[android-developers] Questions about my app statistics on Market - where to ask?

2011-11-01 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, I have some questions about my application on Market (why it ranks so, why the total installs doesn't increase, etc), but I don't know where I should ask these questions since it's something very app-specific. I tried to contact the Market team using the Contact Us section here

[android-developers] How to access the Product Key on Archos tablets?

2011-01-26 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Folks, I need to access the product key (or whatever unique device ID) of the Archos devices. I've found the following API mentioned on Archos website which should work on Archos5 series: Settings.System.getString(getContentResolver(), archos.product_key); But it does not work on 101 tablets

[android-developers] How to access the Product Key on Archos tablets?

2011-01-26 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Folks, I need to access the product key (or whatever unique device ID) of the Archos devices. I've found the following API mentioned on Archos website which should work on Archos5 series: Settings.System.getString(getContentResolver(), archos.product_key); But it does not work on 101 tablets

Re: [android-developers] How to listen for ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE while Move2SD is enabled?

2011-01-04 Thread Armond Avanes
Any answer? - Original Message From: Armond Avanes armond...@yahoo.com To: android-developers@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 2, 2011 12:03:59 Subject: [android-developers] How to listen for ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE while Move2SD is enabled? Hi Guys, I

[android-developers] How to listen for ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE while Move2SD is enabled?

2011-01-02 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, I have an application which I'm going to enable Move to SD for. The problem is that I have some scheduled alarms (for running some background tasks) so if the application has already been moved to SD and the SD is mounted as a disk drive, all my scheduled alarms and background services

RE: [android-developers] Apps not shown in 2.1 Market

2010-03-23 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi, I have the same problem with my app (aCar). I've got some complaints from 2.1 users (Eris) and a few from 1.6 (MyTouch 3G). By the way, I've restricted my app NOT to run on small screen and it's copy protected as well. I guess the copy protection flag is somehow guilty here! Any similar

[android-developers] INTERNET Permission

2010-03-05 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, One of my users is experiencing an odd problem on network access via my application. Checking his logs shows up the following exception. The odd thing is that I have android.permission.INTERNET in application AndroidManifest.xml and many users have already used my app with no problem

[android-developers] How to blur a Canvas or Bitmap?

2010-02-06 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Can anyone point me to an example of how to blur a Canvas or Bitmap? Thank you, Armond -- 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

[android-developers] Decreased download rates or Console update problem?

2010-02-05 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Has anyone noticed significant download slowdown for his application? Is it just a developer console update problem or something else is going on behind the scene? Thank you, Armond -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group.

[android-developers] Writing indented XML

2009-12-14 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Folks, Anyone knows how I can write indented XML using XmlSerializer or any other XML specific API? Regards, Armond -- 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] Turning OFF the copy protection on Market. Still any known issues?

2009-11-24 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, I guess the title says it all! Are there still any known issues for modifying the copy protection on Market (actually to turn it OFF)? I've heard and read some horror stories from developers, and I don't want to risk my application reputation and rating! Let me know if I can do it

[android-developers] Running a service once per day

2009-11-22 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Folks, I want to run a background service once per day (after the date changed at midnight) and I don't want this schedule to be forgotten after a reboot. But I was not successful when I tried to listen for DATE_CHANGED or TIME_SET intents! Currently I'm listening for BOOT_COMPLETED intent

[android-developers] AutoCompleteTextView, passing the focus and Android 1.6

2009-11-15 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Has anyone noticed that AutoCompleteTextView doesn't pass the focus to the next field when you tap on NEXT button on soft keyboard? And it's all happening on Android 1.6. v1.5 works flawlessly! Is there any known solution for this? Thank you, Armond -- You received this message

RE: [android-developers] App Not showing up on Verizon DROID Phones

2009-11-13 Thread Armond Avanes
Scott Others, I have a similar request for my app. I've restricted it not to run on small screen devices but the rest (including DROID) must be okay. Would you please check my application as well? And its name is aCar. It's an application to track your vehicles' maintenance, gas mileage and

[android-developers] Some reviews and feedbacks for my app

2009-11-06 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, I would like to have some reviews and feedbacks for my recently released app. Can anyone help me? By the way, is it legal here to post about my application and request for feedbacks/reviews? Cheersss, Armond -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-developers] Good active install rate?

