[android-developers] Re: Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID not unique on DROID2?

2010-08-21 Thread Bob Kerns
May I suggest doing an SHA-1 hash of the IMEI (if present) and the ANDROID_ID? Or if you don't need a fixed length, you can use the concatenation, or you can fill in an IMEI of 0. Finally, if you really want to get paranoid, you can check for the bad ANDROID_ID, and if you have that, and no

[android-developers] Re: Why has my app disappeared from the market? Has this happened to anyone before?

2010-08-21 Thread blindfold
Same with me: suddenly 1 total, 0 active installs for my free augmented reality app. I presume it is a Market bug. Just hope my first use yesterday of Chrome to Phone did not trigger some bug... On Aug 21, 7:57 am, KG kevinconca...@gmail.com wrote: Mine did too.  However, the market is acting up

[android-developers] Re: GUI alignment ok for emulator and direct transfer but misaligned when published in Android Market?

2010-08-21 Thread RichardC
Have a read of: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html But start by changeing all pixel (px) units to density-independent pixels (dp) units, dp units scale with the pixel density of the screen. On Aug 21, 3:49 am, Mystique joven.ch...@gmail.com wrote: I read the

[android-developers] Re: Disappearing Alarms

2010-08-21 Thread mot12
- why does the log not show the alarm intent being FIRED? - why does the stock alarm suffer from the same problem? Of course I hold my own wake lock as soon as I receive the alarm intent. But the intent never gets fired (on some devices, in some situations). Here's an example one of my users

Re: [android-developers] Re: Why has my app disappeared from the market? Has this happened to anyone before?

2010-08-21 Thread YuviDroid
Also hereall my apps have disappeared (3 free and 1 paid..). If I open the Market right now, in the main screen, I get No matching content in Android Marketlol I hope that whatever they are doing to the Market will be fixed soon... On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 8:36 AM, blindfold

Re: [android-developers] Re: Internet Connection Bug Or Error ??

2010-08-21 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
Besides, network connectivity can become unavailable at any time, like in the middle of your download. So checking to see if it's available at some point in time is no substitute for error handling in networking code. -- Kostya 21.08.2010 1:43, Mark Murphy пишет: On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at

[android-developers] Re: Chilling news: Oracle sues Google over Android

2010-08-21 Thread RichardC
Have a look at this analysis: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100813112425821 On Aug 21, 4:01 am, gosh steve...@unimelb.edu.au wrote: Its true that if you look at the topics of the 7 patent Oracle cites: 1. Protection Domains to Provide Security in A Computer System 2. Controlling

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Licensing: Now Available!

2010-08-21 Thread Feelsocial
Hi all, I am facing the problem in licensing of my old published paid apps. Basically i have paid app which is published by version code 1. I implemented the license code on it, it working fine to me. Licensing server giving the response or allow that you can use it. But once i changed version

[android-developers] Facing licensing issue in already published paid app

2010-08-21 Thread Feelsocial
Hi all, I am facing the problem in licensing of my old published paid apps. Basically i have paid app which is published by version code 1. I implemented the license code on it, it working fine to me. Licensing server giving the response or allow that you can use it. But once i changed version

Re: [android-developers] Re: SSLException: Not trusted server certificate

2010-08-21 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
Ajay, A more cryptographically correct solution would be to install the missing сertfiicate pieces within your application, rather than accepting all certificates. That could be either the web site certificate itself, or Entrust's CA certificate. -- Kostya 21.08.2010 6:30, ajay davanam

Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
21.08.2010 2:46, TreKing ?: Droll. Very droll. What's the first thing that people do when an app comes up as 'available for update'? Everyone I've asked (techie and non-techie alike) says So, what's changed this time? Thus, changelog is a happy thing for everyone (that

Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread Natalie Hooper
On 21 August 2010 00:30, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.com wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we've discovered a business opportunity in the Android Market. Someone needs to write a book about how to market Android apps. Maybe it could be a little broader and include iPhone app marketing

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Licensing: Now Available!

2010-08-21 Thread String
I think you need to upload an APK with versioncode=2 to your Market console. You don't need to publish it, but you do need to upload and save that version before LVL will give a correct response for it. String On Aug 21, 9:15 am, Feelsocial feelsocial.andr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Market Licensing: Now Available!

