I think you can extend the InputStream class and override its read
method and inside read you can cancel/stop the read loop operation
whenever you want to.
Here is the source for InputStream.java
http://www.docjar.com/html/api/java/io/InputStream.java.html
Let me know if this solves your
Hi All,
I am using android map api. To plot overlays, for some address I need to
get the lat lng values. I user GeoCoder to get the lat lng values based on
address. I am passing the complete address with City, State and Zip. But
the interesting part is, the GeoCoder does not always returns
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Ankur Avlani ankuravl...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone faced this issue?. Any help is highly appreciated.
This is a known problem. Wrap your geocoding in a loop of say 5 or 10
attempts, sleeping() for a second or so in between each call. If it's valid,
it should
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Frank Weiss fewe...@gmail.com wrote:
This is a problem that the Google engineers have acknowledged. As you
probably know, the issue is that the Android OS does delayed garbage
collection of - and possibly reuses - dead porcesses, however the
process name
Thanks for the links, they were most helpful. I worry, however, that
if I remove it from the Launcher that the user may not understand why
it is not there, and may not be able to figure out how to launch it.
I don't suppose that there is any way to remove it from the launcher
after it has been
Tabman,
I think that's the best idea yet, but I'm surprised the Apache classes
don't offer some mechanism for manually interrupting the I/O
blocks. After all, we can set timeouts on all of the I/O operations,
which will interrupt the blocks with socket timeout exceptions etc.
Thanks.
On Jan 7,
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 2:46 PM, John Gaby jg...@gabysoft.com wrote:
I don't suppose that there is any way to remove it from the launcher after
it has been run?
Don't think so. But if it's launch-able from the Market, you can display an
Activity that explains this from there. If the user can't
I was just using HttpClient (DefaultHttpClient from apache) and its
'execute(...)' method called in the background thread of an AsyncTask.
It was properly interrupted when the AsyncTask was cancelled.
On Jan 7, 3:17 pm, ivan istas...@gmail.com wrote:
Were you using SingleClientConnManager or
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:32 AM, niko20 nikolatesl...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi, setting anyDensity to True tells android that YOU will be
handling all density specifics, including supplying density specific
graphics. In other words, it won't scale anything.
Not really. The framework does a lot
Honestly though, you're already heading down a user-experience nightmare
path with this concept of add-on - seems like a simple concept but a lot of
users simply won't get it. The ones that do will probably understand why
it's missing. Good luck.
I know. I really wish that Google had an
Ummm, unless user backs up your app data I dont believe there is any
way to actually auto install are factory reset.
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Anyway to install App automatically when doing Factory Data Reset?
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Also maybe your app is the reason for the factory reset. IE Virus.
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Factory Data reset will remove everything and uninstall the third
party apps
So, how can i prevent my app getting uninstalled?
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On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:22 PM, John Gaby jg...@gabysoft.com wrote:
I know. I really wish that Google had an in-app purchase mechanism like
Apple (or would allow the use of 3rd party in-app purchasing like PayPal).
Maybe I need to rethink this whole concept.
Take a look at this thread:
hm... okay, so my web page looks like this:
a href=myproto://www.myproto.comTest/a
however, when I click on that on my phone's browser, it says Web page
not available The Web page at myproto://www.myproto.com might be
temporarily down or it may have
in my AndroidManifest.xml file I
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:55 PM, sdphil phil.pellouch...@gmail.com wrote:
so, what am I doing wrong?
The browser will not be launching an intent with that action. Your action
should probably be ACTION_VIEW.
Thanks for the link, it really cleared things up (*NOT*). It was an
interesting read, however. His situation is very similar to mine. I
would like to sell 'virtual content' from within the game. The way
Google is making me do it is absurd.
On Jan 7, 1:35 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com
so you mean like this?
intent-filter
action android:name=android.intent.action.VIEW/
category
android:name=android.intent.category.DEFAULT/
data android:scheme=myproto/
/intent-filter
this gives the same thing...
On Jan 7,
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM, sdphil phil.pellouch...@gmail.com wrote:
so you mean like this?
I do.
this gives the same thing...
Remove the action completely? Otherwise I don't know.
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FWIW, here is a sample project showing some of this stuff in action
(though not using myproto):
https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/Introspection/URLHandler
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:08 PM, sdphil phil.pellouch...@gmail.com wrote:
so you mean like this?
You also need to add category BROWSEABLE.
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On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM, sdphil phil.pellouch...@gmail.com wrote:
so you mean like this?
I do.
this gives the same
I guess my knowledge on the subject was not far off... I guess I was being
mislead by all these task killers and users complaining... They just assume
a visible process is hogging CPU and memory. Well it could on applications
that aren't managing things properly.
