[android-developers] How to best handle android.net.wifi.LINK_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED ?

2017-09-21 Thread Richard Schilling
On my network I've started to see the ConnectivityService broadcast android.net.wifi.LINK_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED intents every time a UDP packet is being sent. It prevents the response from coming back. Whenever the link configuration is changed, it flips between one of two IPv6 addresses.

[android-developers] carrier certification

2014-05-01 Thread Richard Schilling
Hello everybody, I am looking for someone at Google or the OEMs who has experience in getting new cellular hardware certified for the various carriers ... especially Verizon. Can anyone hook me up with a contact? Thanks. Cheers, Richard Schilling -- You received this message because you

Re: [android-developers] Put an app on site and not on market

2013-10-08 Thread Richard Schilling
Per Kristopher's point, I typically restrict the download of .apk files to happen from behind the firewall .. that is the web service that provides the .apk is not exposed to the Interwebs ... just to internal networks. Cheers, Richard On Monday, October 7, 2013 8:29:29 PM UTC-7, Pankaj

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-07 Thread Richard Schilling
may indeed be to something happening on the server side. Other than DRM enhancement, you might expect things like unused assets to get stripped. Cheers, RIchard On Saturday, October 5, 2013 6:37:59 PM UTC-7, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:09 AM, Richard Schilling coder

[android-developers] Re: AIDL service connection, how to detect if service is never connected?

2013-10-07 Thread Richard Schilling
I believe you should always code Service.onBind to return an IBinder object. But, yes, you can create some public methods in your service to check things out. You'll call those methods on mBoundService after it's been set. Notice in the example the service is cast to a LocalService instance

[android-developers] Re: Put an app on site and not on market

2013-10-07 Thread Richard Schilling
Once you enable third-party app installation on the phone (Settings), you can then set up your apache server with the proper mime type. Then just point your phone browser to something like http://yourserver/yourdirectory/yourapp.apk Here's how to set up the server:

[android-developers] Re: New Android ORM/Persistence Library

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
If you use the minimum number of classes from both libraries you'll get about the same executable size (proguard strips out unused classes). So, I look at the max size that a library could add to a project. An upper bound if you will... Rounding up to the nearest 10k: ORMLite's HelloAndroid

[android-developers] Re: How to make a Service That will periodically send the Users Location on a server

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
There are cases where you won't get a location even when things are setup right. This may help: http://rschilling.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/some-android-and-not-android-gps-best-practices/ On Thursday, October 3, 2013 7:55:23 AM UTC-7, HImanshu Mittal wrote: Hello I am building the app

[android-developers] Re: Xml file corrupted over sprint cellular network ?

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
The XML changes slightly from one version of the OS versus another. You might check to be sure that your XML file looks fine in the IDE visual editor for all versions of Android that you're supporting. Just a thought ... Cheers, Richard -- You received this message because you are

[android-developers] Re: debugging break pint not hittting

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
I see this occasionally as well when I've been working in Eclipse for lots of hours at a stretch. Sometimes Eclipse just seems to loose it's head, so here's my work around: 1. quit eclipse. 2. disconnect devices. 3. get coffee ... perhaps lunch Then restart everything. On Friday, September

[android-developers] Re: Android screen capture delay due to writing data in the file..

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
If you can't do what you want without rooting your phone or reading the process list using Runtime.getRuntime().exec(), then you might want to rethink things ... you're kind of in unsupported/uncharted territory. Just a suggestion ... Cheers, Richard On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:21:10

[android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
It's possible that some stores will modify your app to add some Digital Rights Management checks to help prevent hacking. You might have to look into the Android Source code to see what happens. There is a DRM package in the API:

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to make a Service That will periodically send the Users Location on a server

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
. Cheers, Richard On Saturday, October 5, 2013 12:29:51 PM UTC-7, HImanshu Mittal wrote: But Sir I have a question than , How a blue dot is availaible at the position where I am , but the function is not able to fetch the data than... ?? On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Richard Schilling

Re: [android-developers] Re: What is difference between the Android App downloaded using Google Play store and the one directly installed?

2013-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
to modify your app without your consent. Kris On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Richard Schilling coder...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: It's possible that some stores will modify your app to add some Digital Rights Management checks to help prevent hacking. You might have to look

[android-developers] Re: New library to serialize/convert primitives to byte arrays and back again...

