[android-developers] Re: sqlite resultsets over 1 meg in size

2011-08-16 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Yes, there appears to be some sort of limit. The only manifestation of it I've seen is when moving backwards in the cursor. You get a bunch of junk in the log and it becomes painfully slow. Forward scrolling seems fine. On Aug 17, 6:43 am, goosedroid wrote: > It seems that CursorWindow is lim

[android-developers] Re: is it possible to lock the phone remotely?

2011-08-16 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I'll help you out: No On Aug 16, 6:49 pm, Hitendrasinh Gohil wrote: > is there anyone to help me out? > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Hitendrasinh Gohil < > > > > > > > > hitendrasin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > is there any way to lock the phone remotly.i.e by push notification we > >

[android-developers] Re: How to show a map (maps are still images of each floor of a building)

2011-08-16 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
ImageView.setImage*(); On Aug 16, 9:22 am, gml wrote: > I am trying to create a prototype that could guide a person to his > destination place. > >     * place is a wide building with several floors. >     * i can obtain/retrieve the maps (still images). e.g. current:1F > destination:5F; so I can

[android-developers] Re: Google Development phones

2011-08-16 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I wouldn't get the "best" or "fastest" device as a development phone as 99% of your users won't have such a device and you may not get the true feel for the performance of your app. On Aug 16, 10:58 am, Mark Ayers wrote: > Wait til September, then get either a Nexus Prime or a quad core tablet. >

[android-developers] Re: Market license error for a handful of users

2011-08-15 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I had a report from a user that he updated his phone to 2.3.4 and now getting LVL errors. On Aug 16, 8:46 am, Cody Snyder wrote: > Is anyone else getting this? We get license-invalid but only for a > handful of users so it doesn't appear to be on our side, anyone know > how to get more info on wh

[android-developers] Re: how best to access string resources from AsyncTask.doInBackground

2011-08-10 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
That might work, though I cringe how bad an OO practice it is to define something as the concrete class when the interface would suffice. Not that my opinion on OO practices really matter. I sitll think that if an interface is not applicable for certain operations, like the Application Context ca

[android-developers] Re: Multiple APK support - Who's tried it?

2011-08-09 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I think the multiple APK support is useless unless you can price the different APK's differently. I am talking about the perspective of a non-game app where the only two APKs I can see supporting is a phone vs. a tablet version. And I would like them priced differently, also. On Aug 9, 10:59 p

[android-developers] Re: how best to access string resources from AsyncTask.doInBackground

2011-08-09 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Yeah, this is what I do and works fine, though I hate it that I cannot declare the member variable as an "ApplicationContext" and instead having to declare it as a Context. The reason I hate this is that I cannot provide a compile time checking so that I don't accidentally hold onto the the Activi

[android-developers] Re: Maintain listview scroll position while rotating device

2011-08-08 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
The scroll position is maintained on a rotate.If it's not, you are doing something to reset it. Please study the activity life cycle methods. On Aug 6, 1:39 pm, Kelvin wrote: > I was searching around but didn't really get a good answer of how to > maintain scroll position when rotating devic

[android-developers] Re: Hard Crash (Reboot) in 3.2

2011-08-05 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
The browser on 3.2 "quits" frequently too. Maybe related. On Aug 3, 1:45 am, Joshua Smith wrote: > Update: We've created a small reproducible test case.  Run this code for an > hour (usually less) on a XOOM with 3.2 and you will reboot. > > We haven't gotten lucky enough to get a log, so we can

[android-developers] Re: SQLiteDatabase exception on query

2011-08-04 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
SQLite exceptions are extremely helpful and almost always spell out the exact problem. On Aug 4, 3:49 am, Mobileschizo wrote: > Why is this causing an exception? > > String[] col = new String [] {"id"}; > String sel =  "firstname=? AND lastname=?"; > String[] selArgs = new String[] {"John", "Smit

[android-developers] Re: Any Alternative for Google Places and Directions API??

