**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Jan 30 02:59:59 2012 Jan 30 03:00:51 hello - i can not seem to find the output of the hello world app on 4.0.3 emulator. it seems to work fine on older 3.0 emulator. how do it see app output screen ? Jan 30 03:01:51 vpathak: what do you see when you run the app? anything at all? Jan 30 03:02:10 i see the app in running apps - but dont see any output from it Jan 30 03:02:20 * hkhalid slaps vpathak around a bit with a large trout Jan 30 03:02:24 what does that app do? Jan 30 03:02:33 Log.v("", "Hello world!")? Jan 30 03:02:51 iirc correctly it's supposed to just display a TextView with "Hello, World" on it Jan 30 03:02:54 print hello using text view Jan 30 03:03:10 so, it shows a blank screen? Jan 30 03:03:48 i just dont see the app output anywhere on 4.0.3 emulator - i was wondering if there is something special to reach the app output screen Jan 30 03:03:58 the 'running apps' screen isn't a running apps screen Jan 30 03:04:04 it's a recent apps screen Jan 30 03:04:26 ie, if the app isn't actually running it'll still show its entry Jan 30 03:04:54 the 'app output' you're looking for is really just the main activity of the helloworld app...so if you run the app, perhaps by selecting it from the running apps screen, you should see the textview...or at least SOMEthing Jan 30 03:04:54 so if it shows nothing at all, it most likely didn't start Jan 30 03:04:56 ok Jan 30 03:05:32 have a look in logcat Jan 30 03:05:47 whether there's an exception during launch Jan 30 03:06:06 you didn't see a 'force close' at all did you vpathak? Jan 30 03:06:09 oh ok - i will have to read up the log Jan 30 03:06:12 huh, just bought an eBook on Android market and it suddenly turned spanish on me. Jan 30 03:06:22 no error - it is a code sample Jan 30 03:06:30 at least the checkout part Jan 30 03:06:35 it should run fine - it runs fine on 3.0 emulator Jan 30 03:06:49 i think i dont know how to run the 4.0.3 emulator .... perhaps Jan 30 03:06:59 no, it's exactly the same Jan 30 03:07:22 ok i will read up how to read log and check Jan 30 03:07:24 most likely something is going wrong when uploading the apk or something Jan 30 03:07:36 no error on upload - it says success Jan 30 03:07:52 is there an equivant of ok mesg box on android Jan 30 03:13:58 ok i have the log - but doesnt seem to show anything related Jan 30 03:14:39 maybe i should write to the log before and after the write Jan 30 03:28:19 Dialog/DialogFragments... is there really a good difference/use? Jan 30 03:30:54 i think dialogs are going to be deprecated, not totally sure about that Jan 30 03:31:19 ok Jan 30 03:31:29 i am just trying to debug this Jan 30 03:32:55 the output is getting lost on latest emulator Jan 30 03:34:23 did you add any logs to check if the app is starting up properly? Jan 30 03:41:26 yes, but couldnt figure out any issue - now i am going to check log on the working emulator and see if it makes sense Jan 30 03:43:47 I'm trying to get an animation to work. I have it in a view, and it loads (I get the first frame), but I can't seem to get it to start. I'm calling start in onResume() Jan 30 03:44:26 so I'm running the emulator, inside the email app and can't figure out how to get out of it Jan 30 03:45:31 is there a way to launch an app to a specific activity? Jan 30 03:46:17 intelligentfool, yes. I don't remember exactly where but I think it's something to do with the android manifest? Jan 30 03:46:41 oh, i was hoping for some way to do it in eclipse, without changing code Jan 30 03:46:56 oh, possibly Jan 30 03:47:06 intelligentfool: yeah, it's something to do with the runconfiguration Jan 30 03:47:55 so if you click the little arrow next to the big green arrow, click Run configurations... Jan 30 03:48:21 there should be one for you app, instead of Launch Default Activity, click