[android-developers] Re: Programatically gain access to phone dialer timer
You could probably get within a second or three by running your own call timer from a phone state listener or by jumping in the dial intent chain? On Sep 17, 4:25 pm, Matthew matt...@troppertech.com wrote: Hello, Is there a way to programatically gain access (in real time) to the timer value that appears in the phone dialer display when a call is originated (the timer information appears to only be available in the call log _after_ the call ends) Thank you for your help. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: When is a right time to start placing ads in app (share your experience)
Thanks for your input fellas! I'v just put in flurry and admob in and will update in in a week...hopefully all goes well. Is anyone willing to share actual figures on what they are making from the ads and with what active installs (even if they are not worth mentioning)? What ad provider your using, etc ? Just about anything that would be helpful to someone like me that has absolutely no idea. Also unfortunately paid apps have not been opened up in Australia so seems like just a pure ad-based revenue model is the way to go for me right now. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
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Emulator: emulator window was out of view and was recentred. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How to reverse ListView scrolling behavior?
The impatience revealed by your puerile, angry language shows that you have not learned the most important lessons your allegedly longer experience could have taught you. Small wonder, then, that you show such limited understanding of UX principles. On Sep 17, 7:25 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: With all due respect -- hell toss respect out the window -- you don't know sith about what you're talking about. I've been in this industry for 40 years, and I've seen all sorts of good and bad UI designs -- many of the worst directly attributable to designers inventing and enforcing rules about what was good and bad, against the explicit advice of others who, from experience and experiment, knew what worked and what didn't. The OP has explained why he wants to reverse the action of the control, and it's a perfectly valid reason, especially given that he's experimenting -- he realizes that what he's planning to try may not work well, but even in the failure of it he may learn some things about how to make a better UI. Granted in several ways it is a square peg into a round hole, but consider that, just maybe, it's the hole that's wrongly shaped, not the peg. The biggest thing that scares me about Android, from the standpoint of investing in it as a platform for future applications, is that already too many features of it are apparently sacred and immutable, even as they clearly demonstrate a poor fit to reality. I'm quite afraid that Android will end up even more hide-bound than iPhone due to this belief on the part of its designers that it's too perfect to permit further modification. On Sep 17, 9:07 pm, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.com wrote: I have worked with numerous UI and UX experts over the years, and not once have I ever heard any of them say anything as rash and glib as whatever works. Not even with your caveat. Nor is your glib assertion consistent with my own experience of good and bad UI design over the years. Besides: your caveat qualified it with respect for convention -- which is exactly what the OP is tossing out the window. And no, the rights you so graciously bestow on the OP do not exist -- except perhaps in the fanciful imaginations of people on their own high horses. Since he asked such a bad question, he is not going to like the answers he gets. Tough luck. Next time, he should readhttp://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlandlearn from his mistake. Finally, your example of a simulated scroll wheel does not illustrate the point you think it does. Of course the presence of the wheel changed the user's perception of which way it should be (because of scroll buttons on mice): but by insisting on putting a scroll wheel in there in the first place, no matter how 'good' the reason, you introduced a contradiction into the UI paradigm of the application. If you had studied it a little closer, you would likely have noticed that as users try to make more and more use of the application, a significant plurality of them would have trouble remembering when up is up and when up is down. IOW, given that you had to introduce the wheel, allowing it to go against the grain in that one place may have worked, but only at a cost, and it is quite unconvincing that the wheel really had to be there, or is worth that cost. But I can't say a lot about your old situation, since I know only what you so briefly described. What I CAN say is that it really does go against the grain in Android, and in a way that can only detract from the UX. And that if the OHA or Google had the kind of strict UI guidelines that made Apple's OS so user-friendly even from the early days, it would NOT be allowed. You are making me wish for the straight-jackets from the Developmental Ministry in the Republic of Steve Jobs;) On Sep 17, 10:04 am, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: In this particular context there was a simulated scroll wheel superimposed over the edge of the scroll list (for reasons having to do with the dynamics of the controls). For some reason this changed the user's perception of the control completely. Basically, the user saw the wheel as moving the highlight bar up/down vs moving the list up/down. (If you think about it, the scroll wheel on a mouse operates the same way.) I am sure there are other situations where similar perceptual issues could arise, such as when scrolling some sort of a map. And the OP certainly has a right (and perhaps legal obligation) to not disclose the particulars of his application, in addition to simply not wanting to hear even more of You shouldn't be doing it that way. In programming there are some definite shoulds and shouldn'ts, but in UI design far fewer -- it's basically whatever works, combined with a modest respect for convention/precedence. On Sep 17, 11:48 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep
[android-developers] Re: Streaming MP3 Playback Problems on Android 2.2
If that were the problem, then why would it work under 1.5 and fail under 2.2? On Sep 17, 8:50 pm, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: Have you considered that eMusic might be doing something on the server side to prevent the stream from working? Many sites that stream things will leave urls active for a limited time or require you to preserve an HTTP session. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers]
Then world-famous computer scientist Dijkstra once said, (http:// www.cs.virginia.edu/~cs655/readings/ewd498.html) Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer. But since the international language of computer science, business and open source software is English, that exceptionally good mastery had better apply to English whether or not it is your native tongue. You are going to find getting the help you need through online forums very difficult without it. It is hard enough with it:( And yes, the site http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html is very, VERY good. On Sep 17, 5:19 pm, xc s sxchao2...@gmail.com wrote: my english is not very good.so i donnot how to describe it.sorry 2010/9/18, Agus agus.sant...@gmail.com: good answer! On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:07 PM, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:45 PM, xc s sxchao2...@gmail.com wrote: how to use the gprs in android ?? http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html - TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Help for Android spiner data binding.
As http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html suggests, rather
than make the reader read through your entire code and run it himself
to figure out what the error is, if you tell us the error message and
which line of code it comes from, you are much more likely to get a
helpful answer.
No promises though, since you admit the code below is only 'almost'
complete;)
Also helpful would be to show us what happens when you access the same
data from the same database using the sqlite3 command in adb shell.
Then we would know for sure that your database is sound.
On Sep 17, 1:47 am, Muhammad Irfan iffe...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
there is no solution for this?
Regards
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 7:50 AM, iffeess iffe...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Every body,
I am new in this group. I am in a problem from many days and try to
resolve it. But unfortunately its difficult for me.
I am fetching data from data base and dsiplaying in the spiner.
Database created and working well but when I bind it with spiner then
it show error and force to shutdown the application.
This is the almost complete code.
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.Table_Name;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.KEY_SensorID;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.KEY_type;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.KEY_ThresouldValue;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.KEY_Address;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.KEY_City;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.KEY_State;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.KEY_Latitude;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.KEY_GPSNo;
import static com.servanetdatabase.Constants.KEY_SensorID;
import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
public class ServaNetDatabase extends Activity {
private static String[] FROM = { KEY_SensorID, KEY_type,
KEY_ThresouldValue, };
private static String ORDER_BY = KEY_SensorID + DESC;
public static String[] PROJECTION;
// int[] to = new int[]{android.R.id.text1};
private DBAdapter events;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
events = new DBAdapter(this);
try {
addEvent(This is an event);
Cursor cursor = getEvents();
showEvents(cursor);
} finally {
events.close();
}
}
private void addEvent(String string) {
// Insert a new record into the Events data source.
// You would do something similar for delete and
update.
SQLiteDatabase db = events.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
// values.put(KEY_SensorID, 1);
values.put(KEY_type, 500);
values.put(KEY_ThresouldValue, 500);
db.insertOrThrow(Table_Name, null, values);
}
private Cursor getEvents() {
// Perform a managed query. The Activity will handle
closing
// and re-querying the cursor when needed.
SQLiteDatabase db = events.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.query(Table_Name, FROM, null, null,
null,
null, ORDER_BY);
startManagingCursor(cursor);
return cursor;
}
private void showEvents(Cursor cursor) {
SimpleCursorAdapter adapter =
new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, cursor, FROM, null );
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item );
// get reference to our spinner
Spinner s = (Spinner) findViewById( R.id.dspiner );
s.setAdapter(adapter);
}
}
Any body can help me to resolve this issue?
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[android-developers] Live Wallpaper Preview/Real Conflict
I've made a LWP, and it seemingly runs perfectly, but the problem seems to lie in the fact that when you set the wallpaper, after the preview has loaded, it gets a out-of-memory. It seems that since all the engines are in the same VM I don't have enough memory to start it a second time. How can I tell if the preview is dead and freed? I've done what I could to ensure that as much is shared between the engines as possible, yet still out-of-memory on setting after the preview is loaded? Any thoughts would be great. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: To the Moderators: is there a way to find my earlier post threads?
Every time I have found one of my own posts in the email, I have also found it in the web interface. But it can be harder to find unless you check right away, since the threads move very quickly. Are you finding them when you use the Google Groups Search this group functionality? On Sep 17, 9:47 pm, Saied saie...@gmail.com wrote: Is it unreasonable to expect to find my posts, and their replies, here on the web interface? On Sep 17, 7:29 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: Are you working via email or the web interface? If you're using the web interface you can click Edit my membership just to the right of this thread to change your email preferences. If you're working via email I assume there's a way to email change requests, but I don't know what it is. On Sep 17, 8:04 pm, Saied saie...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Moderator(s)? I wonder if there is a way for me to find the messages that I have posted here, and more importantly, the responses that others have posted for my questions. Is there? I am not getting other people's responses emailed to me. (is there a way? and is that the only way?) And when I search for my posts, I don't find them listed under my profile: list of messages. I do see the number of posts reflect my posts, but the actual posts are not in the list. (some are, but most are not). I am new to this and so far I have not had a great luck getting any useful information from this group. Not finding the responses that others may have provided would certainly hamper my further efforts in benefiting from this forum. Are these expectations reasonable? Am I missing something? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: appbucket: all apps for $9.99 per year, are we just going to watch?
Don't rely on web anonymity for protection. When presented with a subpoena, bulletin board operators, moderators, ISPs and the like have to reveal whatever data they have concerning who it is who posted anonymously. This would be a bad time to be surprised by how much data that is. Of course, if you KNOW that the particular method of posting anonymously that you chose is immune to such data collection, then you can rely on that. But be sure that what you 'know' really is true. Then again, one would hope that even in jurisdictions with such nasty libel laws, they would hesitate to take the case of an obvious pirate. But that is something I would research carefully, maybe even consulting with an ABA lawyer, before relying on it. On Sep 17, 5:58 pm, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) cor...@gmail.com wrote: I guess you'd just have to post anonymously... that would be easy enough. Let them try and find the real person behind the post. -John Coryat -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: gstreamer on android
hi, thanks for your reply. As i am not able to download through repo its showing some error message like some files are not existing and not able to get any of those files. i tried doing git clone also same problem. and the next step i downloaded all the source from http://github.com/prajnashi but i am not able build those builds using ndk-build. there is no instructions like how to build and how to integrate them and when try each module with command ndk-build its giving error like Android NDK: Could not find application project directory ! Android NDK: Please define the NDK_PROJECT_PATH variable to point to it. /home/fstl/android-ndk-r4b/build/core/build-local.mk:85: *** Android NDK: Aborting. Stop. before running i exported PATH also for ndk and sdk directories. whats wrong .. how should i proceed to build gstreamer and run applications on emulator(android). can someone help me who has already worked with this. Thanks Bujji On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.comwrote: You know the drill: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=GStreamer+java+android The very first link that comes up answers your question about as fully as is possible. On Sep 17, 12:33 am, B U J J I sivait...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, I want to use gstreamer in my android based application. so i want to port gstreamer on android. can anybody suggest me the way to port gstreamer on android. can i run gstreamer on android emulator ? pls help me Bujji -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Webview inside Scroll doesn't resize
Hi all, I put a webview inside a scroll view according to this http://www.anddev.org/view-layout-resource-problems-f27/add-imageview-to-bottom-of-webview-t19169.html . But I found that if the webview already loaded a long content, and then load short content again. The webview doesn't resize and the scroll bar is still here. for example, load testbr/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/ br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/ and then load test in the webview will cause this problem. How can I resize the webview the fit the content. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Mechanism to ensure request comes from my app
Thanks Dan, Joe. That's as far as I had got too. It feels like there should be a way. But I can't see one that can't be mimicked. On Sep 18, 8:46 am, joebowbeer joe.bowb...@gmail.com wrote: Keep in mind that other apps can access your app's resources and assets, and in fact anyone can access your apk and obtain anything hidden therein. I wish Android provided a way that a server could determine if a request was generated by some app 'package id' signed by a given key -- but this is not available as far as I know. On Sep 17, 12:03 am, William Ferguson william.ferguson...@gmail.com wrote: If I have my app fetching content from my server, what mechanism should I use on my server to ensure that its my app making the request? Is there any way that I can sign the request to using my app's signature to show its come from my app and not from a stolen version or copycat? I suspect the answer is no, but I'm looking for suggestions. William -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Converting Bitmap to ASCII
I suggest looking into multipart mime type libraries. The API will likely have an encoding parameter. I suppose a commone one is base64. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Please help me with calculating direction from point A to B
Well.. I'm guessing it's to hard or impossible then.. :/ On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:56 PM, Pedro Teixeira wrote: Hi everyone... I'm back with the same issue for the last couple of days… I'm trying to create a compass for my application BUT the difference is that, instead of having a line always pointing to north, I want this line to point for a specific point. I've been trying dozens of algorithms and nothing works.. I've finally found one that points me exactlly to the point I want.. BUT it doesn't move if I change the position of the device which is my objective.. basicly, what I want is that no matter the direction I'm using my device.. the line always point me to the point (picLatitude,picLongitude)… I understood that for the line to move, I can't use static variables… I need to use the values offered by the onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event). This are the data I have available: event.values[0]: azimuth, rotation around the Z axis (device in relation to north, 0º) event.values[1]: pitch, rotation around the X axis event.values[2]: roll, rotation around the Y axis mLatitude: device current latitude gottern from GPS (variable) mLongitude: device current longitude gotten from GPS (variable) picLatitude: static picture latitude established previously picLongitude: static picture longitude established previously distance: distance in Km from device to the picture calculated previously And this the formula that works correct, and gives me the correct angle.. ( BUT IT DOESN'T USE ANY OF THE SENSOR DATA SO THE LINE COMPASS DOESNT MOVE): double dLong = picLongitude - mLongitude; double y = (Math.sin(dLong) * Math.cos(picLatitude)); double x = (Math.cos(mLatitude) * Math.sin(picLatitude) - Math.sin(mLatitude)*Math.cos(picLatitude)*Math.cos(dLong)); double angleDegreesWrongRange = Math.abs(Math.toDegrees(Math.atan2(y, x))); float angleDegrees = (float) ((angleDegreesWrongRange+360) % 360); myCompass.updateDirection(angleDegrees); I got this bearing formula from this website: http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html Can someone please help me with this? I've try adding, subtracting… the azimuth.. I've tried with the others.. seriously at this point I'm just demoralized.. Thank you in advance -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en Pedro Teixeira www.pedroteixeira.org -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Application-wide resources.. how to achieve?
