**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Feb 09 03:00:03 2017 Feb 09 03:01:27 lake:im only seeing recognizing objects that exist.. not picture matching Feb 09 03:10:36 adq how do you get 25.3.0 ? no standalone, and AS + android don't see any updates Feb 09 03:11:03 canary i guess, http://tools.android.com/recent/androidsdktoolsrevision2530feb2017 Feb 09 03:11:08 bubbely: I'm not sure. I haven't actually needed to use OpenCV myself (I had a presentation on it at a conference I attendend once) Feb 09 03:11:08 haven't played with it anyway Feb 09 03:11:33 bubbely: But I would definitely have assumed it was there. I mean, it has everything else :-) Feb 09 03:12:43 In the presentation they quickly built an application to play tic-tac-toe with a computer by drawing your moves on paper and having image recognition see what your move was. Feb 09 03:14:02 I tried the Android Studio theme editor, changed some colors, but when I reset them, they reverted to different colors than they were when they started. Anyone know what gives? Feb 09 03:16:01 (unfortunately, ctrl-z undo doesn't work, as it gives an error before going all the way back to before my changes) Feb 09 03:16:11 am I conceptually understanding it correctly, that, given the lifetimes of different app components, one usually wants to have Model in a Service, and then have various Activity's act as the View and Controller? Feb 09 03:18:04 "Some much needed changes to sdkmanager. As always, k..p up the g...t w..k!" Feb 09 03:18:05 lol Feb 09 03:18:54 This is just a WebView wrapper... https://github.com/wasabeef/richeditor-android Feb 09 03:34:39 adq i wonder if the 'improved pipe performance' what xav mentioned last year at i/o ... adb speed improvements Feb 09 03:35:02 no clue, i think it's just for avd Feb 09 03:35:09 not adb specifically Feb 09 03:36:26 recent avd are quite fast for me, but stability is still a huge major issue Feb 09 03:36:43 "Linux Kernel 3.18 Reaches End of Life " Feb 09 03:36:47 with genymotion i got week(s) of uptime, with avd it barely last more than few hours (at best) Feb 09 03:36:47 lol android uses that Feb 09 03:48:11 im trying to setup a build server for android and I cant get sdkmanger to list the full name of the images Feb 09 03:48:27 it always shows an abbreviated vrsion Feb 09 03:51:47 g00s: that could mean any of: https://ghostbin.com/paste/47ywj Feb 09 04:03:13 Does Android Studio override some colors in the apptheme on a default project template? Feb 09 04:22:22 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=165545#c19 noice Feb 09 04:51:36 hey guys, i have a question, im using a simple reflection on BottomNavigationView Field to disable its shifting behavior; so is it such a bad thing to have it on production app? Feb 09 04:52:40 not in this life but you'll burn in hell in the afterlife Feb 09 04:55:14 * kevoroid thinking good thing that he's an atheist! :) Feb 09 04:57:19 seriously, it's almost as using any other feature. Except that when the "feature" you are using is removed or changed, you don't get a deprecation and a compatibility library. Can you handle that? Feb 09 04:57:55 In 6 months, will you be able to identify a bug report as being caused that this code? Feb 09 04:58:24 Can you tolerate that can of bugs at all? Feb 09 04:58:38 If the answer is "yes" then it's not a big problem Feb 09 04:59:16 If the answer is "no" I would glue my ass to the chair and write a good solution Feb 09 05:00:00 "tolerate that can of" -> "tolerate that kind of" Feb 09 05:00:58 I see your point, yet if I keep an eye on support library and changes on that particular class(s), dont you think its better than using the 3rd party lib on github just to remove that annoying shifting mode? Feb 09 05:03:58 Honestly, unless the 3rd party library from github is poorly written, I would use it instead of using reflection Feb 09 05:04:31 If