[android-developers] Multi Language Tool
Hi, I need to add multi-language capabilities to an Android App I'm developing, and I've been thinking about building a tool to parse my strings.xml file, and automatically add the translations for the translations I want (using the Google Translate API). Anyone know if something like this already exists? Sincerely, Brad Gies -- bgies.com maxhomevalue.com idailythought.com greenfarminvest.com -- -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Several Apps and a widget
I'm just wondering if anyone has any best practices advice for having a common widget for several apps. I'm working for a company that has several apps on the market (and many more to come). They all target the same age group, and most users of one app will potentially be interested in the other apps. We also have a blog and other content that might interest users of any of the apps. So what we want to do is to install a widget, either with the first app they download (and potentially as a separate widget) that will give the users the blog news etc. and an option to download any of the apps. What I'm wondering if whether we should just create a separate widget and check to see if it's installed and ask the user if they want to download it if it's not, or can we create a shared (among the apps) App Widget, and what are the best practices for this. As always, any help/opinions welcome :) Thanks, Brad -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] In app billing items
Hi, I'm just starting to test in app billing, and I thought there was a way to pull the list of available items to purchase from the market app, but I'm not seeing any samples etc. I do see the example of Restoring Transactions which pulls the list of previously purchased items. How do I get the list of items my user might want to purchase? Brad. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Just received Lodsys letter...
No, and nobody is really going to file a counter suit against them. They have been very careful to setup their Business so that there is nothing to go after. After all, they had time to prepare, and they knew someone would try to come after them if they gave them an opportunity. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- MaxHOMEValue.com Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada email: bg...@maxhomevalue.com http://maxhomevalue.com http://bgies.com --- On 17/08/2011 5:32 PM, Jim Graham wrote: Speaking as someone who, thankfully, is NOT a lawyer, I have to wonder Has anyone filed a countersuit against Lodsys? It would make sense, to me, at least File for all legal and court fees, any travel/expenses fees I racked up, plus about $30 million in punitive damages (knowing that it would be reduced, but why not START high, anyways?) If their so-called business starts COSTING them money Later, --jim -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Uploading apps on Android Market
Take the animations out of your app, and have the app download them when needed, or on the first run. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- MaxHOMEValue.com Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada email: bg...@maxhomevalue.com http://maxhomevalue.com http://bgies.com --- On 05/08/2011 7:28 AM, Thế Hiển Đoàn wrote: Hello, I write my apps which are kind of 3D animations. My apps would run on Tablet devices, and their size exceed 50MB. How can I upload them when Google Market only allows the app size limit of 50MB? -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Google Map Road Showing In Dev But not When Signed for Deployment
You're probably using your development map key. You need another key for your prod app. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- MaxHOMEValue.com Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada email: bg...@maxhomevalue.com http://maxhomevalue.com http://bgies.com --- On 02/08/2011 8:11 PM, usafrmajor wrote: I have an application that used Google Maps. When I am developing and installing on my device the roads and such are displayed when I open a map, however when I sign the app and deploy on the Android Market all I see is a dashed grid, that is no roads or other map objects. However, my custom marker overlays do show up. I have a Map Key in the MapView XML file. Can anyone tell me what may be going wrong? 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 options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] are ads worth the effort?
You won't make any money from the ads, but it might be worth having them to convince users to purchase a paid version. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- MaxHOMEValue.com Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada email: bg...@maxhomevalue.com http://maxhomevalue.com http://bgies.com --- On 30/06/2011 1:38 PM, Spooky wrote: I'm about to release my first app, and would like some opinions about adding ads and a $2 donation to remove the ads...specifically, is it worth the effort (keeping in mind that I currently know exactly NOTHING about how to do this) My app is a simple photo Gallery, showing, in this case, a set (one of two, assuming this one isn't a flop) of photos from Point Lobos State Preserve in California. In the app, I also provide information (via the menu button---and ONLY if the user CHOOSES to select the option to view that information) on where and how to order photo posters from this set. Here's the question: would adding ads, and a $2 donation to remove said ads, be likely to be worth the effort? Or, could doing so actually work against me by turning people away from the app? Any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated...even if only a simple forget the ads or yeah, do the ads response. :-) Thanks, --jim PS: If anyone wants to preview the photo set that will be in the app, it's online at jdgapps.com. The site will eventually serve for both my photography and support for Android apps...but it's currently only the former, and then currently only for this one photo set -- 73 DE N5IAL (/4)| DMR: So fsck was originally called spooky1...@gmail.com| something else. http://jdgapps.com/ | Q: What was it called? Running FreeBSD 7.0 | DMR: Well, the second letter was different. ICBM/Hurricane |-- Dennis M. Ritchie, Usenix, June 1998. 30.44406N 86.59909W -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Gettting data from web page
You haven't given us enough information to help. Is it your web site? If not, you're stuck with whatever they have. If it is your website, just add a webservice to it with the functions you need. There are thousands of examples on the web. Just find one that uses the same language/tools you use on the web site. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 11/03/2011 12:17 AM, Kunju Vava wrote: hi Jonathan Foley ya , i got the html tag of that site , u r correct ,it is not a right way bcasae it takes more tome and we need to parse it? i interesred to know wht technice google used to get data based on query? urgently ,,, which technology android usess for this techniquehave any sample? hope u help me? -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Lost libraries after updating ADT and SDK
Is 3.6 ok? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 08/03/2011 4:14 PM, Xavier Ducrohet wrote: Would either of you be using Eclipse 3.4 by any chance? ADT now requires 3.5 (we screwed up and the doc wasn't updated), and I think this action uses a method that doesn't exist in 3.4 Xav On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:54 PM, TreKingtreking...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Tafneild...@gmail.com wrote: Would have been nice if the Add button worked though.. Seriously. I wasted like 2 hours on something that should have taken 5 seconds. - TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: GOOGLE TO BAN PAYPAL?!
I just want to say that it seems the Android Market team DOES provide support to developers. I have emailed them twice and both times they have responded within a day or so, and both times the answer they gave was roughly Thanks for the email it's done!!. I do agree they don't answer much in the forums but if you send them an email from you dev account address, I'm pretty sure you will get a reply. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 26/02/2011 6:44 PM, TreKing wrote: On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com mailto:hack...@android.com wrote: Have you tried going to the Market support forum? http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/label?lid=7dc8a5c590cd22eehl=en http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/label?lid=7dc8a5c590cd22eehl=en There are people from Market support answering questions there. LOL - Seriously? With all due respect Dianne, have you actually been over there? I spend about as much time there as I do here and I assure you, there is /*/no one/*/ from the Market team answering *anything* over there. There was a time when you could count on Dontae to at least chime in with a bulls*** canned we're looking into it response, but in the last like 6 months or so I have not seen a single response from a Google Employee in that support forum. Sometimes, if you win a lottery, they'll respond to direct developer support requests when major stuff breaks (like the stats that are always breaking). But no one, and I mean NO ONE, from the Market has ever taken even 5 seconds to answer questions only someone from Google could answer, like the points of the TOS discussed here (and this issue has come up quite a few times). At least AFAIK - if you happen to know where these types of questions have been answered, I'm sure we'd all like to know where to go look. I mean, look at what you, Romain, Xavier, and others do here: spending your own free time helping us out wherever you can with issues others can't. I presume you all do this because you care about the product and want us to have a good experience using it. That's why it truly boggles my mind that not a single individual on the Market Team gives enough of a damn about *their* product to respond to even a single post. So, unfortunately, the OP is absolutely correct. Support for the Android Market for both users and developers is essentially non-existent. And this lack of support (and for me personally the fact that no one on that team seems to give a damn) is the chief reason why so many developers have such a terrible perception of everything and anything that has to do with the Android Market. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] No space for this sql statement.
I don't know for sure this will help you, but when I write SQL statements that use a decimal/floating point value in the where clause, I always use something like where abs(the value I want to check - Field I'm checking) 0.001 You can use the ? operator with that, you just have to determine how big a round off error you can tolerate and whether you will return more than one row (you can always limit it to 1 result and order by the difference in value). You can't check for absolute matches with decimal/real/floating point numbers because of rounding. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 22/02/2011 7:43 PM, Nathan wrote: I'm seeing this Reached MAX size for compiled-sql statement cache for database ; i.e., NO space for this sql statement in cache: Please change your sql statements to use '?' for bindargs, instead of using actual values I would follow that advice, except for one simple fact, which I noted a year ago: IT DOESN'T WORK WITH FLOATING POINT. I can and have proved it. You can set up a query with '?' and floating point, and the same query with good old fashioned string concatenation. They both return an answer, but the answer for the bindargs one is *wrong*. The float columns are analyzed using a string comparison. I can't necessarily say this is a bug in SQliteDatabase.query because it does say 'The values will be bound as Strings'. So here's my question. Is there anything I can do to prevent the above error? Since there is no use for caching this statement given the bindings don't work, can I stop it from caching the statement in the first place? What adverse effects do I expect with the error? It doesn't crash right away, but it doesn't sound good. Nathan -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] In app billing...
Dianne, Your Have the full app running with ads, and the user able to pay to get rid of the ads comment really resonated with me :). Are you sure this is an approved use of the In App Billing? If it is, it solves most of the what I need right now. I've read most (not all) of the documentation, but haven't clarified that point yet. Hah... can I quote your email if I try it and am told it's not in the Terms of Service ? :). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 04/02/2011 2:56 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote: On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com mailto:kmans...@gmail.com wrote: I'm just concerned that it might deter purchases for lite to pro conversions. For buying in-game gems or potions it shouldn't really matter, those are impulse purchases and for smaller amounts too. Why would it deter payments? Here's the main value I see in the refund period: there is something you are purchasing, that you haven't actually been able yet to even try to download and install, so really have no idea what you are getting. Being able to get a refund if it is not what you want, buggy, or has other issues is important to have any confidence in buying in that situation. Using in-app purchases within an app is entirely different though. Consider the same situation with a lite vs. pro version: you downloaded the app for free, have been using it for however long you want (or however long the developer will let you), and have no decided it is worth spending $X to purchase it (or unlock a certain feature etc). What benefit does a refund period really give you here? Or look at this another way: the beauty of using in-app purchases for all of this is that *you* are in complete control of the user experience through this thing. All you need to do is get the user to download and run your free app, and after that you get to decide exactly how you want to interact with the user towards paying for the app. All in-app billing provides is the final point where the user has decided yes it is worth the money, I am paying. So you can do all kinds of things: - Have the full app running as a limited time trial, after which the user must purchase to continue using. - Have the full app running with ads, and the user able to pay to get rid of the ads. - Have limited features available in the free app, with a payment to unlock the full features (or even multiple payment options to unlock different features). - Allow the user to try out for-pay features for a limited amount of time. - Show a nag message every now and then encouraging the user to pay for your app to encourage further development. - And on and on! And in all of these cases, it is clear that the interactions here are directly between you as the app developer and your users, with Market now just being the point where the user hands over some cash. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com mailto:hack...@android.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: In app billing...
Completely agree John if we can use it as Dianne suggested...:) I don't mind doing a bunch of the work myself to manage it (kind of prefer it). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 04/02/2011 3:06 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) wrote: Personally, I think the unmanaged in-app purchase would be ideal for a subscription service for my app. I'll have to do a lot of work to get this going but I'll finally have something to offer the nearly 800,000 users who have my app on their device. Sure, there are going to be pitfalls and also bugs but I see this as very positive development for Android. -John Coryat -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Couple of Honeycomb API errors
Great... maybe we can teach the U.S. how to spell ;). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 27/01/2011 11:51 AM, Brill Pappin wrote: Chuckle! Not only that, but its how the rest of the world spells things :) - Brill On Jan 27, 1:44 pm, Dianne Hackbornhack...@android.com wrote: Hi! Thanks for your feedback. android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.getAttachedDbs() returns ArrayList instead of List We'll get this fixed. android.os.AsyncTask onCancelled() uses the UK spelling of the word where everywhere else in the API, the US spelling variations are used. It's not just Canceled vs. Cancelled, but *ize vs. *ise. Yeah we noticed this in the API review. Unfortunately this *is* consistent with the other APIs on AsyncTask (and probably not coincidentally, the standard Java APIs like Future that AsyncTask is implemented on top of). :/ We decided it was better to keep the AsyncTask APIs self-consistent, rather than inconsistently consistent with other Android APIs. :} -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Development Income Tax Question
The IRS will ALWAYS give you the benefit of the doubt the FIRST YEAR ONLY. In fact, according to the rules the need to file quarterly only kicks in IF you owed more than $1,000 the previous year... You generally won't be penalized if you fail to file at the end of the first quarter if you haven't filed your taxes for the previous year yet because you may not even know you owe more than $1,000 (this is not law just the IRS guidelines). They may access the penalties but they will always waive them if you talk to them (nicely). What you should do is figure out the rough amount you would owe just before the end of the year... and send them enough money to make sure you owe less than $1,000 when you file the taxes. If you do that, you will never trigger the requirement to file quarterly and it saves you a bunch of work. Again.. this is not law... but it is how it works. For what it's worth.. I'm not an accountant (but then most accountants actually know VERY LITTLE about taxes).. but I did operate a rather large income tax franchise for several years, and I've only met one accountant who knew more about U.S. taxes than I did, compared to about 200-300 who knew a lot less. In general... if you do use an accountant, get one who specializes in business taxes. A normal accountant just does not know much about them... even if they tell you they do. When I had the tax franchise, every year we would get 40-50 customers coming in and we would have to file amendments to their previous years taxes because the accountants had done such a lousy job. In one case, we amended the previous 3 years and got a woman over $50,000 back after her accountant screwed it up so badly. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 21/01/2011 12:14 PM, DanH wrote: Basically, if you make enough that you'd end up owing the tax man more than an nominal sum at the end of the year, you need to make estimated income tax payments. However, if you have a day job that has regular withholding, you can probably up the amount of withholding (eg, declare fewer exemptions on your W4) and not have to make the separate payments. Also, the IRS gives you something of a grace period for your first year (though the rules on that are kind of fuzzy). In my case I have to make estimated state tax payments on my 1099 income, but my federal is covered by the withholding from my pension. Using something like TurboTax is a good idea. Generally it will lead you through all the right steps (although the recent year versions have gone overboard on guiding you, to the point that you sometimes want to drop-kick the whole thing). On Jan 21, 10:39 am, TreKingtreking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Justin Gilesjtgi...@gmail.com wrote: Also, for those who have made any significant amount of income, you should probably be making quarterly payments throughout the year, or risk additional fees at the end of the year. Can you define significant for those of us whose eyes glaze over at the mean mention of doing taxes? - TreKinghttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Howto? identify the inflated resource
Brill, Post some code... and the layout you are inflating. I use tags all the time to identify views, so it's definitely possible. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 13/01/2011 10:28 AM, Brill Pappin wrote: Ok, this is the same problem as my last post, but i'm not getting any traction with it, so i'm looking for another method solve the problem. All i need to do is identify the xml resource a view was inflated from, in the views constructor. I've tried android:tag which does not seem to be able to do it in this case (I only ever get null back from getTag()). The situation is that I have a single java class extending view. I inflate one of many XMLs into the view and I need to be able to change stylesheets based upon which xml resource i'm loading. Does anyway one a method of doing this? My last fallback is to use some sort of static class that I can set the xml resource on for the entire app, then try and look at the id to determine which resource I loaded. I'm reluctant to do that because it's kludgy and I think its far more likely to introduce bug etc. Note that I haven't tried to do this yet, but it should work based on how java behaves. I just can't believe that there is no way to a view to know what XML resource it was inflated from! - Brill Pappin -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Howto? identify the inflated resource
Can't you just set the tag when you inflate it? Or set the tag in the .xml file? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 13/01/2011 10:28 AM, Brill Pappin wrote: Ok, this is the same problem as my last post, but i'm not getting any traction with it, so i'm looking for another method solve the problem. All i need to do is identify the xml resource a view was inflated from, in the views constructor. I've tried android:tag which does not seem to be able to do it in this case (I only ever get null back from getTag()). The situation is that I have a single java class extending view. I inflate one of many XMLs into the view and I need to be able to change stylesheets based upon which xml resource i'm loading. Does anyway one a method of doing this? My last fallback is to use some sort of static class that I can set the xml resource on for the entire app, then try and look at the id to determine which resource I loaded. I'm reluctant to do that because it's kludgy and I think its far more likely to introduce bug etc. Note that I haven't tried to do this yet, but it should work based on how java behaves. I just can't believe that there is no way to a view to know what XML resource it was inflated from! - Brill Pappin -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] HTTP parameter question
Ok.. have you looked at UrlEncodedFormEntity ? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 07/01/2011 5:32 PM, John Lussmyer wrote: Except that you can't setEntity() on an HttpGet - which is what I need to use. On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com mailto:rbg...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not 100% sure I understand the question either but just in case...this does it for a Post... and switching to a Get will do the same thing. HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(urlString); ListNameValuePair nvps = new ArrayListNameValuePair(); nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair(akey, avalue)); httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps, HTTP.UTF_8)); If you check the Request on your server after you send it.. you will see the normal ?key=value strings. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] HTTP parameter question
I'm not 100% sure I understand the question either but just in case...this does it for a Post... and switching to a Get will do the same thing. HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(urlString); ListNameValuePair nvps = new ArrayListNameValuePair(); nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair(akey, avalue)); httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps, HTTP.UTF_8)); If you check the Request on your server after you send it.. you will see the normal ?key=value strings. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 07/01/2011 5:08 PM, John Lussmyer wrote: I don't think you understood my question. Given a list of key-value pairs, is there a utility class to build the ?key=valuekey=valuekey=value string. On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com mailto:mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:40 PM, John Lussmyer johnlussm...@gmail.com mailto:johnlussm...@gmail.com wrote: Does one of the HTTP support classes handle building a parameterized URL? i.e one of the sort http://a.com/stuff?a=bc=de=f http://a.com/stuff?a=bc=de=f Yes, I know writing one would be easy, but if there is already one out there... http://developer.android.com/reference/java/net/URLEncoder.html -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: why metaData in providerInfo is always null?