Dianne Hackborn just did a post recently recommending not to use Application unless you really, REALLY need to. (My words, not hers). What criteria she had for really, really need to were less clear to me, but I think it was that the data really need to be global (to the application), and do not need to be persisted (as SharedPreferences would do). On Sep 17, 8:12 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Jason jason.poli...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to have data bound to the lifecycle of the entire application? http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Application.html - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Service and application got crash
And he should use pastebin at http://pastebin.com/ too, right? On Sep 17, 8:26 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:27 AM, nimi nimishk...@gmail.com wrote: Plz take a look at it and help me.. Sorry, but posting hundreds of lines of poorly formatted output is not a good way to get help. Please try to explain your problem in more detail. Explain the steps you're taking that lead you to your problem and only post logs that are relevant to the issue at hand. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
Most apps make very little money, too. That $100/day app mentioned earlier must be a 6sigma exception! Though I admit I don't have figures to back this up. Does anyone else have any? On Sep 17, 7:46 am, Agus agus.sant...@gmail.com wrote: Just go for paid apps if you want to make fast money, ads generate VERY little revenue unless you have 1.000.000 ads impressions/dayOn Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 7:40 AM, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:22 PM, William Ferguson william.ferguson...@gmail.com wrote: Very droll. Perhaps =P But it's a good question. Yes, it would definitely be very interesting to see some stats from various developers. But it IS a fairly private / personal question not many people are going to be willing to answer. Notice how no one has actually answered the question, including the OP, save for the one person that was already blogging about it anyway. BTW, poly, thanks for sharing and congrats on the success. When I'm making that much I'll be flaunting it too =P - TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: More AsyncTask - Simultaneous Downloads
Have you considered using IntentService? On Sep 17, 7:29 am, Spidey spide...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for double posting, but I haven't confirmed if the first message was received. I'm sending this one through google groups website, hope this reach the group. = Ok, so in a project I'm in, we are implementing a service to handle connection changes and downloads. The service handles a queue of AsyncTasks, each representing a download task. This way, we can cancel/pause tasks when connection drops, and also restore them when connection is reestablished. Since the threads AsyncTasks are run are not deterministic, how many ATs should I execute() at the same time? I've read that I shouldn't reuse tasks. How can I achieve this pause-resume functionality then? Should I tell the thread to sleep? Should I make a no-op while if connection is down? I was trusting the cancel(true) method, which I've read is not reliable either. My main DownloadTask is a subclass of AsyncTask that returns a new AsyncTask to be called when the connection is restored. Is that a good solution? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: SurfaceHolder changed : Stops Video playback
The obvious solution seems to be: instead of letting it play after onPause(), save your position in the file (MediaPlayer has a getCurrentPosition method), and pick up from there after you recreate the SurfaceHolder in onResume(). I don't think the user wants it to continue playing after onPause() anyway, audio or audio+video. Or did you try this and were unable to get it to work? On Sep 17, 6:32 am, abhay mulye abhaymu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, i am developing the application which displays Video on the SurfaceHolder. When i run my video it plays well. But if i switch my application using Home key, go to some other application. Now if i come back by long Home key press to my application, my video does not get displayed but audio continues. This happens because, onPause() is called for Activity when Application is switched. Thus the SurfaceHolder is destroyed, next time no video is displayed. Anybody having a solution for this. Is this a common issue? . Regards, Abhay -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How to install the .apk file into blackberry
You did not read closely enough. I never -said- Android was a JME platform. Rather, I said that BlackBerry was a JME platform, and that Android used the Java language, NOT the platform. And yes, a JME app written for one phone has a good chance of failing on another JME phone, which is why people say that Sun's promise of write once, anywhere has become (at least for JME) write once, debug everywhere;) On Sep 17, 5:21 am, Prakash Iyer thei...@gmail.com wrote: I would dispute your last statement - Android is not a JME platform. Any Java based app has really no chance of running as is on a JME platform. In fact as any one who has done serious JME programming will tell you, an interesting JME program has a decent probability of not working as intended across JME devices even from the same platform. BTW, a standard JME program has a non-zero probability that it will not work as is on a BlackBerry - basically there are somethings that you need to use the BlackBerry API for that are not JSR. Now a Java app, without modifications wouldn't run on Android and vice versa but that is more due to the runtime support that you will agree is quite different in Android devices than on any platform. To the OP (in a vain attempt to not hijack the thread:)) - the best option is to use a Web view equivalent and then try to write the skeleton app across platforms. Or you could try to write JME compliant code that is pure Java, makes no use of any JSR and reuse that core across JME and Android platforms. The shims (which in this case might be quite thick:)) would be platform specific... On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.comwrote: That is absolutely correct. BlackBerry phones are not Android phones. They do not understand APK files, nor is there any practical way to translate them to COD files. Now if the OP had been thinking of running JME files, that could be done. BlackBerry does support JME (MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.2). But this is yet another example of how Android, though it uses the Java - language-, does not use or support the Java -platform-. On Sep 16, 1:29 pm, SheikhAman shekh.a...@gmail.com wrote: Hahaha.. well, jokes apart, I really think you're on the wrong forum. As far as I know, BlackBerry supports .cod files and it won't understand what an APK file is. secondly, if it the code inside the APK file uses the SDK made for android and BlackBerry won't know anything about it. so it won't work. On Sep 16, 12:47 pm, bharani kumar bharanikumariyer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi , How to install the .apk file into blackberry , -- Regards B.S.Bharanikumarhttp://php-mysql-jquery.blogspot.com/ -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Converting Bitmap to ASCII
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[android-developers] decode image
Hi, all I am developing one application in that I want to decode
image, I have one .txt file which contains encoded format of image
(image is encoded using Base64 format). I have Base64 class in that I
have decode(String base64) method which accept String and return byte
array. I have one txt file of size more than 6MB which contains
encoded image now I want to decode that image to .jpg format . I had
tried it but when I open decoded image it is not open.and size is also
very less (18KB and expected size is 5MB) Here is my code
public void decodeImage()
{
System.out.println (Now decoding image);
try
{
image.createNewFile();
byte[] byteArray = new byte[102400];
FileInputStream fstream = new
FileInputStream(imageFile);
int bytesRead = 0;
while((bytesRead = fstream.read(byteArray)) != -1)
{
str = new String(byteArray,0,bytesRead);
byte[] im = Base64.decode(str);
out1 = new FileOutputStream(image);
try
{
out1.write(im);
out1.flush();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
out1.close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
What is fault? Please help me . Thanks in advance
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[android-developers] Re: About getting wrong sizes with drawables objects.
You are right, what a noob error :(
Thank you man.
On Sep 17, 11:10 pm, Romain Guy romain...@android.com wrote:
You are probably using drawable/ or drawable-mdpi/ assets on an hdpi
device and your assets get scaled automatically.
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM, jlopeznava...@gmail.com
jlopeznava...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, I am using some drawable objects, when I instance them and paint
in my canvas they doesn't get the original PNG image file size,
instead they get a bigger size, so they does't paint in my canvas as I
expected since I wanted them in their original sizes, why this
happens???
(original file is 96x96 pixels)
---
---
mSprite = mRes.getDrawable(R.drawable.my_sprite);
mSpriteWidth = mSprite.getIntrinsicWidth(); // It returns 114, not 96
mSpriteHeight = mSprite.getIntrinsicHeight(); // It returns 114, not
96
mSprite.setBounds(coordX, coordY, coordX + mSpriteWidth, coordY +
mSpriteHeight);
mSprite_PipeRect.draw(canvas); //It paints at 114x114 size, it shows
bigger in the screen then original size
---
---
Something similar happens with the background but it is fixed in the
setSurfaceSize event this way:
public void setSurfaceSize(int width, int height) {
mBackgroundImage =
Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(mBackgroundImage, width, height,
true);
}
In this case height and widht is properly provided in the event
parameters
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Why are not loaded in their original size, and how to get original
size for my drawables???
Thanks in advance.
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[android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
I am very interested in the responses to this thread. I only have one app on the market, a simple home page widget. It is free, and it has been downloaded 13,937 times with an active install percentage of 47%. Obviously, I would like to make some money from my apps, but when I look at paid versions of similar apps to mine, the download numbers are pitiful. We are constantly reading about the massive growth of Android and the 10s of millions of devices out there, so why do most apps struggle to even grab a tiny percentage of that user base? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: decode image
Oh I solve this issue, I had misunderstandly wrrote this out1 = new FileOutputStream(image); inside while, after writing tha before while I got correct Image. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Please help me with calculating direction from point A to B
Pedro, If I understand you correctly, you are having difficulties with the device's orientation. The bearing angle seems to be computed in the horizontal plane. If you wish to adjust for the device's orientation, you need to concatenate it with the bearing angle. Google for quaternions. This is a (relatively) simple math technique to work with rotations the same way you can work with vectors: add / subtract, interpolate. -- Kostya 18.09.2010 0:56, Pedro Teixeira пишет: Hi everyone... I'm back with the same issue for the last couple of days… I'm trying to create a compass for my application BUT the difference is that, instead of having a line always pointing to north, I want this line to point for a specific point. I've been trying dozens of algorithms and nothing works.. I've finally found one that points me exactlly to the point I want.. BUT it doesn't move if I change the position of the device which is my objective.. basicly, what I want is that no matter the direction I'm using my device.. the line always point me to the point (picLatitude,picLongitude)… I understood that for the line to move, I can't use static variables… I need to use the values offered by the onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event). This are the data I have available: event.values[0]: azimuth, rotation around the Z axis (device in relation to north, 0º) event.values[1]: pitch, rotation around the X axis event.values[2]: roll, rotation around the Y axis mLatitude: device current latitude gottern from GPS (variable) mLongitude: device current longitude gotten from GPS (variable) picLatitude: static picture latitude established previously picLongitude: static picture longitude established previously distance: distance in Km from device to the picture calculated previously And this the formula that works correct, and gives me the correct angle.. ( BUT IT DOESN'T USE ANY OF THE SENSOR DATA SO THE LINE COMPASS DOESNT MOVE): double dLong = picLongitude - mLongitude; double y = (Math.sin(dLong) * Math.cos(picLatitude)); double x = (Math.cos(mLatitude) * Math.sin(picLatitude) - Math.sin(mLatitude)*Math.cos(picLatitude)*Math.cos(dLong)); double angleDegreesWrongRange = Math.abs(Math.toDegrees(Math.atan2(y, x))); float angleDegrees = (float) ((angleDegreesWrongRange+360) % 360); myCompass.updateDirection(angleDegrees); I got this bearing formula from this website: http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html Can someone please help me with this? I've try adding, subtracting… the azimuth.. I've tried with the others.. seriously at this point I'm just demoralized.. Thank you in advance -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
18.09.2010 12:59, Alex пишет: We are constantly reading about the massive growth of Android and the 10s of millions of devices out there, so why do most apps struggle to even grab a tiny percentage of that user base? Yes, this is indeed a curious thing. Especially given that, compared to the price of a phone + cellular plan (outright or per month), the price of a typical Android application ($3 to $5) is quite insignificant. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] What is exactly the X and Y coordinates in method canvas.rotate
Can anybody explain me what is exactly that coordinates? I have search for information but can't find properly info. I have some drawables objects wich I need to rotate, I have realized I need to add a constant value to that coordinates, if not they rotate wrong. I use this way: == canvas.save(); canvas.rotate(90 * mRotatationType, CTE_ROTATING_X_POINT + coordX, CTE_ROTATING_Y_POINT + coordY); canvas.restore; == Where: -mRotatationType: is set to 0, 1, 2, or 3 in order to get a 0, 90, 180, 270º rotation. -coordX and coordY are the top/left points of my drawable object. -CTE_ROTATING_X_POINT and CTE_ROTATING_Y_POINT are set to 48 (if not the drawables move in a different place after rotate). This is the mistery for me. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Problem with HttpsURLConnection
Here's the full error message: 09-18 10:45:56.909: ERROR/NetService:httpsGet(16414): HttpRequest: IOException: java.io.IOException: Write error: I/O error during system call, Broken pipe The strange this is I'm not writing anything, this is a get request. Any clues at all? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
My core app has been on the Market since early 2009. I currently make an average of 130ish dollars a day. The last two months I made more than at my full time job. On Sep 18, 4:34 am, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: 18.09.2010 12:59, Alex пишет: We are constantly reading about the massive growth of Android and the 10s of millions of devices out there, so why do most apps struggle to even grab a tiny percentage of that user base? Yes, this is indeed a curious thing. Especially given that, compared to the price of a phone + cellular plan (outright or per month), the price of a typical Android application ($3 to $5) is quite insignificant. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Symbian C++ for mobile apps
For a query like that, the best help we can offer is to direct you to http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. On Sep 16, 8:58 pm, urmila swami urmila.swa...@gmail.com wrote: i hv a probiem do u help me? On 9/15/10, Rohan Malhotra therohanmalho...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, Create powerful apps for the world’s most popular smart phone platform with Symbian C++ Symbian provides a secure, reliable operating system for smart phones and is created in Symbian C++ Symbian C++ has been designed to run efficiently on devices with relatively limited memory and power resources. Several elements of Symbian C++ therefore differ from desktop C/C++ because of these requirements. Specific examples include a leaving mechanism that protects apps against a lack of requested resources and special handling of data through descriptors. While these mechanisms may be unfamiliar at first, once mastered they enable the coding of robust and efficient apps. For othr info check this: http://www.forum.nokia.com/Develop/Other_Technologies/Symbian_C++/ -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Best method to save a array in Bundle?