the Launch: radio button and select the activity you want Jan 30 03:49:40 hah, annnnnd i found a bug Jan 30 03:50:13 i found that the app doesnt start properly on 4.0.3 Jan 30 03:50:21 will have to debug why is that Jan 30 03:56:48 adt site is down? Jan 30 03:57:49 hmm seems ok now Jan 30 04:02:51 ok, I have an ImageView in my xml that references has an android:src="@anim/animation" I can't get it to show anything but the first frame. Any ideas/ Jan 30 04:04:05 cconstantine: gifs dont work bro Jan 30 04:04:12 no gifs Jan 30 04:04:23 it's a frame animation Jan 30 04:04:28 sorry bro Jan 30 04:04:43 is there an animation attribute? Jan 30 04:05:06 yeah. I'm definately putting it in the view Jan 30 04:05:10 I see the first frame Jan 30 04:14:30 hello, I'm having some troubles with a repeating background defined in an xml file in drawables. While this drawable works fine for the main activity, when I call it on my second activity, it no longer works and the background gets stretched as opposed to getting repeated Jan 30 04:14:54 any ideas how I can solve this or what could be causing this? Jan 30 04:21:06 hi guys, anyone know if I have several apks, an easy way to make them all into 1 apk without actually manually merging the code? I attempted to amke them libraries and from the main project (link them) but that didn't work out Jan 30 04:23:27 i think you need to say somewhere its a library Jan 30 04:23:39 lokieee: eclipse or ant? Jan 30 04:23:53 eclipse, i can click the project, and make it a library in the android options Jan 30 04:23:54 which i did Jan 30 04:24:08 then in the main project, i can click same tab (android) and i add the apk that i just made a library Jan 30 04:24:21 but when i run the main project, it complains about a davlik error Jan 30 04:24:33 but doesn't go into details Jan 30 04:24:48 project clean? Jan 30 04:24:59 yeah tried that as well, maybe i'll try it on a simpler project Jan 30 04:33:15 so it looks like you can link seperate projects in eclipse as libraries to the main file, do you know how i wuld reference the activity in the other file? For example, if MainAcitivty.java is linked to another project called AnotherProject.java how would I launch AnotherProject.java's activity from Main's project? usually I would use the package name like com.test.anotherproject Jan 30 04:33:47 you reference the class just like you would normally Jan 30 04:34:07 great thanks! Jan 30 04:35:41 import com.foo.other.OtherActivity; startActivity(new Intent(Intent.MAIN, OtherActivity.class)); Jan 30 04:36:21 s/MAIN/ACTION_MAIN Jan 30 04:41:36 haw Jan 30 04:41:46 I left my phone in my bedroom for a few days right? Jan 30 04:42:00 I check it out today: 97 hours on battery with 20% left. Jan 30 04:42:15 average mah of -1 Jan 30 04:43:00 cool Jan 30 04:43:56 with data on, etc Jan 30 04:44:00 wow Jan 30 04:44:28 its a mytouch 3g slide overclocked to 800mhz Jan 30 04:45:03 i feel like there is a pissing contest starting Jan 30 04:45:13 on conservative cpu governor with minimum at 246mhz or so Jan 30 04:46:51 bet I throw that away if I upgrade to a quad-core tegra 3 or snapdragon s7 Jan 30 04:54:40 hi Jan 30 05:09:26 hello,is there any way to pause the calling activity from running once a new intent has been launched? Jan 30 05:12:49 Akuma, once the intent starts up the activity, the acitivity that sent that intent will automatically go on pause Jan 30 05:14:20 hmm, mine seems to execute some code after the second activity has launche Jan 30 05:14:21 d Jan 30 05:16:21 so when the activity is in OnPause state its still doing stuff? Jan 30 05:16:49 I can see from logcat that it prints out the log entry right after my startActivity call Jan 30 05:16:49 what's the best way to stop a thread? Jan 30 05:16:58 the 2nd activity appears fine Jan 30 05:17:05 interrupt() Jan 30 05:17:06 ? Jan 30 05:18:29 