2011-08-04 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> Can I use something else instead of using google APIs which can solve > the purpose and also be freely available? No. Why would anyone would give away such a valuable data for free? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To pos

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-04 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Is this in the CM source code? I don't see this in the Android 2.3 source tree. On Aug 4, 3:05 pm, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Miguel Morales > wrote: > > Ok, so this is weird.  It seems that WAL mode is being activated from > > the java code. > > I just opened the

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
by anything below. > > Read the file to determine its version.  Or send it over to the sqlite > people as this appears not to be the expected behavior. > Also, how is this database populated?  Via java code or through the > sqlite command line? > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
ile to determine its version.  Or send it over to the sqlite > people as this appears not to be the expected behavior. > Also, how is this database populated?  Via java code or through the > sqlite command line? > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > >> S

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> Seems that something happened with that file, or it was in the middle > of an operation or something. No, it wasn't. This is reproducible 100% of the time and the file is not corrupted as it's openable and readable by 3.7. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
quot; On Aug 4, 9:16 am, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > If you are going to make claims about widespread fragmentation, it is > > up to you to provide proof in the form of a reproducible test case. > > > If you don't want to take the time to supply such proof, that's fin

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
r the same data, I used to find sqlite datastore was fairly > susceptible to corruption. xml makes it easier to restore the sqlite > database if needed, just a lot more work. > > Regards > > On Aug 4, 12:32 pm, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > > > > > Your app should

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> Your app should support older versions of the sdk without the user > having the revert to an old (outdated) version of your app. > If you are going to support older versions, you should do so by > keeping your latest versions backward-compatible. > However, sqlite should be fine for this job. > T

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
outdated) version of your app. > >> If you are going to support older versions, you should do so by > >> keeping your latest versions backward-compatible. > >> However, sqlite should be fine for this job. > >> This sounds like some weird bug. > > >> An

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
ible. > > However, sqlite should be fine for this job. > > This sounds like some weird bug. > > > Anyway, what's "My Book #4" ? > > Is that the name of the file of your database? > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > &g

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> Ignoring SQLite, I would never expect to be able to go back to an older > version of *anything* and have it read the same data files created by a > newer version. Why not? If the app version is the same, and the app otherwise supports various SDK levels, the user should certainly have the optio

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> If you are going to make claims about widespread fragmentation, it is > up to you to provide proof in the form of a reproducible test case. > > If you don't want to take the time to supply such proof, that's fine, > but then please expect us to be dubious of your claims, until somebody > else sup

[android-developers] Re: Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
s "corrupt " when trying to open it from a normal Android command line SQLite session. It's easy enough for you to try if you don't believe me. On Aug 3, 7:01 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at

[android-developers] Android -- the forgotten "real" fragmentation

2011-08-02 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
There is a lot of FUD about Android fragmenation. The vast majority of the issue mentioned can be dealt with with properly following the guidelines, but there is one issue that I don't know how to deal with: This forgotten issue is the SQLite versioning problem. For example, if the user moves to

[android-developers] Re: How to pair Nexus S with some other Bluetooth Device using NFC

2011-08-01 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
The same way as you can use NFC to establish a Wifi connection. On Aug 2, 2:04 pm, tarun sablok wrote: > Can anyone suggest me the possible options as how to pair a Nexus S > phone with any bluetooth device  through  NFC ie  by just  tapping the > Nexus S phone and the Bluetooth device  the Bluet

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-08-01 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> Why wouldn't you just serialize the members of your object(s) directly > to the Bundle you're being given in onSaveInstanceState()? - encapsulates the serialization - no worrying about name collisions - support for collections of objects - I am also planning on using the JSON seralized objects a

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-07-31 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> But I am curious why you're serializing to JSON but not sending or > saving it anywhere, unless I'm misunderstood your previous message? I am storing JSON encoded objects in the Activity state in onSaveInstanceState(). It's used by Android to restore the state of the Activity if it was removed

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-07-30 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
as it will check the arguments to be NULL's and if they are, it throws the JSONException instead of just a NPE. On Jul 30, 9:27 pm, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > I'm curious what you mean by "stop the app"?  What are you doing to > > recover, if anything? > >

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-07-30 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> I'm curious what you mean by "stop the app"?  What are you doing to > recover, if anything? No, let the system Force Close the app, roll back by existing SQL transaction and let the user submit a bug report via the Error Reporting. > Actually, this is a pretty good specific case to talk about.

