[android-beginners] Re: Operating Systems supported by Android Apps

2009-08-13 Thread Maxood
Dear Yusuf I just like to know whether we can deploy android apps on other smartphones like Windows Mobile, iPhone, BlackBerry,Symbian, etc. Are there any compatibility issues? On Aug 12, 2:57 am, Yusuf T. Mobile yusuf.s...@t-mobile.com wrote: Also FWIW, Ubuntu plans to be able to run Android

[android-beginners] Re: Play Audio File (stored in files directory)

2009-08-13 Thread Ankit Shah
Thanks chinchin. I would like to to store audio file (wav file) in SD Card programmatic (at runtime). In my application when user clicks on Download button it will downloads audio file and should stores in SD Card. Right now able to download audio file from server and also able to store in

[android-beginners] Block when animation is running

2009-08-13 Thread whitech
Hi~~ I've met this problem: I want to do something ( like intent another activity ) after an animation is over. The code is given below: TranslateAnimation s = new TranslateAnimation((prev-currentPos) *movearea/100, 0, 0, 0); AlphaAnimation a =

[android-beginners] Re: Struggling with google maps (SOLVED)

2009-08-13 Thread trostum
Well, it might have been something wrong with the maps.jar. I created a new project from scratch and discovered that maps.jar in the sdk version i'm using is very buggy and a lot smaller than in the previous version. For instance, i was unable to compile my maps class when i created an instance

[android-beginners] Procedure to obtain Google Maps API key

2009-08-13 Thread Maxood
Could someone guide me step by step on how to obtain a Google Maps API key. I am developing a simple Google Maps app for the first time. Thanks, Maqsood --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-beginners] Keypad helpers

2009-08-13 Thread Neilz
Hi all. I have an EditText widget which is described as follows: EditText android:id=@+id/xcord android:numeric=decimal android:layout_width=fill_parent android:layout_height=wrap_content / When my EditText

[android-beginners] Re: simplecursoradapter updatining the listview

2009-08-13 Thread Mark Murphy
MMC2 wrote: I am using a simplecursoradapter to access data in an sqlite database and display it in a listview. When I add an item to the database, how do I update the listview to include the new entry? I have tried 'notifyDataSetChanged()' and 'requery()' and I have tried 'setAdapter'

[android-beginners] Re: Procedure to obtain Google Maps API key

2009-08-13 Thread Mark Murphy
Maxood wrote: Could someone guide me step by step on how to obtain a Google Maps API key. I am developing a simple Google Maps app for the first time. The full instructions are here: http://code.google.com/android/add-ons/google-apis/mapkey.html -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)

[android-beginners] Re: Operating Systems supported by Android Apps

2009-08-13 Thread wwsean08
yes there would be compatability issues because they do not run on the android OS, and are programmed using different sdk's (and some in different languages), so you could port your app to one of them with some reconfiguring (and possibly reprogramming), but you can't just put it on there and

[android-beginners] Reference Guide

2009-08-13 Thread Rc3375
Does anyone know of a good REFERENCE BOOK that includes and has examples and explanations of the ANDROID LANGUAGE(functions) such as the following: * android * android.app * android.appwidget * android.content * android.content.pm * android.content.res *

[android-beginners] Re: Reference Guide

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
There are many discussion threads on this topic. Here is one that was recently discussed. http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread/167917e69eae4544/0ba18a9811a0474f?lnk=gstq=book#0ba18a9811a0474f Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· · ·Mobile· stick

[android-beginners] hi help me

2009-08-13 Thread pankaj
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[android-beginners] Overlay events not go to MapView

2009-08-13 Thread ron
Hi, I have created an Overlay on a MapView and I want that when the edit mode is on, I can drag stuff on the Overlay but the underlying google map will not receive those touch events. How can I do that? I tried to create a custom view and override functions like dispatchTouchEvent when is in

[android-beginners] Solution Related to emulator

2009-08-13 Thread Rauf Ahmad
I have the solution of problem related to android emulator problem. I'm trying to get the HelloAndroid app up and running. I can run the emulator from the command line just fine, but there seems to be an issue from running it within eclipse when i'm ready to launch my app. I tried searching for

[android-beginners] Re: Simple Google Maps App

2009-08-13 Thread migo
How about this? http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/views/hello-mapview.html On Aug 13, 9:33 am, Maxood maqs...@salsoft.net wrote: I like to develop a simple Google maps application. Please let me know any tutorial available Thank you, Maqsood

[android-beginners] Could not find XXXX.apk!

