**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Sep 27 02:59:58 2013 Sep 27 03:00:42 can't wait to replace my phone, darn thing reboots spontaneously all the time now Sep 27 03:01:24 * pfn waits for his next flight Sep 27 03:02:04 damn Google music purged my offline cache, sucked so bad Sep 27 03:05:04 well its not NULL, so i hope its the ; thats the problem Sep 27 03:05:26 pfn: You are not supposed to have anything offline, according to google Sep 27 03:07:15 i still get that it can't find the field =/ Sep 27 03:10:10 i still get that it can't find the field =/ Sep 27 03:10:15 whoops Sep 27 03:41:27 hi guys, need some enlightenment on MediaCodec API. I tried a sample code to decode a h264 video file but it only works on 360p. Is it possible to decode higher resolution video? I'm using genymotion nexus 7 emulator. Sep 27 03:55:26 rad got all my handlers on my listview to be 1 button handler and 1 seekbar handler Sep 27 04:22:35 hopefully someone answered heh Sep 27 04:24:32 whats the best methodolgoy for a simple key/value storage Sep 27 04:24:52 i need to just set a key with a value.. and return that value from that key.. Sep 27 04:24:53 isnt it hash Sep 27 04:24:59 and if hte key is the same.. overwrite Sep 27 04:25:08 hashmap? Sep 27 04:25:46 static Map durations = Sep 27 04:25:51 (Map) new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry(0,0); Sep 27 04:26:43 yea nope Sep 27 04:27:35 hi, I'm trying to draw the player location on a map, it positions correctly in the x axis, but not in the y axis http://pastebin.ws/6dv2jg Sep 27 04:27:38 any ideas? Sep 27 04:29:17 well nothing olvious to me but then I'm not awesome coder Sep 27 04:30:29 hm Sep 27 04:31:05 by olvious I mean soemthing like using height for calculation with x and stuff like that Sep 27 04:31:49 whats happening with y axis anyway Sep 27 04:32:03 it draws too high up Sep 27 04:32:52 level 3 Sep 27 04:33:00 dunno sorry Sep 27 04:39:03 i'll ask on so Sep 27 04:41:28 good luck :) Sep 27 04:49:38 I dont get why this dont work drawme.setPixels(pixA, 0, drawme.getWidth(), 0, 0, Sep 27 04:49:43 drawme.getWidth(), drawme.getHeight()); Sep 27 04:50:14 pixA is int array of height * width. I have randomly changing values there (alpha stays at 0xff) Sep 27 05:26:25 Can someone help me with native debugging? I'm at loss trying to debug the system shared libraries. Sep 27 05:32:46 <^cheeky> wow .. this is tuff!! for me @least how can i set a progress dialog into an image view Sep 27 05:33:27 wat Sep 27 05:33:48 wat Sep 27 05:34:14 <^cheeky> while my images, are received i want to show a spining dialog notifying the user the image is loading Sep 27 05:35:50 <^cheeky> before i load it into the image view. while the image is being fetched i want ProgressDialog to spin inside my imageViewer Sep 27 05:41:43 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19043255/android-custom-imageview-ondraw-method-not-drawing-properly-on-y-axis anyone got any ideas? Sep 27 05:56:36 got it Sep 27 05:59:07 ok so I'm hiding the soft menu keys in fullscreen for playing video, to make the media controller show up I have to tap the screen twice, the first time only the soft menu bar shows up and then I have to tap again to have mediacontroller show, which onTouch do I override so that I can force show the mediacontroller on the first touch along with the menu bar Sep 27 05:59:08 got what? Sep 27 06:00:55 forgot the ? at the end, anyway, I tried the VideoView.onTouch, the relative Layout's on touch that holds the video container, neither had any effect, I still have to tap it twice Sep 27 06:09:05 Anyone know a particularly good way to record video of an app that doesn't involve pointing a camera at a screen? Sep 27 06:25:43 I'm in a situation where I need to render an HTML on my screen, with a template mechanism. I have an object with a N number of attributes, and need to load the HTML with