[android-developers] Creating drop-down, expandable views
I see on occasion complex preference panels that have factored the panel into expandable sections to reduce visual clutter and speed loading time. I see things in the SDK such as ViewStubs but see no visual illustration of what they look like and whether they create the sort of design I'd like to emulate. Can someone point me to a tutorial or sample project that shows this sort of interface and can permit me to know (before I start) that I am pursuing the proper means to achieve the effect I've seen elsewhere? tone -- 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 Library sources not found
My hero, too! This presumably will fix the issue for me, as well, but I can see it has already done the impossible -- finally made Eclipse automagically build the projects my own one depends on. I swear I'd tried the same trick many times before and it never worked. Perhaps I cleaned up some other stuff. Thanks. tone On Jan 5, 1:19 pm, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: 1: Add the library project as a dependency to the app project: Package Explorer / Right-click the app project / Properties / Java Build Path / Projects, under Required projects on the build path. 2: Switch to the Order and Export tab and move the library project up, so it's above Library Projects (just that, no need to tick the checkbox on the left there). -- Kostya -- 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] Android Library sources not found
Is there something I need to do so that my own Android Library's source code is findable by Android projects working with it within the same workspace? The debugger goes to a .class version of it, and no use of the link to source function offered thereby placates it. No pointing out of this source should be necessary, correct? The Android Library's project is in the same workspace and it is open! tone -- 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] Dalvik format error 1
How can I tell what packages/classes are conflicting to cause this? Is it a problem to have a package's classes contributed from more than one project as long as the classes do not have the same package.classname signature? This is driving me bonkers, this vague error message. tone -- 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] AOSP fails to repo sync KeyError: 'content-length'
failure is immediate and inescapable it seems: ad-3: Traceback (most recent call last): File /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ python2.5/threading.py, line 460, in __bootstrap self.run() File /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ python2.5/threading.py, line 440, in run self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs) File /Users/tone/mydroid/.repo/repo/subcmds/sync.py, line 182, in _FetchHelper success = project.Sync_NetworkHalf(quiet=opt.quiet) File /Users/tone/mydroid/.repo/repo/project.py, line 926, in Sync_NetworkHalf if alt_dir is None and self._ApplyCloneBundle(initial=is_new, quiet=quiet): File /Users/tone/mydroid/.repo/repo/project.py, line 1444, in _ApplyCloneBundle exist_dst = self._FetchBundle(bundle_url, bundle_tmp, bundle_dst, quiet) File /Users/tone/mydroid/.repo/repo/project.py, line 1514, in _FetchBundle size = r.headers['content-length'] File /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ python2.5/rfc822.py, line 384, in __getitem__ return self.dict[name.lower()] KeyError: 'content-length' Exception in thread Thread-4: Traceback (most recent call last): File /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ python2.5/threading.py, line 460, in __bootstrap self.run() File /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ python2.5/threading.py, line 440, in run self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs) File /Users/tone/mydroid/.repo/repo/subcmds/sync.py, line 182, in _FetchHelper success = project.Sync_NetworkHalf(quiet=opt.quiet) File /Users/tone/mydroid/.repo/repo/project.py, line 926, in Sync_NetworkHalf if alt_dir is None and self._ApplyCloneBundle(initial=is_new, quiet=quiet): File /Users/tone/mydroid/.repo/repo/project.py, line 1444, in _ApplyCloneBundle exist_dst = self._FetchBundle(bundle_url, bundle_tmp, bundle_dst, quiet) File /Users/tone/mydroid/.repo/repo/project.py, line 1514, in _FetchBundle size = r.headers['content-length'] File /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/ python2.5/rfc822.py, line 384, in __getitem__ return self.dict[name.lower()] KeyError: 'content-length' Ideas? -- 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] Library srec_jni
Where does this reside, in a format compatible with System.loadLibrary() on the host computer (say, when it is being used within the simulator)? I see a libsrec_jni.so , but regular non-Dalvik Java code on my own machine does not recognize it as something good for loadLibrary() or load(). There MUST be a version of it somewhere, as it can be used from within the simulator. I am trying to figure out if that one is suitable for use from normal Java apps, and -- if not -- how to build one that is. tone -- 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] New Market Console not so amazing
I am not sure I like the new Market Console. From a usability standpoint, the Recent Changes field should be on the APK panel, not the other one. Changes are associated with APKs, yes? It is too easy to have an APK up and not activated. What value is there in having one posted and not activated? Actually, I can think of only one use, and it is not supported: There is no way to deactivate the highest version number. This would be the painless way to revert from a botched release. tone -- 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] Android app website w/ release history?
I can recall using a (non-Google) website that listed Android apps like so many do, but this one had an event stream for each app showing changes such as version updates, price changes, permission changes, etc. I've forgotten which site that was. Can someone point me to one (or more) such sites? tone -- 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 LifeCycle and Singleton Instances
Mark, thanks so much for that. I had overlooked those pages in my focus on the Javadoc. It would be great if the germ of those nuggets were placed into the Javadoc. I think I have the tools to resolve these lifecycle issues. tone -- 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 LifeCycle and Singleton Instances
I feel that the lifecycle (of apps and activities) is not well documented. I wish the Javadocs were somehow wikified so the vague portions could be collaboratively identified and remedied. I only feel I am able to identify places where questions arise, so having the ability through OSP (I suppose) to edit these is not such a boon. My app has longstanding bugs that some phones see and others do not, and they tie into lifecycle issues. Here are some of the questions I find I still have. The Activity documentation does not clearly indicate the difference between an activity being paused versus being stopped. Is a paused activity one which has 1 or more pixels obscured by another, and a stopped activity one that has zero visible pixels? I have never found just where the the interrelationships between finish() and state diagram paths toward pause/stop and the use of the back button or home button are detailed. Shouldn't finish() have been called destroy() so it is consistent with the state diagram? If so, the documentation should spell out how finish()ing an activity will start it through the path to onDestroy(). There seems to be no direct means by which my app (or do I mean my task?) can know when one of its activities is active versus not. This has confused me for one and a half years (it matters when you make an app that has a voice user interface and want the recognition to be stopped when the user presses home, but not when he presses back on an activity that returns another of your app's activities to the fore). It gets worse in that starting a new activity does not deliver you an Activity instance immediately, making instance counting difficult. I have resisted using the manifest flags for singletop et al entirely, as several readings of their description have not conveyed a clear understanding. tone -- 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] RecognizerIntent, free-form, returning ok for all input
A user, running Google Services Framework ver. 2.2.1 Voice Search ver. 2.0.2 finds that my app's use of the RecognizerIntent for voice-to-text returns ok no matter what he says. The same code, on my test phones (running VS 1.5.0 and 1.6.0) produce plausible text versions of what I said. What could cause this? tone -- 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: Activity lifecycle... still a mystery to me
My app responds to speech commands. I want the behavior to be that 1. if back is hit on my initial activity, it exits. 2. My app has a few sub-activities it may launch on user speech- or GUI input 3. if home is hit on ANY of my activities, I want all of them to finish. That's basically it. Why I want this is uninteresting... few users of the app would find the desired behavior anything other than the one they'd want. It's possible that I could get some of this to happen by use of the activity flags/modes (single-top, etc), but their documentation also reads like Sanskrit after 10 reads through. tone -- 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] Activity lifecycle... still a mystery to me
I find the flowchart of Activity lifecycle pretty ambiguous. In a perfect world, it would receive a little more work to resolve the gray, but I'll throw out some example issues. 1. The phrasing on the legs into and out of onPause() are vague. Does another activity comes in front of the activity pertain to the case where my activity is simply going away because finish() was called? Does the activity is no longer visible mean that my activity is entirely concealed, and would this then differ from the case where another activity appeared partially in front of my own? 2. what happens if you call finish() from within onCreate()? onStart()? just about anywhere except the green activity is running blob? 3. How is onPause() - onResume() different than onStop() - onRestart()? What circumstances differentiate the flow? 4. minor nits: the clarity of the chart is actually diminished by having an exit from the The process is killed state, and some mention as to whether the Activity object may be re-used should follow the onDestroy() state The thing I am specifically trying to do is this: I want to perform certain actions when the BACK or HOME keys are pressed, and ignore cases where a third-party activity simply pops up on part of the screen and then goes away. Not all phones are traversing the lifecycle graph the same way, it seems, and since I do not have one of every phone (Droids seem notoriously different), writing test cases is not a viable means of educating myself. I'd like some clarity on the designed behavior that can be vouched for. tone -- 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] Telling 2.2 vs 2.2.1
How can I tell, robustly, whether my app is running under Android 2.2 vs 2.2.1 (or later within 2.2)? tone -- 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] Service.startForeground() -- what is the int id parameter?
