[android-developers] Re: 1.5 compiled image?

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
What OS are you planning to run the SDK on? Building a Linux SDK from source isn't too difficult. As yet I haven't found any instructions on how to build the windows one. Al. --- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ http://andappstore.com/ * == Funky Android

[android-developers] Re: 1.5 compiled image?

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
into compiling cupcake by myself. Thanks! Ivan Soto Fernandez Web Developer http://ivansotof.com On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: What OS are you planning to run the SDK on? Building a Linux SDK from source isn't too difficult. As yet I haven't found any

[android-developers] Re: 1.5 compiled image?

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
results as long as I find them. Thanks in advance. :) Ivan Soto Fernandez Web Developer http://ivansotof.com On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: I can give you those from my build of the SDK from last night if you want. I can't guarantee how well they'll

[android-developers] Definite need for a Cupcake SDK release details.

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
I've just run up cupcake emulator images in the 1.1 SDK emulator under windows and seen something that makes me very nervous about cupcake. Under 1.0, 1.1, and on the G1 the password entry page of one of my companies apps looks as shown in the far left hand image at;

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake availability?

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
At the moment it would appear that you need to build your own Linux cupcake SDK and Windows cupcake SDKs aren't available and there aren't any instructions on how to make one. Al. --- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * == Funky Android Limited is registered in

[android-developers] Re: Definite need for a Cupcake SDK release details.

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
like you were relying on that minimum size to get all the buttons aligned (which would be bad since such a layout would break anyway on devices with different resolutions and/or densities, but that's another topic.) On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: I've

[android-developers] Re: Definite need for a Cupcake SDK release details.

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
. Believe it or not, we heard you the first time. (And we were even smart enough to think about it ourselves ;-)) I cannot, at the moment, give you more information about the SDK but we're working hard on having one available as soon as possible. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Al Sutton

[android-developers] Re: Definite need for a Cupcake SDK release details.

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
topic.) On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: I've just run up cupcake emulator images in the 1.1 SDK emulator under windows and seen something that makes me very nervous about cupcake. Under 1.0, 1.1, and on the G1 the password entry page of one of my

[android-developers] Which one scales with the screen... Dip, sp, px.....?

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
Given the recent discovery with the cupcake emulator I'm trying to re-work the layout file so it's cupcake friendly and future proofed, but have hit a problem. What I want is for 6 buttons to take up a total of three quarters of the screen width, but I can't seem to find the measurement unit

[android-developers] Determining the firmware version

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
Is there any way to determine the version of Android that an app is running on? The reason being my latest idea was to turn off my on-screen keypad when running on cupcake. The problem is the firmware version shown on the about screen comes from android.os.Build.VERSION which appears to be a

[android-developers] Re: Determining the firmware version

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION.html On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: Is there any way to determine the version of Android that an app is running on? The reason being my latest idea was to turn off my on-screen keypad when

[android-developers] Re: Determining the firmware version

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
a stand-alone app which parses the layout file and creates 2 snippets of code ready to be pasted. Cheers On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: D'oh. Build.VERSION doesn't resolve, but Build.VERSION.RELEASE does. Thanks for the pointer. Al. -Original

[android-developers] Re: 1.5 compiled image?

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
has something like a carbon fiber background. I hope it fixes the lag like with the transparent background. Ivan Soto Fernandez Web Developer http://ivansotof.com On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: I'll upload them to a server and send you the URL . Al

[android-developers] Re: 1.5 compiled image?

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
emulator? Ivan Soto Fernandez Web Developer http://ivansotof.com On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: I got the onscreen keyboard whenever I clicked in an EditText (I had to click it even if it had the default focus). It then wouldn't go away until I clicked

[android-developers] Re: Which one scales with the screen... Dip, sp, px.....?

2009-04-03 Thread Al Sutton
, 2009 at 2:43 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: Given the recent discovery with the cupcake emulator I'm trying to re-work the layout file so it's cupcake friendly and future proofed, but have hit a problem. What I want is for 6 buttons to take up a total of three quarters

[android-developers] Re: Creampuff?

2009-04-02 Thread Al Sutton
Answered in your cross-post to android-discuss. --- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * == Funky Android Limited is registered in England Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK?

