[android-developers] The GPS Shutdown Thing

2009-11-19 Thread jtoolsdev
I have two apps that take advantage of GPS. The recommendation of the SDK is for setting up the location listener is to set time at 6ms or 1 minute. My tests show if you use that number when exiting the app it may not shutdown GPS. Even using the call to stop location updates when onStop

[android-developers] Re: The GPS Shutdown Thing

2009-11-19 Thread jtoolsdev
3:20 pm, Nathan wrote: > On Nov 19, 12:09 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > > > The recommendation of > > the SDK is for setting up the location listener is to set time at > > 6ms or 1 minute.   > > Really? Does Google Maps follow that guideline? > > > My tests

[android-developers] Singed App on Emulator

2009-02-19 Thread jtoolsdev
I have an app that is ready for release however after signing the app when I attempt to upload it to the emulator I get an "INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE." I've searched and haven't found anything on this message. I also signed another copy using the debug key and it installed fine. Eithe

[android-developers] Re: Handling large screens, such as tablets - still doesn't make sense to me

2010-09-14 Thread jtoolsdev
I happened to hear from Samsung about a particular app they were interested in having ready for the India release. The app was 1.5 compatible and interestingly the ImageView bitmap scaled fine even to WVGA 854x480 without any changes. Guess that's why I never heard from any users that it was post

[android-developers] Re: Career as an Andoid developer. Is there any point?

2011-05-25 Thread jtoolsdev
And it's probably a good idea to acknowledge that we have an Android "gold rush" going on at the moment so the market will be flooded with Android developers. And it will be difficult for those in the position of hiring to sort out who knows what they are doing and those who don't. As far as how

[android-developers] Re: Career as an Andoid developer. Is there any point?

2011-05-26 Thread jtoolsdev
Yes, it's definitely luck. If there were a formula we'd all be doing it. You have to be the right person with the right idea in the right place at the right time to have a big winner on the Market or in business in general. When SimCity came out on the Mac and I was finishing the Amiga version a

[android-developers] Re: Android emulator bottleneck

2011-05-31 Thread jtoolsdev
Ah, the emulator isn't running ARM code just the Dalvik engine. The problem has been addressed elsewhere by developer supprot that it is not possible to build an emulator so far that can take advantage of the graphics acceleration on your PC. On May 31, 12:25 pm, String wrote: > The bottleneck i

[android-developers] Re: Android emulator bottleneck

2011-06-01 Thread jtoolsdev
support that the problem had to do with not being able to use the graphics card acceleration on the PCs. Someone will probably figure that one out though. On May 31, 1:13 pm, Chris Stratton wrote: > On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:30:39 PM UTC-4, jtoolsdev wrote: > > Ah, the emulator i

[android-developers] Re: Amazon AppStore, are you earning something from there?

2011-06-04 Thread jtoolsdev
Most of my apps require the Google API and I was thinking of making some "special editions" that don't because Amazon sells a number of devices such as tablets that only come with the Android API. That might be a good use of Amazon store whereas if a device has licensed the Google API it should co

[android-developers] Re: latitude and longitude

2011-06-14 Thread jtoolsdev
Depends on what you mean by "easy." You can get the "last known location" without waiting using GPS but it if is out of date may return nothing. You can get the coarse location or the longitude and latitude of the cell tower quickly too. GPS to update and synchronize can take a while so it is go

[android-developers] Re: LVL and WIFI-only tablets

2011-06-19 Thread jtoolsdev
Tailor your LVL code to deal with it. You can let the app run but check the next time it is run with wifi available and then maybe stop checking altogether after a while. On Jun 18, 4:31 pm, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > This has become an issue recently for me -- no doubt because of the > rise in the

[android-developers] Re: I am unable to play MP4, MPG or MOV file on Gingerbread emulator

2011-06-22 Thread jtoolsdev
You need to run the emulator on a fast machine to even get MP4 files to play. MPG and MOV are not supported. MP4 files play fine on my 64- bit multicore machines (Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04). On Jun 21, 10:00 pm, rinks24583 wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to play media file on Gingerbread emulator

[android-developers] Re: Error installing Android Studio Preview version

2013-05-16 Thread jtoolsdev
So what might break if the Java configuration is changed? Changing Java configurations is not something that developers do everyday. There probably needs to be more complete instructions. Eclipse works fine with my current configuration. I may wait on Studio until I see what problems and so