2009-08-13 Thread Junaid Kirkire
Guys, I am new to Android and I have installed Android SDK windows-1.5_r3 and I am using Eclipse Ganymede. I have also installed the ADT plugin through Help--Software Updates. I followed the 'Hello World' tutorial and when I run it in Eclipse IDE, the following error is generated. [2009-08-13

[android-beginners] Android VM for Windows5 Mobile

2009-08-13 Thread Rauf Ahmad
plz Tell me that how i can install the Application in Windows5 mobile --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-beginners] Re: Play Audio File (stored in files directory)

2009-08-13 Thread Neil Chinniah
So you don't want the file to permanently rest on the SD card? I haven't looked into that yet, sorry. Actually I haven't even looked at what the path needs to be for me to be able to read from the SD card so if you know the answer to that, it would be appreciated. 2009/8/13 Ankit Shah

[android-beginners] Re: Simple Google Maps App

2009-08-13 Thread chinchin
Hi, you might have already tried this but I'm guessing the MapView app on the dev site would be a good place to start: http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/views/hello-mapview.html And it looks pretty indepth which is always nice :D On Aug 13, 7:33 am, Maxood maqs...@salsoft.net wrote:

[android-beginners] Re: Distortion of images

2009-08-13 Thread Faboom
Hi, I have the same problem, it seems that the color palette is reduced..? On 12 Aug., 13:09, whitech whit...@163.com wrote: Hi~ When I use png image ( with gradient color ) in programs, the color of image is distortion -- the gradient color is change to a lower level. Why would it

[android-beginners] Problem with istallation Android on Eclipse

2009-08-13 Thread mist3r0
Hello guys, i'm an Android beginner. I've install Eclipse, and i've following the guide to installa Android SDK. The installation is OK, bat when I create a new Android Project, the project into the workspace was create, bat Eclipse Remains in the initial screen and the project is not open.

[android-beginners] Re: simplecursoradapter updatining the listview

2009-08-13 Thread HARISH .R
hai guys use two activities and when you press button with in the listener of button for insert u call other activity which displays the List View containing listadapter --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[android-beginners] Android Devs/Interested Folk in Ireland

2009-08-13 Thread mjohn...@googlemail.com
Hi guys, In April I ran two events for iPhone (one in Belfast, one in Dublin) which attracted a few hundred people to them. Since then we've been planning another event for later this year and we'd like to open it out to Android developers (and other platforms too). We've already got some more

[android-beginners] speech / voice recognition problem (HTC Hero / Emulator)

2009-08-13 Thread Ivan Viola
Hello, I have tried to get the voice recognition demo to work. When I tried it on the emulator for the first time, I experienced the Recognizer not found message. From some posts I was directed to change the image to the latest Android Developer Phone which is downloadable from the HTC website.

[android-beginners] Less than beginner ... completely clueless questions :)

2009-08-13 Thread sigmax
Hello! I've been looking around for some info about android for any phone, other the T-mobile and HTC developer platform. I have a linux based phone, the yujua Inid, sold in spain as Funker f901 and in Thayland (Where I got it) as i-mobile 904. IT has an Intel PXA270 processor at 400mhz, 64mb

[android-beginners] Beginner problem with TabHost

2009-08-13 Thread Tuftux
Hey guys ! I'm quite new to Android. I followed the official TabHost tuto but I modified the XML template to display a LinearLayout wich contain a textView instead of a simple TextView (much easeier to handle when there's more than a simple text in a tab). But when I start the program it crashes.

[android-beginners] Re: Less than beginner ... completely clueless questions :)

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
Android Porting would be the correct group. http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not

[android-beginners] Re: Play Audio File (stored in files directory)

2009-08-13 Thread Jack Ha
Use Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(). -- Jack Ha Open Source Development Center ・T・ ・ ・Mobile・ stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On

[android-beginners] Re: Problem with istallation Android on Eclipse

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
Try Window-Open Perspective-Java Browsing. Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On

[android-beginners] Re: Could not find XXXX.apk!