Thanks for your reply
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I kept telling my users I don't want to place an exit button cause it's
pointless! If you program the application properly there is no need for an
exit button on many type of applications such as mine, a media playback
application. I explain users and some understand while other don't...
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Does one of the HTTP support classes handle building a parameterized URL?
i.e one of the sort http://a.com/stuff?a=bc=de=f
Yes, I know writing one would be easy, but if there is already one out
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My app, Hearing Saver, registers a BroadcastReceiver to get the
ACTION_HEADSET_PLUGhttp://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_HEADSET_PLUGaction.
Because of a flag on this, the receiver cannot be registered via the
AndroidManifest, so I need to keep a service
I want to say thank you to Dianne Hackborn for correcting my mistaken
assumption that an Android process could serially host different apps. I'll
have to take some time to study how the Android OS manages processes and the
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Hello group,
I have a question for you all. I am trying to figure out a
Downloadable Content system for my app I am developing. I already know
that the DLC would be sold as a separate app on the Market place
(since they don't support DLC yet).
I want to get results back from polling an activity.
A client might have a use case for peer to peer or group sharing of
location.
Internet access, cell phone coverage not guaranteed.
Wifi is available on a large private LAN.
Users may have phones or more likely, tablets.
A group of users are assigned a known key.
User can periodically send their
Have you tried startForeground()?
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Jake Basile jakerbas...@gmail.com wrote:
My app, Hearing Saver, registers a BroadcastReceiver to get the
ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG action. Because of a flag on this, the receiver cannot
be registered via the AndroidManifest, so I need
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Scott Deutsch surger...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a question for you all. I am trying to figure out a
Downloadable Content system for my app I am developing. I already know
that the DLC would be sold as a separate app on the Market place
(since they don't support
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:40 PM, John Lussmyer johnlussm...@gmail.com wrote:
Does one of the HTTP support classes handle building a parameterized URL?
i.e one of the sort http://a.com/stuff?a=bc=de=f
Yes, I know writing one would be easy, but if there is already one out
there...
DLC = Downloadable Content
When I said Polling an activity I meanstartActivityForResult()
then use onActivityResult to grab the results
Now when you do startActivity, a screen will appear.
Now to your comment...I havent thought about a content provider or
PackageManager. I would
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Scott Deutsch surger...@gmail.com wrote:
DLC = Downloadable Content
When I said Polling an activity I meanstartActivityForResult()
then use onActivityResult to grab the results
Now when you do startActivity, a screen will appear.
That's for the user to
That's what I thought. Thanks.
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Is there a android SDK API to get DNS name servers from given URL,
using WHOIS query?
Or We will have to implement our own code and parse to decode the
response?
Any links?
thanks
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Actually, there are a number of ways that I could provide and in-app
purchase mechanism, but I am TRYING not to violate Google's TOS. They
are making it really hard, though.
On Jan 7, 2:30 pm, Tommy droi...@gmail.com wrote:
Have you considered some kind of webportal with the use of paypal and
After upgrading to ADT 8.0.1 with Eclipse Helios (3.6.1) I am still
getting freezes with code assist. Does anyone have any ideas to fix or
is this still a bug?
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On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:25 PM, RAJ trra...@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a android SDK API to get DNS name servers from given URL,
using WHOIS query?
Not that I am aware of.
Or We will have to implement our own code and parse to decode the
response?
A simple Google search on:
java whois
I find that, when using a actual device that is not rooted, that I
cannot see the contents folders created by my application. However,
if I know the exact name and path of a file, I CAN pull or push it
using ADB. Is there a way to prevent external access to application
files (on a non-rooted
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Moto medicalsou...@gmail.com wrote:
I guess my knowledge on the subject was not far off... I guess I was being
mislead by all these task killers and users complaining... They just assume
a visible process is hogging CPU and memory. Well it could on
On a user build, adb can not access any application files, with these
exceptions:
- If the app has declared itself debuggable, recent versions of android will
allow the shell user to change to run as that app uid and thus access its
files.
- If you create files that are explicitly marked as world
Just look for the other package by name with the package manager. Ensure
its cert is the one you expect to it can't be spoofed. If you want it to
cary data about what features you are enabling or whatever, you can use
meta-data tags under the application to supply whatever you want.
On Fri, Jan
Thanks for that info, didn't think about that.
So, that means the DLC app would do nothing which means you hide the icon on
the app list and only contain META-DATA tags in the manifest and the main
app would just read the other programs manifest looking for those meta-data
tagsinteresting,
I have considered it, but it's not really what I'm looking for so I didn't
try it. This service shouldn't be in the foreground, and the exact same code
didn't need to be to work in previous versions. I don't think the service is
getting killed because my onDestroy is not called and the service
I don't think you understood my question.
