[android-developers] Re: dns problem

2008-12-02 Thread Paul
towers? Not sure if this helped. -Paul On Dec 2, 6:49 pm, super serg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I have a problem, we released an application that connects to our domain name to retrieve data. When we released the app first time, we got such a huge response, our servers went down

[android-developers] Re: Hidden Contacts

2008-12-07 Thread Paul
Did you check your gmail account under Contacts -- suggested contacts to see if the people you're seeing appear there as well? GMail creates a hidden contact for everyone you've traded emails with and perhaps the hidden people are coming from here? On Dec 6, 4:07 pm, bklik [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[android-developers] Re: Hidden Contacts

2008-12-08 Thread Paul
to create direct call shortcuts to, it includes duplicates of many contacts, duplicates which don't appear in my regular Contacts list in the dialer. -- Eric On Dec 7, 9:50 pm, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you check your gmail account under Contacts -- suggested contacts to see

[android-developers] Re: How to make an application run at boot-up?

2008-12-10 Thread Paul
I could see a valid use-case for this: such as if the application were a security application of some kind. Can you post to let us know whether you can start your activity from within the Broadcast receiver? On Dec 10, 5:01 am, Charlie Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re-reading your question,

[android-developers] Re: Building on Ant

2008-12-10 Thread Paul
on whether you install the 64-bit version of the JDK. Although I didn't have much luck with the 64-bit JDK and Eclipse when I tried it a few months back. -Paul On Dec 9, 2:39 pm, Fred Grott(shareme) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just install JDK in directory without spaces and than set JAVA HOME

[android-developers] Re: Problem with the sqlite database

2008-12-13 Thread Paul
In order to play nicely with the resources you share with other applications I think you might want to consider creating your connection in onCreate, and cleaning it up in onPause. You mentioned an issue when you tried that earlier but it might be worth resolving within your app. This will keep

[android-developers] Re: Problem with the sqlite database

2008-12-17 Thread Paul
yep, I miss-spoke. onResume is what I use. On Dec 17, 4:46 pm, filbert filbert...@gmail.com wrote: If you close your connection in onPause, wouldn't you need to open it again in onResume? On Dec 13, 6:08 pm, Paul paul_rash...@yahoo.com wrote: In order to play nicely with the resources

[android-developers] Re: Android Dev Phone 1

2009-01-16 Thread Paul
I didn't think Verizon had SIM cards either. Is it possible the card you're referring to is the miniSD card? They're about the same size. On Jan 16, 6:53 am, Kenneth Loafman kenneth.loaf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure how it would work without one.  I have a Motorola Razor with Verizon.  

[android-developers] Data Synchronization Option is missing from the Settings!!!

2009-03-18 Thread paul
I find the data synchronization option is missing from the Settings on the last version android source code. Is this issue a bug ? How to add the data synchronization option to Settings, thanks !! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

[android-developers] Re: SDK 1.5, Unable to load XML wizard

2009-04-22 Thread Paul
I'm on Eclipse Version: 3.4.2, Build id: M20090211-1700 I've made sure that I have uninstalled all traces of 0.8 (as far as I can see), and I've re-installed 0.9 using the steps above and yet I still get the error: Plug-in com.android.ide.eclipse.adt was unable to load class

[android-developers] Re: Fastest Combination of Http Post/Get and XML parsing libs

2008-10-26 Thread Paul
By it's nature DOM is memory intensive. Using the SAX parser will allow you to possibly quickly reclaim memory but still involves quite a bit of processing b/c these APIs were written to be quite robust. Considering this is a mobile platform where we're encouraged to optimize things that would

[android-developers] Disappearing MapView zoom controls

2009-11-12 Thread Paul
Since MapView.getZoomControls() is deprecated in API level 5, how do we keep the *(#$(!!! zoom controls from disappearing (when it wasn't deprecated you could add the zoom controls to a ZoomControls view. I've tried mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);

[android-developers] Re: Documentation deficiencies.

