On Apr 16, 12:45 am, JP joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com wrote:
On Apr 15, 8:35 am, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Yet in my log files, I can
still see the Android NetworkLocationProvider logging
onCellLocationChanged events. Is this a bug in my code?
Without diving into your
Woe - I'm still struggling to write some code that can reliably get me
an accurate location fix.
I have written some code that I thought would (i) register with any
available location listener (ii) at onLocationChanged events, check
the location fixes for age and accuracy (iii) once a suitable
Apologies for cross-posting with StackOverflow, but I'm getting a bit
desperate. I'll cross-post any final answer too.
Please could anyone suggest an approach for transferring a 2MB video
from a ContentResolver into a Bytestream, without running out of
memory?
See question:
1. Why are you using a ContentProvider?
Because that seemed to be the best way to get from a content URI
(returned from the Android video camera intent) to a byte stream.
Happy to do it another way, though.
2. What are you doing with the 2MB byte array when you get it on the
ContentResolver
I suspect your problem is not in reading the InputStream, but rather in
how FilePart does what it does. Since that isn't part of Android, it was
probably developed without tight memory constraints in mind. If you hand
it 1 KB chunks each time, it is probably going to allocate a 1 KB byte
On Apr 8, 11:00 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Anna PS wrote:
OK, I see. Although, I do get the OutofMemoryError on the
byteBuffer.write(buffer, 0, len), well before I do anything with the
FilePart.
That doesn't make sense. What are you doing with the 1 KB you read
Hi all
I'm using a PostMethod, and wondering what try/except handling I
should use.
The exception handling here seems to work okay in most scenarios, but
is there anything I might be missing? In particular, I'm wondering
whether this handles the network connection going down midway through
the
Sorry for the newbie question, but does anyone know how I can check
whether an IntentService is already running?
I'm starting an IntentService from onCreate within a normal Activity,
and that means that if the user minimises and maximises the
application, it gets called twice.
I'm wondering if I
Thanks Mark...
On Apr 2, 3:52 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Anna PS wrote:
But - is it possible to get a location fix from within an
IntentService?
It would be difficult, because IntentServices want to shut down as soon
as onHandleIntent() completes (if there are no more
On Apr 6, 2:52 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Sorry for the newbie question, but does anyone know how I can check
whether an IntentService is already running?
I'm starting an IntentService from onCreate within a normal Activity,
and that means that if the user minimises
I figured this out. Just generate a random string (using Java UUID)
and save it in Settings. That's enough to distinguish each user :)
On Mar 27, 5:49 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Yes, I really wanted to avoid TelephonyManager because it has
particularly scary-looking
Hi all
I'd like to figure out the best way to get a recent location fix, with
the minimum disruption to the user flow.
Here's what I would like the user to see in my app:
1. [After e.g. taking a photo, and with no delay] Click a button
saying 'Upload your file'
2. [With no delay] See a
Hi all,
I'm getting a server response back in ddms, here's my code:
InputStream responseStream =
method.getResponseBodyAsStream();
responseString = convertStreamToString(responseStream);
// standard
function for InputStream String
. ( i.e:
read bytes size -1)
i.e read the data till you got end of stream.
then convert it to String and display
better way is to read block by block and display.
May be this will help you.
Thank you
On Mar 29, 3:43 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi all
=android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE/
in the manifest.
Ken
On Mar 25, 6:28 am, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Odd - I posted this message yesterday and got sent a copy, but it
doesn't seem to have shown up in the group... Here it is again.
This seems to be a bit of a vexed issue
This seems to be a bit of a vexed issue: see
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/3f4ae5cdf792ce00
Like the person who started that thread, I need to get a unique ID for
a device, without using scary permissions for TelephonyManager. I've
tried
id =
Odd - I posted this message yesterday and got sent a copy, but it
doesn't seem to have shown up in the group... Here it is again.
This seems to be a bit of a vexed issue: see
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/3f4ae5cdf792ce00
Like the person who
Any ideas, anyone? wondering if this is an Android bug, or if I'm
doing something wrong. Seems to work fine when taking photos, just not
videos.
On Mar 12, 7:27 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
NB here's my traceback:
03-12 19:25:57.948: INFO/ActivityManager(936): Starting
[I thought I posted this yesterday, but it hasn't shown up in the
group, so apologies if it posts twice.]
