Re: [android-developers] Re: HTTPS access to PlayStore is very very very bad idea!

2016-05-17 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
What about the device and possibly user account information that might get transmitted as part of the download process? Encrypting the package while leaving meta data exposed will not help keep the application, device, or user account secure. On 5/17/2016 2:27 AM, Tourism SecondGuide wrote: > A

Re: [android-developers] Testing in-app purchases is incompatible with monotonically increasing Android versions

2012-12-15 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
I may be mistaken, but I think that with the first apk uploaded to test with, you can then distribute updated debug copies outside of the Play Store/developer console and the correct (or at least updated) behavior will be exhibited in those debug copies. As far as I know, you only need to have

Re: [android-developers] WTH?

2012-12-12 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
Because you're supposed to define that exception handling yourself, just like the rest of it? On 12/11/2012 1:31 PM, Larry Meadors wrote: This is in the android.test.ActivityUnitTestCase code: try{ // do some stuff here to build the activity to test } catch (Exception e) {

Re: [android-developers] Re: How can I use Google Maps in Android Apps

2012-04-06 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 4/5/2012 4:51 PM, g...@deanblakely.com wrote: I don't actually mean I can't get an answer from anyone. the answers I have gotten here and on StackOverflow are that Google Doesn't keep this mapview current. In other words my answers were that they just let it go. A more accurate statement s

Re: [android-developers] Re: SSL/TLS and ECC (Elliptic curve cryptography)

2012-02-07 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
I don't know much about EC, but if the provided HTTPS support doesn't work with it, you could always build your own class to implement a simplified version of the protocol over your SSL/EC transport. If you're interested in following that path, you can find the HTTP specifications at

Re: [android-developers] Should I buy my own apps?

2011-12-09 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 12/9/2011 2:35 PM, TreKing wrote: On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:34 AM, sblantipodi perini.dav...@dpsoftware.org mailto:perini.dav...@dpsoftware.org wrote: Should I really buy my own apps? Is that rhetorical? You can't do this anyway. Actually, I needed to do that very thing some months

Re: [android-developers] Re: Strikethru Differennt Color Than Text

2011-11-21 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
It's probably a font, not code. Most fonts have a strikethru character set and the operating system simply chooses it when indicated. I don't have an answer for this particular request other than the possibility of using a custom font, and then I'm not sure if it's possible to use it within

Re: [android-developers] Huawei Ascend

2011-03-31 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
I mentioned in another thread a few weeks ago that I never managed to get it working under Linux via USB because adb never recognized it. (My G1 and Nexus One were simple enough to get configured, but the MetroPCS version of the Ascend never got there.) I ended up rooting the phone, installing

Re: [android-developers] SharedPreferences.Editor.apply() -- very confused

2010-12-16 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
I think what Dianne was suggesting might be something like doing a switch on the user's Android version... This isn't necessarily working code but should give you an idea: Edit e = prefs.Editor(); e.put(Whatever,Data); switch(android.os.Build.VERSION) { case Build.GINGERBREAD:

Re: [android-developers] Re: EditText and auto-complete/correct

2010-12-13 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
Well, I'm just trying to create a memo field in this case, where the user can enter arbitrary text as a note to him or herself. From what I've seen and read, setting the android:inputType attribute chooses an appropriate input method for on-screen typing (for instance on the Nexus One). I've

Re: [android-developers] EditText and auto-complete/correct

2010-12-12 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
Thanks, but that's not quite what I'm referring to. I've gotten AutoCompleteTextView to work with items I have in a database, but I'm meant something more akin to this: http://betterandroid.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/preditcive-text.png?w=320h=480 . On 12/12/2010 11:57 PM, TreKing wrote: On

Re: [android-developers] AppsLib (Archos store) is not legit?

2010-11-10 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
A few months ago, I received a notice out of the blue that my app was being included at AppsLib and that I could click a link to manage the application at their site. They apparently skimmed some apps directly from Android Market to build their library, and then retroactively contacted the

[android-developers] Possible to check .apk signature?

2010-10-06 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
Until now, I haven't really concerned myself with app piracy; I only have one app under my belt for Android, it's in beta and it's free. I'm about to start development on another app and looking to use ProGuard for obfuscation and LVL as I would like to make it a paid app, and I've been

Re: [android-developers] Re: Possible to check .apk signature?

2010-10-06 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 10/6/2010 6:44 PM, DanH wrote: Supposedly PackageInfo.signatures[0] gives you the signature. However, there's a Catch22: You can't get the signature until the app is packaged, and you can't modify the app to insert the signature after it's been packaged. It would be better if one could get

Re: [android-developers] Licensing

2010-07-27 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 7/27/2010 2:11 PM, Shane Isbell wrote: It's addressing a direct need of developers. From my perspective, I wonder what the impact will be for alternative stores, as they can't use the service. http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en I imagine the alternative stores will

Re: [android-developers] Re: Licensing

2010-07-27 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 7/27/2010 2:28 PM, Mark Carter wrote: I found this line confusing: Adding licensing to an application does not affect the way the application functions when run on a device that does not offer Android Market. I assume they don't mean that licensing checks are bypassed if there is no

