I'm caching image files as a blob in a SQLite database. I have a similar application on another platform that does the same thing with the same image files. The databases on both platforms report the exact same size for the same images. So I think, but can't guarantee, that the image data is getting into the database intact. But when...
the Canvas class does not take Shape as a parameter for any of its methods. There is no drawShape or clipShape, etc... So, I need to use Path instead. Does android sdk expose any way to convert Shape to Path or Path to shape? I haven't been able to find relationship any between the 2 classes...? Thank you ...
I have the following code on a website being developed for mobile browsers. For some reason, the G1 phone doesn't run the getCurrentPosition (neither the foundLocation nor the noLocation). Does anyone have any idea why??? I tried to paste it in here, but it got all messed up. here it is on Pastie: http://pastie.org/1104458 ...
Hi all, In my app I want to obtain a gps lock and record the coords. But I do not want to lock the device into looking for the gps. The user is to be free to traverse through the app and the different activities within. So If I call a locationListener in activity A, can I reference it in activities B C and D? if is was still in activ...
I am trying to check if there is a specific column in my database when onUpgrade() gets called. Is there an easy way to check like if(database does not have specific column){ db.execSQL("ALTER TABLE table" + " ADD COLUMN column" ); } I saw some other answer, Pragma Table, but I don't know how to use it or even what it really is for. ...
I would like to know how to get a pre-saved image from the gallery and then display it onto the screen. Any tutorials/helpful links and info would be appreciated. If there is anything you would like me to explain more, please ask. ...
Hi, I'm trying to code a preferences widget to set a value with a SeekBar. This includes a Title, Summary, Seekbar and a TextView to show current value. All of them but Title should be shown in a second row (as standard preferences). I can't make it work. I first tried with a RelativeLayout but BELOW, etc. rules where not applied.Then ...
I am using startActivity to call another Activity and I get the "Activity Not Found Exception". Here is my code: TextView textView = (TextView) itemClicked; String strText = textView.getText().toString(); String key = "symptom"; Intent mIntent = new Intent(symptomActivity.this, symptomRemedyActivity.class); Bundle mBundle = n...
I'm trying to use an Mp3 on the SDCard as a ringtone. I'm basing my code off various snippets/tutorials online, but none seem to be working. I'm running FroYo. This is my code: Uri uri = MediaStore.Audio.Media.getContentUriForPath(file.getAbsolutePath()); ContentValues values = new ContentValues(); values.put(MediaStore.Me...
I want to be able to tell if a view is visible in my listview, which is populated by a custom CursorAdapter. How can I do this? ...
Hi, I got the code below how do I pass the current object "this" into the event handler so that I can pass it to the object Foo: btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(this) { public void onClick(View view) { new Foo(this).AlertBox("Hello Lennie!"); } }); Where "this" is: android.app.Activity i get an error that it can't ...
Hello What is a more efficient methods for drawing circles on a canvas. I can do it two ways: 1) Use canvas.drawcircle(...) 2) ShapeDrawable.SetBounds() followed by ShapeDrawable.draw(canvas) what renders faster? What's better practice? Or does it not matter? ...
I have developed a widget that has certain functionality, but some people have asked me to create a similar widget but with a slight different functionality. Both widgets will look the same but behave slightly different. I tried adding a different receiver for the second widget to my manifest file. I also created a separate widget provid...
I'm wrestling with the Android UI to try to create a table layout that has two rows with two buttons in each row. I want the buttons to each take up 50% of the space in the row. However, no matter what I set the layout_width and layout_height to, I always get two skinny buttons in each row. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Linear...
When emulator is running is safe mode, my application is not visible to user but On HTC-G1 run in safe mode , its visible to the user. How can I keep the app invisible on device also while its runing in safe mode. ...
Hi, I hava a MapView and I define a Rect. Touching the map I compare the coordinates to detect whether the rect is touched or not. But it does not work RectF hitTestRecr = new RectF(); hitTestRecr.set(0,100,0,100); hitTestRecr.offset(0,0); if (hitTestRecr.contains(event.getX(),event.getY())) { Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "hit...
Hi, I'm just getting started with Android app development on a Mac, and I keep getting a NullPointerException everytime I go into Strings.xml to edit it. Here's the steps I followed - Downloaded eclipse 3.5 Installed the Android SDK Downloaded SDKs from Android SDK manager. Created a basic Hello World Project. The project compiles ...
Hi, I have written a module. I wanted to test the run-time performance of the module (processor and other resource utilization) on various platforms, like on a Netbook, Laptop, Android Mobile Phone etc. I would like to monitor the performance of only the thread that is running my module and not the overall resource/processor utilizati...
I'm having a crack at using the MediaPlayer object and not having much success. If I add a sound asset to my raw folder and call it using the int value within R, it works fine. But I want to be able to pull things off of url. According to all of the documentation I've read setDataSource() should accept a string param with a url to a f...
I'm using XStream to serialize some objects to XML, and am facing a problem with Enums. The exception I get when I try to serialize the object: "ObjectAccessException: invalid final field java.lang.Enum.name". Apparently, this is a problem with the reflection API implementation in android: It doesn't treat final fields correctly. This p...