[android-developers] Re: About Android 3.0 status bar hide questions

2011-07-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I see this a legitimate use case for a kiosk app. But he cannot do this right now, simple as that. On Jul 29, 4:36 am, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Richard Lalancette > > wrote: > > The navigation bar breaks the look and feel of our app > > You have *got* to be kiddin

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-07-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> I agree with you, this flame war is losing sense, also the original poster > dissapeared years ago. Still here. Since I posted and discovered that my checked exceptions were masking the real issue, I've mostly removed them. Why? - Most of my checked exceptions were repackaged SQLExceptions, w

[android-developers] "Allow automatic updating"

2011-07-26 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
What determines the default value for this in the Android Market? If it's possible, I'd like to set it in my app. I noticed that some apps set this on and have a way to turn it on even after I clicked the checkbox off. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-07-25 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> A checked exception is an exceptional state that you expect to happen, like > the user entering some wrong values, you check that ant throw the ckecked > exception. No, exceptions shouldn't be used as a program flow control mechanism, which is what your example is. -- You received this message

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-07-25 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
n fix it b) throw an unchecked exeption (with my checked exception as the cause) and hope the user will have a chance to send it via the normal Android error reporting channel. How do you guys deal with checked exceptions in your app? On Jul 26, 9:19 am, Doug wrote: > On Jul 25, 6:49 am,

[android-developers] Re: Google Map retains the reference to the context of the enclosing activity?

2011-07-25 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I don't know the Google map view, but do you have to pass in a Context object anywhere? If so, you may want to try to pass in ApplicationContext as opposed to your Activity. On Jul 26, 1:03 am, Joan Pujol wrote: > Hi Katsiaryna. > > I've exatcly the same problem than you. I also have an applicat

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-07-25 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
with that. On Jul 25, 5:26 pm, Romain Guy wrote: > What about showing the exact code that causes the trouble? > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Doug wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2:20 am, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > > Is onBackPressed called fr

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-07-25 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
ble? > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Doug wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2:20 am, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > > Is onBackPressed called from a different thread perhaps? I wouldn't > > > have thought so, but stranger things have happened.   And

[android-developers] Re: starting service from launch icon

2011-07-24 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
AFAIK, if finish() is called from onCreate(), the view is never shown. I've read this somewhere in the docs and I use this technique to set a user configurable place to start my app. It calls an activity and if it's not the starting "screen", it navigates away from it and finish()-es it right awa

[android-developers] Re: popupwindow

2011-07-24 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
An interface is exactly just that (plus constant declerations). With abstract classes, you can have static methods and everything else that comes with a proper class. The drawback is, of course, that you can only inherit from at most one abstract class. I cannot think of even a single example, o

[android-developers] Re: Updating home screen shortcut icon

2011-07-24 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Did you also change your main activity? Doing that can cause the icon not to update until the next reboot. On Jul 24, 2:23 pm, William Ferguson wrote: > The latest version of my app has a new launcher icon, and when the new > version is installed (at least on the emulators and a 2.3.3 device) > t

[android-developers] Re: starting Activity in tabbed UI from onTabChangedListener()

2011-07-24 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Please don't use Activities as tab panes. You are just setting yourself up for all kinds of grief now and in the future. And since this is deprecated, you will never see the many outstanding bugs fixed. If you must, refactor your code so that you can just use a View. I know that can be painfu

[android-developers] Re: Curious NPE

2011-07-24 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> > If that is at all a possibility, maybe you should check for null in > onBackPressed!  :-) > > Doug > > On Jul 23, 4:00 pm, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am getting some bugreports of NPE's which I cannot explain. > > &g

[android-developers] Curious NPE

2011-07-23 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I am getting some bugreports of NPE's which I cannot explain. These happen rarely. Here's the must baffling (in simplified code): class MyActivity extends Activity { Object myObject; protected void onCreate(Bundle state) { myObject = new Object(); } public void onB

[android-developers] Re: Issues with 3.2

2011-07-21 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I've seen some weird stuff with 3.2 on my Xoom as well. Certain websites (Techcrunch) will just simply stop the browser when scrolling down on the page. I've never seen this happen on 3.1 On Jul 21, 10:20 pm, Joshua Smith wrote: > We're getting an app ready for Android, and we've just hit a co

[android-developers] Re: Intent filter changed on Android 3.2?