[android-developers] Re: App not compatible on Samsung GT-P3110

2013-05-17 Thread jtoolsdev
Though that device is only 1024x600 maybe Play sees it as an xlargeScreen. I've found much of the recommendations and settings not to work as the docs advertise. I would suggest creating a draft application so you can play with manifest settings to get a list of compatible devices. On Thursd

Re: [android-developers] Re: Error installing Android Studio Preview version

2013-05-17 Thread jtoolsdev
it's the bat configuration that they use on Android Studio. If > you check it (inside the bin folder of Android Studio) you will see where > it checks for JDKs and you will be able to solve the problem! > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:56 AM, jtoolsdev > > wrote: > >

Re: [android-developers] Re: Error installing Android Studio Preview version

2013-05-18 Thread jtoolsdev
ou don't like the direction that they're > going with Unity. > > On Friday, May 17, 2013 3:31:23 PM UTC-4, jtoolsdev wrote: >> >> On Ubuntu it's the .sh but I hadn't tried any troubleshooting. Just >> wanted to see if it worked out of the box. The .sh

[android-developers] Re: Some tablets marked as Incompatible in Play Store, but not in Developer Console

2013-05-23 Thread jtoolsdev
For one app I have two APKs, one for 10" tablets and another for everything else. To get that working properly I uploaded a draft "hello world" app testing two different manifest settings to see the supported devices. Now they have implemented BETA and ALPHA version APKs you can test that way

[android-developers] Re: Google Cancelled this Order. Reason: Other

2013-07-09 Thread jtoolsdev
Looks to me that most of these I've had are due to using a credit card that had expired, incorrectly entered or maybe even stolen. - Brian On Friday, July 5, 2013 9:48:24 AM UTC-7, Nathan wrote: > > I've always gotten a few of these orders. I have never known what the heck > that means or what

[android-developers] Nexus 10 and screen size qualifiers

2012-12-17 Thread jtoolsdev
We really need a tool determine how Google Play will filter our screen size qualifiers before we update our APKs. I have two APKs for an app. One is for devices with screens less than 10" in size and one for those of 10" or larger. This has worked fine for a year but now I'm learning that the

[android-developers] Re: android emulator

2012-12-22 Thread jtoolsdev
Do you mean an emulator that does not require someone to download the whole SDK just to test or review your app? A reviewer used the Bluestacks beta last year to review one of my apps and I provided him a review copy of the app and instructions on how to install it using Bluestacks. On Tuesday

[android-developers] Emulators limited to 1280x800?

2012-12-27 Thread jtoolsdev
I've tried to create an emulator device definition for the Nexus 10 which double 1280x800 or 2560x1600. It won't run and logcat seems to show it in a loop. I tried a 1920x1080 device and it did the same thing. I need to test some bitmap scaling for my tablet app but am not able to do so with

Re: [android-developers] Emulators limited to 1280x800?

2012-12-27 Thread jtoolsdev
ver there can confirm our > theory or provide instructions for high-resolution emulator images. > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 3:50 PM, jtoolsdev > > wrote: > > I've tried to create an emulator device definition for the Nexus 10 > which > > double 1280x800 or 2

Re: [android-developers] Emulators limited to 1280x800?

2012-12-28 Thread jtoolsdev
d. On Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:22:01 PM UTC-8, jtoolsdev wrote: > > Of course after I posted the topic I remembered I wanted to try launching > the emulator with with "Use Host GPU" checked and the Nexus 10 emulator > launched. Same with the 1080p (probably should be

[android-developers] Re: TV broadcast signal on android app

2012-12-29 Thread jtoolsdev
Of course that tuner is DVB which will work in Europe but they don't have an ATSC Android tuner which one would need in the US. They do have one for laptops. On Friday, December 28, 2012 2:08:31 PM UTC-8, bob wrote: > > It sounds like this is what you are looking for: > > http://www.geniatech.c

[android-developers] Re: Total User Installs decreasing

2013-01-12 Thread jtoolsdev
Kinda bad for a company famous for its Internet services. I'm seeing it too. On Saturday, January 12, 2013 12:59:55 PM UTC-8, Iain King wrote: > > My total user installs on an app has gone down by 2 over the last couple > of weeks. I have no cancelled orders or anything like that; anyone know