2009-04-02 Thread Al Sutton
Just for completeness of the records of this thread, this problem is fixed by installing unzip. Al. On Mar 25, 10:41 am, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: Tried a checkout and build of the cupcake branch this morning and got; Output: out/host/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-27 Thread Al Sutton
Bit of reference material for you http://oreilly.com/catalog/linuxkernel/chapter/ch10.html Al. _ From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dianne Hackborn Sent: 26 March 2009 23:16 To: android-developers@googlegroups.com

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-27 Thread Al Sutton
@googlegroups.com Subject: [android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling? Yeah... none of them have background apps. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: Ahh so that's how the PSP, DS, and iPhone do it Hold up, that doesn't

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-27 Thread Al Sutton
:44 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: And once again we get pointed back to the idea of pausing most (if not all) background apps to achieve a good user experience. Even the PS3 which has far better hardware than the G1 goes down this route as it pauses the game just to bring up

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-27 Thread Al Sutton
Or an Exclusive app and App that can pause exclusive app pair of permissions. If you really want to make this user friendly the settings page could allow users to select which apps with the App that can pause exclusive apps permission actually can pause the exclusive app (some users will want to

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-27 Thread Al Sutton
Ahh so that's how the PSP, DS, and iPhone do it Hold up, that doesn't sound right... :). Al. -Original Message- From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Romain Guy Sent: 26 March 2009 22:12 To:

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-27 Thread Al Sutton
on Android that can do smooth scrolling? Hi Al, Are you sure the PS3 pauses games to show its menu? I'm pretty sure this is up tot the coder. S On 27 Mar 2009, at 10:44, Al Sutton wrote: And once again we get pointed back to the idea of pausing most (if not all) background apps to achieve

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-27 Thread Al Sutton
disappear and what we need is hard data and discussions on how to solve this issue. But discarding background apps is not the appropriate solution, it's just one easy solution. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: I guess it comes down to the choice of do we want high

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-27 Thread Al Sutton
to override the override, and it just escalates from that. Again, there are well known ways to deal with these issues, and a special this is the only app running (wink wink) mode is not it. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: What I'm advocating

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-26 Thread Al Sutton
Got to say I'd prefer a good user experience to developer orientated features any day. All apps can be still be created equal, all that needs to happen is alongside the exclusive running permission there is an interrupt everything permission that allows an intent to pause an exclusive running

[android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling?

2009-03-26 Thread Al Sutton
Solve that problem and you'll have created the OS that Sony want on the PSP, Nintendo want on the DS, and every other games console manufacturer will want to replace their largely single tasking OS with. Personally I would wonder if users will wait for the scheduling issue to be solved when

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK?

2009-03-25 Thread Al Sutton
Tried a checkout and build of the cupcake branch this morning and got; Output: out/host/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES/temp_layoutlib_intermediates/javalib.jar Input : out/target/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES/core_intermediates/classes.jar Input :

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK?

2009-03-24 Thread Al Sutton
JBQ, Can you pass up the chain that the 'phrase ...you can be sure that you'll have an official SDK for a cupcake-originated release as soon as possible. should be planned to be a point in time (hopefully a couple of weeks) before a carrier releases a device with it on. I'm sure you're aware

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK?

2009-03-24 Thread Al Sutton
-developers@googlegroups.com Subject: [android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK? I'm personally involved in the relevant discussions, so you can rest assured that the people who need to know do know already. JBQ On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK?

2009-03-24 Thread Al Sutton
... But apart from that, I don't see a reason why this SDK would lag behind, and as I said, we want it to be released ASAP. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: JBQ, Can you pass up the chain that the 'phrase ...you can be sure that you'll have an official SDK

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK?

2009-03-24 Thread Al Sutton
availability on actual handsets, why all this fuss? On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: Dave, I understand the effort involved, but the choice for any SDK is really; a) Release the SDK before the devices and let developers test and prepare their apps

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK?

2009-03-24 Thread Al Sutton
, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: JBQ, Can you pass up the chain that the 'phrase ...you can be sure that you'll have an official SDK for a cupcake-originated release as soon as possible. should be planned to be a point in time (hopefully a couple of weeks) before a carrier

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK?