2009-11-14 Thread Paul
this undocumented method: mapView.getZoomButtonsController() and then call setVisible(true) on that object : mapView.getZoomButtonsController ().setVisible(true); Of course for some weird reason the user still has to touch the map once before the zoom controls appear. -Paul On Nov 3, 5:20 pm, Tim

[android-developers] bluetooth uuid

2009-11-24 Thread Paul
Can someone explain how to use createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord? How do I find out the UUID of the device I want to connect to? Thanks, Paul -- 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] Re: bluetooth connection - paring required?

2009-11-24 Thread Paul
This is the best forum to request such features. This would be a nice feature to have. I am also working with sensors that transmit data via Bluetooth and the serial port profile. As of right now, I have been unable to connect to my Bluetooth device which doesn't require a pin. On Nov 12, 9:22 

[android-developers] Re: bluetooth uuid

2009-11-24 Thread Paul
how to find the UUID of the device. Am I wrong in trying to connect to this device using the existing Android 2.0 Bluetooth API? It does not require pairing and can only communicate uses a serial port service (profile). Thanks, Paul On Nov 24, 4:45 pm, Nick Pelly npe...@google.com wrote

[android-developers] Re: bluetooth uuid

2009-11-24 Thread Paul
not work. Thank you! Paul On Nov 24, 5:38 pm, Nick Pelly npe...@google.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Paul paules...@gmail.com wrote: try this one:  1101--1000-8000-00805F9B34FB This got me somewhere. That is, Android tried to connect to the Bluetooth device but was unable

[android-developers] Re: bluetooth connection - paring required?

2009-11-24 Thread Paul
24, 4:53 pm, Paul paules...@gmail.com wrote: This is the best forum to request such features. This would be a nice feature to have. I am also working with sensors that transmit data via Bluetooth and the serial port profile. As of right now, I have been unable to connect to my Bluetooth device

[android-developers] Re: Emulator is very slow and CPU consuming

2009-11-25 Thread Paul
I have exactly the same problem and I don't understand what could be causing it:( On Oct 10, 8:47 am, Andriy Zakharchuk andriy.zakharc...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, few weeks ago I encountered a problem. My Android SDK 1.5 emulator became very slow and CPU consuming. This happened earlier,

[android-developers] SQLite database question

2010-02-23 Thread Paul
to do something to tell insert to ... insert? I can work around by restarting the app, but there must be something simple I'm missing. I've used the Notepad example database as my starting point. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-developers] Re: SQLite database question

2010-02-23 Thread Paul
. On Feb 22, 10:11 pm, Paul paul@gmail.com wrote: I have a database that works fine to create a new row the first time after I start the application, but subsequent times, data base helper returns the same rowID and does not store a new row. It doesn't help when leaving or returning

[android-developers] Re: SQLite database question

2010-02-23 Thread Paul
rowID each time until I restart. On Feb 23, 7:16 pm, Paul paul@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the reply. I meant android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper . I'm using: long android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.insert(String table, String nullColumnHack, ContentValues values) which returns

[android-developers] Database management

2010-02-26 Thread Paul
What is the best approach to managing a small SQLite database private to the application? Open (getWritableDatabase) in OnStart and close in OnStop in each Activity? Open in OnCreate and keep open til the user quits the app (where would you put close?) Open, do work and close as soon as possible

[android-developers] How do I change the timeout time for the lock screen?

2009-08-25 Thread Paul
How do I change the timeout time for the lock screen? Instead of the 10 second timeout, a 2 second timeout would save more battery life. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To

[android-developers] Free vs. Paid Package Names

2009-09-04 Thread Paul
I'm trying to manage how I would change my previously free application into two different applications and I'm debating between the following options: 1.) Manually change the package name in Manifest and correct all of my references to R when I build my free version. 2.) Simply build both

[android-developers] SubMenu

2009-09-04 Thread Paul
I am probably doing something stupid, but when I click on an option it isn't selected. Cheers for any help. Java: public class MenuTest extends Activity { private final int OPTIONS_GROUP = 1; /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void

[android-developers] Re: How to start another program in one android program?