it has minor bugs you can fix and contribute them. You don't even have to sweat to write code from scratch. Feb 09 05:05:19 That's me, anyway. Feb 09 05:05:39 There are no rules sculpted in stone Feb 09 05:08:14 i hear ya Feb 09 07:12:01 hi guys Feb 09 07:12:12 i get this error Feb 09 07:12:14 http://picpaste.com/error10-Mo5nnpz3.png Feb 09 07:12:21 what should i do ? Feb 09 07:12:57 anyone here ? Feb 09 07:14:44 no, come back tomorrow? Feb 09 07:15:38 why? Feb 09 07:16:45 gradle guys are slackers, they went to bed already ... Feb 09 07:17:14 heh, teasing Feb 09 07:17:38 was hoping someone who knew might jump in faster ☺️ Feb 09 07:19:25 do you have those build tools installed? (naive guessl Feb 09 07:20:53 linuxlove: path to git.exe is not valid Feb 09 07:21:05 is error message Feb 09 07:21:06 :) Feb 09 07:21:12 how can i fix this? Feb 09 07:21:56 fix git path Feb 09 07:22:35 ahhhhh..... Feb 09 07:22:48 * capella didn't spot that Feb 09 07:25:09 i dont know where is git.exe located Feb 09 07:27:08 i dont know even git is installed or not Feb 09 07:27:41 hence, your problem Feb 09 07:28:20 i am remote to another pc Feb 09 07:28:27 i have ubuntu Feb 09 07:28:39 that system is windows Feb 09 07:31:57 ? who manages the remote? Feb 09 07:35:14 linuxlove: PATH mechanism is the same on linux and windows, so “I'm using linux” is not an excuse Feb 09 07:35:33 hey guys Feb 09 07:35:51 i have android { Feb 09 07:35:51 compileSdkVersion 23 Feb 09 07:35:51 buildToolsVersion '23.0.2' Feb 09 07:35:51 } Feb 09 07:36:07 Yah saw that Feb 09 07:36:45 and in app/build gradle Feb 09 07:36:57 it is android { Feb 09 07:36:57 compileSdkVersion 17 Feb 09 07:36:57 buildToolsVersion "21.1.2" Feb 09 07:37:20 i should change that ? Feb 09 07:38:41 han? Feb 09 08:50:23 Hi ... If I want 2 full activities run split screen at the same time (while also interacting with each other) .. I thought of using Fragments .. So how do I start? Do I need one "main" acitity which loads a layout file where 2 other fragments are placed above each other.. and both fragments are actually just the activities (i already created separately) but now extend Fragment class instead Feb 09 08:50:23 of Activity class? (changing onCreate to onActivityCreated etc.) Feb 09 08:51:51 or does anyone know a good example/tutorial somewhere? I can only find examples using some list view connected to some detailActivity .. like a news article app layout Feb 09 08:55:30 you want one Activity split into 2 parts? Feb 09 08:55:52 no .. I have 2 activities ... I want them active at the same time Feb 09 08:56:02 "split-screen" .. vertically Feb 09 08:56:35 activity is a screen. technically you want 1 screen divided into 2 parts Feb 09 08:56:46 I guess .. Feb 09 08:56:52 i'd do 1 activity with 2 fragments Feb 09 08:56:58 okay Feb 09 08:57:16 so youd need to change a bit to 'convert' those activities into fragments Feb 09 08:57:25 ah yeah Feb 09 08:58:07 one activity is a camera/opengl (augmented reality) view ... other activity is a sort of mapview Feb 09 09:00:09 how common is it to extend the Application class? Feb 09 09:10:46 mniip: Rather. Feb 09 09:13:03 quite common for at least not-small projects Feb 09 09:18:34 Hi all, I use a RippleDrawable in code, which works great. But I'm wondering how you can use a Shape with it. Like a RippleShapeDrawable. Any advice? Feb 09 09:33:18 TacticalJoke, are there common mistakes or do's and don't's? Feb 09 09:34:08 Such as what? I don't think subclassing Application is dangerous or anything. Feb 09 09:34:22 Application.onCreate is just a handy place to initialize certain things on a per-process basis. Feb 09 09:34:52 * regan has gotten away with subclassing Application Feb 09 09:36:14 * regan is working on a cable company application, merging a complex billing section into a program guide. Its about 100K lines of code. Feb 09 09:37:08 There is a weird bug