hm...no idea how to stop the activity from doing stuff until the 2nd activity appears Jan 30 05:18:43 maybe you can kill it Jan 30 05:18:47 right when you start the intent Jan 30 05:18:57 this.finish() Jan 30 05:19:23 even then it's not going to die immediately Jan 30 05:19:23 but its not a nice solution as its expesnive to create the activity again Jan 30 05:19:36 it will finish what it was doing, and anything in the onPause/onStop/onDestroy methods Jan 30 05:19:58 true true Jan 30 05:20:01 hmm Jan 30 05:20:16 what is it that the activity is doing that you don't want it to do Jan 30 05:20:22 maybe your design is flawed Jan 30 05:20:38 I don't want to destroy the calling activity, as I need it for later, but I do need it to stop executing when the other one calls Jan 30 05:20:46 Well, I have 5 lines of code Jan 30 05:21:07 one of which is startActivity and the rest being Log.d before and after the startActivity Jan 30 05:21:28 startActivity doesn't cause the current one to just stop at that line of code Jan 30 05:21:45 so is there any way to force pause? Jan 30 05:21:58 does it matter that your Log's get called? Jan 30 05:22:24 move your startActivity to the last line of the method and you're more likely to have nothing else called before onPause Jan 30 05:22:55 problem is I need the part after to check whether some values have changed in prefs, updated by the child activity Jan 30 05:22:55 but the current activity is going to finish whatever method it was in and maybe other thing that were in it's handler Jan 30 05:23:13 use startActivityForResult Jan 30 05:23:29 use the event driven OS to your advantage Jan 30 05:24:29 does startActivityForResult pause immediately or do I need to set up an empty while loop while waiting for the value to return? Jan 30 05:24:54 eww Jan 30 05:24:58 don't ever do empty loops Jan 30 05:25:09 android is event driven, so you use startActivityForResult Jan 30 05:25:22 lol, agreed, I'm just not sure how to tackle the beast Jan 30 05:25:23 then in the called activity you do stuff, and you can, if you want, call setResult Jan 30 05:25:37 then in your original activity, use the onActivityResult method to do stuff Jan 30 05:25:47 which gets called after the called activity finishes Jan 30 05:26:14 I'll check that out Jan 30 05:26:22 thanks for the help, greatly appreciated Jan 30 05:26:59 what's the best way to stop a thread? do i use .interrupt() or .stop()??? Jan 30 05:32:05 ( dlaroche ): .interrupt is safer Jan 30 05:32:19 ok thank you Jan 30 05:32:34 that way you can check yourself if the thread has a pending interrupt and safely close out anything you were doing Jan 30 05:32:48 and if you looked in the docs you could have seen that for yourself Jan 30 05:34:27 glass table, laser mouse, no paper to be found Jan 30 05:34:34 someone figure out how I can use my mouse Jan 30 05:35:28 use your leg? Jan 30 05:36:45 I have 1 simple main project, that i'm trying to make launch another activity in another project that I linked to the main project as a library. I posted the launch intent, and also the manifest file of the library activity that is listenign for the intent. the problem is when I click the button the start the other activity it crashes saying file not found, any ideas what i'm doing wrong? http://pastebin.com/NmRubygb Jan 30 05:36:50 or go find a tablecloth or napkin or something Jan 30 05:36:54 Hi Everyone, I would like to make some animation of the new item in the list view. How can I do it? Jan 30 05:37:02 i'm in a hotel Jan 30 05:37:06 not many options Jan 30 05:37:20 pillowcase! Jan 30 05:37:43 JakeWharton: that happened to me a couple weeks ago.. holiday inn Jan 30 05:37:43 or extra sheets Jan 30 05:37:47 I happened to have blank paper with me Jan 30 05:38:18 the printer at the front desk (or the little communal computer where you print boarding