2009-08-13 Thread Jack Ha
Try Project-Clean... and make sure Project-Build Automatically is on. What version of Java are you using? -- Jack Ha Open Source Development Center ・T・ ・ ・Mobile・ stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do

[android-beginners] Re: Simple Google Maps App

2009-08-13 Thread Jack Ha
You will find quite a few tutorials at this link as well: http://www.anddev.org/viewforum.php?f=18 -- Jack Ha Open Source Development Center ・T・ ・ ・Mobile・ stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do

[android-beginners] Re: Android VM for Windows5 Mobile

2009-08-13 Thread Jack Ha
I suggest to ask this question on the android-porting group instead. -- Jack Ha Open Source Development Center ・T・ ・ ・Mobile・ stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of

[android-beginners] Re: Solution Related to emulator

2009-08-13 Thread Jack Ha
What's the issue? Did you set up the AVD properly? -- Jack Ha Open Source Development Center ・T・ ・ ・Mobile・ stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc.

[android-beginners] Dev 1 Phone Update..

2009-08-13 Thread sommeralex
Hello, Do the firmeware download links provided in the following page work for you? http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html#s3 could someone check this please!? For me, they dont work.. but i need to update my DEV1 HTC Phone to 1.5 RC3 thanks.. alex

[android-beginners] Re: hi help me

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
A good place to start : http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html The classic Hello World Android App is available at http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/hello-world.html Good Luck Androiding ! Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views,

[android-beginners] Re: Less than beginner ... completely clueless questions :)

2009-08-13 Thread sigmax
Thanks ! :) On Aug 13, 11:56 am, Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA) balwinder.k...@t- mobile.com wrote: Android Porting would be the correct group. http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions

[android-beginners] Re: Dev 1 Phone Update..

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
The correct forum for this question would be : http://groups.google.com/group/Android-DevPhone-Updating And yes, the links work. I have successfully updated my ADP1 to 1.5 using the link you referred to. Good Luck ! Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together

[android-beginners] Re: Overlay events not go to MapView

2009-08-13 Thread Jack Ha
Are you calling MapView.setOnTouchListener()? Have you tried extending MapView and overriding onTouchEvent()? -- Jack Ha Open Source Development Center ・T・ ・ ・Mobile・ stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity,

[android-beginners] Re: Keypad helpers

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
If you add the line android:singleLine=True to you XML declaration. If you do that, the soft keyboard will show a Done button. If you don't want to do that, you can exit the keyboard using the backbutton key. Hope this helps, Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· · ·Mobile· stick

[android-beginners] Re: Dev 1 Phone Update..

2009-08-13 Thread sommeralex
thx! On Aug 13, 5:23 pm, Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA) balwinder.k...@t- mobile.com wrote: The correct forum for this question would be :http://groups.google.com/group/Android-DevPhone-Updating And yes, the links work. I have successfully updated my ADP1 to 1.5 using the link you referred

[android-beginners] Re: Create Android background Service

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
Here is one way of doing it. Create an Activity - lets call it MyDialog. If you want it look like a Dialog, add android:theme=@android:style/Theme.Dialog to your activity tab in the AndroidManifest.xml file. Send periodic Intents from your service class using code something like Intent i = new

[android-beginners] Re: setting wallpaper..plz help.

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
You can set android:configChanges=orientation for your activity in the AndroidManifest.xml file. In your activity, override the onConfigurationChanged method. You can scale your image according to the orientation and set it accordingly. Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· ·

[android-beginners] Re: Controlling the ProgressBar

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
There was a similar problem discussed a few days back, except that a TextView was to be updated. Check out the source code here. http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread/2e614021697d15e/ec3bc0bce37cb3ef?q=handler#ec3bc0bce37cb3ef If you still have problems, post

[android-beginners] Re: Operating Systems supported by Android Apps

2009-08-13 Thread Yusuf Saib (T-Mobile USA)
wwsean08 is right, although you may be able to cross-compile if this works as claimed: http://www.xmlvm.org/android/ Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not

[android-beginners] Re: Cached GPS info?

