[android-developers] Delete SMS messages from SIM card

2009-03-20 Thread Mark K
Anyone know how to delete SMS messages from the SIM card? Thanks! Mark --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android

[android-developers] How to sign .apk file with system certificate

2009-04-15 Thread Mark K
I have an application that I want to be able to use the userid: android:sharedUserId="android.uid.system", I need to sign the .apk file with the same certificate as the built in system applications, such as the 'Settings' application. I've located the keystore file in my build directory which i

[android-developers] Re: using G1 without network

2009-02-05 Thread Mark K
You can use it without a SIM card once you have the phone initially setup, but it does seem like you need a SIM card to do the initial boot, and Google registration. Mark On Feb 5, 12:44 pm, "Rob Ruff" wrote: > Is it possible to use the G1 without a sim card if we

[android-developers] Re: Radio Off

2009-02-05 Thread Mark K
You can use android.provider.Settings, see the SDK docs. Mark On Feb 4, 2:14 am, Kamal Hasan wrote: > Hi, > > Programatically how to switch off Radio, bluetooth and wifi in > android  ? > Can I enable airplane mode ? > > Kamal --~--~-~--~~~-

[android-developers] Re: How to get sms message from intent

2009-02-11 Thread Mark K
You don't need to use the telephone class, use a Broadcast reciever to grab messages as thay come in, as such public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { // if the abort command is issued this will execute when the next message is received. //

[android-developers] Re: Apple Why G1 Has No 3.5mm Headphone Input?

2009-02-11 Thread Mark K
What the patent issue really means is that an OEM manufacturer outside the US, with no US assets will implement the mult-touch interface, if no US company is willing to. We really need patent reform in this country, our bass-ackwards patent laws are preventing competition, and short changing th

[android-developers] Re: It is now MID-Q1, where are the Paid Apps?

2009-02-11 Thread Mark K
Since Google is run by developers, that timeline was specified in 'developer time', in developer time mid Q1 = late Q1 to mid Q2 . :) At least you have plenty of time to get your apps ready, which is nice since we're also running on 'developer time'. M On Feb 11, 1

[android-developers] Re: Market numbers are weird the last few days

2009-02-11 Thread Mark K
Since the update users are prompted by there status bar to update all applications that are installed, and have an update avialble, that probably explains the increase in traffic due to update downloads. Mark On Feb 9, 8:57 pm, Jay-andro wrote: > Starting this past weekend,

[android-developers] Re: How to get a deliver pdu from a SmsMessage

2009-02-18 Thread Mark K
To get the pdu from a message, use a broadcast reciever, set the intent filter in the manifest to recieve sms, you can get a pdu from a message in the broadcast reciever as follows: public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { // if the abort command is issu

[android-developers] Re: Paid applications - are they downloadable now?

2009-02-19 Thread Mark K
No paid apps yet on the market for users, 'mid week' means COB Friday in developer speak :) Mark On Feb 19, 8:58 am, "nEx.Software" wrote: > I've not seen any priced apps in the U.S. Market yet. > > On Feb 19, 3:31 am, "ellipsoidmob...@googlema

[android-developers] Getting build number/version programatically

2009-02-27 Thread Mark K
Does anyone know of a way to get the version/build number programatically? I dug into Settings source code, it indicated that this info could be read from the file /proc/socinfo, but this file doesn't seem to exists on any of the devices I'm working with?! Wondering where else I might be able t

[android-developers] Re: Installation unsuccessful - Package file was not signed correctly

2008-12-15 Thread Mark K
Is your self generated certificate valid until 2033? If you use the default, it will only have a validity of 180 days, use -validity 1 when generating your cert. Just something to check. Maybe try generating a new cert. M On Dec 14, 10:46 pm, joshv wrote: > I am

[android-developers] Re: OutOfMemoryError BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeByteArray inside Threads

2008-12-15 Thread Mark K
I've run into this exact same problem a number of times myself. Not sure if its a bug or just a limitation of the jvm, can't seem to process more than a few large bitmaps without this occuring, this always seems to occur when decoding bitmaps from file. Hopefully its on the radar as a bug and w

[android-developers] Re: abusive, explicit language comments in the Android Software Market

2008-12-15 Thread Mark K
Yes it seems some of the users of the store are quite acerbic and rude. They download applications for free that some one put time and effort into, and then make slanderous and rude comments if the application is not to their liking. I published an application, but then withdrew it after some v

[android-developers] Re: google contact ?