that the back button in some fragments sometimes go back to a particular fragment. Feb 09 09:37:27 TacticalJoke, I need some code to be running after an app opens even when it's minimized Feb 09 09:37:40 if I'm correct I need a Service, but Feb 09 09:37:48 starting that service from the Activity seems incorrect Feb 09 09:37:58 * regan mostly uses services for stuff like that. Feb 09 09:38:34 once a fragment gets stuck in the back stack some fragments seem to keep going back to that point from random places. Feb 09 09:39:42 There is like maybe 50 fragments and some get stuck as a point for other ones to come back to instead of where they are supposed to go back to.... Feb 09 09:40:53 any ideas anyone...??? Feb 09 09:40:53 I've trawled through stack overflow trying to dump the contents of the back stack and it happens all the time for the testers but as a dev I can not reproduce it... Feb 09 09:44:30 raoul11: ! Feb 09 09:44:53 * raoul11 thepooshes thepoosh Feb 09 09:44:59 11:44 thepoosh !!! Feb 09 09:45:38 what's up Feb 09 09:48:51 fukin bout with google sign in thepoosh Feb 09 09:49:03 did that last week for a bit Feb 09 09:49:15 it's not that comprehencible Feb 09 09:51:01 i need a tokenid Feb 09 09:52:11 but not sure whats: requestIdToken(String s) Specifies that an ID token for authenticated users is requested. Requesting an ID token requires that the server client ID be specified. Feb 09 10:09:01 so Feb 09 10:09:14 would it be okay to extend Application to launch my custom Service at startup Feb 09 10:09:28 and then provide a handle to it to all Activities that ask Feb 09 11:03:24 Is there a good tutorial for implementing a ContentProvider without using a database? Feb 09 11:03:49 I want to allow in-app searching on Android TV, but everything goes back to haveing a DB for it, whereas I have an API Feb 09 12:38:47 With Intent.createChooser, how can I send data to an app so that not the main activity, but some other one is launched? Feb 09 12:39:24 does android have an interface for (or something similar to) openssl BIOs? Feb 09 13:32:53 see javax.net.ssl...? Feb 09 13:33:11 If you have a drawable inside an .aar. Can you access it normal in a layout xml file? or do you need to setup a namespace for it? Feb 09 13:37:08 webczat, I don't see references to BIO Feb 09 13:37:39 mniip: does it have to be called bio? you asked for "something similar". what features do you need? Feb 09 13:38:34 I want to use an SSL library as an encoding layer Feb 09 13:38:55 i.e let the library do all the hard work, but manage the data transport myself Feb 09 13:39:04 mniip: SSLEngine Feb 09 13:39:14 see javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine Feb 09 13:40:11 ah ha Feb 09 13:40:17 that looks like what I want Feb 09 13:40:34 thanks Feb 09 13:43:04 another question: startService *schedules* a service to be started, right? Feb 09 13:43:20 can I actually launch it inline? Feb 09 13:44:17 no Feb 09 13:44:27 mniip: from what i understand, no you cannot unless you use it as a normal class without the whole service framework. Feb 09 13:44:43 mniip: it is all asynchronous by nature. Feb 09 13:45:13 hmm Feb 09 13:45:15 especially that service could be out of process in another app Feb 09 13:46:48 in my app, the activity makes no sense without the service, so I'd really like to have the service start before any events are processed by the acttivity Feb 09 13:47:07 because I don't like the idea of having 'if(service isn't started){ignore event}' all over the place Feb 09 13:50:24 This is why you have bound services. Feb 09 13:50:53 Mavrik: but isn't binding also asynchronous? Feb 09 13:51:11 you get a notification but Feb 09 13:51:13 Yes, it is, but you can't get around that. Feb 09 13:51:26 It does pin the service to your application so other strange stuff doesn't happen. Feb 09 13:52:12 but this service is probably in the same app? Feb 09 