I have 2 dimensions array like this:
public myArrayType[][] mObjArray;
I want to save it in the onSaveInstanceState method, since my array
contains lot of elements I dont want to save element by element but
the whole array object, what is the best way?
I tried this but exception is thrown:
-
public Bundle saveState(Bundle map) {
if (map != null) {
map.putSerializable(objLevel, (Serializable)
mCurrentLevelMatrix);
}
return map;
}
---
I have seen a putParcelableArrayList method but dunno how it works
exactly.
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Re: [android-developers] Webview inside Scroll doesn't resize
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Edwin edwin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I put a webview inside a scroll view according to this http://www.anddev.org/view-layout-resource-problems-f27/add-imageview-to-bottom-of-webview-t19169.html . But I found that if the webview already loaded a long content, and then load short content again. The webview doesn't resize and the scroll bar is still here. for example, load testbr/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/ br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/ and then load test in the webview will cause this problem. How can I resize the webview the fit the content. I do not expect a WebView inside a ScrollView will work. They both know how to scroll, and scrollable things in scrollable things does not work well in Android. I suggest that you come up with a UI design that can avoid this requirement. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Atlanta: http://bignerdranch.com/classes/android -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Reading webpage data
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:37 AM, pramod.deore deore.pramo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all in my application I want to read data from web page. if data at web page is upto 800kb then I am able to read it succesfully, but if data is larger then I get OutofMemoryException. Here is my code which reads data from web page Switch to using HttpClient and a BasicResponseHandler: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/httpclient/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientWithResponseHandler.java (or http://bit.ly/lCVgZ if that URL is too long) -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Atlanta: http://bignerdranch.com/classes/android -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Best method to save a array in Bundle?
I haven't played with this, but if you make your class (myArrayType) implement
the Serializable interface it should work fine. Of course, all the instance
variables of that class must also be Serializable, otherwise you would still
get an exception (probably a NotSerializableException).
Hope it helps,
Yuvi
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:46 PM, jlopeznava...@gmail.com
jlopeznava...@gmail.com wrote:
I have 2 dimensions array like this:
public myArrayType[][] mObjArray;
I want to save it in the onSaveInstanceState method, since my array
contains lot of elements I dont want to save element by element but
the whole array object, what is the best way?
I tried this but exception is thrown:
-
public Bundle saveState(Bundle map) {
if (map != null) {
map.putSerializable(objLevel, (Serializable)
mCurrentLevelMatrix);
}
return map;
}
---
I have seen a putParcelableArrayList method but dunno how it works
exactly.
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Re: [android-developers] Webview inside Scroll doesn't resize
Umm...I got your point, but I really need to have an image below a webview, is there any suggest that is without using scroll view Thanks On 09/18/2010 06:49 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Edwinedwin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I put a webview inside a scroll view according to this http://www.anddev.org/view-layout-resource-problems-f27/add-imageview-to-bottom-of-webview-t19169.html . But I found that if the webview already loaded a long content, and then load short content again. The webview doesn't resize and the scroll bar is still here. for example, load testbr/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/ br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/br/ and then load test in the webview will cause this problem. How can I resize the webview the fit the content. I do not expect a WebView inside a ScrollView will work. They both know how to scroll, and scrollable things in scrollable things does not work well in Android. I suggest that you come up with a UI design that can avoid this requirement. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Webview inside Scroll doesn't resize
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Kwok Chun Wing, Edwin edwin...@gmail.com wrote: Umm...I got your point, but I really need to have an image below a webview, is there any suggest that is without using scroll view Option #1: Put the WebView in a LinearLayout or RelativeLayout, and put the ImageView below that. Option #2: Put the image in the WebView by modifying the HTML. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Atlanta: http://bignerdranch.com/classes/android -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Android Market Licensing Service
Regarding obfuscation, I found this post pretty handy for some pitfalls in that area: http://blog.uncommons.org/2010/09/13/android-lvl-obfuscation-pitfalls/ On 17 sep, 22:52, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone on this list using AMLS yet? Any comments, things to avoid, best practices? It sounds great in concept but I'd like to hear how it's working in practice. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Webview inside Scroll doesn't resize
I think the first option is not suitable for me since I need the image be shown only when it is scrolled to the end. It maybe good to add some html in the webview content, but I want to know how to right such html img src=image location/, but the image is stored in the drawable, how the html can obtain such image? Thanks for your advice. On 09/18/2010 07:09 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Kwok Chun Wing, Edwin edwin...@gmail.com wrote: Umm...I got your point, but I really need to have an image below a webview, is there any suggest that is without using scroll view Option #1: Put the WebView in a LinearLayout or RelativeLayout, and put the ImageView below that. Option #2: Put the image in the WebView by modifying the HTML. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Developing for Galaxy tab(any tab resolution devices)
Or be patient, as this official google blogpost says a custom AVD should be coming from Samsung: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/09/screen-geometry-fun.html On 17 sep, 12:58, Rahul rahulvarma.kalidindi0...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I want to how to develop and test apps for the Galaxy tab. I mean like the Android simulator, can we test the tab apps on a simulator? Is there a way to download simulator for the tab or should we tweak the existing simulator? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
Alex, I think the answer to your question is pretty simple: 99.99% of the apps users download are the same 100-200 top apps. This is the case even in the appstore/iTunes - the big difference there, of course, is that there are much better tools available there to facilitate browsing and discovery. Actually, I may be giving too much credit to the Android market, because in practice it does not support app discovery. I'd almost say that the few successful developers are successful in spite of the Android ecosystem, rather than because of it. The large number of apps that blatantly break the Android market TOS together with the huge number of spam apps (30%, according to appbrain in March) are all symptoms of an eco-system that is far from friendly for independent developers. One reason, I don't like to discuss how much I earn (beyond the obvious reasons), is that earnings are extremely variable - especially with ads; for instance, I've seen fluctuations of 300% revenue from one day to the next, so anything I might write now could be completely inaccurate in a week. It can also easily comes across as bragging. I have 2 apps on the market (both free); one pretty much finished (haven't done anything on it for a while), the other still being improved upon. The latter is the successful one - it is high enough on the market that a user might find it if he scrolls down the relevant category for long enough (most new users still find it through updates, though). It's currently up to around 90,000 users (it's about half a year old). No idea what the install base is - I do not trust Google's numbers at all any more (cf. other discussions here). According to Flurry, the app currently sees some 10K active sessions a day. It is currently making double digits per day in ad revenue, though still a good distance away from Doug's triple digits. Still, assuming the growth in active users continue over the next 3-4 months (possible, though the market gets ever more competitive) and that the current eCPM is maintained or improved (very uncertain), I think three digits is possible. A lof of ifs involved, but it is still pretty amazing to me, as a couple of months ago, the game was not making more than $2-$3 a day. I would certainly consider a paid version on the market, if this was an option at all. Even a 2% conversion rate would probably double the daily income; more than that (Polyclef has about 5-10% conversion, from what I can gather) would certainly place the game within reach of three digit income a day. Based on my own experiences, I can certainly see how someone could make a pretty OK living from simply focusing on developing Android apps, although I don't feel the least bit tempted myself (I've poured a lot of work into my apps, but it's still been out of my free time). I still find it inspirational to read stuff like Polyclef's blog, though. Regards, Michael A. On Sep 18, 10:59 am, Alex maroeb...@gmail.com wrote: I am very interested in the responses to this thread. I only have one app on the market, a simple home page widget. It is free, and it has been downloaded 13,937 times with an active install percentage of 47%. Obviously, I would like to make some money from my apps, but when I look at paid versions of similar apps to mine, the download numbers are pitiful. We are constantly reading about the massive growth of Android and the 10s of millions of devices out there, so why do most apps struggle to even grab a tiny percentage of that user base? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
Very interesting read, this blog. I always assumed that the ratio would be stacked in favour of Ad revenue, with Paid revenue falling somewhere behind. But for this app, it's not the case. Perhaps it's because of the app type, being a well reviewed utility. I have a free Ad-supported app with well over a million downloads, and it's bringing in a very nice ad revenue. I never bothered creating a paid version, as a) my own research suggested not many people would pay for it, b) There wasn't much I could offer as an extra (except losing the ads). One of the things that I get as regular feedback is It's free! and I like to keep it that way. You never know though...maybe it's worth a shot. Hmmm. On Sep 17, 12:07 am, polyclefsoftware dja...@gmail.com wrote: I blog about my app revenue, among other things: http://polyclefsoftware.blogspot.com/2010/08/yet-another-android-succ... -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Webview inside Scroll doesn't resize
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Kwok Chun Wing, Edwin edwin...@gmail.com wrote: I think the first option is not suitable for me since I need the image be shown only when it is scrolled to the end. That may or may not prove to be possible. It maybe good to add some html in the webview content, but I want to know how to right such html img src=image location/, but the image is stored in the drawable, how the html can obtain such image? Try android.resource://package_name/drawable/name, where: -- package_name is the name of your application's package -- name is the name of the image resource -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Atlanta: http://bignerdranch.com/classes/android -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] What is exactly the X and Y coordinates in method canvas.rotate
The coordinates are the rotation's center point (called the pivot point in the docs). See here for an interactive demo: http://www.nbilyk.com/pivot-rotate-example If you set these coordinates to the center of the canvas, you'll get the most intuitive result. But other rotations are possible as shown in the link above. -- Kostya 18.09.2010 13:37, jlopeznava...@gmail.com пишет: Can anybody explain me what is exactly that coordinates? I have search for information but can't find properly info. I have some drawables objects wich I need to rotate, I have realized I need to add a constant value to that coordinates, if not they rotate wrong. I use this way: == canvas.save(); canvas.rotate(90 * mRotatationType, CTE_ROTATING_X_POINT + coordX, CTE_ROTATING_Y_POINT + coordY); canvas.restore; == Where: -mRotatationType: is set to 0, 1, 2, or 3 in order to get a 0, 90, 180, 270º rotation. -coordX and coordY are the top/left points of my drawable object. -CTE_ROTATING_X_POINT and CTE_ROTATING_Y_POINT are set to 48 (if not the drawables move in a different place after rotate). This is the mistery for me. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Problem with HttpsURLConnection
Neil, Perhaps you could try using AndroidHttpClient - supposedly, it has some tweaks specifically for the https/ssl protocol so works more smoothly. Since this class derives from Apache's HttpClient, you'd be able to use most of your code on the desktop, as well (you seem to imply that you also have a desktop application). http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/http/AndroidHttpClient.html http://developer.android.com/reference/org/apache/http/client/HttpClient.html -- Kostya 18.09.2010 13:47, Neilz пишет: Here's the full error message: 09-18 10:45:56.909: ERROR/NetService:httpsGet(16414): HttpRequest: IOException: java.io.IOException: Write error: I/O error during system call, Broken pipe The strange this is I'm not writing anything, this is a get request. Any clues at all? -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Problem with HttpsURLConnection
Note that this class is new to API level 8. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: Neil, Perhaps you could try using AndroidHttpClient - supposedly, it has some tweaks specifically for the https/ssl protocol so works more smoothly. Since this class derives from Apache's HttpClient, you'd be able to use most of your code on the desktop, as well (you seem to imply that you also have a desktop application). http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/http/AndroidHttpClient.html http://developer.android.com/reference/org/apache/http/client/HttpClient.html -- Kostya 18.09.2010 13:47, Neilz пишет: Here's the full error message: 09-18 10:45:56.909: ERROR/NetService:httpsGet(16414): HttpRequest: IOException: java.io.IOException: Write error: I/O error during system call, Broken pipe The strange this is I'm not writing anything, this is a get request. Any clues at all? -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Atlanta: http://bignerdranch.com/classes/android -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: IntentService: Sending Message to a handler on dead thread
:bump: Please help. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: What is exactly the X and Y coordinates in method canvas.rotate
That link was very useful to understand how the pivot point works, now I understand it perfectly. I was using 48, 48 as pivot and I didn't realized that was the middle X and middle of my drawable (it sizes 96x96) so that's because it rotate properly. Thank you very much. On Sep 18, 1:51 pm, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: The coordinates are the rotation's center point (called the pivot point in the docs). See here for an interactive demo: http://www.nbilyk.com/pivot-rotate-example If you set these coordinates to the center of the canvas, you'll get the most intuitive result. But other rotations are possible as shown in the link above. -- Kostya 18.09.2010 13:37, jlopeznava...@gmail.com пишет: Can anybody explain me what is exactly that coordinates? I have search for information but can't find properly info. I have some drawables objects wich I need to rotate, I have realized I need to add a constant value to that coordinates, if not they rotate wrong. I use this way: === === canvas.save(); canvas.rotate(90 * mRotatationType, CTE_ROTATING_X_POINT + coordX, CTE_ROTATING_Y_POINT + coordY); canvas.restore; === === Where: -mRotatationType: is set to 0, 1, 2, or 3 in order to get a 0, 90, 180, 270º rotation. -coordX and coordY are the top/left points of my drawable object. -CTE_ROTATING_X_POINT and CTE_ROTATING_Y_POINT are set to 48 (if not the drawables move in a different place after rotate). This is the mistery for me. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] IntentService: Sending Message to a handler on dead thread
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Samuh samuh.va...@gmail.com wrote: 1. What is causing these exceptions? Probably because of this: The IntentService class fires a few AsyncTask from its onHandleIntent() callback. IntentService already uses a background thread for onHandleIntent(). Hence, do not use AsyncTask -- just execute your code in onHandleIntent(). 2. How can such exceptions be avoided? Do not use AsyncTask -- just execute your code in onHandleIntent(). Also, you might consider using a WakefulIntentService, or your own pattern derived from it, to keep the device awake while you are doing work: http://github.com/commonsguy/cwac-wakeful 3. What happens when the device sleeps? All processes and threads are suspended. 4. I've read somewhere that if the network connectivity is through WiFi, it is disabled when the device sleeps. Correct. What are the cases that a developer should take care of when a device wakes up? That is impossible to answer in the abstract. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Atlanta: http://bignerdranch.com/classes/android -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] hah! so *thats* how they do it!
navi-two:tools s7ephen$ say -v Cellos droid; navi-two:tools s7ephen$ uname -a Darwin navi-two.local 10.3.2 Darwin Kernel Version 10.3.2: Wed Mar 17 14:55:00 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.5.30~3/RELEASE_I386 i386 -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: hah! so *thats* how they do it!
