**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Aug 09 02:59:59 2013 Aug 09 03:12:07 anyone here good w/ zxing Aug 09 03:14:45 used it a bit but i's a bit of a pain Aug 09 03:15:14 the viewfinder is super small on the s4 Aug 09 03:15:19 cant figure out how to enlargen it Aug 09 03:15:29 made a gadget that could transmit and receive between 2 phones with the front facing cameras Aug 09 03:16:07 surley you can make the surface any size you want? Aug 09 03:16:44 in fact, if i remember rightly, the ZXing stuff has nothing to do with the camera Aug 09 03:17:04 you just give it a pixel array Aug 09 03:18:01 alex_PP: presumably this is the reference scanner client Aug 09 03:18:48 i suppose it is Aug 09 03:24:24 acidjazz, fo you mean the whole viewfinder is small, or just the non-grey area? Aug 09 03:25:12 if it's the whole thing, check your layout, if it's the grey bit, check https://code.google.com/p/zxing/source/browse/trunk/android/src/com/google/zxing/client/android/camera/CameraManager.java#205 there Aug 09 04:07:00 best android development book? Aug 09 04:09:15 now, probably big nerd Aug 09 04:12:57 huh? Aug 09 04:15:34 http://www.amazon.com/Android-Programming-Ranch-Guide-Guides/dp/0321804333 Aug 09 04:16:01 that's your fav? Aug 09 04:16:17 i liked reto Aug 09 04:16:32 those are your best bets Aug 09 04:42:36 g00s, and if you could only pick one of those two Aug 09 04:42:37 ? Aug 09 04:43:02 hm Aug 09 04:43:11 reto was more encyclopedic Aug 09 04:43:15 boring as hell too Aug 09 04:43:46 both will be out of date when android 5 comes around, presumably october ish Aug 09 04:43:57 i mean, i have no idea when android 5 will be out ... Aug 09 04:44:03 just guessing before the holidays Aug 09 04:45:06 but the majority of people won't be using android 5, so is that even relevant? Aug 09 04:45:08 nerd is probably easier / gentler Aug 09 04:45:18 do books teach for backwards compatibility? Aug 09 04:45:40 g00s, I'm coming from a webdev (python/js) background, btw Aug 09 04:48:03 Will android 5 require 2 gb of ram Aug 09 04:48:25 that would be insane Aug 09 04:49:31 i net there will be profiles Aug 09 04:49:45 *bet Aug 09 04:50:40 Well glad my tablet has 2gb of ram even tho i keep getting shit because its hp Aug 09 05:07:30 so g00s, were you telling me that nerd is gonna be outdated shortly? Aug 09 05:07:38 because android 5 books will be relevant for android 4 development? Aug 09 05:08:00 raj try the online docs first, if they fall short go for a book maybe Aug 09 05:08:09 where are the online docs? Aug 09 05:08:25 developer.android.com Aug 09 05:15:17 ah, thank you sir Aug 09 05:15:20 didn't know that existed Aug 09 05:16:02 aqui? http://developer.android.com/training/index.html Aug 09 05:16:11 sure Aug 09 05:16:13 that's the "online book" Aug 09 05:16:14 ? Aug 09 05:16:32 oh, no there is no online book; its just a tut Aug 09 05:17:07 After completing this, will I likely need more? Aug 09 05:17:20 or will I just be able to use the API from there? Aug 09 05:21:16 I'm trying to figure out how to verify if a phone number is an exact match for a contact. right now, it seems to ignore country codes and any other data appended before the country-specific phone number Aug 09 05:21:28 https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/ContactsContract.PhoneLookup.html Aug 09 05:21:44 tried doing it with this lookup on the phone number Aug 09 05:22:23 is there a way to get the phone number in a canonical state so that i can't compare whether or not it is truely the same number? Aug 09 05:24:31 it only happens if the contact does not have a country code Aug 09 05:25:01 maybe the real issue is that the phone doesn't seem to detect the current country code and take it into account in the contact lookup Aug 09 05:26:57 Can i redraw an Activity without it crashing, calling it's onCreate() method again from a button click because i'm toggling fullscreen? Aug 09 05:28:19 BullShark: You can