2009-03-24 Thread Al Sutton
Just double checked; http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/htc-magic still says Arriving in April in big clear letters. Al. -Original Message- From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Al Sutton Sent: 24 March 2009 18:47

[android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK?

2009-03-24 Thread Al Sutton
- From: David Turner To: android-developers@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:27 PM Subject: [android-developers] Re: Cupcake coming in April? Where is the SDK? Al, On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: Dave, I

[android-developers] Re: Error code

2009-03-22 Thread Al Sutton
I used to work for a company where anyone who checked in code that broke the build and didn't fix it within a couple of hours had to buy a round of cakes or doughnuts for the dev team. Amazingly enough it reduced broken builds as opposed to increasing wastelines. Al. Jean-Baptiste Queru

[android-developers] Testing a possible localisation issue?

2009-03-21 Thread Al Sutton
I've got a simple expenses program which I've received two crash reports that I can't reproduce for the life of me. One user is German, one is Austrian, so I'm wondering if there is something about the German localisation which is causing a problem. If anyone has a German G1 and would be

[android-developers] Re: Polite discussion of lite/trial vs pro distribution

2009-03-19 Thread Al Sutton
My solution would be to leave the old version on the market, then, under a new name, have the lite and pro versions. Put in the 325 char description that the old app is not supported and people may want to look at the new app name. Al. Keith Wiley wrote: First I will explain my situation.

[android-developers] Re: Android Developer Challenge II Cancelled?

2009-03-19 Thread Al Sutton
. The second ADC will definitely not be a clone of the first ADC. We expect to have all this finalized and announce rules within a couple months. The event itself will likely run in the second half of the year. - Dan On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com mailto:a

[android-developers] Re: Android Developer Challenge II Cancelled?

2009-03-19 Thread Al Sutton
and announce rules within a couple months. The event itself will likely run in the second half of the year. - Dan On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: Very very recently though. Googling for android developer challenge still

[android-developers] Re: Putting Android on Par with the iPhone Software

2009-03-18 Thread Al Sutton
I'm pretty sure Google makes a small cut on app purchases via it's checkout fees which are included in the 30%. Beyond that unless you've got access to all the legal agreements you can't say for sure that the OHA or other organisations aren't contributing something to Googles development

[android-developers] Re: Putting Android on Par with the iPhone Software

2009-03-18 Thread Al Sutton
Carl, I'm going to put the other side of the argument so we can look at this in a balanced way; Apparently 96% of submitted apps get accepted to the iPhone store, and Market also includes a we can pull it if we want to clause http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html

[android-developers] Re: Hosting APKs files on site works for emulator, but not device?

2009-03-17 Thread Al Sutton
Does the URL you're downloading from use a redirect or something similar to get to the apk? Many free file hosting or website hosting packages use a loading page and some type of redirect (a Meta refresh tag being one example), and there have been problems with those on the device (see

[android-developers] Re: Hosting APKs files on site works for emulator, but not device?

2009-03-17 Thread Al Sutton
it on an ADP1 and a G1, both on the T-Mobile network, and it didn't work. The emulator worked fine. The symptoms point to a proxy. On Mar 17, 2009 12:42 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com mailto:a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: Does the URL you're downloading from use a redirect

[android-developers] Re: global object? (singleton, intends, db)

2009-03-17 Thread Al Sutton
Have you actually benchmarked using the database against alternatives? You may find that although you consider the database slow it's the fastest option you have when compared to serialization methods. Al. DaRolla wrote: hello, in order to communicate with the server I need a huge global

[android-developers] Re: Using the word Android in a market developer name

2009-03-16 Thread Al Sutton
I've just had a look around some trademark registration databases and the only place I could find the Android trademark having been granted is in the US. There is an application in the UK Trademark office, but it's still being reviewed, so it's not a registered trademark. It'll be interesting

[android-developers] Re: Using the word Android in a market developer name

2009-03-16 Thread Al Sutton
the rights over certain usage, but unless Google is checking with them an approval from Google to use the word Droid may still land you in trouble for trademark infringement with LucasFilm. Al. Al Sutton wrote: I've just had a look around some trademark registration databases and the only place

