[android-developers] Re: appbucket: all apps for $9.99 per year, are we just going to watch?

2010-09-19 Thread chrispix
from my experience in the past, they actually buy, download then refund their money. It should be pretty easy to setup an app for say $50.00 or $100.00 that maybe they would pay for, and have it phone home to find their IP address. Chris. On Sep 19, 10:23 pm, chrispix wrote: > Obviously t

[android-developers] Re: appbucket: all apps for $9.99 per year, are we just going to watch?

2010-09-19 Thread chrispix
Obviously they have to get their money some how. Sign up for an account as a developer, then find out what their account is. Email the paypal operator etc, and say you will file a suite for assisting in illegal activities and want xyz$ refunded to you. d...@appbucket.net supp...@appbucket.net Chr

[android-developers] Re: Dallas Android Developers

2009-11-13 Thread chrispix
Good work! Look forward to meeting everyone. On Nov 13, 2:51 pm, PJ wrote: > Place: Cafe Brazil (since Richardson is central to us) > > Time: Tentative plan is 11:30am tomorrow morning, and likely won't > change, but I will announce final decision at 10pm tonight.  Please > read on below. > > I'v

[android-developers] Re: MyLocationOverlay causing crash in 1.6 (Donut)

2009-11-12 Thread chrispix
nly drawback is that the "accuracy indicator" (the blue circle > indicating GPS accuracy) does not work in this case. With a little bit > of work this could probably also be implemented, but it is a little > more complex than just drawing an image. > > On Nov

[android-developers] Re: MyLocationOverlay causing crash in 1.6 (Donut)

2009-11-12 Thread chrispix
actual Cliq device I have no way of truly testing > and verifying this, so this should be fun. > > It's sad that it's up to developers to add special-case code to compensate > for a device's bugged version of the platform. > > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:37 AM

[android-developers] Re: MyLocationOverlay causing crash in 1.6 (Donut)

2009-11-12 Thread chrispix
, 11:21 am, chrispix wrote: > It appears to be on the Cliq only.. > I actually reported the bug first when it was seen in Cyanogen. > > http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?can=2&q=344&colspe... > > They fixed it. Looks like they had same issue > >

[android-developers] Re: MyLocationOverlay causing crash in 1.6 (Donut)

2009-11-12 Thread chrispix
iq specifically based on Chris's post. > > Is it possible for the Cliq to have a non-standard build of the maps > library? > > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:02 AM, chrispix wrote: > > We are having this issue on the cliq.. > > > Chris. > > >

[android-developers] Re: MyLocationOverlay causing crash in 1.6 (Donut)

2009-11-12 Thread chrispix
We are having this issue on the cliq.. Chris. On Oct 20, 2:53 am, shalafi wrote: > I have seen exactly the same problem, but only reproducible in some > phones with non standar builds. Anyway, they are 1.5 flavour. > > The same piece of code works perfectly in a 1.6 G1 Dev Phone. > > If you exte

[android-developers] SIGSEGV 11 OpenGL - Only on Droid, not 2.0 Emulator

2009-11-10 Thread chrispix
We are getting a SIGSEGV 11 when launching our OpenGL activity. Here is the logcat. It appears to happen on Droid Hardware, but not the 2.0 Emulator. We are trying to do some testing to see if we can slowly build up some code to cause a crash. Anyone else have any ideas? 11-09 21:52:35.981: INFO/A

[android-developers] Re: App upgrade (with zipalign) causes force closes/disappearing of app icon

2009-11-05 Thread chrispix
We are experiencing the exact same issues w/ the Copy Protection bit on upgrades on Hero. It is causing use sever headaches w/ user upgrades. We will have to let them know to backup the user data, uninstall, then re-install. Any new update on this? Chris. On Nov 3, 3:15 pm, fadden wrote: > On N

[android-developers] Android 2.0 vs 1.6 Camera Rotation (how to handle different methods)?

2009-11-02 Thread chrispix
Ok, I seem to be having a bit of a problem handling the camera and rotating under one application.. In 1.6 I used to be able to : p.set("rotation",90); now in 2.0 it is handled by p.setRotation(90); I am guessing if I want a single application to be able to run on both 1.6 and 2.0, I really shou

[android-developers] Android 2.0 camera.setParameters(p) - Picture size must be 213x350?