2009-11-05 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, How much is considered a good percentage for Active Installs of applications? I've seen some screen shots around and most were under %50. Is this normal? Thank you, Armond -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Problem running a compiled/packaged-with-v1.6 application on v1.5

2009-11-04 Thread Armond Avanes
); addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences); } } Are you calling Preference#setLayoutResource in any way? Seems like that could change the XML file being used. I think I found the default one in the Android source, but don't see the missing attribute in it. On Nov 3, 5:03 pm, Armond

Re: [android-developers] Re: Problem running a compiled/packaged-with-v1.6 application on v1.5

2009-11-04 Thread Armond Avanes
separator). But I still can't understand why this occurs when the build/packaging platform is not the same as the deployment one. Hope someone from Android engineering team answers me. Best Regards, Armond - Original Message From: Armond Avanes armond...@yahoo.com To: android

[android-developers] Problem running a compiled/packaged-with-v1.6 application on v1.5

2009-11-03 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, I have an application which is based Android 1.5 but for enabling different screen types support I have to compile and package it with v1.6. When I install and run the resulted APK on my 1.5 emulator, everything works fine except that Preferences activity crashes every time I launch it!

RE: [android-developers] Re: Eclair install choked with errors about locks and died horribly leaving corrupted install

2009-11-01 Thread Armond Avanes
, November 02, 2009 8:57 AM On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Armond Avanes armond...@yahoo.com wrote: After all, I'm still on my opinion. In the case of failure, the update process should try to COPY the contents instead of moving/renaming. And a warning that some garbage have been left

[android-developers] Re: Eclair install choked with errors about locks and died horribly leaving corrupted install

2009-10-29 Thread Armond Avanes
Raphael, I'm installing from command-line using SDK Setup.exe but the same locking problem still exists for me. I just installed Process Explorer and monitored the process which is locking android-sdk-windows\temp\... directory. While downloading the package not even a single process has any

[android-developers] Re: Eclair install choked with errors about locks and died horribly leaving corrupted install

2009-10-29 Thread Armond Avanes
On Oct 29, 8:25 am, Armond Avanes armond...@yahoo.com wrote: For those of us on slow connections it's really a pain to download that much and throw it away!!! I guess I've downloaded 500MB worth of data so far and still trying... hi Armond, you can manually download stuff from

[android-developers] Re: Eclair install choked with errors about locks and died horribly leaving corrupted install

2009-10-28 Thread Armond Avanes
Xavier, I've downloaded the SDK package (v3) and have run both SDK Setup.exe and android.bat (I'm on WinXP). But still the same problem... There are not any open command-lines (but the one running the SDK tool itself) or explorers! Can't it be a bug? Regards, Armond -Original

[android-developers] Re: Eclair install choked with errors about locks and died horribly leaving corrupted install

2009-10-27 Thread Armond Avanes
I don't discuss the reason for failing, but won't it be better to try to COPY the downloaded package instead of moving/renaming when it fails? This is the minimum the upgrade tool should do... Downloading tens of MBs on a slow connection then failing to move/rename is just a pain! Armond

[android-developers] Re: Numeric-only soft keyboard

2009-10-25 Thread Armond Avanes
So anyone any experience with numeric keyboard? Regards, Armond -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:08 PM Hi Guys, How can I set numeric-only soft keyboard option for a text field? When I set the input-type to number it brings a soft keyboard which is

[android-developers] Numeric-only soft keyboard

2009-10-20 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, How can I set numeric-only soft keyboard option for a text field? When I set the input-type to number it brings a soft keyboard which is actually a alpha-numeric one but already switched to numeric mode. What I want is a pure numeric soft keyboard with big numbers (no alphabets at

[android-developers] How to modify system preferences?

2009-10-14 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Does anyone know how I can access and modify the system preferences (the options you see on system 'Settings' application)? Cheersss, Armond --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

[android-developers] Selling license for free apps

2009-09-28 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Like many other developers here, I can't sell applications from my country and seeking a way for monetization of my app. I was thinking to release my app as free ads-supported version, and to sell license from my website for those who want to remove the ads completely. Actually users

[android-developers] Re: Countries for selling priced applications in Android Market

2009-09-14 Thread Armond Avanes
But just look at paid applications download rate at SAM. No so many downloads. And consider the prices like $2-$3 per app. It's not a big market for developers. Armond _ From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Abdul

[android-developers] Re: Countries for selling priced applications in Android Market

2009-09-14 Thread Armond Avanes
But I was talking about merchant location list, means the countries where developers can sell their applications from! What you're referring to is interesting from end-users' point of view. Armond -Original Message- From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-

[android-developers] Re: DatePicker and TimePicker CAN NOT be skined/themed !!