I tried using this with id=0, and no icon was placed in the status bar. I switched to using a string resource ID and it worked. The documentation for the notification system seems to welcome us to use any value unique to our app. tone -- 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] What is a KeyGuard?
Is an Android KeyGuard the swipey thing to unlock the home screen, or is it a screen that requires security code or pattern to be entered, or is it both of these things? If only the second, why is it that a KeyGuardLock.disableKeyguard() is documented as Note: This call has no effect while any DevicePolicyManager is enabled that requires a password. ... what good would an object intended to clear a lock that is unable to ever clear a lock? My own use of it seems to allow me (on all but a few custom ROM phones) to clear a security screen away, but the documentation seems to imply that I could not do this. tone -- 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 tell if a package is burned in versus updateable?
On Jan 5, 10:19 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 7:07 PM, DulcetTone dulcett...@gmail.com wrote: Is there no means by which you can tell whether a package installed on the phone is burned in with the firmware (and hence immutable) versus one that can be updated? ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM. This doesn't really mean it is immutable; you can install an update to it if it is signed with the same cert (though the update is placed on the data partition like other third party apps, since /system is read only). Ok... is this update then read and used instead of the original / system copy? I assume so. On a similar line, why does Google ever put apps on the Market with the same signature by which they are burned into some phones? It stunts updating terribly. Indeed, why burn any apps on the phone as opposed to make them super-easy to find in a dynamic manner? Huh? You can update built-in apps, as per above. This is how maps updates have been delivered for a long time, as well as Market updates (which you aren't generally aware of), more recently Gmail updates, etc. This is not the case with my phones. I suppose this must be a consequence of the fact that their firmware was written to from a burn station in Google's own offices here in Cambridge. I cannot, for instance, update Google Maps -- it downloads the update and fails to install every time. I assumed the issue extended to other users' phones. tone -- 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 tell if a package is burned in versus updateable?
Is there no means by which you can tell whether a package installed on the phone is burned in with the firmware (and hence immutable) versus one that can be updated? On a similar line, why does Google ever put apps on the Market with the same signature by which they are burned into some phones? It stunts updating terribly. Indeed, why burn any apps on the phone as opposed to make them super-easy to find in a dynamic manner? tone -- 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: uninstall TTS data from Android = 1.6 ?
I am not keen on testing 1.5 and such sort of tests usually are a waste of time on Android. Certainly there must be a means of finding and deleting this data? I've been told it goes onto the SD card, but I see it nowhere for manual deletion. tone On Dec 21, 2:39 pm, JP joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com wrote: I was able to sufficiently test this with the emulator running a 1.5 AVD, whereTTSwas not available yet. On Dec 21, 8:48 am, DulcetTone dulcett...@gmail.com wrote: How do you uninstall voice data from a phone that has it installed? I need to test code that handles cases of it being absent. tone -- 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] Bluetooth SCO... start/stop versus setOn(bool)
I do not understand the model of AudioManager.startBluetoothSco() AudioManager.stopBluetoothSco() and AudioManager.setBluetoothScoOn(boolean) The description in the documentation is not clear. is start/stopness an underlying state for on/offness? Is SCO started/stopped for the whole device, or a particular app? How about on/off? How do either of these relate to whether a headset is (or is not) in Voice Dialing mode, e.g.: BluetoothHeadset.startVoiceRecognition() and BluetoothHeadset.stopVoiceRecognition() ? Thanks in advance. tone -- 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] uninstall TTS data from Android = 1.6 ?
How do you uninstall voice data from a phone that has it installed? I need to test code that handles cases of it being absent. tone -- 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 block a BufferedReader when no input is available?
I have code in a worker thread that needs to efficiently read a
constantly-growing input stream from a process.
The issue is that the present design uses a sleep() for a short period
if there is no input presently available, and I'd like the attempt to
read the input stream simply *block* so it magically awakes when more
input is available. I fear this will mean a small hit on phone
responsiveness.
How does one alter code from this form to do such a thing?
BufferedReader bufferedReader =
new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
do {
String line;
while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
// new input would be processed here
}
Thread.sleep(500); // TODO: make this go away
} while (true);
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[android-developers] Re: How to block a BufferedReader when no input is available?
I don't think any of these solutions help, as I did not write the
writer thread and cannot alter its code.
Unless I am missing something, use of notify/wait would only move the
sleep() to another thread, achieving nothing.
Is there no intrinsic, system-based means of having a read block until
the stream is closed (rather than having just temporarily run dry) or
has more data to offer? This is a key part of many I/O systems, yes?
tone
On Dec 19, 9:22 am, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote:
Use Java thread synchronization:
http://www.javamex.com/tutorials/synchronization_wait_notify.shtml
Have the reader thread wait when there is no data and the writer
thread notify the reader when more data is available (and when it
should exit its processing loop).
-- Kostya
19.12.2010 16:38, DulcetTone пишет:
I have code in a worker thread that needs to efficiently read a
constantly-growing input stream from a process.
The issue is that the present design uses a sleep() for a short period
if there is no input presently available, and I'd like the attempt to
read the input stream simply *block* so it magically awakes when more
input is available. I fear this will mean a small hit on phone
responsiveness.
How does one alter code from this form to do such a thing?
BufferedReader bufferedReader =
new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
do {
String line;
while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
// new input would be processed here
}
Thread.sleep(500); // TODO: make this go away
} while (true);
--
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[android-developers] Eclipse builds suddenly broke
My project was building fine yesterday, but after I downloaded the 2.3 SDK and updated some Eclipse components, it broke HARD. .AIDLs do not even try to compile Resources are never compiled (e.g., from values/strings.xml) Are there any known issues with the latest Eclipse/Android bits? tone -- 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: Eclipse builds suddenly broke
This turned out to be caused by the new requirement that multiple formatting marks in a string/string be numbered. More here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html Tony On Dec 12, 11:45 am, DulcetTone dulcett...@gmail.com wrote: My project was building fine yesterday, but after I downloaded the 2.3 SDK and updated some Eclipse components, it broke HARD. .AIDLs do not even try to compile Resources are never compiled (e.g., from values/strings.xml) Are there any known issues with the latest Eclipse/Android bits? tone -- 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] Make an app NOT be full screen
I want my app to not obliterate all other apps on the screen and perhaps to dim them or blur them while keeping just a small panel open at the bottom. I've tried this to no avail... setContentView(R.layout.main); getWindow().setType(WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT); getWindow().addFlags( WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FORCE_NOT_FULLSCREEN); Is there a way to do this? tone -- 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 Android Market Client Update
I agree... I find the change in trial period a step backward. Tony On Dec 11, 7:09 am, Pent tas...@dinglisch.net wrote: No offense, but the fact that you don't have a trial app is a really a bit tricking people into buying the app. A large percentage of people are too timid, don't know, procrastinate, etc, to get a refund. I think if you have an expensive app, it's almost mandatory to have some sort of free version. Just my two cents. No offense taken, the thought hadn't even occured to me. Nevertheless, it's another change from the Market that requires major action with hardly any notice. and which I don't believe they'd get away with without a de facto monopoly. 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
[android-developers] Re: Make an app NOT be full screen
Thanks, TreKing and Kostya ... will explore this path. tone On Dec 11, 3:08 pm, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: You can declare your activity in the manifest with: android:theme=@android:style/Theme.Dialog to make it semi-transparent, and use wrap_content for both width and height in the activity's layout xml. -- Kostya -- 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: Make an app NOT be full screen
Substantial but not complete success. It is vital that my window fill the width of the screen (so it can display an Admob ad) and this theme imposes a padding or margin. Looking at the themes.xml file in the SDK, I am not sure I understand why this is or how I can alter my results. Any idea what should I look for? Tony On Dec 11, 3:26 pm, DulcetTone dulcett...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, TreKing and Kostya ... will explore this path. tone On Dec 11, 3:08 pm, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: You can declare your activity in the manifest with: android:theme=@android:style/Theme.Dialog to make it semi-transparent, and use wrap_content for both width and height in the activity's layout xml. -- Kostya -- 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 center justify within a LinearLayout
The following code incorrectly (in my view) places the text left- justified, and the button is in the center, horizontally. Why is this? LinearLayout android:layout_width=fill_parent android:layout_height=wrap_content android:layout_marginLeft=12dip android:layout_gravity=center_horizontal android:padding=6dip android:orientation=vertical android:background=@android:drawable/alert_light_frame TextView android:layout_marginTop=8dip android:textColor=#00 android:layout_gravity=center_horizontal android:text=This actually comes out left justified.. why? android:layout_width=fill_parent android:layout_height=wrap_content/ Button android:id=@+id/google_voice_button android:layout_gravity=center_horizontal android:layout_marginBottom=8dip android:textColor=#00 android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content/ /LinearLayout -- 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] best reasonable practice for locally storing a password?
