Re: [android-developers] Re: (File export) What's going on with my code?[NEED HELP]

All the informations are here i guess! But there is not an example :( ! Plus, the examples in in the android dev site are not very clear! Please, can you help me(i'm noob, i know :( :D!) ? Thanks. Accessing files on external storage If you're using API Level 8 or greater, use getExternalFilesDir(

Re: [android-developers] Re: Problem Setting the Alpha Value for an Appwidget Background

No. The widget is shown by a separate process, which loads drawables independently from your own. You could push the actual in-memory drawable over with setImageDrawable (iirc), but that's not very efficient, although for a small image like that should be OK. 04.04.2011 19:16 пользователь "Jake Co

[android-developers] .Net Developer Job Opening - Valencia, CA

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[android-developers] Re: does NFC in gingerbread support card simulate?

Hey Michael, Thank you very much for you elaborate answer. As you suggested, I did not distinguish between smart cards and NFC tags. I have several follow-up questions regarding your answer. *Regarding P2P communication* - If I understand correctly, Android uses a proprietary protocol (which I

Re: [android-developers] Re: does NFC in gingerbread support card simulate?

Thanks for that Michael, That has got to be the most useful message in this list to date. - Brill Pappin Sixgreen Labs Inc. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Michael Roland wrote: > Hallo JMC, > > I think there is a big misunderstanding out there of what card emulation > is (and what it is not!

Re: [android-developers] Testing Topic Please ignore

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Noobs41bot wrote: > I keep posting, but they are not showing up... maybe its becuase of code > examples in the txt... No, it's because this forum runs on Google Groups. When posting assume it can take up to a week for anyone to see what you've posted. And be pre

[android-developers] Do OpenGL ES 2.0 phones also support ES 1.1?

Given that the APIs for OpenGL ES 2.0 and 1.1 are incompatible, I was wondering if there is always some inherent support for both in Android, or if it was on a per phone basis. I am developing an ES 1.1 game. On my phone, a nearly two year old model, the game drew quite well, visually. On my frien

[android-developers] Re: Text drawn by mPaint.drawText looks different with the default TextView?

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[android-developers] Re: Problem Setting the Alpha Value for an Appwidget Background

Nothing! Since the drawable is already associated with the layout, shouldn't it simply use the modified drawable? > "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev writes: KV> What do you do with "bg" after setting the alpha? KV> 04.04.2011 18:44 пользователь "Jake Colman" написал: >> >> Kostya,

[android-developers] Testing Topic Please ignore

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Re: [android-developers] Market Statistics not working

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:40 AM, Manuel R. Ciosici wrote: > Has anyone experienced something like this before? Yes, we have: http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/browse_thread/thread/7070b84290d452ae --

Re: [android-developers] Re: (File export) What's going on with my code?[NEED HELP]

Review this: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html And Google "Java IO". Once you have a better understanding of how the system deals with Files and what you're actually trying to do it should be a lot ea

[android-developers] Re: (Full) NFC support for Android (on a Nexus S, specifically)

Hey Nick, Thanks for your reply. The main problem with peer-to-peer NFC, is that it is not (yet) compatible with existing infrastructures that depend on RFID. Despite P2P NFC being easier to use for developers, and having more potential in the long run, and being - I presume - more secure (or, ea

Re: [android-developers] Re: widget on lockscreen

Hmm i noticed that MixZing is also having a lock screen widget. If this is only possible for HTC sense how they do it. On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Martin Obreshkov wrote: > Thanks > > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Al Sutton wrote: > >> It's a firmware thing, so yes, HTCs Sense can do

Re: [android-developers]StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when calling ava.net.URL.openStream

No destination is dynamically returned by other request to the server. Basically i am a server which returns a list of urls which i am processing in a for loop using this code. The server is querying a search engine and returns urls which content mach the desired search. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:0

Re: [android-developers] Re: Problem Setting the Alpha Value for an Appwidget Background

What do you do with "bg" after setting the alpha? 04.04.2011 18:44 пользователь "Jake Colman" написал: > > Kostya, > > Ok, that was easy. So now I don't crash but the background isn't > changing either! After setting the alpha value do I need to somehow > tell the appwidget to use the modified bac

[android-developers] Re: Problem Setting the Alpha Value for an Appwidget Background

Kostya, Ok, that was easy. So now I don't crash but the background isn't changing either! After setting the alpha value do I need to somehow tell the appwidget to use the modified background? Or am I actually going about this the entirely wrong way and not even using the right method? ...Jake

