[android-developers] Re: How do you display many points on a map?
2009/6/29 guinyard guinyardli...@yahoo.com I understand the notion of overlays and all, but what if I want to display thousands of points on a map? The map becomes unresponsive after a few hundred OverlayItems are added. What's the best approach for doing this? If they are passive points, that don't accept user input you should be able to draw an image. If they are active points that do accept user input then you need to work out what is seen on screen and what isn't and limit the number of points shown in general --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Android Dev Phone 1 in New Zealand
2009/6/28 Ram Vijapurapu r...@fieldlinx.com Hi Guys, I am wondering how I can get the Android Dev Phone 1 in New Zealand? I tried purchasing from the market place, but it doesn't have New Zealand listed. Could you please help. Ask a friend in the US, or any other country for that matter, if they'll forward it to you. Otherwise complain to Google. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] How to draw tracks on gmaps in apps
I've been struggling to efficently draw tracks over the top of maps embedded in my app. I've been redrawing the track with the ondraw method however as the number of points the app and eventually the phone crawls to a halt and I get a bunch of force close/wait messages as a result. I've been toying with the idea to some how draw the track on a bitmap or canvas and every time GPS updates, update the canvas/bitmap and display it as an overlay but I don't really know how I would or should go about this. Does anyone have any tips on doing this? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: httpclient multipart form upload
2009/6/26 gard gard.honnin...@gmail.com I got my jars from: http://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi The dependencies are included in the Binary with dependencies download. regards, gard On 10 Jun, 10:08, Urs Grob grob@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I also couldn't find the jars for httpmime. I just created a jar from the sources and included that in the project. If anybody knows of some official jar, then I'd also like to know where I could get it (also to stay up to date) It's not hard to make your own code for this and it saves quite a bit of space by not including those jar files. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: G1 Firmware in ADP1?
2009/6/27 Disconnect dc.disconn...@gmail.com No adp1 firmware does any auto-update. Thats why the images are available for dl at htc.com. (Its embarrassing to change a development platform unexpectedly. Or wipe out system/framework changes..) I know personally that the xmas build update that was put out in feb? Asked if I wanted to auto update because I initially declined it until I could get wifi access. Also I believe the JF rebuilds make use of the same auto update mechanism to update to his own builds. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: httpclient multipart form upload
As I said, multipart uploads aren't hard to do your own function for. private void UploadFile(String FileName) { try { String lineEnd = \r\n; String twoHyphens = --; String boundary = *MyMultiPartBoundary; File sdcard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); File mydir = new File(sdcard, MyFileDir); File file = new File(mydir, FileName); FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file); String UPLOADSCRIPT_URL = http://www.example.com/upload.php?username=examplepassword=example;; System.out.println(Opening: +UPLOADSCRIPT_URL); URL url = new URL(UPLOADSCRIPT_URL); HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection(); conn.setDoInput(true); conn.setDoOutput(true); conn.setUseCaches(false); conn.setRequestMethod(POST); conn.setRequestProperty(User-Agent, MyExampleApp/+appversion); conn.setRequestProperty(Content-Type, multipart/form-data;boundary=+boundary); conn.connect(); DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream()); dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd); dos.writeBytes(Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\uploadedfile\;filename=\+ FileName+\ + lineEnd); dos.writeBytes(lineEnd); int bytesAvailable; while((bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available()) 0) { int bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, 4096); byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize]; int bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize); dos.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); } dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens + lineEnd); fileInputStream.close(); dos.flush(); dos.close(); DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(conn.getInputStream()); byte[] data = new byte[1024]; len = dis.read(data, 0, 1024); dis.close(); int respcode = conn.getResponseCode(); System.out.println(done uploading! resp code = +respcode); String respstr = FAILED; if(len 0) respstr = new String(data, 0, len); if(respcode == 200 respstr.equals(OK)) System.out.println(Uploaded +FileName+ successfully!); else System.out.println(Upload Error: respcode=+respcode+, respstr=+respstr); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(upload error: +e.toString()); } } --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Keeping an application running in the background
2009/6/27 Dennis dmun...@gmail.com Yet another question -- we have an application that connects to a device and therefore needs to keep running in the background even when there are no Activities active. What is the recommended way to indicate that our application is still active and for it not to be killed automatically? You extend Service instead of Activity, services have no UI and run in the background. They can interact with activities. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: How to add Google Maps library, Maps to the Android 1.5 version device?