values from this Object. Sep 27 06:25:49 how can I implement this? Sep 27 06:26:28 Is there any template engine compatible with Android? Sep 27 06:26:44 or should I actually look for a template engine for this purpose? Sep 27 06:28:11 an HTML Sep 27 06:29:57 * napster just meant a web page Sep 27 06:30:03 * Nilium shakes his fist Sep 27 06:32:27 how do I get the dimensions of an image in res/ ? Sep 27 06:33:09 Well, if you load it as a bitmap drawable, you could get the bitmap and get the dimensions from that. Sep 27 06:33:50 how do I load it as a bitmap drawable? Sep 27 06:34:19 currently I'm using getResources().getDrawable().getIntrinsicHeight() but this is not returning the correct cal Sep 27 06:34:22 value Sep 27 06:34:49 Assuming it's a bitmap and you don't need it as a drawable, you could also make it a raw resource and load it yourself. Sep 27 06:35:06 it's a .png file Sep 27 06:35:12 Do you need it to be a drawable? Sep 27 06:35:16 no Sep 27 06:35:27 it's already showing using android:src Sep 27 06:35:33 I just need to draw on top of it Sep 27 06:35:39 So you do need it to be a drawable. Sep 27 06:35:43 ok Sep 27 06:36:09 In that case, assuming you've loaded it normally, get the bitmap drawable and get the bitmap from it. Sep 27 06:38:05 how do I do that? Sep 27 06:38:37 I leave that as a task for you Sep 27 06:38:54 * Nilium flies away on an umbrella, shouting "Use the documentation, son!" Sep 27 06:39:23 do you think it will fix my problem here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19043255/android-custom-imageview-ondraw-method-not-drawing-properly-on-y-axis Sep 27 07:12:13 hey guys quick question about version control with .idea directory… is it wise to gitignore the entire .idea directory and the .iml files? Sep 27 07:12:15 thanks Sep 27 07:13:16 or should i just gitignore the workspace.xml and .iml files? My team is migrating to all using Android Studio Sep 27 07:14:23 no you should not gitignore the .idea folder Sep 27 07:14:32 the wokspace.xml only Sep 27 07:14:37 the .iml should be checked in Sep 27 07:14:56 take it from me :) i migrated my team about a month ago Sep 27 07:15:31 folder structure for your source should be src/main/java src/main/assets src/main/res /src/main/Androidmanifest.xml Sep 27 07:17:31 hey guys I'm trying to setup a test project with robotium, I'm using the sample notepad example provided, but when I try to launch the test project as "Android JUnit Test" I get an error Could not find tests.apk! Sep 27 07:18:00 however when I build no apk is created in the test project Sep 27 07:20:15 What is the best way to implement a AutoComplete textview adapter that fetches data from the web? Sep 27 07:26:48 thanks lemonxah.. let me take a shot at it Sep 27 07:40:35 hope it works for you dck28 Sep 27 07:40:43 in one project, run application works fine, export as signed application returns "export to dalvik format failed with error 1" Sep 27 07:41:03 it used to be fine, doesnt work after android/eclipse adb upgrade Sep 27 07:41:16 what can i do? Sep 27 07:41:36 did you upgrade the eclipse plugin and the build tools of android? Sep 27 07:41:51 yes Sep 27 07:42:30 if i click finish again i get console crash Sep 27 07:42:31 # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (24.0-b56 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops) Sep 27 07:42:34 # Problematic frame: Sep 27 07:42:37 # C [libzip.so+0x4982] newEntry+0x62 Sep 27 07:43:19 sry i have not had that issue with updated tools before Sep 27 07:43:26 :p Sep 27 07:43:32 switched from eclipse a while back though Sep 27 07:43:34 on AS now Sep 27 07:43:39 never going back :) Sep 27 07:45:12 Guys I need some guidence regarding automation testing in Android Sep 27 07:45:30 I would like robust RPC test automation for my app Sep 27 07:45:44 I'm not sure what is a good way to go about it Sep 27 07:45:52 brickhead, are you using AS with gradle? Sep 