[android-developers] Android Localization tool

2009-04-02 Thread AlexK
Hi, today I publish small utility/tool that should help all Android developers providing easier localizations. You can now ask own customers in helping you to localize program for there native language. It's a small Windows OS GUI utility written on C#, and requires .NET Framework 2.0. Project

[android-developers] priced applications. need partner!!!

2009-02-15 Thread AlexK
Hi, Android market launch priced application! wow! But my problem is that priced application registration works only for two countries now - USA and UK. So I'm searching for partner that can be a hop between our company and USA/UK registration. Also I will be very pleasant for any links on

[android-developers] Announcement: Companies that announce Android support

2008-09-26 Thread AlexK
Hi everyone, For future will be good to collect companies that announce Google Android support, start developing something for it or etc. I hope that information will help any future users of the Android to find proper provider of applications and services for own needs. So i start that topic

[android-developers] Announcement: yet another Android GUI prototyping tool

2008-10-13 Thread AlexK
Hi, Today I found one more GUI prototyping tools for Android, and I found it more promising and professional in compare to DroidDraw. Android GUI Prototyping Stencil for Microsoft Visio: http://www.artfulbits.com/Android/Stencil.aspx For downloading required registration... I'm now playing

[android-developers] Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
Our company starts today anti-piracy initiative against piracy that already happened on Android Market. We request all vendors and developers to support this initiative. Piracy become a threat for vendors that publishing application on Android Market! It is not a joke, it is a real threat. Our

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
I just did publishing of the web service! All details can be found here: http://www.artfulbits.com/Android/antipiracy.aspx In 5 minutes I'll update database by our latest catched pirate phones. On Nov 16, 2:19 pm, admin.androidsl...@googlemail.com admin.androidsl...@googlemail.com wrote: +1

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
. They listen and accept the contributions, but Google does not listen or accept any contributions. Thank You, Abdul Mateen. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:12 AM, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Our company starts today anti-piracy initiative against piracy that already happened on Android

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
. reader.close(); } } catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return imeiStatus; } On Nov 16, 7:57 pm, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: I just did publishing of the web service! All details can be found here: http://www.artfulbits.com/Android/antipiracy.aspx In 5

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
usefulness of this permission for actual use. As if this permission was not already useless enough in telling the user what the app intended to do... On Nov 16, 11:13 am, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Source code which you can integrate into own application for checking black

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
permission to every app and thus negate any usefulness of this permission for actual use. As if this permission was not already useless enough in telling the user what the app intended to do... On Nov 16, 11:13 am, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Source code which you can integrate

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
On Nov 16, 9:02 pm, Rachel Blackman ceruleanspa...@gmail.com wrote: On Nov 16, 2009, at 10:34 AM, nEx.Software wrote: Not to mention that just because someone might have pirated some app at some time, doesn't mean that they pirated your app. That's why it needs to be able to check

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
On Nov 16, 9:55 pm, strazzere str...@gmail.com wrote: Since reversing an application is a rather menial task now, whats to prevent a user from taking your application - stripping the protection and re-releasing it? Not to mention that IMEI spoofing to an application can be done with a little

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
. On Nov 16, 2:09 pm, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, INTERNET permission required. For example In our application we show activation dialog with description about activation process. In your cases can be done something different. On Nov 16, 8:16 pm, nEx.Software

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
You are making right comments. Yes, in some very rear cases user without internet connection will not have possibility to activate product. But let's look into reality - what channel used for legal application installing?! Right answer is - Android Market that download application over internet.

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-16 Thread AlexK
the same thing. Taking this route is, in my opinion, a band-aid, not a solution. On Nov 16, 2:09 pm, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, INTERNET permission required. For example In our application we show activation dialog with description about activation process

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-17 Thread AlexK
themselves - you should always want to give customers a path a least resistance :) In my case, I even reduce price to stimulate pirates to buy product after they install it. I give them a chance to recover own good face. On Nov 16, 4:49 pm, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: sounds like

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-17 Thread AlexK
Idea is good. And we already brain storm it. Problem is in Google - they don't want to listen us. They simply ignore all our requests. For today we theoretically possible only one implementation: 1) on start application request activation with user name and device id; 2) activation server check

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-17 Thread AlexK
software markets confirm that). On Nov 17, 7:21 am, Nightwolf mikh...@gmail.com wrote: Only 20% of all installs are legal, other 80% are in piracy hands. I believe that in case of perfect copy protection only few of that 80% would buy your app. On 16 ноя, 14:12, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-17 Thread AlexK
Thanks for good explanation! Greatly done. first - I do not see current version of anti-piracy implementation as a peniciline for piracy cure. It will prevent piracy in 60-70% of cases. I think this is more then sufficient. Also curreny solution is mostly oriented on Android Market (AMar), and