Re: [android-developers] Loading/flashing system.img, userdata.img

On 4 April 2011 15:34, Abhijeet Pathak wrote: > > Is it compulsory to have special Google Development phone for ROM > development or any Android phone can be used for this? You're already told to ask on the *right* group. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

[android-developers] Re: adb devices returns an empty list

Hi Frank, Thanks and I am going to post this message to android-platform group. regards, argon On Apr 4, 3:16 pm, FrankG wrote: > Hello Argon, > > IMHO you should switch to android-platform, as this kind of question > is out of scope of the android sdk. > > And their you should provide by far

[android-developers] Using RatingBar as Fav with one star

Hi, I tried implementing the Favourite functionaity for any Contacts using the RatingBar (having one Star). I set the rating a 0.0 initially (with stepSize as 1.0). On clicking, the star gets rating 1 (turns green) but further click to make it 0 is not working ( on setting stepSize as 0.5, Its get

[android-developers] Re: Activity lifecycle

In my tests, it looks like onSavedInstanceState() does not get called when switching from portrait to landscape mode, or vice versa. It does get called if you press the Home button. This is on an Android 2.1 device, but it most likely applies to 1.6 and afterwards as well. Does anyone know an ea

Re: [android-developers] Problem Setting the Alpha Value for an Appwidget Background

You are trying to load your own drawable from system resources. Get rid of the getSystem thing. 04.04.2011 17:23 пользователь "Jake Colman" написал: > > I want to be able to set the alpha value for my appwidget's background > so that I can control its transparency at runtime. After googling a > bi

Re: [android-developers] Re: (Full) NFC support for Android (on a Nexus S, specifically)

We're not in a hurry to add public API's for Card Emulation. It is a developers nightmare because most NFC hardware will only support one type of card emulation technology. And there are at least 4 very common types (Felica, Mifare Classic, Mifare Desire, ISO-DEP). So a developer would need to unde

Re: [android-developers] Android horizontal scroll list like Gallery

I think you can use horizontal scrollview with horizontal linear layout inside. Inside linear layout you can put items without listview, i hope. Do you have a better solution? Bye 2011/4/4 umakantpatil > Hey, > > I want horizontal scroll like Gallery. Im not using Gallery because its > center

[android-developers] Re: More on Fragment inflation

Code is here: http://callmeike.net/blake/android/contact-viewer-acp.tgz -- 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 a

[android-developers] Represent Graphically a Tree

What would be the best way to represent a data tree graphically? I've thinked to use a multi level TextView, but these levels are implemented into ListView or I must implement them into my code? Like a File Manager, wich the filesystem is the tree structure and the directory and files are the ite

Re: [android-developers]StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when calling ava.net.URL.openStream

What does destination String equal to? have you changed it recently? On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:40 PM, manigault wrote: > Hi all, > I faced really nasty problem these days. I am executing the following > code > > >    String destination = "";// this string is initialized before > coming here > >

[android-developers] Re: Text drawn by mPaint.drawText looks different with the default TextView?

Thank skink! But why the lines are thinner than TextView? How to handle that? On Apr 4, 9:41 pm, skink wrote: > On Apr 4, 3:37 pm, mathcat wrote: > > > In a custom view extending View, I call mPaint.drawText in the onDraw > > method, with a new Paint object mPaint. But the text drawn looks > >

[android-developers] Re: Text drawn by mPaint.drawText looks different with the default TextView?

Thank you skink! But why the lines are thinner? how to make them the same as TextView? On Apr 4, 9:41 pm, skink wrote: > On Apr 4, 3:37 pm, mathcat wrote: > > > In a custom view extending View, I call mPaint.drawText in the onDraw > > method, with a new Paint object mPaint. But the text drawn l

[android-developers] Re: Text drawn by mPaint.drawText looks different with the default TextView?

On Apr 4, 3:37 pm, mathcat wrote: > In a custom view extending View, I call mPaint.drawText in the onDraw > method, with a new Paint object mPaint. But the text drawn looks > different to the default TextView, the lines are thinner and not > smooth(like rope bitten by some insects). I just want

[android-developers]StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when calling ava.net.URL.openStream

Hi all, I faced really nasty problem these days. I am executing the following code String destination = "";// this string is initialized before coming here URL url = null; InputStream inputStream = null; try { url = new URL(destination); inputStream = url.openStr

Re: [android-developers] Re: Can't communicate with NfcB tag

Hi, Please don't hijack threads - this is a different discussion so a different thread :) I can give you a quick answer. We scan a *lot* of tags, and also noticed a small set of NfcB/ISO-DEP cards that are a little tricky. You have to orient the antennas in just the right alignment, and it can ta

[android-developers] Text drawn by mPaint.drawText looks different with the default TextView?

