[android-developers] Re: MediaMetadataRetriever works?

2008-09-03 Thread Peli
Will there be an alternative way in the near future (SDK 1.0)? This feature was quite useful... Peli On 3 Sep., 00:32, Megha Joshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not in the current sdk... 2008/9/2 Peli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there another way to extract a thumbnail from a video file? Peli

[android-developers] Adding standard More icon in submenu

2008-09-03 Thread Joa
Polishing my app, I am trying to add the standard More icon to the respective submenu. I can't quite make sense out of the following instructions: http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/R.styleable.html#IconMenuView_moreIcon The following code crashes: submenuMore =

[android-developers] MediaPlayer and LocalSocket problem

2008-09-03 Thread 3,14
I want to set LocalSocket FileDescriptor as a data source for the MediaPlayer. Here is my code: public class sipActivity extends Activity { public static final String S_ADDR = test.server; public class Server implements Runnable { public LocalSocket receiver = null;

[android-developers] Re: Orientation changes simulation

2008-09-03 Thread Andrew Stadler
Just to clarify things a bit, two different forms of orientation are being discussed here. The orientation changes that are triggered by emulator keys are gross orientation of the device itself - primarily, is the screen in portrait or landscape mode. Because the screen will be laid out

[android-developers] Re: Bug in Bitmap.compress when used on JPEGs?

2008-09-03 Thread kp
Maybe some of the requests are getting blocked. Try adding connect and read timeouts by rewriting the url.openStream() to openConnection().getInputStream(): URL url = uri.toURL(); URLConnection con = url.openConnection(); con.setConnectTimeout(3000); con.setReadTimeout(3000); Bitmap bmp =

[android-developers] Re: Bug in Bitmap.compress when used on JPEGs?

2008-09-03 Thread Kim Pedersen
Maybe some of the requests are getting blocked. Try adding connect and read timeouts by rewriting the url.openStream() to openConnection().getInputStream(): ... URL url = uri.toURL(); URLConnection con = url.openConnection(); con.setConnectTimeout(3000); con.setReadTimeout(3000); Bitmap bmp =

[android-developers] Re: getScale replacement for BaseAdapter in 0.9 beta?

2008-09-03 Thread Chris Cicc
Hey, I appreciate the prompt reply. Unfortunately I'm having trouble making complete sense of your instructions. I admit I'm new to Java and Android (though I'm very experienced in C#.NET so I'm picking it up pretty quickly). Right now I have the following code in an activity: Gallery gal = new

[android-developers] Re: Will android provide Mail API??

2008-09-03 Thread elvisw
I am now using some classes under the packages com.android.email.mail as my Mail API, and now I can receive mail from GMail. but have some problems to send mail using SMTP. I dont know to use the API to create MimeMessage actually. Anyone know about this??? my code to send mail with one text

[android-developers] Re: MediaPlayer and LocalSocket problem

2008-09-03 Thread Denis Rybakov
2008/9/3 3,14 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I want to set LocalSocket FileDescriptor as a data source for the MediaPlayer. Here is my code: Блять, опять русские --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-developers] Re: Using the ItemizedOverlay and OverlayItem

2008-09-03 Thread Peter Stevenson
Chris Chiappone wrote: Marcel, Thanks for that seems to work as you described. The only thing that doesn't seem right is the way the map draws the markers shadow. Any idea on how to correct that. Thanks. On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 2:03 PM, marcel-182 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

[android-developers] Re: Bug in Bitmap.compress when used on JPEGs?

2008-09-03 Thread snowcrash
Hi there, I think I was able to track it down. It seems to be based on how the JPEG was saved. If it was saved using Photoshop in 'normal' mode, it doesn't work. If it's saved using 'Save for Web Devices...', it works. The same applies for saving it with GIMP, it then works flawlessly, too. I

[android-developers] Re: Activity inside TabActivity: never bound to my Service.

2008-09-03 Thread marielisacr
Hi, I have the same problem, for some reason you can't bind a service in an activity inside tabs. Check this post http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/b58e2487ec03c200/8c2035b4149951ee#8c2035b4149951ee --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[android-developers] Can Android be installed on a Palm TX?

2008-09-03 Thread leeand00
I was just wondering if it would be possible to install Android on a Palm TX? Thank you, Andrew J. Leer --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email

[android-developers] Re: Some help with webservices?!