What exactly is the it that they are doing? Running android on top of a bsd-derived kernel? Sounds plausible if they are careful to check and honor licensing for or rewrite if necessary anything kernel mode like binder or ashmem brought over from linux android. Doing something unrelated to android? What is this system? On Sep 18, 9:12 am, Stephen Ridley s7ep...@gmail.com wrote: navi-two:tools s7ephen$ say -v Cellos droid; navi-two:tools s7ephen$ uname -a Darwin navi-two.local 10.3.2 Darwin Kernel Version 10.3.2: Wed Mar 17 14:55:00 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.5.30~3/RELEASE_I386 i386 -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
It's hard to compete against free. I've not installed many phone apps, but in terms of desktop apps I find that quality/fit is so variable that I'm reluctant to pay up front for an app (have only done it on a couple of occasions), and I would imagine the same is true for phone apps. I have on a handful of occasions (maybe 25% of those that give the option) upgraded a free desktop app to paid to gain more features (and a little bit out of guilt, I suppose). I don't ever recall upgrading a trial period app -- for some reason they never seem that valuable to me when the trial period expires. One problem that phone apps have, I suspect, is that it's difficult/ impossible (depending on the market) to directly provide interfaces to upgrade to a new version, whether free or paid, while desktop apps can do it seamlessly. On Sep 18, 3:59 am, Alex maroeb...@gmail.com wrote: I am very interested in the responses to this thread. I only have one app on the market, a simple home page widget. It is free, and it has been downloaded 13,937 times with an active install percentage of 47%. Obviously, I would like to make some money from my apps, but when I look at paid versions of similar apps to mine, the download numbers are pitiful. We are constantly reading about the massive growth of Android and the 10s of millions of devices out there, so why do most apps struggle to even grab a tiny percentage of that user base? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: To the Moderators: is there a way to find my earlier post threads?
It's not unreasonable, but I don't think it's going to happen. Google seems to be letting their Groups software languish. That said, I've not noticed a single case of not finding one of my posts on the web, if I come back at least once every 24 hours. On Sep 17, 11:47 pm, Saied saie...@gmail.com wrote: Is it unreasonable to expect to find my posts, and their replies, here on the web interface? On Sep 17, 7:29 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: Are you working via email or the web interface? If you're using the web interface you can click Edit my membership just to the right of this thread to change your email preferences. If you're working via email I assume there's a way to email change requests, but I don't know what it is. On Sep 17, 8:04 pm, Saied saie...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Moderator(s)? I wonder if there is a way for me to find the messages that I have posted here, and more importantly, the responses that others have posted for my questions. Is there? I am not getting other people's responses emailed to me. (is there a way? and is that the only way?) And when I search for my posts, I don't find them listed under my profile: list of messages. I do see the number of posts reflect my posts, but the actual posts are not in the list. (some are, but most are not). I am new to this and so far I have not had a great luck getting any useful information from this group. Not finding the responses that others may have provided would certainly hamper my further efforts in benefiting from this forum. Are these expectations reasonable? Am I missing something? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How to reverse ListView scrolling behavior?
Impatience? I'm not one of those who jumped on the guy without trying to understand what he wanted, or why. Angry? I'm not one of those who told him he was (in so many words) an idiot. On Sep 18, 1:54 am, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.com wrote: The impatience revealed by your puerile, angry language shows that you have not learned the most important lessons your allegedly longer experience could have taught you. Small wonder, then, that you show such limited understanding of UX principles. On Sep 17, 7:25 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: With all due respect -- hell toss respect out the window -- you don't know sith about what you're talking about. I've been in this industry for 40 years, and I've seen all sorts of good and bad UI designs -- many of the worst directly attributable to designers inventing and enforcing rules about what was good and bad, against the explicit advice of others who, from experience and experiment, knew what worked and what didn't. The OP has explained why he wants to reverse the action of the control, and it's a perfectly valid reason, especially given that he's experimenting -- he realizes that what he's planning to try may not work well, but even in the failure of it he may learn some things about how to make a better UI. Granted in several ways it is a square peg into a round hole, but consider that, just maybe, it's the hole that's wrongly shaped, not the peg. The biggest thing that scares me about Android, from the standpoint of investing in it as a platform for future applications, is that already too many features of it are apparently sacred and immutable, even as they clearly demonstrate a poor fit to reality. I'm quite afraid that Android will end up even more hide-bound than iPhone due to this belief on the part of its designers that it's too perfect to permit further modification. On Sep 17, 9:07 pm, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.com wrote: I have worked with numerous UI and UX experts over the years, and not once have I ever heard any of them say anything as rash and glib as whatever works. Not even with your caveat. Nor is your glib assertion consistent with my own experience of good and bad UI design over the years. Besides: your caveat qualified it with respect for convention -- which is exactly what the OP is tossing out the window. And no, the rights you so graciously bestow on the OP do not exist -- except perhaps in the fanciful imaginations of people on their own high horses. Since he asked such a bad question, he is not going to like the answers he gets. Tough luck. Next time, he should readhttp://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlandlearnfrom his mistake. Finally, your example of a simulated scroll wheel does not illustrate the point you think it does. Of course the presence of the wheel changed the user's perception of which way it should be (because of scroll buttons on mice): but by insisting on putting a scroll wheel in there in the first place, no matter how 'good' the reason, you introduced a contradiction into the UI paradigm of the application. If you had studied it a little closer, you would likely have noticed that as users try to make more and more use of the application, a significant plurality of them would have trouble remembering when up is up and when up is down. IOW, given that you had to introduce the wheel, allowing it to go against the grain in that one place may have worked, but only at a cost, and it is quite unconvincing that the wheel really had to be there, or is worth that cost. But I can't say a lot about your old situation, since I know only what you so briefly described. What I CAN say is that it really does go against the grain in Android, and in a way that can only detract from the UX. And that if the OHA or Google had the kind of strict UI guidelines that made Apple's OS so user-friendly even from the early days, it would NOT be allowed. You are making me wish for the straight-jackets from the Developmental Ministry in the Republic of Steve Jobs;) On Sep 17, 10:04 am, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: In this particular context there was a simulated scroll wheel superimposed over the edge of the scroll list (for reasons having to do with the dynamics of the controls). For some reason this changed the user's perception of the control completely. Basically, the user saw the wheel as moving the highlight bar up/down vs moving the list up/down. (If you think about it, the scroll wheel on a mouse operates the same way.) I am sure there are other situations where similar perceptual issues could arise, such as when scrolling some sort of a map. And the OP certainly has a right (and perhaps legal obligation) to not disclose the particulars of his application, in addition to simply not wanting
[android-developers] SIM state ready intent
Hi everyone, Can any one please tell me which intent is broadcast whent sim became reday or when sim connected to the network 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 this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: HttpClient routine works but w/o connection, it times out?
In addition to putting your http calls into a separate thread, you could also add HttpParams to your HttpGet object to set timeouts, both for the connection and for the operation. Something like the following: HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams(); HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params, 2000);// 2 seconds HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, 15000); // 15 seconds httpget.setParams(params); If a timeout occurs during execute(), you'll get an IOException, technically a subclass of IOException depending on which timeout tripped. - dave www.androidbook.com On Sep 17, 9:39 pm, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.com wrote: Indeed! Why, one of the major benefits of using HttpClient instead of barebones java.net methods is that it makes it easy to move all the HTTP waiting -out- of the UI main thread. See, for example, how the authors of Unlocking Android have done this in the sample code for chapter 6 athttp://code.google.com/p/unlocking-android/ . See especially the class HTTPRequestHelper in HTTPHelperForm.java in NetworkExplorer, since this class 'wraps' HttpClient. Of course, to get a full explanation of how this separation works, you need to buy and read the book;) NB: their approach is noticeably different from Mark Murphy's solution. They use the Looper and Handler, which they call the Swiss- Army knife of threading in Android. This approach may appear a little dated compared to AsyncTask, but at least this way you learn to use the Swiss-Army knife, instead of becoming dependent on AsyncTask. One should expect the Swiss-Army knife to be more widely applicable than AsyncTask. Besides: it is a good exercise to rewrite it to use AsyncTask in place of Looper/Handler or vice versa. On Sep 17, 1:04 pm, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: John, It's not a good idea to do networking on the UI thread. As you found out, if there is a delay, for reasons that you can't control, the user gets the ANR dialog (application not responding). Take a look at several options offered by Android to move your networking code to a worker thread: - AsyncTask - IntentService - An improvement upon IntentService, developed by Mark Murphy: WakefulIntentService -- Kostya 17.09.2010 23:59, john brown пишет: It does however display the error Application MyApp (in process mnt.android.myapp.MA103) is not responding. along with a Force Close button and a Wait button. If I wait a moment and press the Wait button, the app proceeds like it should. What can I do to avoid the long wait (and error) when there is no service? -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Same color specified in xml file and png appear differently?
I'm not quite sure what's going on - if I specify the color in my layout xml like so with alpha = FF: #ffebebeb then at least in the layout editor it now matches the color of my png (created in photoshop, with the same #ebebeb specification). When I run the app though, the emulator is showing it as a different type of grey. Did I miss what you meant by alpha channel difference, Mark? Thanks On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: Might be an alpha channel difference. On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Mark Wyszomierski mar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a 9 png which is used as the background of a view, the stretchable region has a color of: #ebebeb I have a view next to it, and I've set its background color like so: LinearLayout android:background=#ebebeb when the two views are beside one another, you can clearly tell that the colors are not the same, they're different shades of grey. I'm seeing this on the emulators, haven't had a chance to try it on a device. Is this expected, or is there something I'm doing wrong in the color declaration? 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 this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Same color specified in xml file and png appear differently?
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Mark Wyszomierski mar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not quite sure what's going on - if I specify the color in my layout xml like so with alpha = FF: #ffebebeb then at least in the layout editor it now matches the color of my png (created in photoshop, with the same #ebebeb specification). When I run the app though, the emulator is showing it as a different type of grey. Did I miss what you meant by alpha channel difference, Mark? Well, you are halfway there. For starters, you need the alpha value of your background color to be the same as the alpha value of your PNG file. You know what the alpha value of your background color is, because you are setting it. Now, you need to determine the alpha value that Photoshop used with your PNG file. Also, if you choose a non-opaque (i.e., less than FF) alpha, things get more complicated, as you have to take into account the stuff the alpha channel is blending from behind the respective widgets. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.9 Available! -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Same color specified in xml file and png appear differently?
Yeah I guess that's why I'm confused, the alpha of my png is 100%. So when I set the background color in the xml file to explicitly have alpha = ff, then the layout editor shows the two colors matching. It's just that when I run the app, the emulator (and n1 at least) show the background color (not the png) as the different grey, same as when I was previously *not* setting the alpha = ff. To sum it up: before: background=#ebebeb drawable in photoshop (100% alpha, ebebeb) layout editor and emulator show background as a purplish-grey. now background=#ffebebeb drawable (unchanged from before) layout editor shows background now matching my drawable, but at runtime it looks like the purplish grey from before. I'm not modifying the color at runtime (which could explain the difference), I'll make a separate test app to try and demo it, Thanks On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Mark Wyszomierski mar...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not quite sure what's going on - if I specify the color in my layout xml like so with alpha = FF: #ffebebeb then at least in the layout editor it now matches the color of my png (created in photoshop, with the same #ebebeb specification). When I run the app though, the emulator is showing it as a different type of grey. Did I miss what you meant by alpha channel difference, Mark? Well, you are halfway there. For starters, you need the alpha value of your background color to be the same as the alpha value of your PNG file. You know what the alpha value of your background color is, because you are setting it. Now, you need to determine the alpha value that Photoshop used with your PNG file. Also, if you choose a non-opaque (i.e., less than FF) alpha, things get more complicated, as you have to take into account the stuff the alpha channel is blending from behind the respective widgets. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.9 Available! -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Same color specified in xml file and png appear differently?
Perhaps you can use a small PNG drawable for the view where you currently specify a color constant? -- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 18.09.2010 19:35 пользователь Mark Wyszomierski mar...@gmail.com написал: Yeah I guess that's why I'm confused, the alpha of my png is 100%. So when I set the background color in the xml file to explicitly have alpha = ff, then the layout editor shows the two colors matching. It's just that when I run the app, the emulator (and n1 at least) show the background color (not the png) as the different grey, same as when I was previously *not* setting the alpha = ff. To sum it up: before: background=#ebebeb drawable in photoshop (100% alpha, ebebeb) layout editor and emulator show background as a purplish-grey. now background=#ffebebeb drawable (unchanged from before) layout editor shows background now matching my drawable, but at runtime it looks like the purplish grey from before. I'm not modifying the color at runtime (which could explain the difference), I'll make a separate test app to try and demo it, Thanks On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 18,... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers g... -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to reverse ListView scrolling behavior?
