[android-developers] Exporting android project as a shared jarfile under Eclipse

Hi, I've factored out some common code into an Android project, which (certainly under Eclipse) is required to have an AndroidManifest.xml. If I export this shared code as a jarfile and link it to my main project, the Davik compiler gives an error about a duplicate manifest. If I don't include t

[android-developers] Activity is unable to start service in same package

Hi, I have a service class my.app.MyService that I'm attempting to launch from my.app.MyActivity as follows: Intent svc = new Intent( this, MyService.class ); The manifest contains the entries: LogCat gives the message: "Unable to start service Intent { comp={"my.app/ my.app.MyService" }

[android-developers] Video Recorder as alternative to Camera Preview filter?

A number of previous posts imply that attempts to apply bespoke image processing on a Camera preview are hamstrung by a buggy API and will in any event run extremely slowly due to the need to manually decode the preview buffer. Can anyone comment on whether it is possible to use the video recorde

[android-developers] MVC model state change requires creating an Intent?

Hi, I have a main activity class that launches a couple of my subordinate activities from a tabHost. Periodically (actually when I receive an incoming message on a socket), I want to inform the subordinate activities that application state has changed so that they can refresh their views. In Sw