2010-08-21 Thread ahmed jabir
Thx String 4 reply. I will try your recomendation . I will upload my new updated version app on market but not publish it. And then test, the licensing server response. I hope its will work fine to me... On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 2:29 PM, String sterling.ud...@googlemail.comwrote: I think you

[android-developers] Submit a Picture to server

2010-08-21 Thread Pedro Teixeira
Hi everyone... I wouldn't post about this again if I really wasn't frustrated about it.. I've been going through this for a whole week and still I'm not able to do an image upload... My code doesn't report any errors.. but not even the intent is working.. please take a minute to go through it..

[android-developers] Re: Add Media Files to Library in Froyo

2010-08-21 Thread Will
Thank you so much. This is very useful. On Aug 1, 7:23 pm, jdeslip jdes...@gmail.com wrote: It turns out when I added a file on /sdcard, they were not added. When I add using the /mnt/sdcard path it worked fine. Both paths seem valid (I guess one is a symlink) but only the /mnt/sdcard adds the

Re: [android-developers] Submit a Picture to server

2010-08-21 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
lineEnd is defined by your code as rn. Should be \r\n - did the email client eat it, or are you really missing the backslashes in your code? -- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 21.08.2010 14:07 пользователь Pedro Teixeira pedroteixeir...@gmail.com написал: Hi everyone... I

[android-developers] Re: NPE on WebView.onWindowFocusChanged

2010-08-21 Thread Jim
I am seeing this issue in the wild also. Jim On Aug 18, 10:56 am, Sharyu sharyuer...@gmail.com wrote: I also met this issue when launch a new activity to cover a webview. Can anyone helps? On 6月29日, 下午10时13分, GJTorikian gjtorik...@gmail.com wrote: Howdy-- I'm getting crash reports

Re: [android-developers] Submit a Picture to server

2010-08-21 Thread xiaguang Chen
You could build a simple server to accept the request from your programme on android platform, On the server side you could analazy the request easy and find the mistake. The simple server that you can use servlet or other programme language(such as python+django). It is very easy too. :)

Re: [android-developers] Cannot use the sdcard while connected by means of USB - problems testing

2010-08-21 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 8/20/10 17:07 , Kostya Vasilyev wrote: Fabrizio, You can try changing USB connection mode to Portal Tools. I've posted screenshots here: http://kmansoft.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/enabling-adb-on-the-motorola-milestone/ - -- Kostya

Re: [android-developers] Submit a Picture to server

2010-08-21 Thread Pedro Teixeira
I'm so embarassed.. can't belive I waisted so much time with this... Well anyway, better now than in one week or more.. thanks a lot Kostya!! Aparentlly the backslashes had been eaten before.. damn! :D thank you On Aug 21, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: lineEnd is defined by

[android-developers] Adding a contact without a READ_CONTACTS permission

2010-08-21 Thread Pinheiro
I'm trying to add a contact inside an app but the only working code I've found requires READ_CONTACTS permission. Here's the code: ContentValues values = new ContentValues(); values.put(Contacts.People.NAME, contactName); Uri uri =

[android-developers] I don't know how to use Animation translate

2010-08-21 Thread CaryWang
I use translate move image from top to bottom,but translate finish image jump to image initial position.I don't know why,I want move image from A to B,finsih this image stay B. -- Cary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To

Re: [android-developers] Submit a Picture to server

2010-08-21 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
Attack of zombie backslash eaters. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. At better Android phones near you. :) -- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 21.08.2010 15:13 пользователь Pedro Teixeira pedroteixeir...@gmail.com написал: I'm so embarassed.. can't belive I waisted so much time

[android-developers] Re: Programmatically expanding / collapsing items of an ExpandableListView

2010-08-21 Thread thilo.haged...@googlemail.com
Simply remember the last expanded group and collapse it before you expand another group. This way you don't need a loop. Try this: private int currentHourPosition = -1; // initial value @Override public void onGroupExpand(int groupPosition) {

[android-developers] Re: Chilling news: Oracle sues Google over Android

2010-08-21 Thread DanH
they have little to do with Java the 'language True. MS tripped over one of my Java-related patents when they were building .NET. Generally these patents will relate to implementation details, and will not effectively prevent the use of Java as a language. On Aug 20, 10:01 pm, gosh

[android-developers] Re: SSLException: Not trusted server certificate

2010-08-21 Thread DanH
That assumes that the web site's cert won't change for the life of the app. On Aug 21, 3:18 am, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote:   Ajay, A more cryptographically correct solution would be to install the missing сertfiicate pieces within your application, rather than accepting all