2008-03-25 Thread Paul
project, and it is in com.google.android.atest package. Both projects can run ok separatly. How can i start CityListguide in Atest project? Thanks. On 3月25日, 午後5:09, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry. Maybe i wasn't expressed my idea clearly. I mean CityListguide class is an activity

[android-developers] View.setEnabled() Deprecated?

2009-12-06 Thread Paul
I'm working with 2.0 and in my xml layout, I changed the Enabled property of a Button, only to see that that is Deprecated. Eclipse property manager tells me (when I mouse over the property) : Deprecated use state_enabled instead. So sure I can set state_enabled in the xml layout, but how to do

[android-developers] URGENT- Is SQLiteOpenHelper.onUpgrade() called when installing update from Android Market Place?

2010-01-05 Thread Paul
Scenario: User buys my application from Android Market Place. I update my Application (change version_code, version_name in Manifest). But no change to my DATABASE_VERSION in my SQLiteOpenHelper sub class. User installs update from android market place. Question: Is SQLiteOpenHelper.onUpgrade()

[android-developers] ANDROID_ID - when is it set?

2010-08-10 Thread Paul
I've got an app that requires a unique ID for each device. Either I use the ANDROID_ID or I use an ID I create myself (which is fine). I've found that ANDROID_ID isn't set immediately on every device... (note: I *do* know that ANDROID_ID is not set on the emulator) When is it set? Is it when

[android-developers] Server Error when saving cc info from Android Market

2010-08-15 Thread Paul
Many of my buyers are getting a Server Error during the purchase process of my app from Android Market. The error occurs only for people who have not purchased from Android Market before and do not have credit card credentials stored in a Google Checkout account. During purchase process from

[android-developers] Re: Server Error when saving cc info from Android Market

2010-08-18 Thread Paul
I've opened this issue: Issue 10261: Multiple users getting Server Error when purchasing apps in Android Market http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10261 Developers only: Please post to that issue if your buyers are experiencing the problem described. I know we all need to vent,

[android-developers] Why do I can't invoke the searchManger

2010-04-13 Thread Paul
bar should be my defined in searchable.xml, is it right? Thanks in advanced. Paul -- 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

[android-developers] how to bind intent to every item in search suggestions?

2010-04-13 Thread Paul
Hey, Now I have one customized content provider for the search suggestions. You know when click my app in More results from global search box results, it will change to the activity with suggestions list. I know there is SUGGEST_COLUMN_INTENT_DATA for every item it can provide the data when click

[android-developers] Selling outside the Android Market-- Use Google Checkout to sell direct from website??? SlideMe.Org??

2010-04-15 Thread Paul
I'm looking at ways to sell my app to countries where Android Market does not allow people to buy apps (only free apps available in market). I was looking at Slideme.org, but most of the apps there seem free and the details on their website seem scant about how to actually setup an account so

[android-developers] Re: Selling outside the Android Market-- Use Google Checkout to sell direct from website??? SlideMe.Org??

2010-04-15 Thread Paul
Shane, Thanks for the info. Of course I do know that you have a history, a pretty involved history with SlideME, which I've discovered when researching them. But I'll see if I can locate Koxx and hopefully some others to get more info. I don't think they have too good of a record on this these

[android-developers] Re: Current consensus on whether to use Copy Protect mode when publishing in Market?

2010-04-16 Thread Paul
Good question, would love to hear the answer myself. -- 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] Re: Selling outside the Android Market-- Use Google Checkout to sell direct from website??? SlideMe.Org??