I am considering adding a means by which my app can perform functions over Google Voice, and the functionality would make little sense if I required the user to type in a password. I'd like a reasonable plan for storing the password locally and sending it (through google-voice-java) when demanded by Google Voice. Clearly, I'd like to properly represent the risks of the chosen scheme honestly to the user. I'd like the storage to be based atop writing it into a SharedPreferences created with flags=0 What form of obfuscation is suitable, and with what available salting ingredients and such should I customize it? tone -- 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: First Market Experiences
On Nov 3, 12:05 pm, Doug Gordon gordo...@gmail.com wrote: The big surprise to me, however, was the error reporting capabilities. I had no idea that AM would provide details on errors right down to the stack trace! Yes, I did have some dreaded NullPointer situations hanging around, but was able to immediately get fixes into the next update to take care of them. I am mightily impressed with this feature! Sadly, these all appeared after I implemented a customized stack-trace reporting system. On your first point... I do wish that a developer could publicly reply to Market ratings. The penalty for uncivil behavior would be obvious, and the dev could clear up a misperception or demonstrate his ability to incorporate negative feedback constructively. tone -- 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 release Paid upgrade for Free app?
You cannot do either of these things. Your present package name is forever free and forever in use. You can unpublish, but nothing else. The sad truth is you had better come up with a new package name for your paid version or try to tie the paid functionality within the present app get unlocked by the discovery and verification of a paid cookie app that entitles them to these features. tone On Oct 28, 7:51 am, Marcin Orlowski webnet.andr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Is there a way to change free app into paid app in Market? I.e. you release com.foo.xxx as free but later you'd like to charge for app and drop free version completely.. I do not see anything like this in Market console at the moment. I know I can release com.foo.xxx.pro for example but my intention would be to keep package name as is so current users would see there's upgrade available. Alternatively, if there's no way to do that can I completely remove app from market so com.foo.xxx would be resuable for other app? -- 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 wrap and delegate ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH?
I am trying to receive RecognizerIntents asking for free form speech recognition and then pass them on to Google Voice Search. My code is basically this: Intent intent = new Intent(getIntent()); intent.setClassName(com.google.android.voicesearch, com.google.android.voicesearch.RecognitionActivity); I then try one of two approaches: 1. Rely on the existing flag for FLAG_ACTIVITY_FORWARD_RESULT to cause the reply to this intent to go to the activity that sent the original to me. This fails on the following log message: 10-27 14:06:31.448: ERROR/RecognitionActivity(2360): ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH intent called incorrectly. Maybe you called startActivity, but you should have called startActivityForResult (or otherwise included a pending intent). 2. I clear the FLAG_ACTIVITY_FORWARD_RESULT bit and startActivityForResult(intent, someDangedInt) does me no good either. What is the secret I am missing? I don't mind handling the onActivityResult() and setting my result code and such, but I just cannot figure out how to place myself in the middle of this transaction. tone -- 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] LVL -- where to specify params for Server policies?
I do not see within the LVL documentation and example app who/what/ where you specify the frequency with which license checks must be performed. I would expect that we could just new up a ServerManagedPolicy and set these parameters on it. Are we intended to modify the actual file ServerManagedPolicy.java (rather than subclass it) to overwrite the private final statics therein? I see that some of this comes via extras on the Intent... but that seems to imply to me that the Market console will have a place from where I specify these parameters, as it is the source of these extras (I'd guess?) Confused... tone -- 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] Sending email by Intent... not simply composing a message
I can't see that there is a means of sending an email programmatically by Intent, as an analog to sending an SMS. ACTION_SENDTO simply allows you to pre-fill-out a composition of a new email (subject, body, addressees, etc), but not cause it to be sent. Is this correct? tone -- 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: Sending email by Intent... not simply composing a message
You're right... I misstated that. I can send SMS messages using the SDK, but cannot send email. I find that incongruous, despite the fact that the email app in the open source contains some nicely crafted code to do just that. Is every app that is to send mail to reinvent a very intricate, heavy wheel? I guess I have a feature request to line up. tone On Aug 11, 2:42 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Well, SMS-by-Intent does not cause it to be sent, either. If you are looking for an analogue to SmsManager for sending emails, there is none -- sorry! -- 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] Cannot find gen folder... it's right there!
I have Eclipse build issues. I am running ADT 0.9.7 from 1157 May 7th 2010 and a freshly-updated copy of Eclipse 3.5 IDE for Java I have an Android project which depends on an underlying Core Android project, and it claims not to find its gen folder, though it is exactly where it has ever been (though the project dependency is a new wrinkle). The project properties shows that it knows where it lives. Any ideas? Tony Here is how the .log file reports the issue: !ENTRY org.eclipse.jdt.ui 4 10001 2010-07-19 11:25:23.592 !MESSAGE Internal Error !STACK 1 Java Model Exception: Java Model Status [gen [in CD1] does not exist] at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaElement.newJavaModelException(JavaElement.java: 502) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.Openable.generateInfos(Openable.java: 246) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaElement.openWhenClosed(JavaElement.java: 515) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaElement.getElementInfo(JavaElement.java: 252) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaElement.getElementInfo(JavaElement.java: 238) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.PackageFragmentRoot.getKind(PackageFragmentRoot.java: 477) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerContentProvider.processDelta(PackageExplorerContentProvider.java: 645) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerContentProvider.handleAffectedChildren(PackageExplorerContentProvider.java: 791) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerContentProvider.processDelta(PackageExplorerContentProvider.java: 734) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerContentProvider.handleAffectedChildren(PackageExplorerContentProvider.java: 791) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerContentProvider.processDelta(PackageExplorerContentProvider.java: 734) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerContentProvider.elementChanged(PackageExplorerContentProvider.java: 124) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.DeltaProcessor $3.run(DeltaProcessor.java:1557) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.DeltaProcessor.notifyListeners(DeltaProcessor.java: 1547) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.DeltaProcessor.firePostChangeDelta(DeltaProcessor.java: 1381) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.DeltaProcessor.fire(DeltaProcessor.java: 1357) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.DeltaProcessor.resourceChanged(DeltaProcessor.java: 1958) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.DeltaProcessingState.resourceChanged(DeltaProcessingState.java: 470) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.NotificationManager $2.run(NotificationManager.java:291) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.NotificationManager.notify(NotificationManager.java: 285) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.NotificationManager.broadcastChanges(NotificationManager.java: 149) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.broadcastPostChange(Workspace.java: 313) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.endOperation(Workspace.java: 1022) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java: 45) at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55) !SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.jdt.core 4 969 2010-07-19 11:25:23.592 !MESSAGE gen [in CD1] does not exist !ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 8 2 2010-07-19 11:25:27.803 !MESSAGE Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: org.eclipse.core.resources. !STACK 1 org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: 'aapt' error. Pre Compiler Build aborted. at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.BaseBuilder.stopBuild(Unknown Source) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.PreCompilerBuilder.execAapt(Unknown Source) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.PreCompilerBuilder.handleResources(Unknown Source) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.PreCompilerBuilder.build(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager $2.run(BuildManager.java:627) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java: 170) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java: 201) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager $1.run(BuildManager.java:253) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java: 256) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java: 309) at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java: 341) at
[android-developers] Eclipse projects and Android apps -- factoring and modularity
I am using Eclipse and have an app that has free and paid versions. For a long time, I built the 2 apps from a workspace set up as 3 Android projects: Core (all the logic, all the resources, offering a never-deployed com.me.myapp.Main activity) Free (creates an empty subclass of com.me.myapp.Main called com.me.myapp.free.Main) Paid (creates an empty subclass of com.me.myapp.Main called com.me.myapp.paid.Main) The logic in Core, then, offered the paid and free behaviors based on simple overridden callbacks on the free and paid Main activities that were in the deployed packages. The res folders for Free and Paid were simple symlinks to the res folder in Core. You can see the difficulties here. There will be resources and code in all the distributables that is never used. Worse, the conditional behavior is too complex in the Core code. I want to move to a model wherein the common resources of underlying projects are available as needed, and custom resources and code introduced only where needed. I even have some Android 1.x/2.x code that cannot co-exist in a single package (I've simplified the pain in the retelling here). I have my workspace set up now as: Core (all the common logic, all the resources, offering a never- deployed com.me.myapp.Main activity) And1 (the Android1.x-only code, creates a never-deployed subclass of com.me.myapp.Main called com.me.myapp.and1.Main) And2 (the Android2.x-only code, creates a never-deployed subclass of com.me.myapp.Main called com.me.myapp.and2.Main) Free1 (creates an empty subclass of com.me.myapp.and1.Main called com.me.myapp.free1.Main) Paid1 (creates an empty subclass of com.me.myapp.and1.Main called com.me.myapp.paid1.Main) Free2 (creates an empty subclass of com.me.myapp.and2.Main called com.me.myapp.free2.Main) Paid2 (creates an empty subclass of com.me.myapp.and2.Main called com.me.myapp.paid2.Main) I am content to keep the res folders all synlinks to Core/res for now. But HOW do I set it up so that the 4 distributable projects build and include all the Dalvik-compatible class files generated by underlying projects? For instance: And1 will subclass and call methods on things in Core -- should the And1 project require the Core project? Should the And1 project add the Core project's bin folder as an external class folder?. Should it export the Core project? Should it export the Core bin folder (if it is added as an external class folder?) The same sorts of questions arise for Free1 and its treatment of Core and And1. Any help is appreciated. Tony -- 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] Camera Button in the emulator
Why does this not work? Pressing the GUI button representing the hardware camera button seems to indicate that the feature is disabled, and the advertised keyboard shortcut for simulating its press (control +F3) does nothing at all. tone -- 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] Start an activity WITHOUT it becoming the foreground one?