13:52:20 it is Feb 09 13:52:40 I plan on interacting with it via an object reference Feb 09 13:53:09 not sure about the binder stuff, it sounds like it does marshalling? Feb 09 13:53:11 if object reference then you definitey should bind Feb 09 13:53:40 it probably does. not sure if it optimizes the case where we are in sam vm Feb 09 13:54:28 No it doesn't. Feb 09 13:54:38 The FIRST paragraph of the three options talks about it :P Feb 09 13:55:11 well then that's a no-go Feb 09 13:55:28 the first paragraph of what? Feb 09 13:55:46 First paragraph of the bound services documentation: https://developer.android.com/guide/components/bound-services.html Feb 09 13:55:55 The first thing you check out when talking about new stuff, right_ Feb 09 13:56:06 "Extending a Binder Class" Feb 09 13:56:26 100 arrays of 1000 strings is not something I'd like to marshal Feb 09 13:56:51 why not? Feb 09 13:57:01 think big! Feb 09 13:57:04 Because it would consume a hilarious amount of memory Feb 09 13:57:17 it would consume an unacceptable amount of time Feb 09 13:57:21 in the best case it is empty strings, that should not be that bd Feb 09 13:57:22 +a Feb 09 13:58:32 *shrug* Feb 09 13:58:37 :p Feb 09 13:58:38 That's what windowing access is for. Feb 09 14:03:03 who needs unmarshalling Feb 09 14:03:08 just show the API result to the user raw Feb 09 14:03:11 performance++ Feb 09 14:06:36 Interesting issue, what's the MIME type for food? Feb 09 14:07:08 for food? lol Feb 09 14:07:18 food/chicken lol Feb 09 14:07:29 SUGGEST_COLUMN_CONTENT_TYPE is a mandatory field, so yeah I need to specify the MIME type for food Feb 09 14:08:07 hi Feb 09 14:08:12 hey Feb 09 14:09:42 CyberJacob, i have a problem in android studio after import my project Feb 09 14:10:04 compile 'com.adobe.creativesdk.foundation:auth:0.9.1186' Feb 09 14:10:06 compile 'com.adobe.creativesdk:image:4.8.3' Feb 09 14:10:17 i added this Feb 09 14:10:25 but i get this error Feb 09 14:10:38 Error:(51, 13) Failed to resolve: com.adobe.creativesdk.foundation:auth: Feb 09 14:10:49 how can i fix this Feb 09 14:11:04 where is com.adobe.creativesdk.foundation coming from Feb 09 14:11:31 in app/gradle Feb 09 14:11:45 dependencies Feb 09 14:12:18 it is not what he asked :) Feb 09 14:12:35 CyberJacob, application/atom-stream :p Feb 09 14:12:44 but dependencies added this way are downloaded from repositories. so Feb 09 14:12:49 if I were intending to be serious I'd use text/plain probably Feb 09 14:13:09 because your food is probably a piece of text? Feb 09 14:13:24 mniip: nope, it's a thing that can be ordered and delivered Feb 09 14:13:25 * webczat eats a piece of text Feb 09 14:13:50 huh Feb 09 14:13:55 i couldnt understand what you said Feb 09 14:14:25 mniip: I'm adding search results to an app that lets you order food Feb 09 14:14:26 aren't mimes supposed to be descriptions of a block of bytes? Feb 09 14:14:41 CyberJacob, what do you mean ? Feb 09 14:14:58 let me see you a pic Feb 09 14:15:09 linuxlove: I said: dependencies added to gradle are usually downloaded from a remote internet repository. if you have a library jar in lib/ then I believe you do not need to add them, unless I am wrong? Feb 09 14:15:30 linuxlove: adding those lines to your gradle is telling the compiler to get the source code with the namespace com.adobe.creativesdk.foundation and include it in the build Feb 09 14:15:34 like, it'd be pointless to assign mime types to arbitrary objects, it only makes sense for a block of otherwise unknown data Feb 09 14:15:53 mniip: I'd agree with you there, but it's a mandatory field... Feb 09 14:16:01 probably gonna use the app namespace, it makes the most sense Feb 09 14:16:02 a mandatory field in what Feb 09 14:16:16 CyberJacob: application/octet-stream? or some other generic thing? search for some generic mime types Feb 09 14:16:41 "Column name for suggestions cursor. Optional. If your