android

Android pulse LED notification while the screen is on

Hi, How can I make the LED or trackball pulse or flash while my application is running and the screen is on ? Like when a phonecall is received for instance ? Thanks ...

import cannot be resolved: import com.google.android.maps.*;

I was successfully using google maps in my application but then needed to change the Android SDK version from 1.5 to 2.0. Now the import for Google maps can't be resolved. ...

Android - fix TextView width by string

Hi, I think the answer to this question is probably so simple, but I'm struggling.... I have a TableLayout with multiple columns. I want the last column to be of a fixed width, but I want to define that width to just be able to hold the widest possible string from my program. i.e. it is always wide enough to contain "THIS STRING" witho...

Development Tablet Recommendations

Hello, After moving from Verizon to Sprint and buying several Android phones (EVO 4G), I became interested in developing Android applications. I have some programming experience (35+ years with various software firms (e.g. Cray Research, IBM, Oracle)) and would like to finally do some programming for myself. I'm looking for recommenda...

Showing a List View when a button is clicked: Android

Hey Guys, I am trying to implement a drop down list when a button is clicked. So, I have a text view and a button in a navigation bar(nav.xml) and a corresponding list view. This navigation bar is included in another page( products.xml) when the button is clicked i get the list view right below the button(which is what i want to ac...

Will Android support WebSockets in an upcoming version?

If so, does anybody know which version it's scheduled to be supported in (in built-in Chrome Lite browser)? Also, is it currently supported on any of the alternative browsers for Android like FireFox or Opera Mini? ...

Selling an android app to a very large university.

I created an app for the bus system at my university and they want to buy it off me. Problem is, I have absolutely no idea what to offer. Its nearly completed, and once they buy it i would be brought on as a student employee making $25 an hour. They would want me to hire someone else to start on an iPhone version, and implement other fea...

[Java/Android] Problem with String equals() returning false (custom Comparator involved)

Hello, I built a very simple custom Comparator, that I use with a TreeSet in order to sort Strings by length in that TreeSet. I'm having trouble finding the reason why (s1.equals(s2)) returns false even when the two strings s1 and s2 contain the same value... Eclipse "variables view" shows the letters are the same in both strings, but...

Android .xml files: Why do predefined colors not work for me?

When I look at misc. Android tutorials and examples when it comes to specifying colors I very often see constants like @color/red or @color/black etc. being used. For some strange reason that NEVER works for me! I always need to specify colors using the "#RGB", #ARGB, ..., #AARRGGBB notation. As soon, as I try to use any of those mnemon...

How can I initialize the Sender ID for Android C2DM without using a hard-coded value in a static variable?

I'm adding Android C2DM to a Android library project. I started with the com.google.android.c2dm package that is included with JumpNote and Chrome To Phone. In order to use this package, you have to subclass the C2DMBaseReceiver service which takes the Sender Id as an argument to it's constructor. In JumpNote, this argument is initial...

How to connect to a remote MySQL DB without webservices... ? (ANDROID)

Hi can i do it? I just wanna make SELECT/INSERT into a remote database, i think it have to be easy but i can't find the way. I only find people that tell i have to make a webservice or something like that, but that is another world for me, and i can't put a webservice in the database host... ¿there is not a normal way to do it without ...

Restart Service for App on SD Card When SD Card Is Remounted

Due to overwhelming user complaints I have decided try allowing users of my Android application to move it to the SD card as per the official documentation. However, a core feature of my application requires a background service to be continuously running. When someone who has moved my app to their SD card mounts their SD card for what...

slight misunderstanding with tabActivity, views and activity.

Hello all, am not too experienced in android and i am just using the TabActivity, so please bear with me. i keep seeing post about not using activites in Tabhost but views. and am not sure which is which and if thats the reason of my latest headache? i have a code with 4 tabs like this: // Category TabActivity class tab.setContent(...

css and android web application, loading local images

how do i load a local image from android assets from a generated (php) server-side html file? eg. > img src="file:///android_asset/calendar-date-icon.png"> -or- background:#ffffff url(file:///android_asset/calendar-date-icon.png)no-repeat; cannot get either to work ...

Android Application Design - Accessing website data

I am new to Android development and am interested in working out a design of an application. I am however, unfamiliar with the best way to handle what I want to do. I am interested in obtaining information from my band's Joomla website and placing it into an Android application. At the moment I'd like to get News articles posted and pote...

Running Hierarchy Viewer

I am trying to run Hierarchy Viewer. developer.android.com says to "Connect your device or launch an emulator. From a terminal, launch hierarchyviewer from your SDK /tools directory." I tried finding the hierarchy viewer in sdk/tools, but couldn't find it. I realize my difficulty may just be the result of me being a total noob so I co...

how to use XPATH process DOM node on ANDORID?

Hi folks, I am in a ANDROID project that use XPATH a lot. I followed the way in The Force Unleashed: XML+XPath On Android Using Dom4j And Jaxen. Everything's fine beside the performance. The XML file's big and read intensively. Following code consume 6 mins. org.dom4j.Document MatrixXML = (new org.dom4j.io.SAXReader()).read(this.getRe...

Access Facebook page data using Android

Is there any way to access a Facebook non-user page (ex: Musician, Product, etc) through an API through Android? I saw that there is a Facebook Android SDK but I haven't been able to figure out if this can be done. ...

Is it posible to port Android for a Symbian phone

I have a Symbian based phone with a ARM Cortex-A8 processor (SonyEricsson Vivaz) and was thinking on how hard would it be to try and port the Android OS for it. Obviously Android runs on a myriad of devices with different hardware so I imagine it shouldn't be too hard to adapt it to SE hardware. Could some one give me a clue where to sta...

Android: Window leaks on finish

I have read the other window leak posts and have tried what what suggested there to no avail. I have 3 activities: A, B, and C. Activity A gathers information from the user. Activity B displays a spinning ProgressDialog while it communicates with a server on another thread. When the thread finishes, it dismisses the ProgressDialog and s...