passes) likely has blank white paper Jan 30 05:38:43 JakeWharton: I used the ABS, I realized that if I want to use setListShown method, I can't use custom layout. Then I checked the source code, I found there is a comment saying that "consider including the standard layout". How do I use standard layout? Jan 30 05:39:04 the next challenge is that in order to use a paper mousepad, you kinda have to tape it down Jan 30 05:39:16 g'night and good luck Jan 30 05:40:21 edwinkcw, that's probably code from Google in the android support library Jan 30 05:40:23 ( lokieee ): try explicitly adding the default category to your intent Jan 30 05:40:35 JakeWharton: oic Jan 30 05:40:47 what are you trying to do? Jan 30 05:43:13 http://abstrusegoose.com/432 Jan 30 05:43:14 hm... i.setFlags(Intent.ACTION_DEFAULT); isn't valid, neither is addFlags, is there anyother way to explicity add it? Jan 30 05:43:52 default category... it's not a flag Jan 30 05:45:13 i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT); Jan 30 05:47:25 thanks, it seems it can't see the activity because I'm getting a error saying: 01-29 21:45:45.480: E/AndroidRuntime(520): android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=com.launch.dialpad flg=0x10000000 } Jan 30 05:49:00 it works fine though if i make the other project not a library Jan 30 05:49:03 but i need it to be a library Jan 30 05:49:43 hey guys Jan 30 05:49:57 having a problem on a few phones, https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/404834_2673433070254_1088970342_32136703_1671536300_n.jpg Jan 30 05:50:03 my google music icon is now launching google voice Jan 30 05:50:07 those textures arent getting loaded on certain phones Jan 30 05:50:08 from the launcher and the ap tray Jan 30 05:50:39 http://pastebin.com/wK317sdF is my code Jan 30 05:51:12 looks like a college campus Jan 30 05:51:15 if i launch google music from my recent apps it launched G+ Jan 30 05:51:21 it is Jan 30 05:51:38 thats from a galaxy nexus Jan 30 05:52:03 time for a reboot JakeWharton? Jan 30 05:52:14 I just recently factory reset my phone Jan 30 05:52:16 it's my internet connection though... Jan 30 05:52:21 haven't put music/reader/g+ back on it yet Jan 30 05:52:26 and i don't want to miss one smile Jan 30 05:52:30 i don't want to miss one kiss Jan 30 05:52:40 i just want to be right here something something Jan 30 05:52:43 something just like this Jan 30 05:52:51 Thanks Aerosmith Jan 30 05:53:07 or is that the police creepy song? Jan 30 05:53:13 i wish i had a more recent droid for testing Jan 30 05:53:17 my droid 1 is about to die Jan 30 05:53:47 or a more recent Android Jan 30 05:53:56 I'm trying to build a UI, and I have a row of buttons with text below them that I want to line up across the bottom of the screen. I've put them all in a linear layout, but anytime the text below changes size it moves all the buttons. Is there some magic to fix them all to an even dist. across the bottom instead of having their location dependent on their neighbors? Jan 30 05:54:11 give them all the same layout_weight Jan 30 05:54:20 such as 1 Jan 30 05:54:26 ^ that Jan 30 05:54:38 its hard trying to figure out whats wrong when you dont have a device with the issue Jan 30 05:54:39 I always forget layout_weight Jan 30 05:55:01 so the button and the text are in a vertical linear layout... I'm assuming have the layout_weight on that linear layout? Jan 30 05:55:17 you put the weight on each button Jan 30 05:57:15 even though is the wrapping linearlayout that's moving around? Jan 30 05:57:25 Yup Jan 30 05:57:35 layout_weight goes on items inside a layout Jan 30 05:57:47 stating how much of it they should allocate for themselves Jan 30 05:57:51 the linear layout is in a linear layout Jan 30 05:58:00 inception Jan 30 05:58:07 so if everything in the layout has the same weight they will take up