[android-developers] Re: need help on menu in android

2011-11-23 Thread JonFHancock
Specifically, you want to look at the APIs for KeyEvent. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html and onKeyDown() http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#onKeyDown(int, android.view.KeyEvent) @Override public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode,

[android-developers] Re: ArrayAdapter not updating its ListView

2011-11-23 Thread JonFHancock
I've worked a lot with ArrayAdapters and ListView/GridView. I've never had a problem like you describe. It definitely isn't a fundamental flaw. Note that ListView recycles views, so that may be why you are getting the state of the checkbox transferred from one list item to the next. These

[android-developers] Re: how to download my APKs?

2011-11-23 Thread JonFHancock
Not that I know of. If you don't still have the apks on your computer, you could download them via the market to your phone, then use adb to pull them off the device. On Nov 23, 11:37 pm, bob b...@coolgroups.com wrote: Is there an easy way I can download my APKs from Android Market?  I want to

[android-developers] Re: .asec files

2011-09-08 Thread JonFHancock
You dont have to worry about that. Once you purchase an app on the android market, you own it forever regardless of how many eevices you have. Just go to the market on the new phone and download it. Do make sure that you set up your new phone with the same google account that you used for the

[android-developers] Payout much smaller than expected

2011-08-03 Thread JonFHancock
Did anybody else get a payout this morning that was a tiny fraction of what is expected? Checkout shows two payouts coming, but only one was deposited (the much, much smaller one). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to

[android-developers] Re: Install % not updating?

2011-07-16 Thread JonFHancock
I've been having a serious reduction in sales since July 1st. For me it is because Market search is horribly messed up. My active install rate has been going up, but my ranking keeps falling in search terms that I've dominated for a year. Oddly though, I have moved up from about 170 to 159 in

[android-developers] Re: Android market search sucks

2011-07-14 Thread JonFHancock
Having a year's worth of downloads doesn't save you. My app, Custom Launcher Icons used to come up pretty high for every relevant search phrase. Since July 1, I'm buried under lots of very similar apps with lower/fewer ratings, less downloads and less relevancy than my own. I'm ok with

[android-developers] Re: Android Marketplace Search Results

2011-07-11 Thread JonFHancock
Most definitely. And we are not alone. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=1e575cf9e437736c Try this one for kicks. Search for theme. Then search for Theme. You will get entirely different results based only on the capital T. I've lost a lot of sales over it. I'm

[android-developers] Users unable to download from the market

2011-06-13 Thread JonFHancock
Over the last couple of hours I have had an unusually high number of comments from users giving low stars and complaining that they can't download/install from the market. Haven't had any sales in the last hour either. Anybody else having the same problem? -- You received this message because

[android-developers] Re: Market sales suddenly cut in half

2011-04-26 Thread JonFHancock
My sales (LauncherPro Icons) have been pretty poor since April 5th. We're used to over 100 per day, and we've been struggling to get in the 80s most of this month. Our worst day was April 10 at 56. We've only had four days since then where we met our budget. Scary since this is my sole income

[android-developers] Re: Transactions in android market not clearing?

2011-04-26 Thread JonFHancock
Yep. Same here. Though, cancellations and rejected payments show up correctly. On Apr 26, 12:35 am, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: Mine are just stuck. The last order to clear was from Apr 25, 2011 1:33:52 AM GMT+01. The next order in line is from Apr 25, 2011 2:38:35 AM

[android-developers] Re: Poor relevancy in Android market since yesterday.

2011-02-11 Thread JonFHancock
Getting a little cynical these days, huh TreKing? ;-) From market.android.com, the search results are pretty good for both those search phrases. trail map brings up two apparently decent trail map apps first. English news brings up news apps. Most of them cover foreign topics, but they are in

[android-developers] Checkout transitioning to monthly payouts?