In a custom view extending View, I call mPaint.drawText in the onDraw method, with a new Paint object mPaint. But the text drawn looks different to the default TextView, the lines are thinner and not smooth(like rope bitten by some insects). I just want it to be the same look as TextView.How to do

Re: [android-developers] Loading/flashing system.img, userdata.img

Is it compulsory to have special Google Development phone for ROM development or any Android phone can be used for this? -- 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.

Re: [android-developers] Loading/flashing system.img, userdata.img

Yes.. But Google Android documentation also does not describe any other method than fastboot.. and that too for only few phones. Thats why I asked here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to a

Re: [android-developers] read character unicode form sqlite

I guess we're both right in some way :-) Here's the official documentation: http://www.sqlite.org/version3.html -- 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 un

[android-developers] Re: Resources can't be loaded in a Open GL live wallpaper

I have investigated this now and the same nullpoint exception happens everytime I call any of the ContextWrapper methods. This is very strange because GLWallpaperService extends from ContextWrapper, so there is an instance of ContextWrapper. I checked this with Log.i("this", ""+this ); which resu

[android-developers] Problem Setting the Alpha Value for an Appwidget Background

I want to be able to set the alpha value for my appwidget's background so that I can control its transparency at runtime. After googling a bit, I came up with the following: Drawable bg = Resources.getSystem().getDrawable(R.drawable.appwidget_bg); bg.setAlpha(100); This code throws a Resour

[android-developers] Re: in-app billing problems

Of course. That makes sense. Didn't thought of that. On Apr 4, 11:41 am, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: > A test account lets you make purchases with your actual product ids, as a > final test, before you publish the application. I don't think you can do > this with any other account. >  04.04.2011 13:3

Re: [android-developers] Loading/flashing system.img, userdata.img

This is not the best place to ask this. Try android-porting or http://www.xda-developers.com 2011/4/4 Abhijeet Pathak > I also tried using fastboot. > I am getting following response: > > #fastboot system /sdcard/system.img > Error scanning partitions : No such file or directory > > > > > --

[android-developers] Layout Question

I have a layout that is displaying the time in the format "7:35 PM". I'd like the display to be centered horizontally and vertically within the layout. Here is what I am using: http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; android:id="@+id/small_widget_layout" android:layout_wid

[android-developers] Loading/flashing system.img, userdata.img

I also tried using fastboot. I am getting following response: #fastboot system /sdcard/system.img Error scanning partitions : No such file or directory -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email

[android-developers] Loading/flashing system.img, userdata.img

I have downloaded froyo and gingerbread AOSP code and have compiled it. I have got system.img and userdata.img as result. I am using Samsung Galaxy 3 (GT-I5801) phone. I am not sure but I guess it doesn't support fastboot. How do I flash these images to my phone? And also, will they overwrite my

Re: [android-developers] Re: (File export) What's going on with my code?[NEED HELP]

I really don't know what method to use! all right, i have this: copyfile(context,"data/data/ carburant.android.com/files/alaa.peugeot.settings.dat",sdCard.getAbsolutePath() + "/Carburant/storeddata.dat"); I have to replace "data/data/ carburant.android.com/files/alaa.peugeot.settings.dat" by a met

[android-developers] DirectFb

Hi, I have followed the following link. http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/c97dd3301ffab308/c6a8f41261e619e8?show_docid=c6a8f41261e619e8 I have compiled successfully using the code you have suggested but i am not able to run it on the board. I have written an

Re: [android-developers] Re: does NFC in gingerbread support card simulate?

Hallo JMC, I think there is a big misunderstanding out there of what card emulation is (and what it is not!). First of all, NFC has three different communication modes: * Reader/writer mode, * Peer-to-peer mode, and * Card-emulation mode *Reader/writer mode* is used to access NFC tag (i.e. tags

Re: [android-developers] read character unicode form sqlite

2011/4/4 lbendlin > It doesn't actually matter how you store it as under the hood SQLite stores > everything as string. You can dso dirty type conversion tricks when reading. > > It does not store everything as a string. There are native types for integer, real and BLOB, in addition to text. Wh

[android-developers] Re: hide top alternative keys on soft keyboard

Do you mean the row that appears on autocompletion when you selected a word? -- 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