2008-09-03 Thread kennyg
Did you set the android.permission.INTERNET permission in the Android.Manifest.xml? Not providing this leads to unexpected errors when connecting. Kenny. Cezar Augustus Signori wrote: Hi all! i still try to send/receive data from/to webservices...well, i tried the kSoap2 (as almost of us),

[android-developers] Re: How to transfer Image bytes from MediaStore.Image ContentProvider to byte [] array

2008-09-03 Thread alexa
Bitmap bitmap = Media.getBitmap(getContentResolver(), imageUri); ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 90, bytes); ByteArrayInputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes.toByteArray());

[android-developers] Httpunit and Android

2008-09-03 Thread acet
Hello all, has anyone had any experience with using httpunit in an android project? I have been unable to build my eclipse project once i have imported the required files for httpunit. When I import the httpuint jar files: activation-1.1.jar js-1.6R5.jar jtidy-4aug2000r7-dev.jar junit-3.8.1.jar

[android-developers] Re: Adding standard Moreicon to More submenu

2008-09-03 Thread Joa
Sorry hit the submit button by accident On Sep 2, 9:53 pm, Joa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Polishing my app, I am trying to add the standard http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/R.styleable.html#Ico... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[android-developers] Re: Will android provide Mail API??

2008-09-03 Thread hackbod
Where did you get these classes from? These are not part of the SDK, nor internal implementation of the platform, as far as I know. Given that, you shouldn't be having classes in the com.android namespace, since that is reserved for android. On Sep 3, 12:55 am, elvisw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[android-developers] Creating pop-up menu

2008-09-03 Thread jalandar
Hi I am junior andriod developer. In my application of active note .I want to create menu-item list of main menu e.g. Options--1.New note--a.send ,b.delete,c.exit 2.help 3.exit (Here Options is main menu ) when i click on Options there should be pop -up list

[android-developers] Re: Mock Location Provider [SOLVED+IMPROVED]

2008-09-03 Thread Stefan Handschuh
I somehow improved Justins code. See http://pastebin.com/m1f06415f It has now a New-York based journey (longer than before) and the time-interval between each points can be set so that the update inveral (set to 500ms) can be arbitraryly small (see line 177) @Justin: if you like it, please

[android-developers] Re: Orientation changes simulation

2008-09-03 Thread blindfold
Nobody should publish their app without first running it on actual hardware. I don't know what your assumptions on resource constraints are, but while developing for J2ME, I've had to deal with a wide variety of firmware issues making that no single phone is representative either any more than

[android-developers] Re: Setting highlight text color (textColorHighlight doesn't do it)

2008-09-03 Thread Megha Joshi
If you want the textcolor to change to white when you select it...you should use ColorStateList. Say, you have a ColorStateList drawable named textcolor: selector xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; item android:state_selected=true android:color=#fff / item

[android-developers] Re: Orientation changes simulation

2008-09-03 Thread hackbod
Testing across multiple devices may be needed, though our goal is certainly to have much more consistency across devices than J2ME does. Testing on at least -one- device, however, should be a basic expectation. If you are running on the emulator, you have no idea how your app will behave on

[android-developers] Re: Multipart Messages - Is there an example how to get them work now. (Uploading to a web API)

2008-09-03 Thread Rajesh
Hi James, I downloaded the apache common jars and added them to my build path, but still I get org.apache.http.entity.mime cant be resolved. Don't know if I'm doing something wrong. I just followed the steps you had explained. Kindly let me know if there is anything extra I should do with

[android-developers] Re: allocation in loop each 1s

2008-09-03 Thread hackbod
You are making an http request every second? Though I don't know what you are doing, that seems way too frequent to me. This will be very hard on the battery, effectively causing the device to keep its radio turned on in a high power state for the entire time you are running. On Sep 3, 2:20 

[android-developers] Re: allocation in loop each 1s

2008-09-03 Thread hackbod
I'm not sure what you mean by framerate... we are talking about http requests, right? They shouldn't be tied to a frame rate. You really need to think about the repercussions of running on a mobile device: - When on a EDGE network, it can easily take more than a second just to set up a