2011-02-10 Thread JonFHancock
There is a thread going on the Checkout support page about the sudden and unexpected transition to monthly payments: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/checkout-merchants/thread?tid=2788f3abcf2e45aahl=enfid=2788f3abcf2e45aa00049bfc2ac4eb15 I have thoroughly searched my email and can't find any

[android-developers] Re: Refunds in the Market

2011-01-04 Thread JonFHancock
I've given manual refunds from the Google Checkout interface. All you need is their order number to look it up. It won't remove the app from their phones, but if you are using Google's LVL, it will render the app unusable for them. You could always send them the amount to them via paypal (if

[android-developers] Re: Help me on AsyncTask

2011-01-04 Thread JonFHancock
I'm guessing it is in your logic. If the user is viewing a different Activity, then dialog.isShowing() is false, so when the ASyncTask finishes, it sees that the dialog is not showing, so doesn't close it. When the user switches back to the calling Activity, then they find the dialog still open

[android-developers] Re: Galaxy Tab vs. G Tablet - My first experiences

2010-12-22 Thread JonFHancock
I haven't tried the Samsung, but I agree about viewsonic's awful UI. I did actually flash a custom ROM within minutes of unboxing. The vega-n firmware is excellent, and with the market fix, it is a very useful device. If you're not into flashing custom roms, don't buy a g tablet. On Dec 22,

[android-developers] Re: Anybody seen a slowdown in sales?

2010-12-19 Thread JonFHancock
Interesting. My saday and rank have remained steady. I have seen a sharp drop off in cancellations since the 17th, but sales have stayed at about 90-120 per day. On Dec 19, 12:20 am, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: FWIW.  My relatively popular app's sales have been roughly 20-30% lower than

[android-developers] Re: Tabs On Sense Devices

2010-12-11 Thread JonFHancock
Yes and it drives me mad! The only solution I have found is to target my app to 1.6 (sdk 4). Then the tabs look the same across all devices, but they look like sense tabs. On Dec 11, 1:54 pm, JimmyHoffa photos.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Has anyone found themselves with the same problem

[android-developers] Re: What Tablet would you get

2010-12-04 Thread JonFHancock
I picked up a viewsonic g tablet at Sears for $379. The stock ui is aweful, but with cayanogenmod, it is an amazing device. Modding instructions are available on xda. On Dec 3, 4:03 pm, Gaelin gaelint...@gmail.com wrote: I searched through the board and I didn't see anyone ask this yet so I

[android-developers] Re: Market statistics stall

2010-11-23 Thread JonFHancock
Still seeing stalled stats on my free app, though they seem to be updating for my paid app, which has been on the market a lot longer. On Nov 23, 8:44 am, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) cor...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't seen any evidence of stalled statistics. Mine are proceeding normally. This

[android-developers] Re: Adventures with LVL

2010-11-01 Thread JonFHancock
It has been an OK experience for me. I had difficulty at first, and users would write me to complain, but I don't recall any public complaints. They were people with legit licenses who were getting refused due to network errors and such. The complaints were my own fault for using the LVL code

[android-developers] Re: Market - download unsuccessful

2010-10-28 Thread JonFHancock
I haven't been able to download any apps today. Everything I try to download just stalls. I've tried all the typical stuff like: http://www.technipages.com/android-market-download-unsuccessful-error-fix.html. I even did a factory reset and reinstalled my rom. I haven't had any emails from users

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Licensing intermittently fails

2010-10-27 Thread JonFHancock
I had that problem quite often at first. I fixed it by modifying the static variables in the lvl code to cache the credentials more than one minute. The code is well documented. Check it out. On Oct 26, 2:28 pm, Arron arro...@gmail.com wrote: I included the Android Market licensing (LVL) in my

[android-developers] Re: Tab Icons

2010-10-21 Thread JonFHancock
...@gmail.com wrote: Well, thx JonFHancock for your interest,   in fact now I'm needing some transport icons for a proyect: bus, car, bike, etc.. Also a favorites icon (a star?). But maybe something like this  http://glyphish.com/ would be useful to a lot of coders. On 19 oct, 22:42, JonFHancock

[android-developers] Re: eclipse HELIOS (3.6) Code Assist very slow

2010-10-19 Thread JonFHancock
:30 pm, JonFHancock jonfhanc...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you an infinite number of times! I was going out of my way to not allow assists in cases where I knew it would be slow. On Oct 16, 12:06 pm, SChaser crotalistig...@gmail.com wrote: If you are using the JEE edition of HELIOS

[android-developers] Re: How to connect to a remote MySQL DB without webservices... ?