I believe Dianne gave you the answer
Do you add the PackageManager.GET_META_DATA flag when you get the
applicationInfo ?
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On 05/01/2011 9:43 PM, jesse wrote:
bump! any one has similar experience?
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:20 AM, jessechat2je...@gmail.com wrote:
According to this page:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html,
provider can have meta-data.
however, when I check providerInfo.metaData in attachInfo() function
of a derived provider class, it is always null?
is this a bug is android SDK 7?
public class MyProvider extends ContentProvider {
..
public void attachInfo(Context context, ProviderInfo info) {
super.attachInfo(context, info);
Bundle bundle2 = info.metaData;
However, bundle2 is always null here.
here is my manifest xml file:
provider android:name=MyProvider android:authorities=com...MyProvider
meta-data android:name=varNme android:value=xyzzxzxz /
/provider
thanks!
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Re: [android-developers] List of zip codes in a given radius
I've got the data and can send you a spreadsheet or in some other format if you want it. I bought a subscription service for U.S. postal codes etc., several years ago, and then the company I bought it from went out of business, but before they did, they sent me a final disk with everything on it, and a letter stating that they had assigned to me the right to do anything I wanted with it (which was kind of nice of them). The small table has these fields (about 43,000 rows)... and I'd have to look to find all the fields for the bigger table (has something like 25 fields). ,[zip_code] ,[zip_cty_id] ,[zip_stat_id] ,[zip_state_code] ,[zip_state_name] ,[zip_latitude] ,[zip_longitude] ,[zip_geography] ,[zip_city_name] Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 04/01/2011 1:00 PM, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: This might help: http://www.geopostcodes.com/usa_zip_codes They sell a zip code database, which includes geo coordinates. -- Kostya 04.01.2011 23:45, TreKing пишет: On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Sean spmcgin...@gmail.com mailto:spmcgin...@gmail.com wrote: if I'm able to do this native to the Android API, that would obviously be preferable. There is no such thing in the API, AFAIK. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] New Application - advice on how to get started?
There are quite a few tutorials on Maps out there, so you will find something. My advice is to forget about every few seconds, unless you're experimenting to see how fast you can kill a battery. Go for every 5 minutes or something, unless it's critical that you get updates that frequently. If you do need them that fast, you will need to build a way to turn it off easily and probably automatically if the user forgets about it. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 27/12/2010 3:45 PM, chat2joe wrote: Hey all, We're starting a new project for college. We've no android development experience, not even Java, so really jumping in the deep end. So any advice on relevant tutorials is welcome... I haven't found too much on maps online. - We need to develop an application that will allow users to share their location... this will upload to a database every few seconds. - Then users can view other users on a google map, positions downloaded every few seconds from the database. - We will want the positions to update automatically at a fixed interval and redraw on the map. - Also we will need to draw paths/manual-routes as an overlay on the map. Any advice where to begin with this? I have the SDK downloaded and the Hello Android tutorial completed. Any advice on a series of tutorials, videos, etc that would help achive the above would be great it's a big step from Hello Android! Thanks, Joe -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] web.loadUrl not working
Cuil, Do a Google Search for WebChromeClient. There are some good tutorials out there. I have some code around that I can share if you need it, but I'm not at the right computer right now. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 24/12/2010 10:48 PM, cuil yahoo wrote: Hi, I have managed to create a webview object called web. I want to execute a javascript function from it, a google search resulted in usage of web.loadUrl(javascript:function_name()). This is not working, any suggestions? Thanks and a merry Xmas. Cuil -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Getting a strange MessageQueue warning w/ DefaultHttpClient in AsyncTask
I can tell you for sure that I do exactly the same thing
(DefaultHttpClient in an AsyncTask), and I don't get warnings so
it's almost certainly something you are doing... Need to see some code
to know for sure.
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On 24/12/2010 5:07 PM, Bret Foreman wrote:
I'm doing a set of HTTP posts (using DefaultHttpClient), each in its
own AsyncTask. Functionally, it works fine but I'm getting the warning
below in the log. This warning appears for each instance of the
AsyncTask. I'm guessing that the HTTP Client in posting a message (to
itself?), then the task exits, then the message is undeliverable. Has
anyone seen this behavior before or have an idea how I might prevent
the warning?
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): Handler{448b0288} sending
message to a Handler on a dead thread
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888):
java.lang.RuntimeException: Handler{448b0288} sending message to a
Handler on a dead thread
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
android.os.MessageQueue.enqueueMessage(MessageQueue.java:179)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
android.os.Handler.sendMessageAtTime(Handler.java:457)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
android.os.Handler.sendMessageDelayed(Handler.java:430)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
android.os.Handler.sendMessage(Handler.java:367)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
android.os.Message.sendToTarget(Message.java:348)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:214)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerSet(FutureTask.java:252)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.set(FutureTask.java:112)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:310)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:137)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:
1068)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:561)
12-24 16:45:30.669: WARN/MessageQueue(7888): at
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
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Re: [android-developers] NullPointerException
What is con? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 23/12/2010 9:24 AM, Tsolmon Narantsogt wrote: Hello list I got a this error . java.lang.NullPointerException W/System.err(10127):at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1622) W/System.err(10127):at android.app.ListActivity.ensureList(ListActivity.java:305) W/System.err(10127):at android.app.ListActivity.setListAdapter(ListActivity.java:256) W/System.err(10127):at com.dynamiclistview.dynamicListView$ListViewAdapter$1$1.onClick(dynamicListView.java:73) W/System.err(10127):at com.android.internal.app.AlertController$ButtonHandler.handleMessage(AlertController.java:158) W/System.err(10127):at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) W/System.err(10127):at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) W/System.err(10127):at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4363) W/System.err(10127):at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) W/System.err(10127):at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) W/System.err(10127):at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860) W/System.err(10127):at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618) W/System.err(10127):at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 72: dynamicListView d = new dynamicListView(); 73: d.setListAdapter(new ListViewAdapter(con)); I dont't understand it . Can anyone explain me. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Anybody seen a slowdown in sales?
From the other comments it seems it's not related to price at all... but I thought I'd offer this anyway as it might help you make more money :). For items under $10, $7.99 and $8.99 are kind of a no-man's land. They aren't good price points. In the minds of the average consumer, there are 4 price points at $10 and under, and they are close to $1, under $5, over $5, and $10. So.. in the range you are talking about ($7.99 and $8.99), the better price points are $6.99 (gets the just over $5 price point in almost every consumers mind) and if you are going to sell it at $8.99, you may as well make it $9.99 because the average consumer doesn't see any difference between $8.99 and $9.99 especially when there is no tax involved, because $9.99 without tax is under $10 and so is $8.99. So, if you're going to sell it at $8.99, you might as well make the extra dollar and sell it at $9.99. Of course, it's always more complicated than that simple explanation, and you do have to take into consideration what similar apps are selling for... but in this price range (under $10)... a higher price implies higher quality in the consumer's mind, so don't be scared to price your app higher than your competitors. Probably you should experiment with both $6.99 and $9.99 to determine what the better price point is (which do you make more money at ?). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 17/12/2010 10:08 PM, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: You could be right, and thanks for the insight. But my sales were fine after I raised the price for a few days. My nearest competitor is more than me, btw. On Dec 18, 11:36 am, Brad Giesrbg...@gmail.com wrote: It's not logical, but from reading a lot of marketing stuff over the last 40 years, I think I can tell you what the problem is... Most people kind of round stuff off in their minds... and normally to a multiple of $5. SO.. $8.99 rounds to $10... while $7.99 rounds to $5, so physiologically speaking you have doubled your price. ;). Just a rough stab at telling you why is that most people ignore the .99 part of a price (unless it is very close to a multiple of $5, so $9.99 is $10, $4.99 is $5 etc.)... so $8.99 becomes $8 and rounds to $10, while $7.99 becomes $7 and rounds to $5. Can't guarantee it... and the only way you will know for sure is to change the price back to $7.99 and see if sales come back to normal. I can tell you that price points are incredibly important in marketing, and even more important in the low range of prices. Hopefully, it's a market glitch... but if it doesn't solve itself... try putting the price back. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurbhttp://bgies.com http://nocrappyapps.comhttp://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.comhttp://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 17/12/2010 6:34 PM, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: My sales have started to decline about 10 days ago and now they are at about 50% compared to then. Has anybody seen anything like this with their own apps? I am at a loss as I cannot see a reason for this -- my ratings are as high as ever, no 1-stars to scare people off, no hot competitor app. I did increase the price by $1 about 14 days ago, but that actually lead to more sales for a few days after, so I don't know. The $1 increase is from $7.99 to $8.99, so percentage-wise it's not that much. As I am typing, I'm going on a 5 hour without a sale lull, with only a couple of Declined authorizations. I've evem seen an 11-hour lull also which has never happened since day one. I mean it's possible that my app has run its course and most people who wanted it had bought it or a competitor's, but that's pretty hard to believe. Anybody with any insights?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- You received this message
Re: [android-developers] Anybody seen a slowdown in sales?
It's not logical, but from reading a lot of marketing stuff over the last 40 years, I think I can tell you what the problem is... Most people kind of round stuff off in their minds... and normally to a multiple of $5. SO.. $8.99 rounds to $10... while $7.99 rounds to $5, so physiologically speaking you have doubled your price. ;). Just a rough stab at telling you why is that most people ignore the .99 part of a price (unless it is very close to a multiple of $5, so $9.99 is $10, $4.99 is $5 etc.)... so $8.99 becomes $8 and rounds to $10, while $7.99 becomes $7 and rounds to $5. Can't guarantee it... and the only way you will know for sure is to change the price back to $7.99 and see if sales come back to normal. I can tell you that price points are incredibly important in marketing, and even more important in the low range of prices. Hopefully, it's a market glitch... but if it doesn't solve itself... try putting the price back. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 17/12/2010 6:34 PM, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: My sales have started to decline about 10 days ago and now they are at about 50% compared to then. Has anybody seen anything like this with their own apps? I am at a loss as I cannot see a reason for this -- my ratings are as high as ever, no 1-stars to scare people off, no hot competitor app. I did increase the price by $1 about 14 days ago, but that actually lead to more sales for a few days after, so I don't know. The $1 increase is from $7.99 to $8.99, so percentage-wise it's not that much. As I am typing, I'm going on a 5 hour without a sale lull, with only a couple of Declined authorizations. I've evem seen an 11-hour lull also which has never happened since day one. I mean it's possible that my app has run its course and most people who wanted it had bought it or a competitor's, but that's pretty hard to believe. Anybody with any insights? -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: What's the general consensus on the non-Android affiliated app stores?