2013-10-04 Thread Richard Schilling
Just a follow up. The library I mentioned earlier is now available as a production library: http://rschilling.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/pend-oreille-official-1-0-release/ Feedback is welcome. Cheers, Richard On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:26:40 PM UTC-7, Richard Schilling wrote: Just

[android-developers] Re: New library to serialize/convert primitives to byte arrays and back again...

2013-10-04 Thread Richard Schilling
wrote: Richard Schilling wrote: Just FYI, I've announced a pre-release of a library that is built for Android which will convert Java primitives (and primitive arrays) to byte arrays and back again: http://rschilling.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/pre-release-announcement-pend-oreille/ License

[android-developers] New Android ORM/Persistence Library

2013-10-04 Thread Richard Schilling
I have been using ORMLite for a while, and it's a GREAT library. But realized that it was a bit on the heavy side because it's written for multiple platforms. So, I created a library specific to Android that is smaller (about 58k). Feel free to check it out.

[android-developers] Re: New Android ORM/Persistence Library

2013-10-04 Thread Richard Schilling
I forgot to mention the blog entry with the announcement for the library: http://rschilling.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/kayak-point-official-1-0-release/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] New library to serialize/convert primitives to byte arrays and back again...

2013-09-25 Thread Richard Schilling
Just FYI, I've announced a pre-release of a library that is built for Android which will convert Java primitives (and primitive arrays) to byte arrays and back again: http://rschilling.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/pre-release-announcement-pend-oreille/ License: GPL v2. I wrote it because

Re: [android-developers] How can I be assigned a task/bug on the issues list?

2012-12-03 Thread Richard Schilling
On Friday, November 30, 2012 4:26:44 PM UTC-8, TreKing wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Richard Schilling coder...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I would like to take on an issue found in the issues list of the Android project (http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list). How can

[android-developers] How can I be assigned a task/bug on the issues list?

2012-11-30 Thread Richard Schilling
I would like to take on an issue found in the issues list of the Android project (http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list). How can I get assigned as the owner of a specific issue? Thanks. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

Re: [android-developers] dexgen questions ...

2012-09-26 Thread Richard Schilling
Sounds good. On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:42:21 PM UTC-7, Kristopher Micinski wrote: Try android-platform, that would be the appropriate place to ask. (Certainly not here!) kris On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Richard Schilling coder...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: I have

[android-developers] Re: dexgen questions ...

2012-09-26 Thread Richard Schilling
Schilling wrote: I have a question about the usage of dexgen. Is there a special group setup for that, or is this the place to ask that? My question is this ... how do you use dexgen to generate a switch/case statement? Thanks Richard Schilling Senior Mobile Developer, RD Cetecom, USA

[android-developers] dexgen questions ...

2012-09-25 Thread Richard Schilling
I have a question about the usage of dexgen. Is there a special group setup for that, or is this the place to ask that? My question is this ... how do you use dexgen to generate a switch/case statement? Thanks Richard Schilling Senior Mobile Developer, RD Cetecom, USA -- You received

Re: [android-developers] Are bitmap layouts no longer considered Drawables in Ice Cream Sand....?

2011-12-20 Thread Richard Schilling
Yep.This is why I simply pose the question. So, if I do find a bug later I have a thread to reference. I'll find it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com

Re: [android-developers] Re: One process, two live Application objects?

2011-12-20 Thread Richard Schilling
It happens whenever Logger.logp() is called from within Application.onStart(). It doesn't happen in versions prior to 4.0. Calling Log.d in Application.onStart() works fine though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post

Re: [android-developers] Are bitmap layouts no longer considered Drawables in Ice Cream Sand....?

2011-12-19 Thread Richard Schilling
Apologies - that's a typo in my post. I meant to write: LinearLayout xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; android:layout_width=fill_parent android:layout_height=fill_parent android:orientation=vertical android:background=@drawable/mybitmapdrawable

[android-developers] Re: One process, two live Application objects?

2011-12-19 Thread Richard Schilling
This topic seems to have become re-relevant with the 4.0 release. I'm seeing Application.onCreate being called multiple times. It looks like what Diane described above with multiple processes getting their own instance of Application is being more aggressively adhered to. Would that be

[android-developers] Are bitmap layouts no longer considered Drawables in Ice Cream Sand....?