Just wanted to say that it might be a bad design decision for a real app, but have you ever considered that he might want to do it as a joke app for his friends? I do that kind of stuff all the time just for the fun of it. So... why jump all over the guy? ... at least until you know what he really wants to do. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 17/09/2010 11:54 PM, Indicator Veritatis wrote: The impatience revealed by your puerile, angry language shows that you have not learned the most important lessons your allegedly longer experience could have taught you. Small wonder, then, that you show such limited understanding of UX principles. On Sep 17, 7:25 pm, DanHdanhi...@ieee.org wrote: With all due respect -- hell toss respect out the window -- you don't know sith about what you're talking about. I've been in this industry for 40 years, and I've seen all sorts of good and bad UI designs -- many of the worst directly attributable to designers inventing and enforcing rules about what was good and bad, against the explicit advice of others who, from experience and experiment, knew what worked and what didn't. The OP has explained why he wants to reverse the action of the control, and it's a perfectly valid reason, especially given that he's experimenting -- he realizes that what he's planning to try may not work well, but even in the failure of it he may learn some things about how to make a better UI. Granted in several ways it is a square peg into a round hole, but consider that, just maybe, it's the hole that's wrongly shaped, not the peg. The biggest thing that scares me about Android, from the standpoint of investing in it as a platform for future applications, is that already too many features of it are apparently sacred and immutable, even as they clearly demonstrate a poor fit to reality. I'm quite afraid that Android will end up even more hide-bound than iPhone due to this belief on the part of its designers that it's too perfect to permit further modification. On Sep 17, 9:07 pm, Indicator Veritatismej1...@yahoo.com wrote: I have worked with numerous UI and UX experts over the years, and not once have I ever heard any of them say anything as rash and glib as whatever works. Not even with your caveat. Nor is your glib assertion consistent with my own experience of good and bad UI design over the years. Besides: your caveat qualified it with respect for convention -- which is exactly what the OP is tossing out the window. And no, the rights you so graciously bestow on the OP do not exist -- except perhaps in the fanciful imaginations of people on their own high horses. Since he asked such a bad question, he is not going to like the answers he gets. Tough luck. Next time, he should readhttp://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlandlearn from his mistake. Finally, your example of a simulated scroll wheel does not illustrate the point you think it does. Of course the presence of the wheel changed the user's perception of which way it should be (because of scroll buttons on mice): but by insisting on putting a scroll wheel in there in the first place, no matter how 'good' the reason, you introduced a contradiction into the UI paradigm of the application. If you had studied it a little closer, you would likely have noticed that as users try to make more and more use of the application, a significant plurality of them would have trouble remembering when up is up and when up is down. IOW, given that you had to introduce the wheel, allowing it to go against the grain in that one place may have worked, but only at a cost, and it is quite unconvincing that the wheel really had to be there, or is worth that cost. But I can't say a lot about your old situation, since I know only what you so briefly described. What I CAN say is that it really does go against the grain in Android, and in a way that can only detract from the UX. And that if the OHA or Google had the kind of strict UI guidelines that made Apple's OS so user-friendly even from the early days, it would NOT be allowed. You are making me wish for the straight-jackets from the Developmental Ministry in the Republic of Steve Jobs;) On Sep 17, 10:04 am, DanHdanhi...@ieee.org wrote: In this particular context there was a simulated scroll wheel superimposed over the edge of the scroll list (for reasons having to do with the dynamics of the controls). For some reason this changed the user's perception of the control completely. Basically, the user saw the wheel as moving the highlight bar
Re: [android-developers] Same color specified in xml file and png appear differently?
Hi Kostya, I'll probably end up doing that, I was just curious as to what is going on with this since everything seems to look ok - I'll make that test app and post back if I find anything, Thanks 2010/9/18 Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com Perhaps you can use a small PNG drawable for the view where you currently specify a color constant? -- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 18.09.2010 19:35 пользователь Mark Wyszomierski mar...@gmail.com написал: Yeah I guess that's why I'm confused, the alpha of my png is 100%. So when I set the background color in the xml file to explicitly have alpha = ff, then the layout editor shows the two colors matching. It's just that when I run the app, the emulator (and n1 at least) show the background color (not the png) as the different grey, same as when I was previously *not* setting the alpha = ff. To sum it up: before: background=#ebebeb drawable in photoshop (100% alpha, ebebeb) layout editor and emulator show background as a purplish-grey. now background=#ffebebeb drawable (unchanged from before) layout editor shows background now matching my drawable, but at runtime it looks like the purplish grey from before. I'm not modifying the color at runtime (which could explain the difference), I'll make a separate test app to try and demo it, Thanks On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 18,... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers g... -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] StateListDrawable and activity-menu-shown state?
Hi,
I have a linear layout that is focusable, I'd like it to use the same
background drawable as found in listview items:
StateListDrawable sld =
(StateListDrawable)context.getResources().getDrawable(
android.R.drawable.list_selector_background);
linearLayout..setBackgroundDrawable(sld);
linearLayout.setFocusable(true);
The default state of this selector is to be transparent, but I want a
specific background drawable used in an unselected state. It would be
ideal if we could just override this one state, and leave everything
else the same:
sld.addState(new int[] { -android.R.attr.state_window_focused },
context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.my_background));
That seems to work - but if I display a menu in the parent activity,
the background reverts to transparent again. When the menu is hidden,
the background comes back to the drawable I had used for the override.
I'm not sure what states I could override to fix the menu-display-
state-issue - but I'm not sure if this is even a proper use of
StateListDrawables. I could just make my own sld to mimic what the one
bundled with android does, but if I make its highlight state orange
for example, it'll look strange on some devices that have changed the
focus color to green for example with listviews (droid eris for
example). It'd be great to keep everything consistent.
Below is the xml def for android.R.drawable.list_selector_background.
If anyone knows what states to change for the menu display, that'd be
great.
Thanks
selector xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
android
item android:state_window_focused=false
android:drawable=@color/transparent /
!-- Even though these two point to the same resource, have two
states so the drawable will invalidate itself when coming out of
pressed state. --
item android:state_focused=true
android:state_enabled=false
android:state_pressed=true
android:drawable=@drawable/
list_selector_background_disabled /
item android:state_focused=true
android:state_enabled=false
android:drawable=@drawable/
list_selector_background_disabled /
item android:state_focused=true android:state_pressed=true
android:drawable=@drawable/
list_selector_background_transition /
item android:state_focused=false
android:state_pressed=true
android:drawable=@drawable/
list_selector_background_transition /
item android:state_focused=true
android:drawable=@drawable/
list_selector_background_focus /
/selector
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[android-developers] Re: Eclipse not installing Android Application on Emulator
Hope anyone can still offer a solution. Or can point me into the direction of a resource that might help. I'm quite desperate to find a solution to this, since the problem means I can't run Android apps on my office computer. On Sep 16, 12:20 pm, AgitoM karel.m...@gmail.com wrote: Been looking around the internet for some time for a solution, but still can't get it to work. Hence I am posting my problem here. I recently started learning Android, and have set up the development environment. I've created a HelloWorld like application. Basically I did nothing then create a project, and change the default display string. When I try to run the application on the emulator, it does not install the application on the Emulator. This is my Eclipse Console output: [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] Android Launch! [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] adb is running normally. [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] Performing com.example.DroidTestActivity activity launch [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] Automatic Target Mode: Preferred AVD 'VanillaAVD' is not available. Launching new emulator. [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'VanillaAVD' Ironically, doing the exact same thing on a other computer, does result in the application being installed and runned successfully. I've tried many things to fix this problem: - Fresh Eclipse install - Android SDK re-install - Project recreation - AVD re-creation - Changed Eclipse workspace - the kill-sever command line command. Getting quite desperate here, after having tried for two days, so hope someone has a clear solution for this. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
Just my 2c - the freemium model when executed well could be one answer. Basically the free app version should do enough to not invite removal due to either not compelling or too irritating. But it should also entice enough so that the user just bites - again patience is key as not every one will bite the very first time. One app that does this well is Tapatalk (I am not associated with them in any way other than being a happy, paying consumer). Their free version allows me to read from forums, supply login, read private messages etc. but then if I want to post/reply/click thru to bigger images etc I must upgrade. They didn't keep telling me I was a cheapskate just when I tried a premium feature. Loved it enough to pay up. More than the platform it is the individual app I think. As an example, the free virus scan software that Google Pack installs on the desktop is irritating me to the point I am going to replace it - asks me to upgrade whenever it can as opposed to when it makes sense. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 9:40 AM, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: It's hard to compete against free. I've not installed many phone apps, but in terms of desktop apps I find that quality/fit is so variable that I'm reluctant to pay up front for an app (have only done it on a couple of occasions), and I would imagine the same is true for phone apps. I have on a handful of occasions (maybe 25% of those that give the option) upgraded a free desktop app to paid to gain more features (and a little bit out of guilt, I suppose). I don't ever recall upgrading a trial period app -- for some reason they never seem that valuable to me when the trial period expires. One problem that phone apps have, I suspect, is that it's difficult/ impossible (depending on the market) to directly provide interfaces to upgrade to a new version, whether free or paid, while desktop apps can do it seamlessly. On Sep 18, 3:59 am, Alex maroeb...@gmail.com wrote: I am very interested in the responses to this thread. I only have one app on the market, a simple home page widget. It is free, and it has been downloaded 13,937 times with an active install percentage of 47%. Obviously, I would like to make some money from my apps, but when I look at paid versions of similar apps to mine, the download numbers are pitiful. We are constantly reading about the massive growth of Android and the 10s of millions of devices out there, so why do most apps struggle to even grab a tiny percentage of that user base? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to install the .apk file into blackberry
Fair enough. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.comwrote: You did not read closely enough. I never -said- Android was a JME platform. Rather, I said that BlackBerry was a JME platform, and that Android used the Java language, NOT the platform. And yes, a JME app written for one phone has a good chance of failing on another JME phone, which is why people say that Sun's promise of write once, anywhere has become (at least for JME) write once, debug everywhere;) On Sep 17, 5:21 am, Prakash Iyer thei...@gmail.com wrote: I would dispute your last statement - Android is not a JME platform. Any Java based app has really no chance of running as is on a JME platform. In fact as any one who has done serious JME programming will tell you, an interesting JME program has a decent probability of not working as intended across JME devices even from the same platform. BTW, a standard JME program has a non-zero probability that it will not work as is on a BlackBerry - basically there are somethings that you need to use the BlackBerry API for that are not JSR. Now a Java app, without modifications wouldn't run on Android and vice versa but that is more due to the runtime support that you will agree is quite different in Android devices than on any platform. To the OP (in a vain attempt to not hijack the thread:)) - the best option is to use a Web view equivalent and then try to write the skeleton app across platforms. Or you could try to write JME compliant code that is pure Java, makes no use of any JSR and reuse that core across JME and Android platforms. The shims (which in this case might be quite thick:)) would be platform specific... On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.comwrote: That is absolutely correct. BlackBerry phones are not Android phones. They do not understand APK files, nor is there any practical way to translate them to COD files. Now if the OP had been thinking of running JME files, that could be done. BlackBerry does support JME (MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.2). But this is yet another example of how Android, though it uses the Java - language-, does not use or support the Java -platform-. On Sep 16, 1:29 pm, SheikhAman shekh.a...@gmail.com wrote: Hahaha.. well, jokes apart, I really think you're on the wrong forum. As far as I know, BlackBerry supports .cod files and it won't understand what an APK file is. secondly, if it the code inside the APK file uses the SDK made for android and BlackBerry won't know anything about it. so it won't work. On Sep 16, 12:47 pm, bharani kumar bharanikumariyer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi , How to install the .apk file into blackberry , -- Regards B.S.Bharanikumarhttp://php-mysql-jquery.blogspot.com/ -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Service and application got crash
that is one nice tool. reps inbound for that! On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 4:12 AM, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.comwrote: And he should use pastebin at http://pastebin.com/ too, right? On Sep 17, 8:26 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:27 AM, nimi nimishk...@gmail.com wrote: Plz take a look at it and help me.. Sorry, but posting hundreds of lines of poorly formatted output is not a good way to get help. Please try to explain your problem in more detail. Explain the steps you're taking that lead you to your problem and only post logs that are relevant to the issue at hand. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: What's happening to my posts here? Is someone deleting them?
I agree - Google hasn't figured out scale yet. After all they deal with what a few 10's of searches and emails a day... Some times I wish there would be some one who actually did what Chris is referring to. Coming back in a few hours to email and finding out the top posts are - where are all my posts? well if none of them made it here then this one wouldn't as well. if this one did then maybe others did as well... - i am trying to do something that is well documented for a change. i am too busy to read, so here let me ask the collective wisdom to solve it for me... - i have screwed up by actually doing something before reading. now let me find out if any one here can read logcat output because I sure as hell can only paste it... On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Saied saie...@gmail.com wrote: I thought people post messages then come back here to see who has responded to them and what. It's hard to believe that Google cannot handle a few tens of text posts everyday. Notoriously unreliable?? has anyone been put to task to fix it? This does not seem to be a very hard problem for a technology company like google. the dog ate your messages is a much better excuse. On Sep 17, 1:44 pm, Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.com wrote: Ok ok, I'll fess up. I've been deleting your posts. It's not that I don't find them useful, it's just that they're so painfully boring to read. I can't take it, I... I just can't do it anymore. It's not you, and I know it's *cliché to say*, but it's true. It's not you at all, it's me. :-p -- Chris Stewarthttp://chriswstewart.com Fantasy Football http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football/- Android app for MFL fantasy football owners On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: 17.09.2010 22:43, TreKing пишет: On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Saied saie...@gmail.com wrote: Is it the policy of this group to remove the posts for which Android cannot give an answer? Not really. I found your post in my email archive. I suggest you use your email to read from and post to this group. The web interface is notoriously unreliable. To OP - if you do this, be advised that your messages will not be relayed back to you over email. You will only see replies, if any. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Is it possible to rotate screen by program code but not accelerometer sensor?