Is there a way to call startActivity(Intent) without the newly started activity displacing the current one as the active, foreground activity? If not purely so, are there near approximation to this effect that can be done, such as mimicking a back keypress event right after calling startActivity()? If so, which means is preferred? Thanks in advance. tone -- 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: One view displays multiple canvas, back button doesn't work.
You must call super.onKeyDown(int kc, KeyEvent event) when appropriate to derive the back behavior. tone -- 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: Your feedback on Samples/Tutorials/Articles
On Mar 23, 1:41 pm, Yahel kaye...@gmail.com wrote: add a comments system to the reference pages That's what they did in the PHP documentation and it is pure gold. Examples, implementations, work around, bug reportsVery often way more instructive than the actual content of the official documentation. I actually find the PHP implementation suggestive of a far better synthesis -- the piece that is missing from it is a regular review of these comments by someone with editorial privileges that applies the pertinent lessons into the a new revision of article being commented on. Documentation should be improved by user comments, not merely become a discussion board of its many faults. That will help keep fruitful reading as brief as possible. tone -- 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 To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Contacts from 1.5 and 1.6 ... filtering out trash
Dmitri, thanks for this. You might be right-- the user indicated an
HTC app (not Android, per se) did this sync for him. I think I may
offer an option for including ALL contacts with a simple textual
filter on their display name in an effort to weed out the filth. This
alternative mode would support people like this guy, I hope.
tone
On Apr 3, 5:21 pm, Dmitri Plotnikov dplotni...@google.com wrote:
Hi Tone,
This was before my time, but I think you are doing it right. As far as I
remember, Android 1.5/6 did not support any kind of integration with
Outlook. Whatever mechanism was used to import the Outlook contacts must
have messed them up. On Android 1.5/6, when you were adding a contact, you
were supposed to add it to the MyContacts group explicitly. So reading the
MyContacts group should give you all _correctly_ imported contacts and
filter out those automatically added by Gmail.
Cheers,
- Dmitri
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 1:03 PM, DulcetTone dulcett...@gmail.com wrote:
I am using this in Android 1.x:
final String[] proj = new String[] {
Contacts.People._ID,
Contacts.People.STARRED,
Contacts.People.NAME
};
final String selection = null;
Uri uri = Uri.parse(content://contacts/groups/system_id/
+ Groups.GROUP_MY_CONTACTS + /members);
Cursor people = context.getContentResolver().query(
uri,
proj,
selection,
null,
Contacts.People.DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER);
and people who have contacts imported from Outlook are missing those
contacts.
Why is this so under-documented, with access provided through textual
URIs and database calls?
Can someone show me a definitive code blurb that gets all the contacts
in the Android contact panel and NOT those crufty pretend contacts?
Thanks in advance.
tone
On Feb 25, 1:49 am, Dmitri Plotnikov dplotni...@google.com wrote:
I believe the system group my contacts was used for that purpose.
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[android-developers] Re: Activating Bluetooth
Ok... it's ugly. Indeed, this was one of the things I found difficult
to do in the same manner in Android 1.x and Android 2.x
I actually found it difficult to have one app exercise both these
interfaces, one of the several reasons I wish I had a separate app for
1.x vs 2.x -- if you've not yet made a final choice there, split them
up and you will be happier.
In Android 1.x, this will do it, cribbed and reduced from Android
source.
I had to bring over a considerable portion of android.bluetooth to get
this working.
You would call the static enable() function to do it:
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice;
import android.content.Context;
public class LocalBluetoothManager {
private static LocalBluetoothManager sSingleton;
/** Used when obtaining a reference to the singleton instance. */
private static Object INSTANCE_LOCK = new Object();
private boolean mInitialized;
private BluetoothDevice mManager;
public static boolean enable(Context context, boolean b) {
synchronized (INSTANCE_LOCK) {
if (sSingleton == null) {
sSingleton = new LocalBluetoothManager();
}
if (!sSingleton.init(context)) {
return false;
}
return b ? sSingleton.mManager.enable() :
sSingleton.mManager.disable();
}
}
private boolean init(Context context) {
if (mInitialized) return true;
mInitialized = true;
mManager = (BluetoothDevice)
context.getSystemService(bluetooth); //
Context.BLUETOOTH_SERVICE);
if (mManager == null) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
}
In Android 2.x, it is simpler:
import android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter;
BluetoothAdapter adapt = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
adapt.enable(); // or adapt.disable();
You MAY need to have these permissions in your manifest:
uses-permission android:name=android.permission.BLUETOOTH /
uses-permission
android:name=android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN /
Make sure you test on both Android 1.x and 2.x before going to Market.
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[android-developers] Re: Contacts from 1.5 and 1.6 ... filtering out trash
I am using this in Android 1.x:
final String[] proj = new String[] {
Contacts.People._ID,
Contacts.People.STARRED,
Contacts.People.NAME
};
final String selection = null;
Uri uri = Uri.parse(content://contacts/groups/system_id/
+ Groups.GROUP_MY_CONTACTS + /members);
Cursor people = context.getContentResolver().query(
uri,
proj,
selection,
null,
Contacts.People.DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER);
and people who have contacts imported from Outlook are missing those
contacts.
Why is this so under-documented, with access provided through textual
URIs and database calls?
Can someone show me a definitive code blurb that gets all the contacts
in the Android contact panel and NOT those crufty pretend contacts?
Thanks in advance.
tone
On Feb 25, 1:49 am, Dmitri Plotnikov dplotni...@google.com wrote:
I believe the system group my contacts was used for that purpose.
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[android-developers] Re: Problem launching my own (camera) application on press of Camera-button (part 2)
I am trying the same thing, and failing as you are to use abortBroadcast() to avoid having Camera launch. One thing you should note: 999 is apparently the highest priority a non-system app should use on its intent filters. However, 999 did not help me get there before Camera (apparently). I will note that Button Shortcut apparently does this successfully. I wonder if Button Shortcut is alphabetically less than Camera. My app it alphabetically greater. Are you sure that this is an unordered broadcast? tone -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Problem launching my own (camera) application on press of Camera-button (part 2)
I looked at the source code for Android, and the only place I see this Intent sent, it is indeed sent as ordered. It's perplexing why the camera button is handled so clumsily in the code, with apps vying for priority, and you better pray any asking for a higher one than you offer the user a preference to NOT use the camera button. And even then, the app coders and user have to implement and use (respectively) these preferences. By contrast, the apps wanting to launch from the Call button just sign up for it, and the user enjoys a natural drive-by management of who will get the sticky binding. Way Hard for all vs Way Easy for all, respectively. I do not know why this is not working for us. It seems to work for Button Shortcut. tone On Mar 21, 10:32 pm, Streets Of Boston flyingdutc...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's un-ordered, since abortBroadcast() is called, when i debug my app, but it doesn't abort anything. Since my code is reached (i.e. no abortion by the default camera app earlier) and my app's call to abortBroadcast doesn't help (default camera still starting up), i'm assuming it's an un-ordered broadcast. I gave up on this and just do not implement the 'Camera' key. On Mar 21, 5:07 pm, DulcetTone dulcett...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying the same thing, and failing as you are to use abortBroadcast() to avoid having Camera launch. One thing you should note: 999 is apparently the highest priority a non-system app should use on its intent filters. However, 999 did not help me get there before Camera (apparently). I will note that Button Shortcut apparently does this successfully. I wonder if Button Shortcut is alphabetically less than Camera. My app it alphabetically greater. Are you sure that this is an unordered broadcast? tone -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Unit Testing : Who uses it ?
