android

Adapter Problem

The same code that displays the lists running on the emulator doesn't run on the mobile (Motorola Milestone). I'm using the same android platform (2.1-update). Inbox Code private ArrayList<EmailModel> email_list; private EmailAdapter email_adapter; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(saved...

android - platform incompatible and package incompatible error when installing application on phone

i have made an android application for "Project Build Target" as Target name:: "Android 2.2" Vendor :: "Android Open Source Project" Platform :: "2.2" API Level :: "8" I am using Eclipse helios and android sdk r_06. But the phone where i am want to run my application has platform 1.6 how do make this application run on that phon...

What is different between @+id/android:list and @id/android:list ??

Hello Everyone ~ I've develop android application, and one question. As you know, When we use LiveActivity, we must specify @id/android:list for ListView ID. But, When I use @+id/android:list instead of @id/android:list, it is working fine. What is different between @+id/android:list and @id/android:list ?? ...

Difference between Service, Async Task & Thread?

What is the difference between Service, Async Task & Thread. If i am not wrong all of them are used to do some stuff in background. So, how to decide which to use and when? ...

video recording not storing on the sd card and when enter the stop recording it give error

I need to record video & audio. when click the start record button.The video does not store on the sd card and when i click on the stop recording it shoe the error unexpectedly stopped. I am new to android please help me. Advanced thanks to you. Here is video and audio recording code public class audio extends Activity { public MediaR...

Save an Android MapView and reload

Hi all! I had found a lot of stackoverflow post about save an Activity and the reload it. My question: How can I have an Activity with an MapView and after reload the same mapview ? What is the best way to switch between activity and views ? Thanks:Karoly ...

findViewByID returns null

Hi all first of all: yes, I read all the other threads on this topic. And not only those from this site... (you see, i'm a little frustrated) Most of them come with the advice to use "android:id" instead of just "id" in the xml file. I did. From others, i learned, that View.findViewById works different than Activity.findViewById. I ha...

Scrollable text in Android widget

I have created a widget to display some long text. I want this text to have "marquee" effect . I've already set TextView propertie ellipsize="marquee" but it doesn't works . Any idea? Edit: For example Stocks widget of HTC ...

Android, WebView, 'onlick' inconsistent firing

In my JavaScript code I set 'onclick' handlers on HTML DOM elements. In Froyo these handlers always 'fire' when their elements are clicked w/i WebView, as expected. In pre-Froyo, including 2.1 I am confronted by 'magic' :-( Sometimes the handlers are activated and they successfully log to console.info as well as call Java callbacks, some...

Solved Array Issue, App Disappearance and Force Close Error, but still no videos, where is the flaw in this code??

After having solved every of my previous issues to get the code running for retrieving videos from the sdcard and displaying them in the GridView, I still cannot see the videos. I don't know what I have done wrong that they won't show and the array isn't passed on. If someone could help me out, please, because I really haven't got a cl...

How to enable a self-signed certificate for SSL sockets on Android?

I have a self signed server certificate (cert.pem) and need to enable it for SSL sockets in an Android application. Ideally I'd like to package the code as .jar file and not need an external certificate file (i.e. include it into the code). With this code I can accept all certificates, which is not what I want: SSLContext sc = SSLConte...

android: using ActivityGroup to embed activities

Im in the conceptualizing/design phase of building an app and i've hit a bit of a snag. Essentially i was looking for a way to embed one activity into the UI of another similar to how a TabHost/TabActivity. There would be a window at the top of the screen which would contain the other activity, and below that would be buttons and control...

Best way to change width/height of a widget programmatically?

What's the best way to change width/height of a widget (I mean, a UI widget, subclass of android.view.View) programmatically? Doing something like this works, but it doesn't seem quite right: ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = mSomeView.getLayoutParams(); params.height += 10; mSomeView.setLayoutParams(params); ...

Incorrect touch events from Android's browser with Dashcode mobile projects.

Hi- I'm developing an HTML/Javascript mobile web application using Dashcode. Normally I wouldn't use such WYSIWYG stuff, but I've found it a very rapid development process. Unfortunately it seems like I can't get it to run on Android's browser currently. The main display loads and all the correct data is pulled from web services, but y...

Android get current GEO Coordinates

How to get GEO Coordinates ( latitude & longitude ) without using GPS in android ? Any Suggestion ?.. ...

drawing layout through canvas

I have a layout like : <ll vertical> <ll horizental> <textview></textview> <textview></textview> </ll> <ll horizental> <textview></textview> <textview></textview> </ll> </ll> The problem is i need to display this as part of my whole screen. i am doing mCustomDrawableView = new CustomDrawableView((Context)this, R.drawable.mychar...

SeekBar disappears when pressed back button in Android?

Hi, I am using seekbar in my application. I am setting up the seekbars progress value in onResume. But if I do so then seekbar is visible only once. If i go to other activity and then press back button then seekbar doesnt show up. Can some one help me out in this? I have read somewhere that seekbar works if its in oncreate and if its...

custom image view android

My custom view looks as below package com.mypackage; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Canvas; import android.graphics.Color; import android.graphics.drawable.ShapeDrawable; import android.graphics.drawable.shapes.RectShape; import android.widget.ImageView; pu...

Android app ad-hoc distribution and code signing

Is there a way to code-sign (to allow it to open only on a device with specific ID) your Android app when using ad-hoc distribution (sending app to testers or clients as a subcontractor)? I know I can share apk file pretty easily, but what if I don't want other people to redistribute the app before it is ready? I don't want testers to b...

Screen Density in Android?

Could anyone please confirm the formula for calculating the screen density? As I have read, the following is the formula: Density = SQRT (wp^2 + hp^2)/screen size wp -> width of the screen (in px) hp -> height of the screen (in px) screen size -> Physical screen size (diagonal inches) screen size (320x480) = SQRT(102400 + 230400) /16...