android

using the contacts manager in android

hi, i have an app which shows the received messages as a Toast through a BroadcastReceiver. I am presently using the SmsMessage.getOriginatingAddress() method which gives me the number of the sender, how can modify it to get the corresponding name of the sender if stored in the contacts? ...

Moving default AVD configuration folder (.android)

After installation of Android SDK, there were created .android folder on the E:\ drive. As far as i know this is default folder of Android Virtual Devices for configuration files. How can I move .android folder to a different location? (eg. from E:\.android to E:\Android\.android) ...

Done is not working in softKeyboard in Autocomplete TextView in android

hi all, I have One AutocompleTextView and I want to make the virtual keyboard disappear when he hits "DONE" at the AutocompleTextView. So far, the buttons "NEXT"/"DONE" do nothing at all.... Unfortunately I found no resources addressing this problem. Any suggestions? thanks in advance ...

What are the bluetooth device classes of android phones?

For my application i make a bluetooth discovery search to list all available bluetooth device in. If I'm in a room with a lot of computers etc, there is a really long list. So I'd like to filter Android phones from the lists. I read the documentation under: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/bluetooth/BluetoothClass.Device.h...

ViewStub with custom View attributes for target layout.

Is it possible to pass custom attributes through a ViewStub to the target layout's root element? Like so: <ViewStub android:layout="@layout/custom_view" app:customAttr="12345" /> Where custom_view.xml is: <blah.CustomView ...> ... </blah.CustomView> When I try to do that, CustomView.java does not get "ap...

android: i I want to use DrmStore.

I want to use DrmStore. Isn't there source that uses DrmStore? ...

CountDownTimer does not run after binding to a service

After I Bind to a service inside the onServiceConnected() method I start a CountDownTimer. The problem is that the timer does not start counting down. I have gone through with the debugger and sure enough it is executing the method that starts the Timer. If I use a button to start the timer it works! What could I be doing wrong? ...

I want build+launch new app builds without plugging in my phone. Is there a way to download and launch APK files from within an Android app?

I'd like to be able to compile an Android app on my desktop, upload it to my phone and launch the app without having to plug in my phone via USB. I want this for 1) convenience when developing and 2) SD card access isn't available when plugged in. One idea I had was to write an app that would download the app from the computer wirelessl...

Android: EditText and Button; when click Button, unfocus EditText and hide soft keyboard?

<EditText android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1" android:id="@+id/name" android:singleLine="true" android:maxLength="12" android:capitalize="none" android:inputType="text" /> <Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android...

Getting values from XML in Android (API Level 3)

I have a string that contains a xml structure and there are two pieces of data in separate tags that I am after. xpath has been added since API level 8, and with me being stuck with API level 3 (old phone for you ;-)) I need a way to get the data. Would using a regular expression commit a huge sin? ;-) The xml isn't that big... Looki...

Calendar source code.

Dear, From where i get Android 1.5 and 1.6 Calendar Source code. thanks. ...

Referral tracking with Google Analytics for Android apps - where to start?

As questioned elsewhere (http://bit.ly/9Wt3zG) but remains unanswered, the Google Analytics for Android README notes: (NOTE: do not start the GoogleAnalyticsTracker in your Application onCreate() method if using referral tracking). Does anyone know why? Is there a particularly good place to do it? Start it in onResume() and simpl...

ExpandableListView definition in xml

Hi! I need to define the structure of ExpandableListView in xml file manually. Is there any guide or example of doing this? Thanks ...

Help me to signe my application apk file

Hi All This will be my first time signing application using Keytool and Jarsigner. I run my apk through the market signing process, step by step as it is explained in android official site http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/publishing/app-signing.html Signed process finished with success apk created. Installation of this ...

Android SQLite Query and using cursor to deal with multiple rows

Hi Guys, I've got a query, (I'm using rawQuery()) SELECT * FROM <table> I'm then storing what it returns using a cursor. From their what I want to do is, start at the first row so.. cursor.moveToFirst() then take each column , column by column and store its particular value in a variable. I then want to move onto the next row and d...

How to get the first visible View from an Android ListView

Is there a way to get the first visible View out of the ListView in Android? I can get the data that backs the first View in the Adapter but it seems I can't get the first View in ListView. I want to change the first visible view after a scroll action finished. I know that I should not save references to the view. ...

How to add header to Multicolumn ListView

Hi, I couldn't find this question already being asked on this forum. I am little short on time to search anymore. I have a multi-column ListView with three TextViews. I need to have header for each of the column. I am using Android 1.5 SDK. Can somebody help me here. I can't use addHeaderView since it adds just one view which would con...

Internal Error (classFileParser.cpp:3174), pid=7288, tid=7476

Hello, I'm new to Android programming. My requirement is to call an HTTP request via HttpClient. Below is the code : public class ClientWithResponseHandler { public final static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("http://www.google.com/"...

Is it possible to change the permission on files in an Android app's internal storage?

I downloaded a file with an app and stored it inside of its internal storage, but the file is set with -rw------- and I want to change those permissions so is it possible? I know that using external storage is an option but I want to know if I can do it with internal storage too. Thanks for the help. Edit: If it turns out that I can't c...

Problem in getting height of webview

hello, I have a HTML file in a web view. I want to find the length of the content of that HTML file. I have tried methods like getContentHeight() at onPageFinished() but it still giving me "0". I had also put a thread which start after onPageFinished() and waits till 10-15 sec but I am still not able to find the Height Please help me...