2009/6/26 Elvis elvisdai...@gmail.com Hi all I've pushed 3 files to the required path, but Maps is still invisible. Anyone has idea what's going on with this? ps. I'm using android sdk 1.5r2 You do realise you need 2 maps API keys? One for the key you sign and upload apps to Android Market, and another if you want to use it against the automatically generated key that is used if you run an app from eclipse etc? Although I've been meaning to copy the production key over the top of the dev key so I only need to worry about one maps API key and it will work regardless of how I launch the app with maps embedded in it. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com 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] Re: G1 Firmware in ADP1?
2009/6/27 Disconnect dc.disconn...@gmail.com Thats not an adp build. (You should read the actual release announcements: http://andblogs.net/2009/02/new-adp1-update-official-with-google-voice-and-more/ note the updates, they are important) That's either a rebuild of the holiday image put out by google or a mirrored copy of the image put out by google, I'm trying to find the original URL the update was downloaded from my phone. Found it... http://www.mailinglistarchive.com/android-developers@googlegroups.com/msg05910.html https://android.clients.google.com/updates/signed-holiday_devphone-ota-130444-debug.55489994.zip --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Is a five-way navigation key a mandatory requirement?
2009/6/25 JC jameschen...@gmail.com Actually I meant if there is no five-navigation key or trackball, only reserve 5 app keys, any potential risk or problem may have? thank you for answering. Are you talking about making everything touch screen by any chance? If so you'd need to do a lot of coding to work round the current physical requirements. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Accelerometer
2009/6/26 kalyan simhan kalyansim...@gmail.com there seems to be some problem with my accelerometer... the values of x,y,z fluctuate even when it is stationary.. kept in one place... why is this.. how can i overcome it.. what is the unit of the value im getting.. im guessing 1 unit = 1g 9.8m/s^2 is an approximation, however the accelerometer is being influenced by forces and noise, the only way to over come it would be to sample the noise and then try to cancel it out. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: G1 Firmware in ADP1?
2009/6/24 FrantiĊĦek Fuka f...@fuxoft.cz Hello, my friend has got himself Android Developer Phone 1. But he is not developer, he just wants to use it as a normal phone and he doesn't want any hassle with firmware updating (and he's not interested in root access etc.). If I flash the official U.S. G1 firmware into his phone, will he then receive normal OTA firmware upgrades, or will his phone still report as ADP1 and will he have to update manually? You don't need the t-mobile firmware for auto-updates, the ADP firmware upgrades itself when updates are put out too. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: G1 Firmware in ADP1?
2009/6/24 Frantisek Fuka f...@fuxoft.cz Really? But he still has firmware 1.0 and no offer to upgrade. Sorry, the 1.1 firmware included the auto-update feature, if you upgrade to 1.1 or 1.5 it will upgrade automatically in future. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: G1 Firmware in ADP1?
2009/6/24 Frantisek Fuka f...@fuxoft.cz OK. Since that means I'll have to do manual upgrade after all, there is a question of differences between ADP1, EU and US firmware. I heard Latitude is not present in all of them, as well as ICQ client... Is there some sort of comparison chart available? Considering the latest gmaps app is on Android Market and can be downloaded to any phone, Latitude is a non issue in your decision. As for the ICQ client, if you mean from the T-Mobile firmware, it uses SMS/Messaging credit, you'd be better off looking at some third party app like Meebo which only uses data... http://www.meebo.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] Re: G1 Firmware in ADP1?
There is a whole bunch of things you can do with root access on the phone you can do otherwise, like tethering over wifi and blocking ads by altering the hosts file or using AdFree --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Is a five-way navigation key a mandatory requirement?
2009/6/25 JC jameschen...@gmail.com Dear sir, Any potential risk or problem may have if I remove five-navigation key? My understanding is some games might need five-navigation key, what else applications may be affected? thanks. The G1/HTC Dream and other HTC phones use a trackball that is clickable instead. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Use own map layer in Google Maps
Look at the osmdroid code, they use tiles from OpenStreetMap.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Calibration with the environment may improve the readings ?!
2009/6/23 Gryyphyn gryyp...@gmail.com I haven't looked through the source for the compass but there has to be a set() method that you can apply a positive or negative value to, possibly on tha app level. The compass is accurate enough so all you would really have to do is assign a set() method to a menu calibration option to allow the user to align with a standard compass and set the value that modifies the OSD compass alignment, similar to the bubble app and its calibration with the accelerometers. Just a thought... The callibration for the accelerometers isn't to calibrate the sensors, but to figure out which way the phone is pointing and then use that information along with some fancy maths to display correctly. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Orientation Sensor problems.