2009-10-29 Thread chrispix
I am having an issue w/ 2.0 in the emulator when I am trying to set a couple of parameters. Including the size. It appears these messages appear.. I guess my question is, why is the picture size stuck at 213x350? If I set my picture size to 640x480 it fails. Chris. 10-29 14:55:24.261: DEBUG/Ca

[android-developers] Re: Our app force closes on 1.6, Is SDK or image available yet?

2009-09-12 Thread chrispix
Ok, never mind. So the Google APIs are still on the 1.5 platform, The android 1.6 public SDK does not have the Google APIs 1.6. I am guessing that is my compile issue.. hrrm.. Any other thoughts? Chris. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you a

[android-developers] Re: Our app force closes on 1.6, Is SDK or image available yet?

2009-09-12 Thread chrispix
vailable from; > > http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/sdk/ > > Al. > > On Sep 11, 6:03 pm, chrispix wrote: > > > > > We have had a couple users on the myTouch phone have issues in our > > application. It apparently is force closing on them. I am not sure of > &

[android-developers] Re: Our app force closes on 1.6, Is SDK or image available yet?

2009-09-12 Thread chrispix
I will check out the SDK and see if I can reproduce. This was the LogCat of the error : Essentially I was trying to extend a map overlay, and draw the location circle on the screen. 09-12 00:50:35.825: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(5769): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception 09-

[android-developers] DrawMyLocation causes Uncaught BitmapDrawable Handler (Cupcake)

2009-09-11 Thread chrispix
Not sure if this is related to the custom build of Cupcake from CyanogenMod 4.1.7, or DrawMyLocation has been depreciated or something else.. But hopefully someone can help.. This only happens on 4.1.7, but we have customers who are asking why this is not working. I did post bug report @ CyanogenM

[android-developers] Our app force closes on 1.6, Is SDK or image available yet?

2009-09-11 Thread chrispix
We have had a couple users on the myTouch phone have issues in our application. It apparently is force closing on them. I am not sure of why it is, and the 1.6 SDK is not out yet. Has 1.6 been released into the wild? If so, do you know where I can download the image for my G1 dev phone to test w/?

[android-developers] Android Market reverting to old versions on its own. - VERY VERY BAD.

2009-06-19 Thread chrispix
We have had some issues the last few weeks where the Market when uploading an APK gives us the message that it uploaded ok (say version 2.0.5) . We go look at the market on the phone a few hours later, and it is back at 2.0.4). This has happened 2x to us now.. But tonight something even crazier ha

[android-developers] Re: Ability to quit/disable an app after trial period?

2009-06-12 Thread chrispix
We did the database IMEI implementation. Check out a2b trial. Its pretty slick b/c you can update counts from the server, extend, or make into full versions remotely. Chris. On Jun 10, 2:48 pm, Slater wrote: > I am planning to release a trial version of my app and am looking into > best ways t

[android-developers] Bug? LocationMasfClient / GPS keeps sending updates even after locationmanager.removeupdates?

2009-06-12 Thread chrispix
Ok, I am using GPS on Google maps, and this is my onPause. Am I missing something? GPS keeps sending LocationMasfClient getNetworkLocation(): Returning cache location with accuracy 1319.0 Then eventually it does : GPSLocationProvider state: DISCONNECTED apnName: null reason: null. Am I missing

[android-developers] Re: SpareParts -> Battery History -> Sensor Usage

2009-06-11 Thread chrispix
I want to make sure this is correct, would it not be something like this. lm.removeUpdates(locationListener); Chris. On Jun 11, 3:13 pm, MrChaz wrote: > Maybe it's not turning off the listeners when it's paused or maybe > it's using a more frequent listener > > O

[android-developers] SpareParts -> Battery History -> Sensor Usage

2009-06-11 Thread chrispix
Can someone tell me why one app would have much higher sensor usage than another. and or what it considers a sensor? I mean, there is a separate option for GPS. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android

[android-developers] Re: Releasing a Demo App from Paid App. Need to fork code? How do accomplish?

2009-06-08 Thread chrispix
> > > > > I did it in eclipse and it didn't take me over 30 minutes to get > > everything copied.  I'm pretty sure that I copied the entire project > > directly, renamed it, then moved all classes to the new package, > > updated the Manifest and that was it.

