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I'm just wondering if anyone has any best practices advice for having a
common widget for several apps. I'm working for a company that has several
apps on the market (and many more to come). They all target the same age
group, and most users of one app will potentially be interested in the othe
Hi,
I'm just starting to test in app billing, and I thought there was a way to
pull the list of available items to purchase from the market app, but I'm
not seeing any samples etc. I do see the example of "Restoring Transactions"
which pulls the list of previously purchased items.
How do I ge
pportunity.
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Take the animations out of your app, and have the app download them when
needed, or on the first run.
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You're probably using your development map key. You need another key for
your prod app.
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You won't make any money from the ads, but it might be worth having them
to convince users to purchase a paid version.
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/tools you use on the web site.
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Is 3.6 ok?
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ey don't answer much in the forums but if you send them an
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to determine how big
a round off error you can tolerate and whether you will return more than
one row (you can always limit it to 1 result and order by the difference
in value). You can't check for absolute matches with
decimal/real/floating point numbers because of rounding.
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Completely agree John if we can use it as Dianne suggested...:)
I don't mind doing a bunch of the work myself to manage it (kind of
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ad most (not all) of
the documentation, but haven't clarified that point yet.
Hah... can I quote your email if I try it and am told it's not in the
Terms of Service ? :).
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Great... maybe we can teach the U.S. how to spell ;).
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nd we would have to
file amendments to their previous years taxes because the accountants
had done such a lousy job. In one case, we amended the previous 3 years
and got a woman over $50,000 back after her accountant screwed it up so
badly
Brill,
Post some code... and the layout you are inflating. I use tags all the
time to identify views, so it's definitely possible.
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Can't you just set the tag when you inflate it? Or set the tag in the
.xml file?
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Ok.. have you looked at UrlEncodedFormEntity ?
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t;));
httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps, HTTP.UTF_8));
If you check the Request on your server after you send it.. you will see
the normal "?key=value" strings.
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I believe Dianne gave you the answer
Do you add the PackageManager.GET_META_DATA flag when you get the
applicationInfo ?
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25
fields).
,[zip_code]
,[zip_cty_id]
,[zip_stat_id]
,[zip_state_code]
,[zip_state_name]
,[zip_latitude]
,[zip_longitude]
,[zip_geography]
,[zip_city_name]
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tes that
frequently. If you do need them that fast, you will need to build a way
to turn it off easily and probably automatically if the user forgets
about it.
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Cuil,
Do a Google Search for WebChromeClient. There are some good tutorials
out there. I have some code around that I can share if you need it, but
I'm not at the right computer right now.
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I can tell you for sure that I do exactly the same thing
(DefaultHttpClient in an AsyncTask), and I don't get warnings so
it's almost certainly something you are doing... Need to see some code
to know for sure.
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What is "con"?
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umer's mind, so don't be scared to price your
app higher than your competitors. Probably you should experiment with
both $6.99 and $9.99 to determine what the better price point is (which
do you make more money at ?).
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Yes. You can... The Bump API documentation tells you how to do it (you
click on the logo to simulate the BUMP).
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e app I want to download then
I do a market search for that exact name and download it.
You may not get many downloads from the alternative stores, but that
doesn't mean that isn't where users are finding your app.
Sincer
Ooops... just replied before I saw your email... Ok... I'll try the flag...
Thanks.
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apps... but my guess is that
on phones there are going to be a lot more... I just don't know what
they will be.
It would be nice to find something that works 100% of the time...but
this is ok for now.
If anyone can think of anything else, I'd really appreciate it.
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that I also just got
about 100 messages from earlier this month... Have the spammers taken
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Read and write the Url to a file
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Oh... except InstallerPackageName is Level 5 and above...
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Well.. the comment would work... but I'd need translations :).
I'll check the installerPackageName and see if that would work :).
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only needs to know about the user installed
apps. Hopefully, there is something in the PackageManager info that can
be used. Oh... and it needs to be available for all SDK versions.
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My apps all use GPS... so I would guess that it's a check the Market
Team put in...
Good to see they haven't totally forgotten about upgrading the Market... :)
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The content rating is finally showing in my console and the "All"
option is disabled...
Pre-Teen is selected by default :).
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Permissions are in PackageManager... not sure exactly what you mean by
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about non-approved
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is = null;
}
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You can request location updates within a pre-defined area, or at
pre-defined times which can be used for geo-fencing... Not sure exactly
what you need to accomplish so it's tough to suggest much more than
reading the " request Location Updates " documentation.
Sincer
If you're app is paid then I believe all purchasers get your information
as part of their invoice.. (probably required by law in most countries).
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Do you really need to do it with an intent Can't you just put a
blank page in your app, and have it load that, or put a blank page on
your website? Or am I missing something in what you are asking for?
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" at the
end of the string.
Are you sure "window.cname" is passing what you think it is? Have you
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Settings.System.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.ANDROID_ID);
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o scroll in the background and
moved it up and down with the Javascript. It works well.. and looks
good, but it was a pain to program. Hope you find an easier way.
There was a fairly long thread on it on (I think) osdir.com.. and I took
the basic idea from there.
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count as needing to be all
that secure because the approximate download count is already public
information.. so I think just normal login security is enough for that.
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tor with a bit of work.. but I think your
real problems will be doing it on a phone inside a building.
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e beginnings of the forum
ready... (a lot of work to do before it's really useful... but... it's
coming).
http://nocrappyapps.com/index.php/forum/4-association-of-android-professionals.html
Let me know if you have any interest in joining it We only need
about 25 active members to ge
that would work much better on a phone,
and a phone app will be required eventually (don't want to mention them
right now because they are several weeks away from being testable). I
just don't want to end up with two different apps to maintain.
