[android-beginners] Map Overlay Image refresh

2010-07-14 Thread Bhaban N
Hi All, I am new on android and I am trying to use map on my application. I am facing some problem on refreshing the overlay image. Whenever I redraw the overlay Image, I clear the previous overlay images and redraw the new items on it. But the overlay images are not refresh on the spot. It

[android-beginners] RMI (Remote Method Invocation) APIs for Android

2010-07-14 Thread leden
I am working on a distributed application which consists of a server (which is a Java application), and the client is an Android application. I would like to somehow remotely call server's methods from my Android client application. So, I have two questions: 1) Since java.rmi.* package is not

Re: [android-beginners] Map Overlay Image refresh

2010-07-14 Thread Bhaban N
Thanks for your reply. I try to use invalidate method. But I have one more problem when I use invalidate. If I invalidate the map, my location overlay image is gone, and it takes few seconds to fix my location overlay Image. So I want is not to clear the my location overlay image. when i clear the

Re: [android-beginners] Map Overlay Image refresh

2010-07-14 Thread Mark Murphy
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Bhaban N and...@gmail.com wrote: I try to use invalidate method. But I have one more problem when I use invalidate. If I invalidate the map, my location overlay image is gone, and it takes few seconds to fix my location overlay Image. So I want is not to clear

[android-beginners] Re: Emulator

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
Super - but then if you are already running an app how do you stop it to reload new code? I noticed that if I move to the Menu the app is still running in the background. Is there a kill process equivalent in Android? Thanks On Jul 13, 1:56 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Emulator

2010-07-14 Thread Xavier Ducrohet
just install the new apk and it will kill the running process. adb install -r /path/to/new.apk On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM, kypriakos demet...@ece.neu.edu wrote: Super - but then if you are already running an app how do you stop it to reload new code? I noticed that if I move to the

[android-beginners] Re: Application monitoring

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
Got it - thanks Mark. I would like to ideally change them to the Log class but they are a bit too many so it will be a long process. On Jul 13, 1:59 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:48 PM, kypriakos demet...@ece.neu.edu wrote: The applications I am

[android-beginners] I/O

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
Is it possible to write and read files on Android? I know it sounds a bit silly to ask this but I found out that writing a file in the same directory as where the app is executing stall my process. Where in the dir hierarch do Android apps execute and if I was to write or read a file do I need to

[android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
I noticed that using the standard Java to create the new file stalls: File UIDfile = new File(/data/local/tmp/myUID.txt); UIDfile.createNewFile(); Is this something that should not be used in Android? Anyone else faced this issue before? Should I convert these to: FileOutputStream fos =

Re: [android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread Mark Murphy
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:59 PM, kypriakos demet...@ece.neu.edu wrote: I noticed that using the standard Java to create the new file stalls: File UIDfile = new File(/data/local/tmp/myUID.txt); UIDfile.createNewFile(); Is this something that should not be used in Android? You cannot write to

[android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
That's what I figured - thanks Mark. I think it makes more sense now. Regarding the emulator's storage, if I wanted to manually add a file let's say into the sdcard dir, is this possible (in other words is this a real file system dir or a simulated entity?). Thanks again On Jul 14, 3:03 pm,

[android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
The Environment.getExternalFilesDir() does return /sdcard and although empty it still stalls on writing the file out. What package carries the getFilesDir()? On Jul 14, 3:09 pm, kypriakos demet...@ece.neu.edu wrote: That's what I figured - thanks Mark. I think it makes more sense now.

Re: [android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread Mark Murphy
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:20 PM, kypriakos demet...@ece.neu.edu wrote: The Environment.getExternalFilesDir() does return /sdcard and although empty it still stalls on writing the file out. I have no idea what stalls means in this context. You need an SD card (or SD card image for the emulator),

[android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
Sorry for not being clear from the start Mark - my bad. When the app reaches the createNewFile() method it quits (I thought it was stalling on that method but I was wrong). I think that method is the problem in my case. I did use adb push to copy files to the emulator's filesystem so that

Re: [android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread Mark Murphy
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:42 PM, kypriakos demet...@ece.neu.edu wrote: When the app reaches the createNewFile() method it quits OK, then I have no idea what quits means in this context. I am going to guess you mean it had an unhandled exception. If so, use adb logcat, DDMS, or the DDMS

[android-beginners] Flash LED with screen on?

2010-07-14 Thread Nick Richardson
I have an app that displays an LED notification on certain events. Currently, the notification only plays when the screen is sleeping/off which i know is expected behavior. My question is: Is there any way to force the LED to flash even if the screen is lit at the time? -- //Nick Richardson

[android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
Normally I don't get into this back and forth QA loop as I know very well how busy most people are and what the real purpose of the mailing lists are, so I apologize for letting it get out of hand. You are right, most likely I should be able to find a lot of these fundamental concepts either on

[android-beginners] GridView - Access Video from SD and make them clickable

2010-07-14 Thread kivy
Hi there, I was going through the GridView example and was wondering how I could access videos from the SD card instead of images, display them in the GridView and when they are clicked to open an Menu. I am a bit stuck, so if s.o. could help me out here, would be great. Thanks. -- You received

[android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
One last thing - extending my question from the previous email - may be this is what I should have asked to begin with and left it at that: Since I can compile my complete imported app as an Android project it makes sense that the classes and methods I used in the past (even the System.out that