[android-developers] Trying to record exception causing null pointer exception

2009-06-06 Thread chrispix
Ok. I am confused. I catch an exception and I am trying to log it. So here is some code try { elevation = myElevation.toString(); } catch (Exception ex) { recordError(ex.GetMessage()); } The ex.GetMessage has a null value, should it? recordError is expecting a string. ex.GetMessa

[android-developers] Re: Adding Turn by Turn directions to google maps

2009-06-04 Thread chrispix
Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 08:12, chrispix wrote: > > > I would really like to incorporate turn-by-turn directions to our > > application, but it appears to be against the TOS. Is there any way to > > get permission from Google to allow this for our application? I have > > what

[android-developers] Adding Turn by Turn directions to google maps

2009-06-03 Thread chrispix
I would really like to incorporate turn-by-turn directions to our application, but it appears to be against the TOS. Is there any way to get permission from Google to allow this for our application? I have what looks like one other app allow this interface. Thanks, Chris. --~--~-~--~~

[android-developers] Releasing a Demo App from Paid App. Need to fork code? How do accomplish?

2009-06-03 Thread chrispix
We have a paid app in the market place, we would like to release a demo of the paid app. I was hoping we could just recompile w/ the same package name, but apparently that does not work. I have tried manually changing package name etc, but it is a chore, and it seems that several things that auto

[android-developers] Re: Signed APK installed using a2b works / Same APK downloaded from market fails (force close)

2009-06-03 Thread chrispix
uld) > Otherwise it might eventually have been a timing problem. I'm not sure > all Google download data centers distribute a new version exactly from > the moment on when it was uploaded. > > -- > > http://deepdroid.com > > On Jun 3, 5:05 pm, chrispix wrote: >

[android-developers] Re: Signed APK installed using a2b works / Same APK downloaded from market fails (force close)

2009-06-03 Thread chrispix
To update this thread. It appeared that there were some indeed valid force close issues, but even debugging on one phone did not cause it to fail until I did a factory reset on the phone. Then i was able to cause the force close. Any thoughts? Chris On Jun 3, 10:05 am, chrispix wrote: >

[android-developers] Signed APK installed using a2b works / Same APK downloaded from market fails (force close)

2009-06-03 Thread chrispix
We just released an update, and spent a considerable amount of time trying to test. Once we released to the market, people started complaining about it force closing. The only way we were able to make it force close was by installing our app by the market. (why would that change our app?) vs. ins

[android-developers] Re: Slide Transitions between activities - Disable in application on 1.5?

2009-05-19 Thread chrispix
, even though they are disabled by > default, a user can easily turn it on and transitions don't seem to > fit well with all apps. > > Surely apps should have the option of disabling this, e.g. if app > requires its own more complex transitions or in the case the OP > mentio

[android-developers] Re: NullPointerException : String imageFileName = myFile.imageFileName.toString(); when imageFileName is null

2009-05-19 Thread chrispix
ull? You need to paste at least the part where > a value should have been assigned to it. > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 6:21 AM, chrispix wrote: > > > Can you explain how it worked up until now? Maybe the file naming on > > the camera has changed? > > > On M

[android-developers] Slide Transitions between activities - Disable in application on 1.5?

2009-05-18 Thread chrispix
Is there anyway to disable the slide transition between activities? This has introduced some unwanted results in our application. We have had to build our own custom tabs because of the way the camera is operating in our portrait mode navigation. Regardless, we would like to be able to disable it.

[android-developers] Re: NullPointerException : String imageFileName = myFile.imageFileName.toString(); when imageFileName is null

2009-05-16 Thread chrispix
a null object has always and will always result in a > NullPointerException. > > > > > > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:41 PM, chrispix wrote: > > > Actually it did work prior to 1.5, it appears it has been fixed. You > > should give it a > > whirl! Thanks for

[android-developers] Re: NullPointerException : String imageFileName = myFile.imageFileName.toString(); when imageFileName is null

2009-05-16 Thread chrispix
ageFileName; > > Or better yet, explicitly check for null :) > > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:10 PM,chrispix wrote: > > > if the value of imageFileName is null, why can I not change null into > > a string? It was working before 1.5. > > String imageFileName = myFile.imageFile

[android-developers] NullPointerException : String imageFileName = myFile.imageFileName.toString(); when imageFileName is null

2009-05-15 Thread chrispix
if the value of imageFileName is null, why can I not change null into a string? It was working before 1.5. String imageFileName = myFile.imageFileName.toString(); This gives me the a NullPointerException Error. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message becaus