2008-12-15 Thread Mark K
A bit of civility would be nice at the App Store. Many of the comments made about applications are quite rude and un-called for, some are even obscene People are getting free software, yet they are quite viscious if it isn't to their liking. I found it quite demoralizing to publish an app which

[android-developers] Re: OutOfMemoryError BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeByteArray inside Threads

2008-12-15 Thread Mark K
Is there a work around for this problem? Something I need to do differently perhaps? It seems like garbage collection is not occurring between successive bitmap decoding operations. Explicitly calling gc() does not seem to help. This is particularly a problem on the G1, because there is no way

[android-developers] Re: OutOfMemoryError BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeByteArray inside Threads

2008-12-17 Thread Mark K
e. don't try to draw or get/ > set its pixels anymore). > > i.e. > > for (all of my big images) { >      Bitmap b = decode(...); >      canvas.drawBitmap(b, ...); >      b.recycle(); >      // yikes, don't reference b again) > > } > > On Dec 15, 2

[android-developers] Re: Camera preview to an invisible SurfaceView

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
I don't think this is possible. Doesn't seem like Android supports 'headless' graphics implementations. Mark On Dec 19, 7:35 am, Boshik wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Is it possible to capture camera snapshots to bitmaps WITHOUT creating > a visible surface view? All samples

[android-developers] Re: Sending a message from Service to Activity

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
This issue has come up a number of times before. What you need to do is to define another aidl interface that is a 'callback' interface that contains the methods that you want to go from your service to your activity. Add a 'registerCallback' method to your existent aidl interface which regist

[android-developers] Re: Thought's On Android CupCake?

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
Looks good, will have camcorder support which is huge! It needed to support recording video, since all the other 'smart phone' platforms do also. Hopefully it will be an easy upgrade for the G1. Mark On Dec 19, 9:37 am, TmobileG1Fans wrote: > I think it's going to be awesome OS

[android-developers] Re: Android Dev Phone Battery life

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
More features (WiFi , GPS ) and bigger screen require more power. You can get spare batteries for around $25. I have a couple that I keep with me, just in case I juice the battery and am not near a plug. My BB had much better battery life, but then again my G1 does things that a BB never dream

[android-developers] Re: Web Service

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
Since Android supports regular Java object serialization, you can just stream objects to and from Java app servers such as Tomcat etc, Using ObjectOutput/Input streams. See Tomcat docs and examples of how do do this. This is a first for a mobile platform! Also Android supports sax and dom xml

[android-developers] Re: Mobile Developers Research Project asking for Android's opinion, by Carnegie mellon University

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
As a developer we generally don't get to decide which platform gets used. This decision is generally made by management and non-tech people, and is usually based more on business factors than technology. Of course if they ask for my opinion, I'd reccomend Android over other platforms because it

[android-developers] Re: fitness or workout program

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
I think there's a new one at the app store 'WorkItOut' don't know anything else about. Please be kind to the developers, we are after all just giving away software. Mark On Dec 18, 5:12 am, Peli wrote: > What would you expect from a fitness or workout progr

[android-developers] Re: Regarding android registration

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
In general, this can't be done, the only way for apps to comunicate is via aidl, if another app, or built in app doesn't implement an aidl interface that you can reach, then the only way for apps to communicate is via intents. Some information can be sent with intents using 'extras', and applic

[android-developers] Re: Mobile Developers Research Project asking for Android's opinion, by Carnegie mellon University

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
. M On Dec 19, 1:04 pm, "Xavier Mathews" wrote: > Appel would kill android if it was open. They all ready have over > 10,000 apps.. > > On 12/19/2008, Mark K wrote: > > > > > > > > >   As a developer we generally don't get

[android-developers] Re: Testing the OrientationListener

2008-12-19 Thread Mark K
Check out 'Bubble' or 'Chistmas Snow Globe' at the app store. 'Bubble' is cool! On Dec 16, 9:44 pm, Hopper wrote: > Hey all, > > I'd like to know what options (if any) I have to test the > OrientationListener -- and other sensors -- from within the Android > Emulator. Five minutes of Google se

[android-developers] Re: OutOfMemoryError BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeByteArray inside Threads