Not sure what you want to do here. Without the accelerometer the system wouldn't recognize that the screen has rotated. You (the user) can disable orientation change in the settings but then no app would ever know the orientation has changed. Now, the app can trap the orientation change and decide to do nothing about, or set a timer and ignore successive notifications to overcome sensitivity etc. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:17 PM, San Zhang dahua007...@gmail.com wrote: Hi every one, There are some shortcoming for system's rotate screen function: 1. It is too sensitive to result in many unwanted rotating actions. 2. Accelerometer consumed power greatly. I want disable it and control screen orientation by my own program. Is it possible? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Eclipse not installing Android Application on Emulator
try getting logcat output or use adb to install your package on the emulator and see what's happening. my guess would be the minSDK version is higher than what is supported on the emulator... On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:11 PM, AgitoM karel.m...@gmail.com wrote: Hope anyone can still offer a solution. Or can point me into the direction of a resource that might help. I'm quite desperate to find a solution to this, since the problem means I can't run Android apps on my office computer. On Sep 16, 12:20 pm, AgitoM karel.m...@gmail.com wrote: Been looking around the internet for some time for a solution, but still can't get it to work. Hence I am posting my problem here. I recently started learning Android, and have set up the development environment. I've created a HelloWorld like application. Basically I did nothing then create a project, and change the default display string. When I try to run the application on the emulator, it does not install the application on the Emulator. This is my Eclipse Console output: [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] Android Launch! [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] adb is running normally. [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] Performing com.example.DroidTestActivity activity launch [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] Automatic Target Mode: Preferred AVD 'VanillaAVD' is not available. Launching new emulator. [2010-09-16 12:06:01 - DroidTest] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'VanillaAVD' Ironically, doing the exact same thing on a other computer, does result in the application being installed and runned successfully. I've tried many things to fix this problem: - Fresh Eclipse install - Android SDK re-install - Project recreation - AVD re-creation - Changed Eclipse workspace - the kill-sever command line command. Getting quite desperate here, after having tried for two days, so hope someone has a clear solution for this. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: hah! so *thats* how they do it!
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Chris Stratton cs07...@gmail.com wrote: What exactly is the it that they are doing? Running android on top of a bsd-derived kernel? Sounds plausible if they are careful to check and honor licensing for or rewrite if necessary anything kernel mode like binder or ashmem brought over from linux android. Doing something unrelated to android? What is this system? On Sep 18, 9:12 am, Stephen Ridley s7ep...@gmail.com wrote: navi-two:tools s7ephen$ say -v Cellos droid; navi-two:tools s7ephen$ uname -a Darwin navi-two.local 10.3.2 Darwin Kernel Version 10.3.2: Wed Mar 17 14:55:00 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.5.30~3/RELEASE_I386 i386 I think he's pointing out that the Verizon Droid commercial/vocals are done on a Mac. --PhillW -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] ecllpse - creating run config for different API
i've got the AVD created (api3) - i see it listed and have the sdk loaded. but when i try to create a debug config in eclipse - i do not see the AVD listed. i do see the one for 2.2 -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Exception Logging
This is a bit long winded (sorry, but I need to explain what I'm doing before I can ask the question). Just wondering if I could get a few (hopefully few hundred) opinions on this : I developed an Exception Handler for my first Android app (released the first month the market opened), which logs all uncaught exceptions to my server, and since then I have gradually refined it and improved. I'm now using it in my 4th public Android app and a few private apps, and I find it extremely helpful to find bugs that don't happen to me when I'm testing. One thing I added that is proving to be extremely useful is an AlertDialog when the exception occurs asking the user if it is OK to contact him/her if I need more information to be able to fix the problem, and a box for them to enter their email address if they agree. I don't have good numbers for you on the acceptance rate because most of my public apps already have the users email address and for the private apps the company enforces their compliance (or supplies the emails for me to use). BUT... it looks like about 20% of users do enter their email address if asked, and that is more than enough to be very useful. I think I can increase the percentage of users that do supply their emails addresses, and that is what my question is about :). (I will ask it soon) First, It has occurred to me that my Exception Logger might be even more successful for me if other developers were also using it because users might have seen it before and trust it when they first see it in my apps. That obviously would only happen if quite a few developers were using it. Anyway... sorry it's already getting long, and I AM trying to keep it from becoming a book. I have repackaged my Exception Logger and will release it in the next couple of days for other developers to use (the price is the good one - FREE). I will host the thing on my server (FYI it's a Cloud based server so we can increase capacity if needed) and any developers using it will be able to log in and view the exceptions their app has generated, and sort by time/date, user, and other fields. NOW.. the question: I think the Exception Logger would be more successful getting the users to agree to be contacted IF their email addresses were kept confidential. Actually, I don't think there is much doubt that would be the case. BUT, there is a tradeoff. Obviously, most developers would prefer to see the email addresses so they can manage the contacts a bit more effectively without using my website to do it, BUT if the email addresses are not confidential, fewer users will give them. So here are what I think are the options: a)keep the email addresses confidential, but developers can send the user an email using my website, include both a reply address which goes to my website and then forwards the email to the developer, and also the developers email address so the user could respond directly to the developer if they choose. I'm sure this would have by far the highest success rate for getting contact info but means devs have to use my website to send the first email at least. b)give the user a choice of keeping the email address confidential or just giving it to the developer. This should also have a fairly high acceptance rate by the user, but complicates the process for them because they would actually have to read the instructions to figure out how it works, and quite possibly a few users would think they asked for their email addresses to be confidential, when they actually checked the other option, and would be upset if they found out later. It's also a bit more work for me, for maybe very little benefit. c)Don't bother keeping the email addresses confidential. All my own apps work this way, and it is useful, but I'm sure either of the other two options would have a better success rate of obtaining the email addresses, and therefore would be better for most devs to get information about problems in their apps. I don't try the a) or b) options for myself because obviously I could see the email addresses in my log files if I wanted to look, and it would be a little deceitful to tell the user their email would be confidential in that case, even if I did use them properly ... BUT, I can do that for other developers without stretching the truth at all, so I think it's worth the effort if other devs want to use it. So, please let me know what your opinions are. I'm also hoping to get some idea of how many developers might want to use this. I've already done almost all the work, so it will be released even if nobody wants to use it. It freaks me out a little to open up my server to an unknown amount of use, but I am well setup to increase server capacity quickly if needed, and I don't think the cost of doing this will be too horrible (I hope). ... Sincerely, Brad Gies
Re: [android-developers] Exception Logging
I have thought along similar lines. I think it should just be option a. Don't confuse the user with options. In fact don't even allow user to reply back directly. On Sep 18, 2010 1:19 PM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com wrote: This is a bit long winded (sorry, but I need to explain what I'm doing before I can ask the question). Just wondering if I could get a few (hopefully few hundred) opinions on this : I developed an Exception Handler for my first Android app (released the first month the market opened), which logs all uncaught exceptions to my server, and since then I have gradually refined it and improved. I'm now using it in my 4th public Android app and a few private apps, and I find it extremely helpful to find bugs that don't happen to me when I'm testing. One thing I added that is proving to be extremely useful is an AlertDialog when the exception occurs asking the user if it is OK to contact him/her if I need more information to be able to fix the problem, and a box for them to enter their email address if they agree. I don't have good numbers for you on the acceptance rate because most of my public apps already have the users email address and for the private apps the company enforces their compliance (or supplies the emails for me to use). BUT... it looks like about 20% of users do enter their email address if asked, and that is more than enough to be very useful. I think I can increase the percentage of users that do supply their emails addresses, and that is what my question is about :). (I will ask it soon) First, It has occurred to me that my Exception Logger might be even more successful for me if other developers were also using it because users might have seen it before and trust it when they first see it in my apps. That obviously would only happen if quite a few developers were using it. Anyway... sorry it's already getting long, and I AM trying to keep it from becoming a book. I have repackaged my Exception Logger and will release it in the next couple of days for other developers to use (the price is the good one - FREE). I will host the thing on my server (FYI it's a Cloud based server so we can increase capacity if needed) and any developers using it will be able to log in and view the exceptions their app has generated, and sort by time/date, user, and other fields. NOW.. the question: I think the Exception Logger would be more successful getting the users to agree to be contacted IF their email addresses were kept confidential. Actually, I don't think there is much doubt that would be the case. BUT, there is a tradeoff. Obviously, most developers would prefer to see the email addresses so they can manage the contacts a bit more effectively without using my website to do it, BUT if the email addresses are not confidential, fewer users will give them. So here are what I think are the options: a)keep the email addresses confidential, but developers can send the user an email using my website, include both a reply address which goes to my website and then forwards the email to the developer, and also the developers email address so the user could respond directly to the developer if they choose. I'm sure this would have by far the highest success rate for getting contact info but means devs have to use my website to send the first email at least. b)give the user a choice of keeping the email address confidential or just giving it to the developer. This should also have a fairly high acceptance rate by the user, but complicates the process for them because they would actually have to read the instructions to figure out how it works, and quite possibly a few users would think they asked for their email addresses to be confidential, when they actually checked the other option, and would be upset if they found out later. It's also a bit more work for me, for maybe very little benefit. c)Don't bother keeping the email addresses confidential. All my own apps work this way, and it is useful, but I'm sure either of the other two options would have a better success rate of obtaining the email addresses, and therefore would be better for most devs to get information about problems in their apps. I don't try the a) or b) options for myself because obviously I could see the email addresses in my log files if I wanted to look, and it would be a little deceitful to tell the user their email would be confidential in that case, even if I did use them properly ... BUT, I can do that for other developers without stretching the truth at all, so I think it's worth the effort if other devs want to use it. So, please let me know what your opinions are. I'm also hoping to get some idea of how many developers might want to use this. I've already done almost all the work, so it will be released even if nobody wants to use it. It freaks me out a little to open up my server to an unknown amount of use, but I am well setup to increase server capacity quickly if needed, and I
[android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?
Received this update this morning : Hello, We'd like to give you an update on this issue. We've previously stated that some application updates are incorrectly being counted as pure uninstalls rather than updates, causing the active installs metric to drop. We have now identified the root cause, and are working on a fix that we hope to release next week. However, due to the nature of the interaction between the Market client and our reporting infrastructure, it may take up to several weeks for your metrics in the Developer Console to return to normal. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and will keep you posted on our progress. Thank you for your continued patience. On Sep 15, 10:43 am, Pent tas...@dinglisch.net wrote: Thanks for writing in. We are currently investigating this issue. So far, this appears to be purely a reporting issue: some update events are being inaccurately recorded as uninstalls, rather than updates, creating a lower active installs percentage. However, our investigation tells us that applications are not actually being uninstalled. We hope to have a resolution soon. This fits, actually. I had been holding steady at around 50%. Released my first update for a month yesterday evening and now I'm down to 45%. Pent -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Android Market Licensing Service
Are there any examples of how you implemented it that you're willing to share? Even psuedocode would be helpful as an example: Copied java files 1,2,3 into my project as a pkg Implemented methods A,B,C Added X of LVL to onCreate of my main point of access on the application and did X,Y,Z etc... if return of G fails I did D to exit my application Or do you have anything you used online that could take you through it step by step, the blog post is a bit over whelming to someone just starting and since you have successfully implemented it I think it would be of great help to the community and myself to know the proper way to implement the procedure you used. If you can't I understand but it would be helpful if you could. Thank you, On Sep 18, 12:14 am, String sterling.ud...@googlemail.com wrote: Yes, I'm using it. I deployed it to one of my less-used apps first, and remarkably have had NO complaints. So I'm in the process of rolling it out to my front- line apps now. As for best-practices, I'd refer to the most recent dev blog posting on the subject:http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/09/securing-android-lvl-a... I'm using the ServerManagedPolicy myself. I integrated it into my own source tree (rather than using it as an external library), but that was my own preference. I've also tweaked some of the internals to defeat automated cracking, a la point 2 in the blog post above. I'm not using obfuscation currently; I couldn't get ProGuard to work without devoting more time than I have to spare, and from what I've read, that's not much of an impediment anyway. String On Sep 17, 9:52 pm, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone on this list using AMLS yet? Any comments, things to avoid, best practices? It sounds great in concept but I'd like to hear how it's working in practice. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
Keep in mind that there is a huge gap between the price to upgrade a desktop app and a phone app. The usual price range ($1-5) is generally so small that under normal circumstances, you should see good conversion rates. The problem is not that phone apps are difficult to upgrade to a new version - the problem is that the Android market does not provide the toolset to allow us to provide smooth in-app purchases and that one will break the terms of service if one implements it oneself. But this griping is nothing new, of course. Regards, Michael A. On Sep 18, 3:40 pm, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: It's hard to compete against free. I've not installed many phone apps, but in terms of desktop apps I find that quality/fit is so variable that I'm reluctant to pay up front for an app (have only done it on a couple of occasions), and I would imagine the same is true for phone apps. I have on a handful of occasions (maybe 25% of those that give the option) upgraded a free desktop app to paid to gain more features (and a little bit out of guilt, I suppose). I don't ever recall upgrading a trial period app -- for some reason they never seem that valuable to me when the trial period expires. One problem that phone apps have, I suspect, is that it's difficult/ impossible (depending on the market) to directly provide interfaces to upgrade to a new version, whether free or paid, while desktop apps can do it seamlessly. On Sep 18, 3:59 am, Alex maroeb...@gmail.com wrote: I am very interested in the responses to this thread. I only have one app on the market, a simple home page widget. It is free, and it has been downloaded 13,937 times with an active install percentage of 47%. Obviously, I would like to make some money from my apps, but when I look at paid versions of similar apps to mine, the download numbers are pitiful. We are constantly reading about the massive growth of Android and the 10s of millions of devices out there, so why do most apps struggle to even grab a tiny percentage of that user base? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Exception Logging