[android-developers] Issue w/ extending MapActivity and eclipse error saying that it is not extended

2009-05-15 Thread chrispix
So I am really confused, this has been going on for a while, usually I could move my activity decleration around in the manifest and it would work fine. Now its giving me the same error. I have an activity called savemaplocation extending MapActivity public class savemaplocation extends MapActivi

[android-developers] Eclipse : Unknown error: SDK is not loaded yet. * upgrade failed *

2009-05-13 Thread chrispix
Not sure what is going on. Running Windows Vista x64. Not had really any problems with eclipse. I had to upgrade to 1.5 and when I did that I got all kinds of install errors. So I said 'f-it'. I decided to start over and downloaded the 1.5SDK, downloaded the Eclipse for Java, Not Eclipse classic (

[android-developers] Re: Android v. 1.5 = FAIL #2: Directly Manipulating Settings

2009-05-03 Thread chrispix
This is what I don't understand. The issue right now is that applications are automatically turning GPS on, causing battery life to go down. Or at least give that perception. Probably because those applications turning it on w/out letting the user know are leaving the program in the background ac

[android-developers] Re: Android v. 1.5 = FAIL #2: Directly Manipulating Settings

2009-04-29 Thread chrispix
We are working on an application that was going to set the brightness of the screen based on some locations / activities. That is pretty much worthless too. Why not MAKE SUPPORTED APIs to control these functions? Chris On Apr 28, 4:26 pm, weaselgrater wrote: > I am the developer of SMS Commande

[android-developers] Re: Android v. 1.5 = FAIL #2: Directly Manipulating Settings

2009-04-24 Thread chrispix
Dianne, thank you for the response. The issue is, that if an application uses GPS and it is NOT turned off, it can drain the battery quite quickly if the app continues to ping the location. Which is why you disabled this. By saying the user can just leave the GPS on, and it won't get powered up u

[android-developers] Re: Android v. 1.5 = FAIL #2: Directly Manipulating Settings

2009-04-24 Thread chrispix
What about Skyhook? I am guessing that would have to ask permission to enable wifi & gps now? Chris. On Apr 24, 11:03 am, Jean-Baptiste Queru wrote: > It's already possible for a user to see an app's permissions - though > it'd be nice indeed if the list could be organized the other way > (cont

[android-developers] Re: Android v. 1.5 = FAIL #2: Directly Manipulating Settings

2009-04-24 Thread chrispix
e feedback that we're > received, by putting the user in better control of their phone. > > JBQ > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:19 AM, chrispix wrote: > > > While I read the blog here > > :http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/future-proofing-y

[android-developers] Android v. 1.5 = FAIL #2: Directly Manipulating Settings

2009-04-24 Thread chrispix
While I read the blog here : http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/future-proofing-your-apps.html I almost had a heart attack. Having a location based application, the number one issue we had was being able to automatically turn on / off GPS based on an application setting. Which quite f

[android-developers] Google Maps + Directions in applications.

2009-03-03 Thread chrispix
I have a question as to how it appears some applications have driving directions built into the application. I know there are options such as Open Street Map, but how does one en-corporate driving directions like the 1 Click Direction (Alpha.3) uses driving directions from google. I was under the

[android-developers] Re: Market Place refund is automatically uninstalling apps.

2009-02-25 Thread chrispix
What happens if I sell a book on Google Checkout via an Auction. Maybe I sell it for 99 cents + shipping. When it gets there they realize I sent the wrong book. So rather than them spending the money to ship the book back (more than 99 cents). I say keep it, and I will send you the correct one. M

[android-developers] Market Place refund is automatically uninstalling apps.

2009-02-25 Thread chrispix
Well to our dismay, it appears that if you issue someone a refund, it automatically uninstalls their application. There are several cases I can think of where you might not want this to happen. 1) You have an upset customer who you would like to issue a refund to, but still allow them to keep the

[android-developers] Market Place refund is automatically uninstalling apps.

2009-02-25 Thread chrispix
Well to our dismay, it appears that if you issue someone a refund, it automatically uninstalls their application. There are several cases I can think of where you might not want this to happen. 1) You have an upset customer who you would like to issue a refund to, but still allow them to keep the

[android-developers] Re: Google Checkout - Any way to manage customer relation / Checkout also putting multiple holds on txns.