I routinely find a disproportionate number of my bugs and crashes reside in the code set up for the purpose of testing and evaluation of the program rather in the function of the program itself. I'm sure this is a measure of my unfamiliarity with best practices, but I find it more beneficial to try to write crash-detection-and- reporting code rather than explore testing. That said, I am not inspired to look at junit.org tone -- 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] ACTION_USER_PRESENT ... what of reverse condition?
The broadcast action Intent.USER_PRESENT tells me when the keyguard is released, but what of the opposite transition? How can I find when the keyguard is activated? tone -- 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] Contacts from 1.5 and 1.6 ... filtering out trash
I am trying to write a clean bit of code that can list the people in a
1.5/1.6 Contacts data store, and I do not see how I filter out the
cruft that Google throws in (ad hoc contacts literally addressed by
other apps and stored, for some reason, in the contact list without a
clear means of discerning them from the real people the user cared to
enter -- the ones that would appear in the contacts app)
I see that in 2.0 or so, IN_VISIBLE_GROUP is added as a field which
seems to differentiate these versions, but what existed to accomplish
this before that time?
Here is my code which works in 2.x and fails to keep the chaff out in
1.x, as the selection parameter is unsupported:
final String[] proj = new String[] {
Contacts.People._ID,
Contacts.People.NAME
};
final String selection =
Build.VERSION.SDK_INT 5 ? null :
ContactsContract.Contacts.IN_VISIBLE_GROUP + =1;
Cursor people = context.getContentResolver().query(
Contacts.People.CONTENT_URI,
proj,
selection,
null,
Contacts.People.DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER);
if (people != null) {
final int personIdColumn = people
.getColumnIndexOrThrow(Contacts.People._ID);
final int nameColumn = people
.getColumnIndexOrThrow(Contacts.People.NAME);
while (people.moveToNext()) {
if (Thread.interrupted()) {
people.close();
outputList.clear();
throw new InterruptedException();
}
long personId = people.getLong(personIdColumn);
String name = people.getString(nameColumn);
if (name != null) {
outputList.add(new Contact(personId,
name));
}
}
// clean up cursor
people.close();
}
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[android-developers] my EditText is an attention whore
I have a ScrollView which features a variety of widgets -- ProgressBars, Spinners and Checkboxes and a single EditText way down at the bottom. If I am at the top of the ScrollView with the EditText scrolled way off the bottom, touching and changing a ProgressBar at the top causes the ScrollView to jerk all the way to the bottom to proudly show me the EditText with a blinking cursor at the end of it. Toggling a checkbox does not do this. Why would this be? I have no funky code around the EditText and do not try to alter it programmatically after the context view is set. The EditText is defined in XML as EditText android:id=@+id/my_edittext android:layout_marginBottom=6dip android:maxLength=6 android:minEms=4 android:inputType=phone android:singleLine=true android:textColor=#00 android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content/ -- 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: my EditText is an attention whore
More information: this appears only to happen if I first scroll down to reveal the EditText. I notice that as I scroll the view by touch-drag, the EditText is grabbing the focus as it breezes past (a behavior I could do without, I suppose ... I'd be happy to insist on directly clicking on it. I am guessing this is some adverse issue of focus, a feature I have so far not had to directly consider. tone -- 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: Text To Speech Android 1.6 with minsdk 3
Ok, I definitely do not see how to make this work. I don't grasp how the wrapping method here in any way spares the 1.5 runtime environment from having references to text-to-speech things. A 1.5 user tried my test build and gets a force close. I redoubled my efforts to manually select a 1.5 emulation target, and if my dependency is 1.6 and minSdk=3, it will not show my 1.5 target. If I compile against 1.6 and then try to trick Eclipse by changing it to 1.5 before invoking the debug upon my 1.5 target. Then, it realizes the trick and balks. I am rapidly realizing that I should have separate products for 1.5 and earlier and one for 1.6 and later. That would be an ugly upgrade transition, as I have taken money from all users for a common build. tone On Feb 4, 9:09 am, Eric Carman ewcarma...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Tone, You definitely have to target the 1.6 (or greater) platform for this to compile. I remember having trouble getting the debugger to attach to the 1.5 emulator. I don't remember if I was able to do that or if I relied on Toast/log messages to zero in on my 1.5 specific issues. I'm not near the proper computer now to test it out. I vaguely recall having to make sure the 1.5 emulator was the only one running and I had to start it explicitly before running the application - not sure why that mattered, but... All of this may depend on what version of the SDK you have installed (1.6, 2.0, ...). Currently I have installed v2.0. HTH Best Regards, Eric -- 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: Text To Speech Android 1.6 with minsdk 3
Of course, 2 minutes after posting this, I see the twisted path of how to specify the 1.5 target. I get, however, an exception (VerifyError) on a call to my TTS wrapper. I think this might be because I modified the nature of this slightly, and in a way that alters the delicate balance of the example. Let me tweak it back and fuss a bit more. Your claims of success inspire me to see what I might have done wrong. tone On Feb 14, 11:06 am, DulcetTone dulcett...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I definitely do not see how to make this work. I don't grasp how the wrapping method here in any way spares the 1.5 runtime environment from having references to text-to-speech things. A 1.5 user tried my test build and gets a force close. I redoubled my efforts to manually select a 1.5 emulation target, and if my dependency is 1.6 and minSdk=3, it will not show my 1.5 target. If I compile against 1.6 and then try to trick Eclipse by changing it to 1.5 before invoking the debug upon my 1.5 target. Then, it realizes the trick and balks. I am rapidly realizing that I should have separate products for 1.5 and earlier and one for 1.6 and later. That would be an ugly upgrade transition, as I have taken money from all users for a common build. tone On Feb 4, 9:09 am, Eric Carman ewcarma...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Tone, You definitely have to target the 1.6 (or greater) platform for this to compile. I remember having trouble getting the debugger to attach to the 1.5 emulator. I don't remember if I was able to do that or if I relied on Toast/log messages to zero in on my 1.5 specific issues. I'm not near the proper computer now to test it out. I vaguely recall having to make sure the 1.5 emulator was the only one running and I had to start it explicitly before running the application - not sure why that mattered, but... All of this may depend on what version of the SDK you have installed (1.6, 2.0, ...). Currently I have installed v2.0. HTH Best Regards, Eric -- 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: Text To Speech Android 1.6 with minsdk 3
I think I got it working. Thanks for the direction. My mistake had been moving the boolean that reflected the availability of the TTS function INTO my wrapper class (where code design sort of suggests it would like to be) and this would cause me VerifyError exceptions. So there was indeed a method to the madness of keeping it outside. tone -- 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: Text To Speech Android 1.6 with minsdk 3
I don't see how one is supposed to compile this without targetting 1.6, and if one targets 1.6, how does one get it to run on a 1.5 device? I have minSdk=3 but my Eclipse projects don't want to compile WrapTTS without replacing my Android 1.5 dependency with Android 1.6 Once I do that, I can start a 1.5 emulator and the debugger will not target it. Ideas? tone -- 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: trying to launch Android 2's Gallery .. security exception
Understood. I'm trying to invoke this class because it was programmatically found to exist previously. On Jan 23, 5:57 pm, dan raaka danra...@gmail.com wrote: on the tangential topic .. it is harmful to assume that the classname you are using will exist on ALL andorid devices. -Dan -- 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: uses-library
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[android-developers] uses-library
I have an app that includes this code blurb: System.loadLibrary(foo_jni); Where the functionality in foo_jni is in the OSP under external/foo However, there is no uses-library tag in my app's AndroidManifest.xml I suspect that some crashes reported from the field is from phones that lack this android system library. My aspiration here is that I add a uses-library tag to my file and that this might keep people who flat-out lack this library from downloading or at least installing my app, which has zero chances of working on their phone, However... The (extremely limited) documentation for uses-library implies the libraries have package-y names such as com.foo.mylib ... which seems to disagree with the name used in the Java code I am looking at. How do I guess at the string to use here, or is my effort to worry about this not going to 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
[android-developers] How to factor code for Free/Paid app versions?
