[android-developers] My Country Is Not Available

2017-01-25 Thread Dar Bizziebee
Dear Developers Please assist with my frustration and perhaps ignorance in this Google+ / Google Play et al. I live on Norfolk Island. We are in the South Pacific, and sit between New Zealand and Australia. We are in fact, an external territory of Australia. There are many apps that I would l

[android-developers] Re: Adding a ViewGroup to RelativeLayout

2012-09-21 Thread Shoaib Dar
> > There is nothing wrong with the imports and/or typing mistakes, etc. I > basically want to know if this is a good approach for dividing a > RelativeLayout, and if i making any general logical errors above when i am > adding views to RelativeLayout. > -- You received this message becaus

[android-developers] Re: Adding a ViewGroup to RelativeLayout

2012-09-21 Thread Shoaib Dar
On Friday, September 21, 2012 8:56:26 PM UTC-4, Shoaib Dar wrote: > > I want a RelativeLayout that's composed of two parts: The bottom portion > is an xml TableLayout file, and the top portion, which i plan to do later, > will be a separate custom view. > So far i tried to

[android-developers] Adding a ViewGroup to RelativeLayout

2012-09-21 Thread Shoaib Dar
I want a RelativeLayout that's composed of two parts: The bottom portion is an xml TableLayout file, and the top portion, which i plan to do later, will be a separate custom view. So far i tried to add the TableLayout to the RelativeLayout and am already getting an error. public class mainActi

[android-developers] Multiple Views on an activity.

2012-09-15 Thread Shoaib Dar
I need the top half of an activity for a game to be an interactive view, and the bottom half should have text and buttons that changes over time. I don't know where to start. Would you suggest i set most of this up in XML? is there an easy way for an activity to display separate views like this

Re: [android-developers] Editing XML file with Java

2012-09-12 Thread Shoaib Dar
Okay, thanks. but by "automatic", i meant that the view should scroll downward without user interaction; at a pace that i can set up. On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:41:44 PM UTC-4, TreKing wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Shoaib Dar > > wrote: > >&

[android-developers] Editing XML file with Java

2012-09-12 Thread Shoaib Dar
I want to edit an existing xml layout, using Java. I thought the following 2 lines would work. but Android does not display the layout. what am i doing wrong? ScrollView sv = (ScrollView)findViewById(R.layout.main_scrollview_layout); setContentView(sv); Also does anyone know how i can set scro

[android-developers] Re: AndEngine (GLES2) examples?

2012-09-05 Thread Shoaib Dar
17 hours and not a single view... -- 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 this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegr

[android-developers] AndEngine (GLES2) examples?

2012-09-05 Thread Shoaib Dar
I am trying to get started working with AndEngine, but i cannot find examples of AndEngine (GLES2) programs online. i can only find 2 basic sample projects. Can anyone help me out? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post

[android-developers] Re: oauth_callback is not calling the activity

2009-07-14 Thread dar
At first glance, it looks like the host parameter does not match your oauth_callback. On Jul 13, 7:16 pm, bo wrote: > I have a Twitter app and I need user of my Android application to > authorize its use. I'm at the point where I can call Twitter app page > in the browser from my code and succes

[android-developers] Re: How to put an AppWidget on lock screen?

2009-05-29 Thread dar
ped with 1.5. > > j > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 6:13 AM, dar wrote: > > > The documentation hints that: "...the lock screen could also contain > > widgets, and it would have a different way of adding, removing and > > otherwise managing widgets."  [1] > &

[android-developers] How to put an AppWidget on lock screen?

2009-05-29 Thread dar
The documentation hints that: "...the lock screen could also contain widgets, and it would have a different way of adding, removing and otherwise managing widgets." [1] Now that I have 1.5, I can see the lock screen changed to show the same background as the home screen. Is there a way to put A

[android-developers] Re: SharedPreferences got deleted! - What could be the problem?