Re: [android-developers] Re: (File export) What's going on with my code?[NEED HELP]

A few things. 1 - For the target file, don't use "SDCARD" in your paths. Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory already gives you the path to the top-level directory ("root") of the memory card. Android 2.2 uses a path that's different from earlier versions, and you can rely on this function to

Re: [android-developers] read character unicode form sqlite

It doesn't actually matter how you store it as under the hood SQLite stores everything as string. You can dso dirty type conversion tricks when reading. >From my experience SQLite uses ANSI strings though so in order to read your Unicode data back you actually have to use byte arrays for readin

[android-developers] Re: Android Layouts Are Horrible

Maybe you should try a ListView instead. On Apr 4, 1:01 am, grndvl1 wrote: > Why is it I spend more time dealing with the layout of items than the > actual coding of the program?  The Eclipse Graphical Layout tool > really blows as it has a ton of errors and can't handle simple things > like ital

Re: [android-developers] Re: (File export) What's going on with my code?[NEED HELP]

So i maked this: catch(FileNotFoundException ex){ Toast.makeText(context, "File Not found", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); String x=ex.getMessage(); Log.d("Carburant", x); } Here is the message i get: 04-04 11:07:20.851: DEBUG/Carburant(377): /alaa.peugeot.settings.dat (No such fil

[android-developers] hide top alternative keys on soft keyboard

Hi all, I was wondering if it is possible to hide the top 'alternative' keys (!, ?, ", ', :, all in yellow) on the soft keyboard before showing it. I would like to conserve as much space as possible and as these keys would never be used in this specific case, it would be great if I could tell and

[android-developers] Market Statistics not working

Hello, Since April 1 I can't view statistics for one of my apps and for the other I only get statistics up to March 1. I've also been experiencing weird error messages saying that I can't have access to the information since I don't own the apps and Error 404 when I access the developer dashboard.

[android-developers] Android horizontal scroll list like Gallery

Hey, I want horizontal scroll like Gallery. Im not using Gallery because its center locked. Can some one here would help me out with this So I can have horizontal scrolling list? I think best example of this is pulse news reader :- https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alphonso.pulse Than

[android-developers] Re: WebView as map

Maybe i will use assets folder^^ On Apr 4, 10:28 am, hEngi wrote: > Hi, > I'm new in android. > I'd like to use a picture as a map. The easiest way is WebView. There > is zoom and i can pull the image etc. But i have a problem. I cannot > use my picture from res/drawable. I need to store it in th

Re: [android-developers] Tansition between two Images.

You could use http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setBackgroundResource(int) On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Aditya wrote: > Thanks for the response, But am looking something to be done in code > itself, not in xml. > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Raghav Sood wro

Re: [android-developers] Tansition between two Images.

Thanks for the response, But am looking something to be done in code itself, not in xml. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Raghav Sood wrote: > Hi, > > If the background image is literally a background you could set it in XML > using android:background="@dfrawable/whatever". If it is for a small p

Re: [android-developers] read character unicode form sqlite

Sqlite on Android is definitely Unicode aware and safe. Make sure you store and retrieve your data as Java String objects (not byte arrays). 04.04.2011 14:00 пользователь "thavorac chun" написал: > Hi everyone, > I'm working with sqlite right now and at this this moment i found a > problem related

[android-developers] read character unicode form sqlite

Hi everyone, I'm working with sqlite right now and at this this moment i found a problem related to reading data from sqlite that i can not solve it. For example i have a french word " Hôtel " that have been insearted to database and after reading it to represent in device, it turn to " Hà´tel "

Re: [android-developers] Tansition between two Images.

Hi, If the background image is literally a background you could set it in XML using android:background="@dfrawable/whatever". If it is for a small portion of the screen you could put it in an image view and draw the animation on top of it. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Aditya wrote: > Hello,

[android-developers] Tansition between two Images.