I believe option A is the best. One thing you might consider as a premium option for developers is reporting showing which crashes are more prevalent than others. I know Microsoft does this internally for application crashes reported via Watson. --Sean Calendar: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=darkmane%40gmail.com Livejournal: http://darkmane.livejournal.com Every 5 minutes you spend writing code in a new language is more useful than 5 hours reading blog posts about how great the language is. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Prakash Iyer thei...@gmail.com wrote: I have thought along similar lines. I think it should just be option a. Don't confuse the user with options. In fact don't even allow user to reply back directly. On Sep 18, 2010 1:19 PM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com wrote: This is a bit long winded (sorry, but I need to explain what I'm doing before I can ask the question). Just wondering if I could get a few (hopefully few hundred) opinions on this : I developed an Exception Handler for my first Android app (released the first month the market opened), which logs all uncaught exceptions to my server, and since then I have gradually refined it and improved. I'm now using it in my 4th public Android app and a few private apps, and I find it extremely helpful to find bugs that don't happen to me when I'm testing. One thing I added that is proving to be extremely useful is an AlertDialog when the exception occurs asking the user if it is OK to contact him/her if I need more information to be able to fix the problem, and a box for them to enter their email address if they agree. I don't have good numbers for you on the acceptance rate because most of my public apps already have the users email address and for the private apps the company enforces their compliance (or supplies the emails for me to use). BUT... it looks like about 20% of users do enter their email address if asked, and that is more than enough to be very useful. I think I can increase the percentage of users that do supply their emails addresses, and that is what my question is about :). (I will ask it soon) First, It has occurred to me that my Exception Logger might be even more successful for me if other developers were also using it because users might have seen it before and trust it when they first see it in my apps. That obviously would only happen if quite a few developers were using it. Anyway... sorry it's already getting long, and I AM trying to keep it from becoming a book. I have repackaged my Exception Logger and will release it in the next couple of days for other developers to use (the price is the good one - FREE). I will host the thing on my server (FYI it's a Cloud based server so we can increase capacity if needed) and any developers using it will be able to log in and view the exceptions their app has generated, and sort by time/date, user, and other fields. NOW.. the question: I think the Exception Logger would be more successful getting the users to agree to be contacted IF their email addresses were kept confidential. Actually, I don't think there is much doubt that would be the case. BUT, there is a tradeoff. Obviously, most developers would prefer to see the email addresses so they can manage the contacts a bit more effectively without using my website to do it, BUT if the email addresses are not confidential, fewer users will give them. So here are what I think are the options: a)keep the email addresses confidential, but developers can send the user an email using my website, include both a reply address which goes to my website and then forwards the email to the developer, and also the developers email address so the user could respond directly to the developer if they choose. I'm sure this would have by far the highest success rate for getting contact info but means devs have to use my website to send the first email at least. b)give the user a choice of keeping the email address confidential or just giving it to the developer. This should also have a fairly high acceptance rate by the user, but complicates the process for them because they would actually have to read the instructions to figure out how it works, and quite possibly a few users would think they asked for their email addresses to be confidential, when they actually checked the other option, and would be upset if they found out later. It's also a bit more work for me, for maybe very little benefit. c)Don't bother keeping the email addresses confidential. All my own apps work this way, and it is useful, but I'm sure either of the other two options would have a better success rate of obtaining the email addresses, and therefore would be better for most devs to get information about problems in their apps. I don't try the a) or b) options for myself because obviously I could see the email addresses in my log files if I wanted to look,
[android-developers] Re: Exception Logging
First off, you are to be commended for putting this much effort into diagnostics. Even the big players are just catching onto this (as witnessed by the fact that there's no facility for this built into the phone). Real time diagnostics are much friendlier for the user than saying Please reproduce with logging turned on or whatever, and generally the information you obtain is more comprehensive and helpful (since you're more apt to see several instances of essentially the same bug, but with slightly different symptoms). There is a slight danger that the paranoid among users will believe that you're secretly collecting data on them. It's probably better to somehow obtain their permission to send the failure report to you, vs doing it silently and unconditionally. Asking them at the same time if they want to provide an email address is good, though. In terms of options, I'd say KISS -- keep it simple. Unless the facility is going to be picked up by a trusted authority (say, Google), just have email address be reported back to the developer. Promise, of course, that the email address will be kept private (and make any users of your facilities aware that they're making this promise) but don't bother with the complex forwarding service -- users are no more apt to trust it than they are to trust the individual developers, and in fact they're probably more likely to be confused by the options and not agree at all. On Sep 18, 12:19 pm, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com wrote: This is a bit long winded (sorry, but I need to explain what I'm doing before I can ask the question). Just wondering if I could get a few (hopefully few hundred) opinions on this : I developed an Exception Handler for my first Android app (released the first month the market opened), which logs all uncaught exceptions to my server, and since then I have gradually refined it and improved. I'm now using it in my 4th public Android app and a few private apps, and I find it extremely helpful to find bugs that don't happen to me when I'm testing. One thing I added that is proving to be extremely useful is an AlertDialog when the exception occurs asking the user if it is OK to contact him/her if I need more information to be able to fix the problem, and a box for them to enter their email address if they agree. I don't have good numbers for you on the acceptance rate because most of my public apps already have the users email address and for the private apps the company enforces their compliance (or supplies the emails for me to use). BUT... it looks like about 20% of users do enter their email address if asked, and that is more than enough to be very useful. I think I can increase the percentage of users that do supply their emails addresses, and that is what my question is about :). (I will ask it soon) First, It has occurred to me that my Exception Logger might be even more successful for me if other developers were also using it because users might have seen it before and trust it when they first see it in my apps. That obviously would only happen if quite a few developers were using it. Anyway... sorry it's already getting long, and I AM trying to keep it from becoming a book. I have repackaged my Exception Logger and will release it in the next couple of days for other developers to use (the price is the good one - FREE). I will host the thing on my server (FYI it's a Cloud based server so we can increase capacity if needed) and any developers using it will be able to log in and view the exceptions their app has generated, and sort by time/date, user, and other fields. NOW.. the question: I think the Exception Logger would be more successful getting the users to agree to be contacted IF their email addresses were kept confidential. Actually, I don't think there is much doubt that would be the case. BUT, there is a tradeoff. Obviously, most developers would prefer to see the email addresses so they can manage the contacts a bit more effectively without using my website to do it, BUT if the email addresses are not confidential, fewer users will give them. So here are what I think are the options: a) keep the email addresses confidential, but developers can send the user an email using my website, include both a reply address which goes to my website and then forwards the email to the developer, and also the developers email address so the user could respond directly to the developer if they choose. I'm sure this would have by far the highest success rate for getting contact info but means devs have to use my website to send the first email at least. b) give the user a choice of keeping the email address confidential or just giving it to the developer. This should also have a fairly high acceptance rate by the user, but complicates the process for them because they would actually have to read the instructions to figure out how it works, and quite possibly a few users
[android-developers] Re: Same color specified in xml file and png appear differently?
There's a way, using one of the tools shipped with the emulator, to determine what color is actually being displayed. (The tool, which I've never used, is described in Pro Android 2 -- don't remember the name.) Probably some 3rd party tools can be used for this as well. On Sep 16, 8:51 am, Mark Wyszomierski mar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a 9 png which is used as the background of a view, the stretchable region has a color of: #ebebeb I have a view next to it, and I've set its background color like so: LinearLayout android:background=#ebebeb when the two views are beside one another, you can clearly tell that the colors are not the same, they're different shades of grey. I'm seeing this on the emulators, haven't had a chance to try it on a device. Is this expected, or is there something I'm doing wrong in the color declaration? 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 this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Same color specified in xml file and png appear differently?
Photoshop's color picker could be an option too (used with a screenshot taken in DDMS). 18.09.2010 22:06, DanH пишет: There's a way, using one of the tools shipped with the emulator, to determine what color is actually being displayed. (The tool, which I've never used, is described in Pro Android 2 -- don't remember the name.) Probably some 3rd party tools can be used for this as well. On Sep 16, 8:51 am, Mark Wyszomierskimar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a 9 png which is used as the background of a view, the stretchable region has a color of: #ebebeb I have a view next to it, and I've set its background color like so: LinearLayout android:background=#ebebeb when the two views are beside one another, you can clearly tell that the colors are not the same, they're different shades of grey. I'm seeing this on the emulators, haven't had a chance to try it on a device. Is this expected, or is there something I'm doing wrong in the color declaration? Thanks -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Same color specified in xml file and png appear differently?
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 2:06 PM, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: There's a way, using one of the tools shipped with the emulator, to determine what color is actually being displayed. (The tool, which I've never used, is described in Pro Android 2 -- don't remember the name.) That would be Hierarchy Viewer: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/hierarchy-viewer.html -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.9 Available! -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Is it possible to rotate screen by program code but not accelerometer sensor?
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:17 PM, San Zhang dahua007...@gmail.com wrote: 2. Accelerometer consumed power greatly. The power needed for the accelerometer is trivial next to the power needed for the screen. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Best method to save a array in Bundle?
Please do *not* use Serializable. It is really inefficient.
If you want to implement custom marshalling/unmarshalling, implement
Parcelable. It requires that you do more work, but it is far more
efficient.
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:57 AM, YuviDroid yuvidr...@gmail.com wrote:
I haven't played with this, but if you make your class (myArrayType) implement
the Serializable interface it should work fine. Of course, all the instance
variables of that class must also be Serializable, otherwise you would still
get an exception (probably a NotSerializableException).
Hope it helps,
Yuvi
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jlopeznava...@gmail.com wrote:
I have 2 dimensions array like this:
public myArrayType[][] mObjArray;
I want to save it in the onSaveInstanceState method, since my array
contains lot of elements I dont want to save element by element but
the whole array object, what is the best way?
I tried this but exception is thrown:
-
public Bundle saveState(Bundle map) {
if (map != null) {
map.putSerializable(objLevel, (Serializable)
mCurrentLevelMatrix);
}
return map;
}
---
I have seen a putParcelableArrayList method but dunno how it works
exactly.
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Re: [android-developers] Re: Why aren't the 2D graphics API UI toolkit hardware accelerated?
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Leigh McRae leigh.mc...@lonedwarfgames.com wrote: Making a few fast paths for drawing bitmaps (BitBlt) would be huge for game developers. I know that 3 of my games I have made aren't OGL simply because I don't want the extra code maintenance/burden. If a game is doing some of the things you mention, well then it's not likely concerned with frame-rate. Use OpenGL ES. Seriously, you generally can't just accelerate one function and nothing else. What you will end up with is the worst of both worlds, as you take the hit of switching between hardware and software rendering all the time. If you just want to draw bitmaps to the screen, this can certainly be accomplished with Open GL ES, and you don't need to rely on the platform to provide you with essentially helper APIs to make it easier to do that particular special case. You can ask anyone here to write such a thing for you. Waiting for the platform to provide it is a really bad option because you don't know when it will be available (we don't really, either), and even once it does become available you can't really take advantage of it until it is available on the majority of the devices. There are so many things people can do without relying on the platform to give it to them in a nice little bundle. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?
We'd like to give you an update on this issue. We've previously stated that some application updates are incorrectly being counted as pure uninstalls rather than updates, causing the active installs metric to drop. We have now identified the root cause, and are working on a fix that we hope to release next week. However, due to the nature of the interaction between the Market client and our reporting infrastructure, it may take up to several weeks for your metrics in the Developer Console to return to normal. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and will keep you posted on our progress. Thanks for the update. Hope they're not just going to rely on future installs to bring the figure up again as it sounds Pent -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Why aren't the 2D graphics API UI toolkit hardware accelerated?
On 9/18/2010 2:23 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote: On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Leigh McRae leigh.mc...@lonedwarfgames.com mailto:leigh.mc...@lonedwarfgames.com wrote: Making a few fast paths for drawing bitmaps (BitBlt) would be huge for game developers. I know that 3 of my games I have made aren't OGL simply because I don't want the extra code maintenance/burden. If a game is doing some of the things you mention, well then it's not likely concerned with frame-rate. Use OpenGL ES. As I stated, using OpenGL ES requires extra code. You to manage re-loading the assets such as textures and VBO. With the Android Activity life cycle this is even more of an issue than other platforms. This isn't trivial. It also exposes you to driver bugs/oddities. Seriously, you generally can't just accelerate one function and nothing else. What you will end up with is the worst of both worlds, as you take the hit of switching between hardware and software rendering all the time. You can actually. I don't think it's being suggested that you use the OpenGL driver to implement a basic bitblt. Its being suggested that the Android OS supports the ability for hardware to accelerate the bitblt. Maybe it already does, I don't know. If you just want to draw bitmaps to the screen, this can certainly be accomplished with Open GL ES, and you don't need to rely on the platform to provide you with essentially helper APIs to make it easier to do that particular special case. You can ask anyone here to write such a thing for you. Waiting for the platform to provide it is a really bad option because you don't know when it will be available (we don't really, either), and even once it does become available you can't really take advantage of it until it is available on the majority of the devices. There are so many things people can do without relying on the platform to give it to them in a nice little bundle. I don't think anyone is waiting. I believe it was just a request/suggestion. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com mailto:hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Leigh McRae www.lonedwarfgames.com -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Exception Logging
If enough other devs do use it, I would put some effort into producing reports to make it more useful, but one option that I will do immediately is to put a button on the form listing your last ?? exceptions to download it in a comma delimited format so you can import it into a spreadsheet and do anything you want with it. The only paid option I am even considering is putting an optional Pay Pal donate button on the web page the devs use to view the logged exceptions. I'd be happy if that even covered the additional server expenses. I should also mention that devs will (soon) have the choice to send the exceptions to their own server if they prefer (the option is already in the code), but they will have to agree to some very specific provisions not to spam users before using it. When I have time to figure out the licensing, and set it up, I will put the code up on one of the open source sites so that other people can improve it. Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 18/09/2010 10:53 AM, Sean Chitwood wrote: I believe option A is the best. One thing you might consider as a premium option for developers is reporting showing which crashes are more prevalent than others. I know Microsoft does this internally for application crashes reported via Watson. --Sean Calendar: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=darkmane%40gmail.com Livejournal: http://darkmane.livejournal.com Every 5 minutes you spend writing code in a new language is more useful than 5 hours reading blog posts about how great the language is. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Prakash Iyer thei...@gmail.com mailto:thei...@gmail.com wrote: I have thought along similar lines. I think it should just be option a. Don't confuse the user with options. In fact don't even allow user to reply back directly. On Sep 18, 2010 1:19 PM, Brad Gies rbg...@gmail.com mailto:rbg...@gmail.com wrote: This is a bit long winded (sorry, but I need to explain what I'm doing before I can ask the question). Just wondering if I could get a few (hopefully few hundred) opinions on this : I developed an Exception Handler for my first Android app (released the first month the market opened), which logs all uncaught exceptions to my server, and since then I have gradually refined it and improved. I'm now using it in my 4th public Android app and a few private apps, and I find it extremely helpful to find bugs that don't happen to me when I'm testing. One thing I added that is proving to be extremely useful is an AlertDialog when the exception occurs asking the user if it is OK to contact him/her if I need more information to be able to fix the problem, and a box for them to enter their email address if they agree. I don't have good numbers for you on the acceptance rate because most of my public apps already have the users email address and for the private apps the company enforces their compliance (or supplies the emails for me to use). BUT... it looks like about 20% of users do enter their email address if asked, and that is more than enough to be very useful. I think I can increase the percentage of users that do supply their emails addresses, and that is what my question is about :). (I will ask it soon) First, It has occurred to me that my Exception Logger might be even more successful for me if other developers were also using it because users might have seen it before and trust it when they first see it in my apps. That obviously would only happen if quite a few developers were using it. Anyway... sorry it's already getting long, and I AM trying to keep it from becoming a book. I have repackaged my Exception Logger and will release it in the next couple of days for other developers to use (the price is the good one - FREE). I will host the thing on my server (FYI it's a Cloud based server so we can increase capacity if needed) and any developers using it will be able to log in and view the exceptions their app has generated, and sort by time/date, user, and other fields. NOW.. the question: I think the Exception Logger would be more successful getting the users to agree to be contacted IF their email addresses were kept confidential. Actually, I don't think there is much doubt that would be the case. BUT, there is a tradeoff. Obviously, most developers would prefer to see the email addresses so they can
Re: [android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?