2011-12-16 Thread Richard Schilling
I've got this in my layout declaration in a file, let's call it mybitmapdrawable.xml: bitmap xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; android:src=@drawable/mygraphic android:tileMode=repeat / mygraphic is a .png file. Prior to 4.0 I don't see a problem with the

[android-developers] Re: StackOverflowError when button is pressed rapidly and fragments are used.

2011-12-09 Thread Richard Schilling
I see TabActivity is deprecated. But there are still some examples in the platform of making Activities children of TabHost. This is what we are doing: calling TabHost.addTab and passing in a TabSpec that contains intents which launch activities. Do you think that's a bad idea now that

Re: [android-developers] Re: StackOverflowError when button is pressed rapidly and fragments are used.

2011-12-01 Thread Richard Schilling
Our views aren't too deep, but they may be too wide, perhaps (too many siblings under the same parent)? I am displaying lots of data using a cursor. I actually get two stacks to look at: 1. When the exception is thrown the debugger pauses in CursorWrapper.getCount: 11-23 11:56:55.383:

Re: [android-developers] Re: StackOverflowError when button is pressed rapidly and fragments are used.

2011-12-01 Thread Richard Schilling
I guess when you look at the stacktrace in LogCat, we do have quite a few layers... the stacktrace shows calls through about 12 different UI control classes. Would you concur that is definitely a problem in this case? But what do you think about the cursor? -- You received this message

[android-developers] Re: StackOverflowError when button is pressed rapidly and fragments are used.

2011-11-30 Thread Richard Schilling
ping. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options,

[android-developers] Re: Enhancement Review Process

2011-11-29 Thread Richard Schilling
Will do. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more

[android-developers] StackOverflowError when button is pressed rapidly and fragments are used.

2011-11-28 Thread Richard Schilling
I am seeing some behavior that is hard to pin down. I get a StackOverFlow exception generated whenever a button in one fragment is clicked rapidly in succession and causes a second fragment on the screen to reload repeatedly. The exception only happens when the use hammers on the button for a

[android-developers] Re: PowerManagement - wakelocks

2011-11-01 Thread Richard Schilling
Does anybody have an answer to this question. This is very interesting. The answer to this would be very useful for me as well. Thanks. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, FULL_WAKE_LOCK, Service, File IO, IOException

2011-11-01 Thread Richard Schilling
I apologize if this is a duplicate post. I am in need of some additional information on PowerManager, and I've seen several posts dealing with the issue, but still haven't found the specific information I need. Related links are below. When the screen goes dark, it looks like the file

[android-developers] android.git.kernel.org is down

2011-09-21 Thread Richard Schilling
Apologies if this is a duplicate. But, http://android.git.kernel.org is not responding. Page not found. Anyone else see this? Thanks. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: android.git.kernel.org is down

2011-09-21 Thread Richard Schilling
Correction - SERVER not found. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: Android is worst os mobile is this true

2011-09-21 Thread Richard Schilling
Sorry you feel this way. There are lots of Android developers on this list, so I'm sure someone heard you. In fact, you can be one! You're welcome to download the code and make changes that you feel should be there. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [android-developers] parcelable again: passing object BACK through activity stack

2011-09-21 Thread Richard Schilling
This is some good sound advice. If you don't want to use startActivityForResult and onActivityResult then you can store your data in some source of truth like the SQLite database, or even shared preferences if you just have a few data items. Richard -- You received this message because

[android-developers] Re: Activity Help

2011-09-21 Thread Richard Schilling
The spinner and the list on the first activity are self contained - that is their state won't directly affect the activity that you're calling. Sounds like the activity you start is trying to access some data/resource that is not there (e.g. your layout is missing a resource). Check the

[android-developers] Re: android.git.kernel.org is down

2011-09-21 Thread Richard Schilling
Dough! It's down for maintenance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[android-developers] Enhancement Review Process

2011-08-25 Thread Richard Schilling
know that has happened before I sign up for an enhancement or a bug? Thanks. Richard Schilling -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

Re: [android-developers] Enhancement Review Process

2011-08-25 Thread Richard Schilling
Right. Thanks! I knew there was a link somewhere I wasn't finding... Richard Schilling -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group

Re: [android-developers] Re: Just received Lodsys letter...