2011-07-20 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Nope, but I am sure a lot of changes are not documented. For example, 1280x800 devices now report their screen size as 1280x752. On Jul 20, 2:57 pm, Tor wrote: > Hello, > > I have an app that triggers on YouTube URLs, and it worked as designed > until Android 3.1. Does anyone know what happene

[android-developers] Re: Android CL and onRetainNonConfigurationInstance

2011-07-19 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Ok, thanks. On Jul 19, 8:45 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > Am I missing something, or is it impossible to use > > onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() with a FragmentActivity? > > IIRC, yes. > > > If so, >

[android-developers] Re: Merchant account -> payouts -> fees history -> third column?

2011-07-19 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I've learnt to ignore that "Previous Month" sales number. It doesn't seem to correspond to anything. I had better sales last month the one before, but the number shown there are reversed. It's NOT = 30% that Google took -- I wish it were :) On Jul 19, 4:32 pm, Mark Carter wrote: > The values

[android-developers] Android CL and onRetainNonConfigurationInstance

2011-07-19 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Am I missing something, or is it impossible to use onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() with a FragmentActivity? If so, what can I do when I have some objects I need to retain, but I cannot save them to the activity state? In particular, I have running tasks I need to connect my activities to. --

[android-developers] CL Sample App: FragmentPagerSupport vs. FragmentStatePagerSupport

2011-07-18 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Those two classes are identical. What were/are the intended differences? -- 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

[android-developers] Can't run Compatibility Library sample app on 2.3.4

2011-07-18 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
It cannot find OnQueryTextListener which is implemted by LoaderCustomSupport$AppListFragment. OnQueryTextListener was added in Level 11. What am I doing wrong, or is the sample wrong? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To po

[android-developers] Re: Role of the Compatibility Library?

2011-07-18 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> A good example of a widget that should > never have been in the platform is the sliding drawer. Why can't you deprecate something like that and add an implementation of it to the CL, so people could still be using it if they want to? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

[android-developers] Re: SQLite, CursorWindow, large datasets

2011-07-13 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
There is some sort of fixed maximum size to the dataset. When I hit it, moving the Cursor backwards in the data set becomes unusable. It still works, but just unbearably slowly. Forward movement in the dataset is no problem still. That said, I've never ran into an issue where it would give an a

[android-developers] Re: Active Installs doing (still) strange things....

2011-07-07 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Yes, I see this, too. Did you look at the number on right "Last month sales?" It's completely wrong for last month. On Jul 7, 10:02 pm, Jim Graham wrote: > I'm just wondering if anyone else is seeing this > > There's still something strange going on in the Market,  and it is a bit > too muc

[android-developers] Re: More Market questions

2011-07-03 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Just a comment on the "quality" of the comments: In my (liimted) experience, it appears to be quite cultural. U.S. buyers seems to either leave glowing comments or really negative comments. But users from other countries, Russia and Brazil to come to mind, seem to be generally more constructive

[android-developers] Re: problem with spinner.setOnItemClickListener

2011-07-02 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
The error is related to the ADB and not to your code. Does a Hello World app work for you? On Jul 3, 7:41 am, אריאל wrote: > Hello Everybody, > > Whats the problem with this code? > > private ListView lv1; >  private String > lv_arr[]={"Android","iPhone","BlackBerry","AndroidPeople","J2ME", > "

[android-developers] Re: Scaling text up to be relative to screen pixels

2011-06-30 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
If you want to scale text, you can certainly draw your text to a bitmap and scale that. On Jul 1, 11:57 am, keyeslabs wrote: > Struggling with the same thing.  Anyone find answers besides "just > make lots and lots of layouts based on resolution"? > > On May 26, 9:14 pm, Robert Green wrote: > >

[android-developers] Re: are ads worth the effort?

2011-06-30 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Fine, 5000+ Whatever, a large number. My point was that it's not worth it for apps getting 100 downloads a day. On Jul 1, 11:52 am, Greg Donald wrote: > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > I'd say the apps are only worth it as a money-making venture

[android-developers] Re: are ads worth the effort?

2011-06-30 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I'd say the apps are only worth it as a money-making venture purely from the clicks if you create an app that gets a 10+ thousand downloads a day. But they are a good incentive for people to upgrade, in my experience. On Jul 1, 4:38 am, Spooky wrote: > I'm about to release my first app, and wou

[android-developers] Re: Is it possible to fix the orientation of a particular view in Honeycomb?