content is media type, you should provide this column so search app could understand more about your content. The data in the column must specify the MIME type of the content." Feb 09 14:16:51 what are your search results? Feb 09 14:16:53 mniip: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/SearchManager.html#SUGGEST_COLUMN_CONTENT_TYPE Feb 09 14:17:20 are your search results pieces of text? Feb 09 14:17:24 or images? Feb 09 14:17:33 they have text to describe them, and images of them Feb 09 14:18:10 the search is by text? Feb 09 14:18:25 yes Feb 09 14:18:41 Is there some way I can get the icon and name of an app that I have the package name to, that is not yet installed? For installed apps, I can do packageManager.resolveActivity(launchIntentForPackage) to get those infos. Feb 09 14:18:42 then text/plain is an option Feb 09 14:18:50 in addition to the ever so generic octet-stream Feb 09 14:26:58 I'm not quite sure I understand the usage of Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE based on the documentation. Currently I'm using it to not have stuff like Skype try to handle my action_send with a very specific mimeType. Feb 09 14:28:07 (Because skype accepts */* mimetypes, meaning it also accepts something like "application/only-shit-applications-accept-this" Feb 09 14:33:22 Does anyone know how to show a snackbar atop a supportmapfragment? I tried Snackbar.make(fragment.getView(), ..., ...).show() but it still doesn't seem to show or do anything. Feb 09 14:34:19 try getActivity().getView(). Feb 09 14:35:32 Wintereise, fragment is not a view, snackbar wants a visible view Feb 09 14:36:01 check the doc, it crawls back up to decorview if needed Feb 09 14:36:10 adq: I tried passing it the root view as well -- but I think the fragment actually is "at the top" and thus you can't see the snackbar Feb 09 14:36:21 ah then you might fix it with elevation Feb 09 14:36:29 How do I assign elevation to the snackbar Feb 09 14:36:29 iirc default elevation of snack is like 16dp Feb 09 14:36:35 search for it Feb 09 14:37:10 or do the contrary, fix the elevation of other components to have your snack above them Feb 09 14:37:19 h8 it they havnt added support for elevation on preloli Feb 09 14:37:24 I did, but mostly drawing blanks. Feb 09 14:37:31 materialdesgin my a$$ Feb 09 14:38:27 If I want to open an app in the playstore, I should use Uri.parse("Market://detials?id=" + packageName), but I need to surround that with try and catch because if the playstore is not installed it crashes, in that case I should do Uri.parse("https//play.google.com/store./apps/details?id=" + packageName);. But that also opens the playstore if it's installed. Feb 09 14:38:33 > Snackbars appear above most elements on screen, and they are equal in elevation to the floating action button. However, they are lower in elevation than dialogs, bottom sheets, and navigation drawers. Feb 09 14:38:39 So why should I even use the first Uri at all? Feb 09 14:38:40 My root is a NavigationLayout Feb 09 14:38:51 *DrawerLayout Feb 09 14:39:04 So hm Feb 09 14:39:06 Bizzare Feb 09 14:39:49 I found the fragment.getView() hack at https://github.com/tananaev/steps-navigation/blob/master/app/src/main/java/com/tananaev/stepsnavigation/MapsActivity.java <-- here, but that doesn't seem to work either Feb 09 14:39:51 it does Syzygy ? it should open up the chooser for which app u want to open that url with Feb 09 14:40:54 raoul11, well, I already have a chooser with several apps that I want to open i want to open in the playstore if none of them is installed, maybe that's interfering. Feb 09 14:42:33 The only difference is that one displays "Google Play Store" and the other one "Play Store". Feb 09 14:45:20 It doesn't look like you can set elevation on the snackbar Feb 09 14:45:21 Lame Feb 09 14:46:06 raoul11, looks like this if i try to open it via url: https://goo.gl/photos/9u3w67yM87fhafRBA