the same space Jan 30 05:58:12 i see what you're saying Jan 30 05:58:13 if [] are linear layouts its: [[button,text],[button,text],[button,text]] Jan 30 05:58:21 put layout_weight on those will make the vertical layouts take the same space Jan 30 05:58:42 inner ones are vert, outer is horz Jan 30 05:58:46 then yes you can put it on those Jan 30 05:58:57 who you calling a horz! Jan 30 05:59:10 I work hard for that money! Jan 30 05:59:17 lol Jan 30 05:59:29 that doesn't mean you aren't a.... nm Jan 30 06:00:08 so I put it on the vertical (inner) linear layouts and they still move around Jan 30 06:00:29 they look like they are still left-aligning Jan 30 06:01:08 make them all fill width Jan 30 06:01:14 er Jan 30 06:01:21 layout_width fill_parent Jan 30 06:01:24 fill_parent Jan 30 06:01:25 right Jan 30 06:01:26 with equal weights Jan 30 06:01:46 and then you can center your stuff inside it by using gravity="center" Jan 30 06:02:05 or layout_gravity="center" on the items inside the layouts Jan 30 06:02:21 w00t Jan 30 06:02:23 I think that did it Jan 30 06:03:37 ahh, gotta love xml Jan 30 06:46:25 hello, how can I determine wether my activity is resuming from one of it's children activity or from something else? Jan 30 06:46:44 *whether Jan 30 07:12:45 hello please recommend android developer guide? Jan 30 07:13:31 For beginners? Try the book "Hello Android" Jan 30 07:14:33 yes for geginners Jan 30 07:31:28 anyone know the model stove in the background? http://i.imgur.com/6C0Aw.jpg Jan 30 07:32:17 I see no stove, optical illusion? Jan 30 07:32:33 must be Jan 30 07:35:02 top right Jan 30 07:35:04 eer Jan 30 07:35:06 top left Jan 30 07:35:14 hello please recommend android reference book or site Jan 30 07:35:27 maum: "Hello Android" Jan 30 07:35:59 maum, if you are already familiar with Java, try "Programming Android" (O'Reilly) Jan 30 07:36:03 its really good Jan 30 07:36:28 ok Jan 30 08:09:46 Hello Jan 30 08:10:27 Hey hey Jan 30 08:12:54 ugh, took a quick look at Process.destroy, now it always logs if the process isn't killed (e.g. because it's not running) Jan 30 08:13:07 that's so annoying! Jan 30 08:18:21 howdy Jan 30 08:20:26 Can you, or Android OS, control which CPU executes an app? Like in a dual CPU device, can you select which CPU to run tasks on? Jan 30 08:21:02 i hope not Jan 30 08:21:07 that's too much effort :) Jan 30 08:21:29 why would that be too much effort? Jan 30 08:23:29 Actually, I'm trying to figure out something a little more than dual CPU processing. All phones have multiple CPUs or ARMs, the largest CPU does the app loading but smaller CPU handle small stuff like phone handshaking, etc. I want to know if Android can selectively execute code from one of these smaller CPUs. Jan 30 08:27:43 I think you want to let android itself take care of that :-) Jan 30 08:30:58 the other cpus are all special-purpose Jan 30 08:32:33 sensille, yes but there are ways around that. The opengl ES stuff lets you use GLSL to program it. So I want to know if any of the other CPUs can be programmed as well. Jan 30 08:33:09 I'm thinking that this might be more a firmware question than an Android question... Jan 30 09:11:11 my video wont work using a video view Jan 30 09:11:30 is there a special format i should use ? Jan 30 09:11:32 its mp4 Jan 30 09:11:51 formats are desceibed on developer.android.com Jan 30 09:12:23 are you using emulator by chance? Jan 30 09:16:17 How can i call a Java function from my Javascript .. ? Jan 30 09:19:54 woah c_nick, that sounds spooky :D Jan 30 09:20:44 DashCC, its my own HTML :) All i want to do is show a native progress bar .. so i have this class in Java which has two functions for showing and destroying the Progress bar. I want to call these methods from javascript Jan 30 09:42:00 hi! I wrote a small method that checks if the device has an internet connection. how