[android-beginners] Re: Calendar Intent?

2009-03-04 Thread Azalar
Ok thats good to know its there. So someone somewhere must know the intent to launch Calendar? I can't seem to find any info on this in Googles documentation and seems a glaring omission on there part. On Mar 3, 7:25 pm, deepdr...@googlemail.com deepdr...@googlemail.com wrote: The calendar *is*

[android-beginners] Re: Arabic localization project

2009-03-04 Thread TAKEphONE
Hi, Great work. Care to help each other ? I need to know how do you send long SMSs ? how do you format the headers ? Thanks. On Mar 3, 3:34 pm, x2andr...@gmail.com x2andr...@gmail.com wrote: hi i hope you guys have already found your way to my App, Arabic Keyboard. It utilizes the

[android-beginners] Re: while loop in main thread blocks listener updates?

2009-03-04 Thread Romain Guy
Do NOT put an infinite loop on the main thread. EVER. You while loop should be executed on a background thread. Something like this: Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { // the loop } }); t.start(); On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:39 AM, denzel dimitri.deroc...@gmail.com

[android-beginners] Java

2009-03-04 Thread SNH
Hi all I am complete novice with no Java experience. I am confused what kind of Java I should learn for android. Is it Java2ME ? I am awaiting androd book to make a start and have installed Eclipse. Could some one point me in right direction. Thanks

[android-beginners] How about running WinCE apps on Android?

2009-03-04 Thread xLi
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[android-beginners] Re: Arabic localization project

2009-03-04 Thread Ricardo K...
anular registro Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 02:54:48 -0800 Subject: [android-beginners] Re: Arabic localization project From: shimo...@gmail.com To: android-beginners@googlegroups.com Hi, Great work. Care to help each other ? I need to know how do you send long SMSs ? how do you

[android-beginners] How to deploy *.APK files / Applications - not via USB

2009-03-04 Thread simonc
Hi, Is it possible to store my APK file on the phone / SD card and run it from there? and how would I go about doing that? I'm not using a standard Android handset - I'm using a HTC Vogue with Android installed over the top (followed these instructions http://bit.ly/AnUKz ). The build I have

[android-beginners] Getting options menu in a child preference screen

2009-03-04 Thread Ridhish
Hi, I've been trying to get it done for a while but havent been able to. The exact description of my problem is mentioned below. I have a preference screen embedded within another. So the inner one is part of the same activity. I am able to bring up the options menu in the parent preference

[android-beginners] Activity lifecycle, saving to a database, and remembering row IDs

2009-03-04 Thread Jesse McGrew
I'm writing a simple app based on on the NotePad V3 example. In my activity to edit a record, I have these methods: @Override protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) { super.onSaveInstanceState(outState); if (mRowId != null)

[android-beginners] Suggestion needed

2009-03-04 Thread Niranjani M
Hi all, I wanna develop or enhance one of google android's applications.Could someone suggest which application would be better to start with as am a beginner apart from notepad application? Regards, Niranjani --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[android-beginners] Two Mobile Innovation Challenges currently open for submissions

2009-03-04 Thread Alex Steed
NetSquared currently has two mobile-based technology Challenges open for submissions from around the world. They are: * UC Berkeley Human Rights Center Mobile Challenge (Just 2 weeks left to submit!) The Human Rights Center is sponsoring a challenge to encourage innovations for applying mobile

[android-beginners] How to turn on Wifi

2009-03-04 Thread stefan.jau...@googlemail.com
Have everyone a code example to turn on the Wifi. When the Wifi is disable in System-Setting, my Application should enable the Wifi. Thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To

[android-beginners] Scrollable text widgets?

2009-03-04 Thread jski
I'm trying to get scrollable text widgets for a chat like app. One would be sued to view the chat history, the other would be used to enter new messages in. The ONLY way I ever got scrollable text widgets to work is to use the ScrollView layout and place either a EditText widget or a TextView

[android-beginners] Scrollable text widgets?

2009-03-04 Thread jski
I'm trying to get scrollable text widgets for a chat like app. One would be sued to view the chat history, the other would be used to enter new messages in. The ONLY way I ever got scrollable text widgets to work is to use the ScrollView layout and place either a EditText widget or a TextView

[android-beginners] Re: Calendar Intent?

2009-03-04 Thread Binesy
If you go to content providers in the docs (http:// developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html) it makes reference to android.provider.Calendar.CONTENT_URI but this is not mentioned anywhere. Is this future functionality that will be added in future releases, or

[android-beginners] onDraw() method on a LinearLayout is not being called

2009-03-04 Thread simon
Hi, I have a LinearLayout with several views inside and would like to use the onDraw() method of the LinearLayout to draw something on top of all those views. When I tried to do this I realized the onDraw() method of the LinearLayout is never called (I added breakpoints to the method to check

[android-beginners] Failed to compile source code for Android Layout Tricks #3: Optimize by merging

2009-03-04 Thread Oceanedge
I've downloaded the source code in http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/03/android-layout-tricks-3-optimize-by.html article and import into Eclipse with ADT0.8. But it failed to be compiled. Anyone face with the same problem? How to solve it? Thanks!

[android-beginners] Accessing the sound input/output stream in the phone (sound modulation, sound synthesis, DTMF)

2009-03-04 Thread Jozef Habdank
Hello Android Deveopers, I am going to write a master thesis about the mobile technologies, and part of it is writing an application that will be able to change/ modify sound going out and coming in to the phone (via the GSM). I have to be able to preform sound filtering, dtmf and sound

[android-beginners] Re: How to access Linux using Android SDK?