I have a project which I want to split into a paid and a free version. I do not care to double my management of the res/ folder and would even like the AndroidManifest.xml to be the same file except for the package line. Worrying little about hacking (at this stage -- my app is not copyprotected anyhow so other avenues of vulnerability are already open), it might be sufficient for me to have all the logic in the free app, and to enable/disable functions based on the app's own package info. What strategies have others used in this regard? I have soft-linked the source from a new Android Eclipse project folder tree to the existing one (the new is to become the paid version and the old one will become the free one with some logic paths being conditionally stubbed at runtime), reserving the new source file hierarchy in the new one to the sole purpose of containing an MyMainActivity.java file (as it will need to be in a different package- folder than the one for the free app's). But the res folder appears as though it might be more difficult. Ideas? tone -- 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] driving a Service through a versioned interface
How is an app supposed to be able to use an underlying service whose
name does not change, but whose AIDL file has changed from one Android
version to another?
The only way I can guess at it allows me to start the remote service
just fine, but it gives me a security exception when I try to use the
interface, as the name of the AIDL file and its interface has
changed. Here is the method I tried.
Suppose the interface file is com/android/IFoo.aidl and in Android 2.x
it has been changed in an incompatible way.
I tried copying it to com/android/IFoo2.aidl and renaming the
interface within the file.
In startService(), I connect it to the same service name:
public boolean bindToService(
ServiceConnection callback) {
final String CLASS_NAME = Foo;
final String PACKAGE = com.android;
ComponentName cn = sActivity.startService(
(new Intent()).setClassName(PACKAGE, PACKAGE +
. +
CLASS_NAME));
if (cn == null) {
Log.d(TAG, failed to startService());
}
ServiceBinder sb = new ServiceBinder(callback);
sConnectionMap.put(sActivity, sb);
return sActivity.bindService((new Intent()).setClassName
(PACKAGE,
PACKAGE + . + CLASS_NAME), sb, 0);
}
in onServiceConnected(), I assign it to sService =
com.android.IFoo2.Stub.asInterface(service);
private static class ServiceBinder implements ServiceConnection {
ServiceConnection mCallback;
ServiceBinder(ServiceConnection callback) {
mCallback = callback;
}
public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName className,
android.os.IBinder service) {
sService = com.android.IFoo2.Stub.asInterface(service);
if (mCallback != null) {
mCallback.onServiceConnected(className, service);
}
}
public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName className) {
if (mCallback != null) {
mCallback.onServiceDisconnected(className);
}
sService = null;
}
}
Suggestions?
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[android-developers] Re: driving a Service through a versioned interface
I agree Mark. But here, I have no means to alter the service and cannot do as you suggest. The only alternatives that occur to me are: 1. I write a separate service (deployed in a separate package... installed separately? yuck) that wraps one of the two underlying services to offer my app two separate interfaces 2. offer a second version of my product for the higher mark SDK levels with the dissimilar service interface Are there other options that occur to you? tone On Jan 10, 8:05 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: DulcetTone wrote: How is an app supposed to be able to use an underlying service whose name does not change, but whose AIDL file has changed from one Android version to another? IMHO, ideally the service uses a different intent filter per version of AIDL it supports, and you bind to the service with the appropriate Intent. For example: service android:name=.BshService intent-filter action android:name=com.commonsware.android.advservice.IScript / /intent-filter intent-filter action android:name=com.commonsware.android.advservice.IScript2 / /intent-filter /service where in onBind(), BshService would inspect the incoming Intent, look at the action, and return an appropriate binder. Of course, each binder will need separate AIDL, defining a separate interface, as you noted. This way, the service supports both old and new clients, and old clients can be ignorant of the existence of the new interface. -- 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: driving a Service through a versioned interface
Here is more detail: my app uses a small subset of Android's MediaPlaybackService (which underlies its Music app) The problem is that the AIDL for some of the few functions I use have changed from Android 1.x to 2.x Therefore no single com.android.music.IMediaPlaybackService.aidl file will be compatible with the service on both 1.x and 2.x platforms. And, the security system for mapping interfaces objects if I rename the 2.x compatible AIDL to (say) com.android.music.IMediaPlaybackService2.aidl. I presume it would also object if I moved this interface to another package (I should try that before moving on the path I think I am being forced toward). Since I cannot alter either version of the service, I feel I am stuck with a situation where a single interface file in my project must be two different versions, which it cannot. The workaround I have been thinking of is that I will keep my app so it can interface to Android 1.x's MediaPlayerService via the existing (working) interface, and have 2.x users download an additional package embodying a service of my own creation which serves as a front-end to Android 2.x's MediaPlayerService. As this service will have a different name and I can write its interface entirely, my app will have its liberty to use it as a proxy for the underlying Android code. The other approach is simply to have a 2.x version of my app that replaces the 1.x AIDL with the 2.x AIDL. To me, that seems uglier. tone -- 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] MediaPlayer ... a nest of undocumented pitfalls
I use MediaPlayers in the most basic way possible, and yet it either
works or not and there is no means to troubleshoot.
I am trying to play a .wav file in my app's own filespace.
It just won't do it. I try variation upon variation.
I suspect that the MediaPlayer boasts only a limited set of WAV file
formats that it can play, but where do I turn to find that, and will
it vary by phone model?
File file = new File(fname);
long siz = file.length();
boolean readable = file.canRead();
// this shows that the file is readable and sized around 60K
// it is a mono 16 bit PCM WAV at 11,025 sample rate
Log.d(TAG, file is readable= + readable + , size= + siz);
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file);
// this create() returns NULL
// the following hard-to-find error is printed:
/*
01-06 18:05:02.257: ERROR/PlayerDriver(51): Command
PLAYER_SET_DATA_SOURCE completed with an error or info
PVMFErrNotSupported
01-06 18:05:02.257: ERROR/MediaPlayer(1917): error (1, -4)
*/
MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(getBaseContext(), uri);
mp.start();
This is the code that generated the file:
ByteArrayOutputStream baos; // this is what stores raw audio data to
be written out
try {
OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(fname);
try {
byte[] pcm = baos.toByteArray();
WaveHeader hdr = new WaveHeader(WaveHeader.FORMAT_PCM,
(short)1, mSampleRate, (short)16, pcm.length);
hdr.write(out);
out.write(pcm);
} finally {
out.close();
}
} finally {
baos.close();
}
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[android-developers] Re: Cannot play audio on some phones
I have no idea. This can't happen on my phone. Should I be calling create(myActivity, id) or create (myActivity.getBaseContext(), id)? I don't know why I ask -- neither form seems to solve the problem on at some (not all) of these Hero phones. I am coming to really despise Hero/Eris. tone On Dec 30 2009, 4:21 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: What does your log show, particularly at warning level, when you call get null from create()? -- 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: Query on releasing to sony app store
I'd think checking Build.MANUFACTURER case-insensitively for Sony should tell your app if such a phone is in use. tone On Jan 1, 11:58 am, karthikr karthik.scintill...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Guys, I am planning to submit my application in sony app market. Is there anything that I can do to make sure that my application is not backed up and pirated from the phone? Or is there an alternate way to make sure that my app runs only on sony 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
[android-developers] Inserting new Calendar event using installed app
I want to provide the user with a shortcut to creating a new calendar
event, leaving him at whatever Activity would ordinarily be used to do
this (com.android.calendar.EditEvent in Android devices other than the
Hero).
I have code (see below) that works, in a fragile manner, by directly
handing the control to EditEvent, but this does not work on the Hero
devices nor would it be a great means of doing so for users who had a
fancy 3rd party calendar app that they preferred to Android's
Calendar.
How should I consider doing this?
Should I try to just
1. create an event by directly manipulating the database and then
2. startActivity(ACTION_EDIT, uri_of_handcrafted_event)?
or should I simply write my own minimal event-view activity to use in
lieu of step 2?