[android-developers] Re: Adventures with LVL

2010-10-31 Thread jtoolsdev
I have only had one customer complain of a problem since I upgraded to LVL. And who knows why that is happening as they could have changed emails since the original purchase under the old system or part of the problem which seems to be going on with the Market these days. Also it was my understa

[android-developers] Re: device fingerprinting

2010-10-31 Thread jtoolsdev
Isn't LVL locked to the user's Google email? I thought that was the idea though they you can use device IDs as an option. Linked to the account it allows the user to install the app again if they get a different device. The ID option would be for a single device policy though they could stand to

[android-developers] SQL Case Sensitivity between 2.1 and 2.2

2010-11-08 Thread jtoolsdev
Is there any reason why SQL became case sensitive with Froyo (2.2)? I was tracking down why I have an Error reported which doesn't occur on my 2.1 phone nor on earlier OS version emulation with SimpleCursorAdapter. My bad was that between two selectable databases that one had lower case fields and

[android-developers] Re: SQL Case Sensitivity between 2.1 and 2.2

2010-11-08 Thread jtoolsdev
u'll get an exception saying the field "place" does not exist. On Nov 8, 3:39 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:48 PM, jtoolsdev wrote: > > Is there any reason why SQL became case sensitive with Froyo (2.2)? > > It isn't, AFAIK. > > &

[android-developers] Re: New Proguard scheme breaks Log message removal

2012-08-27 Thread jtoolsdev
he support libraries. On Monday, April 23, 2012 12:33:17 PM UTC-7, jtoolsdev wrote: > > One of the techniques that I have been using to remove Log messages is to > use: > > -assumenosideeffects class android.util.Log { > public static int v(...); > public static int i(

[android-developers] Re: Top Developer?

2012-06-27 Thread jtoolsdev
It wouldn't surprise me if the qualification went first to companies that have a tech support division. IOW, larger companies. Probably later for smaller developers. Correct me if you know of any "bedroom developers" who are "top developers." There might be a tendency for less experienced

[android-developers] Re: Wrong resolution ???

2012-11-23 Thread jtoolsdev
Probably confusion. It's kind of hard to sort out information from those documents. In fact I found that emulators and real devices were picking up different dimens.xml files I was using for setting font sizes than what the documentation claimed. Fortunately this had also been discovered by o

[android-developers] Emulator for Samsung GT-P3100 7"

2012-11-23 Thread jtoolsdev
I have a customer who reports that with my recent update the menu icon has disappeared. I'm assuming the whole bottom bar has disappeared. However my update took that into account and the target SDK is set at 11 and the build SDK for 9. I'm using the support-4 jar. The configuration for this

Re: [android-developers] Re: In search of Nexus 10 ADB drivers

2012-11-23 Thread jtoolsdev
What do we do for Linux? I get the Camera folder for a Galaxy Nexus opening on Ubuntu 10.04 but with my other devices I could get the whole SD card. It also refuses to copy the JPG picture files though it will copy the video files. I read this has something to do with MTP. On Friday, Novembe

Re: [android-developers] Re: Wrong resolution ???

2012-11-23 Thread jtoolsdev
. And 160 dpi is correct. In my case I need for the app to use the correct dimens.xml file but it wasn't working as advertised. On Friday, November 23, 2012 11:46:12 AM UTC-8, Fran wrote: > > On 11/23/2012 07:52 PM, jtoolsdev wrote: > > Probably confusion. It's kind

[android-developers] Re: Emulator for Samsung GT-P3100 7"

2012-11-23 Thread jtoolsdev
to 11 and setting it back to 9 solved the problem. This needs to be sorted out and made clearer in the docs. On Friday, November 23, 2012 11:26:53 AM UTC-8, jtoolsdev wrote: > > I have a customer who reports that with my recent update the menu icon has > disappeared. I'm assuming th

[android-developers] Re: Making a video of your app running

2011-01-05 Thread jtoolsdev
If you have a fast enough PC then you can use CamStudio program to capture a demo on an emulator. Worked great and much better than a previous demo I did pointing a camera at a phone. Then using my editing program I zoomed in and out so the user could understand that the MENU button is for menus

[android-developers] Re: Comments lost in the developer console and market app

2011-01-06 Thread jtoolsdev
There are quite a few messages from developers on this over on the Andriod Market Technical Help section so it seems to be a widespread problem or Google burp. On Jan 6, 6:35 am, Alex Xin wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know why, but some of my app comments lost in the developer console. > I cannot find