27 07:45:58 cause testing is easy on that Sep 27 07:46:16 here /src/instrumentTest/java Sep 27 07:46:40 created classes in there that inherit from junit.framework.TestCase Sep 27 07:47:10 lemonxah: sorry I'm not familiar with gradle. I am currently trying robotium Sep 27 07:47:37 so you are not running your app in AndroidStudio? Sep 27 07:47:38 but I'm not sure how to do involved stuff like firing an IntentService, check for expected results Sep 27 07:47:45 lemonxah: no Sep 27 07:47:53 lemonxah: looks like i had to "Clean" Sep 27 07:48:26 I'm using eclipse as an IDE Sep 27 07:48:38 ah miha that makes sence didn't occur to me cause that is the first thing i do normally Sep 27 07:48:51 so i assume others do the same after a build tool update Sep 27 07:48:55 sry for not suggesting it Sep 27 07:49:15 Hi all, somebody who used the default sip api before? Sep 27 07:49:23 brickhead, android studio with gradle has awesome test integration built into it Sep 27 07:49:39 also you get the added benifits of intelliJ Sep 27 07:49:42 so its win iw Sep 27 07:49:44 lemonxah: my bad :$ Sep 27 07:49:45 win win even Sep 27 07:49:59 hah its ok miha that is why we are all here .. to learn Sep 27 07:50:05 if you stop learning as a developer Sep 27 07:50:13 then you might as well stop developing Sep 27 07:50:31 lemonxah: i get scared of such errors :p Sep 27 07:50:45 i have had my own dumb moments .. and some not too long ago with pfn 's sbt-android plugin heh Sep 27 07:51:20 Can you execute some code which uses a http connection when there is no network available anymore (wifi / mobile network)? Sep 27 07:51:45 lemonxah: what would be my options if I would like to stick with eclipse. I heard robotium has some support with Jenkins, so would it the right tool for rpc testing ? Sep 27 07:52:43 Any suggestions for JSON handling ? Sep 27 07:53:38 brickhead, unfortunately i have not used robotium before so i am in a position to advise you Sep 27 07:54:24 Zylinx, GSON? or Jackson Sep 27 07:54:24 Zylinx: we use http://code.google.com/p/json-simple/ in one of projects Sep 27 07:54:28 have you looked at them? Sep 27 08:00:26 lemonxah, miha thanks :) Sep 27 08:02:28 no worries Sep 27 08:24:22 I'm following this tutorial on first app: http://developer.android.com/training/basics/actionbar/adding-buttons.html and it tells me to add icons for ic_action_search; i downloaded the Action Bar Icon Packā€¦ is there a way to have eclipse automatically add icons to my project? what id have to do now is go to the folder with the icons and search out the icon 4 times (for different sizes) and add them manually to my /res/drawable-* Sep 27 08:25:31 hi Sep 27 08:25:43 I have a probably stupid question Sep 27 08:25:48 I have a class and I need to pass a parameter to it when I instantiate it... something like Example exp = new exampleClass(String); Sep 27 08:25:50 sweet installing Google Play Services and Google AdMob Ads SDK Sep 27 08:25:54 is it possible? Sep 27 08:26:21 so far so good and my hope is i will find these apis usable or even easily usable Sep 27 08:26:22 vixper1, ofc Sep 27 08:26:33 but you should go to #java to ask those Sep 27 08:26:45 since it's not android-specific Sep 27 08:27:22 JimmyCarter, admob is easy Sep 27 08:27:25 dunno about google play services Sep 27 08:27:56 im gonna try their multiplayer game networking Sep 27 08:28:03 thz raziel Sep 27 08:28:05 bump. got disconnected :( Sep 27 08:28:48 did someone answer to my question while i was gone i wonder? Sep 27 08:41:45 hello Sep 27 08:42:17 how to know which port of 3g dongle used to AT command? Sep 27 08:44:07 hello... Sep 27 08:44:52 hi all Sep 27 09:03:58 hello every one Sep 27 09:05:18 i need some help in my scripting i need to know if we could turn on wifi using adb shell (not through tap commands) Sep 27 09:07:05 my requirement is i need to create a p2p connection using adb in specific channel in ui