I'm disappointed to see that Calendar provider is considered less
fundamental to the platform that the Contact provider. Is it likely
to gain ground soon? I'd really like to see Intents deliver on the
don't re-invent the wheel promise I thought inspired them.
Intent insertCalendarEvent(String title, long begin, long end,
String description) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT) ;
intent.setClassName
(com.android.calendar,com.android.calendar.EditEvent);
intent.putExtra(beginTime, begin);
intent.putExtra(endTime, end);
if (title != null)
intent.putExtra(title, title);
if (description!= null)
intent.putExtra(description, description);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
return intent;
}
Thanks in advance.
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[android-developers] Cannot play audio on some phones
I am vexed by the variety of ways various phones can choose or choose not to play an MP3 file I have in my app as a raw asset. My preferred way to do this: MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, resId); returns NULL on HTC Hero, and seemingly some Erises. So when THAT happens, I do mp = new MediaPlayer(); // copies the resource to a file with suffix .mp3 String fname = copyResourceToFile(resId, .mp3); mp.setDataSource(fname); mp.prepare(); But, in one case at least on an Eris, I still saw a machine report an IOException on mp.prepare(), with status 0x01 Is there some way I can get this to just work? -- 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] RIGHT way to kickstart composing a new Calendar event?
My app wants to whisk the user to the create new event composition window of his Calendar app, initializing begin time, end time, title and description text for the event, but then leaving him able to see these values and optionally alter them before saving (or discarding) the event using the oridinary means available to him from within the Calendar's create new event activity. HOWEVER... My code which works dandy on my own dev phone (indeed, on any phone running stock Android Calendar to the bone) fails on the HTC Hero. The issue is that the Hero has been improved by use of a non- standard Calendar app and my means of doing this is therefore failing. I wonder if someone can outline a more generic means I can use to say tell whatever the user's preferred Calendar app is to create a new event, seeding the effort with these key/value pairs. Here is my present code: Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT) ; // the HTC anti-Hero does not have a class named com.android.calendar.EditEvent :( intent.setClassName (com.android.calendar,com.android.calendar.EditEvent); intent.putExtra(beginTime, calObject.getTimeInMillis()); // make it 15 minutes duration intent.putExtra(endTime, calObject.getTimeInMillis() + (1000 * 60 * 15)); intent.putExtra(title, dentist appointment); intent.putExtra(description, this would be the additional text describing the event); -- 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] Why is LABEL an invalid column for a ContactMethod?
I am having a bear of a time figuring out what colums exist for email
contact methods. Specifically, I want to find out the home, work
or other of an email address.
I have tried looking for it under integer TYPE (illegal column), and
under Strings LABEL (illegal column) and NAME (this works, but it
is the owner/person's name, not the name of the email address).
Is there a place where these schemas (as they are actually used) is
documented well? the Javadocs seem to mislead me.
// try to find email addresses for person with ID == personId
Cursor cursor = activity.getContentResolver().query(
Contacts.ContactMethods.CONTENT_EMAIL_URI,
new String[] { Contacts.ContactMethods.TYPE,
Contacts.ContactMethods.DATA },
Contacts.ContactMethods.PERSON_ID + = +
personId,
null,
null);
if (cursor.getCount() = 1) {
int labelCol = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow
(Contacts.ContactMethods.TYPE);
int addressCol = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow
(Contacts.ContactMethods.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
do {
String email = cursor.getString(addressCol);
//String label = cursor.getString(labelCol);
int label = cursor.getInt(labelCol);
if (Config.DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, address for email
is + email);
if (email != null email.length() 0) {
intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO,
Uri.parse(mailto://; + email));
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
addIntent(intents, intent, literal,
false, score);
}
} while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
cursor.close();
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[android-developers] Re: Why is LABEL an invalid column for a ContactMethod?
I should state that this is on 1.6 The errors look like so (when trying TYPE or LABEL -- the word type actually reflects the column that fails): 12-17 16:19:43.877: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(131): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid column type 12-17 16:19:43.877: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(131): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQueryBuilder.computeProjection (SQLiteQueryBuilder.java:505) tone -- 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 all contact's name phone number, email for 2.0
Mark, did you finish this and post it somewhere? How do I look for it? I am enjoying my warescription, by the way. I will look for a feedback link on your site, as I have some. tone On Nov 26, 7:42 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: This is a fragment of a sample that I'll be uploading to github tomorrow sometime (I hope). NewContactsAdapterBridge uses ContactsContract; OldContactsAdapterBridge uses Contacts. So long as you don't try *loading* a class that uses 2.0 APIs, you won't get a VerifyError. The 2.0-referencing class can still be in the APK, though. -- 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 all contact's name phone number, email for 2.0
oops... did a little looking. I guess you're going to be commonsguy. tone -- 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: Can an Activity pause() rather than finish()?
Dianne, your answers are often just the spur I need. I already had the data in such a place (a static list), and was under the misapprehension that when a root activity of an app went away, the app's entire process was cleaned up. This will work fine for me, but I will now want to spend some time slimming down the data to the minimum so I am not a drag on the system. I think I need to read more documentation to understand the life cycle here. tone On Nov 30, 2:59 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: Put these data structures in globals that you can retrieve, if they exist, each time the activity starts. You just need to make sure they are not referencing the Activity or its underlying Context objects. -- 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] Can an Activity pause() rather than finish()?
I see no means by which my activity can pop itself off the activity stack to return the user to the one he was using before it was invoked. Is there one? My purpose is that my app has some data structures built from data provider queries that take 5-15 seconds to assemble and I don't want a lot of latency if it is used in a few one-shot purposes in rapid succession. I'm more than willing to let the system ask my app to die, but I'd like to keep warmed and ready otherwise. Thanks in advance. tone -- 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] Querying Media Artists, coming up 1 short
I have a the following code which aims to get the names of the music
artists on the external media that came with my T-Mobile MyTouch3G.
The Music app shows 6 songs which apparently come with the phone -- 2
each from 3 artists (Jennifer Hudson, Sara Bareilles, and Britney
Spears), but my code seems to miss Britney. Is this a case of Android
LEAVING BRITNEY ALONE!!!, or am I doing something wrong?
tone
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String[] proj = new String[] {
MediaStore.Audio.Artists._ID,
MediaStore.Audio.Artists.ARTIST
};
Cursor cursor = activity.getContentResolver().query(
MediaStore.Audio.Artists.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
proj,
, null,
MediaStore.Audio.Artists.DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER);
final int nameColumn = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow
(MediaStore.Audio.Artists.ARTIST);
final int artistIdColumn = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow
(MediaStore.Audio.Artists._ID);
String name = null;
long artistId = ID_UNDEFINED;
// loop over table
cursor.moveToFirst();
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
name = cursor.getString(nameColumn);
artistId = cursor.getLong(artistIdColumn);
Log.d(TAG, artist= + name
+ id= + artistId
);
}
// clean up cursor
cursor.close();
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[android-developers] my custom Parcelable jams on cross-process read
using SDK r1
I have a Parcelable I am passing successfully in an AIDL call from a
Service to the Activity that launched the Service, but which jams on
the first parcel.readString() through the same AIDL call to a
different Activity.
Here is my interface's AIDL:
package com.me;
import com.me.MyParcelable;
oneway interface IMyCallbackInterface {
void localInput(in MyParcelable p);
}
---
Here are the boilerplate elements of MyParcelable:
private MyParcelable(Parcel in) {
G.debug(read has size + in.dataSize() + , avail is +
in.dataAvail());
mString = in.readString();
G.debug(read string ' + s + ');
G.debug(read has leftover + in.dataAvail());
}
public void writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags) {
G.debug(write string ' + mString + ' into parcel that
already has
+ out.dataSize());
out.writeString(mString);
G.debug(wrote + out.dataSize());
}
In the first case, where a Service calls localInput() to the Activity
that launched it, I get the following debug output and sane operation:
12-09 01:11:58.246: INFO/System.out(1054): write string '' into parcel
that already has 100
12-09 01:11:58.256: INFO/System.out(1054): wrote 108
12-09 01:11:58.266: INFO/System.out(1048): read has size 108, avail is
8
12-09 01:11:58.286: INFO/System.out(1048): read sender ''
12-09 01:11:58.286: INFO/System.out(1048): read has leftover 0
In the second case, where the same Service calls the function on an
Activity other than the one that launched it, I get the following
debug output, and the readString() apparently never fires off despite
the fact that there appears to be the same conditions -- 108 bytes of
data, and 8 available before the readString() is called.