[android-developers] Re: Not Able to Browse Internet and Google Map on Emulator

2011-01-06 Thread jtoolsdev
I had a similar problem yesterday using a Gingerbread emulator. I thought I was connected to the Internet but was not. Relaunched the emulator and was connected. So all you may need to do is relaunch the emulator. Probably if you wade through all the Logcat output you may be able to see where i

[android-developers] Re: First attempt at LVL Licensing

2011-01-09 Thread jtoolsdev
I first tested with the Android LVL example app and had no problems. Inconsistent results might be due to other things such as newer SDK emulators seem to need faster machines to run on and whether they are getting a reliable Internet connection. I had a devil of a time getting a 2.3 emulator to c

[android-developers] Re: Android Development Income Tax Question

2011-01-20 Thread jtoolsdev
I would recommend seeing a tax accountant because these things can get complicated and not doing the forms right can result in an invitation from the IRS. On Jan 20, 12:51 pm, vistaman wrote: > Last year, I made about $1200 selling my apps on Market, including ads > income. However, I've also spe

[android-developers] Build.SERIAL deprecated?

2011-01-20 Thread jtoolsdev
I've been testing a device that doesn't return any Anroid ID or any kind of identifier short of MAC address but it does have a serial number which is also shown in the Setting device information. I not that android.os.Build.SERIAL is listed in the documentation but I don't find it when I try to s

[android-developers] Re: Android Development Income Tax Question

2011-01-21 Thread jtoolsdev
I don't even like to do the tax worksheets my accountant sends me. So talk about eyes glazing over. But the first time I filed back in the last century as a self-employed person I got audited rather laughingly by the IRS who told me "use an accountant" because the deductions are tricky to take.

[android-developers] Re: another problem with Galaxy Tab and fullscreen

2011-01-23 Thread jtoolsdev
A little off topic but Samsung still needs to release a skin for the Galaxy tablet that has the Google API in it. I think most if not all Galaxy tablets available have the API but the skin doesn't. On Jan 21, 5:47 am, guich wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running our application on galaxy tab. My app draws

[android-developers] Re: Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY when trying to run the app in device

2011-02-03 Thread jtoolsdev
This usually indicates that you are trying to run on a device or emulator that does not have the Google API. Try just setting Android API and see if it installs. GPS doesn't need the Google API to install and probably the Camera doesn't either. Many inexpensive tablets come without the Google AP

[android-developers] LVL and new SDKs

2011-02-26 Thread jtoolsdev
I finally downloaded the 2.3.3 and 3.0 SDKs and like 2.3 LVL does not work with the emulators. Anyone else seeing this? A number of people reported seeing it with 2.3 and I've never seen a resolution to the problem. Is there something extra we have to do for these platforms? Kinda makes it diffi

[android-developers] Re: LVL and new SDKs

2011-02-28 Thread jtoolsdev
Reports of this problem have been around for at least a couple months and it is still not fixed? From the log I can see that it appears to be a binding error and that was what was reported with the Gingerbread emulators. On Feb 26, 1:16 pm, mp6800 wrote: > Yeah the problem still seems to exist.

[android-developers] Re: Experiences with Application Licensing?

2011-03-09 Thread jtoolsdev
Support for it is rather vague too. On my apps if I run monkey on the app without the licensing I can do 50,000 events and no crashes. The app with LVL crashes on one of those APN keystroke things. The LVL team needs to update the source to prevent that. I believe in using licensing if anything

[android-developers] Re: Experiences with Application Licensing?

2011-03-09 Thread jtoolsdev
ng how to fix the situation, who > will never contact you again if you ask for an order number. > > Good luck, > -Kevin > > On Mar 9, 3:02 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > > > Support for it is rather vague too.  On my apps if I run monkey on the > > app without the licensing

[android-developers] Re: GLIBC 2.11 needed for emulator in SDK 2.3 !!!!

2010-12-07 Thread jtoolsdev
Same here on Ubuntu 9.10. Hoses any development until there is a solution. Looking at reported 2.3 errors popping developers may want to wait to update. On Dec 7, 6:56 am, Fred J wrote: > Same error on (Mandriva release 2010) > > On 6 déc, 22:27, elpix1 wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I updated the SDK

[android-developers] Re: GLIBC 2.11 needed for emulator in SDK 2.3 !!!!