2009-05-08 Thread dar
o the fields. On May 7, 4:22 pm, so_is wrote: > Well I know this bug. Here are the characters which can be in my > settings file: > > http://paste.pocoo.org/show/lqqABv2lblNz1Bkh9XNs/ > > Is there anything that could cause problems? > > On May 7, 3:18 pm, dar wrote: >

[android-developers] Re: SharedPreferences got deleted! - What could be the problem?

2009-05-07 Thread dar
Try putting in xml special characters into the strings you are saving directly with the editor without xml-escaping them, e.g. &'<>" and see if this reproduces the problem when you try to read in the saved preferences after your app has been killed (after a reboot, for example). On May 7, 5:24 am

[android-developers] Re: android service utilizing custom usb device

2009-04-28 Thread dar
Currently there is no usb host in the api. You'll need the ability for android to be a usb host, marked as an enhancement here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=738 You should star this issue if it is important to you. On Apr 28, 9:57 am, Ke wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I am look

[android-developers] Re: getting android_id from GoogleLoginServiceBlockingHelper?

2009-04-16 Thread dar
tem; > >>>> You'll see plenty of information which can then be changed; > >>>> update system set value='dead00beef' where name='android_id'; > > >>>> However, this only changes the android_id when you do a call to > >

[android-developers] Re: Does the Android support USB devices?

2009-03-13 Thread dar
Not yet. You'll need the ability for android to be a usb host, marked as an enhancement here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=738 On Mar 13, 3:33 am, Will wrote: > Question for anyone who thinks they know: > > Can Android interface with USB devices, like Phidgets? I looked, b

[android-developers] Re: How is the website in the contact info for each app used?

2009-03-08 Thread dar
The phone, email, and website are displayed in the market app. The user can touch the website and it launches the browser to that page. It can be done before they install the app. On Mar 8, 7:48 am, Teo wrote: > Can users visit the app website before installing? Sorry for asking a > question th

[android-developers] Re: Problem with video playing

2009-03-06 Thread dar
manoj wrote: > Hi dar, > > can you please tell me how to transcode? > > waiting for your reply... > > Thanks, > Manoj. > > On Mar 6, 9:03 pm, dar wrote: > > > > > This seems like a big hint: > > > W/PlayerDriver(  465): Video cannot

[android-developers] Re: Problem with video playing

2009-03-06 Thread dar
providers.downloads/.DownloadService > > On Mar 6, 7:56 pm, manoj wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > From my log, I found the following errrors: > > > E/MemoryHeapBase(  465): mmap(fd=19, size=233472) failed (Invalid > > argument) > > E/VideoMIO(

[android-developers] Re: Problem with video playing

2009-03-06 Thread dar
I think Dave is saying you have to transcode down to 480x320 - the maximum frame size the G1 supports. This brings up a second question, when we grab video assets, is there an api call to determine the maximum profile supported? I suppose that devices with better capabilities will come out and i

[android-developers] Re: How can a browser link to a search of application in the market?

2009-03-03 Thread dar
You have to match the package name exactly, and the app needs to be published and available in the market, and you have to click on the link. I found that just typing it in to the url of the browser did not work, but clicking on the link from a page does work. On Mar 3, 10:56 am, Mimi wrote: >

[android-developers] Re: Shared preferences not accessible in service

2009-03-03 Thread dar
See the Note on the docs: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/SharedPreferences.html. So, if your reader and writer are in the same process you are ok. If they are in separate processes you have to find another way to keep them in sync until the sdk supports separate processes

[android-developers] Re: getting android_id from GoogleLoginServiceBlockingHelper?