While I do think it is true that most users are not going to go outside the Market to download apps, I think many developers are missing the obvious benefits of having the 3rd party App Stores... and that is that a lot of people look for apps they want on the web, and then once they find the app they want, download it from the Market. I can tell you for sure that is how I find apps. I never search on the market. It's almost impossible to sort through the chaff using the Market App. I use the web, read blogs, use one of the alternative stores, and then once I know the name of the app I want to download then I do a market search for that exact name and download it. You may not get many downloads from the alternative stores, but that doesn't mean that isn't where users are finding your app. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 09/12/2010 7:39 AM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) wrote: I would be wary of the Chinese companies, you have no control over what they do and payment would be problematic. Most of the others are legitimate and offer an alternative to the somewhat quirky Android market. The issue isn't the companies offering these services, it's one of being in a small niche. Most mobile users depend on the market that came with their device. Only a handful of people will go outside the standard market to look for apps. -John Coryat -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Bump API
Yes. You can... The Bump API documentation tells you how to do it (you click on the logo to simulate the BUMP). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 08/12/2010 1:23 AM, Vaishnavi Senthilnathan wrote: Can we test bump api on android emulators. If so, can any of you give ideas or sample code. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to tell System Apps vs. User Installed Apps
Yeah... filtering out everything installed in the /system directory did most of it.. but not quite all.. I've only tested it on an emulator so far, and the only installed app was mine, so I want to get only the one app. Filtering out the /system apps left only 5.. 3 of which were example apps... but my guess is that on phones there are going to be a lot more... I just don't know what they will be. It would be nice to find something that works 100% of the time...but this is ok for now. If anyone can think of anything else, I'd really appreciate it. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 06/12/2010 12:39 PM, Chris Stratton wrote: Anything installed on /system is obviously not a user app. However, I think post-imaging system app installs would go to /data, so that may not be definitive in both directions. On Dec 6, 2:45 pm, Brad Giesrbg...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know a good (hopefully foolproof) method of determining if an app is a system installed app vs. a user installed app. I'm scanning the apps using PackageManager, and then looping through them, but I want to skip the system apps as quickly and easily as possible because my app only needs to know about the user installed apps. Hopefully, there is something in the PackageManager info that can be used. Oh... and it needs to be available for all SDK versions. -- Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurbhttp://bgies.com http://nocrappyapps.comhttp://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.comhttp://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to tell System Apps vs. User Installed Apps
Ooops... just replied before I saw your email... Ok... I'll try the flag...
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On 07/12/2010 12:27 AM, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
Yes, use FLAG_SYSTEM. Don't look at paths. I can guarantee trying to
infer things from paths will break in the future.
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:20 PM, XC He schosnab...@gmail.com
mailto:schosnab...@gmail.com wrote:
System app is installed under /system/app
In theory, it cannot be uninstall.
you can use applicationinfo to fing the flags, if the flags contains
FLAG_SYSTEM, it could be system app.
import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
ApplicationInfo appInfo = pm.getApplicationInfo(yourpackageName, 0);
if (appInfo.flags ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM){
...
}
2010/12/7 Bob Kerns r...@acm.org mailto:r...@acm.org:
It's always refreshing to see people paying attention to
internationalization issues. :=)
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Well.. the comment would work... but I'd need translations :).
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[android-developers] How to tell System Apps vs. User Installed Apps
Anyone know a good (hopefully foolproof) method of determining if an app is a system installed app vs. a user installed app. I'm scanning the apps using PackageManager, and then looping through them, but I want to skip the system apps as quickly and easily as possible because my app only needs to know about the user installed apps. Hopefully, there is something in the PackageManager info that can be used. Oh... and it needs to be available for all SDK versions. -- Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] How to tell System Apps vs. User Installed Apps
Well.. the comment would work... but I'd need translations :). I'll check the installerPackageName and see if that would work :). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 06/12/2010 12:17 PM, TreKing wrote: On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com mailto:rbg...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know a good (hopefully foolproof) method of determining if an app is a system installed app vs. a user installed app. Maybe this? I'd assume system apps would have a unique installer package name. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#getInstallerPackageName(java.lang.String) http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#getInstallerPackageName%28java.lang.String%29 Or, query the Market API and search for 1* comments that match a pattern of I don't want this POS and can't uninstall (see Amazon MP3, Twitter, and Facebook for good examples). =P - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] How to tell System Apps vs. User Installed Apps
Oh... except InstallerPackageName is Level 5 and above... Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 06/12/2010 12:17 PM, TreKing wrote: On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com mailto:rbg...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know a good (hopefully foolproof) method of determining if an app is a system installed app vs. a user installed app. Maybe this? I'd assume system apps would have a unique installer package name. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#getInstallerPackageName(java.lang.String) http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#getInstallerPackageName%28java.lang.String%29 Or, query the Market API and search for 1* comments that match a pattern of I don't want this POS and can't uninstall (see Amazon MP3, Twitter, and Facebook for good examples). =P - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Configure a URL for my application but should be outside of application
Read and write the Url to a file Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 30/11/2010 9:41 AM, Nunna wrote: Hi Everyone, Is there anyway to configure a url in device and read that value from my application? Aim is to test the my application in different environments by configuring the URL externally. So that there wont be any change in code apart from external URL. Please suggest. -Nunna -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Just got this....
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: android-developers@googlegroups.com Technical details of permanent failure: The groupandroid-develop...@googlegroups.com has exceeded its quota for total number of recipients. Hah.. I assume it has something to do with the fact that I also just got about 100 messages from earlier this month... Have the spammers taken over this group? -- Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Market has the All option disabled :)
The content rating is finally showing in my console and the All option is disabled... Pre-Teen is selected by default :). -- Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Market has the All option disabled :)
My apps all use GPS... so I would guess that it's a check the Market Team put in... Good to see they haven't totally forgotten about upgrading the Market... :) Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 30/11/2010 1:05 PM, Ken H wrote: Yeah, what's up with that? It's enabled on some of my apps, but disabled on others. Ken -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Geofence application in android
You can request location updates within a pre-defined area, or at pre-defined times which can be used for geo-fencing... Not sure exactly what you need to accomplish so it's tough to suggest much more than reading the request Location Updates documentation. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 17/11/2010 2:20 PM, ip332 wrote: As you know, location updates are requested from LocationProvider. If you use NetworkProvider then GPS is not turned on. The rest is in technical details which you should get from the documentation (probably iPhone does it all by itself but in case of Android some technical boring reading is required ;) http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/LocationManager.html#NETWORK_PROVIDER On Nov 17, 11:36 am, victor limavictorloureirol...@gmail.com wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geofence How would I go about doing a geofence characteristic in my android app? I dont want to be pooling the GPS hardware for location, and then making some calculations to see if the current lat/lng location is inside ( or not ) a delimited area. On iPhone ( dont know if I can mention iphone here ;)) I can use some system API to notify me upon entering/leaving a certain region that I had pre-determined in my app... Is there anything that relates to that? How does android apps do it? ;) Thanks in advance, Victor Lima -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] code for download a file
DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(urlString);
nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair(someParam, ParamValue));
httpPost.setHeader(User-Agent, YOUR APP NAME OR WHATEVER
YOU WANT);
httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps, HTTP.UTF_8));
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpPost);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
if (entity != null)
{
try
{
is = entity.getContent();
String line;
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(is), 8192);
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
{
builder.append(line);
}
String retStr = builder.toString();
}
finally
{
entity.consumeContent();
is = null;
}
}
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On 18/11/2010 9:42 AM, jatl007 wrote:
Hi, Currently I'm developing a web based android application. I tried
many codes and non of them were succeed. Can any one post me a code
for download file to android phone.
thanx.
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Re: [android-developers] Re: Advanced Device Administration
Mark is correct about not being able to stop applications from being installed without modifying the firmware. I think the best you could do without your own platform is to install an app that occasionally looks through the installed packages (PackageManager) and alerts the user or manager about non-approved applications. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 23/11/2010 7:36 AM, m88m wrote: Hey Mark! The last thing I want to do is to change the firmware, but do you know if there is an Android's framework component that the applications asks for permission clearance prior to\during executing? Which I might wrap for this purpose? Do you familiar with someone who tried to alter the security framework of Android? I just saw MobileDefense demo and they have some kind of security control (they are require a reboot)... Regards, M On Nov 23, 3:08 pm, Mark Murphymmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 6:04 AM, m88mm...@walla.com wrote: I want to extend the Device Administration framework for my Enterprise needs, so for example I would be able to better control which applications installed on the device. Is there a way to it? (Without rooting the device) AFAIK, that can only be done by modifying the firmware. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Query Other App Permissions
Permissions are in PackageManager... not sure exactly what you mean by usage... Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 23/11/2010 11:30 PM, m88m wrote: Hey Guys! How one Android application can query other applications (permissions and usage)? The 'mylookout' app doing that (without rooting the device!). [check https://www.mylookout.com/premium/ - Under 'Privacy Dashboard': View a consolidated list of apps that can access your private information, including: Location, Text messages and Identity info.] I thought that my app cannot be access by other apps, am I right? Can a extract information on other apps in the system? And if yes how? Regards, M -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Problem in providing a string to the JavaScript
I don't really fully understand what problem you are having Can you
show an example of what's it's doing... and what you want it to do?
The code you sent looks fine... except that the last string after you
split the string will be an empty string because you have a | at the
end of the string.
Are you sure window.cname is passing what you think it is? Have you
debugged it and checked to see exactly what you are getting?
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On 18/11/2010 9:24 PM, Nishant Bhargava wrote:
I am trying to pass an array from Java to JavaScript by converting the
array into a string with the help of delimiter and later splitting in
JavaScript with the split function in JavaScript. Now the problem
arrives if I display String in the form of alert the String is coming
in the JavaScript and is displaying the right output which I want but
the split function doesn't work here for unknown reason but the same
function works if I give the String for same name with the same type
of values defined in the code. The problem is in JavaScript for sure
as the string I am fetching from is being displayed in alert. Please
suggest something, I worked on the problem on emulator only.
This is the function in JavaScript
function load()
{
//var stringFromJava =
Nishant|Amit|Ankit|Ashok|Working|Ishaan|
Hallelujah|Floor|Haroon|Fish|Wasim|;
var stringFromJava = window.cname;
var names = stringFromJava.split(|);
sortnames(names);
}
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Re: [android-developers] Re: What Intent for Browser without URL
Do you really need to do it with an intent Can't you just put a
blank page in your app, and have it load that, or put a blank page on
your website? Or am I missing something in what you are asking for?
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On 19/11/2010 5:03 PM, jotobjects wrote:
Thanks for that idea - yeah not exactly what I want but its another
alternative.
URL about:blank brings up the browser with about:blank in the
input window
Scheme http with no URL brings up Google web search page with http:
in the input window.
Both of them look a little weird...
I don't think my idea of a query for http type and CATEGORY_LAUNCHER
will work either because the broswer launch intent filter does not
have http as a type.
So maybe there is no good way to do it. Is there anything else to try?
On Nov 19, 3:14 pm, Stephen Jungelssjung...@gmail.com wrote:
Have you tried using a standard intent to open the browser with the
URL about:blank ?
Maybe not exactly what you want, but simple and likely to work everywhere.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:51 PM, jotobjectsjotobje...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks -
I don't have a URL to launch and I don't want to land on the google
web search page. The behavior I want is what happens when the user
launches the browser from the Home screen.
So maybe I should doing a PackageManager.queryIntentActivityOptions
for an Intent with CATEGORY_LAUNCHER and URI scheme http. and then
use the ResolveInfo to start the Activity. Does that sound right?
String packageName = resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName;
String activityName = resolveInfo.activityInfo.name;
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setComponent( new ComponentName( packageName,
activityName ) );
There are a couple of more followup questions inline below -
On Nov 18, 5:46 pm, Dianne Hackbornhack...@android.com wrote:
That Intent is okay, though there is no need for BROWSABLE. (As per the
documentation, BROWSABLE means that the Intent came from an untrusted source
so you want to restrict who will handle it to those that say they will
protect themselves from such things.)
That surprises me because I interpreted the javdoc for Intent to say
that if you include a Category you must include ALL the categories
listed for that Intent. So if BROWSABLE is a category you would have
to include it - is that right?
I'm not sure what you mean by empty URI -- it says empty string, which
would just be a Uri created from an empty string.
The referenced documentation about WEB_SEARCH caused me to try this
intent -
new Intent(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH, Uri.parse());
but that results in this error -
android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle
Intent { act=android.intent.action.WEB_SEARCH dat= }
So I'm not sure what the documentation means here. What should I be
doing?
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 5:05 PM, jotobjectsjotobje...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks - I was afraid of that (although it is not quite blind luck).
The user's home page would be an obvious target, but there doesn't
seem to be a non blind luck way to find the home web page. The
browser seems to bring up the last page visited which is OK since that
will be customary behavior for the user.
I also tried this, which works but lands the user on thewww.google.com
web page with http in the input window. Is this a valid Intent?
Intent webIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.fromParts(http,
, null));
webIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
webIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE);
Also I do not understand this documentation for how to bring up the
web browser -
http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/g-app-intents.html
The WEB_SEARCH action mentioned there with an empty URI sounds like
what I want, but I can't figure out how to create an empty URI that
works.
On Nov 18, 2:52 pm, Dianne Hackbornhack...@android.com wrote:
That is a bogus Intent; it is just blind luck that it happens to only run
into the browser as something that happens to match it, and you can't
count
on that doing what you want anywhere else.
I don't believe there is a generic action to start the browser; you are
supposed to start it by asking it to view a URI.
