[android-developers] Re: R.drawable.list_selector_background doesn't yield in orange

2009-05-06 Thread alex
at 1:30 PM, alex gsm...@gmail.com wrote: Sure. But in my particular case I think setting the background to standard orange is better than introducing a custom color/drawable. On May 6, 9:53 pm, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote: Taps should always cause focus and selection

[android-developers] Re: Transport Data between Android and PC application

2009-05-06 Thread alex
I use REST over http (get, put, post, delete, google for it) + xml serialization (xmlpullparser which is built-in on Android) to do smth like this. The permission will obviously be internet access. On May 6, 5:13 pm, Tom thomas.coz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a webapp running on a PC using

[android-developers] Push Mail answers

2009-05-05 Thread Alex Jurgensen
HI, Try Funamble. Thanks, Alex, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[android-developers] Making a snapshot of an application with trasparencies

2009-05-05 Thread Alex Jurgensen
. A transparent button on the top rith corner. Is this relatively easy to inpliment? Should I use a library or something so that developers can just add this feature into their applications? Thanks, Alex, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

[android-developers] Keeping an application transparently on top of all other applications

2009-05-04 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, All, How can I keep my application which is a transparent window ontop of every other application so that the other application is seen unterneath as if beneath a pane of glass? Thanks, Alex, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

[android-developers] Accessibility of the visual UI

2009-05-03 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, All, My name is Alex Jurgensen. I am an accessibility consultant and technical administrator with VIPBC.org. As part of my roll as an administrator I manage projects arried out by my group. I am writing for help with a Google Code project dealing with the accessibility of Android

[android-developers] Eclipse and Mac OS X 10.5

2009-05-03 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, All, I would like to know how and where I can get the latest Eclipse AKA CocoaClipse beta. I can't find the file and would appreciate a link to the DMG Directly. Being Visually Impared I have no luck with the Carbon Build of Eclipse. Regards, Alex

[android-developers] Re: Accessibility of the visual UI

2009-05-03 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Thanks, It takes a very different approach I believe. I am aware of it and we may colaborate, but the end result will probably be different. They take the Windows/Linux Assistive Technology (AT) approach and I take the Mac OS X AT Approach. Thanks, Alex, On 3-May-09, at 6:50 PM

[android-developers] Re: Accessibility of the visual UI

2009-05-03 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Thanks for you help. Thanks, Alex, On 3-May-09, at 6:50 PM, Raphael wrote: Hi Alex, You should check out eyes-free for android. This is a project handled by several persons with similar goals to yours. The project is at http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/ Projects owners include

[android-developers] Re: Eclipse and Mac OS X 10.5

2009-05-03 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Thanks. Actually, a friend of mine sent it to me. Thanks, Alex, On 3-May-09, at 6:01 PM, Steve Lianoglou wrote: Hi Alex, On May 3, 6:52 pm, Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, All, I would like to know how and where I can get the latest Eclipse AKA CocoaClipse beta. I

[android-developers] Re: deleting an app from the market?

2009-04-29 Thread alex
Sure I've done this already. But why let it stick around? On Apr 29, 5:18 pm, MrChaz mrchazmob...@googlemail.com wrote: Un-publish the old one? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers

[android-developers] Re: What's this problem?

2009-04-24 Thread Alex
solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Apr 23, 6:29 am, Alex alex@gmail.com wrote: I have written a method, like this private Bitmap getBitmapFromUrl(String urlString) {   try  {     URL url = new URL(urlString

[android-developers] What's this problem?

2009-04-23 Thread Alex
I have written a method, like this private Bitmap getBitmapFromUrl(String urlString) { try { URL url = new URL(urlString); HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection(); InputStream is = con.getInputStream(); Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is);

[android-developers] How to make the music player recognized the AAC file in cupcake?