2011-08-18 Thread Richard Schilling
Lodsys to pay YOU royalties. And, if they go to court, and the court finds that you actually own the rights to your invention, the court can actually invalidate the Lodsys' patent. An attorney is worth their weight in gold in these circumstances ... literally. Just my $0.02. Richard Schilling

[android-developers] e-mail address change

2011-08-17 Thread Richard Schilling
Just posting this here to have some continuity in my postings. I have changed my e-mail address from richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com to coderroa...@gmail.com Other links: http://facebook.com/mobilemobster http://www.twitter.com/Androider Cheers, Richard Schilling -- You received

[android-developers] AccountManager.addAccountExplicitly generates a null pointer error...

2011-08-12 Thread Richard Schilling
I'm getting a null pointer exception and the phone reboots when I call AccountManager.addAccountExplicitly, even though I have a service that returns a proper SyncAdapter. It's all setup in the manifest properly, etc just like others was saying to do. What other possible conditions generate

[android-developers] Re: How to get screen density in pixels-per-inch or equivalent

2011-02-02 Thread Richard Schilling
even though its screen's really density is a fair amount lower than 240. On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Phil Endecott spam_from_goo...@chezphil.org wrote: Hi Richard, On Jan 12, 6:54 pm, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: Did you try fetching the scale

[android-developers] onItemSelectedListener causes gallery to jump, stick and pop...

2011-01-12 Thread Richard Schilling
I have a gallery on my screen. Works great and scrolls smoothly ... until I set the OnItemSelectedListener. When I do, Gallery gets really jerkey. It seems to stick. I think I know why, but I was wondering if others have found a better solution they would be willing to share. Here's my

[android-developers] Re: How to get screen density in pixels-per-inch or equivalent

2011-01-12 Thread Richard Schilling
Did you try fetching the scale that will allow you to convert from DPI to actual screen pixels? I found this very reliable: final scale = getContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density; Then multiply scale by one inch of pixels in DPI resolution (depending on the screen you're on)

[android-developers] mac layout editor issues ...

2010-12-14 Thread Richard Schilling
To answer this poster's question: NO, you're not the only one fighting with the layout editor on MAC. http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/b418d921b281635b/c9d1b57fb0345862?lnk=gstq=mac+layout+editor#c9d1b57fb0345862 For instance, I'm trying to adjust the

[android-developers] Re: mac layout editor issues ...

2010-12-14 Thread Richard Schilling
On Dec 14, 3:37 pm, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: To answer this poster's question: NO, you're not the only one fighting with the layout editor on MAC. http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... For instance, I'm trying to adjust

[android-developers] mac layout issues (part 2).

2010-12-14 Thread Richard Schilling
Here's a few more mac layout editor issues: 1. layout width and height aren't accepted. They immediately switch to blank values when I enter them in the properties box. 2. layout is not accurate. When I enter a width and height in the XML editor, the layout doesn't appear correctly. 3.

[android-developers] Re: mac layout issues (part 2).

2010-12-14 Thread Richard Schilling
Update. Turns out these three items weren't issues. I accidentally had the Pins this property to the current view button selected. My bad. Sigh. Richard On Dec 14, 4:06 pm, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a few more mac layout editor issues: 1. layout width

[android-developers] My response to Oracle's complaint ...

2010-09-17 Thread Richard Schilling
http://avaj-mavaj.blogspot.com/2010/09/accused.html Richard Schilling -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email

[android-developers] Re: Chilling news: Oracle sues Google over Android

2010-09-17 Thread Richard Schilling
Oracle seems to be doing more than just suing Google. It appears to me that Oracle has postured itself to call any *user* of Android to be an infringer of patent and copyright: http://avaj-mavaj.blogspot.com/2010/09/accused.html Richard On Aug 13, 1:38 pm, François Masurel fm2...@mably.com

[android-developers] build script can't find aapt even though it's there.

2010-09-17 Thread Richard Schilling
I have all my paths and environment setup, but build.xml generated by the Android SDK still can't find aapt even though it exists. Anyone else seen this? Here's the console output: $ ant compile Buildfile: build.xml [setup] Android SDK Tools Revision 7 [setup] Project Target: Android

[android-developers] Re: build script can't find aapt even though it's there.