I'm trying to pass a Uri to the video camera as EXTRA_OUTPUT. The file
shoots and saves OK at the Uri I give it, but unfortunately pressing
the 'Retake' or 'Play' buttons crashes the
Hi all
I want to get from an Android Uri (of the kind returned by
onActivityResult) to a simple byte array, in order to upload a file as
part of a multipart message. Can anyone provide an example of how to
get from a Uri to a byte[] array?
My current code (below) is almost there, but falls down
Android?
On Mar 13, 11:23 am, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi all
I want to get from an Android Uri (of the kind returned by
onActivityResult) to a simple byte array, in order to upload a file as
part of a multipart message. Can anyone provide an example of how to
get from
Hi all,
I have a problem with supplying a URI in the EXTRA_OUTPUT to the video
camera. If I supply a URI, the file shoots and saves OK to that URI,
but the 'retake' and 'delete' buttons on the camera both fail to work
- 'retake' does nothing, and 'delete' does a force close.
If I don't supply a
(ZygoteInit.java:860)
03-12 19:25:57.968: ERROR/videocamera(5482): at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)
03-12 19:25:57.968: ERROR/videocamera(5482): at
dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
On Mar 12, 7:23 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi all
Anyone know how I can get the 'upload error' icon for the status bar?
I've got the 'uploading' and the 'upload done' icons, like this:
notifyDetails = new
Notification(android.R.drawable.stat_sys_upload_done,Failed to
upload!,System.currentTimeMillis());
But I want to add an 'upload error'
who has your app
can get access to the details, and also allows you to update the login
details without the need to force an app update on all your users.
Al.
On Mar 2, 6:23 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi there
So I would like to store a username and password
Hi there
So I would like to store a username and password for HTTP login in the
Android source (it's an account that is app-wide, rather than per-
user, so I would like to supply it with the app).
Is this a really bad idea? In other words, should I just assume that
any text in Android source can
Hi all
I'm writing an app that uploads files to a web service. My question is
how to write a Service to handle this: I want to upload in a
background thread (or process - not sure of the precise wording), so
that the user can go to other applications without interrupting the
upload, and show a
uploading code - that
wouldn't change anything, I assume it's possible to pass a filename to
a Service class as an argument?
Many thanks for your help.
Anna
On Mar 1, 4:03 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Anna PS wrote:
should it be a LocalService or a
RemoteService, as per the API
the Service for anything else.
Does that sound OK? So the most communication I would need is (i) pass
a filename to the Service, and (ii) go back to the main application
once the upload is complete.
Anna
On Mar 1, 5:07 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Anna PS wrote:
Also, I need to pass
Superb - thank you :)
On Mar 1, 5:31 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Anna PS wrote:
Nothing, really. I just want to upload a file in the background, with
an icon in the status bar, and update the icon when the upload is
complete.
I might possibly want to call the main
I'm writing an Android app that, among other things, uses the GData
libraries to upload videos shot with the camera to Youtube (code
below). However, I'm a bit confused about how to authenticate my
users.
Can I simply assume that they are already signed in to Youtube, since
they're using Android?
to hash it?
Thanks!
Anna
On Feb 27, 3:07 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
I'm writing an Android app that, among other things, uses the GData
libraries to upload videos shot with the camera to Youtube (code
below). However, I'm a bit confused about how to authenticate my
users
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On Sep 11, 9:49 am, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi
Anyone
Hi
Anyone know how to check the user's country?
I'm looking for a way that's faster than using GPS and reverse
geocoding. (I need the country where the phone is registered, not
their current location, in any case.) Is there any constant in the
settings?
Thanks,
Anna
Hi all,
This is an intermittent bug in one of my apps. I don't expect anyone
to solve it immediately, but I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to
start debugging!
So, my app lets users edit an item (in the EditPage activity). When
they press the Back key, the desired behaviour is that it saves
/topics/fundamentals.html#actlife
Yusuf Saib
Android
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On Jul 24, 5:23 am, Anna PS
Hi all
Just updating this thread, which seems to be too old for me to post a
follow-up:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/df1e14fe4e9ad896/
I'm trying to check the age of a GPS fix, so that I can discard
location fixes that are more than, say, a couple of
I had the same problem. Blowing in the connectors, then killing and
restarting ADB worked for me :)
On Jul 15, 7:00 pm, Richard Schilling richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com
wrote:
I did resolve the BATTERY_CHANGED events issue - it was in my
application design. Search for BATTERY_CHANGED to see
Hi John
Yes, that's exactly what I have done - I've saved the time of the
first fix, and compare it to the time of the latest fix.