Re: [android-developers] Re: SSLException: Not trusted server certificate

2010-08-21 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
Right, it does. If the site in question is part of the phone application's infrastructure, I personally would find it acceptable. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 21.08.2010 16:06 пользователь DanH danhi...@ieee.org написал: That assumes that the web site's cert won't change

[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Every seller of products and services on planet Earth has access to the most dizzying array of marketing tools in human history Could you elaborate, especially on the free ones? I have no marketing budget. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

Re: [android-developers] Re: Scrolling in a ListView

2010-08-21 Thread Shashidhar
I have experienced the same error for my custom adapter. The problem is that when you scroll down it tries to construct the view to be shown on the list. In my case I was assigning null values for one of the spinner which is part of my list view item. Check if there are any null values in your

[android-developers] Re: Scrolling in a ListView

2010-08-21 Thread Sebastian Muehr
Thank you. I analyzed the the getTeamNames() method. There was a bug that created null-values. Now everything works as expected. Thanks again. - Sebastian Muehr - On 21 Aug., 14:57, Shashidhar shashi.zep...@gmail.com wrote: I have experienced the same error for my custom adapter. The problem

[android-developers] Android setBackgroundResource release memory?

2010-08-21 Thread guruk
Hi, I have 2 quiet big Animations each 50pics a 20kb Both defined as Animations .xml One I let start from the beginning and the second after a button click. //Start immediatly imgView.setBackgroundResource(R.layout.anim1); rocketAnimation = (AnimationDrawable)

[android-developers] Re: Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID not unique on DROID2?

2010-08-21 Thread OldSkoolMark
Perhaps this has already been answered in the originating thread, but I couldn't find it. The LVL docs suggest using additional features besides ANDROID_ID, and the question was which? Dianne Hackborne had issues with using the IMEI. Is using the MAC address a better option? On Aug 20, 12:04 pm,

[android-developers] Android + ClientLogin + CaptchaRequired

2010-08-21 Thread Eurig Jones
Hi, I'm currently implementing ClientLogin with Android and it's AccountManager via AppEngine, andI notice that in a response I could get CaptchaRequired (or possibly another, maybe TermsNotAgreed). I have yet to come across an example which deals with CaptchaRequired in the code which leads me

Re: [android-developers] I don't know how to use Animation translate

2010-08-21 Thread 李实
use onAnimateEnd() method. set the position to where you want. animation is just an animation. 2010/8/21 CaryWang wangjf...@gmail.com: I use translate move image from top to bottom,but translate finish image jump to image initial position.I don't know why,I want move image from A to B,finsih

[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread polyclefsoftware
On Aug 20, 6:23 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: TreKing, I haven't read all the posts on this thread. Generally speaking, I agree with your sentiment that the 325-character limit is artificial and, well, limiting. That being said... Yep, I'm now earning a healthy full-time

[android-developers] connecting mysql database

2010-08-21 Thread crajesh
Hi All, I am new in android. I want to know to connect the mysql database. Please give your opinion and give also examples on how to use any of the solutions. Thanks everyone in Advance. C.Rajesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread samspade79
I agree with TreKing. The marketplace is generally speaking pretty crap. I think we're all in agreement with that. Poor search, full of low quality apps and spam. Difficult to navigate. As for the character limit - 325 is way too little because you need to include text that users search for. I

[android-developers] Any Interview Question

2010-08-21 Thread crajesh
Hi, Can any one send me some basic information about Android. I have a interview. I really want to work in Android technology, its a new technology for me. so i need some help. Any one send me the interview question plz My email address is crajesh_2...@yahoo.co.in crajesh2...@gmail.com Thanks

[android-developers] TweetDeck android app like column view

2010-08-21 Thread warenix
Hi! The add/remove columns UI of TweetDeck android app is very promising. But I have no idea how to make one like that. If I make it with HorizontalScrollView, and the children with layout_width set to fill_parent HorizontalScrollView LinearLayout android:id=@+id/column_group_view

[android-developers] Re: SSLException: Not trusted server certificate

2010-08-21 Thread DanH
The current cert may only be good for another 6-12 months. And if the site isn't directly under the control of the app developer, the cert may change at any time, and may even be changed to use a different root. There's probably no good solution to this problem, but the best I can think of is to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread TreKing
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 3:25 AM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: A changelog in Market would be visible before an application is downloaded and installed. A changelog displayed by the application obviously is not. No, it's definitely not a perfect solution, but it's a completely

[android-developers] Re: Any Interview Question

2010-08-21 Thread RichardC
How long have you been working with the Android platform? On Aug 21, 3:55 pm, crajesh crajesh2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Can any one send me some basic information about Android. I have a interview. I really want to work in Android technology, its a new technology for me. so i need some help.