2009-08-13 Thread Yusuf Saib (T-Mobile USA)
One difference between navigation on phones vs dedicated devices like TomTom is that phones don't store the map data locally. So you need a data connection with a phone, either 3G or Wifi. Since WiFi isn't available everywhere, you need 3G to have phone navigation while driving around. Yusuf

[android-beginners] Re: Developer hardware

2009-08-13 Thread Yusuf Saib (T-Mobile USA)
In theory, if you install the SDK, plug in the phone via USB, and type adb devices in the command line, it should detect and list your phone. If so, then you should be able to either adb install or debug directly from Eclipse. Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views,

[android-beginners] Re: How to define intent constructor

2009-08-13 Thread Jens Vegeby
Hmm, in my program FartKoll I start activities using new intent within the startactivity. And there it works like a charm, how come? On Aug 12, 2009 5:43 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: tinyang wrote: I'm getting the error: The constructor Intent(new View.OnClickListener(){},

[android-beginners] Re: hi help me

2009-08-13 Thread Yusuf Saib (T-Mobile USA)
Also http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/1592400876 Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile

[android-beginners] Re: How to define intent constructor

2009-08-13 Thread Jens Vegeby
Error in thought, please ignore :) On Aug 13, 2009 8:22 PM, Jens Vegeby j...@vegeby.nu wrote: Hmm, in my program FartKoll I start activities using new intent within the startactivity. And there it works like a charm, how come? On Aug 12, 2009 5:43 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:

[android-beginners] Populate spinner

2009-08-13 Thread tinyang
Is the only way to populate a spinner to use an array, or can something like the menu.add() be used? -- :-) P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[android-beginners] how to get notified(or Listen) for the changes in SD card

2009-08-13 Thread Harshit Mapara
Hi All, I am creating an app and the requirement is - I have to listen to the SD card for new data comes in. Whenever a new file is downloaded into SD card, I want to be notified. (or say , I want to listen for changes) I searched, but can't get any useful help. Please help me in this issue.

[android-beginners] Re: Populate spinner

2009-08-13 Thread Jack Ha
Can you be more specific on what you mean menu.add()? -- Jack Ha Open Source Development Center ・T・ ・ ・Mobile・ stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA,

[android-beginners] Re: Populate spinner

2009-08-13 Thread tinyang
Here is a webpage with a menu.add() example: http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/google-android/articles/28673.aspx This example is what I am referring to with menu.add(). -Original Message- From: android-beginners@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-beginn...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

[android-beginners] create table and lots of inserts

2009-08-13 Thread trostum
Hi. The app i'm currently developing needs a database with lots of fields in it. What's the best way of creating and populating this database the first time? Do i really need to write all thos SQL INSERT statements? I have a database with the data i need. Thanks

[android-beginners] Re: create table and lots of inserts

2009-08-13 Thread trostum
For instance, would it be possible to run some sort of an .sql script containing all the inserts instead? On Aug 14, 12:44 am, trostum tros...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. The app i'm currently developing needs a database with lots of fields in it. What's the best way of creating and populating this

[android-beginners] Re: Keypad helpers

2009-08-13 Thread Neilz
Thanks. How does the emulator mirror the actions of a real life device? Would this not be an issue in this instance? On Aug 13, 4:30 pm, Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA) balwinder.k...@t- mobile.com wrote: If you add the line android:singleLine=True to you XML declaration. If you do that, the

[android-beginners] Re: create table and lots of inserts

2009-08-13 Thread Mark Murphy
trostum wrote: Hi. The app i'm currently developing needs a database with lots of fields in it. What's the best way of creating and populating this database the first time? Do i really need to write all thos SQL INSERT statements? I have a database with the data i need. You can package

[android-beginners] how to install a .apk on my own phone...

2009-08-13 Thread phil
so I've got this app i'm developing, and I did manage to get it on my phone, but I had to install it via the debugger. i tried upload the .apk to a web server and browsing to it and downloading it, that didn't work, it said unsuccessful in the downloads panel. then i tried copying it to the SD

[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...

2009-08-13 Thread Mark Murphy
phil wrote: then i tried copying it to the SD card, that worked, but then I couldn't figure out how to actually install it once I had it on there. You would need a file manager app from the Market to install off the SD card. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com |

[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...

