[android-developers] images render very differently

I am using OpenGL ES and drawing a triangle strip with 4 vertices. The texture I'm drawing was loaded from a PNG using BitmapFactory.decodeStream. I'm confused as to why my images look so bad. I took a screenshot and made the following image, which shows the on-device rendering on top and the actu

[android-developers] Writing Lat/Long to Camera EXIF

Hello everyone. I'm trying to write an application that places a latitude and longitude stamp on all pictures. I can see in the LogCat output that there is someway of altering the EXIF headers in this way. How exactly can this be done? Thanks in advance. 06-01 01:07:04.877: VERBOSE/QualcommC

[android-developers] Re: help with google accounts

Plz respond... i need it asap... I dont want my app users to be entering their G acc info in my app again... when i add to my manifest file i get an extra app permission sayin Your Google Accounts discover known accounts does anyone no how i can use this permission to actually get the acc details

[android-developers] help with google accounts

hi, i want to get the google account which has been registered in the phone... the one that all the google apps use... is their any means to get hold of the username of the google account??? -- Regards, Sujay W. C. Fields - "I

[android-developers] Re: android alarm manager alarm

doesn't anyone know.. or is the question too stupid... On May 29, 1:09 am, Viresh wrote: > do we hear a ringing sound when the alarm manager sets off an alarm. > I know its start a intent and that broadcasts to the receiver.. > but does there occur a ringing or something similar sound

[android-developers] Video player

Hi, I have coded a vodeoplayer app both via sd card & stream.It plays correctly. But i have a problem, sometimes the .wmv file runs perfectly but sometime i can only listen to the sound with blank screen. can anybody help in resolving this. Thanks in advance... Priya --~--~-~--~~-

[android-developers] HTC Ion Problem

I got back from Google I/O 2009 with the "HTC Ion" phone that they gave out to everyone. The phone was given to us fully unlocked, so I am using it on Centennial Wireless' network. In the system settings though it says my phone number is "unknown" but I can make and receive calls without any pro

[android-developers] Re: How does the 3D objects get touch events?

A google search for "Ray Intersection Tests" gives a number of good links on how to do this. Also, Peter Shirley's book "Realistic Ray Tracing" is a fantastic introduction to the subject. But I have no example code on hand that could be used on Android. -Anton On May 31, 8:47 am, quill

[android-developers] Re: Discussion on localizing-android-apps-draft

got the solutoin On May 31, 2:37 pm, havexz wrote: > I want test my app in different language. Currently I am able to > change the language of the emulator 1.5 and my app starts showing > strings for that language but when i type in the edit box it still > shows english. Do I have to change some

[android-developers] Re: How to type in different language on emulator 1.1 and 1.5?

got the solution On May 31, 2:31 pm, havexz wrote: > I want test my app in different language. Currently I am able to > change the language of the emulator 1.5 and my app starts showing > strings for that language but when i type in the edit box it still > shows english. Do I have to change some

[android-developers] how to change a typeFace on a textView from remoteView

im trying to show font from my assets on a widget but i dont know how to set the typeface from a remoteView here is what i do now right now RemoteViews updateViews = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.Test); updateViews.setTextViewText(R.id.TextView01, "test"); ComponentName thi

[android-developers] How to set data roaming and GSM/AUTO Mode

Dear All, I want to adjust some settings to disable/enable data roaming and switch GSM/AUTO mode as the functions provided by Settings.apk(Settings -> Wireless controls -> Mobile networks -> "Data roaming"/"Use only 2G networks"). I know there is a way to get the current set

[android-developers] Can't figure out how to use SurfaceView properly, nothing is drawn

I had it working with a normal View but that is to slow. I was told to use SurfaceView but can't figure out how to use OnKey with it and if I should use onDraw or draw? And how do I pass stuff to draw? does it happen automatically? package com.android.WWS; import android.app.Activity; import an

[android-developers] Re: Where do i put 45 MB Audio Files.

Freshman wrote: > yes , i need 45MB of audio files. Perhaps not. > I am trying to make a kind of english to thai dictionary. Great! > and i have a list view which displays some words and sentences. Great! > i need to play audio of that words and sentences. Great! > i want to play that file

[android-developers] Re: Where do i put 45 MB Audio Files.

