No need to panic!
I see all the apps you mentioned including something like 13 of your ones.
Try clearing the cache for the market on your device.
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>> Hmm, but I see on market many themes like mine. They all will be banned
>> similarly?
You must have angered somebody and they filed a DMCA noticed. Google
responds to those complaints quickly and forcefully. The other apps
that violate copyrights are all subject to similar actions as yours,
it
Just as a guess, I would say one of the owners of a copyrighted work
you used filed a DMCA takedown notice on you. If you have written
permission from every one of the companies that own those materials or
some other license that permits legal use of them, then perhaps you
have a case. Otherwise, y
You can safely use NAD83 (4269) or WGS84 (4326) as these two vary by
very little. In the JavaScript Google Map API, the projection is
called "World Mercator" which is the same I believe as the Android
version.
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There's an easier way besides upping the voltage. Increase the
temperature. Just stick your phone on the stove. The hotter, the
better.
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> I launched my first paid app 5 days ago. It still shows zero downloads
Don't worry too much about this. Once they do get around to actually
processing the last nine days of data your app will float up to where
it should be. My free app "Radar Now!" has had nearly 70,000 downloads
in that time an
A more ideal method would be to use C2DM to occasionally ping the
device for a location fix. That way a service wouldn't need to be
constantly running.
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>> And breaking plenty of existing features along the way, of course.
Oddly, I know to check for new features when I see something break in
the market. It's almost like a method of communication. Something
breaks = breaking news. Pavlovian effect.
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Wow. That really sucks. There is very little you can do about it but I
suggest making sure you mark the comment as spam. I believe if enough
people mark a comment as spam, something kicks in and it either gets
reviewed by a human or is just removed. Put that in your blog or
however you communicate
Have you considered using Android code to write your own location
service? You have a lot more options doing it this way.
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I use a link and most of the time the contact e-mails are legit.
Sometimes, I get those odd character ones and of course the empty ones
as well. I would say for every odd one I get twenty good ones so I'm
happy with the current state of affairs.
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Have you tried escaping the space?
path/to/file\ name.png
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As long as you don't change your package name, your app shouldn't be
affected.
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"...after today's hard work the site seems bug free..."
Much like a helicopter*, if software appears to be "bug free" you've
missed something...
(* If a helicopter appears to be in perfect working order, you've
missed something.)
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Is it slow on the emulator only? What device are you testing with?
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The developer's console is still broken. Now it's getting odd 404
messages and a popup saying something like "This application doesn't
belong to you" or whatever. I'm also not able to view comments or even
my apps occasionally as well. Somebody really screwed the pooch on
this latest "upgrade."
-J
Every one I've tried works with the Mac.
Evo
Droid
Nexus One
Magic
I think you'll find it's not an issue.
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If you're having trouble debugging the JavaScript and HTML portion of
your webview, you can always load that portion in a browser and use
the standard debugging tools it provides to reveal errors. The
debugging capabilities of webview are pretty limited. Do check your
logs for JavaScript errors tho
You have most of it. Just add a call to the JavaScript function from
your code like this:
mWebView.loadUrl("javascript:bookBtn();") ;
That will fire the function just like if you did it in the address bar
of a browser.
Mark Murphy has this method documented in one of his books (http://
commonswa
> The statistics are reset back to March 1st.
That's a hoot!
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I've been working with Google's API's and things since 2005 and have
never encountered the level of technical competence that's been
demonstrated with the Android market. It's as if a person with zero
experience developing systems is at the wheel of this project. If it
were me doing these things, I
It seems as if the entire developer console is offline. I guess
someone tripped on a cord and didn't notice.
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A perfect use case for wanting a unique id is for trial software or
simply keeping track of settings.
Say for instance you have an app that has settings that are stored on
a server. If the user uninstalls the app, then at a later date
reinstalls it, those settings can be reinstated if there is a w
Why would you need an app to implement this? A simple web page would
work just as well, be easier to maintain and also work on virtually
any device, including iPhone, Android, tablets and those devices where
the market wasn't installed. If you wanted to limit the questionnaire
to just Android devic
"If you decline, network location won't be enabled at all"
It's just disabled on the device itself. The carrier can still track
you if they want or have a warrant to do so. There's no way except
turning the device off or sticking the thing in a Faraday cage to stop
that.