2010-09-17 Thread Richard Schilling
: # Assuming you're on Ubuntu $ apt-get install ia32-libs On Sep 17, 2:53 pm, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: I have all my paths and environment setup, but build.xml generated by the Android SDK still can't find aapt even though it exists.  Anyone else seen this? Here's

[android-developers] Re: USB Issues: 2nd Droid not recognized by ADB

2010-08-30 Thread Richard Schilling
of this post.  Switched usb driver in device manager to USB Composite Device and it worked for me. Instructions:http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... On Aug 20, 11:46 am, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: I have two Droids. The first

[android-developers] USB Issues: 2nd Droid not recognized by ADB

2010-08-20 Thread Richard Schilling
I have two Droids. The first is recognized just fine by ADB and Eclipse. In hardware manager, it's identified as 'Android Phone/Android Composite ADB Interface'. The second is not recognized by ADB at all. In hardware manager, it's identified as 'Android Phone/Android Composite ADB Interface'

[android-developers] .aidl and resource files not processed by Eclipse.

2010-08-12 Thread Richard Schilling
Using Eclipse, Helios release. What's going on here? Thanks. Richard Schilling -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

[android-developers] .aidl and R.java STILL not being generated.

2010-08-12 Thread Richard Schilling
Alright, I downgraded to Eclipse 3.5, and the following still doesn't happen when I build a project in Eclipse: 1. .aidl files don't get processed (at all). 2. R.java isn't generated. Used to work. What the heck? Richard Schilling -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-developers] Re: .aidl and resource files not processed by Eclipse.

2010-08-12 Thread Richard Schilling
Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: I've recently upgraded the Android SDK to the latest version, and I'm trying to re-build the ApiDemos project.  I've imported it properly. The problem is 1

[android-developers] Re: .aidl and resource files not processed by Eclipse.

2010-08-12 Thread Richard Schilling
Absolutely. Richard On Aug 12, 4:25 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: I'm building the stock ApiDemos code, which used to build just fine But, here's the top three errors

[android-developers] Re: .aidl and resource files not processed by Eclipse.

2010-08-12 Thread Richard Schilling
, 4:25 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: I'm building the stock ApiDemos code, which used to build just fine But, here's the top three errors. [2010-08-12 16:19:44 - ApiDemos

[android-developers] Re: Android 1.5 on CDMA phones and OEM non-conformance documentation...

2010-03-31 Thread Richard Schilling
Just reporting that I was successful in building my application against the Android 2.1 SDK and running it without issue on several Android 1.5 CDMA phones. Richard On Mar 30, 5:05 pm, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: I did think of another option - simply build against

[android-developers] Samsung Moment Drivers (with USB Modem support)

2010-03-30 Thread Richard Schilling
The USB drivers for the Samsung Moment are impossible to find on the Internet and on Samsung's developer forums/website/etc So, I called technical support. They sent me a link: http://shrunk.me/mometdriver.zip I was very impressed with the lady who answered the phone. She didn't realize

[android-developers] Android 1.5 on CDMA phones and OEM non-conformance documentation...

2010-03-30 Thread Richard Schilling
problem so far on Samsung Moment and the at least one HTC device. Here is the support discussion I had with HTC itself. It starts out with my support request (rather ... a rant) to HTC: Customer Information NameRichard Schilling \CountryUnited States Inquiry Information Inquiry Type

[android-developers] Re: Android 1.5 on CDMA phones and OEM non-conformance documentation...

2010-03-30 Thread Richard Schilling
I did think of another option - simply build against 2.0 or 2.1, and then tell the manifest that the application will run on 1.5. Application logic can figure out if CDMA is supported or not... I'm going to try that first. On Mar 30, 2:37 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Or

[android-developers] Re: Streaming Sensor Data from Device to a server

2010-03-06 Thread Richard Schilling
Sockets would definitely work, but there is some overhead in using TCP/ IP versus UDP. One thing you can do with streaming data is use UDP. Either data packets get to the server or they don't. But, the benefit is your client software doesn't have to manage state. That's if you want a live

[android-developers] Your Android applications can now use a reliable atomic time source...

2010-03-05 Thread Richard Schilling
I just updated a free application I've had on Android Market. It's called Navy Clock and can now serve as an NTP time source for any Android application. If you want your application to get the exact atomic time, you can install Navy Clock and connect to the Navy Clock service. Navy Clock will

[android-developers] Re: Your Android applications can now use a reliable atomic time source...