2009-02-28 Thread dar
I have a related question - is android_id implemented on the device and thus will not change no matter which gmail account is used on that device? I am hoping that if a user downloads my app and runs it on one device that they will get one android_id, and if they also use the same gmail account o

[android-developers] Re: Phone Calls

2009-02-27 Thread dar
Rather than put in false information, you can change the contact information for your app, or remove the phone number so that if you only want to provide email support no phone number is displayed. If you click on your app in the market developer console, and scroll to the bottom there are three

android-developers@googlegroups.com

2009-02-19 Thread dar
The http://www.android.com/market/terms/developer-content-policy.html states: "Developers should only charge for applications and downloads from Android Market through the Market's Payment Processor. Developers may offer free applications as access points to paid services for which customers have

[android-developers] Re: discover intents that an app supports

2009-02-02 Thread dar
It does not exist, it is meant to be an example of how it could be done. On Feb 2, 9:11 am, Peli wrote: > > In Android, to make it easier to let developers communicate how to use > > intents you could add a url to document how to use the Intent to the > > intent-filter. > >       http://mydomain

[android-developers] Re: discover intents that an app supports

2009-02-02 Thread dar
The "swamp" you are describing is very similar to what has happened with Microsoft's COM architecture. Once a COM interface is out there, other developers start using it, whether you want them to or not. In Android, to make it easier to let developers communicate how to use intents you could add

[android-developers] Library to convert an rtmp stream to rtsp?

2009-01-16 Thread dar
Does anyone know of a library or component which can be used to open and convert an RTMP video stream to RTSP to be used with the MediaPlayer object? Specifically looking to use this on the G1 with the current sdk. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message be

[android-developers] Re: Is there a way to tell the emulator to kill an activity?

2008-12-10 Thread dar
On osx you select the process and click the "stop" button, and it appears to kill the process. I don't know if that simulates the kernel killing the process selectively though. On Dec 10, 1:35 pm, Cheryl Sedota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to tell the emulator to kill an activity

[android-developers] Re: SharedPreferences problem

2008-12-01 Thread dar
Is there an exception thrown if the "... next time it is read it is unable to parse the truncated file."? If so, we could catch the exception and explain to the users that an error occurred reading the preferences, therefore we need to collect them again, or reset their preferences to the default

[android-developers] Re: When an app needs Google account credentials...

2008-12-01 Thread dar
I'm looking for this as well, to provide access to my google app engine applications. I'm guessing they store the session authorization token from AuthSub somewhere (take a look at AuthSub here: http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/index.html). It's probably just a matter of understanding where

[android-developers] Re: Marketplace html error - cannot administrate my downloads or create new applications. Will someone in google please read !

2008-11-23 Thread dar
There is a separate market help forum, maybe you'll get better results there: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market On Nov 23, 5:31 am, Richard Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there nobody here who can help? Is there anybody here who can > suggest who I ask ? > > On Nov 21, 2

[android-developers] Re: SharedPreferences problem

2008-11-19 Thread dar
e written to disk, and at whatever point your > process is killed while in the background they will be lost.  That is the > only way I can think of off-hand to explain what you describe. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:09 PM, dar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

[android-developers] Re: SharedPreferences problem

2008-11-19 Thread dar
Interesting, I noticed this line in the documentation just now, from http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/content/SharedPreferences.html "Note: currently this class does not support use across multiple processes. This will be added later." So to me, this means that even though my app

[android-developers] Re: Does Ant Sign Apps?

2008-11-19 Thread dar
The build.xml created by activitycreator.py did not include signing targets when I ran it. The release target creates the ${out-unsigned- package} apk which is named ${ant.project.name}-unsigned.apk when I run it. Be sure to read: http://code.google.com/android/devel/sign-publish.html First cre

[android-developers] Re: SharedPreferences problem

2008-11-18 Thread dar
I'm having an issue where some users are seeing the SharedPreferences disappearing after some time. I have two separate Actvities, one writing, and the other reading. I assume these two activities are both in the same process (they both run from the same app), but is this causing the problem? W

[android-developers] SharedPreferences are getting erased

2008-11-18 Thread dar
I'm on RC30, and I have not seen this issue first hand, but some of my users are reporting that my app is losing its SharedPreferences after about an hour, or some other unspecified time. They say they are not uninstalling the application. The only way I have seen the SharedPreferences be erased