As another poster mention
I don't think you'll see much difference between zero seconds and 2
seconds in regard to battery life. The device has to turn on and off
the GPS radio for the 2 second interval or just leave it on for zero
seconds. GPSStatusListener probably won't make a difference.
I suggest testing it yourself i
I've had over 1.5 million "sold" so far... of course the price is an
unbeatable free.
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I get info like this from my users by inserting an image that's pulled
from a server. I don't get as much detail as you list but adding a few
parameters would solve that. Analyzing the logs on the server yields
the statistics.
Be sure and include some sort of message in your help text or
somewhere
>> Unless you are doing it on large scale or for commerical applications, who
>> will know?
You will. If you steal candy from a 7-11 and don't get caught, does
that make it ok?
Hopefully we've all learned this lesson by about age 8.
Besides, it's bad karma.
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>> Android Apps are not built with HTML.
You can do quite a bit using html and JavaScript inside a webview.
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Perhaps someone at Google might want to proofread the "notes" section.
There are lots of grammatical errors.
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Just keep in mind that Secure.ANDROID_ID isn't reliably unique.
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I just ask them to remove my apps from their site. If that doesn't
work, I file a DMCA take down request which so far has done the trick.
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You can always use the JavaScript to Java interface. Write your own
AJAX routine in Java. Send alerts to the log. Doing it this way is
fairly easy and a lot more flexible than just using JavaScript.
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http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/03/last-call-for-google-io.html
Read this blog entry by Vic Gundotra: "Last Call for Google I/O"
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Market rank can change depending on a number of factors such as
country, carrier and even device. I've seen differences of as much as
20 positions depending on device alone. Country can really wreck havoc
on position as the market filters out apps that aren't permitted for
that area.
I'm curious a
Just send it to yourself in an e-mail and then archive the message.
That way it will be stored in the cloud. It would be very unlikely
that it would be lost on your machine and the cloud simultaneously. It
would also be a good idea to check periodically to see if that e-mail
is still in your archiv
If there was a problem with the a few weeks of downloads, my app
wouldn't really show any problem. From your figures, it does sound as
if something has gone bonkers.
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My app "Radar Now!" has held steady at 55% over the last six months.
That's with nearly 1.5 million downloads. I think everything, market
statistics wise, is stable at the moment.
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> Take your
> pick:http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/search.py?ctx=en%3Ase...
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Hmm. Lots of them. When Mars comes around next time for its closest
pass, we'll have to send a message to the market team about that.
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Can anyone name an app that's been removed from the market that didn't
deserve it? As far as I know, every one of them has been asking for
it. Malware, spamware and Crapps that clearly are violating the terms
are all that's been removed.
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Sounds like AARP!
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This is silly. Can't you find something better to do?
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I see the same thing. If it is indeed the case, shortly I'll be seeing
a bunch of one star comments in different languages. Our weather app
(Radar Now!) only functions in the US and border regions of Canada and
Mexico. I'll post back if that's the case.
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On Feb 9, 10:20 am, DanaH wro
>> It's the right to use the software in a certain way, to repeatedly...
In my business, I have a stated policy of "No refunds under any
circumstances." I've had this policy for over 30 years and it has
served me well. I have the policy stated in several places and so far,
it hasn't been a problem
>> I believe being able to provide refunds is important. When you go to a
>> real-world store
Since a user upgrading to a "pro" version isn't buying anything
tangible, it's more like going into a donut shop, buying a donut and
eating it. How many consumers ask for refunds at that point? Under
som
Personally, I think the unmanaged in-app purchase would be ideal for a
subscription service for my app. I'll have to do a lot of work to get
this going but I'll finally have something to offer the nearly 800,000
users who have my app on their device. Sure, there are going to be
pitfalls and also bu
>> Android is good for everything!
>> EVERYTHING I say!!!
I can tell you from experience, Android makes a very poor laundry
additive.