2010-04-21 Thread Paul
need a way for developers to get amounts $100 without discussion. I've only had 3 sales so far on SlideME (compared to 200+ per day on Android Market) so not much to go on there. I think SlideME needs to do more marketing/advertising if they are going to have it take off. -Paul -- You received

[android-developers] No place in Google Checkout to set international tax rates. Do we owe? How to Pay?

2010-04-21 Thread Paul
I'm based in the US and if I go into my google checkout merchant account and go into tax settings, there are only options for setting tax rates for US states. Aren't we supposed to charge VAT taxes if we sell ( via Android Market/Google Checkout) internationally?? Not that I would know how to

[android-developers] Re: No place in Google Checkout to set international tax rates. Do we owe? How to Pay?

2010-04-22 Thread Paul
Thanks Shane, that's pretty much what I thought. I did see some web pages mention that the EU law would only apply to companies that had sales of over 100,000 Euros, but it didn't seem definitive and I couldn't find legal text supporting the 100,000 limit. Google Checkout also makes it

[android-developers] Market Download Issues (it says its purchased, and says it downloads, but when I try to install it just says its downloading again)

2010-04-24 Thread Paul
I'm getting pretty tired of handling customer support issues for this, when people are trying to purchase/download my app from the Android Market: it says its purchased, and says it downloads, but when I try to install it just says its downloading again About twice a day I have to email people

[android-developers] Lots of lost sales due to Credit Card authorization.

2010-04-25 Thread Paul
I've lost about 120 sales from the Android Market due to people not ever entering valid credit card information in Google Checkout. Not sure if they ever got the email from google telling them to do it. I also have to handle a lot of customer support for these issues. People think the app is

[android-developers] Re: Lots of lost sales due to Credit Card authorization.

2010-04-28 Thread Paul
Well I'm really trying to address the LARGER issue here. Which is, how can this be done better by Google Checkout/Android Market? How about this: If credit card can't be authorized in 20 seconds, notify the user, right then and there, while they are in the Android Market, that there was an

[android-developers] Re: Device Seeding Program for Top Android Market Developers

2010-04-29 Thread Paul
\o/ Just got mine in Bremen, Germany. (Fedex/ Brightpoint Netherlands) On 29 Apr., 10:18, Lim Sim lim@gmail.com wrote: OK.  Now you've got me excited.  I'm in UK too!  haha. On 29 April 2010 09:14, mscwd01 mscw...@gmail.com wrote: Yes! Thanks Google. My Nexus One arrived via

[android-developers] Re: Lots of lost sales due to Credit Card authorization.

2010-05-01 Thread Paul
Sort of my point. A successful authorization can take a while, but user has no clue. They think they've made a succesful purchase and the app should download immediately. There is no message to the user (at least not that I know of, but correct me if I'm wrong) indicating anything is wrong. So

[android-developers] Re: Lots of lost sales due to Credit Card authorization.

2010-05-04 Thread Paul
Here's a perfect example, just got this one today: will not download. It says its purchased but unsuccessful downloading. What do I do? (replace with the name of the app the user is trying to download). This has to get fixed. All user needs is some notification in Android Market to let

[android-developers] PROTECTION_SIGNATURE

2010-07-18 Thread Paul
Could someone help me with what this code means in relation to defining my own permission? The documentation doesn't have an explanation but I think this might solve a problem i have if it is what I think it is. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-developers] Re: PROTECTION_SIGNATURE

2010-07-18 Thread Paul
18, 9:17 am, Paul paul.rash...@gmail.com wrote: Could someone help me with what this code means in relation to defining my own permission?  The documentation doesn't have an explanation but I think this might solve a problem i have if it is what I think it is. -- You received this message

[android-developers] How to use soft keyboard ONLY in my application

2010-09-24 Thread Paul
I have written a soft keyboard based on the sample in the SDK. This does exactly what I want it to do, but I only want it to be available in my own app. Can I bind this keyboard to an EditText in my own app, but leave the normal soft keyboard in place for all other apps. -- You received this

[android-developers] Re: Is the Market having problems today (October 3, 2010)?