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:39 PM, jotobjectsjotobje...@gmail.com
Re: [android-developers] My Phone Number
If you're app is paid then I believe all purchasers get your information as part of their invoice.. (probably required by law in most countries). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 19/11/2010 6:55 PM, Kevin wrote: This evening I received a phone call from a user of my app. I was quite stunned since I have not published my phone number. The phone number field in my app's market page is blank, I can't see my phone number when I look at my app in the market. My phone number is not on my website, nor is it available via a whois lookup on my domain name. Does anyone have any ideas how this person found my phone number? -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] ViewFlipper jump to 'page'
flipper.setDisplayedChild(1); Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 16/11/2010 11:32 PM, Hatch wrote: Is it possible to tell the flipper to jump to a given view instead of navigating using showNext() and showPrevious() ? I would like my ViewFlipper to start at page N instead of the first one. Cheers, Hatch -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Cannot get ANDROID_ID on 1.6 systems
Settings.System.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.ANDROID_ID); Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 15/11/2010 4:17 PM, John Gaby wrote: I just double checked it on a Motorola Devour running 1.6 and it is definitely returning a null. I will see if I can find another 1.6 device and check to see if it is just this particular one. Given that this call CAN return null, is there some other way to get a unique id for the device? Thanks. On Nov 15, 4:06 pm, Mark Murphymmur...@commonsware.com wrote: That should work on devices. It returned null on the emulator until 2.2 (or maybe 2.1, not sure when they made that cutover). But I have definitely gotten it to work on 1.6 devices, though I haven't tried in quite some time. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:52 PM, John Gabyjg...@gabysoft.com wrote: I am using the following to obtain the ANDROID_ID for the device: Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID); Unfortunately this is returning null on 1.6 system (emulator and actual devices). I have also tried using Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID; which is deprecated, but that does not work either. Does anyone know how to get a unique device id for version 1.6? 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 options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Spinner/drum roller control like native Clock app has for choosing hours/minutes
I needed the same thing awhile ago and couldn't find a good implementation of it anywhere. What I came up with was I embedded a WebView control in my AlertDialog, and used Javascript to control the spinner. What I did was create a web page with the information I wanted to scroll in the background and moved it up and down with the Javascript. It works well.. and looks good, but it was a pain to program. Hope you find an easier way. There was a fairly long thread on it on (I think) osdir.com.. and I took the basic idea from there. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 12/11/2010 3:17 AM, Hatch wrote: Hi all. I cannot find a corresponding control anywhere. The control I am interested in is iPhone's spinner. It's much simpler to use than Android's TimePicker. Since I see that native Clock app has it, does anyone know how is that control called and how can one use it in his app ? Thanks, Hatch -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Collecting my Market installation statistics
I wasn't thinking of limiting it to only free apps, but I'm not sure I have the time to do a good job of collecting the payment information and displaying, so at this point I'm only considering download, install, category and index information. BUT... I'm always open to expanding it later.. pulling the data is fairly easy, I've already got procedures for that, so I'd just need to add another page to parse, and it doesn't take that long to program that. But then again... security will be a concern with that info... I don't see the download count as needing to be all that secure because the approximate download count is already public information.. so I think just normal login security is enough for that. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 07/11/2010 2:41 PM, Tom / HyperBees wrote: @String I use mopapp.com for reporting purposes, great tool, they are in beta. Today I did a quick data validation vs Checkout and it seems they overstate figures a bit, we're investigating it. @Brad Are you thinking about a tool for free apps only? Cheers, Tom On Nov 7, 5:44 pm, Stringsterling.ud...@googlemail.com wrote: Take a look athttp://www.mopapp.com. I haven't tried their service, but it looks like what you're after. String On Oct 28, 9:40 am, degd...@degel.com wrote: On the Market web page, I can see how many copies of my apps have been installed. But, this only shows the current total. If I want to see historical trends, I need to check the page daily and record the numbers myself -- an annoyance at best. Is this info available anywhere on the Market site? If not, has anyone written a screen-scraping utility (or equivalent) that can harvest the data into a spreadsheet? Thanks, David -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Controlling the movement of the android device using android emulator
You can simulate it in the emulator by sending location changes manually on the DDMS screen (if you're using Eclipse not sure about other IDE's). But... to do this on a real phone, you will need GPS, and GPS is not very reliable inside many buildings. You can do it with the emulator with a bit of work.. but I think your real problems will be doing it on a phone inside a building. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 06/11/2010 6:56 PM, hari wrote: Hi I am working on an application where i will track the movement of the android device inside a building... suppose i display a map of the building in the android emulator... Now,i need to simulate the movement of the android device is there a way in which i can control the movement of the android device and see the real time movement of the device in the map ... like a dot moving in the map Is this possible to do using the android emulator??? when i googled this requirement, i came across SensorSimulator...But,this software shows the acceleration,magnetic field and temperature values... It doesnt display the co-ordinate values please let me know if my requirement can be met with android emulator 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 options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Collecting my Market installation statistics
By doing it on the phone, I can update some of your market stats at the same time using the your phone settings, and because I don't have an unlimited number of phones or Google accounts it will make sure my account doesn't get banned for making too many queries. For instance, I keep track of the market index position on all apps, but in order for it to be (relatively) accurate I need to pull any market updates for the category your app is in before I calculate it. BUT... the major reason for doing it on the phone, is that I have some other features I'm working on that would work much better on a phone, and a phone app will be required eventually (don't want to mention them right now because they are several weeks away from being testable). I just don't want to end up with two different apps to maintain. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 05/11/2010 5:52 AM, deg wrote: That sounds like a real possibility. (I'm curious, though: What's the advantage of writing it on the phone, instead of as a desktop Java app? Are the SDKs more available on the phone, or is it just a matter of your being more familiar with the dev env?) David On Nov 3, 6:32 pm, Brad Giesrbg...@gmail.com wrote: David, I came up with an interesting thought about this last night (yeah... about 2 in the morning... :), and that is that I could program an Android app to pull the data from the market. That way you could store the login credentials on your own phone. The app could have a daily notification to download the page, parse the data and send it to my webserver (without the login info), and then either display it on a webpage when you wanted to see it/download it, or optionally just email you a spreadsheet after it gets it. I think that would solve all the privacy issues because any Android dev could watch the outgoing data with Wireshark or any packet sniffer to know what it's sending. Let me know if that would interest you... and I'll give it some more thought this morning... (after I get a gallon or two of coffee in me). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurbhttp://bgies.com http://nocrappyapps.comhttp://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.comhttp://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Warez site ripping off paid apps
Ian, I'm in the beginning process of forming a group to fight the Warez sites and just generally improve the situation for legitimate Android developers. I've posted a little information about it on my blog... maybe have a look at it and give me your comments on it. My thought is that if legit developers formed a group we could eventually appoint a representative to speak on our behalf AND maybe someone at Google would actually listen to us. I have formed and been a member of several such associations in the past, and I can tell you that something like this is definitely needed. I've also developed software that flags SPAM commenters, SPAM apps and SPAM developers, so if we get enough developers behind it, we could easily identify most of them, and with a little time and patience, submit the list to Google and get Google to do something about it. The software is working well, but for now, it's just on my development machine. I'm in the process right now of deploying the database to the production server, but I still have to work on the web pages for other developers to be able to view it. The site is not live yet, but I have the beginnings of the forum ready... (a lot of work to do before it's really useful... but... it's coming). http://nocrappyapps.com/index.php/forum/4-association-of-android-professionals.html Let me know if you have any interest in joining it We only need about 25 active members to get it going. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 05/11/2010 6:14 AM, piemm...@googlemail.com wrote: Afternoon, There's another warez site ripping off the paid versions of my apps from the Google Market(as well as other developers paid apps) - all the usual ignoring stuff when contacting to remove apps. I have to accept that some of my apps get pirated(that haven't used the licensing service proguard), but What particularly gets my goat about this site, is that the owner is apparently *charging* for full access to the ripped off apps! See: http://www.droidphonefiles.com/Join.html and a list of ripped apps: http://www.droidphonefiles.com/Apps.html And the usual market spamm comments attached to such a warez site promoted by the author (AndroLib is useful here to easily list the spam user) http://www.androlib.com/android.comment.author.amy-DEFAq.aspx Any ideas what I can do? Or does Googles team care about this kind of activity? Regards Ian -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Collecting my Market installation statistics
David, I came up with an interesting thought about this last night (yeah... about 2 in the morning... :), and that is that I could program an Android app to pull the data from the market. That way you could store the login credentials on your own phone. The app could have a daily notification to download the page, parse the data and send it to my webserver (without the login info), and then either display it on a webpage when you wanted to see it/download it, or optionally just email you a spreadsheet after it gets it. I think that would solve all the privacy issues because any Android dev could watch the outgoing data with Wireshark or any packet sniffer to know what it's sending. Let me know if that would interest you... and I'll give it some more thought this morning... (after I get a gallon or two of coffee in me). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Collecting my Market installation statistics
Well.. at least you understand the problem of creating something to do it :) I would like to do it, but I just haven't come up with a way to do it that would be acceptable to enough developers to make it worthwhile, so for now, I use it only for myself. I have looked into OAuth which means you could login to our website using your Google credentials, and the website just gets a token rather than the actual login info, but that has the same problem that the dev would have to login consistently because the token expires.AND.. the desktop app would again have the same problem... unless it runs as a service (on Windows) or kron you would still need to remember to run it consistently. Would I consider writing a desktop app for it SURE!... but that's about where the good news stops. I actually already do have plans for a desktop app and when I write it I would add something to pull your market stats but it's not even on my Top 10 list of things I need to do, and with my current workload... it's not even a by the end of year possibility. If anyone comes up with a way of doing it that is useful, easy to use, and doesn't require days of programming I'd be glad to do it. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 01/11/2010 1:50 AM, deg wrote: To be frank, your site would need to establish a REALLY strong reputation for trustworthiness before we could consider trusting it with our Market login credentials. They are too tightly coupled with customer, billing and credit card info. But, if I needed to login in to your webpage manually every day, it wouldn't be much better than what I'm doing now with the Market page. You would just save me the step of cutting-and-pasting the numbers to a spreadsheet. Would you consider writing a desktop utility to collect the data daily automatically, so my login info could remain securely on our premises? David On Oct 31, 7:20 pm, Brad Giesrbg...@gmail.com wrote: David, I'm in the process of developing a website that collects market statistics and developer statistics, and one of the features I'm adding is a utility to collect my own market download numbers daily so I can put them into a spreadsheet and chart/graph them so I can easily spot trends. I thought about adding this for use by any developer, but the problem with it is that to automatically collect the actual download numbers, we would have to store your Google login information, and I don't think many developers would want to give that information... I could be wrong, but that's my opinion. Maybe I should ask... How many developers would be willing to have a website (a trustworthy website) store their login information to be able to automatically collect the download/installed numbers so they could collect them? Without the login information the only way to get the actual download and installed numbers would be for the developer to visit a page and manually start the download information, and I'm not sure many developers would do that consistently enough to get good information. Let me know if you are interested in having this... I can add it fairly easily... but I'd need to know exactly what would be acceptable to the developers. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurbhttp://bgies.com http://nocrappyapps.comhttp://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.comhttp://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 31/10/2010 3:16 AM, deg wrote: Thanks. In what ways have you found the numbers to be untrustworthy? Are the numbers exposed via the API any different? Also, can you point me to the API you recommend? A quick search just now found several unofficial APIs, but no official support. Thanks, David On Oct 28, 5:50 pm, TreKingtreking...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:40 AM, degd
Re: [android-developers] Re: Collecting my Market installation statistics
David, I'm in the process of developing a website that collects market statistics and developer statistics, and one of the features I'm adding is a utility to collect my own market download numbers daily so I can put them into a spreadsheet and chart/graph them so I can easily spot trends. I thought about adding this for use by any developer, but the problem with it is that to automatically collect the actual download numbers, we would have to store your Google login information, and I don't think many developers would want to give that information... I could be wrong, but that's my opinion. Maybe I should ask... How many developers would be willing to have a website (a trustworthy website) store their login information to be able to automatically collect the download/installed numbers so they could collect them? Without the login information the only way to get the actual download and installed numbers would be for the developer to visit a page and manually start the download information, and I'm not sure many developers would do that consistently enough to get good information. Let me know if you are interested in having this... I can add it fairly easily... but I'd need to know exactly what would be acceptable to the developers. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 31/10/2010 3:16 AM, deg wrote: Thanks. In what ways have you found the numbers to be untrustworthy? Are the numbers exposed via the API any different? Also, can you point me to the API you recommend? A quick search just now found several unofficial APIs, but no official support. Thanks, David On Oct 28, 5:50 pm, TreKingtreking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:40 AM, degd...@degel.com wrote: Is this info available anywhere on the Market site? Nope. And don't trust the numbers you see there anyway. If not, has anyone written a screen-scraping utility (or equivalent) that can harvest the data into a spreadsheet? I don't know, but there a Market API you could use for yourself. Or use some kind of analytics library. --- -- TreKinghttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Best way for accessing web service
If you have to use SOAP then ksoap2 is probably the best way. Writing your own will be a longer term project :). If you have control of the web service then you can do whatever you want, but if it's someone else's web service you are stuck doing it their way :). You'll need to tell us a lot more (what web service... who owns it... what your app uses it for) to get much more help. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 22/10/2010 11:48 PM, Goutham P N wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem while accessing a web service through ksoap2 library, is there any other way to access the web service. I can't use ksoap2 library for my project. Should I create a soap library or any other way. Thanks Regards. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] displaying nearby schools and airports in google maps android
You can use Google Local Search. You just need to figure out which search words give you the results you want. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 22/10/2010 11:09 PM, Rahul wrote: I want to display the near by schools and airports and their related information in the google maps. I have considered using google maps api but the registration process for Adsense and Google Places API will take long time. So, is there any other alternative to my problem...??? Any suggestions are welcome !!! -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] google API with android
Take a look at the Google Local Search API. If all you wanted was bars, clubs and restaurants I've got a web service API you could use, but Google Local Search has everything Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 17/10/2010 4:54 PM, skyline wrote: Hi Everyone. I am a new android developer, I am trying to build an application searching the local business based on user's current location. For example: user open the application, it gets user's current location first, then user click on the button within my app, let's say: bar. the app will generate a list of local bars around the user's location with Bar's name, address, phone number, google map direction and so on.. please share this with me if you have some experience with this, 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 options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Inflate layouts with different density
Sorry if I'm hijacking this thread. How do you know (in Java) which of the three densities Android has chosen. Is there a setting in the layout or somewhere that can be checked? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 21/10/2010 4:41 PM, Daniel Drozdzewski wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Weedsweeds2...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm wondering if it is possible to inflate a layout using a different density value than the default system density. I have a high density layout, which looks good on the Galaxy Tab (1024x600px, hdpi) and I like to use the same layout on another tablet with the same pixel resolution but medium density. The mdpi layout which is used works on the device but the screen just looks really empty and I would prefer to scale things up. So is there a xml argument for scaling the layout, maybe something similar to Bitmap.Options.targetDensity. Or could this be done with a new LayoutInflater class? Thanks Weeds, You cannot scale layout. I am not even sure what would that mean? Layout is resolution independent anyway. I think that you would you like for your UI elements to occupy bigger or smaller proportion of the screen, As you know, Android 'knows' the density of the platform it sits on and this gets classified into 1 of 3 brackets. Since your 2nd tablet has medium screen density, all you have to do, is to provide a mdpi layout that reflects your desired UI sizes and proportions. In other words, simply go and modify your current mdpi layout to make it 'less empty'. And don't forget that images used in your layouts have to be scaled as well in order to achieve the best results. -- Daniel -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Issue with Catch Handler
I have had the same problem... It's not the Exception that is null, it's that getMessage() returns null. In some catch blocks (I think mainly or only to do with HTTPClient, but it may happen also with JSON Exceptions... I can't remember) calling e.getMessage() returns null since I updated my SDK to 2.2, and it caused major issues because I normally wrote that to a log file, which meant that my catch block was creating an exception Would love to know the reason... And would be even better if it got fixed. In the meantime, I'm doing this in my catch block if I use the message for ANYTHING: String message = ex.getMessage(); if (message == null) message = null; Then I write the message... It's a major pain... I don't have an answer for you either... just letting you know it's not just you :) Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.comhttp://nocrappyapps.com http://bistroblurb.com http://forcethetruth.com http://ihottonight.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence (paraphrased) Every person is born with a brain... Those who use it well are the successful happy ones - Brad Gies Adversity can make or break you... It's your choice... Choose wisely - Brad Gies Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 19/10/2010 9:35 PM, Johnny Molina wrote: Hello, I have recently hit a snag using the Android plugin to Eclipse. For some reason, ALL of my errors being thrown don't initialize and show me the error. Has anyone ever seen this issue before and if so, what did you do to correct it? In particular, I am seeing it when I try to invoke the HTTPGet in a HTTPClient object. If I have no connectivity, then I should get an error. The Catch block does fire when this occurs...however, when I check my general Exception object, the object is NULL (NULL Pointer). Why would this happen if the catch is grabbing the exception? My exceptions used to be workingand I was able to see the stack trace. However, I can no longer see any stack trace regardless of the Exception class I am using. Can someone please help me understand what the heck is wrong with Eclipse, Android, or both? Is there something I am missing on the configuration side?...is this a bug? Mind you, I have already used Stack Overflow for this question. It has been viewed 40 times but no answer yet. I hope anybody on here can help me understand why this is occurring. Thanks in advance, John -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Error Parsing JSON data
You should be able to get rid of the HTML, but it's tough to give you
advice when we don't know the web server setup.