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-17 Thread AlexK
In my case was stolen application with price $1.29 - pirates copies reach 100-300 per day, sales become dead. So black list is the only way to protect my product for now. On Nov 17, 4:48 pm, Kaj Bjurman kaj.bjur...@gmail.com wrote: It's incorrect to believe that hackers/crackers wouldn't care

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-17 Thread AlexK
On Nov 17, 7:14 pm, strazzere str...@gmail.com wrote: On Nov 17, 10:32 am, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: In my case was stolen application with price $1.29 - pirates copies reach 100-300 per day, sales become dead. So black list is the only way to protect my product for now

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-18 Thread AlexK
Today we release anti-piracy black list check application. You can download it from Android Market - search: aiAntiPiracy Alternative Market: https://slideme.org/application/aiantipiracy On Nov 16, 1:12 pm, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Our company starts today anti-piracy initiative

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-19 Thread AlexK
their protection system in my application and WILL deny activation if IMEI is in the black list. On Nov 18, 10:43 pm, admin.androidsl...@googlemail.com admin.androidsl...@googlemail.com wrote: AlexK - you didn't mention where you get your data for the blacklist. I am guessing

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-19 Thread AlexK
: AlexK - you didn't mention where you get your data for the blacklist. I am guessing its based on pirated copies of your app. How are you determining which users have illegal copies? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-19 Thread AlexK
On Nov 19, 2:04 pm, LambergaR martin.s...@gmail.com wrote: There are a few things I would like to point out. First of all, I think, that Google (or the OHA) are not there to support some lazy developers that are not able to implement some simple web activation mechanism. Java apps ware (and

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-19 Thread AlexK
{QUOTE} The legitimacy of data processing: personal data may be processed only if the data subject has unambiguously given his/her consent or processing is necessary: - for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or; - for compliance with a legal obligation to which the

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-20 Thread AlexK
Any protection based on identification of the user. So without unique information that personally related to end-user copy protection can not be build. From you quotes looks like I can not report about thief because I'll open his/here personal information?! On Nov 20, 12:34 pm, LambergaR

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-20 Thread AlexK
ok... I got your point. Maybe you know how it's possible to have shared database of user history between loan companies? My point is: everywhere where involved money give you possibility to collect personal data and use it for own customers protection. of course that does not mean that you can

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-20 Thread AlexK
One more note - in case if I will store IMEI proccessed by some kind of algorithm that will make impossible reverting of the original data the user will be 100% safe?! for example calculate MD5/ASH1 hash and store it instead of original IMEI?! On Nov 20, 3:53 pm, LambergaR martin.s...@gmail.com

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-11-30 Thread AlexK
advanced licensing technology for everyone who wants it. We hope our efforts will help vendors to protect own investments. Thanks, Good Luck On Nov 16, 1:12 pm, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Our company starts todayanti-piracyinitiative against piracy that already happened on Android

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-12-02 Thread AlexK
a question to Google Market store API then to us as vendor of software). --Tim Strazzere On Nov 30, 12:11 pm, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Today we did check of our sales. And found interesting aspects: 1) 4% of people that install pirated copy after black list discussions

[android-developers] Re: Android Market Anti-Piracy

2009-12-02 Thread AlexK
? --Tim Strazzere On Nov 30, 12:11 pm, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Today we did check of our sales. And found interesting aspects: 1) 4% of people that install pirated copy after black list discussions and news over internet decide to buy application; This is really good

[android-developers] Discussion on localizing-android-apps-draft

2009-08-08 Thread AlexK
aiLocalizer - developers utility for APK localization (Windows). It use Google Translate API and helps in few second to localize you application. Its FREE. aiLocalizer location - http://www.artfulbits.com/products/#ailocalizer --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[android-developers] Re: chart engine for android

2009-08-18 Thread AlexK
Hi, as a developer of aiCharts library I can recommend only it. General points why you should choose Android chart engine aiCharts are: - designed especially for Android; - reach features set in compare to others (My life with Android Blog:

[android-developers] Re: Android 1.5 SDK now available

2009-04-28 Thread AlexK
Hi, Why Android team does not include Ukraine language into release?! Translation to all applications was uploaded long time ago. Please take a look at https://review.source.android.com/Gerrit#all,open,n,z Items from 9613 till 9642 providing Ukraine language translation. And all items has a

[android-developers] Re: Android 1.5 SDK now available

2009-04-28 Thread AlexK
Of AlexK Sent: 28 April 2009 15:26 To: Android Developers Subject: [android-developers] Re: Android 1.5 SDK now available Hi, Why Android team does not include Ukraine language into release?! Translation to all applications was uploaded long time ago. Please take a look athttps

[android-developers] Re: Android 1.5 SDK now available

2009-04-28 Thread AlexK
releases?! Do you have any news about next releases? On Apr 28, 5:45 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru j...@android.com wrote: 1.5 was released from the cupcake branch, into which we didn't accept external contributions. JBQ On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:25 AM, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote

[android-developers] Google Un-Proffesional?!