2009-01-08 Thread Mark K
w.setBackgroundResource()) of > > about 5 views with pngs that fill up the entire screen (as a > > backdrop). I scroll between these 5 views and thus want to keep them > > in cache (I use view.setChildrenCacheEnabled()) but I run into the > > OutOfMemoryError: bitmap exceeds VM

[android-developers] Re: Power management in Android

2009-01-08 Thread Mark K
There's no way to query the power state directly that I know of, but you can have a receiver receive the intent 'ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED' which should be thrown when the battery state changes. Mark On Jan 6, 11:29 pm, "xroge...@gmail.com" wrote: > I couldn't find s

[android-developers] Re: Is it possible to replace or extend the dialer application ?

2009-01-09 Thread Mark K
The dialer app, like other built in apps uses private API's that are not available as part of the developer SDK API, such as com.android.internal.telephony.* . You'd have to build you're own version of Android from source to have your own dialer app.

[android-developers] Re: Memory leak in BitmapFactory/Gallery?

2009-01-09 Thread Mark K
As mentioned in other threads I've also had consistent problems with BitmapFactory.decodeFile() causing out of memory problems where there should be lots of memory available. I'm quite sure there is some kind of bug causing this problem, but I cannot get this officially confirmed. Many other d

[android-developers] Re: Memory leak in BitmapFactory/Gallery?

2009-01-09 Thread Mark K
ow, so this is a big probem. Mark On Jan 9, 4:18 pm, EboMike wrote: > Mark, did you try running without a debugger attached like I suggested > earlier in this (or some other) thread? That fixed the BitmapFactory > problems for me. > > On Jan 9, 1:53 pm, Mark K wrote:

[android-developers] Re: Batteryprof

2009-01-13 Thread Mark K
One solutions is to have a spare replacement battery with, they only cost $25 and the battery can be changed in a minute, can't do that with an I-phone. Mark On Jan 13, 4:31 pm, enervat...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been thinking about battery life is

[android-developers] Re: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget

2009-01-23 Thread Mark K
It seems that there my be a bug, memory leak with the BitmapFactory when decoding, and reading bitmaps from file. I, and many other developers have noticed similar problems to what you describe. I haven't been able to get any official confirmation that this is a known bug, but it looks like a b

[android-developers] Re: G1 OS version?

2009-01-28 Thread Mark K
Look under 'Settings' scroll to the very bottom, 'About Phone' will give you the build number etc. Mark On Jan 23, 8:25 pm, Wah wrote: > Can someone tell me the current OS version for T-mobile G1 phones? I > have a developer phone but its OS version may b

[android-developers] Re: Putting App for Testing on My Dev Phone

2009-01-29 Thread Mark K
You can use adb (Android Debug Bridge) to install applications onto your phone. ie 'adb install c:\myproject\myapp.apk'. You should familiarize yourself with the Android command line tools such as adb and ddms, and not just rely on Eclipse. Don't forget to add the /tools directory to your PATH.

[android-developers] Re: G1 activation problem

2008-11-24 Thread Mark K
I was able to get an unlocked G1 phone onto ATT without an AT&T data plan. I had to add 'wap.cingular' as an apn, only had to provide 'wap.cingular' no other fields. I was then able to log on with my google account and boot the phone, which currently uses only wifi for data . I guess the crux

[android-developers] Re: Sending a message from Service to Activity

2008-11-24 Thread Mark K
You need to set up the aidl as you have to connect to the service as you have, you then need to register a seperate call back interface with the service, and implement that interface in your activity, the API demos has an example of this, under remote service. I have successfully set up two way

[android-developers] Re: Camera Settings

2008-12-01 Thread Mark K
These features are supported by the G1 QCamera and driver, but they haven't been implemented at the API level for Android 1.0, hopefully some of these features will be supported in Android version 1.1. Mark On Nov 30, 1:47 pm, "Xavier Mathews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

[android-developers] Re: How do I find qualified Android Mobile Application Developers

2008-12-03 Thread Mark K
I think the bulk of the experienced and talented Android developers are on the left coast, not to sound too provincial. Also most of the experienced Android developers are already employed, being as how there has been a sudden increase in demmand. MM On Dec 2, 11:39 a

[android-developers] Re: Image capture

2008-12-03 Thread Mark K
You need to use the camera class in android.hardware, you can grab the byte[] the camera captures by use of the camera callback methods. M On Dec 2, 2:52 pm, fala70 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using : > Intent intent = new Intent("android.media.act

[android-developers] Re: my PacMan version released

2008-12-03 Thread Mark K
I'll ckeck it out! On Dec 2, 12:37 pm, Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear members, > > I've just published my Pacman version on AndAppstore.com and on > SlideMe.org . It is still under development, so please test and report > me bugs, comments and whatever you think maybe useful. I'm d

[android-developers] Re: how can i detect my g-phone on the PC via USB?

