Hi, Is there any internal method/object I can use to return a format like the built-in call log does ?
(i.e. "5 minutes ago", "2 days ago"...) On Mar 6, 2:55 pm, Tseng <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't really use this method to be honest. Even the Android > Documentation sugest to use native methods, instead of writing your > own stuff for methods which are already available (i.e. simple date > formating). > > [Use Native > Methods]http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/design/performance.html#... > > On Mar 6, 1:20 pm, droozen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sometimes I construct my human readable strings in a separate function > > by myself, mostly because I imagine it's faster. Something like. > > > int iMonth = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1; // Months from the calendar > > are offset by one. Add one if you want human readable. > > int iDay = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH); > > > String month = Integer.toString(iMonth); > > if(iMonth < 10){ > > month = "0" + month; // Otherwise, you might get something like > > 1/1/1900, instead of 01/01/1900 > > > } > > > String day = Integer.toString(iDay); > > if(iDay < 10){ > > day = "0" + day; > > > } > > > String humanReadable = month + "/" + day + "/" cal.get(Calendar.YEAR); > > > But really, you should be using SimpleDateFormat, I suppose... > > > On Mar 6, 5:55 am, Łukasz Warchoł <[email protected]> wrote: > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