2010-12-07 Thread jtoolsdev
Found out the QA machines at Android were upgraded to Lucid so they didn't catch the glibc thing. They are hoping to issue a fix. On Dec 7, 2:22 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > Same here on Ubuntu 9.10.  Hoses any development until there is a > solution.  Looking at reported 2.3 err

[android-developers] Proguard problem after 2.3 update

2010-12-12 Thread jtoolsdev
I updated the android 2.3 and when I try to run the proguard builds that worked before am getting this: /add-proguard-release.xml:35: Problem: failed to create task or type proguard Cause: The name is undefined. Action: Check the spelling. Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declar

[android-developers] Re: Proguard problem after 2.3 update

2010-12-12 Thread jtoolsdev
f the error message I supplied was rather cryptic and related to Ganymede not Galileo. On Dec 12, 6:08 pm, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > You cannot use your pre-2.3 files.  You basically need to renerate > using android update/ > > On Dec 13, 9:26 am, jtoolsdev wrote: > > > I update

[android-developers] Re: Proguard problem after 2.3 update

2010-12-13 Thread jtoolsdev
st. That's all you need. no more mofiying > build.xml, as it's built-in. > > As for Eclipse, proguard is there in release mode. This is when you > export a release (signed / unsigned) app. default debug (incremental) > builds are not run through proguard. > > Xav > > &g

[android-developers] Re: Proguard problem after 2.3 update

2010-12-14 Thread jtoolsdev
the development environment. Next time I'll wait for revision 2 or higher. On Dec 13, 12:56 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > And proguard.config=/path/to/proguard.cfg goes where?  In the > build.xml?  local.properties?  There already seems to be a reference > to it in the add-proguard-release

[android-developers] Re: Proguard problem after 2.3 update

2010-12-14 Thread jtoolsdev
Got ant 1.8.1 running, didn't help. Bizarre. On Dec 14, 3:01 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > For those following this Android sneaked in an instruction that to > even use Proguard in Eclipse you need to modify the default.properties > file with the proguard.config=proguard.cfg (or wherever

[android-developers] Re: Proguard problem after 2.3 update

2010-12-14 Thread jtoolsdev
gned obfuscated app on an emulator on another machine and the license worked there but that installation is 2.2. It would be nice to know what is causing that. On Dec 14, 3:01 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > For those following this Android sneaked in an instruction that to > even use Proguard i

[android-developers] Re: Proguard problem after 2.3 update

2010-12-15 Thread jtoolsdev
you have to > change the Ant preferences in Eclipse to point to your 1.8.1 > installation? > > Also, did you have to add "-ignorewarning" to your proguard.cfg to get > it to complete the Proguard phase? > > jb > > On Dec 14, 4:37 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > >

[android-developers] Re: LVL and 2.3 Emulator

2010-12-15 Thread jtoolsdev
Same here too. I even checked and the Market Licensing Source wasn't updated for 2.3 either which I thought might be the problem. Maybe someone will find some obscure note that we were all supposed to read for a setting we were supposed to do when upgrading to 2.3 but I certainly haven't found o

[android-developers] Re: LVL and 2.3 Emulator

2010-12-15 Thread jtoolsdev
Today it worked when I ran an emulator in Eclipse from SDK and AVD manager. On Dec 15, 1:03 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > Same here too.  I even checked and the Market Licensing Source wasn't > updated for 2.3 either which I thought might be the problem.   Maybe > someone will find som

[android-developers] Re: LVL and 2.3 Emulator

2010-12-16 Thread jtoolsdev
Anybody think Google may have "rushed" the Gingerbread release? On Dec 16, 7:19 am, CedarF wrote: > Does not work for me too, starting or not from eclipse avd > > On 8 déc, 03:58, Nick wrote: > > > I have LVL working with my app and am able to test it with the 2.2 > > Google API emulator. I upda

[android-developers] Re: Proguard problem after 2.3 update

2010-12-21 Thread jtoolsdev
>  4. Added proguard.config=proguard.cfg to default.properties > > I'm getting the same error: Problem: failed to create task or type > proguard. > > Any ideas? > > On Dec 15, 4:30 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > > > No I didn't do anything to Eclipse and looking at th

[android-developers] Re: LVL and 2.3 Emulator

2010-12-21 Thread jtoolsdev
ore things. On Dec 17, 8:50 am, Nick wrote: > I still can't get it working. > > jstoolsdev, > Did you change anything to get it to start working? > > On Dec 15, 8:55 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > > > Today it worked when I ran an emulator in Eclipse from SDK and AVD > &