Feb 09 14:46:42 Obviously I'm still looking for a way to add the correct app icon and name. Feb 09 14:47:40 so you're actually directing to other apps on the playstore? Feb 09 14:48:12 yes. Feb 09 14:48:24 (or to the app directly if it's already installed) Feb 09 14:48:36 (chooser if several are installed) Feb 09 14:51:00 if you're only going to deploy your app on the playstore, pretty safe to assume market will be available Feb 09 14:51:09 though i might be wrong here Feb 09 14:51:17 I know, but sideloading is a thing... Feb 09 14:51:30 and since the safe method works just as well, might as well use that. Feb 09 14:52:55 Now I only need a way to find out the name and icon, preferably without sending them over my api or scraping the play store. Feb 09 14:57:17 goodluck with that Syzygy (: Feb 09 14:57:47 Thanks. I guess I'll have to use one of those options :( Feb 09 14:58:39 https://github.com/jaredrummler/GooglePlayScraper Feb 09 15:00:03 i added this maven { url "${project.rootDir}/creativesdk-repo/release" } Feb 09 15:00:21 So, I figured it out. Passing fragment.getView() is indeed the right way to do it, but you gotta wait until the fragment itself has a view. It doesn't on onCreate() for example. If you do it after onMapReady (GoogleMap gMap), everything is fine. Feb 09 15:00:24 while a guy said in stack Feb 09 15:00:41 but i still get error Feb 09 15:01:05 Error:(51, 13) Failed to resolve: com.adobe.creativesdk.foundation:auth: Feb 09 15:03:29 Wintereise, pretty sure that fragments have a onViewsCreated() method. Feb 09 15:04:02 onViewCreated() actually Feb 09 15:04:10 Or that Feb 09 15:04:17 which is exactly what you're looking for in this case i guess. Feb 09 15:04:33 yep Feb 09 15:04:34 Thanks Feb 09 15:08:26 Thanks raoul11, I just wish I could just use it with gradle... Feb 09 15:09:18 I've got a couple that have less than two dollars between them. I *still* back them up Feb 09 15:09:19 @#$@ Feb 09 15:12:05 What's that about? Feb 09 15:12:39 Sometimes I don't smack ^wp enough to get to the right window Feb 09 15:13:03 The perils of CLI IRC clients Feb 09 15:13:13 I was trying to illuminate someone on the ills of using bitcoin but keeping only *one* secured copy of one's wallet. Feb 09 15:13:34 Money you can accidentally _delete_ requires special care Feb 09 15:14:15 ...although it's handy when the IRS changes guidelines about taxation and it's easier to just rm the wallet than it is to figure out how the hell you pay back taxes on it Feb 09 15:17:52 How do you explain that to your tax collector? Feb 09 15:19:26 There's nothing to explain. The thing in question doesn't exist and it would be pretty much impossible to say it ever existed Feb 09 15:49:30 Does anyone know if androids Intent.createChooser(...) thingy will use LabeledIntent.getIconResource() or LabeledIntent.loadIcon(...)? Feb 09 15:49:54 so quick question with not an easy answer most likley Feb 09 15:50:15 Is there a way to install an app that will add items to the share menue of certain file types? Feb 09 15:50:29 so share on a pohot and it will share it to my site Feb 09 15:50:55 quick answer actually. yes, that's fairly simple, your app just needs to have an intent filter with the correct mimetype Feb 09 15:51:21 https://developer.android.com/training/sharing/receive.html Feb 09 15:52:01 hello everyone Feb 09 15:53:14 can someone help me with this error message, "cannot resolve icon_0" on this line icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.icon_0))); Feb 09 15:53:41 it seems like icon_0 is not in your drawable folder. Feb 09 15:54:02 I tried importing it by right clicking drawable folder Feb 09 15:54:09 and image asset Feb 09 15:54:17 open your drawable folder and check where it actually is. Feb 09 15:54:22 but It seem to have gone to the minimap folder Feb 09 15:54:25 like, through your filesystem. Feb 09 15:54:38 