[android-developers] Re: Development Platform Compatibility

2009-03-16 Thread Al Sutton
I'd go for XP64 personally. No matter what I do I can't get the G1 recognised by adb on 32 bit Vista, but I don't know if the same problem will happen on 64 bit vista, but I wouldn't take the chance. Al. Ralf wrote: I think the SDK and the Eclipse tools will work reasonably well with an XP

[android-developers] Re: Support from Developers

2009-03-16 Thread Al Sutton
Unfortunately I think it's something that some people just have in their nature, and I wouldn't like to promote the idea of behavioural modification :). Al. Alexander wrote: Al Sutton wrote: I'm afraid I think you're wrong. The reason for this is that last week I listed an application

[android-developers] Re: I must pay 25$ to distribute a FREEWARE on Android Market

2009-03-16 Thread Al Sutton
Do you want to move this discussion to http://groups.google.com/group/android-app-distribution There have been requests recently to keep this list focused on problems with the API. Al. bouvetloz...@gmail.com wrote: It's worse, if you're outside US/UK you can only distribute it as freeware,

[android-developers] Re: Copy protected app issue

2009-03-16 Thread Al Sutton
Read through http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/75535e3f0336149a Al. http://andappstore.com/ blues wrote: I chose copy protection for my application on the android market. There are some users complain they were not able to download the software from the

[android-developers] Re: Has anyone sold to users in the UK?

2009-03-16 Thread Al Sutton
You might want to move the discussion over to http://groups.google.com/group/android-app-distribution Al. Rajesh S wrote: not sure about who sold but i have bought from US developers sitting in UK. hope that answers. On Mar 16, 12:39 pm, s...@zooropa.com s...@zooropa.com wrote: We

[android-developers] Re: Support from Developers

2009-03-15 Thread Al Sutton
I'm afraid I think you're wrong. The reason for this is that last week I listed an application on Market and it's been received pretty well (Mostly 4 or 5 stars, average at the moment is 4 after 29 ratings), but, the first one star rating came less than 4 hours after publishing the app from a

[android-developers] Re: I must pay 25$ to distribute a FREEWARE on Android Market

2009-03-15 Thread Al Sutton
You make it available for download from your website and use alternative distribution channels such as AndAppStore. More information on the MIME type you need to use is at; http://andappstore.com/AndroidPhoneApplications/publishing.jsp Al. http://andappstore.com/ Chaton wrote: It's a joke !

[android-developers] Re: Problem Troubleshooting Vista ADB USB Connection.

2009-03-12 Thread Al Sutton
It's a long standing problem see http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/84c3cba9a05a561d The only solution I found was to use the Emulator and buy a cheap second machine to do interaction with the G1 and final testing (I bought an eeeBox with XP). Al. JLMG

[android-developers] Re: List of countries carriers

2009-03-12 Thread Al Sutton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Dream is the closest thing I've seen. Al. Noonien Soong wrote: Does anyone know a list of countries and carriers where phones with the Android OS can be bought? I searched for a while for this now but haven't found anything... Thx! -- * Written

[android-developers] Re: Problems with support from T-mobile/General Question

2009-03-12 Thread Al Sutton
I think 1 is best answered by a lawyer. As for 2; Google works with the providers, but what the providers ship is the providers decision and not Googles. Al. Joseph G wrote: Hello, I am having an issue that looks to be a bug on my Tmobile G1, but T- mobile isn't helping me resolve or

[android-developers] Re: Unified Database Populating Solution

2009-03-11 Thread Al Sutton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trie In my view the best way to do a static dictionary. Then populate the SQL database with and additions the user makes. Thing to remember; SQLites' design goals are read/write capabilities. That doesn't mean it's using the best way to handle read-only data. Al.

[android-developers] Re: Help!? Updating our applicatoin on the market deletes the saved SharedPreferences.

2009-03-11 Thread Al Sutton
Anyone found a way of subscribing to an individual issue? I'm sure there are many people who'd like to follow the progress of this one. Al. Tyler Ernst wrote: Here's the link to the defect http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2047 On Mar 10, 4:09 pm, Tyler Ernst

[android-developers] Re: No Latitude in ADP1.1

2009-03-11 Thread Al Sutton
And I think your answer is wrong. ADPs should provide be the lowest common denominator of Android device software. That way developers don't end up locked into a single market or device because they've used features which aren't available in some markets or on some devices. If you want to

[android-developers] Re: Help!? Updating our applicatoin on the market deletes the saved SharedPreferences.