2009-04-29 Thread AlexK
Hi, Second time the same problem: latest sources from MASTER branch have compilation error. (QEMU compilation failure). I think problem is in way how Google engineers committing own code into GIT repository. Please fill the difference: other developers publish code on GitWeb then waiting

[android-developers] Re: Google Un-Proffesional?!

2009-04-29 Thread AlexK
. On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:22 PM, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Second time the same problem: latest sources from MASTER branch have compilation error. (QEMU compilation failure). I think problem is in way how Google engineers committing own code into GIT repository. Please

[android-developers] Re: Google Un-Proffesional?!

2009-04-29 Thread AlexK
PM, AlexK kucherenko.a...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Second time the same problem: latest sources from MASTER branch have compilation error. (QEMU compilation failure). I think problem is in way how Google engineers committing own code into GIT repository. Please fill the difference

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

2009-05-19 Thread AlexK
Hi, Today I release a new version of Android Localization utility. It helps to translate android applications in few simple steps and even can translate application automatically. I hope everyone will find it useful. Thanks. Application is FREE and open source:

[android-developers] [ANNOUNCE] ArtfulBits aiCharts for Android

2009-07-24 Thread AlexK
Demo Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ho5wiV-o8g ArtfulBits aiCharts for Android OS is the professional solution with comprehensive features set. aiCharts is the complete framework that allows developer to enhance applications with slick interactive charts in mere hours (with available

[android-developers] Using intent with startActivity from inner class

2009-12-15 Thread alexk-il
Hi, I am trying to use an intent from an inner class which should be callable from different Activities/outer classes. I receive the following compilation error: The constructor Intent(InnerClass, ClassOtherClass) is undefined. The code below illustrates what I am trying to achieve. Any help

[android-developers] Re: Using intent with startActivity from inner class

2009-12-16 Thread alexk-il
Hi, No help is required. Strange enough, unintentional restart of Eclipse has solved the issue without a single line change :) Thanks anyway, Alex On Dec 15, 9:04 pm, alexk-il alexander.ku...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am trying to use an intent from an inner class which should be callable

[android-developers] Re: Using intent with startActivity from inner class

2009-12-16 Thread alexk-il
Hi, Well, there compilation problem has disappeared after an unintentional restart of the Eclipse. The code actually does it job. Strange... Thanks for your time, anyway :) Cheers, Alex On Dec 15, 9:04 pm, alexk-il alexander.ku...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to use an intent from

[android-developers] Re: integrating pro-guard (obfuscation).

2009-12-17 Thread alexk-il
You haven't convienced me :). I still think that ProGuard may be usefull in my project. I'd like ot second phil's request for help on integrating the ProGuard with Ecclipse/Android. On Dec 16, 12:17 am, CyberQat jef...@gmail.com wrote: Well since you raised them  this is for others reading

[android-developers] HelloWebView tutorial - onKeyDown doesn't work without WebViewClient

2009-12-17 Thread alexk-il
Hi, I wonder why the HelloWebView.onKeyDown stops working if the WebView is used without overloaded WebAppClient: // webview.setWebViewClient(new WebAppClient()); I guess this question is related to the following line of the tutorial: However, you'll notice that we can't navigate back.

[android-developers] Build.MODEL and Build.PRODUCT usage

2010-04-14 Thread alexk-il
Hi, Can I use the Build.MODEL and Build.PRODUCT to detect the emulator? Looks like these strings are always equal to sdk in emulators. Will it be able to work all the or will it eventually finally on an Android SDK update or a new phone? Thanks Alex -- You received this message because you

[android-developers] SUPPLICANT_CONNECTION_CHANGE_ACTION - Is it a bug in Android sources?

2010-04-23 Thread alexk-il
Hi, I'm learning the StatusBarPolicy.java as a reference for implementing a WiFi Monitor: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=blob_plain;f=services/java/com/android/server/status/StatusBarPolicy.java;hb=HEAD I've noticed something strange with the processing of the

[android-developers] Re: Hebrew Fonts on Android 2.1

2010-05-12 Thread alexk-il
Hi Ilan, You may trying installing Hebrew fonts by yourself. 1. You need to get root access on your phone 2. Install Hebrew fonts Should be easy to find relevant instructions on Google search. Good luck Alex On May 10, 10:36 am, Lanpazi lanp...@gmail.com wrote: I love my new HTC Incredible,