drag it into your drawable folder. Feb 09 15:55:01 thanks, i'll try it Feb 09 15:55:46 no dragging did not work Feb 09 15:56:02 so where is your drawable now? Feb 09 15:57:39 mipmap folder Feb 09 15:58:29 Syzygy: Thanks.. Feb 09 15:58:42 can you tell me how do I import marker icons and use it in code Feb 09 15:59:00 put it into your drawable folder. Feb 09 15:59:55 Syzygy: My PHP app currently returns results in a JSON format so i should be able to parse that with my app for success or error Feb 09 16:01:59 probably. Feb 09 16:02:11 I cant seem to be able to put it into drawable folder, draging it from explorer to drawable folder in android studio is disabled Feb 09 16:02:57 do it in explorer Feb 09 16:04:01 ok I will try that Feb 09 16:05:06 that seem to work Feb 09 16:05:39 but how do I refer to it on my code on this line .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.icon_0))); Feb 09 16:06:45 do I need something like @drawable/icon_0.png Feb 09 16:36:40 R.drawable.icon_0 as it shows there will work Feb 09 16:36:57 compiling a well compiled code now I have this: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL content%3A// Feb 09 16:37:36 Go further down on the stacktrace, you'll see what method actually caused/threw it a couple lines below. Feb 09 16:39:17 content%3A// is a pretty clear clue Feb 09 16:39:22 you urlencoded the entire url Feb 09 16:41:27 uhm Feb 09 16:42:25 Uri.Builder b = new Uri.Builder(); <--- b have content%3A// Feb 09 16:42:26 b.path(PContentProvider.URI.toString()); <--- PContentProvider.URI: content:// Feb 09 16:43:32 @wintereise thanks Feb 09 16:44:10 but it threw an error saying illegal start of expression on next line Feb 09 16:44:36 Syntax/parse error, check your code. Feb 09 16:46:28 doing that now Feb 09 16:47:12 thanks it worked Feb 09 16:47:32 thank you very much @wintereise Feb 09 16:48:05 now I need help with another question :D Feb 09 16:48:24 Good to know that it worked :) Feb 09 16:48:52 yes it was syntax error Feb 09 16:49:40 now that I have markers displaying, how can I have different sizes of icons displayed for different size of user screens Feb 09 16:50:33 on google maps Feb 09 16:50:45 Read https://developer.android.com/training/multiscreen/index.html Feb 09 16:51:54 thanks a lot Feb 09 17:21:07 how badly can a poorly designed layout can effect memory usage? Feb 09 17:21:23 pretty badly Feb 09 17:21:40 but you have to get quite poorly designed layout before you get there Feb 09 17:21:51 fortunately, Android Studio has tools to help you see what’s eating memory Feb 09 17:22:02 so you don’t go guessing at ‘Maybe this is my problem” Feb 09 17:22:26 i designed a layout which basically consumes 100 mb memory - http://pastebin.com/KXD4Eqq2 Feb 09 17:22:33 did you profile it Feb 09 17:22:42 xml? Feb 09 17:22:52 no, did you run the memory profiler on your app Feb 09 17:23:00 no Feb 09 17:23:08 do that before you start asking about this Feb 09 17:23:21 ok Feb 09 17:23:53 when you guess as to what’s causing your problems, odds are you end up missing what the actual problem is, and so you spend a lot of time fixing things that aren’t actually improving anything Feb 09 17:24:16 whereas with a profiler, you can point directly to what are the biggest, or easiest to fix, problems, and target them Feb 09 17:26:18 i checked memory usage in logcat it showed 120 mb usage when i used this layout, and 8 mb with empty linear layout. and the images used in this consume only 200 kb, so i was thinking xml might be the reason. Feb 09 17:26:29 go be sure Feb 09 17:27:01 although, i have now looked at your layout, and I instantly see 3 nested linearlayouts. Feb 09 17:27:02 that’s bad Feb 09 17:27:30 if you’re nesting linear layouts, that’s a sign that you need a different kind of layout Feb 09 17:28:06 but I’m willing to bet your memory problem is with all the images Feb 09 17:28:29 they consume