2008-12-03 Thread Mark K
Set your phone on debug by going to settings -> applications -> development, then plug into your PC, when you get the new hardware found, dialog, point it to the USB driver downloaded from the above link. Mark On Dec 3, 3:04 am, "Anonymous Anonymous" <[EMAIL PROTE

[android-developers] Re: Distorted Images taken from Camera

2008-12-04 Thread Mark K
I have my own camera app, works just fine on the G1, post the code maybe? Mark On Dec 3, 1:42 pm, ryan84c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to develop an Android app that will allow users to take > pictures. I've tried just about every sample out there, but one > probl

[android-developers] Re: Out Of Memory issue

2008-12-08 Thread Mark K
I've run into similar problems when rendering or successively rendering large bitmaps, can't tell if this is a specific bug, or just a limitation of the jvm. I haven't yet found a way to mitigate the problem. Mark On Dec 8, 12:47 pm, elephantbug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,

[android-developers] Re: Is there any API for the Messaging notification settings ?

2008-12-08 Thread Mark K
These are not supported by the sms api (gsm telephony). You can write your own sms client activity where you can implement whatever you want to happen when recieving messages, but there is no api that will you allow you to modify these for the onboard sms client. Mar

[android-developers] Re: java.util.Timer NOT make sense in Activity?

2008-12-09 Thread Mark K
Try using the alarm service or use a hanlder with postDelayed (). J2SE things may be supported in Android, but you don't always get the same result, particularly with issues involving threads. M On Dec 8, 7:45 pm, Xiongzh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was going to

[android-developers] Re: How to create bitmap directly from byte array?

2008-12-09 Thread Mark K
try something like this: byte[] data = getData(); Bitmap bm=null; ByteArrayInputStream bytes = new ByteArrayInputStream(data); BitmapDrawable bmd = new BitmapDrawable(bytes); bm = bmd.getBitmap(); On Dec 8, 11:51 pm, shuoshuo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >    Anyone' help is appreciated. >

[android-developers] Re: why cannot stop my thread?

2008-12-09 Thread Mark K
Though android supports the j2se thread model, it may not produce the results you expect at run time. Try using thr Looper and Handler objects instead of raw threads in gui applications. Mark On Dec 9, 8:29 am, Shubham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you pas

[android-developers] Re: Has anybody received an android dev phone in the US yet?

2008-12-11 Thread Mark K
I'm using my G1 on AT&T , I had to add wap.cingular as an apn, set 'wap.cingular' as the name and apn, left all other settings blank. Mark On Dec 10, 12:05 pm, Jackson Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just received my phone.  I ordered it on Saturday.  I am in > Na

android-developers@googlegroups.com

2008-12-12 Thread Mark K
Just set the name and apn as you have, leave all the other fields blank. This worked for me, moved my SIM card from a BB to my unlocked G1 phone, now it works fine on AT&T. Mark On Dec 11, 11:53 am, Clint Fisher wrote: > I just got my Android Dev Ph

[android-developers] Re: iPhone SIM Card compatibility

2008-12-12 Thread Mark K
I've got my G1 working on AT&T , for your apn settings set name= wap.cingular apn=wap.cingular, I left all other fields blank, my phone now phone works fine on AT&T. The SIM card should be independant of the iPhone. Mark On Dec 11, 1:02 pm, Dave wrote: > I just rec

[android-developers] Re: Timeout executing service

2008-12-12 Thread Mark K
Rather than using Thread.sleep(), use a Handler object instead, use Handler.postDelayed() . Using Thread.sleep in a GUI app will cause it to time out. Mark On Dec 11, 8:13 am, "Andrew Stadler" wrote: > Sukumar- > > The activity manager assumes that your code has die