2009-09-09 Thread Armond Avanes
12:50 PM Really annoying that Date/Time are final classes as well so you can't extend them. Lee On Sep 8, 8:46 pm, Armond Avanes armond...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks for your answer... Yes, copying the source code will be the worse case but how about the future changes and improvements

[android-developers] Decent AdMob revenue... Anyone?

2009-09-09 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Currently the country where I am is not supported by Google for selling apps, so my second option is to use AdMob. But first I would like to hear about your experiences with AdMob revenue generation... Does it generate any decent revenue for your app(s)? Is it worth? As well, if you

[android-developers] Where is the default Calendar app on Emulator?

2009-09-08 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Does anybody know where I can find the default Calendar application comes with Android platform on emulator? I just do not see any Calendar application around which is odd! Thank you, Armond --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

[android-developers] DatePicker and TimePicker CAN NOT be skined/themed !!

2009-09-08 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Is it just me or Android theme-ing system does not allow to set a theme for DatePicker and TimePicker? Searching themes.xml and styles.xml in Android source code (v1.5), I couldn't find anything related to these two components! Aren't they really skinable? Cheersss, Armond

[android-developers] Re: DatePicker and TimePicker CAN NOT be skined/themed !!

2009-09-08 Thread Armond Avanes
of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Sep 8, 11:28 am, Armond Avanes armond...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Guys, Is it just me or Android theme-ing system does not allow to set a theme for DatePicker and TimePicker? Searching themes.xml and styles.xml in Android source code (v1.5), I couldn't find

[android-developers] Re: Customing the lookfeel of DatePicker and TimePicker widgets

2009-09-02 Thread Armond Avanes
. Or if I should repost this to as a new email (to get any answer!), let me know! Armond From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android- develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of matthias Just out of curiosity, why are you hijacking this thread? On Sep 1, 1:25 pm, Armond Avanes armond

[android-developers] Customing the lookfeel of DatePicker and TimePicker widgets

2009-09-01 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, I'm seeking a way to customize the lookfeel of DatePicker and TimePicker. But I couldn't find any theme attribute to be related to these two widgets... Any help is greatly appreciated! Cheersss, Armond --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[android-developers] Re: Countries for selling priced applications in Android Market

2009-08-29 Thread Armond Avanes
Following this discussion, I'm curious to know the reason why Google pulled Australia out of merchant location list? It was in the list for a few days! Again a typo like the one back in February when they launched the paid market and Australia was mistakenly in the list? Or something is going on

[android-developers] AlertDialog buttons not following the currently installed theme!

2009-08-25 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Folks, I'm trying to customize the theme of my Android application. But I have problem customizing the AlertDialogs. Actually the buttons and their background color do not obey the currently installed theme! All I could find was alertDialogStyle which only works for dialog overall background

[android-developers] Re: Error Code 5: Database is locked

2009-08-24 Thread Armond Avanes
:31 am, Armond Avanes armond...@yahoo.com wrote: I forgot to mention that this exception happens (so far) from the service I have for updating database (is executed every 24 hours). Cheersss, Armond Hi Guys, I have different background threads in my application, one doing

[android-developers] Error Code 5: Database is locked

2009-08-23 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, I have different background threads in my application, one doing periodical database updates, another responsible for doing long searches and so. Obviously some are just reading from database while others are writing as well. Once in a while I get database is locked exception. I need

[android-developers] Re: Error Code 5: Database is locked

2009-08-23 Thread Armond Avanes
I forgot to mention that this exception happens (so far) from the service I have for updating database (is executed every 24 hours). Cheersss, Armond Hi Guys, I have different background threads in my application, one doing periodical database updates, another responsible for doing long

[android-developers] Keeping a database instance open... Bad practice?

2009-08-19 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Is it a bad practice to keep an instance of open database (well actually an instance of SQLiteOpenHelper and SQLiteDatabase) during application running? Because every once in a while and with every activity screen some database operations are done as well (both read/write), I open the

[android-developers] Keeping writable database instance open... Bad practice?

2009-08-11 Thread Armond Avanes
Hi Guys, Is keeping a writable instance of a database open (SQLiteOpenHelper.getWritableDatabase()) during the running application a bad practice? Because every once in a while and with every activity screen some database operations are done as well (both read/write), I open the database at