2009-03-11 Thread Al Sutton
Of course.. it's so obvious ^^ :). Thanks, Al. Stoyan Damov wrote: Just vote for it (star it) and you'll get updates directly mailed to you. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: Anyone found a way of subscribing to an individual issue? I'm sure

[android-developers] Re: Merchant account signup down?

2009-03-11 Thread Al Sutton
You aren't going to get an official response from Google on this list. The Google engineers here are developers who get involved in technical discussions. You are now at the mercy of Googles support infrastructure. Al. jsdf wrote: Bump! It's been down for 15 hours for me now. I submitted

[android-developers] Re: Android Testing with TMobile G1

2009-03-10 Thread Al Sutton
If you're running Vista you may encounter problems with the USB connection. Al. Mike Pastor wrote: Fellow Developers, Has anyone experienced problems with using the TMobile G1 (usa) as a serious Android testing machine? Is it a seamless task to load the G1 phone from your development PC

[android-developers] Re: javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress cannot be found?

2009-03-10 Thread Al Sutton
Can I suggest moving this over to the Android-Beginners google group? Al. Mark Murphy wrote: Noam wrote: If that is so, how is google using it in their program?

[android-developers] Re: No Latitude in ADP1.1

2009-03-10 Thread Al Sutton
Mark, Just to add to JBQs' note, the T-Mobile UK G1 Firmware doesn't have Latitude (or Amazons MP3 store, or the mult-transport IM programme). I can't speak definitively for the other regions (Germany, Australia, etc.,), but my guess is that the ADP 1.1 firmware is probably up there with

[android-developers] Re: get the signkey of the apk

2009-03-10 Thread Al Sutton
You can't. The reason being is that it would allow you to create a modified version of the apk which would appear to have come from the original author, and that would create a security problem. Al. Dilli wrote: Hi all, I want to get the key (by which the apk signed) of the apk file

[android-developers] Re: Customers on metered data plans

2009-03-09 Thread Al Sutton
The moment unlock codes started doing the rounds the idea of being bound to an unlimited data contract went out the window. I, for one, have periods of time when my Android phone isn't using my T-Mobile SIM mainly because of reception problems where I live. My other sim does have a data

[android-developers] CupCake download stats

2009-03-09 Thread Al Sutton
We've started breaking down the download stats at AndAppStore by android version and device and it looks like around 10% of downloads are going to devices running Cup Cake. I was wondering if there was any chance of a CupCake SDK being released as a beta to allow developers to do some testing

[android-developers] Re: javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress cannot be found?

2009-03-09 Thread Al Sutton
unbump. Now try reading the SDK documentation. Al. Noam wrote: bump On Mar 8, 7:12 pm, Noam noam.ha...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I am using Eclipse to develop and application for the android platform. When I try to tell it import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress, it does

[android-developers] Re: microSD problems

2009-03-07 Thread Al Sutton
Many thanks for changing your approach to the list. I hope you find the list as useful as many of us do and look forward to your added input to the discussions. Al. Justin Allen Jaynes wrote: I apologize to the group for being so repetitive. Al is right. I should just hit the delete key.

[android-developers] Re: Testing for HTC magic

2009-03-07 Thread Al Sutton
One of the problem is the HTC magic has been doing the rounds since early Feb when Cupcake was still way off being finished, so it's easily possible that the device they're using is running flakey firmware. The first hits AndAppStore saw from Magics' was on the 5th of Feb, and since the 18th

[android-developers] Re: How to make android work fine with QVGA?

2009-03-07 Thread Al Sutton
QVGA isn't supported. See http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/msg/73ded3ba1fe7139e Al. larry Ming wrote: My phone's resolution is QVGA so the buttons of dialer are overlapped. Please help me how to resize the button of dialer or how to make android work fine with QVGA?

[android-developers] Re: Bluetooth modem

2009-03-06 Thread Al Sutton
Join the club. Unfortunately it's not possible with a stock G1 due to limitations in the firmware, but hopefully T-Mobile will see the light soon. Al. donnysp wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking of getting a T-Mobile G1 as a replacement for my existing Windows Mobile PDA. So far as I can tell it

[android-developers] Re: (OT) Is the combination of Android Market and Google Checkout a joke?