2010-10-19 Thread JonFHancock
Not that I'm aware of, but remember that any code executed on a machine you do not control is untrusted. It would be all too easy for someone to modify your code in a way that can make calls to your db that corrupt the db. Making a php or java server-side application that you can just send http

[android-developers] Re: Tab Icons

2010-10-19 Thread JonFHancock
I may be that artist. What kind of icons do you want to see? On Oct 19, 9:45 am, Pikoh pik...@gmail.com wrote:  I haven't found any either...that's why this was my last hope. Well, let's see if any artist read this and give us some good pack ;) On 19 oct, 17:52, Christophe

[android-developers] Re: Tab Icons

2010-10-19 Thread JonFHancock
, 1:40 pm, JonFHancock jonfhanc...@gmail.com wrote: I may be that artist.  What kind of icons do you want to see? On Oct 19, 9:45 am, Pikoh pik...@gmail.com wrote:  I haven't found any either...that's why this was my last hope. Well, let's see if any artist read this and give us some

[android-developers] Re: eclipse HELIOS (3.6) Code Assist very slow

2010-10-18 Thread JonFHancock
Thank you an infinite number of times! I was going out of my way to not allow assists in cases where I knew it would be slow. On Oct 16, 12:06 pm, SChaser crotalistig...@gmail.com wrote: If you are using the JEE edition of HELIOS, the assists can be speeded up by turning off JAX-WS assist in

[android-developers] Re: Do you spend any time sending DMCA notices

2010-10-14 Thread JonFHancock
I've claimed my app on AppBrain. AppBrain is just like AndroLib and other such sites that just scrape the market and post it on the website. They don't distribute apps directly. I've never seen a comment in the market at all from AppBrain, much less a spammy comment. I see tons of AppBucket,

[android-developers] Do you spend any time sending DMCA notices

2010-10-13 Thread JonFHancock
Just curiosity mostly. I make an effort send DMCA notices to file sharing sites whenever I notice my app being distributed. I'm wondering if you spend time on it, or leave the pirates to their plunder? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-developers] Re: Anybody experiencing a boost in sales since opening up to other countries?

2010-10-10 Thread JonFHancock
@Tom Right on, I'll give that a try. Nice sales pitch if you did work for them though ;-) On Oct 9, 11:19 am, Tom / HyperBees tomek.ml...@gmail.com wrote: @Jon You could give mopapp.com a try. They use Checkout API to get the data and present it in a very Analytics-like way. The service is

[android-developers] Re: Anybody experiencing a boost in sales since opening up to other countries?

2010-10-09 Thread JonFHancock
.  No sales again for 6 hours, and these 6 hours is when my app sells the most, as it's the afternoon/evening in the US.  I can't prove that something is wrong, but it certainly is mind-boggling. On Oct 9, 12:55 am, JonFHancock jonfhanc...@gmail.com wrote: Another relatively slow

[android-developers] Re: Anybody experiencing a boost in sales since opening up to other countries?

2010-10-08 Thread JonFHancock
Yesterday was fantastic. Today was quite a bit slower. Not a plummet, but back down to previous levels. I did have a long stent today where sales barely moved. Maybe there was a problem... On Oct 7, 11:20 pm, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, this happened to me as well.  I think

[android-developers] Re: Possible to check .apk signature?

2010-10-08 Thread JonFHancock
In my implementation, the danger is not that the hacker will use my key to sign the apk after modifying it (not possible), but that the hacker will debug the post variables being sent to the server and copy the key, then hard code the string into the api call, do his other modifications, sign it

[android-developers] Re: Anybody experiencing a boost in sales since opening up to other countries?

2010-10-08 Thread JonFHancock
Very likely to be true. I did kind of think whelp, I guess everybody in Argentina who wanted my app bought it yesterday. Saturated that market. On Oct 7, 11:42 pm, mort m...@sto-helit.de wrote: On Oct 8, 4:00 am, Julian Bunn jjb...@gmail.com wrote: I saw a temporary boost over a few days,

[android-developers] Re: 2.2 apk does not install in 2.1 droid

2010-10-08 Thread JonFHancock
In your manifest file, you have probably set the minSDKVersion to 8. Set it to 7 or maybe lower. If you set it at 8, it will be a 2.2 only app. 7 is 2.1 and so on. 5 and 6 are irrelevant. If you want to work on 1.6 (there are still new devices being sold with 1.6), you need to set it to 4. On

[android-developers] Re: 2.2 apk does not install in 2.1 droid

2010-10-08 Thread JonFHancock
Sorry, I should have linked to the relevant documentation. http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html and http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html On Oct 7, 11:59 pm, JonFHancock jonfhanc...@gmail.com wrote: In your manifest file

[android-developers] Re: Anybody experiencing a boost in sales since opening up to other countries?