If the two are the same when the time comes to check location, i.e.
there is no time difference, I know that there hasn't been an update
during the life of the
shouldn't have been trying to do in the
first place? :)
best wishes,
Anna
On Jul 16, 10:51 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Anna PS wrote:
Sorry, I guess I'm being dim. Should I add some code inside the
onLocationChanged method itself to check the accuracy? And then just
check
... usually happens after a force close. Instead of showing the usual
30 lines or so of logs + scrollable history, it only shows a single
line or a couple of lines. Very annoying!
The only fix that I can find is to restart DDMS.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Anna
is running.
On Jul 16, 10:09 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi there,
I'm having a weird problem with GPS accuracy.
Basically, I check the GPS accuracy in a background thread after the
user clicks a report button, and show the accuracy in a progress
dialog, changing second
) gets the location, (ii) checks that the accuracy is
okay, and (iii) if it isn't okay, shows the user a progress dialog
until the accuracy improves enough to be acceptable.
best wishes,
Anna
On Jul 16, 10:17 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Anna PS wrote:
Basically my question
();
}
On Jul 16, 10:27 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Thanks Mark. When you say using the LocationListener, what exactly
do you mean?
Is there a way that I can poll the listener directly - I know that
there is an onLocationChanged event, but does that help me?
Basically
,
Anna
On Jun 25, 5:17 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I want to show anupdatemessagefor a new release - the first time
the user opens the updated version of my app, a pop-up dialog should
appear, saying what's new, with an OK button. After the user has read
it once
to the setting name.
On Jun 26, 12:40 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Actually, I have realised that won't work, because it will also show
the first time the app is installed. It should only show uponupdate.
So, the question still stands. How can I check whether a user has
duh - that should be
boolean hasSeenUpdateVersion = settings.getBoolean(
hasSeenUpdateVersion + vc, false);
of course :)
On Jun 26, 6:08 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Thank you - good thinking.
For the benefit of others
Hi all,
I want to show an update message for a new release - the first time
the user opens the updated version of my app, a pop-up dialog should
appear, saying what's new, with an OK button. After the user has read
it once, it shouldn't appear again.
Is there any inbuilt Android variable I can
Ah - that's a shame. Discount coupons would definitely be a nice
feature to have on the Market...
On Jun 18, 12:06 am, Yuri Ammosov - Sadko Mobile y...@sadko.mobi
wrote:
DO NOT REFUND. Refund UNINSTALLS the program.
YA
On Jun 17, 2:17 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote
Hi all
So I'm about to put a paid app on the Market, but I'd like to give it
free to a few users who helped to test it.
Is there any way that I can give them a token or something else so
that they can get it free? Or can I refund them once they've paid if I
know their details?
I guess the
appengine to host my license server (small servlet)
use deviceId and check every time user launches your app
you can give discount based on deviceId
On Jun 17, 6:17 am, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi all
So I'm about to put a paid app on the Market
This is an incredibly dumb question. So, apologies. But I can't find
the answer anywhere and it's driving me nuts.
In DDMS, I have lost the tag column, i.e. the first part of the
message from Log.d(tag, message). I can see time, log type, process
id, and message - but not tag!
Anyone know how
to u is to try separate all the cols to the
extreme and u might jus end up looking at ur tag col... if u do find a
concrete sol, please do reply.
cheers.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Anna PS
annapowellsm...@googlemail.comwrote:
This is an incredibly dumb question. So, apologies
Hi all,
I can see this question has been asked a couple of times before, but
with no answer. How do I set the text in a TextView to be justified?
That is, I would like it to look like the left-hand example here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_(typesetting)
Thanks,
Anna
Hi all
Sorry if this has been asked before here, I can't find the answer if
so.
Problem: I would like my user to have to log in to my application each
time they open it. It's all run locally on the Android device, it's
not a web service.
Question: how should I implement this?
1. Are there
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the advice... here are my answers.
1. Are there e.g. onStartup() and onShutdown() per-application events,
or similar, that I can hook into, to serve up a login dialog and set
the login state in Preferences? If not, then how should I implement
login?
So, your first
Hi,
I'd like to retrieve the user's own email address, as configured in
their Gmail application (purpose: just so I can pre-fill a form field
for 'Your email').
