[android-beginners] Re: Scrollbars Problem

2010-02-23 Thread Indicator Veritatis
He explicitly said he wanted horizontal scroll bars. Those are for horizontal scrolling; ScrollView supports only vertical. If the OP wants to scroll a TextView, he should look at http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.styleable.html#TextView_scrollHorizontally. On Feb 19, 3:00 pm,

[android-beginners] Re: Deactivate any calls to Log methods before publishing app

2010-02-23 Thread Indicator Veritatis
Hi, Justin- True to from, the official Android documentation on this property on http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html is not all that clear, but it seems to say just as you do: that it concerns using the debugger, NOT logging. But the OP had another closely related question

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Deactivate any calls to Log methods before publishing app

2010-02-23 Thread TreKing
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.comwrote: is is really true that all logging using 'Log' must be turned off to put the application on the market? No, it's just recommended that you do. I can think of lots of uses for logging that even the user can turn

[android-beginners] Re: Default Map Not Showing Up During Tutorial

2010-02-23 Thread Mike
So I went and attempted to write the same program on a different computer. It worked fine. I suspect that this is not an issue with the apikey, but rather some setting in my original computer that limits access to the internet (possibly higher security settings or some firewall). Anyways, thanks

[android-beginners] Re: Webview

2010-02-23 Thread Ken H
You need to capture the Back keyevent... public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event){ if((keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK)){ // put your code to recall page here } return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event); } But you have to be careful because Back is also how the

[android-beginners] Re: can't seem to stop my media player in a service..

2010-02-23 Thread jarnaud
hello, you are kind of committing suicide if you do super.onDestroy() :) -- Jay - Android training for developers on http://android.voxisland.com On Feb 18, 7:20 pm, ChaluxeDeluxe rynechal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I want my app to run a service in the background playing a sound. I created

Re: [android-beginners] Problem with my first very basic Google map application

2010-02-23 Thread wahib haq
hey imran, try to review your procedure in generating api key for google maps. you must be doing a mistake . regards, wahib On 2/21/10, IT imrantanvee...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone! I am new at Android.I have been trying from many days to make very basic google map application but

[android-beginners] Proximity alert for location already in.

2010-02-23 Thread Tej
Hi, If I add a proximity alert for a position say (x,y) and the device is already at that location, then I want an alert to fire. It seems that proximity alert doesn't work in this situation. Can anyone tell how can this functionality be achieved ? Regards, Tej -- You received this message

[android-beginners] Re: tutorials for a beginner?

2010-02-23 Thread Indicator Veritatis
There are lots of alternative tutorials. But they tend to be even more out of date than Google's. So the best course of action is to be persistent, live with the bugs you find in the online tutorials, finding workarounds by searching this group, Stack Overflow, and the open internet. There you

[android-beginners] Android alarm manager

2010-02-23 Thread Sam B
Hi, i have a class which sets an alarm but i need to set a more of these alarms .. instead of duplicating classes is there a way i can just make a new instance of the class and set the alarm time? Each alarm class will be triggered from a button in another class. Im trying to avoid having alot of

Re: [android-beginners] Proximity alert for location already in.

2010-02-23 Thread Mark Murphy
Tej wrote: If I add a proximity alert for a position say (x,y) and the device is already at that location, then I want an alert to fire. It seems that proximity alert doesn't work in this situation. Can anyone tell how can this functionality be achieved ? Check your location before you

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Proximity alert for location already in.

2010-02-23 Thread Mark Murphy
Tej wrote: Yes. Agreed. But in this case, the location I check may not be exactly the same as the point I want to register the proximity alert. How will I find out whether the two coordinates are within certain distance ?

Re: [android-beginners] How to trace the functions called ? [by the app]

2010-02-23 Thread TreKing
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Naveen DS naveen.cse@gmail.com wrote: I tried trace view and dmtracedump, but these show info about the System functions rather than the user defined ones in app.. http://developer.android.com/intl/de/reference/android/util/Log.html

[android-beginners] Re: Proximity alert for location already in.

2010-02-23 Thread Tej
Hey Mark, That was quick. Thanks a lot. I appreciate. Regards, Tejas On Feb 23, 2:02 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Tej wrote: Yes. Agreed. But in this case, the location I check may not be exactly the same as the point I want to register the proximity alert. How will I

[android-beginners] Filesystem sandbox

2010-02-23 Thread Ed Holley
I was thinking about making an app that emails and then deleted files (backups) from my sd card. I was wondering if that is even gonna be possible. I remember reading something about restrictions on manipulation of the files of other programs. Thanks I love watching this group even thought I

Re: [android-beginners] Re: Deactivate any calls to Log methods before publishing app

2010-02-23 Thread Justin Anderson
However, it would be a good programming practice to only leave logging on if you provide a way for users to get that information back to you if they have a problem... Otherwise it is just wasting cycles and battery and slows your app down a bit. Again though, the key word is SHOULD.