2009-03-06 Thread Al Sutton
does add traffic to the group. But if reminding the users of the group of it's clearly defined usages cuts just 20 illegitimate emails out of the list daily, a few posts like this are worth it. I think the majority of this groups subscribers would agree. Justin Al Sutton wrote

[android-developers] Re: manipulating markets popularity! - why should i develop app for android

2009-03-06 Thread Al Sutton
Have you confirmed yourself on a G1 that after multiple 'phone resets and comments/ratings they all stay in the market for more than 48 hours? I'd be surprised if there wasn't a filtering mechanism which looked for multiple comments/ratings from the same 'phone which ran (possibly as a daily

[android-developers] Update UK G1 not showing paid apps

2009-03-05 Thread Al Sutton
I've been playing with a UK G1 which has received the 1.1 firmware update (TC9), but it would seem that it can't access paid for apps. I'd appreciate someone else verifying this on another update UK G1, but when I switched the view to show paid apps only all the categories just have a message

[android-developers] Re: Uninstall built-in app

2009-03-05 Thread Al Sutton
I would suggest you don't even try to uninstall any other applications. Your application should not mess with other applications the user has on their 'phone. You will most likely see a huge user backlash once they discover your app has uninstalled other applications that they chose to put

[android-developers] Re: (OT) Is the combination of Android Market and Google Checkout a joke?

2009-03-05 Thread Al Sutton
John, It was my post you responded to and, believe it or not, I valued your response and stepped out of this thread to see what the general opinion was. I do have a vested interest in seeing the bad points of Market brought to light because these represent opportunities for AndAppStore, and I

[android-developers] Re: (OT) Is the combination of Android Market and Google Checkout a joke?

2009-03-05 Thread Al Sutton
Justin, Whilst it's nice to see new people on the list, it's probably best to get a feel for how the list works rather than trying to wade in with how you think the world should work because all you're doing at the moment is getting yourself on peoples auto-trash lists. The Google engineers

[android-developers] Re: G1 detected as 'offline' by Eclipse plugin

2009-03-05 Thread Al Sutton
, Cian On Feb 14, 6:12 pm, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: If you're running Vista you may just be stuffed. I have two machines, an XP one and a Vista one. The Vista one always lists the G1 as being offline and reports no problems with the driver installation (no yellow triangle

[android-developers] Re: how to preload an application

2009-03-05 Thread Al Sutton
Lawrence, Most of us on this list focus on the apps rather than the system image. It might be worth asking the question on the android-platform group. Al. Lawrence wrote: After we make build, kernel, system.img and userdata.img are generated. My question is, i wanna unpack system.img, and

[android-developers] Re: Regarding ADB offline message

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
the device is unplugged, then replugging it? I've had to do that to see the device once in a while, but I'm not using Vi$ta . On Mar 3, 2:58 am, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: If you're using Vista there is no fix. It's been broken for a while; http://groups.google.com/group/android

[android-developers] Re: Non-USD prices causing credit card rejections

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
Google is losing a small amount, they get their cut on Checkout fees when a user buys. Al. Stoyan Damov wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:03 PM, admin.androidsl...@googlemail.com admin.androidsl...@googlemail.com wrote: Just to add my comment from the other thread as I think its relevant

[android-developers] Android Market Survey running by Google

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
http://market.android.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=surveyforum=1hl=en Guess it's one place to express your opinions. Al. -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * == Funky Android Limited is registered in England Wales with the company number

[android-developers] Re: Set the DNS from an activity

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
It's not possible because it would create a security hole where applications could make users think they were going to www.mybankingsite.com whereas the DNS servers could be configured to send them anywhere. Al. Giorgio M. wrote: Anyone knows how i can set the DNS address from an activity?

