[android-beginners] Re: A complete newbie

2009-08-05 Thread Jason Van Anden
If you have never programmed, you may want to start by learning the basics with Python. It is probably the best language to learn with and it has many things in common with Java. There is a ton of stuff online to get you started. It is not the best language for user interface. Good thing that

[android-beginners] Bluetooth Classes documentation???

2009-08-05 Thread Abhi
Hi there, I am developing an app using Bluetooth on my G2 phone (Tmobile's HTC MyTouch 3G) but am unable to find any documentation on Bluetooth classes in Android 1.5. Need help around that!! Thanks, Abhi --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

[android-beginners] Re: Bluetooth Classes documentation???

2009-08-05 Thread Mark Murphy
Abhi wrote: I am developing an app using Bluetooth on my G2 phone (Tmobile's HTC MyTouch 3G) but am unable to find any documentation on Bluetooth classes in Android 1.5. Need help around that!! There are no Bluetooth classes in the SDK at this time. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)

[android-beginners] Re: Bluetooth Classes documentation???

2009-08-05 Thread Abhi
What about WiFi? On Aug 5, 9:08 am, Abhi abhishek.r.sha...@gmail.com wrote: How do I see so many Bluetooth Apps around? On Aug 5, 8:50 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Abhi wrote: I am developing an app using Bluetooth on my G2 phone (Tmobile's HTC MyTouch 3G) but am

[android-beginners] Re: Bluetooth Classes documentation???

2009-08-05 Thread Mark Murphy
Abhi wrote: What about WiFi? Use Java sockets. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

[android-beginners] Re: Bluetooth Classes documentation???

2009-08-05 Thread Mark Murphy
Abhi wrote: How do I see so many Bluetooth Apps around? Presumably, they are using undocumented APIs that are subject to breakage in future Android releases. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org

[android-beginners] Re: AlertBuilder and Handler Problem

2009-08-05 Thread Balwinder Kaur (T-Mobile)
If you user the Looper and another handler to your class F, it would work. Code marked with //NEW class F extends Thread{ Context context; TextView statusField; Handler handler; String voto=; F (Context context,TextView statusField,Handler handler){

[android-beginners] JetBoy Sample Question

2009-08-05 Thread Hamed3d
Hi there, I have a question regarding the Jeyboy game that comes with the SDK. I noticed the game runs in Landscape mode which is cool. I looked at the code but I can;t find the command that forced the game to be played in landscape mode. I wrote a simple code that draws a image but I want it to

[android-beginners] When calling findViewById, which constructor of the view will be called to finish instantiation

2009-08-05 Thread Tingqiang Ma
Hi, I am a little confused by this. For example, when I call mButtonApply=(MyButton) findViewById(R.id.button_apply); Which constructor of MyButton will be called? Thanks Martin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[android-beginners] Rotating Buttons

2009-08-05 Thread Hugh
I searched for this, but it didnt come up with anything. Is there anything way to rotate the buttons in android? It's because want my app to be horizontal not vertical. Thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[android-beginners] When I create string in Create New Android String Pop-up I wander the difference string new R.string

2009-08-05 Thread 신통이
I wander when I create string In Create New Android String Pop-up appears at top as shown below New string string: New R.string Where I wander the defference string New R.string --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[android-beginners] XML Layout does not show AutoCompleteTextView

2009-08-05 Thread Phill Perryman
When I create a simple xml layout with a linear layout and add an auto complete text viewer all I get is a NullPointerException: null on the screen. This also happens when I open the autocomplete samples. I am using Eclipse Galileo and the latest android sdk. Am I doing something wrong or is this

[android-beginners] Displaying Decimals with ListView

2009-08-05 Thread Jeff
Hello, I am creating a program as a learning experience. The program keeps a running balance of individual decimal values. What is displayed is the balance total, and below that is a list of the individual entries. The numbers are all double data type, and saved in the sqlite3 database as

[android-beginners] NullPointerException with autocomplete in layout

2009-08-05 Thread phill
When I open the sample autocomplete_1.xml in eclipse and view in layout mode the screen is gray with the message NullPointerException: null It does the same if I create a layout and add an AutoCompleteTextView item. I am using Galileo (3.5) and the latest sdk (just downloaded it). Is this a

[android-beginners] Textview Rounding Issues

2009-08-05 Thread Jeff
Hello, I am creating a program as a learning experience. The program keeps a running balance of individual decimal values. What is displayed is the balance total, and below that is a list of the individual entries. The numbers are all double data type, and saved in the sqlite3 database as

[android-beginners] Can't get the altitude from Location.getAltitude()

2009-08-05 Thread Horse
Hi, I use the geo command in the emulator console, and input geo fix -121.45356 46.51119 4392. Using Location.getAltitude() to get the altitude, but always return zero. How to get the altitude, when I use the geo command and getAltitude () method? Thanks for your help. BR, Horse

[android-beginners] Join android Group

2009-08-05 Thread android
Hello am i joining in android beginners group --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Help with Mac OSX

2009-08-05 Thread MidC Missile
Hello All, I am trying to build the Hello, Android application from the tutorial on the website on my Macbook pro with OSX Leopard in Eclipse 3.5. I follow the instructions on the website (http://developer.android.com/ guide/tutorials/hello-world.html) and receive the following error:

[android-beginners] Help with Mac OSX

2009-08-05 Thread MidC Missile
Hello All, I am trying to build the Hello, Android application from the tutorial on the website on my Macbook pro with OSX Leopard in Eclipse 3.5. I follow the instructions on the website (http://developer.android.com/ guide/tutorials/hello-world.html) and receive the following error:

[android-beginners] Trouble creating avd

2009-08-05 Thread priisholm
Hi, All new to Android development, I have installed the sdk and the eclipse-plugin on Mac OS and am trying to complete the tutorials. Unfortunately my problems start already trying to create an avd; using bash: my_user_name$ ./android create avd --target 2 --name basic_avd Android 1.5 is a

[android-beginners] Question About Software And Ect...

2009-08-05 Thread ║Rogue║
Do I need the Android Dev Phone 1 or the G1 to Debug the my written code? Or can I Debug it on my computer? Or is there software I can use that will act like the Android Dev Phone 1 but on my computer? Thank You For Reading My Post If You Have And Answer Please Feel Free To Post ;)

[android-beginners] How to push streaming from android

2009-08-05 Thread Ming-Yi Liao
I am trying to push the streaming from the Android (HTC Magic) to the remote streaming server, Does Android 1.5 support to push the RTP, streaming data ? Regards, Wyatt --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-beginners] XML Layout does not show AutoCompleteTextView

2009-08-05 Thread Phill Perryman
When I create a simple xml layout with a linear layout and add an auto complete text viewer all I get is a NullPointerException: null on the screen. This also happens when I open the autocomplete samples. I am using Eclipse Galileo and the latest android sdk. Am I doing something wrong or is this

[android-beginners] Re: JetBoy Sample Question

2009-08-05 Thread Hamed3d
I found the answer. it is being done in manifest: android:screenOrientation=[unspecified | user | behind | landscape | portrait | sensor | nonsensor] --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[android-beginners] Re: unable to install ADT plugin for europa eclipse 3.3

2009-08-05 Thread Kapil Gehlot
*i think its part of the webtools project. *this might help u *http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/main.html * *and/or * *http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/downloads/ * There's some useful information on installing webtools here:

[android-beginners] Re: Displaying Decimals with ListView

2009-08-05 Thread Mark Murphy
Jeff wrote: Hello, I am creating a program as a learning experience. The program keeps a running balance of individual decimal values. What is displayed is the balance total, and below that is a list of the individual entries. The numbers are all double data type, and saved in the

[android-beginners] Extending Activity Class

2009-08-05 Thread Persona
Hi there, I am writing a program that extends an Authenticator class and an Activity class. The Authenticator should request an input from the user, which I will then use an Activity class to implement a form/ View- which is the only way I know in Android. Ideally a GUI would be perfect, but this

[android-beginners] Re: XML Layout does not show AutoCompleteTextView

2009-08-05 Thread Xavier Ducrohet
This is a known issue which should be fixed in the next version. Xav On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Phill Perrymanphill.perry...@googlemail.com wrote: When I create a simple xml layout with a linear layout and add an auto complete text viewer all I get is a NullPointerException: null on the

[android-beginners] Re: Extending Activity Class

2009-08-05 Thread Mark Murphy
Persona wrote: Hi there, I am writing a program that extends an Authenticator class and an Activity class. You cannot do that in Java. Ideally a GUI would be perfect, but this is not supported I think in Android. Android is mostly GUI. That is the tricky part- and since I have limited

[android-beginners] Re: GPS location does not work on real device

2009-08-05 Thread Lorenz
Have you tried to put in the manifest file the necessary permission?? uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION/uses- permission uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION/uses- permission On 30 Lug, 07:35, zhen leowz...@gmail.com wrote:

[android-beginners] Re: Displaying Decimals with ListView

2009-08-05 Thread Jeff
Mark, Thanks for your reply, I was able to get it working. Here is what I did, with your ideas and also referencing http://www.anddev.org/gtalk-t1450.html. public class testListView extends ListActivity { ... private DecimalFormat myCustDecFormatter = new DecimalFormat (.00); ...

[android-beginners] Re: Help with Mac OSX

2009-08-05 Thread MidC Missile
Ok - so I start the emulator separately from eclipse, try to run the program and get the following output. The message loops until I quit. Any idea why? I am a complete newbie. Thank you. 2009-08-05 17:01:14 - HelloAndroid] -- [2009-08-05 17:01:14 - HelloAndroid]

[android-beginners] Re: Trouble creating avd

2009-08-05 Thread Xavier Ducrohet
which version of the SDK are you using? Try to manually create ~/.android/avd/ to see if it helps. Xav On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:00 AM, priisholmkenneth.priish...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, All new to Android development, I have installed the sdk and the eclipse-plugin on Mac OS and am trying to

[android-beginners] Re: unable to install ADT plugin for europa eclipse 3.3

2009-08-05 Thread nikita panchal
Hi All, yes, problem was because of older version of eclipse. now I am using eclipse 3.4.1 ganymede and this issue got solved. Thank you. On 8/4/09, nikita panchal.nik...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody, I am getting following message while installing ADT plugin for europa eclipse 3.3.