2010-10-03 Thread Paul
I agree with webmonkey, standard stuff for Android Market. Of course there could really be something wrong with the Market today, but seems ok for me, I've got my typical number of purchases. I've had instances in the past where people had trouble with Android Market, and I assumed it was a

[android-developers] Re: The ultimate, killer Android Marketplace replacement

2010-10-05 Thread Paul
I think T-Mobile customers can already do this on Android Market in the U.S., but would be great if Verizon customers could. -- 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] Maximum number of touch events Android can handle

2010-12-09 Thread Paul
of searching have been unable to find any definitive answer. Thanks! Paul -- 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

[android-developers] Retrieving Input Device Capabilities - pre 2.3

2010-12-09 Thread Paul
/InputDevice.html I am assuming that the simple answer would be no, there isn't a way, other than listening to MotionEvent and determining while the user is interacting with the app if there are multi-touch inputs streaming in, but would be nice to know on launch as well. Thanks for any direction, Paul

[android-developers] Re: Maximum number of touch events Android can handle

2010-12-09 Thread Paul
That's my plan, thought it might be documented and I might have missed it. Distinct possibility is that there is no limit as well. Any suggestions where to start digging through source? Thanks, Paul On Dec 9, 11:10 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Paul

[android-developers] Multitouch Gestures

2010-12-10 Thread Paul
on this would be much appreciated. Thanks, Paul -- 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

[android-developers] Determining which pointer is moving

2010-12-23 Thread Paul
the previous movement. It's a bit clunky, so I wanted to ask here to see if there might be a simpler way to determine which pointer(s) are moving and triggered the ACTION_MOVE in the first place. Thanks for any advice, Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-developers] Re: Determining which pointer is moving

2010-12-23 Thread Paul
MotionEvent rather than the previous location data for a pointer in the current event, correct?) Paul On Dec 23, 7:19 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: Generally all pointers move some bit, though maybe small, for each event.  The touch screen is a continuous analog input device

[android-developers] Recycling MotionEvents

2010-12-24 Thread Paul
these results. Any strategies or recommendations? Thanks, Paul -- 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

[android-developers] Converting Touch Inputs to Vectors

2010-12-28 Thread Paul
will potentially require tens of thousands of points... Any suggestions on a better way to represent and store user-inputed vectors/paths? Or maybe another approach completely? Thanks for any help! Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-developers] Re: Converting Touch Inputs to Vectors

2010-12-29 Thread Paul
Bumping hoping someone can point me in the right direction! Paul On Dec 29, 1:18 am, Paul pmmen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all.  I am writing an app that will convert touchscreen user inputs (such as the user 'handwriting' on the screen) into vectors that can then be saved and recalled later.  I

[android-developers] Re: Converting Touch Inputs to Vectors

2010-12-30 Thread Paul
), etc. Paul On Dec 30, 10:23 am, MrChaz mrchazmob...@gmail.com wrote: You might want to look at the GestureDetector (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/GestureDetector.html) as it's designed to do pretty much this exact task iirc. -- You received this message because you

[android-developers] Re: Converting Touch Inputs to Vectors

2010-12-30 Thread Paul
On Dec 30, 5:09 am, Daniel Drozdzewski daniel.drozdzew...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 29, 1:18 am, Paul pmmen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all.  I am writing an app that will convert touchscreen user inputs (such as the user 'handwriting' on the screen) into vectors that can then be saved

[android-developers] Problem changing Activity title in onActivityResult()

2011-01-12 Thread Paul
), but the actual UI title is not updated until the activity is closed and then re- launched. I've used setTitle() in onResume(), onPrepareOptionsMenu(), etc and it worked like a charm, but not working here... any ideas or suggestions? Thanks, Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[android-developers] Re: Problem changing Activity title in onActivityResult()