Sep 27 09:08:50 i use to do it using wpa_cli but no w Sep 27 09:09:50 we r planning in ui need some help with this thankyou Sep 27 09:20:18 can any one help me with android wifi commands Sep 27 09:20:41 you're planning to use adb in an app? Sep 27 09:22:03 thanks lemonxah, all migrated successfully… :) Sep 27 09:22:13 no worries Sep 27 09:22:35 sat a day to migrate ours then broke it then had to figure out what i missed Sep 27 09:22:57 and my big mistake was .gitignore the .idea and .ml files Sep 27 09:23:07 *.iml Sep 27 09:23:16 yeahh.. that was really helpful Sep 27 09:23:18 took me another day to fix it Sep 27 09:23:28 you da man Sep 27 09:23:29 took a while to understand Sep 27 09:23:42 just glad that my trouble helped someone else Sep 27 09:24:15 i was just about to gitignore those paths like you man.. haha.. glad i asked before jumping the gun too soon Sep 27 09:26:13 yeah Sep 27 09:27:00 now party away for the weekend.. woohoo Sep 27 09:30:53 after three years I still keep forgetting that linearlayout defaults to horizontal Sep 27 09:31:07 I've made a mistake: I've created a new project in eclipse. Where did he save the files? Sep 27 09:31:14 I'm running Android JUnit test, but it runs out of memory Sep 27 09:31:32 how do I increase size for JUNIT vm Sep 27 09:31:36 Unable to execute dex: GC overhead limit exceeded\ Sep 27 09:35:13 increase you JVM mem limit? Sep 27 09:36:48 hi, SDK manager suggests me to install 18.0.1 build-tools even if I have 18.1 installed Sep 27 09:36:53 do I need the former? Sep 27 09:38:55 Maziz: I've Sep 27 09:38:59 but its not helping Sep 27 09:39:09 Do I need to increase it for the Junit run configuration Sep 27 09:39:11 ? Sep 27 09:40:04 kgtsr: on channel, please Sep 27 09:40:53 http://pastebin.com/U8fDDbBr here is my eclipse.ini Sep 27 09:42:07 i need/tying to develop a command tool to perform all wpacli operations like selecting channel,p20 go etc on gui Sep 27 09:43:14 kgtsr: why? Sep 27 09:43:35 for example if i need to make p2p on ui i need to select channel and who is going to be groupowner etc Sep 27 09:44:51 while doing performance we are seeing difference in performance of both wpacli and ui Sep 27 09:46:47 if we have to do qa on gui(as our clients request) we are not able to select channels on gui and lot of other features also not available like making indengo,autogo etc Sep 27 09:49:10 if it is possible on cli i think it should be possible on ui too i need some ideas about this can u help me Sep 27 10:11:30 has anyone used the renderscript support library? i'm having trouble even finding it :/ Sep 27 10:51:53 Does anyone know why the default crash dialog "Foobar.com crashed - OK" takes so long to appear? Compared to ACRA it takes several seconds. Sep 27 10:52:28 I checked the ACRA code, and it does some killing magic in it's onUncaughtException.... code Sep 27 10:52:38 my default crashed message is instant Sep 27 10:57:33 lemonxah: hm, could be that it's a lot of thread pools in my app it's waiting for to finish Sep 27 10:58:17 anyone else experience slow crash dialogs? ie - it takes several seconds from crash to actual dialog showing? Sep 27 10:59:04 snowpong i would say that really depends on whatever your are running on, device or emulator Sep 27 10:59:06 emulator is hitty Sep 27 10:59:08 shitty Sep 27 11:31:36 troloyolo: this is on an S3 - so fairly high end Sep 27 11:34:13 emulator is Hitty! Sep 27 11:34:14 :D Sep 27 11:42:35 Why somebody would implement Loader Callbacks to the ListView adapter ? Sep 27 11:44:58 well if you ahve specific needs for like menu items bluesm_ Sep 27 11:45:18 lets say you have a recents list like recent chat in the left pane Sep 27 11:45:41 but you also want menu items ontop of the recents and you want the menu items to scroll with the recents Sep 27 11:46:17 and the top menu item is a profile item and you want the profile item to update if something changes