[android-developers] Re: enable/dissable fullscreen for lifetime of the app?

2010-08-21 Thread Moto
Ahh! nice! For some reason I was expecting an actual proxy port! :P So your method looks really good but it's just about the same thing if I create a CustomActivity class extends Activity and overwrite the methods I need to do special things such as checking user pref. I guess both ways can be

[android-developers] BETA testers needed :)

2010-08-21 Thread Brad Gies
Hi, I have an app that needs Beta testers, so if anyone is willing to help out it would be MUCH APPRECIATED :). I have one of the original T-Mobile G1's running 1.6, but I don't have access to any newer Android phones to test on. I was thinking of releasing it on the market just for one day

Re: [android-developers] connecting mysql database

2010-08-21 Thread Frank Weiss
Out of the many ways to interpret your question, I'm going to assume your Android app needs to query certain data you have in a MySQL database running on a server on the internet. The typical way that's done is add a web service on that server that performs the SQL queries locally and returns XML

Re: [android-developers] connecting mysql database

2010-08-21 Thread Miguel Morales
Don't connect to mysql directly from the android device. Any decent developer should know this. You'll have to create a web frontend for your data/app probably using a RESTful style. http://code.google.com/events/io/2010/sessions/developing-RESTful-android-apps.html On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at

Re: [android-developers] Any Interview Question

2010-08-21 Thread Miguel Morales
I hope you're joking because this post is funny. I don't understand how you can have an interview but don't know how to use google for information about Android. I hope never to use any software you write. On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 7:55 AM, crajesh crajesh2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Can any one

Re: [android-developers] Re: enable/dissable fullscreen for lifetime of the app?

2010-08-21 Thread TreKing
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Moto medicalsou...@gmail.com wrote: So your method looks really good but it's just about the same thing if I create a CustomActivity class extends Activity and overwrite the methods I need to do special things such as checking user pref. I guess both ways can

[android-developers] How to dismiss the virtual keyboard

2010-08-21 Thread John Gaby
I have several pages which are implemented using the ViewGroup class. I display a particular page by calling: setContentView(vg); Now if I go to a page which has an edit control, and touch within the control, the virtual keyboard is presented. If I now navigate to another page (and do a new

[android-developers] Pro and Lite versions of your apps

2010-08-21 Thread Chris Stewart
I've done a little searching and found a few different ways to do this, but I'm curious what the general consensus is. Most of what I found was over a year old and maybe there's a better way currently. -- Chris Stewart http://chriswstewart.com Fantasy

[android-developers] How to start a animation when activity starts

2010-08-21 Thread cindy
Hi Friend, I need to start a animation automatically for a activity without any user clicking. I know when activity is not ready, animation could not start. I used a thread to start it, however it is still not working. How could I know Activity is ready? Help is great appreciated. public void

[android-developers] Re: connecting mysql database

2010-08-21 Thread DanH
Any decent developer should know this. That's unfair. The OP did state that he was new to Android, and on other platforms you CAN connect directly to a remote database. This is a limitation/shortcoming/feature of Android. On Aug 21, 1:24 pm, Miguel Morales therevolti...@gmail.com wrote: Don't

[android-developers] Re: SSLException: Not trusted server certificate

2010-08-21 Thread Bob Kerns
The CA root certificates have very long expiration dates, so this is much less of a problem than you may assume. It's still an issue -- CA certs could possibly be revoked in the event of a vulnerability or theft. But those are relatively remote possibilities, beyond what most phone apps would

Re: [android-developers] Re: connecting mysql database

2010-08-21 Thread Miguel Morales
Any client type software that connects directly to a database is badly written. Insert a sniffer in there and go crazy on the database. On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:53 AM, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: Any decent developer should know this. That's unfair.  The OP did state that he was new to

[android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?