If it's causing too many problems to get rid of the HTML, you can always
do other things. I had the same problem on one of my sites, and to get
the website admin to do anything was a 6 week problem, so I just sent
back my results like this:
echo |||STARTMYJSON|||= . json_encode($json0) . =|||ENDMYJSON|||;
When you get your results in your Android app into a string, just do a
substring starting with the Start location and ending with the end
location. It's not pretty but it's fairly fast.
Also, I trashed your first email before I decided to respond, but I
think you were using PHP. You need to be aware that PHP will return a
JSON object on occassion depending on your data, so if you have a newer
version of PHP, you can use the JSON_FORCE_OBJECT param to make it an
object every time, and your array will be the first property. It's
safer, faster, and less code than having to code for either an object or
an array in your Android app.
json_encode($topLevelArray, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
Sincerely,
Brad Gies
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On 12/10/2010 2:49 PM, Capt Spaghetti wrote:
I removed html from the php file as suggested by Kostya Vasilyev and
changed the approach to retrieve the information. The new Android code
is as follows:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
BufferedReader in = null;
try {
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet();
request.setURI(new URI(http://www.onyoursixinc.com/
grabitgood.php));
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
in = new BufferedReader (new
InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent()));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String line = ;
String NL = System.getProperty(line.separator);
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line + NL);
}
in.close();
String page = sb.toString();
System.out.println(page);
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (in != null) {
try {
in.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
//parse json data
try{
JSONArray jArray = new JSONArray(result);
for(int i=0;ijArray.length();i++){
JSONObject json_data =
jArray.getJSONObject(i);
Log.i(log_tag,org_id:+json_data.getInt(id)+
, orgname:
+json_data.getString(orgname)+
, orgcity:
+json_data.getString(orgcity)+
,
orgstate:+json_data.getString(orgstate)
);
}
}catch(JSONException e){
Log.e(log_tag, Error parsing data +e.toString());
}
}
=
from my LOGCAT I can see I am getting the correct select response but
it looks like I am now picking up the html tags from the connect.php
file ince I use
require (connect.php); The LOGCAT now shows me
Re: [android-developers] Re: Host not resolved issue
Why do you have the * in the permission? uses-permission android:name=*android.permission.INTERNET* / Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 11/10/2010 1:13 AM, Rajesh Pelluru wrote: uses-permission android:name=*android.permission.INTERNET* / -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] http POST request problem
Need to see how you are setting the params to have any idea of how to help. My guess is that you are sending an invalid parameter and the server is refusing the connection because of that. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 10/10/2010 11:09 AM, dashman wrote: in the following code - i get an http response code 400 - BAD REQUEST. if i comment out the post.setEntity() line - then it works fine - response code 200. of course i've got internet permission params is a list of 1 entry - string2string mapping. URI uri = new URI(urlPath); HttpPost post = new HttpPost(uri); UrlEncodedFormEntity entity = new UrlEncodedFormEntity(params, UTF-8); post.setEntity(entity); // if this line is commented out - the post results in status 200 OK DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpResponse res = client.execute(post); -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Market API
Has anyone figured out what the following fields in the Market.App object represent? 19: 0 28: 1 I haven't seen any values except 0 for 19 and 1 for 28... but I haven't looked at all that many yet either. I'd like to know what they are because I'm building an app to be able manage the Market better from my desktop... (check for new comments... respond to comments... build a spreadsheet of daily downloads etc.. etc... ). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Any proposed changes to the Android Market?
The market does this by default already They only have roughly 22 categories, and there are 70,000 apps... which means roughly 3,000 apps per category, and they only show 800... If your app is in the bottom half of your category... it's effectively not there :). Not to say the Market works well at all but in this case it's filtering out the worst of the worst by default :). But, as long as the Market is the only game in town, it's probably not possible for Google to filter it because they are effectively a monopoly and not allowing any app would be a PR nightmare. Apple doesn't really have the same problem because they are not even trying to claim any kind of openness. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 06/10/2010 1:08 PM, Kumar Bibek wrote: Agree, but before removing such an app, Google should atleast intimate the dev the reason, else, it won't be fair for the developer. And for this, someone will definitely have to checkout the app in person, before taking it down. Also, if Google wishes to include such a condition in Terms and Conditions, say for example, if you app has 2000 downloads with avg rating of 1.5 stars, your app will be automatically removed, I am not sure, if all the devs would like this. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:33 AM, TreKing treking...@gmail.com mailto:treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Kumar Bibek coomar@gmail.com mailto:coomar@gmail.com wrote: Yep, but this might not be a fool proof method. Say, a competitor dev can easily go and mark a new entrant as spam, and leave negative comments. 15-20 such comments and spam flags would obviously be a disadvantage for the new app. Of course, but in my mind it would take a considerable amount of votes to get one ejected - certainly more than 15-20, which still would require a dedicated effort by either a lot of individual competitors or a single company instructing their employees to use such tactics, which one would hope is the exception, not the norm. And of course there would be other criteria. For example, if one developer has 200+ apps, with an average rating of 2 stars and each app has been flagged as spam at least 100 unique times over the course of time, it's fair to assume they're worthless spammers. I'm sure some clever Google Engineer could come up with a fairly reliable algorithm for Market spam detection. A 20% time project, perhaps? - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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 mailto:android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Icons to support different screens
First of all.. thanks Kostya and Mark for your answers.. They were very helpful... and thanks Yahel for the link. I downloaded Smart Image Resizer and I'm looking at the code to see if will do what I need on the site... My idea right now is to ask users to upload an image with the correct dimensions (height/width ratio) and in the largest size I need or larger. Then scale them automatically, show them to the user, and allow them to upload other images if they don't like the result :). BUT... my plan is also to name them with memberId_image1.png and memberid_image2.png, and just put the 3 different densities in different folders, but pass the URL with the density needed from my Android app to the website. Of course.. for this to work, I need to know which format the framework has chosen I assume this should be easy (famous last words)... Is there a foolproof way of knowing which density (hdpi, mdpi, or ldpi) the framework is going to use BEFORE the images are downloaded? In my case, the list will already be displaying with a dummy image (something like the way the Market app works.. or the Android Application Manager), so the view will be inflated by the time I start downloading images... Is there a call to ask what density it's running at? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 30/09/2010 10:02 AM, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: Brad, 30.09.2010 20:12, Brad Gies пишет: Actually, just confirmation that the 24, 32 and 48 are the right sizes for the smaller icons is quite helpful. I can guess at the correct sizes for the larger icons, and then adjust as I test the different AVD's... The reference device densities are: 120 / 160 / 240 for ldpi / mdpi / hdpi respectively. http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#range This means that if you design the artwork you call larger icons at a certain size, then the hdpi version should be 6/4 (== 3/2), and ldpi - 3/4 the size of the mdpi version (so hdpi artwork is exactly twice as tall / wide as ldpi). The mdpi size should preferably be such it can be scaled to 3/2 and 3/4 of the original size without producing fractional pixels. I am another developer who loathes doing graphics for his programs, and rightly so, since I'm pretty bad at it. What I found useful is to design my artwork in Photoshop at mdpi (== normal) density first, trying to use shape objects and to avoid pixel-based tools as much as possible. This is important for next step: scaling the image up in Photoshop to go from mdpi to hdpi, since shapes scale up much better than raster data. At this point I have with two Photoshop files, one for mdpi and one for hdpi. I then use File | Save for Web Devices to export optimized .PNG images. The mdpi and hdpi already have the right dimensions for exporting, so no problem there. To create the ldpi version, I export the mdpi file and specify smaller dimensions right in the export parameters window. I found that Photoshop often produces a better quality reduced size image than Android does at runtime, so having pre-built ldpi images is useful. Not all images need this, though: for some, it's ok to just have the mdpi and hdpi versions, and let Android do the scaling down for ldpi. This workflow could be simplified by working in Photoshop only at hdpi density, and scaling during export for mdpi as well as ldpi. My first Android phone was an HTC Hero (mdpi), so I kind of made mdpi the center of my artwork-related process. And finally, the link below lists standard icon sizes for various screen densities depending on where and how they are to be used (Launcher, Dialog, List View, etc.) http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design.html -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: No LogCat message when debugging on a real device
I think what he meant is that some times after you run in debug mode (especially if you have both the emulator running and your device), you have to go to the DDMS view in Eclipse and select the device/emulator you want to see the Logcat messages for. You are seeing the Logcat messages when you run the emulator? Just asking because I don't know how new you are to Eclipse/Android, and I'm assuming you are looking at the Logcat view and not seeing anything.. if not, you need to go to Window/Show View and select the Logcat view. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 02/10/2010 7:35 PM, John Gaby wrote: I guess that I don't know what you mean by clicking the 'device/ emulator' in Eclipse. When I run the program, I choose the device. Note that the debugger works fine with the device, but I do not see any LogCat messages. Can you be more specific about what I have to set? Thanks. On Oct 2, 6:27 pm, 苏坦托Sutantotnto.i...@yahoo.com wrote: You have to click device/emulator first in Eclipse show view devices On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:22 AM, John Gabyjg...@gabysoft.com wrote: Why don't I get LogCat messages when I debug on a real device as opposed to the emulator? 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.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Sutantohttp://www.tnto.info -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Icons to support different screens
With respect to your larger icons, I have no clue what to tell you. Hah... Mark... now you're scaring me... you know as much about screen size/density etc. as anyone I know :). In my case, I absolutely do not have the ability to learn this... my brain totally shuts down as soon as image/screen size/density etc. are mentioned. I just don't have any interest in graphics or display issues :).but ask me to design a web service to move data around... and great things happen :). My preferred method of working has always been to build it and make it work well, then turn it over to someone with some artistic ability and have them make it look nice :). Actually, just confirmation that the 24, 32 and 48 are the right sizes for the smaller icons is quite helpful. I can guess at the correct sizes for the larger icons, and then adjust as I test the different AVD's... Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 30/09/2010 4:47 AM, Mark Murphy wrote: On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Brad Giesrbg...@gmail.com wrote: For the smaller icons they will be in the typical position in the list view on the left side, with text beside them, so this one is simpler, just need to choose the correct icon size. From the reading I've done it looks like 24x24 for small screens, 32x32 for normal and 48x48 for large. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Icons to support different screens
Thanks... I'll definitely have a look at that today sometime. Appreciate it very much... Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 30/09/2010 9:53 AM, Yahel wrote: I'm not sure this might help you, this is what I use on the server side for my app 'a World of Faces' : It allows to get an image to a specified size no matter what. It's very efficient and does not consume much cpu or memory on the server. I tweaked the code quite a lot for my purpose but it works fine : // Smart Image Resizer 1.4.1 http://shiftingpixel.com/2008/03/03/smart-image-resizer/ People can then send you any size of graphics and you'll be able to use them however you like. Yahel http://www.a-world-of-faces.com -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Free version or not?
Greg, What are the changes that Google Adsense made that affect how much you make? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 28/09/2010 2:38 PM, Greg Donald wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Darrin Smithdarri...@gmail.com wrote: I have an application that I think is about two weeks or so from being ready to ship. I plan to charge for the app because I really believe many people will find it of value. The thing is how to go about getting the word out about it. What do you typically do when releasing a new application? Do you offer a slightly crippled free version, go for a full fledged version that has nuisance screens that tell people to upgrade, try the fully functional but with advertising route, or just release one app for purchase only? Thanks. I always release two version.. a free version with ads, and a paid version without. I used to could say I made ALOT more off the free version of my apps using Google AdSense, but that is no longer the case since Google made some changes to AdSense recently. Someone besides me is now getting rich off my free versions. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Icons to support different screens
I never do graphics type programming so I have tended to ignore most of the posts on this list regarding anything to do with images and graphics, but now it seems I need to know more than I do know :). I'm designing a screen that will need to look good on all phones, and all resolutions. It's for displaying in a list view, and there will be a small graphic for the summary view, and a larger graphic for the detail view. Normally I use a 32x32 (res 72x72ppi).png for the summary view which looks good on my G1. The second image is for the detail view and it basically should fill the entire width of the screen (roughly, it's ok if it doesn't use the entire width as long as none of it is chopped off). The size I use for my G1 is 468x60. So, the question for the guys that really know this stuff is: What sizes do I need to make these images to support all screens and densities with the fewest number of images? I know that the answer is a little subjective, but I remember seeing a post with a link to a page that recommended 3 different images for the different screens (and it seemed to make sense when I read it), and I think but don't remember for sure that then you would need 6 layouts to support those with both landscape and portrait orientations Any links, advice welcomed :). Thanks. -- Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Icons to support different screens
Let me clarify a little. It's a list view that will display other people's icons that they will have to supply, so I don't/won't have total control of them, but I can ask that they be supplied in x number of formats. I need to keep the number down because of that, and some of the graphics will include some text in them, so I don't think stretching them will be an option. The fact is that I will not have any idea of what the graphic actually is or what it contains, and they will be supplied by many different sources, and most of them will be added long after my app is written (they will be uploaded to my website and downloaded by the app), so I can't depend on anything that would require stretching. For portrait orientation, I think I am safe in saying that the larger icons will be put into a layout that specifies horizontal center, so if they are not quite the width of the screen in portrait orientation it's ok, they will just be centered and take up that entire row in the layout (I haven't written it yet, so that could change, but it's the what I am thinking about). Then the same icon will be used for the landscape orientation for the same phone, obviously with a different layout, and probably with text beside them. For the smaller icons they will be in the typical position in the list view on the left side, with text beside them, so this one is simpler, just need to choose the correct icon size. From the reading I've done it looks like 24x24 for small screens, 32x32 for normal and 48x48 for large. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 29/09/2010 5:23 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Brad Giesrbg...@gmail.com wrote: The second image is for the detail view and it basically should fill the entire width of the screen (roughly, it's ok if it doesn't use the entire width as long as none of it is chopped off). The size I use for my G1 is 468x60. Saying you want something to fill the entire width of the screen is fine. Saying you want a bitmap to fill the entire width of the screen is likely to be a source of trouble. That's mostly because the entire width of the screen has so many possible values: -- 240 -- 320 -- 400 -- 432 -- 480 -- 800 -- 854 And that's just with the six smartphone sizes for which we have built-in emulator configurations with Android 2.2. Add in some XGA tablets (768 and 1024) and 1080p televisions (1080 and 1920) and whatever else comes about in the next few months, and things will get that much more complicated. Since we don't really know what the graphic is or what you mean by it's ok if it doesn't use the entire width as long as none of it is chopped off, it's tough to give precise advice. Here are a few ways of doing something that will fill the entire width of the screen without a preposterous number of images: -- Use a nine-patch PNG, if the image can reasonably be stretched -- Use a ShapeDrawable, if the image is a gradient or something that can be stretched -- Use a smaller image that blends into a background defined as a solid color or a ShapeDrawable or a nine-patch PNG, so the smaller image can be done with just three flavors for the different screen densities so it is a reasonable size for all Or, come up with another GUI design that does not require an image to fill the entire width of the screen. There are probably other solutions as well, but these are the ones that pop to mind right away. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: What's the status of installing a non-market apps?