only 200kb in disk space Feb 09 17:28:35 Your bitmaps use w*h*4 bytes of memory, not whatever size they are compressed on disk Feb 09 17:29:36 A View object doesn't really use any memory Feb 09 17:29:58 what quality are you unpacking your images into? Feb 09 17:30:31 3x nesting LinearLayout isnt problem yet Feb 09 17:30:51 I don't see anything all that bad about the layout, although it's pretty pointless to put layout_weight="1" on an ImageView that you're specifying the width and height explicitly for Feb 09 17:30:59 It's not going to turn around and try to remeasure those Feb 09 17:31:10 what size (width x height) are the images Feb 09 17:31:18 i don’t like nesting them beyond 2 Feb 09 17:31:37 512*512px Feb 09 17:32:03 max size Feb 09 17:32:44 4 * 512 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Feb 09 17:32:55 hmm Feb 09 17:33:38 Ashiren: but the same size worked with my other programs Feb 09 17:33:58 hmm Feb 09 17:34:39 and it still is 1 mb, i am getting excess memory of 100 mb while using this layout Feb 09 17:34:59 My guess is that this is a problem with over-specification Feb 09 17:35:15 watch some of the PerfMatters videos, especially those around images. Feb 09 17:35:27 and around how to use the memory profiling tools Feb 09 17:35:28 Maybe your bitmaps are being scaled because you put them in the wrong folder Feb 09 17:36:04 abhi_: do you only have one version of the image, or do you have different versions for the different buckets? Feb 09 17:36:27 Also very possibly the use of layout_weight="3" is just wrong Feb 09 17:36:29 s73v3r: will definitely watch them, working on profiling Feb 09 17:36:51 s73v3r: different version of images Feb 09 17:37:02 are they sized properly? Feb 09 17:37:03 Android might be doing something very silly when encountering that Feb 09 17:37:27 There's no need to have a weight of 3 on all four of the top-most linearlayouts Feb 09 17:37:39 Dagmar: i was using layout_weight="3" getting grid design Feb 09 17:37:49 why not use a GridLayout? Feb 09 17:37:54 You only need 1 for that Feb 09 17:38:11 abhi__: You've basically told it you want them all to take up three times the usual space Feb 09 17:38:16 Android wont do anything silly when encountering that Feb 09 17:38:16 They're a ratio. Feb 09 17:38:24 s73v3r: i am learning and will try it Feb 09 17:38:43 If you have two elements, one with a weight of 1 and one with a weight of 2, the second will be given twice as much space as the first Feb 09 17:38:50 dig? Feb 09 17:38:51 Dagmar: That might be the mistake let me try it Feb 09 17:40:10 It could be Android's mistake as well... I've noticed that it varies between releases, but things like having multiple widgets that result in an instruction that the same something should be centered _more than once_ practically toggles it back off and _un_-centers it (for example) Feb 09 17:40:44 So basically, the fewer layout instructions the better, for lots of reasons Feb 09 17:43:29 Tehse drawables shouldn't take up that much Feb 09 17:44:58 abhi__: You're actually using drawble-mdpi through drawable-xxxhdpi for these images, right? Feb 09 17:46:14 At 48dpx48dp, this is basically 12 icons Feb 09 17:46:35 If they were to consume significant amounts of RAM, my Nova setup would make a phone burst into flames Feb 09 17:46:53 Dagmar: I have specified different imgages in different drawables, according to their resolution Feb 09 17:47:31 Yeah, so... drawable-mdpi being 48px by 48px and xxxhdpi (if you bothered) being 192px by 192px, yes? Feb 09 17:47:32 Bet you that's a no Feb 09 17:48:42 It wouldn't surprise me. Some graphic arts people get kind of crazy ideas about DPI sometimes Feb 09 17:49:48 I'm sure if Android did something weird like loading object code into a view because of the onClick I'd have heard about it by now (although I never ever do it that way) Feb 09 17:50:56 Dagmar: No Feb 09 17:51:07