2009-03-24 Thread Alex
Hi all, From the opencore,we can see the aac file is supported to be played back. But the aac file can not be recognized in the music player. From http://groups.google.com/group/android- framework/browse_thread/thread/ed9f788504c3d35a/42d9c78a38235a19? #42d9c78a38235a19 and after I

[android-developers] Re: Regarding LBS - MASF client

2009-03-15 Thread Alex B
Hi, Kumar. See: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=blob;f=location/java/com/android/internal/location/LocationMasfClient.java The comment there says: Service to communicate to the Google Location Server (GLS) via MASF server and according to a quick web search,

[android-developers] How to scroll Gallery Widget manually

2009-03-13 Thread alex
() moveNext() scrollToChild( int pos ) but the visibility of this methods is default or private. So i can't override this functions, if I Inherit from Gallery class. can any one please help for a solution to scroll the Gallery manual ??? Thanks, Alex

[android-developers] Android and Epocrates

2009-03-09 Thread Alex Tsai
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/androidepocrates I started a petition to show the developers at epocrates that there is a demand for it on the Android platform. I dont know if this is an appropriate place to post this, but one of the reasons that I have yet to get a g1, is due to the fact

[android-developers] Re: remote service process persists (i.e. won't disappear from process table)

2009-02-24 Thread Alex B
Google employees... any ideas about this? Thanks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[android-developers] remote service process persists (i.e. won't disappear from process table)

2009-02-21 Thread Alex B
Hello service developers! At a certain point in my program, when I'm completely done with my service, my activity executes unbindService() and stopService() -- yet the process persists. I can tell that it persists because I run ps in adb -e shell: USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHANPC

[android-developers] Re: docs/reference/keywords.html

2009-02-18 Thread Alex B
Initially I went to the issues tracker, but the New Issue Description says NOTE: This form is only for reporting bugs. For questions, comments, or advice please visit: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers;. As this is not a bug, I posted here. I'm hoping that a Google employee will

[android-developers] docs/reference/keywords.html

2009-02-15 Thread Alex B
It seems that keywords.html has been removed from the docs as of 1.1_r1. Even if the developer docs search box was case insensitive (which it isn't), it would not live up to keywords.html. I found keywords.html incredibly useful and would like to request that it gets reincorporated with the

[android-developers] remove|delete res/raw files

2009-02-12 Thread Alex B
Is it possible to remove files from res/raw once the program is running? I'd like to include some mp3s in the app I'm making, but if the user doesn't like them, I'd like to provide the option to delete those files. Is there a way to delete files from res/raw once the app is running? How are you

[android-developers] Re: remove|delete res/raw files

2009-02-12 Thread Alex B
Marco, I'm really grateful for your reply because you've saved me from spending any more time trying to figure this out. Is this mentioned in the docs? If so, I missed it. If not, it should be mentioned as explicitly as you did. This is a minor set back, but an acceptable one given the reasoning.

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

2009-01-27 Thread alex
When we upload our localized apps to the Market, will we be able to provide our application descriptions in different languages? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to

[android-developers] SMS comes with a country code, cannot look up in contacts

2009-01-13 Thread Alex
in contacts. The country in question is Georgia (not the state). I've tested with two operators (Geocell and Magti), the problem appears with both of them. Thanks, Alex --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-developers] Re: G1 activation problem

2008-12-17 Thread Alex B
Vladimir, you only need data access for the 5 minute activation process. Beyond activation, the data plan is only necessary for always-on-networking; however, if you do not care for always-on- networking, you can definitely just use Wi-Fi networking intermittently -- that is, whenever you obtain

[android-developers] input configuration changed (when keyboard revealed or hidden)

2008-12-17 Thread Alex B
Hi! I am having trouble finding the API call to obtain information about whether the keyboard is revealed or not. When I am in portrait mode (keyboard hidden), and I slide the screen out (to reveal the keyboard), the following line is printed: I/WindowManager( 51): Input configuration

[android-developers] Re: Text-to-Speech for Android: Eyes-Free

2008-12-16 Thread Alex
Great library, thanks! Are different voices implemented? I am trying mTts.speak(Hello, 0, new String [] {TTSParams.VOICE_ROBOT.toString () }); with VOICE_MALE and VOICE_FEMALE, but getting the same voice that sounds like robot. On Dec 16, 9:31 am, plusminus stoeps...@gmx.de wrote:

[android-developers] Re: G1 activation problem

2008-12-16 Thread Alex B
Solution! I was able to connect via the *new* Fido SIM cards using the following APN settings: Name: Fido APN: internet.fido.ca Username: fido Password: fido MCC: 302 MNC: 370 * The new SIM cards (3G) use code 370 (three-seven-zero). The old Fido SIM cards (2G) use mobile network code 37

[android-developers] Re: precision of alarms using RTC_WAKEUP

2008-12-09 Thread alex
Thanks Diane, it looks likely that the issue was indeed with my wake lock. Seems to be working better. On Dec 8, 12:21 am, Dianne Hackborn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:18 AM, alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My problem is that some alarms (maybe 20% of them) fire late, up

[android-developers] precision of alarms using RTC_WAKEUP

2008-12-08 Thread alex
I am using the AlarmManager to set alarms with RTC_WAKEUP. And they work. Some of the alarms are set for times just a few hours in the future; others are set for days in the future. My problem is that some alarms (maybe 20% of them) fire late, up to 15 minutes late. Others are right on time.