2010-08-21 Thread Doug
On Aug 19, 4:03 pm, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.com wrote: That said, I can't help but wonder if the phenomenon you report is due primarily to two factors: 1) when they are sold the expensive phone and plan, one of the key selling points is there are lots of free apps Droid commercials

[android-developers] Re: How to start a animation when activity starts

2010-08-21 Thread skink
On Aug 21, 8:48 pm, cindy ypu01...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Friend, I need to start a animation automatically for a activity without any user clicking. I know when activity is not ready, animation could not start. I used a thread to start it, however it is still not working. How could I know

[android-developers] huh? Let it be known

2010-08-21 Thread carbon14
Let it be known -- 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@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more

Re: [android-developers] How to dismiss the virtual keyboard

2010-08-21 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Did you try passing 0 in for flags instead of HIDE_NOT_ALWAYS? Also note that only the window that currently has input focus can control the IME. On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:46 AM, John Gaby jg...@gabysoft.com wrote: I have several pages which are implemented using the ViewGroup class. I

Re: [android-developers] Re: enable/dissable fullscreen for lifetime of the app?

2010-08-21 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Kantesh kantesh@gmail.com wrote: this may help u.. try it out..i am not sure..:) getApplicationContext().setTheme(android.R.style.Theme_NoTitleBar_Fullscreen); No this won't do anything you want. The application context is global to the process, but not

[android-developers] Re: open Activity from an other application via implicit Intent

2010-08-21 Thread Laxs
Thank you so much, by using the FLAG_DEBUG_LOG_RESOLUTION, i finaly found out what I did wrong. I send the Id as a Stirng but it was needed as an long. I added following line in App B: noteIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_DEBUG_LOG_RESOLUTION); and the System started talking to me :) --

[android-developers] Title Bar with Custom Progress Android

2010-08-21 Thread hwrdprkns
Hello, I am trying to implement my custom title bar with progress in android. I can get the application to show my custom title bar -- but showing the progress in my custom title bar doesn't work very well. Is there a way I can tell android to use the progress bar in my custom title rather than

Re: [android-developers] Adding a contact without a READ_CONTACTS permission

2010-08-21 Thread Dianne Hackborn
It is very hard to ensure that someone with write access can't also get data back from the provider, so generally no. Alternatively you could use the intent protocol to bring up the contacts editor with your data to allow the user to be involved with adding it, using SHOW_OR_ADD_CONTACT:

Re: [android-developers] Re: NPE on WebView.onWindowFocusChanged

2010-08-21 Thread Dianne Hackborn
It would help if people say the device(s) and version(s) of the platform they are seeing this on. On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Jim jimblack...@gmail.com wrote: I am seeing this issue in the wild also. Jim On Aug 18, 10:56 am, Sharyu sharyuer...@gmail.com wrote: I also met this issue

Re: [android-developers] Re: enable/dissable fullscreen for lifetime of the app?

2010-08-21 Thread Frank Weiss
I'm intrigued by ContextWrapper and ContextThemeWrapper to solve the OP, but I'm not clear on how to use it in that case. It looks like one way to use it is: class MyContextWrapper extends ContextWrapper { ...} and then use the constructor to use it as a proxy for a given context: SomeActivity

[android-developers] Re: enable/dissable fullscreen for lifetime of the app?

2010-08-21 Thread Moto
@TreKing Perfect I understand why to use your method since java in a way limits us from multiple extends :) Thanks man great help! @Dianne Thanks for that information now I know not to spend much time figuring out if I can set the full screen setting for the lifetime of the app... It's

Re: [android-developers] Re: Disappearing Alarms

2010-08-21 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:48 AM, mot12 martin.hu...@gmail.com wrote: - why does the log not show the alarm intent being FIRED? The stock platform does not log anything when an alarm is broadcast. - why does the stock alarm suffer from the same problem? I know that early releases of

[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread Indicator Veritatis
I think it is very interesting that you mention the Google home page example. For it is an excellent illustration of the point that I have been trying to make. That is, it does just as you observe, keeping the initial content short and to the point; catching the user's attention with the pretty

[android-developers] Re: Pro and Lite versions of your apps

2010-08-21 Thread String
Having done this on several apps, the best way currently is to use an Android library project. It lets you use the same code for multiple APKs, something that wasn't possible until the last couple of months. String On Aug 21, 7:45 pm, Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.com wrote: I've done a

Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread Mark Murphy
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: Every seller of products and services on planet Earth has access to the most dizzying array of marketing tools in human history Could you elaborate, especially on the free ones? I have no marketing budget. Step #1:

[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread Indicator Veritatis
I definitely cannot claim to be a typical consumer, but prompted by your phrase CTA bus tracker, I decided to try searching not using anything at the Android Market site itself, but using androidzoom. Get around Chicago like never before! Find stops, plan trips, and much more! is what I saw in the

[android-developers] Re: How to start a animation when activity starts

2010-08-21 Thread cindy
no it is not working: In android document, it says: It's important to note that the start() method called on the AnimationDrawable cannot be called during the onCreate() method of your Activity, because the AnimationDrawable is not yet fully attached to the window. If you want to play the

[android-developers] How to distribute expensive Android app

2010-08-21 Thread RLScott
I have a $300 iPhone app that I might like to port to Android. It is for a very narrow set of users, so no matter how low I make the price, I will never sell very many. But for those few users, it is definitely worth it, as evidenced by my iPhone sales. So the $300 price point is necessary.

Re: [android-developers] Pro and Lite versions of your apps

2010-08-21 Thread Leigh McRae
Here is what I did. - make an ant build file - add targets for versions such as paid and lite - have the targets copy the assets it needs to a scrap dir such as dist (I actually use antenna here to preprocess the source) - use something like ant regexp to the change the package and import

[android-developers] Re: Disappearing Alarms

2010-08-21 Thread mot12
Well, thanks for your help on this. I have been telling users to either - keep the phone plugged in - or use a night display mode of my alarm app that keeps the display alive over night (as long as they don't manually shut off the display, this also ensures the phone stays alive over night) Good

[android-developers] Re: Paid vs Free, My Early Experience

2010-08-21 Thread Indicator Veritatis
As often, Mark, your post has made a valuable contribution to this thread. You are quite right: he is not limited to Android Market. None of us are. I think I already have a reputation for pushing alternative markets at every opportune moment, and possibly at inopportune as well;) But I do have

[android-developers] Re: How to dismiss the virtual keyboard

2010-08-21 Thread John Gaby
Thanks for the reply. I tried passing 0, and it had no effect. Perhaps my problem is related to your comment about the input focus. Currently I have a function called SetViewGroup which is declared as follows: private void SetViewGroup(ViewGroup vg) { InputMethodManager

[android-developers] Re: Disappearing Alarms

2010-08-21 Thread Indicator Veritatis
'Often'? But when, exactly? Is there some document somewhere that tells us when the system acquires and releases wake locks? Is there some way we can tell when other apps acquire and release them? This whole thread has been an excellent illustration of why this information is valuable for Android

[android-developers] Re: How to distribute expensive Android app

2010-08-21 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
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[android-developers] Re: How to distribute expensive Android app

2010-08-21 Thread RLScott
On Aug 21, 6:55 pm, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) cor...@gmail.com wrote: http://tinyurl.com/29lwzlv Yes, I already did that Google search. But what about the other questions, like distributing outside of the Android Market and private licensing? -- You received this message because you

[android-developers] Re: How to distribute expensive Android app

2010-08-21 Thread Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)
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[android-developers] Re: connecting mysql database

2010-08-21 Thread Bob Kerns
Re: This is a limitation/shortcoming/feature of Android. No, it's not. It's a characteristic of SQL database connections, vs the characteristics of distributed clients. This is not new with Android -- well-written desktop applications use a service layer rather than direct connection to the SQL

[android-developers] Re: How to distribute expensive Android app

2010-08-21 Thread RLScott
On Aug 21, 7:08 pm, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) cor...@gmail.com wrote: http://tinyurl.com/23p53kc Can you also tell me what options I might have for enforcing licensing (i.e. Copy protection) if I am using direct private distribution? -- You received this message because you are

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to distribute expensive Android app

2010-08-21 Thread Mark Murphy
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 7:47 PM, RLScott fixthatpi...@yahoo.com wrote: Can you also tell me what options I might have for enforcing licensing (i.e. Copy protection) if I am using direct private distribution? There are some third-party solutions. AndAppStore offers one, for example. You are also

[android-developers] Want to hire someone to write and app to pull info from my website.