to the profile during the lifetime of the app or from the backend Sep 27 11:46:46 then you would implement either a loader with loader callbacks or have a content observer in your cursor adapter Sep 27 11:47:00 that is the cleanest way of handling it Sep 27 11:47:14 but it all depends on the situation Sep 27 11:47:46 makes sence bluesm_ ? Sep 27 11:49:58 anyone who can help me figure out why my scrollview flickers when i am dragging and lift my finger? http://pastebin.com/3YWU64eS Sep 27 11:49:59 those of y'all using retrofit, is there a way to instrument reqeusts? i mainly need progress for file uploads Sep 27 11:50:11 troloyolo: define "flicker" Sep 27 11:50:32 it sets the image back to previously saved coordinates Sep 27 11:51:15 not sure why you handling touch events yourself, but take a look at the source of HorizontalScrollView about how to do it Sep 27 11:51:17 it works when i lift the finger when not dragging - if i wait till the scrolling is completed Sep 27 11:52:21 i handle it myself, because it is a 2 dimensional scrollview im in the process of making Sep 27 11:52:43 HSV is your friend, that is too much code to understand very quickly Sep 27 11:52:56 great, thanks alot :) Sep 27 11:53:18 troloyolo: what are you trying to achive? why do you have your own scrolling ? Sep 27 11:54:18 i am making a custom scrollview. Everything works when i have not scaled up or down. However if i have scaled, the dragging works fine when not lifting a finger :) Sep 27 11:54:50 ah, yeah HSV is a good place Sep 27 11:54:51 that's what i did Sep 27 11:55:32 im having trouble determining if the error happens in action_move or action_up - because dragging works when i let the animation finish Sep 27 11:55:46 but if i lift my finger before the scrolling is completed, it 'rolls back' Sep 27 11:56:43 what does it mean that device needs to be running developer version Sep 27 11:57:12 Exception: Cannot start View server. Sep 27 11:57:13 This only works on emulator and devices running developer versions. Sep 27 11:57:21 troloyolo: i would recommend looking at ACTION_UP more intensely and overriding onScrolLChangend and logging around there Sep 27 11:57:28 mms_: probably rooted with "userdebug" Sep 27 11:57:43 whatever you're extending may have internal state you're not updating Sep 27 11:57:50 p_l: I have cyanogenmod rooted device already Sep 27 11:58:35 funkbox: great advice thanks :) i have overridden onScrollChanged tho ;) Sep 27 12:00:15 funkbox: i noticed that if (getScrollX() < 0) then i just set deltaX to 0 - but google does a ScrollBy(deltaX, 0) Sep 27 12:01:32 IIRC scrollby is pretty smart Sep 27 12:02:20 yea just tried using scollBy there, however i didnt change anything unfortunatly Sep 27 12:03:08 it just seems strange that my action_up is almost identical to googles Sep 27 12:03:16 troloyolo: which view are you extending? Sep 27 12:03:37 scroll views have lots of other things like flings etc which might be interfering Sep 27 12:03:59 yea i have a custom fling method aswell - however my class is just extending framelayout Sep 27 12:04:05 ah Sep 27 12:04:12 godspeed then Sep 27 12:04:27 hehe Sep 27 12:04:58 so it can be fling, action_move or action_up that messes up ? Sep 27 12:05:03 why not throw a framelayout into a scroll view ? Sep 27 12:05:26 dno :'( Sep 27 12:05:40 try that Sep 27 12:06:05 not sure what you mean by throwing a framelayout Sep 27 12:06:10 i always try the dumbest most easiest thing first and i'm surprised how often it works wekk Sep 27 12:06:36 like Sep 27 12:06:58 oh see, it is not a regular android project im building Sep 27 12:07:04 its a titanium module Sep 27 12:07:26 oh don't know anything about titanium other than to stay far far away Sep 27 12:07:45 it's nice Sep 27 12:07:57 anything non-native is bad imho Sep 27 12:08:04 except maybe xamarin Sep 27 12:08:13 well i am doing the module pure native ;) Sep 27 12:10:26 