[android-developers] Re: Set the DNS from an activity

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
Why would there be?, as I said before to allow it creates a security problem. Al. Giorgio M. wrote: Are there other ways to do it from an application? (e.g. executing a shell command) thanks - Original Message - From: Al Sutton To: android-developers

[android-developers] Re: Sell applications on market

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
And ADC II was due by the end of last year. bouvetloz...@gmail.com wrote: we will enable priced app support in Q1 for developers operating in these countries in the following order: (1) United States and UK; (2) Germany, Austria and Netherlands; (3) France, Italy and Spain. By the end of

[android-developers] Re: (OT) Is the combination of Android Market and Google Checkout a joke?

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
I'm getting more and more tempted to open up paid-for apps on AndAppStore where all payments go directly to the developers account so they can set the TCs. Would this be something people would be interested in? Al. Semprebon wrote: It would be nice if some other pricing models were

[android-developers] Re: Set the DNS from an activity

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
annoying... I'm looking for a more easy way to do it. Hope you can help me. thanks - Original Message - From: Al Sutton To: android-developers@googlegroups.com Subject: [android-developers] Re: Set the DNS from an activity Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:36:45 +

[android-developers] Re: Set the DNS from an activity

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
reason why it doesn't run on your system ? Hope you can help me. thanks - Original Message - From: Al Sutton To: android-developers@googlegroups.com mailto:android-developers@googlegroups.com Subject: [android-developers] Re: Set

[android-developers] Re: Set the DNS from an activity

2009-03-04 Thread Al Sutton
Instructions for which are at the end of that link. Al. David Turner wrote: On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com mailto:a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: If it's a fixed DNS server; then a trivial fix is to modify the init.rc file to setup the property

[android-developers] Re: Dev Phone and RC33 update

2009-03-03 Thread Al Sutton
of us who paid the $25? Why do I have to ask this question?... we really should be better informed. Thanks On Feb 28, 1:16 pm, Jon Colverson jjc1...@gmail.com mailto:jjc1...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 28, 6:46 pm, Al

[android-developers] Re: Are you localizing an app? Do you want to be?

2009-03-03 Thread Al Sutton
As you can only buy consumer devices in the UK US I would suggest English should be the primary language for your application. Beyond that it really depends on where devices become available and which countries you wish to support. Al. http://andappstore.com/ Nanard wrote: Hi Us

[android-developers] Re: Are you localizing an app? Do you want to be?

2009-03-03 Thread Al Sutton
I had to browser several web sites, blogs to find the info. It would be very helpfull if an official web page could be available to track this. On 3 mar, 11:03, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: As you can only buy consumer devices in the UK US I would suggest English should

[android-developers] Re: Regarding ADB offline message

2009-03-03 Thread Al Sutton
If you're using Vista there is no fix. It's been broken for a while; http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/5c9b33eb9373327f Al. vrukesh wrote: Hi, We are using Android 2.6.25 Linux Kernel on ARM-based chip and have Android SDK 1.0r2 on PC. When building

[android-developers] Re: Any Listener for shake movement ?

2009-03-02 Thread Al Sutton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQwUZe5Ms08 About 20 seconds in. Al. Stoyan Damov wrote: Define shake. On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:44 AM, gganesh ganesh@gmail.com wrote: hi, Is there any Listener able to listen for shake movement . when someone shakes the phone an event should be

[android-developers] Re: Non-USD prices causing credit card rejections

2009-03-02 Thread Al Sutton
: Looks like this question was originally asked in the right forum. JBQ On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?fid=5d08f29aeb3d97060004642249d98a40hl=en Google *really* need to do something

[android-developers] Re: Non-USD prices causing credit card rejections

2009-03-02 Thread Al Sutton
Thanks. It's *very* much appreciated. Al. Jean-Baptiste Queru wrote: I've already dropped a note to someone inside Google who might have visibility over this issue. JBQ On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: * JBQ, this isn't aimed at you

[android-developers] Re: How to get more sales on the Android Market

2009-03-01 Thread Al Sutton
...@gmail.com mailto:joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 27, 2:22 pm, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com mailto:a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: I see things at the moment as being similar to the Unix/Linux market place. I know many good Unix sysadmins who would rather spend

[android-developers] Re: Dev Phone and RC33 update

2009-03-01 Thread Al Sutton
in their code and thus eliminate the possibility of attackers scanning for a constant class name or byte code pattern). Thanks for putting the effort in to continue the conversation to this point. Al. Jon Colverson wrote: On Feb 28, 6:46 pm, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: method

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