It's been awhile since I downloaded one manually, so I guess I missed one step, but if I remember correctly, it should show up in your downloads list (drop down the notification list). When you click on it it should install. Oh... you also need to have the setting Unknown Sources checked (in the settings/application list). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 26/09/2010 9:08 PM, Saied wrote: Thank you Brad. This is very comforting. I just used the browser on my Nexus one to download the .apk file. It downloaded fine, but now what? the app (actually a service, since it's a keyboard) does not show up under language keyboard. How do I use what I have apparently downloaded? Thanks How do I assure that I do have the Mime type set up on my server? On Sep 26, 8:35 pm, Brad Giesrbg...@gmail.com wrote: Just give your users the link and tell them to go to it with the phone's browser. If you have the Mime Type setup on your server, everything else is automatic :) Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurbhttp://bgies.comhttp://bistroblurb.comhttp://ihottonight.comhttp://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 26/09/2010 8:22 PM, Saied wrote: Hello Everyone, I am baffled by the chaos! I understand there are two ways to distribute one's apps: 1) through the Market and 2) directly to the user. Now that my app is in beta, I would like to give it to a few of my users to test. But how? What I read on the web talks about installing SDKs, tweaking with many options and using an auxiliary app; I deem these to be well beyond the ability or patience of my users. Is there an easier way? What's the EASIEST? It would be best if the user can simply navigate to the link and download it using their android phone. Is this possible? My beta is located at: http://www.exideas.com/ME/android/MessagEase-beta.apk I am trying to figure out how to instruct my users to download and install it painlessly. (taking the SD card out for intermediate installation is not painless and is prohibitively intimidating). Any help (especially from good people of google) is very appreciated. FYI: this is a keyboard that you need to invoke, twice, after you install it. Once through SettingsLanguages and Keyboards, and the second time through tapping and holding on the text field and selecting. Oh and it's called MessagEase-beta Thanks for any hint, pointer, or idea that you can send my way Best, Saied -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Exception Logging
Just thought I'd let you all know that I have just updated my Exception Logger to Version 2 (0.9.5 RC1). I fixed a bunch of bugs related to my converting it from my own use to something that almost any developer can use :). I've also updated the documentation considerably. YuviDroid helped out quite a bit over this weekend by testing and sending me results... so thanks.. it was much appreciated :). Also, the web pages are functional now, so you can view the exceptions as you test. I will add some more features later, but they are at least functional. Anyone that downloaded it in the last week DEFINITELY needs to download it again : URLS are : . Zip file (w/docs and and install files ) here : http://bgies.com/media/exceptionlogger/exceptionlogger.zip If you only want the docs: http://bgies.com/media/exceptionlogger/bgies_Exception_Logger_Documentation.pdf Exception Logger Manager (for viewing the exceptions) : http://bgies.com/index.php/software-developers/exception-logger-management.html *What the Exception Logger does:* When properly setup the Exception Logger logs ALL unhandled Exceptions in your Android app, and optionally can be setup to log your trapped exceptions, and user settings or other information also . The fields it logs are below: * Insert Time - Time and Date the exception was logged * Developer Key - Used to sort your exceptions (and make sure nobody else can see them) * Application Name - If you have multiple applications, you can sort on this * Activity Name - the activity that generated the exception. * Function Name - if you setup your app to use this, it will log the name of the function that generated the exception * Application Version - the integer version number from your manifest file * Device Type - The alphanumeric string from the Android framework (android.os.Build.MODEL) * Exception Logger Version - so you know if you are using the latest version of our API * SDK Version - The integer version of the Android SDK the device is running (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT) * Android Id - the Android unique Id. You can sort by it to see the exceptions happening to each user * Email Address - if the user chose to send it * Extras - The Extras field is a varchar(255) of whatever your application sets it to. Use it to send additional debugging information * IP Address - the IP Address logged by our server. May be helpful in some cases * Stacktrace - the complete stack trace at the time the exception occurred -- Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: What's the status of installing a non-market apps?
Sorry, I missed the question about knowing whether the Mime type is setup, but I don't the answer anyway... It depends on your server, and how your server admin wants it done, so you'll have to ask them. You can do it in an .htaccess file if you have access to it, but I think it's normally better to add it your server startup. Ask your admin. It really depends on what the admin wants. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 26/09/2010 9:08 PM, Saied wrote: Thank you Brad. This is very comforting. I just used the browser on my Nexus one to download the .apk file. It downloaded fine, but now what? the app (actually a service, since it's a keyboard) does not show up under language keyboard. How do I use what I have apparently downloaded? Thanks How do I assure that I do have the Mime type set up on my server? On Sep 26, 8:35 pm, Brad Giesrbg...@gmail.com wrote: Just give your users the link and tell them to go to it with the phone's browser. If you have the Mime Type setup on your server, everything else is automatic :) Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurbhttp://bgies.comhttp://bistroblurb.comhttp://ihottonight.comhttp://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 26/09/2010 8:22 PM, Saied wrote: Hello Everyone, I am baffled by the chaos! I understand there are two ways to distribute one's apps: 1) through the Market and 2) directly to the user. Now that my app is in beta, I would like to give it to a few of my users to test. But how? What I read on the web talks about installing SDKs, tweaking with many options and using an auxiliary app; I deem these to be well beyond the ability or patience of my users. Is there an easier way? What's the EASIEST? It would be best if the user can simply navigate to the link and download it using their android phone. Is this possible? My beta is located at: http://www.exideas.com/ME/android/MessagEase-beta.apk I am trying to figure out how to instruct my users to download and install it painlessly. (taking the SD card out for intermediate installation is not painless and is prohibitively intimidating). Any help (especially from good people of google) is very appreciated. FYI: this is a keyboard that you need to invoke, twice, after you install it. Once through SettingsLanguages and Keyboards, and the second time through tapping and holding on the text field and selecting. Oh and it's called MessagEase-beta Thanks for any hint, pointer, or idea that you can send my way Best, Saied -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] What's the status of installing a non-market apps?
Just give your users the link and tell them to go to it with the phone's browser. If you have the Mime Type setup on your server, everything else is automatic :) Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 26/09/2010 8:22 PM, Saied wrote: Hello Everyone, I am baffled by the chaos! I understand there are two ways to distribute one's apps: 1) through the Market and 2) directly to the user. Now that my app is in beta, I would like to give it to a few of my users to test. But how? What I read on the web talks about installing SDKs, tweaking with many options and using an auxiliary app; I deem these to be well beyond the ability or patience of my users. Is there an easier way? What's the EASIEST? It would be best if the user can simply navigate to the link and download it using their android phone. Is this possible? My beta is located at: http://www.exideas.com/ME/android/MessagEase-beta.apk I am trying to figure out how to instruct my users to download and install it painlessly. (taking the SD card out for intermediate installation is not painless and is prohibitively intimidating). Any help (especially from good people of google) is very appreciated. FYI: this is a keyboard that you need to invoke, twice, after you install it. Once through Settings Languages and Keyboards, and the second time through tapping and holding on the text field and selecting. Oh and it's called MessagEase-beta Thanks for any hint, pointer, or idea that you can send my way Best, Saied -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] New countries for paid apps! Maybe Ireland will be included??
Yeah.. I got it alsobut I really hope they are doing something to reduce the impact of Spam Apps at the same time. My very simple idea to reduce the impact Spam Apps have on the market would be to only allow an app to show up in the Just In category 3 times a year, and never less than 2 months apart. That should be enough for legit developers, and Spam Apps would very quickly stop dominating the Just In list. I'm betting I could program that logic and implement it on my site in slightly less than an hour. And if the market really wanted to do more than an hour's worth of programming... say... two hours of programming... they could add one more entry a year for apps that have over 5,000 downloads and a better than 3.5 average rating, and give the developer the choice when he/she uploads a new version whether they want to use one of their Just In appearances or save that for a later version. Ok... we're up to 2 hours programming now :). Then... for any developer that has more than 10 apps they could reduce the number of Just In per app to 2 a year. Wow now 2 1/2 hours of programming Hope Google has allocated enough programming resources to the market for this :). I'm sure with a couple of days worth of programming allotment a much better solution could be devised but this would be fairly effective for a couple of hours :). Your thoughts? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 25/09/2010 11:12 AM, skooter500 wrote: I received this from Google yesterday: Hello, We're writing to inform you about some changes to Android Market that require your attention. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be adding paid apps support for additional countries. If you have selected to publish your paid apps to all locations and intend to support all new locations as we expand the number of supported countries for paid apps, you don’t have to do anything. If you have selected to publish your paid apps to all locations but intend to only target the currently supported 14 countries, please update your location selections to target these specific countries. Please look for follow-up emails when we introduce paid apps support for specific additional countries in the coming weeks. At that time, you’ll have the option to target these specific countries. Thanks, and we look forward to continue working with you on Android Market. Sincerely, The Android Market Team It seems at last Google are adding new coutries for paid apps! This is pretty exciting news. I wonder what countries will be supported? -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] hosting app file on own site
I don't know much about Tomcat, but did you reload your server after changing the file, and are you sure it's using the .htaccess file? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 25/09/2010 2:16 PM, dashman wrote: i've got an app (.apk) file that i want to host on my site. whenever i click on page link to the .apk file, i get the binary code listed as ascii. - the app does not download. i added AddType application/apk .apk to the .htaccess file - tomcat server help. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Update to 0.9.9 causing a little misery :).
Anyone know why I would be getting the errors below. The message below is showing up in the Console view, and I'm getting a Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1. My app has been working quite well for some time, and I just tried to update the SDK and DDMS to 0.9.9, and now it won't build. I've done a search for the CharBuffer class and don't find any matches in my files, but I am using several API's (BUMP, C2DM, Admob). I definitely don't use any of the core-library in my code. If the error message is correct, I just can't quite figure out how to tell which API is the problem without almost wiping out my code base, or starting a new project and copying a few files at a time. Oh... but the two files at the bottom of the file are missing android-6\sdk.properties and android-5\sdk.properties. Anyone know where I find them? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but so far, no joy :). [2010-09-24 00:54:43 - HotTonight] trouble processing java/nio/CharBuffer.class: [2010-09-24 00:54:43 - HotTonight] Attempt to include a core class (java.* or javax.*) in something other than a core library. It is likely that you have attempted to include in an application the core library (or a part thereof) from a desktop virtual machine. This will most assuredly not work. At a minimum, it jeopardizes the compatibility of your app with future versions of the platform. It is also often of questionable legality. If you really intend to build a core library -- which is only appropriate as part of creating a full virtual machine distribution, as opposed to compiling an application -- then use the --core-library option to suppress this error message. If you go ahead and use --core-library but are in fact building an application, then be forewarned that your application will still fail to build or run, at some point. Please be prepared for angry customers who find, for example, that your application ceases to function once they upgrade their operating system. You will be to blame for this problem. If you are legitimately using some code that happens to be in a core package, then the easiest safe alternative you have is to repackage that code. That is, move the classes in question into your own package namespace. This means that they will never be in conflict with core system classes. If you find that you cannot do this, then that is an indication that the path you are on will ultimately lead to pain, suffering, grief, and lamentation. [2010-09-24 00:54:43 - HotTonight] 1 error; aborting [2010-09-24 00:54:43 - HotTonight] Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1 [2010-09-24 00:54:47 - SDK Manager] Warning: Error parsing 'C:\Program Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-5\sdk.properties': java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-5\sdk.properties (The system cannot find the file specified). [2010-09-24 00:54:47 - SDK Manager] Warning: Error parsing 'C:\Program Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-6\sdk.properties': java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-6\sdk.properties (The system cannot find the file specified). [2010-09-24 00:58:16 - SDK Manager] Warning: Error parsing 'C:\Program Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-5\sdk.properties': java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-5\sdk.properties (The system cannot find the file specified). [2010-09-24 00:58:16 - SDK Manager] Warning: Error parsing 'C:\Program Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-6\sdk.properties': java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-6\sdk.properties (The system cannot find the file specified). -- Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Update to 0.9.9 causing a little misery :).
Thanks for the quick reply Xav, but I guess you're off the hook :). I was using 0.9.7 Never got around to updating to 0.9.8 :). BUT... this morning, I can't duplicate the problem. All I did, was changed the build to verbose, added one space to one of my strings to force it to rebuild, and it worked just fine :). No, I'm not compiling against 5 or 6 (and probably never will again). I have minSDKVersion at 4 and compiling against 8. I don't see the error about the missing files this morning either. One thing I did notice last night is that the emulator started up very fast compared to what it had been doing... not sure if that was just coincidence or not :), but it was a pleasant surprise. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Update to 0.9.9 causing a little misery :).