eh, whatever twerks for you Sep 27 12:21:24 lemonxah: could you point me to any android guide about it ? Sep 27 12:22:02 bluesm_, i dont know about any guides that helps you with that Sep 27 12:22:16 htis is just from experience Sep 27 12:39:07 lemonxah: mhm. Could you clarify where is that menu ? Sep 27 12:39:12 From your example Sep 27 12:42:49 does any1 has an idea why I have to do this "Add dependency on module xyz" every time I start Android Studio? It is really annoying. Sep 27 13:33:38 Hello! i know width and height of bitmap, how to calculate size of bitmap using this params? Sep 27 13:34:03 please explain further Sep 27 13:34:27 size? number of pixels? Sep 27 13:34:36 or bytes? Sep 27 13:34:50 milimeters/inches? Sep 27 13:34:55 Is there a way to set a toast to appear just above a view? Sep 27 13:35:46 xgear: width*height Sep 27 13:36:02 Ankwatcher: pretty sure it is somewhat like - Toast t = Toast.makeText(this, "Hello", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT); t.setGravity(Gravity.FILL_HORIZONTAL, 0, 0); Sep 27 13:36:24 hackkitten: bytes Sep 27 13:36:47 depends on compression ratio Sep 27 13:36:57 100% Sep 27 13:37:02 vfximal Sep 27 13:37:05 maximal Sep 27 13:37:39 if it's a bitmap you just do width*height*bytes-per-pixel Sep 27 13:37:53 if it uses compression you have to ask the filesystem Sep 27 13:38:11 i dont use compression Sep 27 13:38:20 everything is default Sep 27 13:38:28 oO Sep 27 13:38:37 4 bytes per pixel? Sep 27 13:38:44 it depends on the bitmap Sep 27 13:38:47 3 for RGB Sep 27 13:38:51 4 for RGBA Sep 27 13:39:01 ok, 4 Sep 27 13:39:07 thanks guys Sep 27 13:39:10 np Sep 27 13:40:34 guys do you know if google has api for its new type of output search? I mean, for example, if I search ' Premier League Ranking ' it shows me that or for example if I search ' Time in New York City' Sep 27 13:40:45 hello. can I somehow prevent android from loading any sound services? I don't mind brute-force solutions. Sep 27 13:41:03 https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/351310959 Sep 27 13:41:15 quite the contrary, in fact, the more force I apply now the better. I'm a lil bit on edge Sep 27 13:41:25 https://developers.google.com/freebase/ Sep 27 13:43:59 mikedg_, thank you so much Sep 27 13:45:19 does any1 has an idea why I have to do this "Add dependency on module xyz" every time I start Android Studio? It is really annoying. Sep 27 14:13:43 i am overriding an onInterceptTouchEvent - this is done in order to determine if i should process a touch event or not Sep 27 14:13:49 however, this event is never being called Sep 27 14:13:55 any ideas on why that might be ? Sep 27 14:17:03 Either you're not touching the view, or something else is intercepting it before you Sep 27 14:18:15 relevant xkcd http://xkcd.com/688/ Sep 27 14:25:26 mikedg_, I think soccer dynamic data are not got from freebase Sep 27 14:26:03 gdrc: oh :/ Sep 27 14:26:04 sorry Sep 27 14:26:10 that makes sense Sep 27 14:26:24 not sure what else would be it Sep 27 14:29:46 https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview 404 wtf Sep 27 14:33:28 how did you reach that link? Sep 27 14:33:43 https://developers.google.com/web-search/docs/ Sep 27 14:34:05 and if you google 'google search api' first result: 404 Sep 27 14:34:14 maybe they are working... Sep 27 14:35:09 maybe the "deprecated" tag gives you a hint Sep 27 14:35:33 Nov 1, 2010.. Probably hasn't been updated since Sep 27 14:35:50 nope, Therefore, we encourage you to move to the new Custom Search API. Sep 27 14:35:58 I click on this Sep 27 14:36:02 yet still works, this is my first link https://developers.google.com/web-search/?hl=en Sep 27 14:37:07 Does gradle store libraries from maven central in .m2/repository like maven does? Sep 27 14:37:27 No, somewhere in .gradle Sep 27 14:37:43 It pulls from .m2/repository if you tell it to use mavenLocal() iirc Sep 27 14:37:43 ahh