2010-08-21 Thread C.R.
Is anyone interested in writing an app to pull data from my website? I'm not looking for anything flashy, just something to search or pull the new entries. If this is not the proper place for this, where can I find someone to hire? http://whatsafterthecredits.com -- You received this message

[android-developers] Re: Scrolling in a ListView

2010-08-21 Thread KANTESH BABANNAVAR
One of the data you are providing to the list view may not be initialized or null. Put event log n check all values. On Aug 20, 12:06 am, Sebastian Muehr sebastian.mu...@googlemail.com wrote: In one of my projects I've got a ListView with hundreds of elements. But when scrolling through this

[android-developers] Question on Fragmented MP4 video playback on Android Phones

2010-08-21 Thread debatkol
Hi All, I am new to this group. I have a Fragmented MP4 video. By fragmented MP4 video, I mean the media data is not only contained in only one mdat box. Rather there are several moof (Movie Fragment Box) and mdat (Media Data Box) box pairs. Each moof contains navigation information to play

[android-developers] Re: enable/dissable fullscreen for lifetime of the app?

2010-08-21 Thread KANTESH BABANNAVAR
this may help u.. try it out..i am not sure..:) getApplicationContext().setTheme(android.R.style.Theme_NoTitleBar_Fullscree n); On Aug 20, 10:27 am, Kantesh kantesh@gmail.com wrote: this may help u.. try it out..i am not sure..:)

[android-developers] Re: Why has my app disappeared from the market? Has this happened to anyone before?

2010-08-21 Thread powell
I have the same problem. I cannot find my own application, neither my friend's app. Something is really wrong ! On 21 Sie, 07:46, Greg Siano gregmsi...@gmail.com wrote: My app is a legitimate app, it isn't one of those sexy wallpaper, etc. apps.  Its been on the store for a while.  I have a

Re: [android-developers] How to save in SIM from an Android Application?

2010-08-21 Thread huidong gao
hi, you can see packages/apps/Phone/src/com/android/phone/ANDList.java 2010/8/19 Lidy lidoc...@gmail.com Hello guys, I am working on an android project and i have to save a phone number from my application into a SIM card. Can someone tell me if this is possible and how ? Please help me

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Licensing: Now Available!

2010-08-21 Thread Hossein Kelidari
very good -- 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@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more

[android-developers] Re: Positioning a SlidingDrawer

2010-08-21 Thread Android808
I realize it's been over a month since you asked this question so you may have got the answer somewhere else or figured it out by now but without knowing anything about your code, it sounds like you have android:layout_height=fill_parent when you should have android:layout_height=wrap_content

[android-developers] Using Multiple Activities

2010-08-21 Thread CB
Sorry, I know that this topic has been covered a bit. I've read related posts and am still a bit confused. I am working on an app that while the prototype will have 3 main screens, it will eventually have dozens. Each screen will present either dynamically changing status or take user input. To

[android-developers] How to check the Foreground Process from a Service

2010-08-21 Thread Call_Waiting
Does anyone know how to, or if it's even possible to check the (foreground process/top of the activity stack) from a service? -- 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] Android and Proguard

2010-08-21 Thread neptune2000
There are several tutorials online for using ProGuard with an Android Ant build. There is nothing for using ProGuard with and Eclipse Android Package build. Is this possible? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this

[android-developers] Using make file of a cpp project in Android.mk

2010-08-21 Thread Mrid
HI all, I have a project which I can run on CPP and I used JNI to run it on Java. To make it run on Android, how should I call its make files in Android.mk or is there any other way to do that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group.

[android-developers] installing sdk problems

2010-08-21 Thread emre onal
Am I the only one getting so much problems installing the sdk? I am trying to install android in an 64bit Windows7. First when i run setup.exe, i got connection time out exception. Forcing https from the settings menu did not work. Then I tried setting proxy and port numbers from settings menu. I

[android-developers] setTraficClass() not working in Linux platform

2010-08-21 Thread seth
We are trying to run a simple java program using setTraficClass() in the following platform client_socket.setTraficClass(34) We are using java 1.6.0_10 on Linux 2.6.18-84.e15PAE We captured the IP header using Wireshark. But the Wireshark shows DiffServe as 00, How to get the value 34 ? --

[android-developers] Check Activity Stack from Service

2010-08-21 Thread Call_Waiting
Hey ya'll, I have an app that starts a service, then starts another activity previously selected by the user. Everything works on my app except I'm trying to get the service to kill itself, after it leaves the other activity without it having to come back to my activity. I've looked everywhere

[android-developers] Empty Spinner before first selection

2010-08-21 Thread William Ferguson
I have a Spinner configured with a ListAdapter that I want it to initially show as having no selection (I don't want it to default to the first item in the list). When the user clicks on the Spinner I want it to show the items contained in the ListAdapter and to choose one. I don't want to add a

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