android

Getting the selected item from a ListView

Please Help me for getting the selected Item from a ListView. Items for the ListView are getting from a xml file. Elements of the ListView are filled up by the adapter(adpter contains ImageView and textView). I only need the TextView content from the ListView.By using the onItemClick i get only the index of the item. Thank You ...

How to get a JSONArray to populate into a ListActivity's ListView

So this is not so much a question as it is a post to an answer that I could not really find a good solution to. I searched quite a bit and I couldn't find anything decent. So after all was said and done, I just had to put my nose to the grindstone and figure it out. I don't know if the method I'm using is the best way, but it works an...

How do I change the contents of a preference dialog when it is tapped?

I have implemented the onPreferenceClick(Preference) callback interface public boolean onPreferenceClick(Preference arg0) { if (arg0 instanceof ListPreference){ addListPreferenceEntriesFromStore((ListPreference) arg0, getSharedPreferences("cfn_preferences", MODE_PRIVATE)); } else if (arg0 instanceof EditTextPreference){ ((E...

Android sliding effect animation

Hello, First of all I am completely new to animation on android but would like to include it in my next application. The application will be as follows: For example, I will be having 2 layers, each one containing their own data. Layer 1 will contain data 1 Layer 2 will contain data 2 And layer 1 will be superimposed on layer 2; that...

Go to Inbox in Android

Hi all, I had written an simple program in android to show an notification..By click on notification msg i have to go to inbox. I am using the following code. Intent notifyIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse("content://sms/inbox")); PendingIntent intent = PendingIntent.getActivity(SimpleNotification.this, 0...

Create library for Android development?

Hi, I'm pretty new to Android development, but I have some experience with Java and Eclipse. I'm looking for ways to create re-usable libraries (controls, helpers, "standard" activities, etc.) that I could use in my own projects, but that could also be distributed to other developers without disclosing the source code. Normally, I'd p...

set image on a button in android??

i have been trying to set a image on a button using the following code but it doesn't seem to work...i think what i am doing wrong is the path of the image i am using but i tried different paths and it wont work...i have copied my image to the drawable folder in res folder...what am i doing wrong here?? final Button next = (Button) find...

ListView Memory leak?

Hey I seem to be having some kind of memory leak issue with my listview. The list view activity is in a tab and each row downloads an image and displays it in an ImageView (tiling it as a backgroiund). I am using a cache similar to droidfu http://github.com/kaeppler/droid-fu/blob/master/src/main/java/com/github/droidfu/imageloader/ImageC...

Custom View that takes & delete a Camera Picture

Hi I am trying to create a Custom View that takes as well as deletes a picture and looks like the following: Following operations a view can perform: Take a picture (by clicking on the No Image Available sign) -- works Delete a picture (by clicking on the red cross) -- works Preview a picture How do I create a listener to find ...

Facebook chat - X-FACEBOOK-PLATFORM authentication

Hi guys, I want to build an XMPP client on android, I've got it running perfect with authentication using Digest-MD-5, however when I try to convert it to X-FACEBOOK-PLATFORM it keeps failing. Could someone tell me why? I've attached the source code. I know it's something really small but I can't seem to figure it out. The source can ...

How to use the contact pictures synced by Facebook for Android

Hi stackies, I'm having Facebook for Android on my phone which automatically synces the FB profile pictures of the people in my contact list to my phone. I'd like to use those pictures within my app where I access ContactsContract.PhoneLookup. Do I really need the Facebook SDK to do that? I guess not, but I cannot find any evidence o...

Android: Bind data to a ListView without preparing ArrayLists for the ListAdapter?

Right now, I get my Models in a nice object-oriented form. In order to bind them to my List, I have to use the listAdapter. Can I only fill this listAdapter with stupid ArrayLists? Because that means, I have to iterate over my ModelCollection and pull all the data out of my Models again. So, I detach my data from the models and I cant ...

Altering table's unique field

Hello all, I have a table which has an unique key with 2 constraints in it. I want to alter the table such that i can remove one of the constraint in unique field there. My current db schema : CREATE TABLE testtable(test1 TEXT, test2 TEXT, test3 TEXT, test4 TEXT DEFAULT FALSE,UNIQUE (test1,test2)) I already have this table populated ...

How can I attach an image file in email?

I want to attach an image with email, that image is stored in /data/data/mypacke/file.png. How can I attach that image file programmatically? What would sample code look like? ...

returning blank json data while accesing album in facebook

Hi , When i am using Graph API of facebook in android ( with facebook android sdk ) to access albums m using following url https://graph.facebook.com/me/albums?access_token=XXXXXXXXXXXXXX but unfortunately it is returning {"data":[]} other urls like https://graph.facebook.com/me?access_token=XXXXXXXXXXXXXX https://graph.face...

Facebook for Android icons layout

Hello I'm trying to mimic the layout of the icons in Facebook android app. As you can see, this is a 2x3 layout, but if you flip it it becomes 3x2 layout. How to accomplish this? ...

Android intent-filter for http scheme

I built an Android application that requires OAuth. All was working well using a custom scheme call back which is intercepted by Android. It seems that Yahoo have changed the goal posts and now the custom scheme is not accepted by Yahoo. I am now looking at possible alternate approaches. My first attempt is to use a normal http scheme...

Calling stopSelf() in Service while thread is running

Suppose I have code in the onStart() handler of my Service to launch a thread to do some stuff and then call stopSelf(). stopSelf() gets called before the thread finishes. What exactly happens? I've tested this out myself and my thread continues to execute until it is finished. Does Android hear the stopSelf() call, but postpone it u...

TabHost setCurrentTab only calls oncreate method for Activity in Tab once

I'm following the example here: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-tabwidget.html Everything works fine. The first time I click on each tab, the "oncreate" method for Activity bound to that particular tab is called. However, subsequent selections of the tab's do not call this oncreate method. I need to be...

Android's SQLiteDatabase: Failing to Open a Writeable Instance of a DB Because Could not setLocale()

SQLiteOpenHelper.getWriteableDatabase() The error message I receive is: Failed to setLocale() when constructing, closing the database The only way I have found to get around it is to clear the application's data cache (i.e. delete all of it's database files) and start over. I would like to know a) Why this is happening and b...