caches probably Sep 27 14:38:22 do you know where compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:18.0.0' is comming from because it's not in central. Acording to android studio it's library home Sep 27 14:38:36 From the sdk Sep 27 14:38:43 It's just build in now? Sep 27 14:38:54 They ship some repos in the sdk Sep 27 14:39:43 wierd, seems like it would be easier to just put them in central. Oh well as long as I don't have to keep adding them to my own server like I was doing for maven I'm ok with it. Sep 27 14:40:17 Yeah, that would be easier Sep 27 14:40:52 But someone at Google thought it would be a good idea to not do what everyone expected them to Sep 27 14:41:10 haha Sep 27 14:42:50 They were asked countless times whether android.jar and the support lib would be in maven central, and the answer was always yes. Then they released it, and it wasn't pushed to central anyway.. So it's probably legal reasons (licenses and crap) Sep 27 14:45:12 :( legal stuff always getting in the way Sep 27 14:45:17 pieces029, you never had to publish them to your own local repo, it's a local repo in the sdk already Sep 27 14:45:32 you just need to add android_home/extras/{google,android} to maven resolvers Sep 27 14:45:56 pfn: I did for using maven Sep 27 14:46:20 b4 gradle was even released Sep 27 14:46:27 well released for android Sep 27 14:49:24 again, you only needed to add the sdk repos to resolvers Sep 27 14:49:27 and it would have been fine Sep 27 14:50:00 you're talking about on my local machine? Sep 27 14:50:59 yes Sep 27 14:51:51 Yeah, I was setting it up on a server so all the other devs I work with didn't also have to do that. We could just build after pulling down the project, no setup required. Sep 27 14:52:13 * pfn shrugs Sep 27 14:52:17 maven for building android projects sucks Sep 27 14:52:28 only redeeming quality is that it drops into jenkins Sep 27 14:54:43 I think it is way better then putting libraries into vcs, and having to setup those libraries on every computer. Sep 27 14:54:48 And the Jenkins thing Sep 27 15:15:14 So I need to make a thread to handle network communication. I'm unsure what kind of service, if any, to use for that? What's the android way of dealing with something that has to be able to gather information in the background? Sep 27 15:16:32 Hi all! Sep 27 15:17:40 <\monster\> Is there a way to contact Google Play store regarding trademark issue without getting a canned response? My app was suspended, I think it was because of a word I used in the name. I don't want to lose years of stats and user history ..I don't think the complaining party will respond to me' Sep 27 15:18:17 sue them Sep 27 15:18:38 <\monster\> :) Sep 27 15:19:25 <\monster\> it's crazy they can destroy you like this without any chance of correcting the issue Sep 27 15:19:26 Moopz: if it only has to exist while the UI is active, you can use asynctask Sep 27 15:20:05 Moopz: if you want it to keep working while the UI isn't in the foreground, or if your UI has multiple activities, you'll probably want a thread in a service. You probably don't need a separate process for your service. Sep 27 15:20:45 dragorn: It has multiple activities. So which service should I use? A bounded service? Sep 27 15:21:22 fairly sure you always have to bind a service to do any communication with it Sep 27 15:21:31 Any way to get a window token from a WallpaperService/WallpaperEngine? Sep 27 15:21:43 so yes - you tell yours ervice what to do, it tells you when something has been done either via message handlers or callbacks Sep 27 15:21:43 \monster\: Google support is practically non-existent so you probably wont get it resolved quickly Sep 27 15:22:03 <\monster\> man Sep 27 15:22:33 dragorn: The service has to continue doing it, so should I make a thread within the service? Sep 27 15:23:02 Moopz: yes Sep 27 15:23:37 dragorn: Just a normal Java thread or does