2011-01-12 Thread Paul
://www.kbeanie.com On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Paul pmmen...@gmail.com wrote: I posted this over at StackOverflow, but not much of a response... maybe someone else can run this on their testbed and verify?  A strange problem... == Hi all.  I have a simple app based on the Notepad demo

[android-developers] Re: Problem changing Activity title in onActivityResult()

2011-01-12 Thread Paul
, I then attempt to change the UI title again from the currently shown Y to Z... but the title is instead changed back to X..., even though an immediate call to getTitle tells me that it should be Z... Any ideas why this may be happening? Paul On Jan 12, 1:26 pm, Paul pmmen

[android-developers] Re: Problem changing Activity title in onActivityResult()

2011-01-12 Thread Paul
Yes! I was changing the title of a note in the db in the called activity, but failing to update the cursor in onActivityResult... so in onResume, it was pulling the old title. .requery()ing the cursor in onActivityResult got it, thanks all! Paul On Jan 12, 1:47 pm, Kumar Bibek coomar

[android-developers] Cursor Position in EditText

2011-01-12 Thread Paul
end of the text, which could be way down on line n? Having the cursor at the end of line one of a multi-line entry seems to not really help anyone. Thanks for any thoughts, Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post

[android-developers] Minor ListView UI Issue

2011-01-12 Thread Paul
of the activity... is this due to simple lag between the time the setContentView() call happens and the time the view can be expanded from XML? Are views only expanded at the end of onCreate, and thus this is happening after the insert action by design? Any information appreciated! Paul -- You

[android-developers] Samsung Galaxy Tab: AVD add on package

2010-10-21 Thread Paul
Guys I found this today http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/galaxyTab.do and was able to install the package into my avd manager and I now have the Galaxy Tab emulator running. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this

[android-developers] Re: Samsung Galaxy Tab: AVD add on package

2010-10-21 Thread Paul
Now I've found the first problem with the Galaxy Tab Emulator. I tried to run my application on it and got this error, which I don't get running any other emulator or on actual devices: Console: [2010-10-21 11:05:20 - myApp] Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY [2010-10-21

[android-developers] Re: Galaxy Tab SDK missing shared library

2010-10-21 Thread Paul
Got the same problem today. My app runs fine on all other emulators, even tried to install from the web by downloading the version of my app that I sell on the Android Market. Same issue. Now since I had to hunt around to find the link for the Galaxy Add-on maybe its not ready for prime time

[android-developers] Re: SDK Add-on for Samsung Galaxy Tab

2010-10-21 Thread Paul
Yeah, found that today. I don't see the forum links on that page though. Also there is an issue running apps on the Tab emulator if they use Google Maps APIs. Gets an error about missing shared library even though build target for the app includes the Google APIs. On Oct 11, 3:02 am, Hongik Kim

[android-developers] Re: Samsung Galaxy Tab: AVD add on package

2010-10-21 Thread Paul
@Mark Murphy- Right, the problem is with the AVD. I just mentioned the Build target at the end as a way of clarification (also not sure if emulators/devices automatically include all libraries in classpath of running application or if they check manifest, etc., but that is another topic of

[android-developers] Wrong latitude/longitude points received by Emulator with new version of Android SDK

2010-10-23 Thread Paul
When I send latitude/longitude points to the Emulator (using DDMS with GPX file or using geo fix from command line) the locations received by Apps on the Emulator are slightly off. So like I send a latitude of 41.74 and onLocationChanged recevies a Location, and I to toString() on it and get a

[android-developers] Re: Wrong latitude/longitude points received by Emulator with new version of Android SDK

2010-10-24 Thread Paul
This is not an app coding problem. I'm just calling toString on Location object. I can reproduce using Google Maps app on the emulator. Send emulator a known location (found using Google Maps web for example), and then use My Location on Google Maps app to see where it thinks that point is.