2011-06-30 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Yes. I do this all the time. Let's say you have a vew "A" layout: Create a A-port layout, which is just a copy of the portrait oriented A Create a new A layout that A-port layout-land: Create a A-land layout, which is just a copy of landscape oriented A Create a new A layout that A-land la

[android-developers] Re: I want to design a video file player, which takes in file name first and then play the video, I am not sure how can I use setcontentview to do this,pls help!

2011-06-30 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Hey, I am in Singapore, too. What company do you work for? Maybe they are looking for a competent developer. On Jul 1, 8:57 am, Jiabin Qin wrote: > I this in the onCreate(), I need to first > setContentView(R.layout.main); to take input from user, but what shall > I do after that. > I have a bu

[android-developers] Re: Urgent need for Web Methods developer @AZ

2011-06-30 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
"I can suggest his resume of you want a good laugh" -- Indian Resume Review Guide On Jun 30, 1:58 pm, tushar sahni wrote: > Respected Sir > > I am sending you my latest Resume For Post Of Android Application > Developer.. > > Regards > Tushar Sahni > >  Tushar_Sahni.doc > 86KViewDownload --

[android-developers] Re: Install % not updating?

2011-06-29 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> Pretty slick I'd have to say. I hope you are being sarcastic -- but I am not sure. -- 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, s

[android-developers] Re: Bitmap Rotate Help!!!

2011-06-29 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Is "cannon" a nickname for your junk? On Jun 30, 2:55 am, Mustajab wrote: > I want my cannon to point to the direction i am clicking. The > problem is that in the following line of codes: > >  matrix=new Matrix(); > matrix.postRotate(theeta); > canvas.drawBitmap(cannon, matrix, null); > > I c

[android-developers] Re: Screenshots taken by Google+ App

2011-06-29 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> I assume/hope that it is only using APIs that are documented and available. I absolutely wouldn't assume that. As long as the API had existed on all the supported platforms, they are maybe using it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Develope

[android-developers] Re: Install % not updating?

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
om/ > Home of Photokube Live Wallpaper > > On Jun 29, 8:47 am, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > > > > The ranking I see is the same as what the users see as I check it on a > > device I am not a user on. > > > I am very familiar with my ranking and my competitors&

[android-developers] Re: Install % not updating?

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Once again, I am not interested in your advice. I am posting that hopefully somebody from Google takes notice - -- as unlikely as that is - and realize that people's livelihoods are effected. On Jun 29, 9:41 am, John Coryat wrote: > >> And please don't tell me to take a chill pill. > > Well,

[android-developers] Re: Install % not updating?

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> Just take a chill pill and forget about it. And please don't tell me to take a chill pill. For me, this is my primary income -- if somebody suddenly lowered your salary and you were told to take a chill pill, you wouldn't appreciate it too much. -- You received this message because you are su

[android-developers] Re: Install % not updating?

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Even Google knows it's NOT ALL developers. Here's their (canned) response: "...We're aware of reports from SOME developers that they see no change, or have a value of 0 (zero), in the active install number displayed in developer console..." The highlight is mine. Some != All and it's not even t

[android-developers] Re: Install % not updating?

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
la based on the color of the icon or something, but I don't beleive it -- the simplest explanation (which is usually right) is that the lowered install% + having no new users (as far as the Market is concerned) effecting the rating. On Jun 29, 8:06 am, Nathan wrote: > On Jun 28, 4:23 p

[android-developers] Re: Install % not updating?

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I don't believe this happens to everybody. Everybody who's complaining about this is also saying that their ranking had dropped. I haven't seen a single person said that their ranking had gone up while there install % is stuck. So whet you are saying simply cannot be the case. On Jun 28, 8:21 p

[android-developers] Re: Change grandient color for a shape programmatically

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> Do you think this is the only way? :| Yes, what's wrong with 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 from this group, send email to andro

[android-developers] Re: Change grandient color for a shape programmatically

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
You set it in the consructor: GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation orientation, int[] colors) On Jun 28, 4:47 pm, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: > How about GradientDrawable instead? > > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/Grad... > > ( I don't see any methods to

[android-developers] Re: Android apps in php

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I don't think Goolge Search works in India. That's the only explanation. On Jun 28, 4:06 pm, "JAlexoid (Aleksandr Panzin)" wrote: > Looky here!http://www.phpforandroid.net/ > > I guess some people are just too lazy or stupid, or both to google > "php android" and click on the very first result..

