[android-developers] I will trade 2 Verizon droids for one GSM Nexus1

2010-05-21 Thread lordjoe
Google instists on giving me phones that will not work with my provider - I have two Verizon Driods with that I am willing to trade for an android that is GSM (my provider is ATT) I would like a Nexus 1 but am willing to consider other options try me offline at lordjoe2...@gmail.com -- You

[android-developers] Re: I will trade 2 Verizon droids for one GSM Nexus1

2010-05-21 Thread lordjoe
I am happy to trade - this shouldn't be a commercial transaction - I was given these to do development - however , YOU are free to sell them On May 21, 11:55 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:53 PM, lordjoe lordjoe2...@gmail.com wrote: I have two Verizon Driods

[android-developers] Anyone interested in trading and N1 for Droid

2010-04-21 Thread lordjoe
I have my entire family on an ATT family plan with a couple of members using iPhones so I have little desire to switch to Verizon - shoot me an mail smlewis at lordjoe.com - Google sent me a Verizon Droid which -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-developers] Re: Reusable Android library packaging: interest?

2010-04-04 Thread lordjoe
I am interested - I have the same issues even sharing with my own libraries - In some ways the an approach might be to simply import both the code and the resources into the project if that were possible - The biggest issue I run across is resources which don't seem to get imported properly when

[android-developers] Content Provider works in emulator not on device

2010-04-02 Thread lordjoe
I developed a custom content provider for extracting data from zip files. The provider works properly in the emulator but when I run the apk on the device I get no content provider followed by the url The manifest says (outside the application tag provider

[android-developers] Re: Content Provider works in emulator not on device

2010-04-02 Thread lordjoe
Thanks - that did the trick On Apr 2, 10:16 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: lordjoe wrote: I developed a custom content provider for extracting data from zip files. The provider works properly in the emulator but when I run the apk on the device I get no content provider

[android-developers] How is the best way to organize resources from multiple projects?

2010-03-31 Thread lordjoe
I divide my Android projects into common and specific projects where the common project is code shared among different apps. The problem is that the common project wants to have a res folder different from the specific project's resources. I want the resources to merge the common and project

[android-developers] deleteOnExit when and how does an Android JVM exit

2010-03-29 Thread lordjoe
I am making some temporary files on the android and need want to call deleteOnExit to help guarantee proper cleanup. This call will clean up when the JVM exits. It dawned on me that I do not understand the Application life cycle. 1) Does each application run in a separate JVM? 2) When does an

[android-developers] Re: deleteOnExit when and how does an Android JVM exit

2010-03-29 Thread lordjoe
So my take on this is not only can I not COUNT on deleteOnExit() behaving properly but I can basically count on it never being called. This raises one more question which might need a separate thread - is it ever right for an application to call System.exit(). We are trained not to do this but

[android-developers] Is there a place to write temporary files

2010-03-24 Thread lordjoe
I am writing a content provider to access data in a zip file. The plan is to extract data as needed to temporary files since the API REQUIRES a file descriptor (as opposed to an input stream). The question is where can an Android app write files - we can assume these are small and regularly

[android-developers] ParcelFileDescriptor from ZipEntry how??

2010-03-22 Thread lordjoe
I am trying to create a curtom content provider wo access ZipENtries in a ZipFile - All I need is an override. ParcelFileDescriptor openFile(android.net.Uri uri, java.lang.String mode) returning a ParcelFileDescriptor from a zip entry - The priblem is that ParcelFileDescriptor is completely

[android-developers] What xml encodings work for non-europian languages

2010-03-15 Thread lordjoe
Assume I want to write an xml resource file with a a non-europian language, say japanese, thai or chinese- What encodings can I use and what do I have to to to both the xml header and the Writer to makes these work - Also is there an easy way to map a Locale into acceptable encodings -- You

[android-developers] Handling multiple resource trees

2010-03-08 Thread lordjoe
I am splitting my code into a common source tree witb code to share among multiple android projects and project specific source trees. This works well except for resources. My development environment (intellij) has problems with multiple resouce trees and gives strange errors when multiple res

[android-developers] How do I determine in code what language resources are available

2010-03-05 Thread lordjoe
Assume I have an App with values, values_es, values_de, values_fr defined - I want to show the user a choice of available languages as en (default) es, de,fr or soome variant - How can I ask in code what language resources are shipped with the App I presume I get the resources but where do I go

[android-developers] Resources with multiple roots

2010-03-04 Thread lordjoe
I am trying to break my Android Project into a common tree used by multiple projects and a project specific tree. I use multiple projects in eclipse or Intellij for common and app specific portions. The common project has its own resources (Strings and icons) - I am having trouble reading the

[android-developers] Why is English the only Locale my Phone has in Settings

2010-02-28 Thread lordjoe
and How can I change this -- 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

[android-developers] how do a get the sources for Android.jar

2010-02-24 Thread lordjoe
I am developing for the android but would like to be able to browse and debug through the sources of Android.jar - I see something about a git repository but do not see the url to get the Java Code for Android.jar - also I really want 1.5 or 1.6 since my phone does not yet support 2.1 I keep

[android-developers] Why does my phone show only one Locale in settings / set locale ???

2010-02-23 Thread lordjoe
IN testing internationalization I find my phone - (google dev version of HTC Hero) I see only one local - English when I try to set the locale in the Settings application - How many locales are really available and how do we make them available to settings??? People overseas (i.e. not in the US)

[android-developers] Re: Any way a WebView can show s context menu when not on a link

2010-02-21 Thread lordjoe
I thought it would be something like that but what sort of event - is there a long press event to detect? On Feb 19, 8:07 pm, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) cor...@gmail.com wrote: You could add a listener to the page, just like you would do with any web page and then send a request to the Java

[android-developers] Is the javax.tools and javax security available

2010-02-21 Thread lordjoe
When I try to use code similar to that in http://www.javablogging.com/dynamic-in-memory-compilation/ I find the classes will compile but get a java.lang.VerifyError on execution - the class uses javax.tools.JavaCompiler and javax.tools.ToolProvider and one supporting class uses

[android-developers] Is there a way to call Android Scripting Environment from Java Code

2010-02-21 Thread lordjoe
I am trying to implement a Java Interface with key functionality provided by a script read in at run time - Android Scripting Environment would be great if there were a way to create an Interpreter and pass it text to eval ASE looks great but I see no samples of how to call it from Java code --

[android-developers] How do I use a context menu in a WebView without links

2010-02-19 Thread lordjoe
We are writing an application to display eBooks. A chapter is a long xhtml file with few if any links which displays in a WebView very well. The problem is because there are frequently no links in a chapter and certainly no links visible on screen, there is no way to show a context view. My

[android-developers] Any way a WebView can show s context menu when not on a link

2010-02-19 Thread lordjoe
We are using a WebView for eBooks whic have few (if any) links and do not see a good way to add a context menu in a region with text only - any bright ideas?? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email

[android-developers] Looking for a code sample to incrementally update a list

2010-02-19 Thread lordjoe
I have a listview in the first page of the application which takes almost a minute to populate. It would be nice if after each entry were generated (in a non-ui thread) the list added that entry - Simply calling refresh in the UI thread with a handler post does not do the trick. I use an