2010-03-05 Thread Richard Schilling
I just double checked. It works for me too. You may have hit it earlier when I was updating the web page. To answer the question: How are you handling the overhead of IPC in your time calculations? When you connect to the service, you register a callback. The service updates your callback

[android-developers] Re: Your Android applications can now use a reliable atomic time source...

2010-03-05 Thread Richard Schilling
: Richard Schilling wrote: When you connect to the service, you register a callback.  The service updates your callback object with calls to two methods, onTimeUpdate and onClockStateChange. The service passes to void onTimeUpdate(long atomicTime, long localTime); two parameters: 1

[android-developers] Nexus GPS antenna is always active when Use GPS Satellites is checked...

2010-01-20 Thread Richard Schilling
of the GPS antenna is really screwing with my power consumption. Thanks. Richard Schilling Mobile Operating Systems Engineer Root Wireless, Inc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android

[android-developers] Re: Nexus GPS antenna is always active when Use GPS Satellites is checked...

2010-01-20 Thread Richard Schilling
I may be answering my own question here. The power control widget had the GPS antenna selected to on. When I turn off the GPS antenna in the power control widget, the antenna goes off. Richard On Jan 20, 1:14 pm, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: My company just got

[android-developers] Re: Application could not be installed on this phone?

2009-10-22 Thread Richard Schilling
, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: What I would like to do is submit a patch that provides more verbose information about why an install fails (e.g. certificate is invalid). There is already a fair amount of stuff printed in the log when an install fails (and also

[android-developers] Re: Application could not be installed on this phone?

2009-10-22 Thread Richard Schilling
, 10:34 am, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not getting much from DDMS.  Perhaps the information I need is in dumpstate output?  If there's some clue here I'm not seeing.  What should I be looking for? The error on the screen is Nomadcould not be installedon

[android-developers] Re: BOOT_COMPLETED not being received by my application since 1.6

2009-10-16 Thread Richard Schilling
K. I'll take a look at this. Thanks! Richard On Oct 14, 1:43 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Richard Schilling wrote: I upgraded my phone to 1.6 and the BOOT_COMPLETED event isn't being sent to my application anymore. There's nothing in the release notes related

[android-developers] BOOT_COMPLETED not being received by my application since 1.6

2009-10-14 Thread Richard Schilling
fix for a production application. Thanks! Richard Schilling Mobile Operating Systems Engineer Root Wireless --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email

[android-developers] Re: Android 1.6 SDK is here!

2009-10-14 Thread Richard Schilling
Well, here's some specific feedback on a very serious issue that seems to have come up: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/c1f4450138843e5a BOOT_COMPLETED is not being sent to my 1.6 application - worked just fine in 1.5. Help. Richard Schilling Mobile

[android-developers] Re: Application could not be installed on this phone?

2009-10-14 Thread Richard Schilling
my fix isn't the right one, or there's another problem. Hope that helps. Richard On Oct 12, 11:38 am, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, the android should be upgrading the old application properly, so uninstalling should not be necessary.  This is an upgrade

[android-developers] Re: Application could not be installed on this phone?

2009-10-12 Thread Richard Schilling
I am seeing this now too. Just upgraded the phone to 1.6. DDMS doesn't tell me squat. Anyone? Richard Schilling Mobile Operating System Engineer Root Wireless, Inc. On Aug 14, 8:32 pm, dougx douglas.lin...@gmail.com wrote: I just rebuilt an application to use some new assets, and now I get

[android-developers] Re: Application could not be installed on this phone?

2009-10-12 Thread Richard Schilling
On Oct 12, 10:57 am, nEx.Software email.nex.softw...@gmail.com wrote: Obvious question alert: Did you remove any old version you might have had hadinstalledbefore trying to install the new one? On Oct 12, 10:28 am, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: I am seeing this now too

[android-developers] Re: Application could not be installed on this phone?

2009-10-12 Thread Richard Schilling
Oh, the android should be upgrading the old application properly, so uninstalling should not be necessary. This is an upgrade. Richard On Oct 12, 11:37 am, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: The issue seems to be with the certificate used to sign the application

[android-developers] Location doesn't have a bundle with satellite count any more?