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Another issue with ads on mobile devices are the "mobile consumables"
better known as rip-off ads. They're for quizzes, ringtones and other
things that end up as a charge on your carrier bill. They constitute
about 60% of ad revenue and are just horrible. A large percentage of
the rest aren't "fami
It's a brand new thing so the answer is simple: Be patient.
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You also have to force stop the market app, then clear data and cache.
Try that.
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I briefly saw this happen on my N1 after the 2.2.2 update. It cleared
when I stopped the app and cleared the cache and data from the menu
button-settings-applications-manage applications tab. Once I did this,
everything was normal again.
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On Jan 25, 4:33 pm, jarkman wrote:
> We've ha
You may get the comment:
1 star - "Too many instructions: uninstall."
"You can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the
people some of the time, but you can not please all of the people all
of the time."
Paraphrased from Abraham Lincoln
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My main app "Radar Now!" couldn't possibly be simpler. You just start
the app and that's it. Even with its simplicity, I still get one star
ratings that claim "doesn't work" or my favorite "sux." There will
always be the dolt who can't figure out how to screw in a light bulb
and consequently claims
I would be wary of the Chinese companies, you have no control over
what they do and payment would be problematic. Most of the others are
legitimate and offer an alternative to the somewhat quirky Android
market. The issue isn't the companies offering these services, it's
one of being in a small nic
How about sending me a free one, oh, make it an AT&T network version
please. I dislike T-M.
(in the mean time, I'll continue to enjoy the heck out of my Nexus
One)
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You might want to try ebay. There are quite a few available in that
venue and they can be had at less than the cost of a unit from Google.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_nkw=google+nexus+one
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> Yes! Been trying for days now.
>
> On Nov 18, 2:25 pm, S
"...did you know you can download your app, rate it and comment it
under your google market account ?"
A far better use for this tactic is to answer negative comments with a
preface like "Developer Comment: I've tested the app completely on the
XYZ and it works perfectly." or something to that eff
If you use location services, you're minimum is pre-teen. That was
explained in the e-mail I believe.
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I haven't seen any evidence of stalled statistics. Mine are proceeding
normally. This is for a free app. Your mileage may vary.
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There could be problems downloading large png's depending on the
carrier. Does it work when you use wifi?
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I'll bet it works a lot like electronic car compasses. The one I have
in my truck (GMC) is fairly accurate but once in a great while it goes
nuts. To recalibrate the thing the manual instructs to drive in a
circle slowly. If it still doesn't work right, drive in a figure 8
slowly. Don't know why it
I've noticed that a lot of comments on top apps are from comment
spammers. When is something going to be done about this market wide
problem? There are probably less than 20 of these users who hit
virtually every top app with comment spam. My app is getting hit every
single day by these people. It'
You can add this meta tag to your page:
If you still have trouble, post back with your webview code.
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm using webview to display local html content. The text fits the
> screen width, but the user is able to navigate hori
To me, that appbrain e-mail smacked of a scam to get me to sign up
with their site and a come-on for paid promotion of my app. Plus, the
e-mail address they had as the one who was trying to claim my app was
bogus. The additional facts that the app comment spam implicates
appbrain in spamming dozens
I sent one recently to Appbrain. They sent me an e-mail suggesting
that someone was trying to "claim" my apps on their site. It seemed to
me to be a spammy attempt to get me to sign up on their site and pay
them for app promotion. Here's the text: (redacted)
**
Hello USNavigui
I got the e-mail and read the terms. I decided to stick with the
Android market and forget this one. I think it's going to be a dud.
Then again, what do I know?
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I like "The 32nd of Never" better. It almost sounds like a real date.
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Put it into the assets folder for your application and load it by
using:
mywebview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/index.html");
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It would certainly be difficult if not impossible to sign up for a
GMail account while sitting at a MacDonalds, Starbucks or other free
wifi location. How in the world could this be tracked back to the
person who instigated the account? I would say impossible. With all
the free wifi's around, anony
Try using read instead:
byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new
ByteArrayOutputStream();
while ((size = in.read(buffer, 0,
buffer.length)) != -1) {
I guess you'd just have to post anonymously... that would be easy
enough. Let them try and find the real person behind the post.
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> True, but the second and third options could set you up for a lawsuit.