Android have anything? Sep 27 15:24:03 Moopz: you can use a thread, you could use a runnable, you could probably use asynctask tho I forget if that's for UI threads only Sep 27 15:24:25 dragorn: Alright, thanks a lot :) Sep 27 15:26:41 what's the best way to scroll a live wallpaper when user scrolls through their screens Sep 27 15:31:16 live wallpaper services have a callback that tells you what screen you're on Sep 27 15:40:32 pfn, but this would require completely redrawing the wallpaper to it's new position? Sep 27 15:40:58 i'm trying to avoid that Sep 27 15:41:09 scrolling implies redrawing Sep 27 15:41:51 pfn, that's true. Sep 27 15:43:04 LIVE wallpaper implies redrawing Sep 27 15:45:33 that, too Sep 27 15:46:43 I don't understand why I need more ram for dex on windows... Sep 27 15:46:46 but not as much on mac Sep 27 15:49:33 SimonVT, i'm using a wallpaperservice, but im only displaying a static image. the only reason I have a live wallpaper is to receive touch events. I presume this is the only way to accomplish this? Sep 27 15:54:55 I'm using a custom account type to authenticate users in my app. I query the available accounts from AccountManager when I start the main activity. However, if there's no available account, I'd like to present the user with the log in activity. What's the best way to do this? Should I have a dummy activity that launches the correct activity on startup? Sep 27 16:50:28 hey, can anyone recommend a book on android and JNI Sep 27 17:05:05 randomuse99: i can sum it up in one sentence... "don't use jni" :-) Sep 27 17:05:28 anyhow, d.android.com has all the info you need on it, including a recommendation to not use it Sep 27 17:20:51 hi im having a little issue parsing xml with the parsxser included in the android api. I'm a bit noob abou t xml validation Sep 27 17:21:25 Does an XML parser complains if the xml is reading doesnt validate with the schema that is defined in it ? Sep 27 17:22:53 because am getting an error but doesnt specify that cause, it says doesnt expect a TEXT event but there is no text event in that XML. it only parses that same xml when I remove those schema definitions Sep 27 17:31:44 Excuse me.. is there a way to start an activity intent (ACTION_VIEW) without user interaction? (rooted, or non rooted doesnt matter) Sep 27 17:43:55 Hello Sep 27 17:44:52 Quiet in here Sep 27 17:45:47 im trying to launch an intent to display a users page on G+. does the Android G+ app not support this? It keeps taking me to my home feed Sep 27 17:46:37 well, I figured out the image picker thing - you need to have whatever activity calls the image picker be singleTop Sep 27 17:46:55 startActivityForResult returns early with a null result otherwise Sep 27 17:47:13 no, dont do that Sep 27 17:53:25 Join #umbraco Sep 27 18:01:39 SDK manager suggests me to install 18.0.1 build-tools even if I have 18.1 installed, do I need the former? Can anyone check his manager and see if he's got both installed? Sep 27 18:02:15 anddam: i've all three installed Sep 27 18:03:00 since they are not very large it's not such a waste of space, and if you get a project that wants to compile against old build tools you have to check it out then Sep 27 18:03:04 so why not install it all at once Sep 27 18:21:00 timroes: because it seemed overlapping Sep 27 18:21:10 it's a minor version number Sep 27 18:21:22 and I was curious about this behavior Sep 27 18:21:36 how does a project specify a specific build tools version? Sep 27 18:25:18 hello Sep 27 18:25:24 I have no idea if this is the place to ask this Sep 27 18:25:36 but it seems to be the channel with the most users relating to android Sep 27 18:25:53 Is it related to developing an android application? Sep 27 18:26:02 No Sep 27 18:26:30 It relates to me trying to find a game I had on my old andiod but can;t find now I have new phone Sep 27 18:26:41 it's driving me creazy Sep 27 18:26:56