[android-developers] Re: Proguard problem after 2.3 update

2010-12-22 Thread jtoolsdev
I disabled the Proguard build from Eclipse by commenting out the proguard.cfg reference in default.properties. Then did a "Refresh" from the project's menu so it would take effect. On Dec 22, 7:20 am, licorna wrote: > Is there any way to disable this functionality. I just want to keep working >

[android-developers] Re: Demo vs Paid and that 15 minutes of refund policy

2010-12-24 Thread jtoolsdev
I used the emulator, CamStudio and made a video demo of my products and created a channel on YouTube. That may work better than a demo version depending on what your product does. Now the only problem is after supplying the link to the video (which the Market has an entry for) is waiting for them

[android-developers] Re: Android 2.3 SDK Emulator is very slow

2011-01-02 Thread jtoolsdev
My 4 core AMD 64-bit machine running Windows 7 loads a 2.2 AVD fast (haven't tried a 2.3 on it yet) and responds like an Android device. In fact I did video demos of my apps on it with the emulator and CamStudio. It will even play video files on the SD card image. I develop on an Ubuntu machine wi

[android-developers] Please make NumberPicker a usable widget

2009-12-16 Thread jtoolsdev
I know I could use it and I think others have mentioned they would like to use it in their apps. Currently it is "internal" so we're not supposed to use it and we have to "roll our own" which is a pain (I've done it). Also why does DatePicker only have a 200 year range (1900-2100)? Even the date

[android-developers] NumberPicker based widgets function different in emulator than phone

2009-12-21 Thread jtoolsdev
TimePicker and DatePicker use NumberPicker which is an internal widget. On the emulator the EditText on the widget is focusable and you can type into it. On my phone, and HTC Eris, you cannot. Does this have something to do with the "attributes" (which I don't entirely understand) and HTC maybe

[android-developers] Re: NumberPicker based widgets function different in emulator than phone

2009-12-22 Thread jtoolsdev
On Dec 21, 12:04 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > TimePicker and DatePicker use NumberPicker which is an internal > widget.  On the emulator the EditText on the widget is focusable and > you can type into it.  On my phone, and HTC Eris, you cannot.  Does > this have something to do with the

[android-developers] Reusing ListView Custom Adapter

2009-12-30 Thread jtoolsdev
I have a ListView in my application that uses a Custom Adapter. It's uses TextViews where I am able to set the color. The Custom Adapter is based on examples in the ApiDemo and examples elsewhere. However in none of those examples did I find how to clear the adapter since the data for that List

[android-developers] Re: Reusing ListView Custom Adapter

2009-12-31 Thread jtoolsdev
Thank's Mark. That's what I figured was happening but wanted to be sure. I saw your post yesterday (on another computer that didn't have this account set on it) but couldn't reply until today. I've been posting with this address since spring. I though the 24 hour thing only happened the first t

[android-developers] Re: Please make NumberPicker a usable widget

2010-01-13 Thread jtoolsdev
it is not part of the documentation for DatePicker and should be. I haven't found a way to do this from the DatePicker dialog however though maybe there some high voodoo to do it. On Dec 16 2009, 1:05 pm, jtoolsdev wrote: > I know I could use it and I think others have mentioned th

[android-developers] Re: When is android market opening to India??

2010-10-08 Thread jtoolsdev
India got paid apps on the 6th and I have since had orders from customers in India. On Oct 6, 10:51 pm, Kumar Bibek wrote: > All I can say is "Wait and Watch" :( > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Vijay Vikrant Balyan < > > > > vijayvikran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > >      Does anybody

[android-developers] Re: Integrating Proguard using recently posted instructions

2010-10-16 Thread jtoolsdev
Hope you aren't still eating candy bars. However, Dan is not a tech writer and the article needs to be a bit more fleshed out. I was stumped similarly to you yesterday until I figured out that to actually obfuscate I had to point to the directory where the proguard jar file was located. This was

Re: [android-developers] Why won't my app work on devices running 6.0?