2009/6/22 JimmyHoffa photos.d...@googlemail.com When I run the app', my heading values are always being reported as being between 250 - 270 and don't alter from that irrelevant of which way I'm pointing the device. Check the sensor accuracy, if it's off you need to do figure 8's in the air to get it to automatically recalibrate itself. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Permissions for Android Dev Phone 1
2009/6/20 Andrew andrewr...@gmail.com As far as I know the ADP and the retail G1/G2/... behave the same way if there is anything in the manifest which is a security risk or else the application will just install without any questions. Even if an app doesn't ask for any permissions a dialog box is still show regardlessly and the user has to hit ok. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Application (.apk) Size
2009/6/20 Streets Of Boston flyingdutc...@gmail.com It wil be smaller than the heap size limit per apps Not true. :=) I could imagine creating an app of 50MBytes. 2MBytes worth of code and 48MBytes worth of resources (images/assets/etc.). And if these resources are not loaded all at once, it should work. Of course, who would download such a big app to his/her phone..? Given the right circumstance it's easy for some games to exceed that kind of limit with graphics and additional media files, it's just stupid to think in 2008/2009 that limiting a phone to 64M of space for apps and it's resources would be acceptable and almost no one would exceed those limitation, although even the amount of ram that comes with the G1 is what I'd consider to be on the low side of acceptance. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: new dev device
2009/6/20 Andrei gml...@gmail.com When can we expect new unlocked dev device for developers? Anybody? May be Magic The Roger's magic can be rooted and unlocked etc :) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Is running applications from shell disabled?
2009/6/20 Lewis Z. lzh...@gmail.com Yes, I did. Make sure you aren't trying to run it on a partition that is flagged not to execute. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: lock data usage to email
2009/6/20 canistel canis...@gmail.com Is it possible to lock down the phone so that the only data usage is email? I don't even mind if the email has to be manually send / received; due to the small amount of data I have on my plan, I just don't ever want to use edge / 3g for anything other then email data. Once I'm on wifi then other data is fine. If you have root access to your device you can install iptables to block all access to all apps except the app you want to access data via specific interfaces There is a number of ways the logic could go here, but iptables is your best bet to be honest. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: A simple application which sends location to server.
2009/6/21 c6bro ch...@upload.co.uk Website URL field: e.g http://www..co.uk/logtracking.php Frequency field:e.g 6 (Seconds) Start/Stop button Any particular reason for 6s intervals? The app will be able to be closed and run in the background until you click the stop button. You most likely don't want to use an activity for the GPS/upload side of things, you would make an activity that started and stopped a service. If the internet is down it would take a log and send them one up again.. The easiest way I've found to do this, is you just have a ListArray of a custom object, the object just stores the values you need, and then you can push new values onto the end of the ListArray and pop them off as they are accepted for upload. Also do batch uploads instead of one value at a time, it can be very time consuming uploading one value at a time and waiing for a response from the remote end. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: How to develop a tiny background application with no UI
2009/6/21 GAYET Thierry thierry_ga...@yahoo.fr Hi, i am asking about the development of an Android application that must work in backgroup (so no user interface). Usually my application extend to the activity class that manage all the application process. You don't want to use Activity, you want to make a service. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Is Android complaint with VCARD 2.1 specification ?
2009/6/18 Kasmoori Bindu bindukasmo...@gmail.com Does anyone has info whether Android is complaint with VCARD 2.1 specification ? I could not see, fields like DOB (Date Of Birth , location etc.,) in Contacts Application as well Contact Provider. The DOB would get stored in the calendar as a reoccurring event. Dunno about location, but in the regular contact section it allows you to store addresses. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Is running applications from shell disabled?
2009/6/19 Lewis Z. lzh...@gmail.com I wrote a simple hello c program. I pushed the program to either Android Emulator or a device. When I run it, however, I got ./hello: not found message. I ls-ed it and it's right there. Is this purposely disabled? Did you chmod 755 hello ? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: android market merchant accounts not available in europe
2009/6/19 zero_star gkas...@gmail.com Merchant accounts is limited to only a handful of countries at the moment. That means that no one else in the world can sell their apps until Google decides to push things forward. I made the mistake to upload the free Lite version of our app on the market, and now users are asking when the full (paid) version will be available. I was wondering, what do you developers do in the case where google checkout is not available in your country? are there any alternatives to sell your apps? i believe I 'm not the only one who has this question. Use paypal and email the apps to the users... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: How to get current time?