Hi Robert, thanks for reply. yes , i need 45MB of audio files. I am trying to make a kind of english to thai dictionary. and i have a list view which displays some words and sentences. i need to play audio of that words and sentences. i want to play that files in .wav formate. is there any other

[android-developers] Re: Testing among peers - A new group proposed

On May 31, 3:58 pm, JP wrote: > On May 30, 6:44 am, Ravi wrote: > > > Please advice. > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-app-distribution mminteresting group that I didn't know... Eric --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are su

[android-developers] Re: Adding items to a ListView

SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer wrote: > After the listview is already initialized, is it possible to add items > to it during runtime? Just add the new items to the adapter, or the data source that backs up the adapter (if it's a CursorAdapter). -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com

[android-developers] Re: Adding items to a ListView

Hi, If you want to add a new item in the listview,you could dynamic create a new adapter and load it in the listview. On Jun 1, 8:11 am, SizzlingSkizzorsProgrammer wrote: > After the listview is already initialized, is it possible to add items > to it during runtime? > > Thanks! --~--~-~

[android-developers] Re: How to let Android create my activity within the process which the launcher activity lies in?

Hello Oceanedge, I'd like to get back to one of your former questions: > Thanks, but I think singleton is a general pattern used generally. Why > should we stop using it in Android? :( http://misko.hevery.com/2008/08/17/singletons-are-pathological-liars/ http://misko.hevery.com/2008/08/25/root-c

[android-developers] Re: AutoCompleteTextView and AdapterView.onItemClickListener with onscreen keyboard not working

I am pretty sure this is a bug and have reported it under issue #2815 Ty On May 31, 5:05 pm, Ty wrote: > I have an app that has been working great until I changed the app to > use sensor and tested in 1.5.  When turning the phone sideways with > keyboard closed, I click on the autoCompleteTextV

[android-developers] Adding items to a ListView

After the listview is already initialized, is it possible to add items to it during runtime? Thanks! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to and

[android-developers] Re: orientation change handling on widgets

For AppWidgets, you can use a separate layout for portrait versus landscape. If you're doing custom rendering, you could send both bitmaps across the RemoteViews if they aren't too heavy. (With separate id's for each orientation, that would be GONE as needed.) j On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 8:44 A

[android-developers] Re: Are you localizing an app? Do you want to be?

I want test my app in different language. Currently I am able to change the language of the emulator 1.5 and my app starts showing strings for that language but when i type in the edit box it still shows english. Do I have to change some code so that my edit box n everything else supports multiple

[android-developers] SubMenu, Dialogs and ActivityGroup

Hello, I have 6 options to put in options Menu, but 3 of them are not so important and i want to hide them in submenu. All of my Activities are started from one ActivityGroup which creates Menu on MENU button press. Problem is that when I open SubMenu or Dialog (which is created and displayed by

[android-developers] AutoCompleteTextView and AdapterView.onItemClickListener with onscreen keyboard not working

I have an app that has been working great until I changed the app to use sensor and tested in 1.5. When turning the phone sideways with keyboard closed, I click on the autoCompleteTextView EditText I have setup. This brings up the on screen keyboard. Great. I start typing a name and get a drop

[android-developers] Re: how make the ListView be above the button

Mike Lanin wrote: > Can you give any > example whele ListView and something else are shown on the screen > together? http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

[android-developers] Re: how make the ListView be above the button

Al, when I'm trying to use RelativeLayout it shows me ListView only. I think I've tried all the combinations of properties. Can you give any example whele ListView and something else are shown on the screen together? On 31 май, 20:33, Al wrote: > I used a RelativeLayout for something similar. Sp

[android-developers] Music EQ

i was wondering if you guys had any plan on implementing an equalizer for the android music player. if not, would you guys take it as an open source submission ? i understand what kind of work it would take, but it should be very doable. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You re