2016-05-25 Thread jtoolsdev
I think we're expected to be psychic. Just put our Android phone to our forehead and we'll immediately know the answers. There are all kinds of reasons that apps break on new versions of Android. One of the known reasons is that things don't work in the real world as they do in Mountain View

[android-developers] Dealing with the Marshmallow Memory Mess

2016-07-12 Thread jtoolsdev
We all know about the mess that Marshmallow brought with extended memory. I do have an occasional patient who complains that they can't access the database which is kept in an "extended memory" folder as it has been for years (and as many apps do). The only way I can replicate their problem is

[android-developers] Re: Views vs Graphics

2016-08-19 Thread jtoolsdev
I'm not quite clear on why one would be concerned about performance on presenting a crossword page? Even if it took a couple seconds I don't think users would be disappointed. It's like psychologically it's thinking and doing something. Devices though are getting faster and faster. Even whe

Re: [android-developers] Re: Meta: Changes to new-user moderation policy

2016-08-26 Thread jtoolsdev
Google probably needs to bite the bullet and create a real forum. The recruitment stuff could be in it's own section and topics specific to development areas. The Google+ experiment didn't work out so well. What does seem to work are actual forums but that would need to be budgeted and at le

Re: [android-developers] Re: Meta: Changes to new-user moderation policy

2016-09-02 Thread jtoolsdev
This place is a mess anyway. Like Trevor said Google+ developer groups didn't work out. They became social networking brag stations. An actual forum BBS would be better but perhaps Google doesn't have any such company written software and they tend to suffer from the NIH syndrome. With a fo

Re: [android-developers] Physical address is required for paid apps or in-app purchases

2014-09-20 Thread jtoolsdev
As one of the developers whose software was pirated a couple years back (wondered where all those millions of dollars went) Google provided my address to the FBI who sent the same letter than they emailed me and a pamphlet about their anti-piracy activities. DHS should have no problem getting

Re: [android-developers] Re: Physical address is required for paid apps or in-app purchases

2014-09-25 Thread jtoolsdev
So if it has to do with European customer protection laws why don't they just say so in the notification AND put a link the law? Or is that too much work for them? There seems to be an attitude against people being able to make money on their own and that you MUST work with a big company in t

Re: [android-developers] Re: Physical address is required for paid apps or in-app purchases

2014-09-26 Thread jtoolsdev
so we'll see when there actually is a way to > enter the address. Right now, it seems like there isn't, and my request for > a clarification has not been answered (so far). > > -- K > > > 2014-09-25 22:55 GMT+04:00 jtoolsdev >: > >> So if it has to do wi

Re: [android-developers] Re: Physical address is required for paid apps or in-app purchases

2014-10-01 Thread jtoolsdev
I still want to know what EU laws they are complying with? I don't see anything about developer addresses in the letter the EU sent to them. Also if you read the new agreement, section 3.7 shows the refund period as 48 hours instead of the NEW refund period of 2 hours. It apparently was left

Re: [android-developers] Re: Physical address is required for paid apps or in-app purchases

2014-10-02 Thread jtoolsdev
Now says two hours: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/134336 On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 3:18:45 PM UTC-7, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: > > 2014-10-02 0:07 GMT+04:00 jtoolsdev >: > > I still want to know what EU laws they are complying with? I don't see > >

Re: [android-developers] Re: Physical address is required for paid apps or in-app purchases

2014-10-02 Thread jtoolsdev
I'm not an attorney but it looks to me that the section (4.3.2.4) of the EU guidelines linked in that issue is only asking to know the place of origin. Hence city, state or country might indeed suffice especially if you look at the section preceding. There is an inference that email might do

Re: [android-developers] Physical address is required for paid apps or in-app purchases

2014-10-07 Thread jtoolsdev
I don't recall that last week it said "postal address". It looks like they updated it and added more language to that section in Settings. AND it mentions the address requirement that is in the "developer terms" so I clicked on that link and did search on address and that word is not even in

Re: [android-developers] Experienced Android developer needed

2014-11-09 Thread jtoolsdev
The proper way to do a contract is to have a signing fee which is very standard in the industry. That way you are always ahead moneywise in the game. If they won't do a signing fee that then you don't want to work for them. On Thursday, November 6, 2014 3:16:34 AM UTC-8, vonguyen wrote: > > H

[android-developers] Re: Migrating Android Library projects to Android Studio

2014-12-22 Thread jtoolsdev
I ran into a similar problem but it turned out that just using "Organize Imports" on each of those files did the trick. And doing so just eliminated the .R reference altogether in each file. Then it built. Isn't changing development environments fun! On Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:59:58 PM

[android-developers] Re: Phasing out a subscription

2015-01-07 Thread jtoolsdev
Sounds like a design oversight. File it as an issue if it hasn't been already. On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 12:55:31 PM UTC-8, Nathan wrote: > > Due to changes in business conditions and agreements with third parties, I > need to phase out a yearly subscription. > > That is, no new people wil

[android-developers] Re: How to delete a cheat score in google play games Leaderboard?