[android-developers] Re: allocation in loop each 1s

2008-09-03 Thread barbapapaz
Hello it's for a map application you can see a video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cHyRdLi1D8 What are rational framerate for this type of application? For example when you use google map or google earth what is methodology? Thanks for your interest On 3 sep, 18:34, hackbod [EMAIL

[android-developers] Re: Orientation changes simulation

2008-09-03 Thread hackbod
On Aug 31, 3:58 am, blindfold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right. My own app includes a talking compass, but I cannot really test it and I may first have to wait for user reports with the T-Mobile G1. Nobody should publish their app without first running it on actual hardware. Once phones

[android-developers] Re: allocation in loop each 1s

2008-09-03 Thread barbapapaz
For framerate I'm talking about number of request by time unit. Each request I get messages and display it on map. I launch request only if map move Thanks for your advices! On 3 sep, 21:39, hackbod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by framerate...  we are talking about http

[android-developers] ListView and custom rows containing EditText

2008-09-03 Thread istv
Hello everyone, I had problems today concerning ListView/ListAdapter... I'd like to get an activity that is very similar to the New contact one in v0.9. Basically a ListView, that is expandable by custom rows containing EditText, RateBars, etc.. I tried by extending BaseAdapter's onView (the

[android-developers] Re: REST + JSON Web Service Client

2008-09-03 Thread Francisco
Hi everybody! I finally was able to call the web service i wanted from my application, i have a problem now. The String i get from the response method is removing my xml tags. I get Strings like the following: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? string

[android-developers] Re: Replacement for MapView's OnLongPressListener

2008-09-03 Thread Megha Joshi
2008/9/1 plusminus [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is the common replacement for MapView's OnLongPressListener (since its gone in 0.9) ? Since MapView's setOnLongPressListener() method is now removed...if you need the same functionality...you could try handling the OnTouchEvent() and passing it on to

[android-developers] Web search

2008-09-03 Thread android_dev
How to get web search results in an application (without launching the browser)? Can the getFromLocationName(...) be used for getting web search results given a search term? example: getFromLocationName(pizza San Jose, CA, 5) Will this return the pizza places around San Jose, CA?

[android-developers] Re: ListView and custom rows containing EditText

2008-09-03 Thread Jeff Hamilton
ListView isn't really meant to handle that type of UI with editable entries, as it manages the selection state of the items directly. It's designed to handle long lists of items that don't take focus themselves. The contact editing screen is using a vertical LinearLayout wrapped in a ScrollView,

[android-developers] Re: ListView and custom rows containing EditText

2008-09-03 Thread Mark Murphy
istv wrote: So, are there any solutions around that I did not see yet? I had a look at Mark Murphy's blog, and also some of the tutorials on anddev.org.. My gosh! A fan! ;-) I had problems today concerning ListView/ListAdapter... I'd like to get an activity that is very similar to the

[android-developers] Re: How to use the mic for audio-input in android

2008-09-03 Thread Megha Joshi
If you connect mic to your PC, the emulator should be able to detect it without any additional launch flags. 2008/9/3 HTP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! I'm trying to make an app that records audio from the microphone. In the new the SDK i think the emulator supports audio capturing. But I don't

[android-developers] How to use the mic for audio-input in android

2008-09-03 Thread HTP
Hi! I'm trying to make an app that records audio from the microphone. In the new the SDK i think the emulator supports audio capturing. But I don't understand how to get the emulator to use my computers microphone. The emulator pages says that I have to start the emulator this way: emulator

[android-developers] Re: Port JSON client to SDK 0.9

2008-09-03 Thread Francisco
FOrgot to mention this is a .NET Webservice running on my local environment. On Sep 2, 4:31 pm, Francisco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody! I finally was able to call the web service i wanted from my application, i have a problem now. The String i get from the response method is

[android-developers] Re: Bug in Bitmap.compress when used on JPEGs?

2008-09-03 Thread Bertl
I have another problem refered to Bitmaps, I save png pictures of CameraPReview, but when I show them a little smaller were reset, I have proved with Log.i(...) and Iit exists and with a normal value my Bitmap but when I write pic.width() pich.height() I get always null. Why?