[android-developers] Re: Resources causing IndexOutOfBoundsException

*bump* I'm also seeing this on build 148830. Anyone have an explanation? Thanks, Carter On May 21, 8:42 am, Carter wrote: > Hi, > > I've started seeing a lot of weird crashes from users' phones > regarding an IndexOutOfBoundsException around loading String > resources.  One example is reprod

[android-developers] Re: Unable to set sd card parameter

Which platform version are you using right now? In case of version 1.5 you should be able to select in the target tab the AVD which has a sdcard. If you don't have such an AVD you might want to create it manually. When you select "run configuration", switch to tab "target" and select AVD Manager

[android-developers] Discussion on localizing-android-apps-draft

I want test my app in different language. Currently I am able to change the language of the emulator 1.5 and my app starts showing strings for that language but when i type in the edit box it still shows english. Do I have to change some code so that my edit box n everything else supports multiple

[android-developers] How to type in different language on emulator 1.1 and 1.5?

I want test my app in different language. Currently I am able to change the language of the emulator 1.5 and my app starts showing strings for that language but when i type in the edit box it still shows english. Do I have to change some code so that my edit box n everything else supports multiple

[android-developers] can anybody please tell about DirectFBGL...

Hi All, - Can anyboy highlight on DirectFBGL. - What is the relation between OpenGL ES & DirectFBGL? - Do we need DirectFBGL while porting on OpenGL ES on Graphical hardware accelerator. If yes please give me some tutor links to implement for the same. Thanks... --~--~-~--~~---

[android-developers] Re: Open-Source Opertunity

According to google it is. (Witness adc2, for example. Or the android dev cycle in general.) On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Marco Nelissen wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Alex Jurgensen > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> All, >> >> I was wondering if some developers would like to work on Android

[android-developers] Re: Open-Source Opertunity

Hi, There is none yet. That is why we posted the job, to try and get a developer who can write the code. Regards, Alex, On 30-May-09, at 11:36 PM, Marco Nelissen wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Alex Jurgensen > wrote: > > Hi, > All, > > I was wondering if some developers would l

[android-developers] Re: how make the ListView be above the button

I used a RelativeLayout for something similar. Specify the listview in xml using @android:id/list as the id, and then define the button with the correct layout settings to position it below the listview (and align it to the bottom of the screen). Giving the button the following property: android:l

[android-developers] Re: how make the ListView be above the button

Mike Lanin wrote: > It shows me only button on top and no ListView Without seeing your layout, it is difficult to assist you further. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Need Android talent? Ask on HADO! http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~-

[android-developers] Re: how make the ListView be above the button

It shows me only button on top and no ListView On 31 май, 19:00, Mark Murphy wrote: > Mike Lanin wrote: > > I want to create layout like: > > __ > > |                       | > > |        Here        | > > |       scrolls      | > > |         the         | > > |     ListView     | >

[android-developers] Re: Network Connection Status Handling!

On May 27, 12:49 pm, Prince wrote: >           >                 android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE" /> >             >             It seemed there is no such a thing "android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE", only "android.net.conn.BACKGROUND_DATA_SETTING_CHANGED" aviliable in S

[android-developers] Re: WebView in the 1.5 SDK

wefi.andr...@gmail.com wrote: > No good news here. We see the exact same problem with any link we try. If I understand the issue correctly, Android has always behaved this way. Links in WebView, by default, open up the Browser application (more accurately, they call startActivity() on an Intent

[android-developers] Re: How does the 3D objects get touch events?

hi Anton, is there some example code to refer to? On 5月31日, 下午10时35分, Anton wrote: > Usually this is solved by having ray-object intersection code for > all of your geometry. If your 3D objects are all polygon meshes then > you need ray-polygon intersection code. You then generate a ray fr

[android-developers] Re: WebView in the 1.5 SDK

No good news here. We see the exact same problem with any link we try. Opened a bug with google on this one. Good luck, we are searching for ways around it as well! On May 11, 6:32 pm, "daniel.benedykt" wrote: > I am having the same problem on1.5 > Does anyone have a solution for this? > > Tha

[android-developers] Re: problem with maps

Mike Lanin wrote: > I use 1.0 r2 sdk and Eclipse. 1.0r2? That's three SDK releases ago (1.1r1, 1.5r1, 1.5r2), and my memory is fuzzy on the details of getting maps to work back then, so I'm not going to be a ton of help. Sorry! -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://tw

