[android-beginners] Re: GPS from GPhone

2008-11-30 Thread Dave Kong
I have the same question... hope to hear a definite answer here as that will determine if I will buy the phone w/o contract. a thread here: http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/959320e04464d9b1, seems to imply that provider-based location service obviously won't

[android-beginners] help with error on tabhosts intent

2008-11-30 Thread Lawrence Samantha
Hi all, I've been trying to debug this problem all day long and can't seem to find the breakthrough. I'm using tabhosts to create tabs on the main screen, then I try to put list inside the other tab.To achieve that, I'm using setContent(Intent e ) methods.. hoping that the list will be contained

[android-beginners] Re: Authenticate a gmail account

2008-11-30 Thread Lawrence Samantha
what apps are you refering to? 2008/11/27 murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can someone point me in the direction of authenticating a gmail account, like some apps I see on the Android device. -- Lawrence Samantha --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[android-beginners] Re: help with error on tabhosts intent

2008-11-30 Thread Mark Murphy
Lawrence Samantha wrote: Hi all, I've been trying to debug this problem all day long and can't seem to find the breakthrough. I'm using tabhosts to create tabs on the main screen, then I try to put list inside the other tab.To achieve that, I'm using setContent(Intent e ) methods..

[android-beginners] Re: help with error on tabhosts intent

2008-11-30 Thread Lawrence Samantha
Hey Mark! I have your book, it's a good book for android beginner like me.. when is version 1.9 going to come out? Anyway, I remove the two setup call and follow your example, and now it's getting java.lang.NullPointerException null as soon as it reach final TabHost tabs = (TabHost)

[android-beginners] Re: help with error on tabhosts intent

2008-11-30 Thread Mark Murphy
Lawrence Samantha wrote: Hey Mark! I have your book, it's a good book for android beginner like me.. when is version 1.9 going to come out? Within 36 hours, I hope. Anyway, I remove the two setup call and follow your example, and now it's getting java.lang.NullPointerException null

[android-beginners] Unable to View Application in Android Market

2008-11-30 Thread Dante
Hey All, My application is listed in my company's profile page in Android Market, but does not show up when I search for it via its name on my G1 phone. I uploaded it about 20 hours ago. In the Your Android Market Listings area, to the right of Free it says Saved Draft. What does that mean? What

[android-beginners] I'm Trying To Learn.......

2008-11-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have an issue with the basic structure that I can't seem to get past. I am using Eclipse and trying to run through the examples iin Professional Android Application Development. Here is my issue: I have a project i setup in Eclipse. Under it have have the usual default setup. I compile

[android-beginners] autocompletetextview without keyboard input

2008-11-30 Thread John M.
Hello, This is what i am doing, I have a AutoCompleteTextView that filters the contact names while you type them similar to what the sms app does right now. In my app I have a virtual keyboard and I need the same functionality to happen when I type with my VK. For example, When I open the

[android-beginners] Weirdness in Emulator with ListView

2008-11-30 Thread Chris Shearer Cooper
I don't have my phone yet but I'm getting a jumpstart on things by using the emulator (I'm using Eclipse 3.4.1 with the Android Development Toolkit version 0.8.0.v200809220836-110569). What's happening is this ...I have a scrolling ListView, and if I scroll it by clicking the emulator's up and

[android-beginners] Ping website

2008-11-30 Thread Karnius
Hi guys, I'm trying to ping my website but all i get is a IOException. I suppose i'm missing something? Java: try { InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName(www.google.com); ServerSide.setText(Name: + address.getHostName()+ Addr: + address.getHostAddress()+ Reach: +

[android-beginners] Problem with configuring ADT (failed to get the required adt version from sdk)

2008-11-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello! I installed Eclipse 2.2 along with JWT and JST, then I installed ADT plug-in. I reached the step where I should specify ADT path (Window- Preferences-Android) and when I do so, I get the following error messeges: Android SDK Location: Failed to get the required ADT version number from the

[android-beginners] help getting started

2008-11-30 Thread John2o01
ok everything i run just to test anything after i downloaded and unzipped the sdk gives me compilation errors and when i try to run the andriod.jar it wont work either it gives me Failed to load Main-Class manifest attribute from C:\Documents and Settings\TEMP\Desktop

[android-beginners] ProgressDialog woes...

