Android - What is the maximum file size that setMaxFileSize can be set to in respect to Androids mediarecorder? I know it's somewhere between 4147483650 and 5147483650. Why is there a limit in the first place? I'm recording on to a SDCARD, detecting the size of the cards space before we run. "ERROR/AuthorDriver(31): setParameter(max-fi...
I've recently knocked up a server/client app for Windows & Android that allows one to send a file from Windows to an android phone over a socket connection. It works great for a single file but trying to send multiple files over in a single stream is causing me problems. I've also realised that aside from the binary data, I will need t...
I am developing an application to display all the images in android's built-in gallery in to a php page. I posted the uri (content://media/extrenal/images/media) of the gallery images to the php page. I was not able to recreate images by using webView's function loadUrl(). Should I need to upload the whole gallery to another directory a...
I am new to android and last year i bought two books of android 1.5. But at that time i was busy in my project so was not able to work on android. Now i want to start android again. Should i go for those books or should i buy new editions Is there any major change regarding basic learnings? Two books i am having are:- Pragmatic Hello A...
I have followed the "Hello World" example from Google's Android developer's guide. When I try to run the application in the SDK emulator, nothing happens. The emulator startd up nicely, but after that nothing happens. I can't even see the application in the app tray. I am using Eclipse with the Android add-on installed. ...
Is there a way to determine the audio format of an audio file in Android? On normal java I do it like this: File file= new File(...); AudioInputStream stream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(file); AudioFormat format= stream.getFormat(); ...
Hi, In the Android application I am building, I want to be able to communicate with a local server developed in Django. (Basically a login page and a home page populated with posts and images from users) So do I need to use XML Parsers for the parsing the response from a Django server or is it possible for the server to respond with str...
Say I have 2 activities (ActivityOne and ActivityTwo). How would I call ActivityTwo from ActivityOne? Then how would I return to ActivityOne from ActivityTwo? For example, I have a listview with all the contacts on the host phone. When I tap on a contact, another activity shows information and allows editing of that contact. Then I could...
I am trying to access a server that requires authorization using the WebView widget in Android. I think it's the .htaccess type of authorization. I works with the default browser provided with the OS, but when I try it with a WebView.. it gives a 401 immediately. Any ideas on how I can have a WebView present the dialog to enter the use...
hi. im creating a game right now and im a bit stuck on how to implement storage of levels. i need to be able to download level files from the internet ota. im not so familiar with transferring files ota, but i have some experience with databases (mysql). what would be a better way of storing the game's level data? ...
How could I get a list of all of the music on the host phone? Not videos or ringtones, just music. ...
What's the best way to unstub the following functions? // Convert a bit-vector to an integer. int bitvec2int(boolean[] b) { [CODE HERE] } // Convert an integer x to an n-element bit-vector. boolean[] int2bitvec(int x, int n) { [CODE HERE] } Or is there a better way to do that sort of thing than passing boolean arrays around...
Hello - I have an image that is currently stored in variable of type "File".. File img = ...; What is the easiest way to display this image onto the screen so I can verify it is working correct? Thanks! ...
Hello! I want to save text from 2 edittexts(et1,et2) and selection from 3 spinners(spinnerm,spinner and spinner2) onPause and setting them back onResume. Text from edittexts is saved correctly, only spinner selection don't work as desired. My code: public void onResume(){ super.onResume(); Log.d("REZUM","notr smo"); Sh...
I am trying to update a datetime column in an android sqlite db to use international date format (yyyy-mm-dd) instead of the current format (mm/dd/yyyy). I want to use the sqlite date() function to reformat the current value of the column. I thought it would be as simple as the following: update tblename set thedate = date(thedate) but...
Is there any shortcut key to drop down the Android status bar without using the touch screen? ...
Hi, I'm new to Android but I'm trying to create an IME that allows for gesture-character recognition. I can already do simple apps that perform gesture recognition but am not sure where to hook in the gesture views/obj with an IME. Here is a starting skeleton of what I have for the IME so far. I would like to use android.gesture.Gestu...
Hello everyone! I have an annoying problem with TabActivity. I have several activities in it and when I switch between them each of them gets recreated and loses all its info :( I've tried using android:launchMode="singleTop" but no luck :( Any clues? ...
In the Android docs on AlertDialog, it gives the following instruction and example for setting a custom view in an AlertDialog: If you want to display a more complex view, look up the FrameLayout called "body" and add your view to it: FrameLayout fl = (FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.body); fl.add(myView, new LayoutParams(FILL_PARENT, W...
I am trying to initiate a gallery intent, but I only want it to grab photos in a specific directory.. From a different post, I received this code: Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setType("file:///sdcard/Pictures/*"); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); startActivityForResult(intent,1); But it's not working.. Is t...