do I write a test for this method? Jan 30 10:30:26 hi Jan 30 10:30:26 with regards to app updates, are there rules that prevent updates from making drastic changes? e.g., if the original has 2 games integrated into it, could an update have 3, 4 games integrated into it? i.e. the size and the scope have substantially increased. Jan 30 10:31:22 there are no rules Jan 30 10:31:40 beyond, obviously, the general market rules Jan 30 10:32:47 Leeds, thanks Jan 30 10:41:32 mun: from what I have gathered, if you make changes that require more rights in the manifest the user just don't get an automatic update - so the user can accept the new rights that the program wants Jan 30 10:52:53 Hi devs Jan 30 10:53:30 I have a query that is I'm trying to fetch category of an application like: http://support.google.com/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113475 Jan 30 10:54:02 just to programatically know whether its game or an application or what type of game etc.. Jan 30 10:55:21 But when I fetch with PakageManager all the apks information installed I dont get that particular tag to know Jan 30 10:56:09 Please let me know if its even possible to get that information cause fetching tag doesnt return that Jan 30 11:04:25 hello all, just a dumb question. What is the better way to implement this http://vimeo.com/35693267 . Using Listview? Using OpenGL? Jan 30 11:10:41 <_ProGammer> Hi all Jan 30 11:12:51 <_ProGammer> i want to have my own button/menu item when ever a text is selected, just next to Copy/Paste/Select All and ... Jan 30 11:12:52 <_ProGammer> ? Jan 30 11:13:32 guys, i want to make a service that has a timer, the timer needs to be reset everytime i hit the touch, i added the ontouch envent, and reset the variable, but how to get the timer running on the service, and the "loop" keep checking the values Jan 30 11:13:51 i know my way around android, but never done this before, and have no clue were to start Jan 30 11:15:24 <_ProGammer> ? Jan 30 11:16:31 i guess they are all sleeping Jan 30 11:32:41 if i have a bunch of html as my app resources, and i display them with a WebView, which is the best way to implement a little search for keyword for those html pages? Jan 30 11:32:51 WebView provides something like that? Jan 30 11:43:08 hello, i'm wondering if someone can help me with a tutorial i'm trying to follow on android's website, http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-gridview.html Jan 30 11:43:25 what's the problem you're having? Jan 30 11:44:17 step 5, when it says to make a class, ImageAdapter. where do i do that? Jan 30 11:47:24 basically just create a new java file in the same package as HelloGridView.java Jan 30 11:47:33 call it ImageAdapter.java Jan 30 11:47:38 copy paste that code in there Jan 30 11:47:41 should work i think Jan 30 11:48:02 you might need to import some classes, but eclipse will make that easy ^^ Jan 30 11:59:51 Hello, I have a problem when I'm trying to publish the app to the android market Jan 30 12:00:29 In the developer console I can see that my app is available to over 776 devices Jan 30 12:01:00 And I can see my phone on the dialog when I click Show devices and find it by manufacturer Jan 30 12:02:24 However when I'm trying to install it it says that you're not in the targeted group for this item Jan 30 12:04:34 Also I can't find the app with the search, even if i try search it with browser without loggin to my google account Jan 30 12:13:53 somehow, eclipse does not package classes from an android library project corretly (not in classes.dex). the library is declared as an android library and it's present on the other project's build path. any ideas Jan 30 12:13:57 ? Jan 30 12:50:33 Hmm I tired of Android. Is there an easier way to implement round corners for images using xml & good performance. Jan 30 12:53:38 you want to