Just for future reference, I think I figured out what happened, and I'm pretty sure it's the same thing that happened with the guys in the other thread (New ADT Available). When I updated, I still had my project open. After the update, I got a million errors about missing imports (all Android related), and noticed that the Google APIs were missing, so I added them. BUT... what I didn't notice at the time was that they were actually there, just not under Google API's. They had moved to the Referenced Libraries section, so when I added them back, both the maps and android .jar's were in my project twice. I noticed it just before I went to bed last night and deleted the extra ones. Then this morning, I recompiled and everything worked. Probably the error about the CharBuffer.class was just that it happened to be the first class the compiler noticed in the extra jars. Hope that helps someone else :). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 24/09/2010 6:56 AM, Xavier Ducrohet wrote: Hi, First, you can ignore the error about missing sdk.properties, that's not important (especially if you don't compile against API 5 or 6). It is a stupid bug though and it should get fixed. What version of ADT did you update from? ADT 0.9.9 is really just a minor fix from ADT 0.9.8 (released 2 weeks ago or so), which had much more changes. Now onto your problem. The issue with dx is that it throws a lot of exceptions when it's not happy but they are hidden from the tools calling them. One thing to do is to move your build to verbose (in the Eclipse preferences under Android/build), so you'll see what exception was thrown with a message about the reason. Then we'll can figure out what's wrong. Xav On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Brad Giesrbg...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know why I would be getting the errors below. The message below is showing up in the Console view, and I'm getting a Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1. My app has been working quite well for some time, and I just tried to update the SDK and DDMS to 0.9.9, and now it won't build. I've done a search for the CharBuffer class and don't find any matches in my files, but I am using several API's (BUMP, C2DM, Admob). I definitely don't use any of the core-library in my code. If the error message is correct, I just can't quite figure out how to tell which API is the problem without almost wiping out my code base, or starting a new project and copying a few files at a time. Oh... but the two files at the bottom of the file are missing android-6\sdk.properties and android-5\sdk.properties. Anyone know where I find them? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but so far, no joy :). [2010-09-24 00:54:43 - HotTonight] trouble processing java/nio/CharBuffer.class: [2010-09-24 00:54:43 - HotTonight] Attempt to include a core class (java.* or javax.*) in something other than a core library. It is likely that you have attempted to include in an application the core library (or a part thereof) from a desktop virtual machine. This will most assuredly not work. At a minimum, it jeopardizes the compatibility of your app with future versions of the platform. It is also often of questionable legality. If you really intend to build a core library -- which is only appropriate as part of creating a full virtual machine distribution, as opposed to compiling an application -- then use the --core-library option to suppress this error message. If you go ahead and use --core-library but are in fact building an application, then be forewarned that your application will still fail to build or run, at some point. Please be prepared for angry customers who find, for example, that your application ceases to function once they upgrade their operating system. You will be to blame for this problem. If you are legitimately using some code that happens to be in a core package, then the easiest safe alternative you have is to repackage that code. That is, move the classes in question into your own package namespace. This means that they will never be in conflict with core system classes. If you find that you cannot do this, then that is an indication that the path you are on will ultimately lead to pain, suffering, grief, and lamentation. [2010-09-24 00:54:43 - HotTonight] 1 error; aborting [2010-09-24 00:54:43 - HotTonight] Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1 [2010-09-24 00:54:47 - SDK Manager] Warning: Error parsing 'C:\Program Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-5\sdk.properties
Re: [android-developers] Update to 0.9.9 causing a little misery :).
Just as a follow up to my previous email, and with a little more clarity now that I am fully awake I think the moral of the story is Don't be an idiot and update the Android tools with your project open ;). I'm fairly sure this is exactly what happened: When the Android SDK/DDMS was uninstalled, the path to them was not, so they now showed up as just normal included libraries. When the SDK/DDMS was reinstalled, it didn't add the path to my project because it was already there, or probably it never does because that is done when the project is created. When I first tried to build the project after the update, it did build because the maps.jar and android.jar were in the project, but I didn't have any of the tools and couldn't use DDMS because Eclipse didn't recognize them as Android. In my case, I then added the maps.jar and android.jar back in the proper place, but because they were already a referenced library, I got the error about including core classes. In the case of the people on the other thread, they just have the two .jar files in the wrong section, so they can build but the Android tools aren't being recognized. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: App working but GoogleMap not coming (proxy settings working)
I started seeing the same thing you are describing just a couple of days ago, and my app has worked perfectly for months. I don't know what it is either. My zoom is set in the on create of the map activity, and I enable My Location and yet suddenly the map does not fill in, and it looks like my location is being set to the middle of Hudson's Bay (northern Manitoba). Eventually, it does start to fill in normally, but I really hope the users of my app are not seeing the same thing. I keep hoping that it's just my GPS is really flaky or something like that. As I was writing this email, it seems I am taking a tour of Northern Canada. I guess I must be on a really fast plane because the My Location icon is really moving I just have no idea where it's going... and I thought I was sitting at my computer at home... :). Who knew Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 23/09/2010 12:09 AM, ramindroid wrote: Maps API key is correct. (I verified using in-correct API and got the error in that case) Internet permission for App are also given via manifest file. Today saw another error in logs: checkin failed: https://android.clients.google.com/checkin UnknownhostException: android.clients.google.com It seems access to this URL is blocked in my network (although proxy wroks fine) Can you share your inputs on this? Thanks Raminder On Sep 22, 11:26 pm, TreKingtreking...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:07 AM, ramindroidsinghramin...@gmail.com wrote: What can be the reason for actual maps not getting visible? Either your maps API key is not set correctly or you don't have the Internet permission. ----- TreKinghttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Distribute app to customer for review but no one else
Just put the app on a server, and also put up a file with one number in it, the latest version of your app. Occassionally, download the file and if the version number doesn't match the app version number, then popup a dialog box, and tell the user there is an update. When they click ok, download the app. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 17/09/2010 7:20 PM, Yepher wrote: I am developing an Android application for a customer. I want to be able to provide them (no one else) incremental updates but I am not clear what the procedure should be. I don't want them to have to install development tools or root their phone. These are non technical folks who would have no idea how to accomplish root a phone or use a command line interface. When I develop iPhone applications for them this was easy. They just give me the device UDID and I send them a binary that can be drag and dropped into iTunes. How is this done on Android. I have tried loading the application from a web server but the devices says it is not allowed to be loaded because of security reasons. In setting-Applications there is no menu option to Allow Unknown sources. Thank your for any help you can provide on this matter. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Moved Android project to Eclipse 1.5 and new machine and project is missing Android jar
Add External Jar will do it. Just make sure to pick the right one, and add the Google jar(s) if you're using them. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 21/09/2010 8:47 AM, pawpaw17 wrote: Hi Guys, I configured a new machine and am trying to move my Android project over. When I look at the project properties under Java Build Path- Libraries, on the old machine I see a reference to Android 1.5 but nothing on the new machine and so nothing builds. I've installed Android correctly because sample projects work (I see the Android 1.5 library on a newly minted sample project). What option do I use to add the correct library? Add JARS.. Add External JARS.. Add Library? Thanks! pawpaw17 -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Exception Logging
Ok... I said I would have this ready by the end of the weekend, and it might still be the weekend somewhere :). Sleep got in the way of finishing it last night. I have just packaged the API and uploaded it to my server. You can either download just the documentation or the entire .zip file (which includes the documentation). Zip file here : http://bgies.com/media/exceptionlogger/exceptionlogger.zip Doc file here : http://bgies.com/media/exceptionlogger/bgies_Exception_Logger_Documentation.pdf Yeah... I know... I use long names :). I think the package is ready to use as is, BUT don't take any chances with your project. BACK IT UP BEFORE INSTALLING THIS JUST IN CASE. I still have some work to do on the website so you can see you exceptions but it will be done within the next day or two. You can use it immediately by using this key : DUMMYTESTKEY for the developer key. When you use this key, the server doesn't log the exception, it simply echoes the parameters you sent, and if you are debugging you should see the returned values in Logcat. To get the values logged, you need either a Test Developer Key (this will be limited to a couple of hundred log entries per day per key. The actual value will be floating target for now), or a Prod Developer Key (unlimited logging). To obtain those, you need to register on my website and wait for me to get around to creating one for you. For this first release, I will be a little cautious about giving out too many dev keys, so please have a little patience. I just want to be sure the server can easily handle the volume, and I want to make sure I didn't create any problems with the Exception Logger when I packaged it (my testing seems to indicate it is good, but I want to be sure). PLEASE don't use this in any production apps for now. Consider this release a public BETA, just for debugging. I've also created a forum, so if you could report any problems or criticisms there I would appreciate it: http://bgies.com/index.php/forums/9-android-exception-logger.html And please do give me some feedback, even it's only I wouldn't use that if my life depended on it because ???. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to reverse ListView scrolling behavior?
Just wanted to say that it might be a bad design decision for a real app, but have you ever considered that he might want to do it as a joke app for his friends? I do that kind of stuff all the time just for the fun of it. So... why jump all over the guy? ... at least until you know what he really wants to do. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 17/09/2010 11:54 PM, Indicator Veritatis wrote: The impatience revealed by your puerile, angry language shows that you have not learned the most important lessons your allegedly longer experience could have taught you. Small wonder, then, that you show such limited understanding of UX principles. On Sep 17, 7:25 pm, DanHdanhi...@ieee.org wrote: With all due respect -- hell toss respect out the window -- you don't know sith about what you're talking about. I've been in this industry for 40 years, and I've seen all sorts of good and bad UI designs -- many of the worst directly attributable to designers inventing and enforcing rules about what was good and bad, against the explicit advice of others who, from experience and experiment, knew what worked and what didn't. The OP has explained why he wants to reverse the action of the control, and it's a perfectly valid reason, especially given that he's experimenting -- he realizes that what he's planning to try may not work well, but even in the failure of it he may learn some things about how to make a better UI. Granted in several ways it is a square peg into a round hole, but consider that, just maybe, it's the hole that's wrongly shaped, not the peg. The biggest thing that scares me about Android, from the standpoint of investing in it as a platform for future applications, is that already too many features of it are apparently sacred and immutable, even as they clearly demonstrate a poor fit to reality. I'm quite afraid that Android will end up even more hide-bound than iPhone due to this belief on the part of its designers that it's too perfect to permit further modification. On Sep 17, 9:07 pm, Indicator Veritatismej1...@yahoo.com wrote: I have worked with numerous UI and UX experts over the years, and not once have I ever heard any of them say anything as rash and glib as whatever works. Not even with your caveat. Nor is your glib assertion consistent with my own experience of good and bad UI design over the years. Besides: your caveat qualified it with respect for convention -- which is exactly what the OP is tossing out the window. And no, the rights you so graciously bestow on the OP do not exist -- except perhaps in the fanciful imaginations of people on their own high horses. Since he asked such a bad question, he is not going to like the answers he gets. Tough luck. Next time, he should readhttp://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlandlearn from his mistake. Finally, your example of a simulated scroll wheel does not illustrate the point you think it does. Of course the presence of the wheel changed the user's perception of which way it should be (because of scroll buttons on mice): but by insisting on putting a scroll wheel in there in the first place, no matter how 'good' the reason, you introduced a contradiction into the UI paradigm of the application. If you had studied it a little closer, you would likely have noticed that as users try to make more and more use of the application, a significant plurality of them would have trouble remembering when up is up and when up is down. IOW, given that you had to introduce the wheel, allowing it to go against the grain in that one place may have worked, but only at a cost, and it is quite unconvincing that the wheel really had to be there, or is worth that cost. But I can't say a lot about your old situation, since I know only what you so briefly described. What I CAN say is that it really does go against the grain in Android, and in a way that can only detract from the UX. And that if the OHA or Google had the kind of strict UI guidelines that made Apple's OS so user-friendly even from the early days, it would NOT be allowed. You are making me wish for the straight-jackets from the Developmental Ministry in the Republic of Steve Jobs;) On Sep 17, 10:04 am, DanHdanhi...@ieee.org wrote: In this particular context there was a simulated scroll wheel superimposed over the edge of the scroll list (for reasons having to do with the dynamics of the controls). For some reason this changed the user's perception of the control completely. Basically, the user saw the wheel as moving the highlight bar up
[android-developers] Exception Logging
This is a bit long winded (sorry, but I need to explain what I'm doing before I can ask the question). Just wondering if I could get a few (hopefully few hundred) opinions on this : I developed an Exception Handler for my first Android app (released the first month the market opened), which logs all uncaught exceptions to my server, and since then I have gradually refined it and improved. I'm now using it in my 4th public Android app and a few private apps, and I find it extremely helpful to find bugs that don't happen to me when I'm testing. One thing I added that is proving to be extremely useful is an AlertDialog when the exception occurs asking the user if it is OK to contact him/her if I need more information to be able to fix the problem, and a box for them to enter their email address if they agree. I don't have good numbers for you on the acceptance rate because most of my public apps already have the users email address and for the private apps the company enforces their compliance (or supplies the emails for me to use). BUT... it looks like about 20% of users do enter their email address if asked, and that is more than enough to be very useful. I think I can increase the percentage of users that do supply their emails addresses, and that is what my question is about :). (I will ask it soon) First, It has occurred to me that my Exception Logger might be even more successful for me if other developers were also using it because users might have seen it before and trust it when they first see it in my apps. That obviously would only happen if quite a few developers were using it. Anyway... sorry it's already getting long, and I AM trying to keep it from becoming a book. I have repackaged my Exception Logger and will release it in the next couple of days for other developers to use (the price is the good one - FREE). I will host the thing on my server (FYI it's a Cloud based server so we can increase capacity if needed) and any developers using it will be able to log in and view the exceptions their app has generated, and sort by time/date, user, and other fields. NOW.. the question: I think the Exception Logger would be more successful getting the users to agree to be contacted IF their email addresses were kept confidential. Actually, I don't think there is much doubt that would be the case. BUT, there is a tradeoff. Obviously, most developers would prefer to see the email addresses so they can manage the contacts a bit more effectively without using my website to do it, BUT if the email addresses are not confidential, fewer users will give them. So here are what I think are the options: a)keep the email addresses confidential, but developers can send the user an email using my website, include both a reply address which goes to my website and then forwards the email to the developer, and also the developers email address so the user could respond directly to the developer if they choose. I'm sure this would have by far the highest success rate for getting contact info but means devs have to use my website to send the first email at least. b)give the user a choice of keeping the email address confidential or just giving it to the developer. This should also have a fairly high acceptance rate by the user, but complicates the process for them because they would actually have to read the instructions to figure out how it works, and quite possibly a few users would think they asked for their email addresses to be confidential, when they actually checked the other option, and would be upset if they found out later. It's also a bit more work for me, for maybe very little benefit. c)Don't bother keeping the email addresses confidential. All my own apps work this way, and it is useful, but I'm sure either of the other two options would have a better success rate of obtaining the email addresses, and therefore would be better for most devs to get information about problems in their apps. I don't try the a) or b) options for myself because obviously I could see the email addresses in my log files if I wanted to look, and it would be a little deceitful to tell the user their email would be confidential in that case, even if I did use them properly ... BUT, I can do that for other developers without stretching the truth at all, so I think it's worth the effort if other devs want to use it. So, please let me know what your opinions are. I'm also hoping to get some idea of how many developers might want to use this. I've already done almost all the work, so it will be released even if nobody wants to use it. It freaks me out a little to open up my server to an unknown amount of use, but I am well setup to increase server capacity quickly if needed, and I don't think the cost of doing this will be too horrible (I hope). ... Sincerely, Brad Gies
Re: [android-developers] Exception Logging
If enough other devs do use it, I would put some effort into producing reports to make it more useful, but one option that I will do immediately is to put a button on the form listing your last ?? exceptions to download it in a comma delimited format so you can import it into a spreadsheet and do anything you want with it. The only paid option I am even considering is putting an optional Pay Pal donate button on the web page the devs use to view the logged exceptions. I'd be happy if that even covered the additional server expenses. I should also mention that devs will (soon) have the choice to send the exceptions to their own server if they prefer (the option is already in the code), but they will have to agree to some very specific provisions not to spam users before using it. When I have time to figure out the licensing, and set it up, I will put the code up on one of the open source sites so that other people can improve it. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 18/09/2010 10:53 AM, Sean Chitwood wrote: I believe option A is the best. One thing you might consider as a premium option for developers is reporting showing which crashes are more prevalent than others. I know Microsoft does this internally for application crashes reported via Watson. --Sean Calendar: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=darkmane%40gmail.com Livejournal: http://darkmane.livejournal.com Every 5 minutes you spend writing code in a new language is more useful than 5 hours reading blog posts about how great the language is. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Prakash Iyer thei...@gmail.com mailto:thei...@gmail.com wrote: I have thought along similar lines. I think it should just be option a. Don't confuse the user with options. In fact don't even allow user to reply back directly. On Sep 18, 2010 1:19 PM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com mailto:rbg...@gmail.com wrote: This is a bit long winded (sorry, but I need to explain what I'm doing before I can ask the question). Just wondering if I could get a few (hopefully few hundred) opinions on this : I developed an Exception Handler for my first Android app (released the first month the market opened), which logs all uncaught exceptions to my server, and since then I have gradually refined it and improved. I'm now using it in my 4th public Android app and a few private apps, and I find it extremely helpful to find bugs that don't happen to me when I'm testing. One thing I added that is proving to be extremely useful is an AlertDialog when the exception occurs asking the user if it is OK to contact him/her if I need more information to be able to fix the problem, and a box for them to enter their email address if they agree. I don't have good numbers for you on the acceptance rate because most of my public apps already have the users email address and for the private apps the company enforces their compliance (or supplies the emails for me to use). BUT... it looks like about 20% of users do enter their email address if asked, and that is more than enough to be very useful. I think I can increase the percentage of users that do supply their emails addresses, and that is what my question is about :). (I will ask it soon) First, It has occurred to me that my Exception Logger might be even more successful for me if other developers were also using it because users might have seen it before and trust it when they first see it in my apps. That obviously would only happen if quite a few developers were using it. Anyway... sorry it's already getting long, and I AM trying to keep it from becoming a book. I have repackaged my Exception Logger and will release it in the next couple of days for other developers to use (the price is the good one - FREE). I will host the thing on my server (FYI it's a Cloud based server so we can increase capacity if needed) and any developers using it will be able to log in and view the exceptions their app has generated, and sort by time/date, user, and other fields. NOW.. the question: I think the Exception Logger would be more successful getting the users to agree to be contacted IF their email addresses were kept confidential. Actually, I don't think there is much doubt that would be the case. BUT, there is a tradeoff. Obviously, most developers would prefer to see the email addresses so they can
Re: [android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?