2009-10-06 Thread Richard Schilling
= loc.getExtras(); extraBundle is null. So, I can't call extraBundle.getInt(satellites) anymore to get the satellite count. What happened? Richard Schilling Mobile Operating Systems Engineer Root Wireless --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

[android-developers] Re: Location doesn't have a bundle with satellite count any more?

2009-10-06 Thread Richard Schilling
told.? Mayhem? Armegeddon? Richard On Oct 6, 11:01 am, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: Just upgraded my phone firmware to 1.6, and it looks like Location objects don't have satellite counts in them any more: locMan = (LocationManager)con.getSystemService

[android-developers] Re: Location doesn't have a bundle with satellite count any more?

2009-10-06 Thread Richard Schilling
. Version 1.6 breaks this behavior. Apparently, satellite count only comes through the GpsSatellite class. You broke my client Or, am I missing something? Richard Schilling Mobile Operating Systems Engineer Root Wireless On Oct 6, 11:34 am, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com

[android-developers] Re: Location doesn't have a bundle with satellite count any more?

2009-10-06 Thread Richard Schilling
platform that relies on this Richard On Oct 6, 1:53 pm, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com wrote: Update to this problem. Version 1.1 of the SDK uses just LocationListener. Version 1.5 introduces GpsSatellite class.   Apparently you can get a list of satellites

[android-developers] Re: Wake Locks and the Cellular antenna...

2009-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
enough. I wonder if this is a bug or a feature request that can be filed ? Richard Schilling On Oct 1, 5:34 am, G g.gir...@gmail.com wrote: It seems indeed clear that the antenna stays on ... however, is it guaranteed that a phone state listener is notified of telephony state changes when

[android-developers] Re: where is sleep/screen behavior documented?

2009-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
again. Richard Schilling On Oct 1, 1:05 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: Unless there is a third party app messing with you, there is something broken with your software.  The typical behavior is: - Screen dims after the screen-off timeout sets in preferences

[android-developers] Re: where is sleep/screen behavior documented?

2009-10-05 Thread Richard Schilling
else has similar thoughts. Cheers, Richard Schilling On Oct 5, 3:16 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: Hi Richard, sorry I really don't have time to go into detail on this stuff at this point (and don't personally know enough to cover everything anyway).  Ultimately the source code

[android-developers] Re: Wake Locks and the Cellular antenna...

2009-10-01 Thread Richard Schilling
can keep getting updates from the phone is to use a dim wake lock. I verified this is the case by logging signal strength over a very long drive. Thoughts and Ideas? Richard Schilling Mobile Operating Systems Engineer Root Wireless On Sep 30, 6:27 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote

[android-developers] DDMS doesn't show wake locks.

2009-10-01 Thread Richard Schilling
I can't get DDMS to show the wake locks on a device when it's tethered. Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks. Richard --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this

[android-developers] where is sleep/screen behavior documented?

2009-10-01 Thread Richard Schilling
? Thanks. Richard Schilling Mobile Operating Systems Engineer Root Wireless, Inc. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers

[android-developers] Wake Locks and the Cellular antenna...

2009-09-30 Thread Richard Schilling
is acquired? I have an application that needs to continuously read the signal strength while the user isn't using the phone. I suspect I need a FULL_WAKE_LOCK to do that. Is that true? Thanks. Richard Schilling Mobile Operating Systems Engineer

[android-developers] TimerTasks getting suspended when the phone is plugged in.

2009-09-29 Thread Richard Schilling
on the Android? Thanks. Richard Schilling Mobile Operating Systems Engineer Root Wireless --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers

[android-developers] Any Googlers on this board who work in Kirkland, WA?

2009-09-10 Thread Richard Schilling
Just a shout out to see how many people on this board work in the Google Kirkland office? I'm wanting to synch up for some developer chat time off-hours... You can catch me on Linked in as well. Thanks. Richard Schilling Mobile Operating Systems Engineer Root Wireless

[android-developers] GsmCellLocaion.getCid frequently returns -1

2009-08-03 Thread Richard Schilling
it? From what I can tell, GsmCellLocation.getCid() is the only API call to get the tower id that the phone is connected to. Thanks in advance. Richard Schilling Root Wireless --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[android-developers] Getting the Projection Matrix in OpenGL

2009-07-30 Thread Richard Schilling
I'd like to get the projection matrix of my view using OpenGL on Android. What's the API call? I cannot find it. Thanks. Richard Schilling --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group

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