[android-developers] Re: Wrong latitude/longitude points received by Emulator with new version of Android SDK

2010-10-25 Thread Paul
@Mathias Lin- No, that is not the issue. Look, I'm telling you the latitude/longitude received in the Location object in onLocationChanged event, have different values than the latitude/ longitude that was sent from DDMS or from command line geo fix command. The values are close, but off in the

[android-developers] Re: Wrong latitude/longitude points received by Emulator with new version of Android SDK

2010-10-25 Thread Paul
@celluri- Not sure if thats the same issue or not. My issue has nothing to do with GPX file. I can cause same problem to occur from command line using 'geo fix'. The amount numbers are off follow some weird pattern I can't quite decipher. If I enter lat=1.0 , the app receives lat=1.00163, if

[android-developers] Re: Eclipse bug cripples Android app?

2010-10-28 Thread Paul
Surround that line with a try/catch block and printStackTrace in the catch block. Run in the emulator and post the stack trace back here. -- 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] Re: Withdraw Eclipse bug question

2010-10-28 Thread Paul
Ok, well at least you admitted it !!! In the future if you start getting a weird error, put try/catch blocks with e.printStackTrace in the catch block to find what root cause is, or use breakpoints and debugger. Add some logging code so that you can tell when your code gets to various points

[android-developers] Re: Application for different versions and different resolution

2010-10-28 Thread Paul
You can install Motorola add on packages that give you good emulator skins, correct sizing, etc, from here: http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/tools/ You may have to sign up as a Motorola developer to get those downloads, not sure. Nexus one should be pretty similar to Droid2, since they

[android-developers] List of all Android Phones: Found !

2010-10-28 Thread Paul
I just found this: http://www.google.com/phone/#manufacturer=allcategory=allcarrier=allcountry=allreset_filters=1 Which looks like a nice list of all Android phones, maintained by none other than Google. I'm posting it here because, I've Googled for this kind of thing before and I always end up

[android-developers] Re: Lots of lost sales due to Credit Card authorization.

2010-05-10 Thread Paul
I think if this thread gets enough response and attention then someone from Google may notice. They've got to have people looking at these posts once in a while. Is there no official Bug list for Android Market? I did post a thread here :

[android-developers] Re: ServerSocket issues

2010-05-24 Thread Paul
I have the same problem on my Samsung Moment actually... On May 19, 9:23 pm, Lee dr...@lc-cs.com wrote: Hello, 00 00 I am attempting to open a ServerSocket on my Android device to receive network connections, but do not seem to recieve network traffic from them. Running netstat -an

[android-developers] Contributing a menu item to the Contact List context menu

2010-05-24 Thread Paul
Hi, Can this be done? I want a user to be able to long press a contact and be offered a menu item of my own that can run an activity of my own. Thanks, Paul. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send

[android-developers] Re: Unwanted state changes of CheckBoxes in ListView

2010-05-24 Thread Paul
This has to do with the fact that ListView recycles views. View Romain Guy's Google I/O talk about ListView when it comes out. It is really good and explains exactly why you're seeing this happen. On Apr 30, 10:20 am, David davideberl...@googlemail.com wrote: Hey, I am facing a very

[android-developers] ListView, CursorAdapter, and a Custom Item View

2010-05-27 Thread Paul
Hello: I'm having a little bit of trouble with ListView, CursorAdapter, and a Custom ListItemView. My ListView uses a managedCursor that came from a content resolver. This cursor is then passed to my class which we'll call Z that extends the CursorAdapter:

[android-developers] Re: Contributing a menu item to the Contact List context menu

2010-06-08 Thread Paul
Any ideas regarding this question? On May 23, 10:36 pm, Paul paulgr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Can this be done? I want a user to be able to long press acontactand be offered a menu item of my own that can run an activity of my own. Thanks, Paul. -- You received this message because you

[android-developers] Does updating an application Title (from Developer Console) reset any statistics (ratings/downloads)

2010-06-14 Thread Paul
Would like to know, from someone who has tried it, if changing an Application's title in the Developer Console has any affect on the applications Ratings or Number of download statistics. In other words, will I lose anything? My impression is no, but I don't recall if documentation says that

[android-developers] Any Tree (Swing/JTree-like) widget for Android?