2009-02-21 Thread chrispix
Thank you so much! On Feb 21, 1:34 am, Jon Colverson wrote: > The multiple holds are described on the Checkout help here: > > https://checkout.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=105940 > (You might want to forward that to your users.) > > I presume the reason for doing it is so that Google

[android-developers] Re: Users are having trouble downloading upgrades to paid apps

2009-02-20 Thread chrispix
I had this happen on my application. I went through and looked at 'My Applications' and I noticed that I had about 6 just showing download. One was an update for the free Bar Tender application. I tried to cancel it, and nothing happened. I canceled all my other downloads, then I was able to unins

[android-developers] Google Checkout - Any way to manage customer relation / Checkout also putting multiple holds on txns.

2009-02-20 Thread chrispix
I know there is a Google Checkout API, but that seems it is more for creating a shopping cart, and interfacing payment methods w/ Google Checkout. Is there any management tool that allows one to 'easily' communicate with the customers? Automate a thank you message, or something? In addition we ha

[android-developers] onListItemClick won't fire.

2009-01-05 Thread chrispix
This is what I am trying to accomplish. - Display List from Database w/ a delete button. - Launch a new activity based on the row selected - I am just going to pass data on. I have an activity that displays a list view from a database, I also have a 3 imagebuttons thrown in there (static images)

[android-developers] Re: Debugging on actual G1

2008-12-29 Thread chrispix
m.out(20297): Sending WAIT chunk 12-29 23:11:25.162: INFO/dalvikvm(20297): Ignoring DDM send req for type=0x57414954 len=1 12-29 23:11:25.643: WARN/ActivityManager(51): Activity pause timeout for HistoryRecord{433ffc48 {com.froogloid.android.myTest/ com.froogloid.android.myTest.myTest}} On Dec 29,

[android-developers] Debugging on actual G1

2008-12-28 Thread chrispix
I am not sure what is wrong, but I can't seem to debug on the G1, I can debug fine on the emulator, it runs fine on emulator with an iso sd card loaded. It runs fine on the G1, but when I go to debug it says that it is waiting on the debugger. Any help or what messages need would be great.. Thanks

[android-developers] Re: Camera Preview is rotated 90. (auto rotates unless keyboard is out)

2008-12-21 Thread chrispix
atch the fixed preview > orientation. > > Regards > > On Dec 21, 4:15 am, chrispix wrote: > > > > > Hopefully this makes sense. I have a camerapreview on a surface, the > > issue is that it rotated 90degrees. If I rotate the phone the camera > > preview is still rota

[android-developers] Re: Camera Preview is rotated 90. (auto rotates unless keyboard is out)

2008-12-20 Thread chrispix
atch the fixed preview > orientation. > > Regards > > On Dec 21, 4:15 am, chrispix wrote: > > > > > Hopefully this makes sense. I have a camerapreview on a surface, the > > issue is that it rotated 90degrees. If I rotate the phone the camera > > pre

[android-developers] Re: Camera Preview is rotated 90. (auto rotates unless keyboard is out)

2008-12-20 Thread chrispix
> preview but your app then that rotates to match the fixed preview > orientation. > > Regards > > On Dec 21, 4:15 am, chrispix wrote: > > > > > Hopefully this makes sense. I have a camerapreview on a surface, the > > issue is that it rotated 90degrees. If I

[android-developers] Camera Preview is rotated 90. (auto rotates unless keyboard is out)

2008-12-20 Thread chrispix
Hopefully this makes sense. I have a camerapreview on a surface, the issue is that it rotated 90degrees. If I rotate the phone the camera preview is still rotated 90 degrees, so it must be using the accelerometer to determine upright. If I slide the keyboard out, it fixes it and the image is then

[android-developers] Re: Developing on device(? is it possible)

2008-12-15 Thread chrispix
When I got it, I got it with XP on it. That worked fine, but I am currently using it with OSX on it. Works pretty well, but had to crack it open and add a new wifi card. Some more info and a great tutorial is here : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=129774 It is a 1.6ghz HT Atom p

[android-developers] Anyway to place camera preview onto xml defined surfaceview?

2008-12-15 Thread chrispix
I have been messing with the issue for days to try and place the camera preview onto a surfaceview defined in my xml layout. Main reason I am trying to do this is to place it onto a tabview. >From my understanding the application references a holder which is used to tie to the surface view to pai