2009-03-04 Thread xiaodao
In your Android application, you can use normal Java solution to execute a Linux command . For example: Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(chmod 777 /data/ data/...) process.waitFor() ; Not make sure whether it is your question.

[android-beginners] Re: Java

2009-03-04 Thread Mark Murphy
SNH wrote: I am complete novice with no Java experience. I am confused what kind of Java I should learn for android. Is it Java2ME ? Just plain Java. Most Java language books will focus on JavaSE as the environment in which you learn. The difference between JavaME, JavaSE, and JavaEE are

[android-beginners] Re: How to deploy *.APK files / Applications - not via USB

2009-03-04 Thread Mark Murphy
simonc wrote: Hi, Is it possible to store my APK file on the phone / SD card and run it from there? and how would I go about doing that? I think there are some explorer type apps available that browse through the SD card and will install APKs if you choose them. Unfortunately, I don't know

[android-beginners] Re: Java

2009-03-04 Thread SNH
Hi Mark: I am anxiously waiting delivery of your book The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development . Reviews are fantastic. Do I need any other book? I am Very glad to meet you. SNH On Mar 4, 12:38 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: SNH wrote: I am complete novice with no

[android-beginners] Re: Java

2009-03-04 Thread Mark Murphy
SNH wrote: I am anxiously waiting delivery of your book The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development . Who-hoo! :-) Reviews are fantastic. Do I need any other book? Well, if you have no Java experience, you will need something for that -- my books do not teach Java. There are books (e.g.,

[android-beginners] Re: Images from URL into Lists

2009-03-04 Thread Mark Murphy
Joe wrote: 1. How to go about fetching the image from the URL That depends on lots and lots of factors, such as: -- Do you need to save the images to the SD card as a cache or for later use? -- Do the images need to be converted to thumbnails? -- How many of these things are we talking

[android-beginners] Map API key distribution safety

2009-03-04 Thread CaptainSpam
I have an app I am about to release that uses MapViews (they're sort of integral to the app). I plan on releasing it as an open source application. That said, my question is, is it safe to distribute my map API key with the source? As in, would it require a signed .apk from my key and my key

[android-beginners] Re: How about running WinCE apps on Android?

2009-03-04 Thread Dana Li
Hi, if the apps is written by Java, you could try J2ME MIDP Runner from the Android market or go to www.netmi On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:18 PM, xLi lxiao...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to do this? Are there any projects regarding it? -- Dana

[android-beginners] Re: How about running WinCE apps on Android?

2009-03-04 Thread Dana Li
www.netmite.com/android On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Dana Li dana...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, if the apps is written by Java, you could try J2ME MIDP Runner from the Android market or go to www.netmi On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:18 PM, xLi lxiao...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to do

[android-beginners] Proximity alerts and pending intents

2009-03-04 Thread George
Hello, I'm writing an application that takes a list of gps co-ordinates and distances and triggers an alert (for now) when a user enters the proximity of one of the co-ordinates. I'm trying to use a proximity alert to do this, which will fire a intent to be received by an intent receiver. This

[android-beginners] Re: Proximity alerts and pending intents

2009-03-04 Thread George
I've been looking through logcat and i've noticed I/LocationManagerService( 56): Entered alert Does this mean my alerts are firing, but my intents aren't being received by my intent receiver? Thanks, George On Mar 5, 2:17 am, George she...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm writing an

[android-beginners] Hoping to change widget attributes by selecting a menu item

2009-03-04 Thread midicool
Hi, I am writing a program that involves a menu. Once you press the menu button and then select Left, it's supposed to change the attributes of myButton12, an ImageButton. However, I am getting a myButton12 cannot be resolved error message. Please help me figure out what is wrong with this

[android-beginners] Can't download SDK on phone

2009-03-04 Thread pobie
Hi. I am trying to download Android 1.1 SDK (for macs) from developer.android.com onto my GI. However, my G1 won't allow me to scroll down to agree to the terms of the License Agreement. I can scroll down only to Section 2.1 of the License Agreement.

[android-beginners] Cannot modify a button from the menu

2009-03-04 Thread midicool
Hi, I am writing a program that has a menu. Once you press the menu button and then select Left, it's supposed to change the attributes of myButton12, an ImageButton. However, I am getting a myButton12 cannot be resolved error message. Please help me figure out what is wrong with this code.

[android-beginners] How to find out the cause of a configuration change

2009-03-04 Thread michael.bollm...@googlemail.com
I got different situations where my activities onSaveInstanceState method gets called but i can't distinguish between them. Some of them result in automatic recreation others do not so i have to react different especially because my activity is not created by user action. thanks in advance

[android-beginners] Re: Hoping to change widget attributes by selecting a menu item

2009-03-04 Thread Jesse McGrew
On Mar 4, 3:00 pm, midicool midic...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am writing a program that involves a menu. Once you press the menu button and then select Left,  it's supposed to change the attributes of myButton12, an ImageButton. However, I am getting a myButton12 cannot be resolved error

[android-beginners] Re: Accessing the sound input/output stream in the phone (sound modulation, sound synthesis, DTMF)

2009-03-04 Thread Dave Sparks
It is currently not possible to access GSM audio from the application processor from the Android stack. It is possible to control DTMF signaling, start new calls, and control almost all other aspects of telephony. On Mar 4, 5:19 am, Jozef Habdank jahabd...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Android