2009-08-13 Thread phil
okay, thx. any ideas why i can't download the file from a web server? On Aug 13, 4:34 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: phil wrote: then i tried copying it to the SD card, that worked, but then I couldn't figure out how to actually install it once I had it on there. You

[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...

2009-08-13 Thread Michael Leung
Use AppsInstaller I have written some instrustions about that on my blog http://www.itblogs.info/index.php/2009/07/23/install-android-apps-from-sd-card?blog=6 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: phil wrote: then i tried copying it to the SD card, that

[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...

2009-08-13 Thread Mark Murphy
phil wrote: okay, thx. any ideas why i can't download the file from a web server? You need the MIME type set up properly on the Web server to serve it as application/vnd.android.package-archive. Beyond that, I have no idea. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com |

[android-beginners] Re: Keypad helpers

2009-08-13 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile USA)
My comments were based on device behavior (ADP1 and Google ION). You are right, the emulator does not reflect it, at least not to my knowledge :) Balwinder Kaur Open Source Development Center ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author

[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...

2009-08-13 Thread phil
okay, i'll look into that. so there isn't any way to just generically download a file and save it to the SD card? On Aug 13, 4:52 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: phil wrote: okay, thx.  any ideas why i can't download the file from a web server? You need the MIME type set up

[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...

2009-08-13 Thread Mark Murphy
phil wrote: okay, i'll look into that. so there isn't any way to just generically download a file and save it to the SD card? Not really. Android users aren't expected to deal with files so much as applications. While a few things still show underlying file aspects of the OS, most of the

[android-beginners] Re: Block when animation is running

2009-08-13 Thread whitech
Thank you very much~ But there's something hard to do: when my animation runs serveral times, but the function() is different in every cases, and it's hard to mark the state. I think if I can block the other thread but the thread where the animation is running is the best way. Can I do it? On

[android-beginners] Re: Block when animation is running

2009-08-13 Thread Mark Murphy
whitech wrote: Thank you very much~ But there's something hard to do: when my animation runs serveral times, but the function() is different in every cases, and it's hard to mark the state. I think if I can block the other thread but the thread where the animation is running is the best

[android-beginners]

2009-08-13 Thread saurabh sinha
I need bluetooth example can u send me source code --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

[android-beginners] Re: how to install a .apk on my own phone...

2009-08-13 Thread phil
It did not like httpauth, once that was disabled I could download just fine and even install... thanks for your help. On Aug 13, 6:04 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: phil wrote: okay, i'll look into that.  so there isn't any way to just generically download a file and save

[android-beginners] Beginner Android-Java development:

2009-08-13 Thread Clave Yard
hi I am a new-bie for Java development and also Android. But i have well experince on developing other mobile device development such as Windows Mobile, Palm and iPhone. Basically know C,C++ well. Please someone or from Android team advice how should i learn it? Do i need to learn Java basics

[android-beginners] hello????

2009-08-13 Thread GH
Why aren't my frickin' topics showing up?!?! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this

[android-beginners] Example Lunar Lander crashes gives strange messages

2009-08-13 Thread JP
Hi everybody, I build Lunar Lander (from the android-1.5 directory) and launched it in the emulator. When i press the home-button while playing, the homescreen is displayed if i start lunar lander again (to get back to the game) it crashes with E/AndroidRuntime( 711):

[android-beginners] Re: hi help me

2009-08-13 Thread Greg Hedin
Hehehe that's funny. Ill just sneak a post in this reply. If you are in touch mode. How can you find out the listview item that was long touched from within a context menu? Greg Hedin On Aug 13, 2009 12:25 PM, Yusuf Saib (T-Mobile USA) yusuf.s...@t-mobile.com wrote: Also

[android-beginners] Reducing application size by exporting some files to SD card

2009-08-13 Thread Stephen
Hi, I'm just starting out programming for the android and I want to eventually do games. A major concern of mine is being limited by the size of applications. I know when I look for new games if its above 1mb I get very critical since I only have 10mb left on my phone. What I'd like to do is

[android-beginners] Re: Beginner problem with TabHost

2009-08-13 Thread Daniel Mário
put android:id=@android:id/tabhost in TabHost review your TabActivity class, to properly initialize these tabs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. To post to this group, send

[android-beginners] Getting ListView position in touch mode

2009-08-13 Thread Greg Hedin
Hi, I have a ListView that is registered to a ContextView. In touch mode, how do I get the position of the ListView item that was long clicked from onContextItemSelected method? If this is not possible, is there an event handler I need to override? Should I create a class scope variable if that

[android-beginners] Exporting the large application components to the SD card no initial run? Is it possible?