2010-06-21 Thread Paul
I want to display a tree like data structure, for the Swing JTree is ideal. Is there any widget that provides that? Or any implementation of Swing for Android? Thanks, Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post

[android-developers] Proper Exception Handling

2011-01-17 Thread Paul
Coming over from other languages/platforms, and just trying to get my head around the proper way to handle Exceptions in Android (or at a minimum, some advice/links on this topic). Have an app that in various activities handles any number of types of Exceptions, such as IOException,

[android-developers] Re: Proper Exception Handling

2011-01-18 Thread Paul
) { fileName = ... try { openFileInput(fileName); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { // file doesn't exist, use this name break; } } Based on the top-rated answer here, re: staying in proper application context: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2786655/test-if-file-exists Paul

[android-developers] Re: Proper Exception Handling

2011-01-18 Thread Paul
On Jan 18, 4:02 am, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: Have an app that in various activities handles any number of types of Exceptions, such as IOException, FileNotFoundException, SAXException, etc. In some cases, I want an exception to terminate the called Activity and alert the

[android-developers] Re: Proper Exception Handling

2011-01-18 Thread Paul
Good point... have modified the process such that on being able to open the file (i.e. the filename is not yet used), it maintains the stream and creates it right away, rather than checking, exiting the loop and then creating the file. Thanks for the pointer, Paul On Jan 18, 11:10 am, Kostya

[android-developers] Re: Proper Exception Handling

2011-01-18 Thread Paul
Yes, I'm not happy with this solution... but moving to File.exists() means re-introducing the issue of the file being removed from the system between File.exists() and Context.openInputFile calls, however unlikely. Paul On Jan 18, 7:39 pm, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: The problem

[android-developers] Re: LVL and 2.3 Emulator

2011-01-23 Thread Paul
Same issue here. I didn't see an existing error so I created a new on in the bug list: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=14252 On Jan 14, 12:35 am, CedarF cedric.dar...@gmail.com wrote: Still not works and no answer from Google? On 8 déc 2010, 03:58, Nick nick1...@gmail.com

[android-developers] ListView with XML files strategy

2011-01-24 Thread Paul
forward in the most efficient and correct way. Thanks in advance, Paul -- 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

[android-developers] Re: ListView with XML files strategy

2011-01-25 Thread Paul
to tackle this? Thanks, Paul On Jan 24, 10:20 pm, Paul pmmen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all.  I need some advice on how to best proceed. First, a little background.  I have an application that uses a ListView as it's main activity to display all of the XML files from the /data/data/package.name/files

[android-developers] Re: How to add a text file as part of the apk

2011-01-28 Thread Paul
Store and access it from /res/raw should work, I have a text file in that folder for an app of mine and no problem with the app accessing that file after installation to devices. Paul On Jan 28, 7:51 am, Marcin Orlowski webnet.andr...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 January 2011 11:34, Kumar Bibek

[android-developers] Re: TextView - how to make appended text visible?

2011-01-31 Thread Paul
You might also be able to scroll the text by restricting the ellipsize the text by setting properties of the TextView to: android:maxLines=1 android:scrollHorizontally=true I do this with an EditText and it works perfectly. Paul On Jan 28, 7:54 pm, John Lussmyer johnlussm...@gmail.com wrote

[android-developers] Re: Strange orange background color when custom 9 patch button is pressed...

2011-01-31 Thread Paul
It looks like Android is still using the default color state list for the button. I've never used a state list for a button, but maybe capturing the android:state_selected state might help? Paul On Jan 28, 6:01 pm, Jarrette jarrette.sch...@gmail.com wrote: *thanks for the reply, doug.  Here's

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