2010-10-08 Thread JonFHancock
Another relatively slow day so far. My app was showing in the market (for me at least), but I unpublished and republished for good measure. We'll see... On Oct 8, 6:29 am, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: I just unpublushed and republished it and it showed up immediately. WTF On

[android-developers] Re: Possible to check .apk signature?

2010-10-08 Thread JonFHancock
I think we're finally understanding each other, Dan. I am using the public key as a secure way of identifying that the app is mine before I pass data back from the server. The CRC323 isn't really used. I do pass it as an extra piece of information that loosely identifies a specific build. The

[android-developers] Re: 2.2 apk does not install in 2.1 droid

2010-10-08 Thread JonFHancock
Always a pleasure. On Oct 8, 1:50 am, kavitha b kkavith...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks JonFHancock. It solved my problem. On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, JonFHancock jonfhanc...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I should have linked to the relevant documentation. http://developer.android.com

[android-developers] Re: Possible to check .apk signature?

2010-10-07 Thread JonFHancock
The Signature does not change on every build. The signature is not the same as a CRC32. I have already put out 3 updates with various code changes since I started using the server-side signature checking. I haven't changed the server-side code, and the app keeps on working. If I try a

[android-developers] Re: Possible to check .apk signature?

2010-10-07 Thread JonFHancock
, 10:58 am, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: They use a CRC32 to protect the code?  That's easily spoofed.  It's only intended to detect accidental changes to the data. On Oct 7, 12:23 pm, JonFHancock jonfhanc...@gmail.com wrote: The Signature does not change on every build.  The signature

[android-developers] Re: Possible to check .apk signature?

2010-10-06 Thread JonFHancock
What I have done, is used the following code to get the signature. I found the signature by doing a signed release build, with the System.out.println line on, and copied it from Logcat. Then in actual production builds I just comment it out. PackageManager pm =

[android-developers] Re: Anybody experiencing a boost in sales since opening up to other countries?

2010-10-06 Thread JonFHancock
 am, JonFHancock jonfhanc...@gmail.com wrote: Since the market opened in more countries a few days ago, I've seen a nice boost of about 20-40 sales per day.  At first I thought some blog had posted something about my app, but nope.  My website traffic is normal too.  The only thing I can

[android-developers] Re: CRC32 checksum use in order to secure Android LVL Applications

2010-10-03 Thread JonFHancock
I would really love a little guidance for how to use this. Maybe the documentation team could write something up? On Oct 2, 2:05 am, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:11 PM, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: What you really want to be sure of is that the

[android-developers] Re: Install APK from your application

2010-10-01 Thread JonFHancock
I use an AsyncTask to download the file, then launch the package manager. The task expects to be passed the URL of the apk to be downloaded: http://pastebin.com/5fgrgDEd Here is the meat of how to launch the package manager once you have the apk saved: Intent

[android-developers] Re: Android licensing implementation is slow - specifically the AESObfuscator

2010-10-01 Thread JonFHancock
I've noticed this too. I also use the obfuscator in my off-market version of the library, and I decided I was going to pass the users's email, license key and android_id to my license server obfuscated, but it proved to be way to slow to obfuscate everything. On Sep 27, 9:21 pm, MrGreg

[android-developers] Re: CRC32 checksum use in order to secure Android LVL Applications

2010-10-01 Thread JonFHancock
Well, until we figure out how to test against the signature, I used the method for finding the crc here: http://www.javafaq.nu/java-example-code-230.html using getApplicationContext().getPackageCodePath() as the file name. Fortunately, my app is 100% dependent on server data. So i just post

[android-developers] Re: How to store app data to gmail account? Is it possible?

2010-09-30 Thread JonFHancock
It might be better to store the data on your own servers, and use OAuth so that the user signs in with their gmail account. You could make it feel the same, but you have control of the data, and you aren't at the mercy of Google's APIs. On Sep 29, 2:32 pm, Moto medicalsou...@gmail.com wrote: As

[android-developers] Re: Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID not unique on DROID2?

2010-09-30 Thread JonFHancock
The last update from Google/Verzion was half a month ago. Is there any progress to report? On Sep 13, 11:48 am, suzanne.alexandra suzanne.alexan...@motorola.com wrote: Motorola is working on a fix for the ANDROID_ID issue on DROID 2. Any fix that becomes available will be upgraded to devices

[android-developers] Re: Free version or not?

