android

To receive sms on particular port in android

Hi.. i want to start an application on receiving sms? is it possible to receive sms in android on a particular port number? ...

Android Load Camera image as Bitmap

I am using BitmapFactory.decodeFile to load Bitmaps of images into my application. However, the function returns null on large images (such as those from the camera). The filepath is definitely correct, I just can't figure out why it would return null. I tried supersampling, but it didn't seem to help. Does anyone have any idea why it w...

iPhone or Android apps that use SMS based authentication?

What are some iPhone or Android applications that use SMS as their primary means of user authentication? I'm interested to see such apps in action. SMS-auth seems like a natural approach that is well-situated to mobile contexts. The basic workflow is: to sign up, a user provides a phone number; the app calls a backend webservice which ...

*.ics file to Google calendar in android

I have to read *.ics file from the download files by using my application and transfer the data in to Google calendar in android. I am new to android. I need some help to do this.Can anyone help me to do this? ...

Streaming video using non standard protocols

Hi - My company makes DVRs that specialize in streaming live and recorded video. The video is encoded using standard MPEG-4 codecs so the codecs in Android should have no trouble with them. However, the video is recorded using non-standard file formats and is streamed using our proprietary protocol (among other things we embed additio...

Android PDF reader from scratch

I know it sounds ambitious but our client requires a PDF Reader of his own with some selected functionalities. Can anyone guide me to some good tutorials for paving the way to start this development? I guess I need to clear some pdf basics and start from scratch OR i would be happy if there is any library which i can use directly and on...

Creating an Android View with a particular style programmatically

Other questions say that the style cannot be set programmatically, but a View can be initialised with a style such as when it is loaded from XML. How can I initialise a View with a particular style programmaticly (not in XML)? I tried using View(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle), but I don't know what to parse in for th...

How to get the URL of selected hyperlink in android web browser?

Hi All. In my android application I want to get URL of the hyper link text, selected from web page in my android web browser. How can I get it? I want to URL of the hyper link (link that is clicked inside of that webview). please help me.. ...

Connect android to database

I am doing a school project where we need to create an android application which needs to connect to a database. the application needs to gain and store information for people's profiles on the database. But unfortunatly we are a little bit stuck at this point because there are numerous ways to link the application such as http request t...

Sync between local service with a thread and an activity

Hello all, I'm trying to think of a way on how to sync in between a local service and the main activity. The local service has, A thread with a socket connection that could receive data at any time. A list/array with data. At any time the socket could receive data and add it to the list. The activity needs to display this data. So...

map view is struck in android

Hi folks, i am developing android applicaiton disply user overlays on map.user values getting from webservices for disply overlays.when i tap on map and move it is calling draw method and connecting to webservices while connecting webservice and getting data my apps is struck show force close error .how can i resolve this problem ...

Why can't I play videos on my Samsung Moment w/Android 2.1 that did play on 1.5?

Hello all. I was directed here by the Google Android Devs Group. I'm still not sure if this is the place I need to be. I've been on forum after forum and asked the same question but no one seems to know the answer or will tell me the REAL correct place to find it. I have a Samsung Moment with Android 2.1. I can not get videos that DID p...

Call AsyncTask methods from another class/service (callbacks?)

Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to call specific methods defined within the AsynTask class from another class and/or service ? In my specific case I have a Service playing some sounds, but the sound is selected from a List with available sounds... When a sounds is selected it is downloaded from my home server, this takes some time...

how to start my app, automatically, everytime the phone is switched on?

My application requires to be started everytime the phone is switched off and switched on i.e it should start running automatically like an anti-virus software on start up. Is it possible??? I am totally clueless!!! ...

Android layout with sqare buttons

I want to make a layout similar to this one: Four square buttons on the screen - each of those using half of the screen with/screen height (whichever is smaler). Independent of screen size/resolution. I already tried to achieve this by using a LinearLayoutbut the buttons are ending up using the correct width, but still having the hei...

Map refresh problem mapview.invalidate() method is not working

Hi friends! In my application I tried to search diff map location using diff lat and long. First time the application show the map but wen i change the lat long and try to invalidate the mapview using diff lat long, map is not refreshed. Below is my code please have a look and suggest accordingly: //Source code protected void onCrea...

Reflection for a Field going wrong

Hi, I have been trying to use reflection for a specifiec Field in the android.os.build class, the MANUFACTURER field... I have tried by using this code : try { Class myBuildClass = android.os.Build.class; Field m1 = Build.class.getDeclaredField("MANUFACTURER"); validField = true; manufacturer = Build...

Customizing Android Lock Screen functionality?

Hi, I will like to develop an App which modifies LockScreen of Android. I have read in some forums that it is not supported as yet in the SDK but there are some applications available that does exactly that. One can surf Screen Suite Lock Screen Can someone let me know is it actually possible to customize LockScreen and implement our...

part of contact are repeated after each writing the same contact (Android 2.0+)

Hello, I met this problem at writing contacts by API for Android 2.0 or greater. Each time I write the same contact which already exist in my account (Google account) I got some part of contact aggregated ok but other did not. For example fields like FN, N, ORG, TITLE always are in one copy but TEL, EMAIL, ADR are added extra so afte...

Emulator's camera built-in app buggy in Froyo / 2.2?

Hi everyone, the Emulator's camera worked fine for taking pictures in 2.1 Eclair. What did not work was recording videos, obviously. Now running an app which worked merely flawless on 2.1 Emulator causes the camera app to crash. I fire up an intent to launch it: Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE); intent.putExt...