[android-developers] Re: problem with maps

I use 1.0 r2 sdk and Eclipse. On 31 май, 19:16, Mark Murphy wrote: > Mike Lanin wrote: > > I also can't even import com.google.android.maps.MapView. > > Layout: > > > > http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > android" > >     android:id="@+id/main" > >     android:orientation="vertical" > >    

[android-developers] Re: Dialog (built using AlertDialog.Builder) not complete when showing dialog in runOnUiThread

Ok i solved it myself. I use setMessage together with setItems.. this does not work One should use setTitle in stead of setMessage. I think the builder show throw an exception if somebody uses a illegal combination of parts (in my case: message + items) Anyway its a small issue, but a nasty bug

[android-developers] Re: problem with maps

Mike Lanin wrote: > I also can't even import com.google.android.maps.MapView. > Layout: > > http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > android" > android:id="@+id/main" > android:orientation="vertical" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent"> > >

[android-developers] Re: problem with maps

I also can't even import com.google.android.maps.MapView. Layout: http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ android" android:id="@+id/main" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> On 31 май, 18:58, Mark Murphy

[android-developers] Re: Can I lock the scrolling of ListView ?

awwa wrote: > I want to lock the scrollBar of ListView. What do you mean by this? -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this mess

[android-developers] Can I lock the scrolling of ListView ?

I want to lock the scrollBar of ListView. I have tried to use some ways, but these all are not avairable. - ListView.setEnable(false) - implemented return false of areAllItemsEnabled() / isEnabled() of Adapter. - set to none attributes android:scrollbars of ListView of layout.xml Does anyone kno

[android-developers] Re: how make the ListView be above the button

Mike Lanin wrote: > I want to create layout like: > __ > | | > |Here| > | scrolls | > | the | > | ListView | > | | > | | > |here is the | > | button | > |_

[android-developers] Re: problem with maps

Mike Lanin wrote: > yes, I've added the android:name="com.google.android.maps"/> line into manifest, but the > error occurs in spite of it. Could you post the layout you are trying to use? -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Thr

[android-developers] Re: problem with maps

yes, I've added the line into manifest, but the error occurs in spite of it. On 31 май, 18:44, Mark Murphy wrote: > Mike Lanin wrote: > > Hi, guys! > > I want to use MapActivity in my app, but in the line mapView = > > (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView); the error "cannot cast from View > > t

[android-developers] how make the ListView be above the button

I want to create layout like: __ | | |Here| | scrolls | | the | | ListView | | | | | |here is the | | button | | | But it shows me either only Button

[android-developers] Re: problem with maps

Mike Lanin wrote: > Hi, guys! > I want to use MapActivity in my app, but in the line mapView = > (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView); the error "cannot cast from View > to mapView" occurs. I also tried to copy "Hello, mapView" example, but > it gives the same. > Does anyone have the same problem?

[android-developers] orientation change handling on widgets

some of the content in my widget is based on custom drawing routines. is there any event i can listen for so i redraw and update this custom area when the orientation changes? currently my widget looks pretty screwed until the next widget update is requested --~--~-~--~~~--

[android-developers] Re: PNG transparency and OpenGL ES

There some nice tricks that you can do with a separated alpha. For example, you can draw an object with certain parts opaque and other parts accumulated without changing blending factors. There is a similar problem on iPhone, but you can solve it by using a custom PNG decoder. But so far I was un

[android-developers] Re: how convert bitmap to byte array?

thanks, it works On 29 май, 19:44, Romain Guy wrote: > Hi, > > Use Bitmap.compress() and store the bitmap in PNG. That's what the > Home screen does. > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Mike Lanin wrote: > > > Hi, guys! > > I want to store pictures from the internet in my data base as byte > >

[android-developers] problem with maps

Hi, guys! I want to use MapActivity in my app, but in the line mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView); the error "cannot cast from View to mapView" occurs. I also tried to copy "Hello, mapView" example, but it gives the same. Does anyone have the same problem? --~--~-~--~~-

[android-developers] Re: How does the 3D objects get touch events?