[android-beginners] Re: Help Cannot Deploy to Droid

2010-02-23 Thread Dale
Thank you! I was able to deploy to my Droid phone using this method. One question though. I have a few apps that I deploy my Droid through eclipse, but this one recently stopped doing so. The other apps will still deploy to it when it is hooked up. Is there there a project setting I should

[android-beginners] Error in Activity Lifecycle diagram? When to open/close SQLite db?

2010-02-23 Thread Bjoern
Hi, Looking at the activity lifecycle diagram here http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html#actlife I wonder, shouldn't onDestroy also be called if the process is killed (the path on the left braching off from onPause - Other Application needs memory)? Specifically I wonder

[android-beginners] Re: Why on Earth is it so hard to set up the development environment?

2010-02-23 Thread tony obrien
I think I understand your frustration I came from VisStudio and before that it was mostly embedded systems and UNIX. The android environment (somewhat like Java itself) tries to be a lot of things to a lot of people -- remember the write once, run many pronouncement of years gone by? You can

[android-beginners] ListViews, Tabs Back buttons!!

2010-02-23 Thread davidk
Hi all. I don't think I'll show code as I'd like to understand the correct method rather than get bogged down in syntax. I have three tabs which are going to hold three different RSS feeds. Focusing purely on the Tab 1, I'm loading a ListView of the required feed into that, this list has an

[android-beginners] How to get more than one result from Voice Recognition?

2010-02-23 Thread Roger
I see there is a parameter called EXTRA_MAX_RESULTS to limit the number of results you get back from the Recognizer, but I never get more than one anyway. Is there some way to get multiple closest matches back? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-beginners] Re: google gdata Calender api problems with android

2010-02-23 Thread ik
1. As written in http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener.html: monthOfYear The month that was set (0-11) for compatibility with Calendar. 2. Did you try to print startdate and enddate to be sure of their values ? Your code is not complete, where

[android-beginners] Dragging a particular view in a viewgroup

2010-02-23 Thread hr89
Hi i want to create a custom layout which should be like the home screen in which dragging of a particular view (folder , application icon etc) is possible.I tried with creating views in a viewgroup(customlayout) but i cannot able to drag these views so if any one know the

RE: [android-beginners] Problems installing Dev Kit

2010-02-23 Thread tinyang
What OS are you installing it on? -Original Message- From: android-beginners@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-beginn...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Subjective Effect Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:08 AM To: Android Beginners Subject: [android-beginners] Problems installing Dev Kit

[android-beginners] Re: How to trace the functions called ? [by the app]

2010-02-23 Thread fadden
On Feb 23, 5:38 am, Naveen DS naveen.cse@gmail.com wrote:   I tried trace view and dmtracedump, but these show info about the System functions rather than the user defined ones in app..br/ The android.os.Debug method tracing shows all methods. It doesn't discriminate based on whether

Re: [android-beginners] Fighting with Eclipse

2010-02-23 Thread Xavier Ducrohet
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Ralf Schneider li...@gestaltgeber.com wrote: Hello, I develop my application in C++ with the NDK. The C++ part is no problem for me. I'm using cygwin and Visual C++ (my project is completely cross-platform and I can test and debug everything with my desktop

[android-beginners] Re: GPS Can't get onLocationChanged to hit

2010-02-23 Thread cellurl
worked like a charm, thanks. jim On Feb 22, 10:03 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: cellurl wrote: I got it to work in an entirely different Activity, but this one uses a thread, so perhaps that's a clue. snip         @Override         public void run() {          

Re: [android-beginners] Fighting with Eclipse

2010-02-23 Thread Ralf Schneider
All you suggestion are working. Thanks a lot! - Ralf 2010/2/24 Xavier Ducrohet x...@android.com On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Ralf Schneider li...@gestaltgeber.com wrote: Hello, I develop my application in C++ with the NDK. The C++ part is no problem for me. I'm using cygwin

[android-beginners] I want to find source file which controls wifi signal icon on status bar.

2010-02-23 Thread bf wang
which file control it ? Tell me please! -- Best Regards! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Beginners group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from