2009/6/18 Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com Hrm. I assume the NTP API isn't somewhere that Java code can access, which means we're back to using an existing Java NTP/SNTP client library if we want an accurate time regardless of whether we are on a network that is NITZ capable. Why install a NTP daemon if it isn't used to keep accurate time in the system? Also you don't need NTP for GPS, in fact you can pull the timestamps from GPS if you want. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Alarms (AlarmManager) cleared on reboot :/
2009/6/18 Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com Yes, you need to use a boot receiver. The reason for this is that any arbitrary number of things could have changed since the last run (time, apps installed, etc) so it is safest to have apps re-evaluate and request their alarms after a fresh boot. The same could be said for linux systems in general, yet cron is almost invaluable in day to day use of a system because it can provide consistency etc to trigger apps at certain times. People don't seem to really want the alarm system as is, they want something closer to cron. The system as is, is convulted and you need to re-run an app on boot just to see if it wants the same alarm triggers... How insane is that? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Able to use T-Mobile G1 without contract for application testing?
2009/6/16 Edward Falk ed.f...@gmail.com IMHO, you do not want a dev phone if you can avoid it. They let you install your own os on the phone, but most developers don't need to install their own os. Dev phones can't download applications that are protected by drm. You can still have root on a phone and access those apps by installing one of the hacked firmware which makes the drm so pointless and Google should have actually made something serious instead of security through obscurity. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Browser Porting for Android
2009/6/16 Chitra chitra...@yahoo.co.in Hi Fred, Thank you very much for your reply. Could you please provide information on this. how to start with? Any information would be of great help to me. The current browser on Android is opensource as is the under lying rendering engine, what exactly are you trying to achieve here? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Android 1.5 SDK, Release 2 -- TelephonyManager
2009/6/17 Ne0 liamjamesalf...@googlemail.com I have yet to test my code on an actual phone, though there is one thing you may be clear up for me, its been many years since i have used java, you are using ArrayList, though the documentation describes getNeighboringCellInfo() as returning a List, are these the same thing? If not it may be an error in your code, mine works on the emulator using List though it returns NULL. I've run it on a device but no network to test against until the weekend, but I just upgraded to SDK 1.5rc2 and it seems to work fine. uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION / According to documentation, and my testing, you only need this permission to access the function you're after. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Android 1.5 SDK, Release 2 -- TelephonyManager
Oh and I used this code, rather than the once off code to get it to show an update once a second... public class TelephonyTest extends Activity { private static String TAG = TelephonyTest; private static TelephonyManager mTelephonyManager; private Thread t = null; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); mTelephonyManager = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(TelephonyTest.TELEPHONY_SERVICE); t = new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { try { while(true) { doLog(); Thread.sleep(1000); } } catch (Exception e) {} } }); t.start(); } private void doLog() { ArrayListNeighboringCellInfo mNeighboringCellInfo; mNeighboringCellInfo = new ArrayListNeighboringCellInfo(); mNeighboringCellInfo = (ArrayListNeighboringCellInfo)mTelephonyManager.getNeighboringCellInfo(); if(mNeighboringCellInfo.size() == 0) Log.i(TAG, No Neighboring Cells detected.); for(int i = 0; i mNeighboringCellInfo.size(); ++i) { Log.i(TAG,mNeighboringCellInfo.get(i) - + mNeighboringCellInfo.get(i).toString()); } } } --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Able to use T-Mobile G1 without contract for application testing?
2009/6/16 dindin dinesh.nadara...@gmail.com I don't have T-Mobile but ATT. I want to get an unlocked Android Phone (thinking of the new Samsung i7500 or the G2). Can I use that as a development device to test my applications? Will it even work on another GSM carrier? Running apps on Android doesn't depend on carriers, unless you want to test data networking, in any case I'd get something other than the HTC Dream/G1 for ATT if you want data cause ATT EDGE is so slow it's not funny... The HTC Magic supposedly does 900Mhz which I think ATT runs 3G over... so will the i7500 and no doubt countless other devices once they start shipping... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: PORTING BROWSER ON ANDROID
2009/6/16 Vincent runfut...@gmail.com What about write a native-c web browser? rending on framebuffer ..? I just say say.. :) Almost no one would be able to use it except those that have root? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Calibration with the environment may improve the readings ?!