[android-developers] Re: setResult crashed if portrait/landscape orientation changes

2008-11-27 Thread alex
I'm having a similar problem. Like you, I have an Activity A starting Activity B via startActivityForResult(). And, like you, my Activity B uses a Theme.Dialog so that Activity A is still visible underneath B while B is active. When I change the orientation of the handset while B is active, I

[android-developers] Re: setResult crashed if portrait/landscape orientation changes

2008-11-27 Thread alex
Actually I take that back. The saveInstanceState does remain intact when onCreate gets called. My issue is that after multiple orientation changes, sometimes A won't get destroyed and recreated, but merely resumed, and in onResume() my A's member fields are reset. On Nov 27, 1:09 am, alex

[android-developers] Re: setResult crashed if portrait/landscape orientation changes

2008-11-27 Thread alex
Sorry for yet another update. On the first orientation change, the savedInstanceState is indeed intact when A.onCreate() runs. But if I do another orientation change (again, with B being shown on top of A), the A.onCreate() is called with a null savedInstanceState. Alex On Nov 27, 11:14 am

[android-developers] G1 activation problem

2008-11-24 Thread Alex B
Has anyone been able to surf the web from their G1 *strictly* via Wi- Fi? ... how about, the wifi network created by their Mac laptop's Airport Internet Sharing? Has anyone in Canada been able to successfully connect via Fido (or any other carrier)? I am a developer in Canada -- and we don't

[android-developers] Re: Notification details Activity never receives Intent used to fire it

2008-11-24 Thread alex
Ok, so I ran into this exact issue too. I need to send different data via the extras of the intent, but the old intent with the old extras keeps getting delivered unless I pass unique values into the mysterious requestCode parameter. So this begs the question: is using the requestCode in this

[android-developers] Re: TextView breaks when adding using a string of over 4500 characters

2008-11-24 Thread alex
bump... On Nov 13, 1:21 am, alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have aTextViewcalled mSimple inside a ScrollView. When I do mSimple.setText(mDescription); Everything is fine as long as the length of mDescription is less than about 4500 characters.  Once I go over that amount, theTextViewwill

[android-developers] Re: get position of cursor in EditText

2008-11-22 Thread Alex B
Thank you so much! That is indeed the way to do it! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[android-developers] get position of cursor in EditText

2008-11-18 Thread Alex B
Hi! How does one determine the cursor position in an android.widget.EditText text view? Example: User types: quick browm fox. User realizes the typo (browm). User touches the text view just after the m, thereby positioning the cursor there. Now the view looks like this: quick browm| fox --

[android-developers] get position of cursor in EditText

2008-11-17 Thread Alex B
Hi! How does one determine the position of the cursor in android.widget.EditText? I am dealing with a situation where the user should be able to touch the text view, positioning the cursor where their finger touched, and then be able to press a virtual backspace button (on the screen),

[android-developers] TextView breaks when adding using a string of over 4500 characters

2008-11-13 Thread alex
I have a TextView called mSimple inside a ScrollView. When I do mSimple.setText(mDescription); Everything is fine as long as the length of mDescription is less than about 4500 characters. Once I go over that amount, the TextView will display only the first line of text on the display. Has

[android-developers] Re: Help: TabHost bugs and CameraPreview bugs

2008-11-12 Thread alex
I'd also like to know if there's a way to make tabs smaller, especially when in landscape mode. On Nov 6, 10:49 am, taoshen1983 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,  can some one help me with the following bugs? 1.  The CameraPreview bug seems to be well understood:  the camera needs to be in

[android-developers] Globabl Orientation Change

2008-11-10 Thread Alex
but it uses IWindowManager which seems to not exist in SDK 1.0. Thank you in advance. Alex --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-developers] Android Security Paper Now Available

2008-11-03 Thread Alex Stamos
of Android’s security model and offers recommendations on how to use the new Android facilities, such as BroadcastReceivers and Binder, more securely. If you have any questions or comments about the paper, please let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ask a question on Android-Security-Discuss. -Alex

[android-developers] Re: Issue with Calendar APIs

2008-10-24 Thread Alex B
In your Android SDK directory, look inside: tools/lib/res/default/xml/ time_zones_by_country.xml --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: Determining size of SD Card?