Hello, I need to keep an image in background and rotate or do any other animation on top of that with another image. But I cant keep any image in background. Can any one please help me? Thanks Aditya. --

Re: [android-developers] Re: in-app billing problems

A test account lets you make purchases with your actual product ids, as a final test, before you publish the application. I don't think you can do this with any other account. 04.04.2011 13:34 пользователь "Peter" написал: > I discovered the same. You need a production signed apk on your device >

[android-developers] Re: in-app billing problems

I discovered the same. You need a production signed apk on your device to test this. I also saw that you are charged for testing this. But you can refund the money later, so that shouldn't be a problem. Actually I don't get why I need to create a test account for testing this, because everything is

[android-developers] Start Dialer with delay

Hi, My issue is that need to show in Dialer correct number when incoming call, just trick number in Dialer. I tried to add temp contact to contacts DB, but Dialer doesn't sync the contact!? Is it possible to start Dialer with some delay or deny starting and then restart it? -- You received this

Re: [android-developers] Regarding security of the framework 2

On 4 April 2011 11:03, madushanka wrote: > What is the best file encryption mechanism should use with android OS? > symmetric algorithms(DES, AES, Blowfish) or asymmetric algorithms > (RSA, DSA, PGP). ? > Algorithms are usually NOT implementation dependent - crypto one are generic and independen

Re: [android-developers] Re: does NFC in gingerbread support card simulate?

Hallo Zhihong, I'm not sure what "function" you mean. In the Tags app i see a tab called "My tag" where you can share your tag with other Android phones (or any device that supports Android's non-standard way of exchanging NDEF messages over LLCP). If that's what you mean, that's not card/tag emul

[android-developers] Regarding security of the framework 2

What is the best file encryption mechanism should use with android OS? symmetric algorithms(DES, AES, Blowfish) or asymmetric algorithms (RSA, DSA, PGP). ? -- 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] to implement a gallery getting resource from a webservice

hi i am new to android i am implementing a gallery from the imageurl that i have obtained after parsing the .net web service using soap the code which i had implement is as follows: package com.WikiFun; import java.io.InputStream; import java.net.URL; import com.WikiFun.AddPicture.ImageAda

Re: [android-developers] Re: Is CursorAdapter ok to use?

I've never had an issue with reading on the UI thread, and even doing an occasional small update (and my current project does use a database and content providers quite a bit). Speficially, CursorAdapter is intended to be used from the UI thread - its data fetching callbacks, getCount, getItemId,

[android-developers] Re: Is CursorAdapter ok to use?

Yes, there is another thread, doing DB access as well. But I'm wondering about the general case: in general, doing any DB access (even queries/reads) can cause ANRs (the filesystem can be blocked, another thread or even another process could access the same DB, etc). So the question is: is CursorAd

[android-developers] WebView as map

Hi, I'm new in android. I'd like to use a picture as a map. The easiest way is WebView. There is zoom and i can pull the image etc. But i have a problem. I cannot use my picture from res/drawable. I need to store it in the phone cause i need an url to it. Is there any way to load picture from res/

[android-developers] HDMI out API

There is some API to handle HDMI out screen in Android or is just a copy of original device display? Thanks Sorin -- 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

Re: [android-developers] Is CursorAdapter ok to use?

Reading should be Ok, perhaph there is something unusual going on in your code? The last function on the stack is SqliteDatabase.lock - do you perhaps have a background thread that also locks the database for a long time? -- Kostya 2011/4/4 space > Hi! > > I got an ANR in an application which

[android-developers] Re: Android app download stats not updating

Yes, im seeing "no data" for all my apps now for the last 5 days. It would be good to have a solid update. Please! -- 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

[android-developers] Problem in setting Camera in 3D Android using opengles

hii m working on android 3D animation..i need to rotate my camera settings..using GLSURFACEVIEW i set up a viewport and frustum...now i want to rotate my camera in scene ...for that i need matrix of each object and of camera too...can anybody suggest any method so that i can render my scene fr

[android-developers] Re: Get data from EditText

Yes. On Apr 4, 3:36 pm, rishabh agrawal wrote: > How to get data from EditText & how to stored in Buffer i.e Integer.. -- 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.co

[android-developers] Is CursorAdapter ok to use?

Hi! I got an ANR in an application which used the CursorAdapter, and I started thinking if it's allowed to be used or not. It's pretty common to create a ListActivity (or just an Activity with a ListView) and set a CursorAdapter as adapter to it. However when the data set changes, the CursorAdapte

[android-developers] Get data from EditText

How to get data from EditText & how to stored in Buffer i.e Integer.. -- 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 and

[android-developers] ORMs for Android

Hi all, i have to save some complex data in to database, so for that i don't want to use sqlite3, instead of that i want to use any ORM supported by Android, I found db4o, i am try to implement that, in between i want to know from your side, is here any other ORM that Android has been supporting a

[android-developers] Re: adb devices returns an empty list

Hello Argon, IMHO you should switch to android-platform, as this kind of question is out of scope of the android sdk. And their you should provide by far more details. I.e. from where comes your platform, do you have the platform code, is the adbd started by init.d, can you see adbd using ps on t

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