[android-developers] Re: how to get phone number through other method

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Exactly. The phone # is not used for routing calls, so it's not at all surprising that the phone doesn't know its own number. On Jun 28, 3:56 pm, "JAlexoid (Aleksandr Panzin)" wrote: > In a lot of cases it's impossible to get the phone number. My phone > certainly does not report any phone numbe

[android-developers] Re: ListView is no clickable

2011-06-28 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Basic Java Tip #129: @Override is an annotation for the compiler -- it has no effect on how the code is executed. I am 100% sure it's because of those missing attributes. I've wrestled with the same problem before. On Jun 28, 3:38 pm, Ali Chousein wrote: > Manish, > > A very basic question,

[android-developers] Re: how to get phone number

2011-06-27 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Creating more threads won't get you an answer faster -- quite the opposite. On Jun 28, 2:14 pm, Ellen wrote: > hello, anybody here .. > > On 6月26日, 下午1时56分, Ellen wrote: > > > > > Dear Android Experts, > > > I'm trying togetthe SIMnumberby TelephonyManager.getLine1Number(), > > permision has

[android-developers] Re: How to remove XML child having same name

2011-06-27 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
> Thank you kumar, I Hope android developers knows Java well. What does Java have to do with XML and DOM -- 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 unsu

[android-developers] Re: Comments and Contacting Users

2011-06-27 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Having no option to see comments in language other than your own is just one of the many boneheaded decisions made by the Android Market team. The fact is that most comments are in English even if the writer is in a different country is besides the point -- they are not visible on devices which ar

[android-developers] Re: ListView is no clickable

2011-06-27 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Add: android:focusable="false" android:clickable="false" to your CheckBox On Jun 28, 5:16 am, Manish Garg wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a simple list view in my application. I am implementing its > setOnItemClickListener but it is not getting called: > >                         android:la

[android-developers] Re: no suitable HttpMessageConverter found for request type

2011-06-27 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I am sure that spring framework has a support forum -- this is not it. On Jun 28, 1:27 am, kums wrote: > Hi All, > > Am using Spring-android-rest-template-1.0.0.M2.jar reference in my > android application. > > When i invoke the postForObject () method i got exception in my > android application.

[android-developers] Re: ANR "Reason: keyDispatchingTimedOut " when drawing overlay on map?

2011-06-27 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
On Jun 28, 8:12 am, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > Do "adb shell cat /data/anr/traces.txt" to see what your app was busy doing > at that point. Seriously, we need a blog entry that describes all these useful debugging tidbits. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

[android-developers] Re: Finding out more Cancel information in Developer Console

2011-06-27 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I often got an uninstall within minutes also. The 15 minutes is barely enough time to set up an account or 2 and add a couple of transactions. So I am sure 90% of the instant uninstalls are people who don't want to pay the $10 and copy the APK off. Of course, the first LVL check kicks in 20 minu

[android-developers] Re: Hi-Launch time

2011-06-26 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
He wants to chat you up. At least make him buy you a couple of drinks or something. On Jun 27, 1:30 pm, Kumar Bibek wrote: > Time till ? > 1. Browser is visible? > 2. WebPage starts loading? > 3. Scripts end loading? > 4. Page loading complete? > > *Thanks and Regards, > Kumar Bibek* > *http://t

[android-developers] Re: Install % not updating?

2011-06-26 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
But if this were a generic problem, this would effect the ranking of all apps. The fact that only mine (and yours) are dropping, but not the competitors are indication that this is not a problem with all apps. On Jun 27, 12:41 pm, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Zs

[android-developers] Re: Looking for tester of Android application

2011-06-26 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Come again? On Jun 27, 12:03 pm, Дениска, Рынский (из за Угла) wrote: > I am interested to find people who create web application packaged as war > and ear files to run directly on ANdroid devices. If somebody can share any > information,  I really appreciate. I develped application server runnin

[android-developers] Install % not updating?