2009-08-13 Thread Stephen Teodori
Hi all, I'm in the process of starting to learn to program for the android platform and I'd like to eventually start making games. A very big concern of mine, though, is that the space for installing applications for the average user is very limited. The concept I wish to discuss is the

[android-beginners] Re: hi help me

2009-08-13 Thread Greg Hedin
This is frustrating. I've tried to post twice now since yesterday. Afterwards I get, your post will appear momentarily. And nothing ever shows up... but somebody can post something like this, showing that they don't have any interest in looking for their answers before posting and it goes right

[android-beginners] Getting the ListView item that was long clicked

2009-08-13 Thread GH
Hi, It's apparent through all the posts I've read that a ListView object registered to a ContextMenu object can't use the ListView's getSelectedItemPosition() method in touch mode, and for good reasons I'm sure. So how can I tell what ListView item was actually long touched? If the index we get

[android-beginners] Running apps on HTC Magic from Eclipse

2009-08-13 Thread Krzysztof Luks
Hello, I have a problem running application built in Eclipse on HTC Magic phone. It seems that SDK and Eclipse plugin are installed correctly. My Hello world app runs okay on the emulator. When I connect Magic to the computer it is correctly recognised (I installed drivers from the SDK), I can

[android-beginners] Saving

2009-08-13 Thread RustedApple
I am trying to understand what data is saved when I change the phone's orientation. For instance, I have a couple guys walking around and when I flip the orientation, they are still there walking. However, in a different part of code, I also spawn more guys, but this time, they wont be there when

[android-beginners] Re: speech / voice recognition problem (HTC Hero / Emulator)

2009-08-13 Thread Daniel Mário
From http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/index.html: ... Note that the emulator doesn't have hardware to capture audio or video, but actual mobile devices are likely to provide these capabilities, accessible through the MediaRecorder class. I'm trying something with speech

[android-beginners] Re: Installing the android SDK on my new PC

2009-08-13 Thread Thomas B
I cannot right click the project to adjust its target, because the lack of target prevents me from creating a project in the first place. The link above recommends I go to my SDK tools directory, but I do not know where my SDK tools directory is. My eclipse directory only contains: about_files

[android-beginners] Re: Saving

2009-08-13 Thread Michael Leung
Can you explain more about what you are trying to do? On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:09 AM, RustedApple kim00...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to understand what data is saved when I change the phone's orientation. For instance, I have a couple guys walking around and when I flip the orientation,

[android-beginners] Re: Getting ListView position in touch mode

2009-08-13 Thread Romain Guy
@Override public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) { final AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo(); // Use the info object to get the position, targetView, etc. } On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Greg

[android-beginners] Re: Distortion of images

2009-08-13 Thread whitech
I don't know. But there is an interesting thing. When I use Gallery(the default software to open image in the system), the pictures is distortion too. I'm wondering is that a problem we cannot not solve... On 8月13日, 下午6时35分, Faboom bu...@uni-koblenz.de wrote: Hi, I have the same problem, it

[android-beginners] Re: hello????

2009-08-13 Thread Michael Leung
that is working, I can see your post. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:22 AM, GH greghe...@gmail.com wrote: Why aren't my frickin' topics showing up?!?! -- Regards, Michael Leung http://www.itblogs.info http://www.michaelleung.info --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[android-beginners] Re: Beginner Android-Java development:

2009-08-13 Thread Michael Leung
Do you have C# skills? Java is very similar with C#. I don't think you need to learn Java frist. I found the best way to programming is coding. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Clave Yard calvetobediffic...@yahoo.comwrote: hi I am a new-bie for Java development and also Android. But i have