Interesting. Thanks Dianne. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote:
> No, Rings Extended is not obsolete (though the music picker activity it had > is now part of the platform), and it doesn't so anything different than the > built-in ringtone picker -- it just returns the URI to the caller. > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Rob Franz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi all (hoping Ms Hackborn might see this post as well) >> >> I know this might seem off-topic but it does have to do with >> development of an application. There is a lot of info here so I >> apologize for the long-winded post... here goes. >> >> My application utilizes a ringtone picker and what I'm finding is that >> in some cases *it seems like* the default ringtone that a user sets >> for their phone is not *truly* the default ringtone systemwide. >> >> My application also does not set the ringtone for the phone - it >> merely uses it in its own scope, that is, it does not affect any >> systemwide settings. >> >> Now one of the users of this app has reported to me that he has Rings >> Extended installed and that's how he sets his default ringtone for his >> phone. What my app does is: >> >> 1. user uses default ringtone in ringtone picker in application scope >> 2. user hits ok >> 3. ringtone's actual URI is resolved from >> content://settings/system/ringtone >> and stored for later use >> >> What it seems like is happening is that the default ringtone URI is >> still pointing to the original default ringtone - i.e. the one that is >> the factory-defined default. So when they play the default ringtone >> in my app, they get that factory-defined one... not the one they have >> defined as the default ringtone. >> >> On the other hand, I don't have Rings Extended installed anymore >> because it seems that the functionality that it achieved is now >> performed by the build - I'm using RC33. My default ringtone is set >> systemwide and the URI is content://settings/system/ringtone. To get >> the system to see ringtones on my SD card, I simply mount it, copy the >> ringtones to Ringtones, unmount, and then they show up in ringtone >> pickers. >> >> I don't know what build this user is using at the moment. >> >> Sorry if this is a lot to digest but is Rings Extended obsolete now? >> I don't want to tell users of my app to uninstall it if it's working >> for them... that wouldn't seem nice. Perhaps T-Mobile has not pushed >> out newer/newest builds to everyone? I'm confused - it's hard to tell >> who has what, it seems. >> >> Thanks, >> Rob >> >> > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