2011-06-26 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Is it only my app which has an install% not updating, but the download number is? This has been going on for a week. No new installs as far as Google is concerned -> Install% going down - > Ranking from #4 to #8 --> Sales tanked Of course, nobody at Google is responding. -- You received this m

[android-developers] Re: Loading HTML file from assets folder - path has white spaces in it

2011-06-26 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
IIRC, this is a know bug. Please search on http://b.android.com On Jun 26, 3:46 pm, droid-stricken wrote: > Hi All, > > I am doing the following, but seems not to be working - > > mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1); > mWebView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/Help File/helpfile.htm

[android-developers] Re: Browser callback

2011-06-26 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Didn't I specifically post that it's NOT ok to Chat request me? Do you have a reading comprehension problem? On Jun 26, 3:16 pm, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > If you use startActivityForResult() you will AWLAYS get a call to > onActivityResult() when the activity you called finished.

[android-developers] Re: Browser callback

2011-06-26 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
If you use startActivityForResult() you will AWLAYS get a call to onActivityResult() when the activity you called finished. But it's NOT the other intent "calling you back." Please familirize yourself with the activity life cycle documentation. PS: It is NOT ok to Chat request me or prviate e-m

[android-developers] Re: Droid X 2 issue

2011-06-25 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
normal-xhdpi, AFAIK. But as long as your provide HDPI resources, it will upscale, so it's not something you need to worry about. There are other 540x960 devices out there, for example, the Motorola Atrix. On Jun 26, 10:10 am, limtc wrote: > Hi, > > I got reported from Droid X 2 users regarding

[android-developers] Re: Write and Read CSV File

2011-06-25 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
No, we cannot give samples. This is basic Java I/O, so please search or get a basic Java book. Use the classes available in Apache Commons Lang V3 to encode and decode your CSV strings. Other than that, it's just like writing to any other file. On Jun 26, 7:21 am, spurwa wrote: > could you m

[android-developers] Re: What longest leng for String in andorid?

2011-06-25 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Just like in normal Java, the length of the string is only limited by the heap space. On Jun 26, 9:12 am, a a wrote: > HI, all: > >    I want to get the content to sting Variable from uri var HttpResponse. > > Is there any litimation for the long of sting variable ? may be the > http response wil

[android-developers] Re: Comments and Contacting Users

2011-06-25 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I have had links in my app to my Google Groups, Twitter and Facebook pages. A month ago (May 20th), I changed my URLs to proxy through goo.gl so I can get some tracking going. Here are my total # of clicks in the last month for each with about 5000 active installs: Google Groups: 46 Twitter: 9

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Developer Console not updating

2011-06-24 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
You mean that's not right? And I thought 100% of my users have uninstalled the app today? Phew... On Jun 24, 5:34 pm, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:43 PM, cranktheory.apps > > wrote: > > My statistics didn't update the last two weeks, too (Using Andlytics, > > too). Only

[android-developers] Re: Facebook Not as Good on Android Phones

2011-06-24 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
I am sorry to hear that you are disappointed. Since this a Developer's Forum, I am sure you are more than capable of creating an app that suits your needs. On Jun 24, 9:26 am, dannymichel wrote: > I have to say i'm very disappointed that things as basic as uploading > video and tagging friends i

[android-developers] Re: The way to stop a looped sound after closing activity for soundpool

2011-06-24 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Look up the Activity lifecycle methods in the Documentation (TM) and especially on the onDestroy() method. On Jun 24, 3:36 pm, juyoung kim wrote: > I sucessfully played and stopped a looped sound with soundpool. But > when I exit the application without stopping a looped sound, sound > continue t

[android-developers] Re: In which way should I read a video file in binary mode into a byte buffer?

2011-06-23 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Jiabin, You would put the video into the "raw" folder, so yeah, it should work. http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/providing-resources.html On Jun 24, 1:44 pm, Jiabin Qin wrote: > I searched Google and found several ways , but I am not sure which is > the correct one. > > File

[android-developers] Re: circular rotating and vertically aligned Image switcher

2011-06-23 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
ing their time with your > childish sarcasm. "Juicy Fruit" indeed! You should be allowed to use > only the Durian version instead;) > > On Jun 23, 12:36 am, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > > > > Darn, I think those methods may have been added in Android 5.0 Juicy- >

[android-developers] Re: restricting user to remove or reinstall application

2011-06-23 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
You will need to create your own firmware. This cannot be done via the SDK. On Jun 23, 6:01 pm, kampy wrote: > hi , > > I am working on Mobile theft tracker application in which i need to > restrict user from uninstalling and reinstalling the applications from > the manage applications . and aga

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