Re: [android-developers] Licensing

2010-07-27 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 7/27/2010 2:31 PM, Shane Isbell wrote: The implementation that Google offers also embeds code, which is inherently insecure but the docs also says: For example, a copy-protected application cannot be downloaded from Market to a device that provides root access This would limit the ability

Re: [android-developers] Licensing

2010-07-27 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 7/27/2010 2:48 PM, Tommy wrote: It would be interesting if other android market apps could buy or lease the rights to the License Server or have their market checked just like it does the google market records. Im sure if google wanted they could find a way to make that work. I have no doubt

Re: [android-developers] Licensing

2010-07-27 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 7/27/2010 2:53 PM, Trevor Johns wrote: On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Raymond C. Rodgers raym...@badlucksoft.com mailto:raym...@badlucksoft.com wrote: I'm not sure that this is inherently insecure. Yes, it does use libraries and a public key that will be embedded

Re: [android-developers] I would like to be able to buy an app for a friend

2010-07-27 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 7/27/2010 2:16 AM, Ryan IT Lab wrote: I know this was brought up in this post: http://goo.gl/lBwE But I would really like to be able to buy an app for someone. A Girl I am dating just recently purchased a droid eris on my suggestion - She upgraded to 2.1 a couple days ago and lost the

Re: [android-developers] Licensing

2010-07-27 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 7/27/2010 8:19 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote: On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Raymond C. Rodgers raym...@badlucksoft.com mailto:raym...@badlucksoft.com wrote: Agreed. After I wrote my part above, I even thought of another possibility... I haven't checked the API thoroughly

Re: [android-developers] Andriod Email Flaw

2010-07-24 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 7/22/2010 4:47 PM, Shulbert wrote: Hello I have noticed a flaw in Android, When connecting to an IMAP server Doesn't matter if it is Exhange or Unix the Android Email client will not close the connection. In order for IMAP to work correctly a client makes a conneciton and gets updates. If a

Re: [android-developers] Re: Encrypt with Android using AES, decrypt with PHP...

2010-07-19 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
There is slightly. You need to null pad the data being encrypted to make sure it's evenly divisible by 16 on Android. PHP does it automatically and silently. See my posts in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/022e3b4b61de9a7c?pli=1 Raymond On

Re: [android-developers] Re: Encrypt with Android using AES, decrypt with PHP...

2010-07-19 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
Well, I'm not talking security wise, just compatibility wise, nor did I say that this was Android specific. However, what I did say was that you do have to do this in order to get PHP-Android encryption working. Android to PHP encryption with AES will not just work without adding the null

Re: [android-developers] ItemizedOverlay database items: When do I update the OverlayItem list?

2010-06-29 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 6/29/2010 3:12 PM, Steve Howard wrote: I think some of the confusion might be coming from the fact that you're expecting too much high-level logic from ItemizedOverlay. ItemizedOverlay is a pretty basic class. You override size() and createItem() to do whatever you want, and then you call

Re: [android-developers] Google Maps API: Catching zoom and panning events

2010-06-10 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
On 6/9/2010 7:13 PM, Steve Howard wrote: On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Raymond Rodgers raym...@badlucksoft.com mailto:raym...@badlucksoft.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Steve Howard ste...@android.com mailto:ste...@android.com wrote: A simple solution is to

Re: [android-developers] Re: SDK and Linux 64 bits

2009-12-22 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
This has worked fine for me on Fedora 10-12. Did you follow the instructions on: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html In particular the section titled Setting up a Device for Development? Raymond Nanard wrote: Thanks for your replies. So, it seems like it should be

Re: [android-developers] Encrypting in PHP and Decrypting in Android

2009-11-25 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
Here is PHP code I lifed out of a project that I've now abandoned. I'll find and post the Android side of things later. The basics are that I used the Rijndael-128+ECB encryption combined with Base-64 encoding to transmit information back and forth between the application and the web server.

[android-developers] Extending the GMail app

2009-06-20 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
Is there any information on extending the GMail application? Or better yet, I for one am relatively irritated that I can't email or upload non-picture/video files that I might have on my SD card, so I'd like to create a provider of some sort to enable the ability to upload or email any

[android-developers] Re: Running Android SDK 1.1 R1 on Linux 64 bit Fedora 11 RawHide

2009-04-15 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
I've been running the Android SDK for some time on Fedora 10 64-bit without any problems; I didn't even need to do anything special (beyond downloading the Eclipse plugin) to get it running once I used the Fedora package manager to download and install Eclipse and the related Java development

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Business and Program Policies

2009-02-27 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
I haven't read through the terms recently, but it seems to me that Google will likely provide that same proof and try to fight the chargeback, but if the chargeback isn't rejected that they'll pass it along to you. That's just a guess on my part, but I believe that PayPal does something

[android-developers] API Call Management: Issues 54 and 675

2008-08-29 Thread Raymond C. Rodgers
Hi folks, Has any one gotten an API solution to reject and/or terminate calls as described in issues #54 and 675? Both of these items have been reviewed and accepted, but it doesn't appear that an engineer has been assigned to either one. http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=54