2010-09-29 Thread JonFHancock
I released one app, paid only. It was successful for me, especially after I got a couple of blog posts reviewing the app. Granted, I had a fairly successful web presence before I released the app. If you can get a blogger or two to write about your app, that will help immensely. For starters,

[android-developers] Re: LVL -- where to specify params for Server policies?

2010-09-28 Thread JonFHancock
I have modified the ServerManagedPolicy.java. I doubt that it is the correct way to do it, but it works. On Sep 28, 11:23 am, DulcetTone dulcett...@gmail.com wrote: I do not see within the LVL documentation and example app who/what/ where you specify the frequency with which license checks

[android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % INCREASING lately?

2010-09-28 Thread JonFHancock
It was. I went up from 33% to 42%. Now I'm back down to 39%. On Sep 28, 9:39 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this market stat is finally fixed, or at least correcting itself over time. Yup, slowly but

[android-developers] Re: What's the status of installing a non-market apps?

2010-09-27 Thread JonFHancock
Maybe I'm just mean, but I don't distribute free betas to the public. Maybe I should start... Anyway, I offer in-app updates to customers in my market and off-market versions of my app. In preferences, they can switch to the beta channel and back a la Chrome. The betas have the same licensing

[android-developers] Re: Uri from FilePath?

2010-09-25 Thread JonFHancock
What are your logs showing? I was trying to load images into an imageview using file Uris, which worked great in 2.2, but not on 2.1 and below. I could never figure out why. I posted the question on SO here:

[android-developers] Re: installation unsuccessful errors in market

2010-09-24 Thread JonFHancock
I recently pushed a new version of my app that had install to sd card set to preferExternal. Then I had about a dozen users email saying they couldn't install the new version. Most of them uninstalled the old version to try to get it to work and were left with no app at all. I noticed a trend

[android-developers] Re: Distribute app to customer for review but no one else

2010-09-22 Thread JonFHancock
I do this kind of incremental update for the PayPal version of my app. I do it in the same way that Brad described. If the app finds a new version on the server, it pops a dialog asking the user to update or postpone it. If they click update, it downloads via an AsyncTask, and installs via the

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

2010-09-22 Thread JonFHancock
BTW, I will break 10K downloads today or tomorrow with an active install rate of about 35% On Sep 22, 3:59 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: In short, apps are like show business.  How many actors/musicians even get to give up their day jobs? On Sep 22, 3:55 pm, Indicator Veritatis

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

2010-09-22 Thread JonFHancock
Ugh. I'm offended that he likes me. There was no congeniality in my tone when I wrote about getting my app removed. I respect the wishes of developers who request removal. It is ridiculous that he assumes developers don't mind having their income ripped away from them, unless they speak up

[android-developers] resolveUri failed on bad bitmap uri

2010-09-21 Thread JonFHancock
My app is caching images to the sdcard under /sdcard/android/data/ com.example.myapp/cache, then loading those images into ImageViews via imageView.setImageURI(). This works fine in 2.2, but on 2.1 phones/emulator, I get INFO/ System.out(440): resolveUri failed on bad bitmap uri:

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

2010-09-21 Thread JonFHancock
This is just a workaround, because I'm sure they will put the app back on their list eventually, especially since I just pushed out a major update, but I asked them to take my app down, and they did within a couple of days. I sent an email like the following to d...@appbucket.net

[android-developers] Re: Best Practice for selling app in non-Market approved countries?

2010-09-21 Thread JonFHancock
I am currently storing the user's email and their license code, in preferences, and sending those plus an AES encrypted hash of some select strings + their deviceid back to the server. The first time they log in, their deviceid is recorded in the db. Subsequently, if they try to authenticate

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

2010-09-21 Thread JonFHancock
On an average day, I make $70 to $100 on one paid app. If I get a blog post, it jumps up above $200 for a few days. The first time Droid Life posted about it, I made $700. A high-ish profile mention in a forum will pull in an extra $20 - $40. My app is in its 3rd month, and serves a niche

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

2010-09-21 Thread JonFHancock
on you. I'm sure you should do the same in any country, but I don't know what percentage that is anywhere else. On Sep 21, 12:06 pm, Agus agus.sant...@gmail.com wrote: @JonFHancock Is that amount generated from ads or paid? If from ads i want to know the average #impressions