My guess from the wording of the answer is that market will be able to adjust the numbers when apps check for updates. But, it's just a guess :). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 18/09/2010 11:40 AM, Pent wrote: We'd like to give you an update on this issue. We've previously stated that some application updates are incorrectly being counted as pure uninstalls rather than updates, causing the active installs metric to drop. We have now identified the root cause, and are working on a fix that we hope to release next week. However, due to the nature of the interaction between the Market client and our reporting infrastructure, it may take up to several weeks for your metrics in the Developer Console to return to normal. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and will keep you posted on our progress. Thanks for the update. Hope they're not just going to rely on future installs to bring the figure up again as it sounds Pent -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
One problem that phone apps have, I suspect, is that it's difficult/ impossible (depending on the market) to directly provide interfaces to upgrade to a new version, whether free or paid, while desktop apps can do it seamlessly. I implemented something for this in my app. It's not very difficult to do and has saved me a ton on support emails. -- Chris Stewart http://chriswstewart.com Fantasy Footballhttp://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football/- Android app for MFL fantasy football owners On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 9:40 AM, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: It's hard to compete against free. I've not installed many phone apps, but in terms of desktop apps I find that quality/fit is so variable that I'm reluctant to pay up front for an app (have only done it on a couple of occasions), and I would imagine the same is true for phone apps. I have on a handful of occasions (maybe 25% of those that give the option) upgraded a free desktop app to paid to gain more features (and a little bit out of guilt, I suppose). I don't ever recall upgrading a trial period app -- for some reason they never seem that valuable to me when the trial period expires. One problem that phone apps have, I suspect, is that it's difficult/ impossible (depending on the market) to directly provide interfaces to upgrade to a new version, whether free or paid, while desktop apps can do it seamlessly. On Sep 18, 3:59 am, Alex maroeb...@gmail.com wrote: I am very interested in the responses to this thread. I only have one app on the market, a simple home page widget. It is free, and it has been downloaded 13,937 times with an active install percentage of 47%. Obviously, I would like to make some money from my apps, but when I look at paid versions of similar apps to mine, the download numbers are pitiful. We are constantly reading about the massive growth of Android and the 10s of millions of devices out there, so why do most apps struggle to even grab a tiny percentage of that user base? -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?
That's crazy. I'm really curios why they are not able to deliver reliable metrics. First issue of such a nature occurred four or five months ago and still not fixed. What is so difficult on this metric? I always thought that Google employs first class brains, best in the industry. They are able to do a lot of magics in other products so why they are not able to sum a few numbers? What is the architecture that makes the trouble? Tom Dne 18.9.2010 19:37 Peter Sinnott psinn...@gmail.com napsal/a: Received this update this morning : Hello, We'd like to give you an update on this issue. We've previously stated that some application updates are incorrectly being counted as pure uninstalls rather than updates, causing the active installs metric to drop. We have now identified the root cause, and are working on a fix that we hope to release next week. However, due to the nature of the interaction between the Market client and our reporting infrastructure, it may take up to several weeks for your metrics in the Developer Console to return to normal. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and will keep you posted on our progress. Thank you for your continued patience. On Sep 15, 10:43 am, Pent tas...@dinglisch.net wrote: Thanks for writing in. We are currently investigating this issue. So far, this appears ... -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Exception Logging
It's probably better to somehow obtain their permission to send the failure report to you, vs doing it silently and unconditionally. Asking them at the same time if they want to provide an email address is good, though. Just so you know... how it works now is that the exception is logged immediately without the email address the first time an exception occurs. The server returns the id number of the exception, and THEN the dialog pops up and asks if they would mind supplying an email address. The user has the choice of supplying the email address and choosing Yes Always send it, Send it this time (in which case they will be asked again on the next exception, but their email address is kept so they never need to enter it again, or the third option is No, and don't ask again in which case they will never see the dialog again for the life of the app. If they answer Yes, always then they will never see the dialog again either, and the email address is just included in the original post when it's sent. Note that it is programmed this way because there are occasions when an exception occurs in the onCreate of your activity and the user interface is unstable, so even if I try to pop up the dialog then, the user won't see it. When the exception is logged, I use a couple of Preferences to keep track of what's sent, and all info needed for the dialog box, and when the Class is created, I check to see if an Exception occurred and the dialog will popup then (on the next activity created) OR I also have a function that can be called in the onResume event of each activity to check to see if a dialog is needed. If you use that function then the user will get the dialog box almost immediately after the exception occurs even if they use the back button to get out of the activity that caused the problem (the only time this doesn't work is if the exception happens on the onCreate of the main entry activity), and I would hope most devs have that covered already. The Exception would still be logged, but the user would never see a dialog box because the user interface would never be stable. There is also a Let me see what's sent button and a Help/Info button to give some information on what it is, and what it's doing. users are no more apt to trust it than they are to trust the individual developers That's a good point, and certainly true right now. I would hope if the Exception Logger is used by enough devs though that users would see it and learn to trust it. BUT... if the user clicks on the Help/Info button I already have the statement that the dev has agreed NOT to spam them, and maybe that is enough for option c) to be a good option. It's certainly a lot less website work for me because I already have all of that code working for myself... I'm just in the process of making it multi-dev friendly :). I do use option c) myself, and it works well I just have it in my mind that the other options would be even more effective...but, I'm not positive and that's why I'm asking for other opinions. The unstated part of the question is what would other devs find most acceptable? Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 18/09/2010 11:00 AM, DanH wrote: First off, you are to be commended for putting this much effort into diagnostics. Even the big players are just catching onto this (as witnessed by the fact that there's no facility for this built into the phone). Real time diagnostics are much friendlier for the user than saying Please reproduce with logging turned on or whatever, and generally the information you obtain is more comprehensive and helpful (since you're more apt to see several instances of essentially the same bug, but with slightly different symptoms). There is a slight danger that the paranoid among users will believe that you're secretly collecting data on them. It's probably better to somehow obtain their permission to send the failure report to you, vs doing it silently and unconditionally. Asking them at the same time if they want to provide an email address is good, though. In terms of options, I'd say KISS -- keep it simple. Unless the facility is going to be picked up by a trusted authority (say, Google), just have email address be reported back to the developer. Promise, of course, that the email address will be kept private (and make any users of your facilities aware that they're making this promise) but don't bother with the complex forwarding service -- users are no more apt to trust it than they are to
Re: [android-developers] PreferenceScreen - intent.../-element throws exception
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Eusebius eusebiu...@googlemail.com wrote: Logcat says: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(18754): android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: Calling startActivity() from outside of an Activity context requires the FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag. Is this really what you want? Did you try adding this flag then? - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Streaming MP3 Playback Problems on Android 2.2
Yes, it works fine on 2.1 and below. This is almost certainly related to the problems the Pandora/Last.fm etc.. apps have on 2.2. I just want to find out what the recommended tactic for developers with this problem is. Is Google on verge of releasing an update 2.2? Or is there an official workaround? On Sep 17, 11:58 pm, Indicator Veritatis mej1...@yahoo.com wrote: If that were the problem, then why would it work under 1.5 and fail under 2.2? On Sep 17, 8:50 pm, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: Have you considered that eMusic might be doing something on the server side to prevent the stream from working? Many sites that stream things will leave urls active for a limited time or require you to preserve an HTTP session. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers]
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 7:19 PM, xc s sxchao2...@gmail.com wrote: my english is not very good.so i donnot how to describe it.sorry That's understandable but I hope your realize this is a (mostly) English-speaking forum so not presenting your question in a more detailed, understandable form is not going to get you any help. Try Google Translate if nothing else. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Is anyone's active install % dropping like a rock lately?
Actually, I am very impressed with the response, and I hope you thanked them. It would be good to encourage the Market people to respond to this kind of stuff :). It's also a bit of relieve to me. I released a Beta app about 3 weeks ago, and several updates since then fixing problems, and the quoted install percentage was a bit disconcerting to me :). BUT... from what it sounds like my numbers are not going to be nearly as bad as they look right now. I'm guessing that the short turnaround for updates in the Beta app was really contributing to the bug in the numbers :). Sincerely, Brad Gies --- Bistro Bot - Bistro Blurb http://bgies.com http://bistroblurb.com http://ihottonight.com http://forcethetruth.com --- Everything in moderation, including abstinence Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead On 18/09/2010 10:37 AM, Peter Sinnott wrote: Received this update this morning : Hello, We'd like to give you an update on this issue. We've previously stated that some application updates are incorrectly being counted as pure uninstalls rather than updates, causing the active installs metric to drop. We have now identified the root cause, and are working on a fix that we hope to release next week. However, due to the nature of the interaction between the Market client and our reporting infrastructure, it may take up to several weeks for your metrics in the Developer Console to return to normal. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience, and will keep you posted on our progress. Thank you for your continued patience. On Sep 15, 10:43 am, Penttas...@dinglisch.net wrote: Thanks for writing in. We are currently investigating this issue. So far, this appears to be purely a reporting issue: some update events are being inaccurately recorded as uninstalls, rather than updates, creating a lower active installs percentage. However, our investigation tells us that applications are not actually being uninstalled. We hope to have a resolution soon. This fits, actually. I had been holding steady at around 50%. Released my first update for a month yesterday evening and now I'm down to 45%. Pent -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: What's happening to my posts here? Is someone deleting them?
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Saied saie...@gmail.com wrote: I thought people post messages then come back here to see who has responded to them and what. I'm not sure how others keep track, but I have an RSS feed for all the Android Groups so I just scan through that to find posts I want to take part in, and to see when responses have been posted. If you don't want to track the whole group just track your own question, again, use the GMail interface. Find your original email and star it or something, then you can easily track when people have replied to your question. It's hard to believe that Google cannot handle a few tens of text posts everyday. There are a lot of things that one would expect Google to be able to do well at which they fail miserably (Market Search comes to mind). Notoriously unreliable?? has anyone been put to task to fix it? This does not seem to be a very hard problem for a technology company like google. Probably not. It's not that it's a hard problem, it's probably more that it's not interesting. Google seems to have a philosophy of tinkering with stuff, getting things to a point where they kinda work, but have issues - then they get bored and move on to the next thing and can't be bothered with fixing the lingering problems. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: How much money do you make?
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Alex maroeb...@gmail.com wrote: We are constantly reading about the massive growth of Android and the 10s of millions of devices out there, so why do most apps struggle to even grab a tiny percentage of that user base? Just guessing, but: 1 - Clearly the Market is not the most elegant mechanism for discovering apps, so that's probably issue #1 right there 2 - Competition - how many task killer, tip calculator, ToDo, or file manager apps are there? Given problem #1, how do you stand out amongst your competitors? How do you convince people to pay for you app when others are free? I've seen $0.99 Flashlight apps and just laugh. C'mon, seriously? 3 - The system is skewed to the big guys. The only apps I ever see featured are those by big name companies (including Google themselves) that steal all the attention and really don't need the promotional help to begin with. 4 - As a user, one reason I hesitate to buy an app is the lingering question - is there something better out there now or will there be soon? Yes, it's only $1 - $5, but it's still a commitment - once you purchase that app it's yours for life and there's no getting rid of it (on your current account anyway) so it better be all you hoped for. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Neilz neilhorn...@gmail.com wrote: I never bothered creating a paid version, as a) my own research suggested not many people would pay for it, b) There wasn't much I could offer as an extra (except losing the ads). One of the things that I get as regular feedback is It's free! and I like to keep it that way. You never know though...maybe it's worth a shot. Hmmm. It probably is. I've seen many, many user posts on apps requesting an ad-free paid version. There are quite a few people that are willing to pay to remove the adds and / or support the developer. Yes, these people often seem like myths, but they do exist. You really don't have much to lose and a lot to gain. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 8:40 AM, DanH danhi...@ieee.org wrote: It's hard to compete against free. Only if you're not offering much more, if anything, above what the free competition is offering. If your app has some killer features not found anywhere else that people really want, they'll pay for it. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Prakash Iyer thei...@gmail.com wrote: Just my 2c - the freemium model when executed well could be one answer. Basically the free app version should do enough to not invite removal due to either not compelling or too irritating. This is what I do and I do think it works quite well. I get way more positives on the free version then negatives for being limited. And it means a huge base of potential new buyers. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] zapfino
Anyone know where I can find zapfino for Android CHEAP!! ($40) intbt -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