Re: [android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
If you are catching IOException, a NullPointerException will slip right through. Happens sometimes (i.e. file open returns null, and subsequent code tries to write to it). Have you checked the logcat to see what goes on? Also note, if a crash happens while debugging, you have to hit Resume

[android-beginners] Re: I/O

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
I know I know - I rudely jumped into asking questions and that is a no no - you want people to help you make your context clear first and the rest will follow (to a certain reasonable extend of course ;) ) ... That's...very strange. Yes it is - but hey, I am sure what I learn from getting to

[android-beginners] Text box +radio menu(pop-up)

2010-07-14 Thread Varun Khanduja
Hi, I had a general UI question, I didn't find this in many applications on Android and I was wondering if it is possible to have a text box( For some text input) in the radio menu which pops up if one is having a list to select from. Any feedback would be much appreciated. In case you guys feel

[android-beginners]

2010-07-14 Thread Raul Martinez
public class home extends Activity { /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); setContentView(R.layout.main); Button word=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1); } } i have this

Re: [android-beginners]

2010-07-14 Thread Mark Murphy
You presumably do not have a res/layout/main.xml file in your project. Either that, or Eclipse is having problems otherwise processing your resources -- check your console for errors. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Raul Martinez raul5...@gmail.com wrote: public class home extends Activity {

Re: [android-beginners]

2010-07-14 Thread Raul Martinez
alright im sure i do have the directory and the file, but i'll check the console On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: You presumably do not have a res/layout/main.xml file in your project. Either that, or Eclipse is having problems otherwise processing

[android-beginners] Re: Emulator

2010-07-14 Thread kypriakos
Hi guys --- to put closure to this thread as well - I compile the changes in the Resource perspective in Eclipse, and with the emulator open I re-launch the app either in debug or standard mode and watch it in DDMS. I can see the apk file being loaded in the emulator's file system (I can see the

Re: [android-beginners] Text box +radio menu(pop-up)

2010-07-14 Thread TreKing
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Varun Khanduja varunkhand...@gmail.comwrote: I was wondering if it is possible to have a text box( For some text input) in the radio menu which pops up if one is having a list to select from. If you're talking about the Context Menu, then no, I don't think so.

Re: [android-beginners] Digest for android-beginners@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 6 Topics

2010-07-14 Thread Wagner Cruz
Hello all!! I'm new on android development and i'm looking for tutorials, texts, help files, anything that can help me study and understand more about android development. Tks a lot -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW!

[android-beginners] buttons

2010-07-14 Thread Raul Martinez
i want to replace a button with an image, and i tried doing it through xml with android:src=@drawable/icon but its not working what should i do, or is there another way of replacing a button with an image -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-beginners] Managing an SQLite cursor in a ListActivity

2010-07-14 Thread Bret Foreman
I have a ListActivity that selects a cursor from an SQLite table in order to build the list. The cursor is created inside ListActivity.onCreate and closed inside ListActivity.onDestroy. I also call startManagingCursor right after I generate the cursor, which I thought would take care of the cursor

Re: [android-beginners] buttons

2010-07-14 Thread Mark Murphy
Use ImageButton. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Raul Martinez raul5...@gmail.com wrote: i want to replace a button with an image, and i tried doing it through xml with android:src=@drawable/icon but its not working what should i do, or is there another way of replacing a button with an image

Re: [android-beginners] buttons

2010-07-14 Thread Yousuf Faheem
Hi, you can try using this instead. android:background=@drawable/image_name Thanks Regards, Yousuf Syed 773-719-4786 On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: Use ImageButton. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Raul Martinez raul5...@gmail.com wrote: i

Re: [android-beginners] buttons

2010-07-14 Thread Raul Martinez
would that get rid of the grey area around the image? On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Yousuf Faheem yousuf.syed@gmail.comwrote: Hi, you can try using this instead. android:background=@drawable/image_name Thanks Regards, Yousuf Syed 773-719-4786 On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:23

[android-beginners] Re: Text box +radio menu(pop-up)

2010-07-14 Thread Varun Khanduja
Thanks. I was thinking of a quick entry box according to the list items, It was a one click process on I-phone. Regards, Varun On Jul 14, 4:13 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Varun Khanduja varunkhand...@gmail.comwrote: I was wondering if it is

Re: [android-beginners] Digest for android-beginners@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 6 Topics

2010-07-14 Thread Justin Anderson
Read the entire Dev Guide first: http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html -- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't.

Re: [android-beginners] buttons

2010-07-14 Thread Yousuf Faheem
You Should use a 9 patch if you want to stretch the image to cover the whole button irrespective of Size. Thanks Regards, Yousuf Syed 773-719-4786 On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Raul Martinez raul5...@gmail.com wrote: would that get rid of the grey area around the image? On Wed, Jul 14,

Re: [android-beginners] buttons

2010-07-14 Thread Raul Martinez
ok i just have one more question how do i change the color of the background like behind the images, if you know what i mean? not the button but behind them On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Raul Martinez raul5...@gmail.com wrote: would that get rid of the grey area around the image? On Wed,

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Text box +radio menu(pop-up)

2010-07-14 Thread TreKing
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Varun Khanduja varunkhand...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks. I was thinking of a quick entry box according to the list items Well nothing is stopping you from overriding the default behavior and doing whatever you want. A long press listener with a custom dialog should