are occasionally reported in Ubuntu and Vista. You might try running the emulator with a manually set DNS server: emulator -dns-server 111.222.333.444 On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Jeroen Beckers thedauntl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I recently updated to Windows 7 and I'm

[android-beginners] Re: Emulator on Windows7 can't connect to internet

2009-10-24 Thread Sean Hodges
within eclipse (on windows 7) and it connected to the net just fine Sean Hodges wrote: Similar issues are occasionally reported in Ubuntu and Vista. You might try running the emulator with a manually set DNS server: emulator -dns-server 111.222.333.444 On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:27 PM

[android-beginners] Re: Poor Documentation

2009-10-25 Thread Sean Hodges
I know the Android is a free system but I stand by my point that the documentation could be a lot better. The better the developer documentation, the better the take up. No. The higher the demand for the Android platform (more phones, more consumers) the better the take up. This holds true

[android-beginners] Re: [android-beginners]

2009-10-27 Thread Sean Hodges
You really are an incredibly annoying poster. One more email like this and I will be blocking your emails from my inbox. Please see all the other threads you started on this topic, if there is something specific you don't understand then ask for clarification on it.

[android-beginners] Re: Visual Studio Android Development

2009-10-27 Thread Sean Hodges
[...] This is akin to the same thought ... Sure I can restructure my thinking, and learn yet another way to develop my applications, but in this day and age why should I. Because you are a human being. You are inquisitive, and evolve intellectually and physically due to the experiences that

[android-beginners] Re: file chooser?

2009-10-27 Thread Sean Hodges
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:34 AM, Jeffrey Blattman jeffrey.blatt...@gmail.com wrote: this has to be an easy one. i want to bring up a file chooser to be able to read a file from say the SD card. i'd rather not roll my own. is there some standard way to do this? -- I've not used it, but

[android-beginners] Re: listen for when my app is installed

2009-10-28 Thread Sean Hodges
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Jeffrey Blattman jeffrey.blatt...@gmail.com wrote: i would like to copy some files from assets to the SD card when my app is installed. i see the PACKAGE* intents, but i'm unclear which one (or set) i should be listening for. i am sure this is a common

[android-beginners] Re: Edit Text === Problem..please help

2009-10-30 Thread Sean Hodges
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Nat M natwa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, My AVD automatically takes = (equal) sign in edit texts. I have changed my AVD several times already. As soon as some edit text shows up on screen it starts filling = sign in it and keeps on doing it. Please Help.

Re: [android-beginners] detect if number can receive SMS/MMS

2009-11-06 Thread Sean Hodges
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Marton Kodok pentiu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, 1. How can I detect if a number is not landline, so it's a mobile phone? 2. How can I detect if a number can receive SMS? 3. How can I detect if a number can receive MMS? 1. You could perhaps check the prefix of

Re: [android-beginners] How to receive and read an Email

2009-11-09 Thread Sean Hodges
SMS_RECEIVED definitely should be in the SDK, it is a frequently used intent. An example of it's use can be found here: http://davanum.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/android-listen-for-incoming-sms-messages/. Double-check your spelling, I think you have an i and an e the wrong way round. As for emails,

Re: [android-beginners] Re: How to receive and read an Email

2009-11-09 Thread Sean Hodges
Nov 2009 17:27:53 jrichards1...@googlemail.com wrote: Thanks. Sorry but the sdk definetly doesnt have that intent anymore http://developer.android.com/search.html#q=SMS_RECEIVED%20t=0 On Nov 9, 5:12 pm, Sean Hodges seanhodge...@googlemail.com wrote: SMS_RECEIVED definitely should

Re: [android-beginners] What is a toast?

2009-11-10 Thread Sean Hodges
From the dev guide (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Toast.html): A toast is a view containing a quick little message for the user. The toast class helps you create and show those. When the view is shown to the user, appears as a floating view over the application. It will

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Passing a Hashtable in Intent Extras..

2009-11-13 Thread Sean Hodges
Well the first thing that immediately springs to mind is the lack of package prefix in your key string. From the Intent API: The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like com.android.contacts.ShowAll So your putExtra key should be something

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Passing a Hashtable in Intent Extras..

2009-11-13 Thread Sean Hodges
Sorry, I missed this mail, glad to hear you got it working. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Samuh samuh.va...@gmail.com wrote: The ClassCastException means that the Java Runtime does not like your request to convert a Serializable into a HashMap. I understand the meaning of

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Passing a Hashtable in Intent Extras..

2009-11-13 Thread Sean Hodges
to understand. On Nov 13, 4:19 pm, Sean Hodges seanhodge...@googlemail.com wrote: Sorry, I missed this mail, glad to hear you got it working. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Samuh samuh.va...@gmail.com wrote: The ClassCastException means that the Java Runtime does not like your request

Re: [android-beginners] Integrate GMAIL within an Android app....

2009-12-07 Thread Sean Hodges
A webview would work, as Marton suggested. It will place the entire UI into your app, including the threaded inbox and Gmail look-and-feel. The user would need to log into GMail the same way as when they navigate to GMail on their browser. Another alternative would be to interface with GMail

Re: [android-beginners] Just starting this, not working

2009-12-08 Thread Sean Hodges
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Greg Donald gdon...@gmail.com wrote: I have a new 2.66GHz i7 (8 cores) over-clocked to 3.69GHz, and I have 12 GBs of ram, 9 GBs free, no swapping.  The emulator take about 80 seconds to load from scratch.  Eclipse takes well over two minutes to start up. Seems

Re: [android-beginners] Tasks Running in Android

2009-12-08 Thread Sean Hodges
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Sasikumar.S sasikumar.it1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How to find, what are the tasks running in android emulator?... On the emulator itself: Dev Tools app - Running Processes From Eclipse (when attached), you can show the Devices view, which gives the running

Re: [android-beginners] How to you keep your program running as a process?

2009-12-10 Thread Sean Hodges
Sounds like what you want is a Service: A service doesn't have a visual user interface, but rather runs in the background for an indefinite period of time. For example, a service might play background music as the user attends to other matters, or it might fetch data over the network or calculate

Re: [android-beginners] New to Java and Android

2009-12-10 Thread Sean Hodges
Is there anything more specific that you're having problems with? I think what you want is to use a WebView: http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/views/hello-webview.html If you haven't already, please run through the tutorials on the Android development site. It's well worth grasping

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Android keeps rebooting

2009-12-10 Thread Sean Hodges
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Vinicius Carvalho viniciusccarva...@gmail.com wrote: I've also noticed that the phone is hanging a LOT! Sometimes apps do not respond. It sounds like your phone is faulty, try doing a factory reset to see if the issue is software related. Otherwise, I suggest

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Simple Call App

2009-12-15 Thread Sean Hodges
Nithin is right, you need to add the following permission to your AndroidManifest.xml, if it's not there already: uses-permission id=android.permission.CALL_PHONE/ You'll find that the KEYCODE_CALL button is being ignored, because by default special buttons like the back/call/home ones are

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