android

Buil Android Lite Version

I am working on an Android game, and want to release a Lite version with limited features as well. Is there a way I can configure Eclipse to build a second package? Or will I have to have a separate set of code to build the lite version? ...

Item overlay in android

For Android app, i want to draw a line which has some items overlay on it, preferable dynamic programming. First, how to insert items overlay on the line? Second, how to define the distance between 1 items to another? Third, how to remember the sequence of the items on the line? ...

is it possible to determine a specific input method

hi everyone~ I wanna use a specific input method in my application, so I tried this. Settings.Secure.putString(mContext.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.DEFAULT_INPUT_METHOD, KEYBOARD_ID); but this needs a system permission. Is there another way to determine a specific input method and is it possible ? thanks ...

The apk must be signed with at least one certificate in common with the previous version.

I get this error when I attempt to publish an update to an app on the market. I'm using the same keystore and the same key as the previous update I published. I've no idea what to do. There are no errors or issues when signing or zipaligning. I've only ever had 2 keystores and 2 keys on this computer. I've tried one, then the other, and...

How can I draw, on an Android MapView, rectangles that automatically re-size when the user zooms in and out?

My Android application has a MapView. I want to divide that MapView into a grid according to latitude and longitude, and shade the different cells of that grid different colors based upon a certain criteria. What's the simplest way to do this? I could create semi-transparent, solid-color PNG Drawable rectangular images and put them in a...

Android Yuv420sp to ARGB in OpenCV

Hi, I am trying to send a raw image from the previewcallback from the phone to PC. The PC will then process the image. I am use OpenCV library to do the image processing. At the moment i just write a function in previewcallback to save teh byte array to a file. and copy the file to pc and i worte a simple program to first read in the f...

How do i access web data via android ?

I am just digging into Android, and want to build a simple application that gets data from wifi/3g from a website, like a classic RSS feed, and/or a post-back to a remote database. A tutorial that does a good job explaining it to a "busy developer". Can anyone reference a good tutorial site, or a book that covers this topic well ? ...

Android: Retain JS+cache in WebView across application

Hi, I have an application that uses quite a bit of WebView. This can be triggered from a lot entry points in the application that brings up a generic browser activity with a WebView in it. By doing this, i find that there is a high chance that this browser activity will be removed from the activity stack and destroyed when a user press...

I give...where is the "activitycreator.bat" file?

I'm very new to Android programming...well, programming in general! Almost every tutorial out there for Android programming says to run "activitycreator.bat". But where the heck is it? It's not in the tools directory on my machine. I've searched the whole drive and I don't have it. Help! ...

Does WebView's loadUrl method run on UI thread?

I am wondering how does webview load a particular URL. Does it create a new thread or load the URL in the same thread i.e. UI thread? The reason I am asking this is I am facing some weird wakeup lock issue when I launch an Activity from current Activity (in current Activity's onCreate method) which creates a WebView in it's onCreate meth...

Accessing the Android media stream for audio visualization.

Basically, I want to make an audio visualizer. I know it's possible, because my phone came with a few live wallpapers that do it. The problem is, I can't seem to figure out how to do this with the Android API. My app would pick up the currently playing media stream and then depending upon the volume that is playing at that time, it wo...

Calendar ContentProvider URL on Android phones with Sense UI

Hello, I have an application that adds an event to the calendar on the device. I have the following URLs for the Calendar ContentProvider: Pre Froyo: content://calendar/calendars Froyo: content://com.android.calendar/calendars These urls work fine for Nexus One but do not return any calendars on HTC Desire/Incredible/Hero. Probably al...

Android TimePicker looks cropped

I create a dialog box with TimePicker inside it. This works very well on portraid mode, however, once it is changed into landscape mode, the timepicker minus button looks cropped. here's my code: test.xml <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_heig...

Android EditText and Button on same line

I am 99% there. I need to have a Edittext beside a Search button. The EditText should fill as much of the width as possible, the button should be to the right and be just big enough to have it's text It looks like this now: [EDIT TEXT][Search] but should look like this: [.......EDIT TEXT.......][Search] <RelativeLayout android:id="@...

Is there a way to tell what Api Level is on a device runtime? (Android)

Is there a way to get the api level ? eg. to an int. I want to make 1 version of an application but only use AnticipateOvershootInterpolator() to >3 Api level devices. ...

What Action to invoke the Video Camera in Android?

Is it possible to call the built-in Video Recorder in Android through an implicit Intent? I did some search but haven't figured out yet. Many thanks. ...

ddms exception in android

sometimes i am getting these exception console [2010-08-26 10:50:18 - ddms]ADB rejected shell command (ls -l /): [2010-08-26 10:50:25 - ddms]ADB rejected shell command (ls -l /): [2010-08-26 10:50:38 - ddms]ADB rejected shell command (ls -l /): [2010-08-26 10:50:45 - ddms]ADB rejected shell command (ls -l /): [2010-08-26 10:50:58 - ...

App not showing up in Search Result in Android market

I have uploaded an application in Android market. But when I search for the app the app do not appear in the autocomplete box which appears below the search box. For example, if I type "h" in the search box the autocomplete box will have the applications with "h". But in my case I need to type the complete name of the application. Wh...

Will i be able to replace the existing application with a new application, if i'm enhancing it with more features

hi Will i be able to replace the existing application with a new application to android market, if i am enhancing it with more features ...

whats Context in android

Hi, Can anyone tell me what's exctly a Context class in android and whats the need of this in android prgramming.. I read about this in developer site.., but unable to understand it clearly.. please help me . Thanks ...