android

Getting the dirty region inside draw()

If I invalidate() a part of my custom view with a dirty rect parameter, how do I get the dirty rect inside the draw() method? The clipping rect of the canvas is not the same - in my experience, it's typically few times larger. ...

Android Contacts

Hi I have a java code for contacts app in Android and it needs a package named import com.google.android.collect.Maps; I am not able to figure out how to include this in eclipse so that I can go ahead working with this app. ...

Custom Parcelable object passed to core

I want to send a broadcast message with intent within extra data of my custom type which implements Parcelable. In more details: I want to create a shortcut on the HS However system does not accept object of my custom Command type, error message: android.os.BadParcelableException: ClassNotFoundException when unmarshalling: com.solvek.us...

gson serialization of Date field in MS WCF compatible form

I access a web service in a POST method. I need to send to the server a json serialized object. In my Android class I have some string fields and a Date field. This Date field gets serialized like this: .... TouchDateTime":"Oct 6, 2010 5:55:29 PM"}" but to be compatible with the web service I need to have it like: "TouchDateTime":"\/...

SQLite queries failing in Android

If I use the query to return some basic columns in table, that is OK. But if I use group by, order by , sum(column) or choose specified columns, the query fails to run. I use Cursor query method or rawquery, both the same. If I run the following queries in adb shell, it works without problems. select * from table (work) select fielda,...

Application crashes when user presses Back Button

Good day all, First of all, maybe i went about this the wrong way in the first place. Situation is, i have a listview that when an item is clicked, it creates an intent and calls startActivityForResult() to another activity, to be able to edit the entries in the row. and that other activity after editing the required values, returns back...

Android: looking for a drawArc() method with inner & outer radius

I have the following custom view: This I have achieved by using the Canvas' drawArc() method. However, with this drawArc() method I cannot limit the arc's inner radius. What I'd like to have is something like this: where there is only an outer ring left. What I need is an drawArc() function where I can set the inner radius of the...

Is OTA configuration supported by Android OS ?

HelloZz, I would like to know if the Android handsets can be configured Over-The-Air; in other words, if they can be configured for settings (such as GPRS , WAP or MMS ...) using OTA. If yes, do they support OMA CP provisioning? Is there an XML example that can be used to configure the Android devices? thanks! ...

Wich are the most important features I will miss targeting Android API 3 (OS 1.5) instead of most recent API?

I'm beginning with Android development. I'm aware that there is a lot of Android devices still on OS 1.5 or 1.6 so I'm thinking about require API level 3 as minimum to support them. What will I miss from 2.2? ...

Android User Interface xml question

<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_height="wrap_content"> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:gravity="center_horizontal" ...

Android ListView problem when refreshing

Hi, I've a problem with ListViews. Everytime I try to add an item after it has first been shown, my program FC having following stack frame Thread [<3> main] (Suspended (exception IllegalStateException)) ListView.layoutChildren() line: 1603 AbsListView$CheckForTap.run() line: 1827 ViewRoot(Handler).handleCallback(Message) l...

Customising the DatePicker Dialog Android

I am using a DatePicker in a Dialog box to allow the user to chose a date. But I just want them to chose a month and a day. Is there any way I can make the year not show up? ...

Phone-call using app's audio streams and resources and closing them on call-end

I have an app that is using Bluetooth headset as its input and output for some kind of audio feedback and recording. When I make or receive a call, my app does not closes. The app is running and am able to talk. But when I end the call, my audio streams that were being used by the app also gets closed. Also am able to record what am sa...

Detect my apps own android:versionCode at run time

Is there a way for my app to know the android:versionCode from AndroidManifest.xml or do I have to create a separate constant in one of my classes? ...

Is there an Android API to get the default button pressed/selected colors?

Hello all, I am trying to create a button that has a custom background in the default state, but that still uses the colors for the pressed/selected states that are particular to whatever device it is running on. From looking at the EditText source code, it appears that there is no such API, and that the pressed/selected colors are sim...

Alignment in Html.fromHtml()

Is alignment working in HTML.fromHtml() in a TextView? I tried <div align="center"><p>Test</p></div> and some variaties of this, including putting the alignment tabs without parenthesis to the paragraph tag, but none worked. The text is always left. Thanks for any help! Yours. ...

Is it possible to adjust the scale of the dp unit to affect all the XML layout resources?

(preferably not by using recursively changing size after having done setContentView) ...

Can't create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare()

What does the following exception mean? And how can I fix it? This is the code: Toast toast = Toast.makeText(mContext, 'Somthing', Toast.LENGTH_SHORT); This is the exception: D/VVM ( 684): java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare() D/VVM ( 684): at android.os.Han...

Android SMS Message delivery report intent

Android isn't firing the delivery intent when sending a text message. I'm testing this on Android 2.2 on the HTC EVO 4G. This is the current code. I'm seeing "SMS sent intent received." in the logs, but not "SMS delivered intent received.". // Constants String SENT_ACTION = "SMS_SENT_ACTION"; String DELIVERED_ACTION = "SMS_DELIVERED_AC...

Context inside a Runnable

Hi, I try to play a sound from R.raw. inside a Thread/Runnable But I can't get this to work. new Runnable(){ public void run() { //this is giving me a NullPointerException, because getBaseContext is null MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create( getBaseContext(), R.raw.soundfile); while (true) { if (somethin...