My guess from the wording of the answer is that market will be able to adjust the numbers when apps check for updates. But, it's just a guess :). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 18/09/2010 11:40 AM, Pent wrote: We'd like to give you an update on this issue. We've previously stated that some application updates are incorrectly being counted as pure uninstalls rather than updates, causing the active installs metric to drop. We have now identified the root cause, and are working on a fix that we hope to release next week. However, due to the nature of the interaction between the Market client and our reporting infrastructure, it may take up to several weeks for your metrics in the Developer Console to return to normal. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and will keep you posted on our progress. Thanks for the update. Hope they're not just going to rely on future installs to bring the figure up again as it sounds Pent -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Exception Logging
It's probably better to somehow obtain their permission to send the failure report to you, vs doing it silently and unconditionally. Asking them at the same time if they want to provide an email address is good, though. Just so you know... how it works now is that the exception is logged immediately without the email address the first time an exception occurs. The server returns the id number of the exception, and THEN the dialog pops up and asks if they would mind supplying an email address. The user has the choice of supplying the email address and choosing Yes Always send it, Send it this time (in which case they will be asked again on the next exception, but their email address is kept so they never need to enter it again, or the third option is No, and don't ask again in which case they will never see the dialog again for the life of the app. If they answer Yes, always then they will never see the dialog again either, and the email address is just included in the original post when it's sent. Note that it is programmed this way because there are occasions when an exception occurs in the onCreate of your activity and the user interface is unstable, so even if I try to pop up the dialog then, the user won't see it. When the exception is logged, I use a couple of Preferences to keep track of what's sent, and all info needed for the dialog box, and when the Class is created, I check to see if an Exception occurred and the dialog will popup then (on the next activity created) OR I also have a function that can be called in the onResume event of each activity to check to see if a dialog is needed. If you use that function then the user will get the dialog box almost immediately after the exception occurs even if they use the back button to get out of the activity that caused the problem (the only time this doesn't work is if the exception happens on the onCreate of the main entry activity), and I would hope most devs have that covered already. The Exception would still be logged, but the user would never see a dialog box because the user interface would never be stable. There is also a Let me see what's sent button and a Help/Info button to give some information on what it is, and what it's doing. users are no more apt to trust it than they are to trust the individual developers That's a good point, and certainly true right now. I would hope if the Exception Logger is used by enough devs though that users would see it and learn to trust it. BUT... if the user clicks on the Help/Info button I already have the statement that the dev has agreed NOT to spam them, and maybe that is enough for option c) to be a good option. It's certainly a lot less website work for me because I already have all of that code working for myself... I'm just in the process of making it multi-dev friendly :). I do use option c) myself, and it works well I just have it in my mind that the other options would be even more effective...but, I'm not positive and that's why I'm asking for other opinions. The unstated part of the question is what would other devs find most acceptable? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 18/09/2010 11:00 AM, DanH wrote: First off, you are to be commended for putting this much effort into diagnostics. Even the big players are just catching onto this (as witnessed by the fact that there's no facility for this built into the phone). Real time diagnostics are much friendlier for the user than saying Please reproduce with logging turned on or whatever, and generally the information you obtain is more comprehensive and helpful (since you're more apt to see several instances of essentially the same bug, but with slightly different symptoms). There is a slight danger that the paranoid among users will believe that you're secretly collecting data on them. It's probably better to somehow obtain their permission to send the failure report to you, vs doing it silently and unconditionally. Asking them at the same time if they want to provide an email address is good, though. In terms of options, I'd say KISS -- keep it simple. Unless the facility is going to be picked up by a trusted authority (say, Google), just have email address be reported back to the developer. Promise, of course, that the email address will be kept private (and make any users of your facilities aware that they're making this promise) but don't bother with the complex forwarding service -- users are no more apt to trust it than
Re: [android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?
Actually, I am very impressed with the response, and I hope you thanked them. It would be good to encourage the Market people to respond to this kind of stuff :). It's also a bit of relieve to me. I released a Beta app about 3 weeks ago, and several updates since then fixing problems, and the quoted install percentage was a bit disconcerting to me :). BUT... from what it sounds like my numbers are not going to be nearly as bad as they look right now. I'm guessing that the short turnaround for updates in the Beta app was really contributing to the bug in the numbers :). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 18/09/2010 10:37 AM, Peter Sinnott wrote: Received this update this morning : Hello, We'd like to give you an update on this issue. We've previously stated that some application updates are incorrectly being counted as pure uninstalls rather than updates, causing the active installs metric to drop. We have now identified the root cause, and are working on a fix that we hope to release next week. However, due to the nature of the interaction between the Market client and our reporting infrastructure, it may take up to several weeks for your metrics in the Developer Console to return to normal. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and will keep you posted on our progress. Thank you for your continued patience. On Sep 15, 10:43 am, Penttas...@dinglisch.net wrote: Thanks for writing in. We are currently investigating this issue. So far, this appears to be purely a reporting issue: some update events are being inaccurately recorded as uninstalls, rather than updates, creating a lower active installs percentage. However, our investigation tells us that applications are not actually being uninstalled. We hope to have a resolution soon. This fits, actually. I had been holding steady at around 50%. Released my first update for a month yesterday evening and now I'm down to 45%. Pent -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Upgrade non-market app with a new market version.
Yes, I just did it and it works well... but both of my versions were free, so I don't know for sure what happens with paid apps. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 15/09/2010 9:18 AM, psyke wrote: Hello Guys, I am developping (for my company) an app included on a project that will have 2 versions: - 1st simple version to download using a OTA server, clients accesss to an URL to download. - 2nd version more complex to be published on the Market. The question here is that the process to publish on the Android Market is under bureaucratic internal process and it takes a long time, so the idea do reduce the time to market is to provide an OTA version. There is any possibility for users that download application via OTA to upgrade the application for version published later on the Market? (Both Application will be signed with the same key). Thanks in advance Regards -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] connecting android with mysql
It's certainly possible and many devs are doing it. Just write a web service in PHP, your android app can connect using DefaultHttpClient or other client if you want. The Google Maps API documentation has everything you need to put markers on the map (look for ItemizedOverlay). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 02/09/2010 12:14 AM, Chetan Singh Bisht wrote: hey guys i am developing a final year location-based project(gps) in android.I have to create a server using php and mysql which contains name and location(in latitude and longitude) of important hospitals in Mumbai.The android client should be able to retrieve the the latitude and longitude of locations in mysql(external) database and then plot it on a google map. Could u plzz tell me whether this is possible?If yes, then how? Any help would be appreciatedcheers -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Need project idea
I developed an app specifically for the trucking industry delivering to car plants, but it's not publicly available. I do know of several others, but I think most of the automotive related apps are developed in house by the suppliers etc., and not on the market. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 02/09/2010 12:19 AM, analyst wrote: Can any tell me a project related to automative industries using android. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?
This is just a question that I have been wondering about related to this.
When I published one of my apps many months ago, I selected All
Locations. However, I only have data in my app for Canada, and the US.,
and it is English only. The app would be handy for any English speaker
that is planning on visiting Canada/US but for the most part, it's
really only handy if you live here. I expected about 50% of users that
download my app would uninstall it because they don't live in North
America, and wouldn't get much use out of it.
But, now my installed percentage is only 38%... it was 48% only a few
weeks ago.. then it also started dropping.
The question is: Has anyone experimented to find out whether your
installed percentage climbs if you only publish to those locations that
would get the most use out of your app? And a followup question :). In
your opinion, is it worth changing the Locations now? FYI.. I just did
it, so I might be able to answer this in a month or so :).
Sincerely,
Brad Gies
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On 31/08/2010 3:45 AM, { Devdroid } wrote:
As a side note, how are you guys tracking the daily history of stats?
I suppose there's no automated way, right? So we have to set up a
spreadsheet and daily copy the data, right?
There's Market API:
http://code.google.com/p/android-market-api/
you may want to try to use to automate data stats as it seems to export most of
data you may want. Not that we tried it yet
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Re: [android-developers] ViewFlipper Help Please
You could use flipper.setDisplayedChild(1);
But, if you want the animation then what you are doing is probably
correct, but you probably need to slow it down :)
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On 02/09/2010 5:39 PM, Tommy wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am currently using a ViewFlipper to move through some views. It
works fine when I want to move sequentially through IE 1,2,3,4 or
4,3,2,1 My question is if I want to go from say 1 to 4 when a button
is clicked how should I do this? Currently I use the following bit of
code but im not sure this is the correct way to go about it.
int x = 0;
do{
flipper.setInAnimation(inFromRightAnimation());
flipper.setOutAnimation(outToLeftAnimation());
flipper.showNext();
x = x +1;
}while(x= 5);
}
Thanks for your time and help,
Tommy
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Re: [android-developers] Reducing Permissions
Actually, you are correct. Many of the permissions don't show to the user. It's been awhile since I installed the app from the internet, but I do have it installed as a draft in the market, so I was using the market stats (silly me... ). This apk requests 13 permissions that users will be warned about android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.READ_CONTACTS android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.CALL_PHONE android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE com.bgies.hottonight.permission.C2D_MESSAGE com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS So... obviously, we should be asking the market to be updated to show what the user will actually be asked for... (I know... but I can dream). The permissions shown to the user are (the version I have compiled with a production key didn't have the C2DM stuff in it, so I'll have to recompile it and see what C2DM does show to the user). Network Communications Your Location Phone Calls (won't show anymore because I've removed it in the latest version) Services that cost you money (also shouldn't show anymore because I call the SMS with an intent now) Storage (I'm going to see if I can get rid of that today) Your personal information (that should also be dropped with the latest version, but it does remove a very handy feature) Hardware Controls That is not as bad as I was thinking because I will be able to get rid of 3 of those, but at the expense of either removing features, or making them less seamless. For instance, both the phone calls and SMS will now use an intent which means that it's an extra screen and button click for the user, which for me makes it look clunky (hopefully the average user won't notice too much). I still want an ask the user optional permission for the read contacts because even though my app will drop using them for now, it would be a very handy feature for them. Just so you know, my app is about connecting with friends, and being able to access their friends email addresses one time would save the users a lot of typing and setup later. But, it's just not worth it to have to declare it in my app as if I will be ALWAYS accessing them, and THAT does remove a very handy feature, that I would keep if I could just ask the user the one or two times they would actually use it. It's actually a HUGE issue for me because not keeping it means that many users may not find my app all that useful because they won't get it setup to find their friends easily, while keeping it means that many users will never install it. Damned if I do... Damned if I don't... and right now there is no good answer. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] 401 Unauthorized in c2dm sent message to server
Not unless you show us some of your code :). But, you should probably ask this in the C2DM group. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 29/08/2010 3:30 AM, chenthil wrote: HI, i got the c2dm device registration id and auth token. but while sending message to the c2dm server am getting 401 Unauthorized. can anyone help me. -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Reducing Permissions
Yes, a contact picker would be great, and would work for me ;), especially if it had the ability to return multiple selections. I would actually like that better than accessing them myself, if it was a standard part of the framework, because then users would be familiar with it, and I wouldn't have to support it.. or them using it ;). I'm fairly sure it would solve many other developers issues also. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 01/09/2010 2:06 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote: On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com mailto:rbg...@gmail.com wrote: I still want an ask the user optional permission for the read contacts because even though my app will drop using them for now, it would be a very handy feature for them. Just so you know, my app is about connecting with friends, and being able to access their friends email addresses one time would save the users a lot of typing and setup later. But, it's just not worth it to have to declare it in my app as if I will be ALWAYS accessing them, and THAT does remove a very handy feature, that I would keep if I could just ask the user the one or two times they would actually use it. It's actually a HUGE issue for me because not keeping it means that many users may not find my app all that useful because they won't get it setup to find their friends easily, while keeping it means that many users will never install it. Damned if I do... Damned if I don't... and right now there is no good answer. What if you could launch a contact picker for the user to select an e-mail address that is returned to you? We need to build out the contacts interaction so that it has richer interactions to provide UI for other apps without them needing contacts permission themselves. (And to also use FLAG_GRANT_URI_*_PERMISSION to return permission to access a contact entry that is selected.) But even before that, someone could write their own app that provides something like this facility, without using FLAG_GRANT_URI_*_PERMISSION, to anyone who wants to use it. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com mailto:hack...@android.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