12-09 01:16:15.416: INFO/System.out(1054): write string '' into parcel
that already has 100
12-09 01:16:15.416: INFO/System.out(1054): wrote 108
12-09 01:16:15.566: INFO/System.out(1091): read has size 108, avail is
8
program seems to wedge here... no further output from my code
results
Obviously, my question is: why is this not working?
I am going to try changing the interface from a oneway to a general
one. I'm stumped, otherwise.
Thanks in advance for any insights.
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[android-developers] Re: my custom Parcelable jams on cross-process read
Further information: I am able to call functions across this same boundary that merely pass a String and cause it to print on the remote side. Still puzzling on it. :/ tone --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] AIDL callback interface from Service to Activity oddity
I have 2 activities (call them 1 and 2), Activity 1 includes a Service. If the Service tries to make an AIDL call to Activity 1, the call works fine. If, however, the Service tries the same AIDL call to Activity 2 (the remote activity), it never arrives for processing at the remote activity. No RemoteException is triggered during the call from the Service, either. Is there anything magic I must do to make an AIDL interface work from a Service to a remote Activity? It bears mention that the remote Activity is easily making calls by a separate AIDL interface to the Service. tone --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] How to hand in a callback in AIDL?
I have found it convenient to make AIDL interfaces in pairs -- one for
how the client calls the server, and one by which a server can call
back into the client. However, I find that the design of the Proxy/
Stub model (which I confess I don't fully grasp) causes me issues in
the method I use to have a client identify itself.
I have calls in the server interface where the client hands in a
reference to its CLIENT interface (which is convenient, as they are
all Parcelable). If the server ever decides it wants to call back to
the client, it simply calls methods on this interface. HOWEVER...
each time an interface is handed in to the server, it arrives in
server space as a new stub -- there is no means by which they can be
compared against each other and so each client appears new and
distinct every time it calls a function on the server.
Is there any way I can see which of these interfaces are for the same
client, or do I have to code up my own Parcelable class that has a
unique hash of some kind? For instance, do instances of the same
interface already HAVE a hash function on them that would return the
same value?
e,g.: if I do this...
ServiceConnection serviceConnection = new ServiceConnection() {
public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder
service)
{
myService =
IMyService.Stub.asInterface((IBinder)service);
try {
myService.registerClient(myClientInterface);
myService.doubleCheckThatClientHandle(myClientInterface);
} catch (RemoteException e) {
}
}
public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {
myService = null;
}
};
and the server's implementation of registerClient() and
doubleCheckThatClientHandle() examine the client interface, there is
no way for it to easily see that the same client is being referred to.
I suppose the lightest weight fix might be for the service to return a
unique GUID when a client registers, and map them on its side. The
client, in turn, could provide that GUID each time it wants to
identify itself on subsequent function calls.
I hope this makes sense.
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[android-developers] Buildtime IllegalArgumentException: already added
Using Eclipse, I get this extensive stack trace when trying to build a project that uses an AIDL-defined interface which is defined in an external JAR file. What might I have done wrong? Thanks in advance. [2008-11-19 15:10:30 - My Project] UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Lcom/resounding/ android/IMyAppClient$Stub$Proxy; [2008-11-19 15:10:30 - My Project] at com.android.dx.dex.file.ClassDefsSection.add(ClassDefsSection.java: 123) [2008-11-19 15:10:30 - My Project] at com.android.dx.dex.file.DexFile.add(DexFile.java:143) ... snipped out 20 or so levels [2008-11-19 15:10:30 - My Project] at org.eclipse.ui.actions.WorkspaceAction$2.runInWorkspace (WorkspaceAction.java:483) [2008-11-19 15:10:30 - My Project] at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run (InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38) [2008-11-19 15:10:30 - My Project] at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55) [2008-11-19 15:10:30 - My Project] 1 error; aborting [2008-11-19 15:10:30 - My Project] Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Custom Parcelables in external JARs... how to get this working?
If I understand you correctly, I think you're advising me to do what I may have already tried: copy MyCustomParcelable.aidl (which contains only a package statement and a parcelable MyCustomParcelable statement) into my second app's source tree. I just tried it again, and that does not work. It does not even work if I copy over MyCustomParcelable.java I'm at a bit of a loss, I think. The aidl file copied over should be at its proper (package-relevant) place in the directory hierarchy, right? I wonder if there is a bug caused by the fact that the custom parcelable is not in the same package as the interfaces that are trying to use it. tone On Nov 8, 2:03 am, hackbod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, you need to have the source .aidl file in the sources of the app that is using it, just like you have it in the library. These don't work like Java files where you can link to the generated jar or whatever without the source; the source is needed for everyone that is compiling against it. On Nov 7, 9:02 pm, DulcetTone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, hackbod. Can you be more explicit in this? tone On Nov 7, 11:53 pm, hackbod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'll need to make the source .aidl files available for them to import. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Custom Parcelables in external JARs... how to get this working?
I have a custom Parcelable which I have gotten working internally in the project in which it is compiled. That project is then exported as a JAR in Eclipse, and this JAR is in turn referenced by another project which wants to pass the custom Parcelable as a parameter in AIDL calls. However, when interfaces try to use this, the import statement for the custom parcelable in the interfaces' .aidl files show a little red no go sign which a mouseover details as meaning couldn't find import for class com.foo.MyCustomParcelable Is the aidl not smart enough to look to find these items in the JAR file the failing project uses externally? How might I work around this? tone --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Custom Parcelables in external JARs... how to get this working?
Hi, hackbod. Can you be more explicit in this? tone On Nov 7, 11:53 pm, hackbod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'll need to make the source .aidl files available for them to import. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] How to have 2 activities open in one Eclipse workspace?
I have 3 projects: Jarfile/ contains a bunch of Java classes that are put into a jar Activity1/ contains an activity (and an AndroidManifest.xml) Activity2/ contains a second activity (and an AndroidManifest.xml) When I try to build and debug Activity2, I get this error: [2008-11-06 12:39:11 - Activity2] Error generating final archive: duplicate entry: AndroidManifest.xml Presumably, this is due to Activity1's xml file, but that is in Activity1's directory tree, not Activity2's. How am I to make this work? tone --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] how to get AIDL to gen .java in Eclipse?
trying to resolve an issue and I hurt myself: I removed an AIDL file and synced the project. I restored the AIDL file and synced the project. The .java did not get regenerated. I did a build all. Nothing. How do I get Eclipse to do the right thing? tone --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Inflate Exception... how to diagnose?
I have an XML file that causes an inflate exception with no discernible detail to help me diagnose what went wrong What is the best way to get Android to offer details on what was objectionable? tone FYI, here was the XML: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? RelativeLayout xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ android android:layout_width=fill_parent android:layout_height=wrap_content android:padding=10px Spinner android:id=@+id/skin_name android:layout_width=fill_parent android:layout_height=wrap_content android:drawSelectorOnTop=false/ TextField android:id=@+id/ospeed_label android:text=Output Speed android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content android:layout_below=@id/skin_name/ SeekBar android:id=@+id/ospeed android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content android:layout_toRightOf=@id/ospeed_label/ CheckBox android:id=@+id/var_output android:text=Do incoming VAR android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content android:layout_below=@id/ospeed/ TextField android:id=@+id/ispeed_label android:text=Input Speed android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content android:layout_below=@id/var_output/ SeekBar android:id=@+id/ispeed android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content android:layout_toRightOf=@id/ispeed_label/ Button android:id=@+id/ok android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content android:layout_below=@id/ispeed android:layout_alignParentRight=true android:layout_marginLeft=10px android:text=OK / Button android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content android:layout_toLeftOf=@id/ok android:layout_alignTop=@id/ok android:text=Cancel / /RelativeLayout --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] How to have multiple Android projects in one Eclipse Project?
I have a tree of folders containing the source for a working Android activity I hope to split into a Service and two Activities. How do I accomplish this? Can I simply add an AndroidManifest.xml to each of 3 separate Java packages? Thanks in advance. tone --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Adding audio files to res/raw fails to add them to R.java
I see my error. I moved my Activity after creating the project, and there is a tug-of-war about where R.java belongs. There is another one lurking around that IS being updated properly. I will work to bring the two together! tone On Sep 8, 8:03 pm, Mark Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't speak specifically for Eclipse, but, generally, resources in res/raw/ will be accessed as R.raw., where is the basename of the file (e.g., for res/raw/snicklefritz.mp3, you reference it as R.raw.snicklefritz). --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