2008-11-30 Thread android.obser...@gmail.com
Dear all I'm having difficulties in ProgressDialog--I've tried out two options given below: Version 1. pd = ProgressDialog.show(this, Please wait, Fetching data, true,false); updateUI(this); Thread t = new Thread() { public void run() {

[android-beginners] Getting a listview and a spinner to work in the same apps.

2008-11-30 Thread Karnius
Hi guys, I'm a front-end web developer new to android and did some java like 7 years ago... I'm trying to get started with android, I managed to manipulate forms element one item at a time, but when i need to populate more than one item like a listview and a spinner in the same apps i'm

[android-beginners] Re: Unable to download Eclipse plugin?

2008-11-30 Thread 刘志明
hi, maybe you use proxcy. please check your eclipse setting. 2008/11/30 Jesper Lundgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] i tried http too, but no luck with that either. I did however find that google had a zip dowload of the plugin so i could just install it manually. On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Ralf

[android-beginners] Re: Weirdness in Emulator with ListView

2008-11-30 Thread Romain Guy
It's not a bug, it's an optimization you have to turn off. Simply set android:cacheColorHint=# on your ListView. On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Chris Shearer Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have my phone yet but I'm getting a jumpstart on things by using the emulator (I'm

[android-beginners] Re: autocompletetextview without keyboard input

2008-11-30 Thread Romain Guy
How do you send the K to the text field? To make AutoCompleteTextView work you have to dispatch a key event. On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 10:32 AM, John M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, This is what i am doing, I have a AutoCompleteTextView that filters the contact names while you type them

[android-beginners] Re: help with error on tabhosts intent

2008-11-30 Thread Lawrence Samantha
Now getTabHost() triggers this error.. Could not create tab content because could not find view with id 2131034121 2008/11/30 Mark Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lawrence Samantha wrote: Hey Mark! I have your book, it's a good book for android beginner like me.. when is version 1.9 going to

[android-beginners] Re: help with error on tabhosts intent

2008-11-30 Thread Mark Murphy
Lawrence Samantha wrote: Now getTabHost() triggers this error.. Could not create tab content because could not find view with id 2131034121 If your layout XML is just the tabs, you might consider dumping it. In the code snippet I sent you, I never called setContentView(), because

[android-beginners] Re: Problem with configuring ADT (failed to get the required adt version from sdk)

2008-11-30 Thread Ralf
Eclipse 2.2 is not supported. You must use Eclipse 3.3 or Eclipse 3.4 (aka ganymede). R/ On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 3:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I installed Eclipse 2.2 along with JWT and JST, then I installed ADT plug-in. I reached the step where I should

[android-beginners] Re: Getting a listview and a spinner to work in the same apps.

2008-11-30 Thread Mark Murphy
Karnius wrote: I managed to manipulate forms element one item at a time, but when i need to populate more than one item like a listview and a spinner in the same apps i'm clueless, I tried all sort of combinations, my bery basic understanding of java tell me I need to create a private

[android-beginners] Re: Ping website

2008-11-30 Thread Ralf
Did you add the internet access permission? http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#INTERNET To aid in debugging: - In your catch setText, you might want to print e.getDescription() - Look in logcat (ddms perspective or $ adb logcat) to view a full

[android-beginners] Re: help with error on tabhosts intent

2008-11-30 Thread Lawrence Samantha
omg mark, you are really a blessing! thank you! i got it to work :) thx a bunch, good luck with your 1.9 releases! 2008/11/30 Mark Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lawrence Samantha wrote: Now getTabHost() triggers this error.. Could not create tab content because could not find view with id

[android-beginners] Re: I'm Trying To Learn.......

2008-11-30 Thread Ralf
As you indicated, you need to create an activity. The class referenced in the activity tag must derive from Activity, not from a TextView. The structure you want is: - your own activity. It must do a setContent(name-of-layout). - a res/layout XML file that describes the UI, this is where you

[android-beginners] Re: Unable to download Eclipse plugin?

2008-11-30 Thread 心蓝
I use the ganymede eclipse,no problem! U can use ganymede version! 2008/12/1 corjuela [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe you can try with https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/site.xml i had the same problem... On Nov 28, 1:06 pm, Jesper Lundgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i am unable to