Usually this is solved by having ray-object intersection code for all of your geometry. If your 3D objects are all polygon meshes then you need ray-polygon intersection code. You then generate a ray from the eye point through the screen point that the user is touching. This ray is then teste

[android-developers] Re: Order MENU items

guruk wrote: > Hi, is there a way i can say 3 items in the top row and 1 icon in the > second row? Not that I am aware of. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, $35/Year --~--~-~--~~-

[android-developers] Order MENU items

Hi, is there a way i can say 3 items in the top row and 1 icon in the second row? chris --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-develop

[android-developers] Question about SMS processing

Hello Everyone: I am doing a basic handling of the SMS, and I have complete the functions of send and receive the SMS, but I want to do them better. About receiving the SMS, I have some question, I have one Application on the Android which I called MyApp, it has a broadcastReceiver extended clas

[android-developers] Re: sub-thread issue.

I created a game which also requires a gameloop thread. I communicate with the thread simply by using getters and setters. But that requires that the other threads has a the new thread as a member instance. I use the AsyncTask for loading levels, not for the game loop. On 31 mei, 06:59, Gavin w

[android-developers] Dialog (built using AlertDialog.Builder) not complete when showing dialog in runOnUiThread

I have a game activity in which i have a dialog which is created in the onCreateDialog method of the activity: case VICTORY_DIALOG: String[] items={"Next Level", "Play Again", "Exit"}; AlertDialog.Builder builder = new Al

[android-developers] Re: sub-thread issue.

Gavin wrote: > Threre is a main thread A, and then it creats a sub-thread B. I > want to know: > 1) If main thread A exits or crashs, thread B can continue > running? If thread A exits, thread B will continue running. If an exception occurs in thread A, whether thread B continues runni

[android-developers] Re: Unable to set sd card parameter

It seems like adding external links is not allowed. Never mind that, like i said before the field (Additional Emulator Command Line Options) is hidden and im unable to set "sdcard" argument for the emulator. Please help me. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this m

[android-developers] Unable to set sd card parameter

As the title suggests, im unable to set the sd card parameter in eclipse 3.4 for the emulator. Field (Additional Emulator Command Line Options) in Run Configurations is hidden for some no apparent reason as you can see in the attached image below: i've looked everywhere and couldn't find anyone

[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer is cukoo???

i found a solution of this problem: in the onSensorChanged function public void onSensorChanged(int sensor, float[] values) { /* that is the normal code with have the problem float x=values[0]; float y=values[1]; float z=values[2]; which 0,1,2 is the Acceleromete

[android-developers] Re: Conversion to Davik failed with error 1

Hello all, I am answering to myself here. If I create a new 1.5 project it works. No more errors. If I create a new 1.1 project it does not work, I get the error. So I think there is definitively a bug in the 1.1 platform kit. Hope this can help anyone facing the same problem! Francois --~--

[android-developers] Re: Accelerometer is cukoo???

i have the same problem, anyone can help? On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 5:06 PM, doubleslash wrote: > > This problem occurs only when activity is set explicitly to landscape > in manifest. Anyway to make it work in landscape? > Thanks > > On May 14, 10:16 pm, doubleslash wrote: > > I see an accelerat

[android-developers] Re: OpenGL

I have no answer to your question. Just want to add that there are other differences between emulator and real device - emulator works OK with non power of two texture dimensions and supports drawing lines with width more than 1. On May 30, 12:13 am, Nilz wrote: > I have worked this out! > > So

[android-developers] ToggleButton - how to implement iPhone-style ToggleButton?

Hi, I think Android does not provide iPhone style toggle button? Look at the picture below, when I just want to set ON|OFF for some settings, I think the iPhone style and Android style ToggleButton are both OK for me, but I have an application, I want to migrate it from iPhone SDK -> Android Plat

[android-developers] How does the 3D objects get touch events?

HI all, I am writing a game using OPENGL, there are several 3D objects in my surfaceview. My question is: Should each 3D object implement view in order to get touch events? Or there is other way to do this? Thank you! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message