2015-03-17 Thread jtoolsdev
There's a web app that Google provides source for that will allow you to delete the test scores. Just look through the docs for the game services and you'll find it. On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 8:04:15 AM UTC-7, saex wrote: > > I have a fake score in my leaderboard, exists a way to delete it?

[android-developers] Re: How to delete a cheat score in google play games Leaderboard?

2015-03-18 Thread jtoolsdev
t score, the game is published for months and the > leaderboard too. > > El martes, 17 de marzo de 2015, 19:53:44 (UTC+1), jtoolsdev escribió: >> >> There's a web app that Google provides source for that will allow you to >> delete the test scores. Just look through t

[android-developers] Re: How to delete a cheat score in google play games Leaderboard?

2015-03-18 Thread jtoolsdev
And here's the web tools (I thought it was also in the prior package but its not). https://github.com/playgameservices/management-tools On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 11:43:40 AM UTC-7, jtoolsdev wrote: > > Try here: > https://github.com/playgameservices/android-basic-samples >

[android-developers] Re: How to delete a cheat score in google play games Leaderboard?

2015-03-21 Thread jtoolsdev
am just astonished > > El miércoles, 18 de marzo de 2015, 19:47:28 (UTC+1), jtoolsdev escribió: >> >> And here's the web tools (I thought it was also in the prior package but >> its not). >> https://github.com/playgameservices/management-tools >> >&

[android-developers] Re: will increasing the memory for android studio or the emulater make it faster?

2015-09-29 Thread jtoolsdev
On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 7:58:41 AM UTC-7, Ray Tayek wrote: > > i have 16g of ram. is there any reason to use more? > > if so, how do i do this? > > thanks > Sounds like you are running a virtualized emulator. I can't on this Linux machine (it lacks 3 instructions on the AMD chip) so

Re: [android-developers] Is this list dying?

2015-10-26 Thread jtoolsdev
And before they wanted developers to use StackOverflow they wanted us to use the Google+ developr groups which are kind of a mess to sort through. And then there was the Android Google group for those who were publishing apps on the "Android Market". That was a fun group with many folks whose

[android-developers] Re: My apk is pirated

2016-01-21 Thread jtoolsdev
Along with the suggestions from the are depending on your app when you check for those things maybe make the app seem it is running like normal but it isn't. This is something I learned years ago when making Palm apps. Hackers were proud about breaking the app but then were insulted by people

[android-developers] Re: How to integrate in app billing in android

2016-01-31 Thread jtoolsdev
There are some good blog articles online with concise information. You can fill in the rest by reading Google's documentation though I wouldn't say that documentation is Google's strong point. On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 8:38:48 AM UTC-8, Jin Cheng wrote: > > Hello, everybody. > I am making

[android-developers] What to use for supports-screens so that only 10" screens an alternatate APK?

2012-03-08 Thread jtoolsdev
I have now had a report that someone with the 1024x600 Samsung 6200 got the APK intended for the 10" and larger size screens. With that APK the layout uses Fragments to put all the display elements on one page and on a 1024x600 screen the display gets cropped on the right and bottom. The othe

Re: [android-developers] What to use for supports-screens so that only 10" screens an alternatate APK?

2012-03-09 Thread jtoolsdev
sion even if they have a higher density screen. On Friday, March 9, 2012 5:33:41 AM UTC-8, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:28 PM, jtoolsdev wrote: > > I have now had a report that someone with the 1024x600 Samsung 6200 got > the > > APK intended

[android-developers] Re: What to use for supports-screens so that only 10" screens an alternatate APK?

2012-03-10 Thread jtoolsdev
x27;t work. Here's what I did and doesn't work: On Thursday, March 8, 2012 7:28:19 PM UTC-8, jtoolsdev wrote: > > I have now had a report that someone with the 1024x600 Samsung 6200 got > the APK intended for the 10" and larger size screens. With that APK the >

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