[android-beginners] Android Development Phones

2010-04-21 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I want to purchase an Android developer phone. It seems to be bit pricey at $399 (including international shipping). Is it an absolute necessity for testing applications before uploading to market? Also, I wonder what the device provides that the emulator does not. I would imagine the answer

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Is it possible to 'listen' for sent SMS messages?

2010-04-25 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I am a newbie to Android as well, but I suppose, the application would already know when an SMS is being sent so there maybe some smart you can add to code to avoid a listener for sent msgs. Other way I can think of is you could send an custom event back to you application and listen for it.

[android-beginners] Help with Emulator Testing

2010-04-25 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I am trying to test my basic applications with Android emulator and have one issue. My PC is from stone age (too old) and is appropriately slow. The emulator locks itself and in the settings I can only see an emulator display lock setting time of 30 minutes max. Is it possible to turn this

[android-beginners] Converting Spica to Development Phone

2010-04-28 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I have a Samsung Galaxy Spica phone with Android 1.5. I want to use it as a development phone for testing applications using Android SDK 2.1. I have googled about converting the phone, but almost all of them have disclaimers warning about phone getting bricked. Can someone please tell me a

Re: [android-beginners] Advice For First (Simple?) Non-Tutorial Project

2010-05-01 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Dear fellow beginners, I have more or less the same question. The amount of detail in the API is overwhelming for me to choose what is really required for my app. Are there specific areas we can focus on that can help us ramp up quickly. Regards, UE. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Daniel

Re: [android-beginners] Error trying to update SDK

2010-05-04 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Maybe this link could help. http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/6544e484dd4a32bc On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Xavier Ducrohet x...@android.com wrote: What version of the SDK tools? What OS/Version of Java? Xav On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Kevin

[android-beginners] ADB is not killed

2010-05-04 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, Even after closing eclipse, adb still alive. Has anyone seen this issue before? ps -aef | grep adb 1464 1 0 08:28 ?00:00:02 adb fork-server server Regards, UE -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW! Try

[android-beginners] Question on finishOnTaskLaunch

2010-05-05 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I read the following text in App. Fundamentals today. This attribute is like clearTaskOnLaunch, but it operates on a single activity, not an entire task. And it can cause any activity to go away, including the root activity. When it's set to true, the activity remains part of the task only

[android-beginners] What is R.java

2010-05-08 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hello , Why is R.java named so? It seems to store IDs in static variables like R.layout etc. It looks like this is Android's way of keeping track of predefined UI elements in the Manifest file. Is it possible to access Views created during runtime using the same class R? Regards, UE. -- You

[android-beginners] Problem with IDE.

2010-05-08 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Is there a sequence to be followed while building android projects in IDE? Sometimes, I get an error saying gen folder is not present. But it is an autogenerated folder created duing compilation. If I manually create this folder I am able to compile this project. But if I clean and then try to

[android-beginners] How to debug

2010-05-09 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I am able to write basic android applications now. Thanks for all your help. However, when there are certain runtime issues, I cannot detect them using simulator. There is one msg that says Unexpectedly shutdown (I also see this for alarm clock and other apps sometimes - though I cannot

[android-beginners] Re: How to debug

2010-05-09 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Sorry, Forgot to add that I want to do it from within Eclipse IDE. On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Ubuntu Explorer ubuntuexplo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I am able to write basic android applications now. Thanks for all your help. However, when there are certain runtime issues, I cannot

[android-beginners] [MultipleActivity] Issue with launching second one.

2010-05-11 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I am trying to write a simple multiple activity application - each of which has a xml layout file (containing a button) On the button click, the need to switch between the activities. My onClick() looks like this { Intent myIntent = new Intent(Multi2); Activity act2 = new

[android-beginners] Re: [MultipleActivity] Issue with launching second one.

2010-05-11 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. -- On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Ubuntu Explorer ubuntuexplo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I am trying to write a simple multiple activity application - each of which has

[android-beginners] Re: [MultipleActivity] Issue with launching second one.

2010-05-11 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
. -- On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Ubuntu Explorer ubuntuexplo...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks for your suggestions. I am 50% through. I am able to go from Activity1 to Activity2. However, my replica code in Activity2 doesn't work. Here are my

[android-beginners] Re: [MultipleActivity] Issue with launching second one.

2010-05-11 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. -- On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Ubuntu Explorer ubuntuexplo...@gmail.comwrote: I did exactly as what you had adviced. However, the issue

[android-beginners] Getting On-Device Debugging to work

2010-05-24 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I tried the instructions given in http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html to setup Samsung Galaxy Spica. However, the device does not show up in the adb devices list. I have enabled USB debugging on device as well. I use vendor ID = 04e8 for Samsung. Regards, UE. --

[android-beginners] Re: Getting On-Device Debugging to work

2010-05-25 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
-- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. -- On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Ubuntu Explorer

[android-beginners] Re: Getting On-Device Debugging to work

2010-05-25 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
devices. Is there any issue with the adb that I need to update? Regards, UE On May 25, 11:22 pm, Ubuntu Explorer ubuntuexplo...@gmail.com wrote: I am using Ubuntu 10.04. Regards UE On May 25, 9:07 pm, Chi Kit Leung michaelchi...@gmail.com wrote: USB debugging enabled always cause me problem

[android-beginners] USB Networking

2010-05-29 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, This could be a commonly asked question and I am sorry if I am posting it again, but after hours of googling and trying various things, I still am not able to find the device usb0 - either on the Ubuntu laptop or on the device (Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700). adb devices does list the device but

[android-beginners] Switch between views.

2010-06-13 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I would like to switch between two views. View 1 - button 1 - View 2. View 2- Back - View 1. Regards, UE. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at

[android-beginners] Animation tutorial

2010-06-14 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Is there any sample app or tutorial that explains how to do animations in Android. In particular I am interested in doing translate animation. Regards, UE -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your

[android-beginners] wrap_content vs fill_parent

2010-06-26 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hello All, I am trying to understand wrap_content and fill_parent in the context of multiple elements in a single custom listview, for ex, a contacts application with pic, text, tiny URL/email and another set of icons for facebook, twitter, etc. How do these two values affect a String part or

[android-beginners] Re: wrap_content vs fill_parent

2010-06-29 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
know binary and those who don't. -- On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Ubuntu Explorer ubuntuexplo...@gmail.comwrote: Hello All, I am trying to understand wrap_content and fill_parent in the context of multiple elements

[android-beginners] Application Lifecycle Questions.

2010-07-04 Thread Ubuntu Explorer
Hi, I have the following questions about application lifecycle. 1. Activity 1 of Task 1 (affinity 1) starts Activity 2 (affinity 1, allowTaskReparenting ) of Task 2 (affinity 2) using Intent with FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK. But, Activity 2 is already part of task 2 stack. Will activity2 move from