round the corners of something in an imageview? Jan 30 13:01:28 how would you style a "groove" listdivider? can it be done using gradients? Jan 30 13:02:52 searching for "groove" gives me a lot of unrelated hits, perhaps there's a better term for it? (css uses it though) Jan 30 13:11:10 guys, how can i get an atribute from an activity using my service? Jan 30 13:11:33 example: i want to run this on my service WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = getWindow().getAttributes(); Jan 30 13:11:46 but i need the atribute from the activity not the service Jan 30 13:12:38 you mean Extras ? Jan 30 13:12:49 Extras? Jan 30 13:12:51 whats that Jan 30 13:13:43 hmmm...maybe you could bind the activity to the service, have the service ask the activity for attributes (might have to use an intent) and then have the activity pass through the attributes via the IBinder object Jan 30 13:13:52 not 100% sure that's possible or even the best way though Jan 30 13:13:58 ok Jan 30 13:14:04 thanks, ill try Jan 30 13:15:46 Motafoca: why do you need to do that? Jan 30 13:16:54 yeah i'm curious too ^^ Jan 30 13:17:05 Does anybody got any idea about my problem which I asked before. I'm really out of ideas what to do next Jan 30 13:18:08 the market one? i've no idea unfortunately :S Jan 30 13:18:10 sorry Jan 30 13:18:13 expertmikedg: hard to explain, lol Jan 30 13:18:40 the idea is to dim the screen of my app, but it has lots of activities, and to do it on each one will be crazy Jan 30 13:18:49 then i tought of making a service Jan 30 13:18:53 Just make a base activity Jan 30 13:19:20 but when i load the next one, the stuff wont work Jan 30 13:19:21 right? Jan 30 13:19:25 i'm pretty sure changing system wide brightness is complicated now Jan 30 13:19:38 BlablaActivity extends BrightnessControllerActivity Jan 30 13:19:40 its quite easy to do on one activity Jan 30 13:19:53 everything extends brightnesscontrolleractivity Jan 30 13:20:02 WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = getWindow().getAttributes(); Jan 30 13:20:02 lp.screenBrightness = brilho_min; Jan 30 13:20:03 getWindow().setAttributes(lp); Jan 30 13:20:18 were brilho_min = 0.5f Jan 30 13:20:20 or something Jan 30 13:20:26 works nice Jan 30 13:21:16 can't you do it through settings? Jan 30 13:21:22 i mean, the Settings class? Jan 30 13:21:28 hey Jan 30 13:21:43 or is that what expertmikedg was saying, they've made it harder now... Jan 30 13:21:43 can you do dynamic guis on android, parsing xml description files at runtime? Jan 30 13:21:46 barbs: the thing is the on touch event... Jan 30 13:22:15 if i manage to get the window atribute on the sevice, its done ;)( Jan 30 13:22:45 right, but can't you change the setting for the onTouch event via the Settings class? Jan 30 13:23:28 http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.System.html#SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS Jan 30 13:23:33 Settings.System rather Jan 30 13:24:34 it's iffy and dangerous since you could set the brightness to off on some devices Jan 30 13:24:54 can you? i know you can set it to minimum, but that's != off ... Jan 30 13:25:13 yeah, i forget, but theres a handful of devices that turn the backlight off :/ Jan 30 13:25:24 i want to say some blur devices Jan 30 13:25:27 but i might be wrong Jan 30 13:30:48 hmmmm, never mind my proposed solution, apparently you need window attributes after all http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5032588/cant-apply-screen-brightness-settings-programmatically-in-android Jan 30 13:30:51 thanks guys, ill keep you posted Jan 30 13:32:11 please do ^^ Jan 30 13:48:28 hi does anyone know the view page indicator Jan 30 13:48:37 i know the muffin man Jan 30 13:49:42 i need help with that .. Jan 30 13:53:57 Guys, I'm using an AsyncTask in a service to download a file in the background. However, it