Re: [android-developers] Re: Use Mobile Device CPU or Server CPU

2010-03-22 Thread David Ashwood
Use REST for the client/Server communication - it's lightweight and well defined. There's plenty of resources available on the internet with examples. Return JSON data from the server to the client - again it's a well defined method for returning structured data. Start simple - forget threading

Re: [android-developers] Use HTTP post method or Simple Java Socket Program

2010-03-20 Thread David Ashwood
Didn't you already ask this raqz? https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=cm#inbox/1277ab8600744cb5 On 21 March 2010 02:44, raqz abdulraqee...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Could someone please suggest me a good/efficient way to communicate with the server. I could think of two options 1) Use http post

Re: [android-developers] How to find email of the current user

2010-03-19 Thread David Ashwood
Direct them to your website to reset their password - use Google oAuth. No need to send them an email. The complete flow would be: 1) Install software on phone, direct them to your website 2) Request auth to link their Google acc with your site 3) Create the association between the install

Re: [android-developers] Re: android Telephony API access levels

2010-03-18 Thread David Ashwood
The Fring Android app does much of this already - which indicates that it's possible. On 18 March 2010 07:09, saru sarucs...@gmail.com wrote: Hi i am searching the same feature (specially accepting call) from last 3 months but found nothing significant 1.Some tell to change android source

Re: [android-developers] Re: Grrrrr.... 100 SMS per hour

2010-03-17 Thread David Ashwood
Youngsters with unlimited SMS plans on their mobile with a hip happening app that gives them chat like functionality and where recipients don't always have a smartphone. On 17 March 2010 06:47, Andreas andreas.bex...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sorry, but I can't hep thinking that there must be a

Re: [android-developers] dns failing in broadcast receivers?

2010-03-17 Thread David Ashwood
No idea - it the problem has only started manifesting itself since DST - then it's likely to be the cause. But it's something that's easy to test. Ensure the devices clocks are current accurate. On 17 March 2010 19:01, Jason Proctor jason.android.li...@gmail.com wrote: thanks for the

Re: [android-developers] Re: I don't HATE apple, but I found these interesting things yesterday, poor iphone developers.

2010-03-17 Thread David Ashwood
Checkout: http://oo-androidnews.blogspot.com/2010/02/ffmpeg-and-androidmk.html might give you a leg up. http://oo-androidnews.blogspot.com/2010/02/ffmpeg-and-androidmk.html On 17 March 2010 21:30, Kevin Duffey andjar...@gmail.com wrote: One of these days I have to dive in to NDK. I haven't done

Re: [android-developers] Grrrrr.... 100 SMS per hour

2010-03-16 Thread David Ashwood
Clickatel have a devent api and good rates. I push around 40k SMS's through them a week for various clients - http://bit.ly/dA7nPG They have a variety of interfaces - some of which support templating - which is handy if you broadcast SMS's. On 16 March 2010 14:53, Isaac Wagner

Re: [android-developers] Re: Grrrrr.... 100 SMS per hour

2010-03-16 Thread David Ashwood
Because something that's unfettered in a sensible way opens the door to abuse. On 16 March 2010 15:46, Mike dg vinb...@gmail.com wrote: D) Recognize that sending 100 text messages per hour is going to be expensive for many Android device users, and so having this confirmation is good for

Re: [android-developers] dns failing in broadcast receivers?

2010-03-16 Thread David Ashwood
Check that times are sync'd - I've seen some issues before where out-of-sync clocks caused DNS errors. On 17 March 2010 02:06, Jason Proctor jason.android.li...@gmail.com wrote: hey all, something weird just started happening. my app has a broadcast receiver which may access the network when

Re: [android-developers] About android.permission.INJECT_EVENTS

2010-03-16 Thread David Ashwood
Your asking for the permission to inject events from your application to others. It won't take away the ability for you app to receive input - it allows you to send something like a keystroke from your app to another. On 17 March 2010 02:25, Morris morrischen.c...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I

Re: [android-developers] Android Virtual Devices, can i uses it to simulate a android phone with most if not all features

2010-03-12 Thread David Ashwood
Yes :) On 11 March 2010 02:00, Cobra damo...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I want to gain expedience with goggle android both to help people with the likes of setting up email and connecting to wifi, and to gain some expeinces before i start to try and develop a app for them I am hoping to do