Is this possible in Android, maybe through one of the
ContentProviders, or would it breach privacy in some way?
thanks,
Anna
I'm starting a new thread, in response to a request over here:
http://bit.ly/E1Qqm
This is some sample code for uploading an image to the web, as part of
a multipart message. It assumes that the photo is stored on the SD
card as photo.jpg. You'll need to download and add a couple of jar
files to
to the byte output stream
bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 80, imageByteStream);
// Turn the byte stream into a byte array
imageByteArray = imageByteStream.toByteArray();
Thanks again,
Anna
On May 7, 1:14 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
Anna PS
1. Thumbnail display. When I go back to the first screen of the
application, I want to show an ImageView of the jpeg that the user has
just taken. Current code, which doesn't work because it's not looking
in the SD card:
bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(openFileInput(photo.jpg));
Hi,
I need to start the Camera activity from within my application, take a
picture, and return the photo URI to another activity.
Surely this should be straightforward? But the Camera API sample code
doesn't show how to get the URI. I can't find the answer on this
forum, either.
Can anyone
I need to start the Camera activity from within my application, take a
picture, and return the photo URI to another activity.
Ugh. The more I search for answers, the more baffled I get...
Here's what I need to do:
- From the home screen, have a big button saying Click here to take a
photo
-
- From the home screen, have a big button saying Click here to take a
photo
You might be able to do that with an AppWidget in 1.5, but otherwise,
there is no means of doing a big button on the home screen.
Sorry, my fault, I'm not being clear. What I mean is that I want to
start my
:
Anna PS wrote:
Thanks Mark. I've tried to intercept the Camera class's onKeyDown
event to save a picture and take the URI back to my home activity -
code below.
There is no onKeyDown() in the Camera class.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html
Thank you Jon, this is exactly what I needed!
best wishes,
Anna
On Apr 28, 5:43 am, Jon Colverson jjc1...@gmail.com wrote:
On Apr 27, 10:01 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
How would I even start to create a home screen that looks like this in
Android? Essentially I need
Hi there,
I have an application that consists of a series of tasks, and I'm
struggling to replicate a user experience that is simple to implement
on the iPhone.
In the abstract: on the home screen, I'd like there to be a list of
four tasks, of various kinds.
-- Two will invite the user to
I had the same problem and this worked for me. Use wget with the -c
option to resume downloads.
On Apr 22, 10:52 am, chris christian.fo...@gmail.com wrote:
It seems the download server is occupied/busy and resets the
connections quite often.
I recommend downloading the file using a program
can get an idea why your
accuracy is shite..
Ludwig
2009/2/11 Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com
Hi,
I'm writing a mapping application. In simple terms, it sends some info
about the user's current location to a server when the user clicks on
a button.
I need the location
Hi,
I'm writing a mapping application. In simple terms, it sends some info
about the user's current location to a server when the user clicks on
a button.
I need the location to be absolutely correct, and when I first started
to implement LocationListener, I found that it often wasn't. So I've
as
frequently as possible: that way you have the most up-to-date location your
device can give you.
Ludwig
2009/2/4 Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com
Hi Ludwig,
Thanks for the suggestion. I do implement a listener, when the
application opens. But I found that the GPS data using
cancel your
subscription to location updates once you have one that satisfies you.Ludwig
2009/2/1 Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com
Great - thank you. I'll remember to read the documentation next
time :)
I've pasted my code below in case anyone wants to borrow it: it keeps
polling
;
}
On 27 Jan, 03:38, gjs garyjamessi...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Subtract the Location.getTime() value from the current time to get the
age of the last fix.
Seehttp://code.google.com/android/reference/android/location/Location.html
Regards
On Jan 23, 10:07 am, Anna PS annapowellsm
Hi
When you get GPS location using getLastKnownLocation, is there a way
to check how old the data is, i.e. when the location was last
updated?
I'm noticing that sometimes my app is giving me an out-of-date
location (usually because the sky is not visible when the app starts)
- it'd be good to
this
posthttp://www.anddev.org/setting_up_multipart_messages_using_the_default...
Also check the length of the image part since for me it was always
zero.
On Dec 14, 5:49 pm, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to POST a jpeg image as part of a multipart
Hi,
I'm trying to POST a jpeg image as part of a multipart message, and
keep getting errors saying the file is incorrect.
The jpeg data is retrieved from the photo store using its URI. This
bit seems to work fine.
All the other parts of the multipart message also work fine, and I
know that
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