[android-developers] Re: Web search

2008-09-03 Thread Megha Joshi
2008/9/3 android_dev [EMAIL PROTECTED] How to get web search results in an application (without launching the browser)? Can the getFromLocationName(...) be used for getting web search results given a search term? It can be used for location search. example: getFromLocationName(pizza

[android-developers] Re: Replacement for MapView's OnLongPressListener

2008-09-03 Thread Megha Joshi
2008/9/3 Megha Joshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/1 plusminus [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is the common replacement for MapView's OnLongPressListener (since its gone in 0.9) ? Since MapView's setOnLongPressListener() method is now removed...if you need the same functionality...you could try

[android-developers] Re: getScale replacement for BaseAdapter in 0.9 beta?

2008-09-03 Thread Chris Cicc
Any suggestions anyone? On Sep 2, 10:22 pm, Chris Cicc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I appreciate the prompt reply. Unfortunately I'm having trouble making complete sense of your instructions. I admit I'm new to Java and Android (though I'm very experienced in C#.NET so I'm picking it up

[android-developers] Re: Hide Emulator Keyboard

2008-09-03 Thread sacoskun
Hello Felix, You can easily change the default skin of the emulator to a skin which does not have a keyboard at all. This link will help you for this; http://sacoskun.blogspot.com/2008/09/android-emulator-skin-without-keyboard.html Regards, sacoskun On Sep 3, 10:05 am, Felix Geller [EMAIL

[android-developers] Re: ListView and custom rows containing EditText

2008-09-03 Thread Romain Guy
When you want to know how a screen is built, you can just run the hierarchyviewer tool from the sdk. It will show you all the views and their properties. On Sep 3, 2008 2:42 PM, istv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oookay.. Realizing New contact is not a ListView resolves all my problems here

[android-developers] Re: Orientation changes simulation

2008-09-03 Thread blindfold
Good points, hackbod. My app is mostly a port from an existing J2ME app that runs on many physical Nokia phones, so I guess I have a fair idea of the performance that I may expect because my CPU intensive parts are actually identical on J2ME and Android. If I may believe the rumors that the first

[android-developers] Re: Orientation changes simulation

2008-09-03 Thread hackbod
Btw, looking back, you are talking about making a talking compass that uses information from the sensor hardware... this is the exact kind of thing you need to run on real hardware to see how it actually works. On Sep 3, 3:40 pm, hackbod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It sounds like you will

[android-developers] Hide Emulator Keyboard

2008-09-03 Thread Felix Geller
Hi all, is it possible to hide the emulator's keyboard? cheers, felix --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: Android Music Player

2008-09-03 Thread Ran Trifon
Very nice idea :) On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Leszek Broniarczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi I would like to introduce project Pocket Android Player in 4 page comics -- Regards Leszek Broniarczyk -- Ran Trifon --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[android-developers] Re: Orientation changes simulation

2008-09-03 Thread hackbod
It sounds like you will generally be in good shape, but again I will say -- you should always always run your app on at least one piece of real hardware before releasing it. This app will be running in a completely different environment (interpreted dalvik code), and the general user experience

[android-developers] Search Invoke sample

2008-09-03 Thread android_dev
Question on the API demo - Search Invoke I launched this sample and have selected Automatic in the spinner. I also see a menu option Automatic. When this menu option is selected, it pops an alert that says To invoke search try menu+S However, menu+S doesn't bring the search dialog. Any issues?

[android-developers] Re: Search Invoke sample

2008-09-03 Thread Andrew Stadler
That's a bug in the Sample. On the emulator, you can use F5 to bring up Search (in the sample's automatic mode). For comparison, if you select Disabled, F5 no longer works - simulating an activity where you do not want to support any search capabilities. For comparison, you can see this in the

[android-developers] Re: Search Invoke sample

2008-09-03 Thread android_dev
Thanks. Will try this. On Sep 3, 4:23 pm, Andrew Stadler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's a bug in the Sample. On the emulator, you can use F5 to bring up Search (in the sample's automatic mode).  For comparison, if you select Disabled, F5 no longer works - simulating an activity where you

[android-developers] Re: Abort SMS broadcast

2008-09-03 Thread squeakypants
I'm working on a Twitter app that works though SMS. Twitter has a normal API, but I don't plan on getting an internet plan (and I doubt I'm the only one), and I'd still like to receive them on my phone. However, having to look at Tweets as normal text messages wouldn't be as comfortable as in a