Android dev
could watch the outgoing data with Wireshark or any packet sniffer to
know what it's sending.
Let me know if that would interest you... and I'll give it some more
thought this morning... (after I get a gallon or two of coffee in me).
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require days of programming I'd be glad to do it.
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can add it fairly
easily... but I'd need to know exactly what would be acceptable to the
developers.
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You can use "Google Local Search". You just need to figure out which
search words give you the results you want.
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ed to tell us a lot more (what web service... who owns it...
what your app uses it for) to get much more help.
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Sorry if I'm hijacking this thread.
How do you know (in Java) which of the three densities Android has
chosen. Is there a setting in the layout or somewhere that can be checked?
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Take a look at the Google Local Search API.
If all you wanted was bars, clubs and restaurants I've got a web service
API you could use, but Google Local Search has everything
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if I use the message
for ANYTHING:
String message = ex.getMessage();
if (message == null)
message = "null";
Then I write the message... It's a major pain...
I don't have an answer for you either... just letting you know it&#x
PHP, you can use the JSON_FORCE_OBJECT param to make it an
object every time, and your array will be the first property. It's
safer, faster, and less code than having to code for either an object or
an array in your Android app.
json_encode($topLevel
Why do you have the * in the permission?
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Need to see how you are setting the params to have any idea of how to
help.
My guess is that you are sending an invalid parameter and the server is
refusing the connection because of that.
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pp to be able manage the Market better from my
desktop... (check for new comments... respond to comments... build a
spreadsheet of daily downloads etc.. etc... ).
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ightmare. Apple doesn't really
have the same problem because they are not even trying to claim any kind
of openness.
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you run the emulator? Just
asking because I don't know how new you are to Eclipse/Android, and I'm
assuming you are looking at the Logcat view and not seeing anything.. if
not, you need to go to "Window/Show View" and select the Logcat view.
S
ted by the time I start downloading images...
Is there a call to ask what density it's running at?
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Thanks... I'll definitely have a look at that today sometime. Appreciate
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rent AVD's...
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he reading I've done it
looks like 24x24 for small screens, 32x32 for normal and 48x48 for large.
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ember for sure
that then you would need 6 layouts to support those with both landscape
and portrait orientations
Any links, advice welcomed :). Thanks.
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Greg,
What are the changes that Google Adsense made that affect how much you make?
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#x27;s normally better to add it your server startup. Ask your admin. It
really depends on what the admin wants.
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Use it to send additional debugging
information
* IP Address - the IP Address logged by our server. May be helpful
in some cases
* Stacktrace - the complete stack trace at the time the exception
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Just give your users the link and tell them to go to it with the phone's
browser. If you have the Mime Type setup on your server, everything else
is automatic :)
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I don't know much about Tomcat, but did you reload your server after
changing the file, and are you sure it's using the .htaccess file?
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now 2 1/2 hours of programming Hope Google has allocated
enough programming resources to the market for this :).
I'm sure with a couple of days worth of programming allotment a much
better solution could be devised but this wo
nd android.jar back in the proper
place, but because they were already a referenced library, I got the
error about including core classes. In the case of the people on the
other thread, they just have the two .jar files in the wrong section, so
they can build but the Android tools aren'
class the compiler noticed in the extra jars.
Hope that helps someone else :).
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tarted up very
fast compared to what it had been doing... not sure if that was just
coincidence or not :), but it was a pleasant surprise.
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6 - SDK Manager] Warning: Error parsing 'C:\Program
Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-6\sdk.properties':
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program
Files\Android\SDK\platforms\android-6\sdk.properties (The system cannot
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at. As I was writing this email, it seems I am taking a tour of
Northern Canada. I guess I must be on a really fast plane because the
"My Location" icon is really moving I just have no idea where it's
going... and I thought I was sitting at my computer at home... :)
ck ok,
download the app.
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Add External Jar will do it. Just make sure to pick the right one, and
add the Google jar(s) if you're using them.
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And please do give me some feedback, even it's only "I wouldn't use that
if my life depended on it because ???".
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dly :).
I do use option c) myself, and it works well I just have it in my
mind that the other options would be even more effective...but, I'm not
positive and that's why I'm asking for other opinions. The unstated part
of the question is what would other devs find most accept
My guess from the wording of the answer is that market will be able to
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n one of the open
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open up my
server to an unknown amount of use, but I am well setup to increase
server capacity quickly if needed, and I don't think the cost of doing
this will be too horrible (I hope). ...
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really wants to do.
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Yes, I just did it and it works well... but both of my versions were
free, so I don't know for sure what happens with paid apps.
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. In
your opinion, is it worth changing the Locations now? FYI.. I just did
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I developed an app specifically for the trucking industry delivering
to car plants, but it's not publicly available. I do know of several
others, but I think most of the automotive related apps are developed in
house by the suppliers etc., and not on the market.
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You could use flipper.setDisplayedChild(1);
But, if you want the animation then what you are doing is probably
correct, but you probably need to slow it down :)>
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wouldn't have to support it.. or them using it ;).
I'm fairly sure it would solve many other developers issues also.
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Not unless you show us some of your code :). But, you should probably
ask this in the C2DM group.
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t find my app all that useful
because they won't get it setup to find their friends easily, while
keeping it means that many users will never install it. Damned if I
do... Damned if I don't... and right now there is no good answer.
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