apparently doesn't always download it properly. Could there be the need to acquire a wake lock for the time of the download? Jan 30 13:55:42 pehlert: why are you using an asynctask? Jan 30 13:56:00 yes, there is a need to aquire a wakelock Jan 30 13:56:41 expertmikedg: As opposed to a regular thread? Because I thought it's quite convenient to call the Service's stopSelf() in it's onPostExecute method Jan 30 13:57:01 Looked easier to me than implementing it on my own Jan 30 13:57:06 Is there anything wrong with it? Jan 30 13:57:45 i guess not for that case Jan 30 13:57:55 only ever one download going on? Jan 30 13:58:45 Yes Jan 30 13:59:17 sounds safe then you likely have to aquire the wakelock Jan 30 13:59:25 It's basically a self updater that downloads an updated version of my app Jan 30 13:59:46 Okay. Will a wake lock automatically keep data connections turned on? Jan 30 14:00:33 is this something Android apps typically do, update themselves? Jan 30 14:00:56 if not, are you really sure *your* app is soo much more important and special that it needs to do it? Jan 30 14:01:23 just asking, not claiming to be an expert or anything, feel free to tell me I should shut up Jan 30 14:01:49 tml_: It's a non-market app that we use internally in our company Jan 30 14:02:11 Very few people are using it at all but I want to make sure everyone has the latest version Jan 30 14:02:11 ok; that sounds better Jan 30 14:02:31 Heh ;) Good point for public apps though, I'd never do it there Jan 30 14:03:30 expertmikedg: Any hint on where you would acquire / release the wake lock in a service? Jan 30 14:04:30 It probably needs to be done before starting the AsyncTask, right? Jan 30 14:06:14 you could probably aquire it and release it in the asynctask methods themselves Jan 30 14:14:56 hi! at the startup of my app I want to perform a check against something like the iOS keychain. I understand that android has this since 4.0 but I want to support 1.6. is there any way of storing a variable prior to 4? Jan 30 14:15:19 what are you talking about in 4.0? Jan 30 14:16:37 expertmikedg: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/security/KeyChain.html <--- since api level 14 Jan 30 14:17:31 you want to store a variable or you want to do crap with private keys and certificate chains? Jan 30 14:19:34 expertmikedg: I want to store a variable that's sort of secret. I dont want anyone tampering with it Jan 30 14:20:03 In android all data is run on a virtual machine and not accessible by other apps Jan 30 14:21:04 you can obfuscate/encrypt but with access to the phone it's not a big problem... Jan 30 14:21:29 so if it's not life or death you can save it in clear text... Jan 30 14:21:37 :-P Jan 30 14:21:48 bad Jan 30 14:21:50 idea Jan 30 14:21:53 never save in plain text Jan 30 14:21:59 If the user has rooted their phone, apps with root can gain access. Jan 30 14:22:06 exactly Jan 30 14:22:08 It's an uncommon use case but please don't tempt fate. Jan 30 14:22:39 durre: use SharedPreferences to store content. That's been available since 1.0. Jan 30 14:22:50 makes it harder, but it's still not safe Jan 30 14:22:52 http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html Jan 30 14:22:54 read this Jan 30 14:23:30 also iirc the credentials manager stuff is good, BUT other apps can request access to your keys and users just love to click "Yes" to any screen they get. Jan 30 14:23:40 haha Jan 30 14:23:41 durre http://www.tutorials-android.com/learn/How_to_encrypt_and_decrypt_strings.rhtml simple encyption Jan 30 14:24:41 cool, thanks guys! Jan 30 14:28:42 Hola amigos Jan 30 14:29:06 sup, bitches Jan 30 14:29:10 Is it possible to get unobfuscated stack traces out of an android project that has been run through obfuscation? Jan 30 14:30:28 How to show a progress bar while using VideoView ? Jan 30 14:32:30