That would be rich. A pirate suing for such a thing... They would have
to reveal who they really are and that would probably open themselves
up for more trouble than it would be worth.
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The problem with publicizing that they are pirates is that people
looking for pirate Android sites will now find them. It's better to
use phrases like "Appbucket is a scam" and "Appbucket took my money
and I got nothing" or "Appbucket stole my credit card number" - all of
which would scare people a
The "Haversine" formula computes distance between two points along a
spheroid (such as Earth). You will need to know the coordinates of
each city to use this formula. Coordinates for nearly all cities in
the world can be downloaded from the geonames.org website for free.
The Google geocoder will al
Have you switched on "USB debugging" in the settings on the phone?
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"What is going on with the market?"
Ahhh, the eternal question...
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I'm glad to see that a signal from the market team on Mars finally
reached Earth!
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Responses via e-mail seem to be quicker than by using the web
interface. What's odd is that other discussion groups don't have this
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The webview renders like a browser so if you pass it html formatted
with css, it will display that way. I suppose you're passing html
directly to webview instead of using a file. I haven't tried this
myself but I'm guessing if you passed a reference to a file for css it
would be used as expected. T
> wrote:
>
> > > It also assumes the device is a phone.
> > > It may be a wifi only tablet, or whatever.
>
> > > On Sep 9, 2:09 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)"
> > > wrote:
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> > > > Using IMEI requires an additional per
> Option #1 is a lot more intrusive. You lose the ability to
> automatically switch layouts, drawables, etc. It might be fine now but
> it might come back to bite you in the future. It should always be your
> last resort. Saving and restoring an AsyncTask is not difficult.
>
What if that AsyncTask
You can handle screen rotation yourself or block it from restarting
your app by adding this (along with other code) in the manifest:
android:configChanges="orientation"
Search the docs for that.
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I like Java,
I like Eclipse,
I don't even use the emulator, ever.
My apps interface with a server so they can't just be stolen.
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I think the scenario you describe could be easily rendered moot by
simply zeroing the counters when it's changed from free to charge.
That would discourage that practice in a New York minute.
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Debugging webview can be tricky. A lot of the errors print in the
console. Mostly the problems aren't going to be actual JavaScript
errors if it renders fine in other devices but will be due to some
oddity in the way a particular manufacturer implemented webkit. I've
seen lots of differences in the
Just kill the listener in the onStop or onDestroy (depending how you
structure your app) methods. That works pretty well.
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Using IMEI requires an additional permission. Using ANDROID_ID
doesn't.
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This could be clearer:
"3.3 You may also choose to distribute Products for free. If the
Product is free, you will not be charged a Transaction Fee. You may
not collect future charges from users for copies of the Products that
those users were initially allowed to download for free. This is not
int
If you want to do it from the shell, just use top.
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After 3 uninstalls:
756 total
139 active
So at least the numbers are somewhat consistent.
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If you mean the device name, like in Droid or Nexus One, then you
should be able to get it from
android.os.Build.MODEL
This is a read only property so the user can't change it without root.
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You mean like this one:
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/ci.MOTOROLA-i1-US-EN.alt
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I will try that right now. Good thinking. Report back tomorrow.
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On Sep 5, 2:05 am, TreKing wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) <
>
> cor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Isn't that odd?
>
> Indeed. Did you see what happens to
I don't see why we should have a problem with the "big boys" getting
first dibs on a new category of device (like Google TV). They have the
resources to invest in experimentation and will work with the Android
people in a close and time consuming manner. Do you have the resources
to throw a man yea
Results of the test:
3 new downloads should have been registered but only two were added to
the app totals. 3 new installs should have been added but only two
were.
Before:
754 total 139 active
After:
756 total 141 active
This shows there is something wrong with the market math. Each device
had
You didn't say what OS version you have or how big your app is. I'm
guessing you have a G1 and a HUGE app.
I've never seen this happen myself but my apps are small and I'm
currently testing on 2.2 devices.
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I'm running a test that will be completed tomorrow.
I have an old app which is currently unpublished on the market. The
stats for that app haven't changed for weeks. Today, I set it to
publish and downloaded it to three of my test devices, then promptly
unpublished it. Tomorrow I should know if th
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