Given a list of key-value pairs, is there a utility class to build the
?key=valuekey=valuekey=value string.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:40 PM, John Lussmyer
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Jake Basile jakerbas...@gmail.com wrote:
This service shouldn't be in the foreground
Ambling Book Player works fine with the headset plug on my Nexus S,
and I'm reasonably certain that app uses startForeground().
I'm just suggesting you give it a shot. It's a
I'm not 100% sure I understand the question either but just in
case...this does it for a Post... and switching to a Get will do the
same thing.
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(urlString);
ListNameValuePair nvps = new ArrayListNameValuePair();
nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair(akey,
Except that you can't setEntity() on an HttpGet - which is what I need to
use.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not 100% sure I understand the question either but just in
case...this does it for a Post... and switching to a Get will do the same
thing.
I must be setting the files as world readable then.
I didn't know that if the app was debuggable that you could change the
shell to run as an app uid. Can you tell me what version of Android
that works for, and how I do that?
Thanks.
On Jan 7, 4:25 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com
OK, and the final answer is ...
You are right!
It is an installed app.
Turns out after some more research, Verizon has started including an
app as part of the system image that has similar keywords to ours.
The user tries to uninstall it and can't. So the user goes to the
Market App, finds our
What do you mean by similar keywords? Is it that the app label the user
sees is the same? Hopefully they don't both have the same package name.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:59 PM, nextgen nextgenfant...@comcast.net wrote:
OK, and the final answer is ...
You are right!
It is an installed app.
Unfortunately I don't recall exactly when it went in. Maybe 2.3? It is the
run-as command.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:42 PM, John Gaby jg...@gabysoft.com wrote:
I must be setting the files as world readable then.
I didn't know that if the app was debuggable that you could change the
shell to
I'll check it out shortly. If it happens to fix it I might include it as an
optional workaround.
As to onDestroy not always being called, where's the source for that? The
documentationhttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html#servlifeseems
to indicate it is always called.
oops my sincere apologies for cluttering android space with this
queryin fact, i am new to Java as well, so did not realize this is a
Java issue.
Will check the Java API documentation. Thanks for redirecting me.
Regards,
Ajay
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On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:40 PM, John Lussmyer johnlussm...@gmail.comwrote:
Yes, I know writing one would be easy, but if there is already one out
there...
Not only is it easy - you could have written it by now. Hell you could have
written it faster than your original email =P
So I was just wondering is openGL better in terms of making a 2dgame. does
it render faster then if I were to draw on a Canvas
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Quite possibly, but if there is a standard one that comes with the system,
i'd rather use.
Since it appears that there isn't one, I'll write one.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 7:42 PM, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:40 PM, John Lussmyer johnlussm...@gmail.comwrote:
Yes,
Please consult your dentist before attempting this.
Or hire a hamster.
On Jan 5, 10:10 am, Byron Penner bapenner...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm putting my vote on chewing it off!
On Jan 5, 12:06 am, Julius Spencer jul...@msa.co.nz wrote:
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Thanks for the tip. For the record, it works on 2.2. There have been
a number of times that I have wanted to be able to see the files for
my app, and I am glad to find that there is a way.
Thanks again.
On Jan 7, 6:55 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote:
Unfortunately I don't recall
Please keep in mind, if you don't use startForeground(), your service is not
critical, and its process *will* get killed occasionally in the background.
Depending on how you have coded the service (what you return from
onStartCommand()) it will or will not be restarted after its process is
On Jan 7, 5:16 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Bob Kerns r...@acm.org wrote:
You forgot the battery of permissions, one per email app, needed to
give users control over what app/spyware can receive these broadcasts.
Otherwise, though, you're
Tabman's answer might possibly be what you're looking for -- but the
more general answer I'd give would be:
You can't, and you generally don't need to. What are you really
trying to do? Most of the times that people think they want to abort
waiting IO, that's really not what they need. It's
I assumed it would get killed and attempted to design around that so that it
gets restarted. I return START_STICKY onStartCommand, which I interpreted as
meaning it will be restarted after it is killed. Is that incorrect? What can
be returned from onStartCommand that can cause onDestroy() to
Assuming there may actually be data to be transferred (or you invent
some), you can use an ArrayBlockingQueue.
Otherwise, wait()/notify() is a good choice, but you need to be
careful to handle the case that the UI thread does the notify before
you get into the wait() code. The usage pattern
Be nice to your users, making your application such an integral part
of their lives that they would never DREAM of doing a factory reset --
for fear of losing your app and ruining their lives forever.
Other than that, if you're an IT department wanting to make sure your
corporate apps aren't lost
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