2008-10-22 Thread Alex B
This is indeed a significant issue. We should be able to check for space availability -- this is one important source of error information that we could be passing on to the user. Supposedly the media is mounted: android.os.Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(mounted) Supposedly I can write to the

[android-developers] Re: Error when loading app to 0.9 beta SDK

2008-08-19 Thread Alex Pisarev
Xav, I always wipe emulator with -wipe-data before starting it, so the output I am getting is the one with clean emulator. But still get an error. My APK is around 2.5 Mb - may be it's too much? Regards, Alex On Aug 19, 6:49 am, Xavier Ducrohet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi zero, -11

[android-developers] Re: Error when loading app to 0.9 beta SDK

2008-08-19 Thread Alex Pisarev
all getting confused by overloaded words here. Alex, I believe you are asking about non-public APIs, that is undocumented classes. These classes are no longer accessible, I believe in M5 some undocumented classes could be accessed by application code. The reason access is disallowed

[android-developers] Re: Error when loading app to 0.9 beta SDK

2008-08-19 Thread Alex Pisarev
is wrong with DEX? I can send my APK to you guys if needed. On Aug 19, 1:20 am, Justin (Google Employee) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I think we're all getting confused by overloaded words here. Alex, I believe you are asking about non-public APIs, that is undocumented classes. These classes

[android-developers] Re: Error when loading app to 0.9 beta SDK

2008-08-19 Thread Alex Pisarev
So, if private inner classes are still allowed, can someone explain why my application is not getting deployed properly? Thanks, Alex On 19 авг, 00:54, Alex Pisarev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Justin, I was talking about my own code which is not properly deployed (I am sorry for using

[android-developers] Re: Error when loading app to 0.9 beta SDK

2008-08-18 Thread Alex Pisarev
Android Team @ Google On Aug 18, 1:50 pm, Alex Pisarev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ported my app, did a clean build and when trying to deploy it to the emulator I get the following error: adb install AndroCom.apk 1882 KB/s (0 bytes in 2048642.001s)         pkg: /data/local/tmp

[android-developers] Re: Error when loading app to 0.9 beta SDK

2008-08-18 Thread Alex Pisarev
Yes, Megha, but I reckon that the source of the problems is not in Map API On 18 авг, 13:55, Megha Joshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you using Map apis? On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Alex Pisarev [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I ported my app, did a clean build and when trying to deploy

[android-developers] Re: Error when loading app to 0.9 beta SDK

2008-08-18 Thread Alex Pisarev
Justin, Is there any reasonable explaination why private classes are banned now? Regards, Alex On 18 авг, 14:02, Justin (Google Employee) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you mean by 'internal' classes? You mean inner classes or private classes? If you mean private classes, I believe, yes

[android-developers] Makefile config for jars

2008-06-17 Thread Alex
Hi I was wondering if there is a way to specify something in the android Makefile to force it to update jar files? I may have phrased that wrong, but the problem is that a lot of the times changes are made to the java code, the make process does not pick them up unless I do make clean. Your

[android-developers] Displaying User Input

2008-06-06 Thread Alex
Im looking for a way to take input from a user via. EditText, and displaying the user's input in Toast form. Any ideas? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group,

[android-developers] MapActivity onTouchEvent

2008-04-02 Thread Alex B
Hi, Has anyone managed to override onTouchEvent within MapActivity? I know that overriding onTouchEvent in MapView is possible, and I have done that, but I need to do it in MapActivity. I see it in the API in the section Methods inherited from class android.app.Activity. I have written the

[android-developers] Re: MapActivity onTouchEvent

2008-04-02 Thread Alex B
Indeed, you are right. Using dispathTouchEvent worked. Thank you kindly! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

[android-developers] Re: MapActivity onTouchEvent

2008-04-02 Thread Alex B
Sorry, I meant dispatchTouchEvent. I'm correcting it in case anyone searches for that keyword. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Developer program with access to real test phones

2008-03-31 Thread Alex
Does Google or the open handset alliance have any plans of setting up a developer program where application developers can have access to a variety of real test phones? I haven't seen any information on that so far. Alex khyawl.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

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