2009/6/17 flegare fleg...@gmail.com I auto answer myself and the poor soul who fall on this post, so far the only way to calibrate is by making big 8-like gesture with the phone. Try it it worked for me. Yes, the digital compass in the G1 is self calibrating, but you have to make figure 8's or similar to make it do it, this isn't something you can do in software, the Android OS has magnetic field projections for the earth and if the current reading falls outside a specific range either something is artificially influencing it, such as the magnetic field in metals or electromagnetic fields caused by electronics and cars etc, or it needs calibration. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Determine first run
2009/6/17 aby orz0...@gmail.com Hi, How to distinguish Android is first run or not after booting device? Set a simple preference variable, if it's not set it hasn't run... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Application Resources on SDCARD on install!! MUST HAVE, GOOGLE DO SOMETHING!!
2009/6/15 Tjerk Wolterink tje...@gmail.com Apps on the sdcard is not the solution. What i want is only the resources of the app on the sdcard. I added a comment to the issue: This is a no-go solution. If apps are installed on the sdcard they can be copied and this opens the door for piracy and makes the android market less attractive for developers. Resulting in fewer apps that are developed for the android platform. However.. it would be a good thing to save parts of the application on the sdcard. For example the /res directory could be saved on the sdcard. Another possibility is the have a separate partition on the sdcard that can only be read by the android system. It will not show up in your computer. I really need more room for my app: it gets bigger and bigger. However i donnot want userse to have the option to install it on the sdcard. And I replied with google needs to come up with a real solution locking sold apps to userid's instead of the half-assed solution they came up with that anyone with half a brain can get round already --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Execute exe in android
2009/6/15 Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com .EXE files are Windows applications, and as such generally only run in Windows. While there are Windows emulators (e.g., WINE), I am not aware of any attempts to port WINE to run on Android, and I suspect that would be...difficult. Difficult and pointless, even linux apps not designed for small screens tend to work very poorly on netbooks so why would you want to do something even worst is beyond 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Change sdcard permission
2009/6/13 N V nithi...@gmail.com Can any help me that, How can i change the file permission that is present in the SDCARD... Normally when i insert a file to SDCARD, file has read and write permission, I want to change the permission that is read write and execute.. Is it possible to change the permission? Most sdcards are formatted to be fat32 and fat32 doesn't support linux permission system, you can get round this by prefixing the command with sh. eg /bin/sh /sdcard/application --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: How to get root access of my android phone
2009/6/13 Joe Petruchi petruchi.dr...@gmail.com Is there any way to get the root permission in G2 ? If you are talking about the HTC Magic, no idea, but it isn't going to be labelled the G2 when T-Mobile starts selling it, try looking about on the XDA forum. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Change sdcard permission
2009/6/13 Nithin Varamballi nithi...@gmail.com Ya i agree with your point that sdcards are formatted to be fat32 and fat32 doesn't support linux permission system, Suppose if i give in my application like this /bin/sh /sdcard/myapplication, what will i get,weather i can change the permission of my application or just it will show the file permission of the file.. You don't need to set files executable to launch them, you can launch them indirectly via the sh binary. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Duplicate processes triggered from ongoing notification
I added a notification for an ongoing process, however when this is clicked on it triggers a duplicate process and when you exit the duplicated process the original copy is re-run by the operating system. The app I'm working on doesn't use the main activity window, except to trigger one of 2 other activities and this might be part of the problem since I noticed the same issue in other applications like AndNav2. My question is, how do I work round the issue to bring the running activity to the front, rather than triggering a new activity, killing the first and then the OS re-runs the first activity when the new one is quit? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Ability to quit/disable an app after trial period?
2009/6/12 Androman amirs...@gmail.com With System.exit() you can exit android app even if it is not recommended still it can be very useful. Method onRestore() is called allways when your activity is about to be shown and here you do something... Connect your app with your server where you will record phones IMEI and application version... If user already had your app then disable it... There is probably better way to do this but have no time to think more.. Have a splash screen displayed while the check is occurring in the background, if it passes load the real activity, if it fails just trigger a call to finish(); --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: How to get root access of my android phone
2009/6/13 Lucius Fox lucius.fo...@gmail.com Can you please tell me how can I get root access of my android phone? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---