certanly redraw an activity, yet calling onCreate is probably a really bad idea.... Aug 09 05:31:34 it looks like even teh built-in messaging app has this problem Aug 09 05:32:08 if a contact doesn't have a country code, arbitrary characters can be prepended to the phone number and the lookup is still successful Aug 09 05:32:57 gavilan2 -> what about calling setListAdapter() again on button click which is called the first time from my onCreate()? Aug 09 05:33:03 it's crashing my app Aug 09 05:33:19 why do you want to redraw? Aug 09 05:33:33 gavilan2 -> toggling fullscreen on and off Aug 09 05:33:58 and what changes when that happens? Aug 09 05:34:36 gavilan2 -> doesn't make it that far. the code ive added causes the app to crash as soon as that activity is reached. Aug 09 05:35:00 BullShark: What about steping thorugh the code, and seeing where it crashes? Aug 09 05:35:05 what exception do you get? Aug 09 05:36:40 nn08-09 05:05:00.972: E/AndroidRuntime(331): android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: requestFeature() must be called before adding content Aug 09 05:38:32 gavilan2 -> http://vpaste.net/9zzmo Aug 09 05:40:05 gavilan2 -> the problem is that if i set the activity to fullscreen without the option to bring it out of fullscreen, the options menu will never be accessible Aug 09 06:49:51 Hey guys. I have a question about call recording. When i start current project, i use simple activity with buttons "start record", "stop record", and all was working fine, my calls were recorded. Now i have a service, which use same methods. It's start recording, when call start, and was crashed on the end of call, with "stop failed: -1007". In service i can record only downlink or uplink voice. Anybody have same problem? Aug 09 07:01:08 Well well, what do you know! With at least the emulator API 18 Google image, Play Services and GCM seems to work fine. Would have thought that to be worthy of an announcement.. If it follows the pattern of GCM, it will also work with API level 17, but not anything lower. Aug 09 07:15:31 Confirmed, Google Play services works on emulator Google images 17+. Aug 09 07:20:50 cool :) Aug 09 07:25:10 This line Integer position = Integer.parseInt(videos_queued.getAll().keySet().toArray()[0]); : is giving this error: The method parseInt(String) in the type Integer is not applicable for the arguments (Object) Aug 09 07:27:05 Hi all, I have a FragmentActivity where i put all my Fragments in one Framelayout. Ex: FragmentA with a listview (list of custom objects). If i close my app, the app crashes when I open it again. Does somebody know a good tutorial how to handle the lifecycle? Aug 09 07:27:16 @eblieb toArray is probably returning an array of objects, you need a string in there Aug 09 07:29:38 petter: it should be an array of strings, representing the string keys of the sharedPreferences. Aug 09 07:29:47 petter: how can I make this explicit? Aug 09 07:30:40 This works but damn java is ugly Aug 09 07:30:41 Integer position = Integer.parseInt((String)videos_queued.getAll().keySet().toArray()[0]); Aug 09 07:30:46 benlieb: you can cast .toArray()[0] to a string? Aug 09 07:30:49 exactly Aug 09 07:32:02 check what's the return type of that keySet().toArray(), if it's Object[] then yeah, you need to cast it. Aug 09 07:42:26 Other question: I have a fragment: ItemDetailsFragment which contains a GoogleMapFragment (inside a framelayout). If i click on a button to add a new Fragment to the screen. The GoogleMapFragment is still visible (above the new fragment), how can i fix this? Aug 09 07:48:54 Hey guys, quick question, if I want to set the movement method of a textivew within a widget using RemoteViews, how would I go about doing that? myRemoteView.setInt() doesn't work since the last argument is a ScrollingMovementMethod and you can't set movemement method. Anything I can try? Aug 09 08:03:02 Does somebody know a solution for this situation (make it works in one acitivy)? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15370624/mapfragment-and-camera-seem-to-interfere-with-each-other-in-the-same-activity Aug 09 08:05:08 FrancescoV, does that mean you have camera over maps? Aug 09 08:07:23 FragmentA contains a map, i add FragmentB (camera full screen) and then the map is above the camera preview Aug 09 08:12:43 Mavrik, if you think there's a solution to handle it in one activity, let me know but I think it's better to create a new activity for my camerapreview. (currently I'm using only 2 activities: 1= login 2: fragmentActivity which contains all parts of the app) Aug 09 08:19:57 FrancescoV, you're having problems because both are using SurfaceView Aug 09 08:20:10 FrancescoV, try setting setZOrderOnTop on one to false, and true on another Aug 09 08:28:27 Mavrik, on which object must is execute this method? / how can i get the surfecaview of my supportmapfragment? Aug 09 08:28:37 on the surfaceview Aug 09 08:28:48 and I have no idea, check the source Aug 09 08:41:36 Mavrik: can't find the surfaceview from the supportmapfragment but if i set it on my camerapreview (true), it works --> TNX! Aug 09 08:42:57 :) Aug 09 08:49:29 hey ... what in Unity3D causes the app to require permission for Phone calls / Read phone status and identity Aug 09 08:49:37 is it reading of the System deviceUniqueIdentifier? Aug 09 08:55:37 Excuse me. Does anyone know a "Push-Service" which is similar to gcm and not used by Google? It must be free, own implementation and unlimited push. I checked pushwoosh which looks great but it uses GCM as base :S Aug 09 08:56:30 Has anyone had a chance to mess with notificationlistenerservice? Aug 09 08:57:20 Ive found some examples. but when i try to implement it, it simply doesnt hear anything. anyone have any tips? Aug 09 09:00:54 misterli: Well, there's SMS. In reality, if you're looking for something that is bundled with the device, you're left with what the device already has. Google has GCM. Others may have alternatives, but I bet GCM will be most common. Aug 09 09:05:51 misterli, Urban Airship? Aug 09 09:06:08 even though, you're just really optimistic thinking someone will run such infrastructure for free Aug 09 09:07:36 misterli: are you opposed to GCM because you don't like (relying on) Google, or for technical reasons? Aug 09 09:17:28 Is there a way to filter the bluetooth devices list by the protocols that my app support (i.e. printers)? any ideas? Aug 09 09:19:57 What's the smart way to cache twitter profile images for my twitter based app? Aug 09 09:21:03 I'm thinking that I could use an IntentService to download them and save them to external storage, then save their location to my DB and notify my Provider that there is new info Aug 09 09:23:09 hmm anyone ever had R not generate with no reason at all, my res dont show any errors etc, i literally swapped a png image, then it started, i swapped back and it still wont generate Aug 09 09:23:35 Ankhwatcher check out android universal image loader Aug 09 09:23:41 Ankhwatcher: If it's for displaying in a listview, use volley, UniversalImageLoader or similar, that do lazy loading and automatic caching. No need to make that up yourself unless you have to, which you may have to. Aug 09 09:24:03 okay cool Aug 09 09:24:16 ive wasted so much time with this R nonsense Aug 09 09:24:19 Gaz`: I have had that, over and over Aug 09 09:24:32 like 99% of the time theres a clear reason Aug 09 09:24:34 Gaz`: yep, been there Aug 09 09:24:38 Eclipse? Aug 09 09:24:47 but this time none, even if i view the ENTIRE list of issues, they are ALL just r cant be imported Aug 09 09:24:50 eclipse yes Aug 09 09:24:55 and even the new adt/eclipse Aug 09 09:25:19 It hasn't happen to me ONCE, using Gradle (which AS also use). Sounds like ADT support is dropping fast. Aug 09 09:25:22 was literally compiling a few mins ago Aug 09 09:25:45 these unexplainable ones i only started getting in the last 2 days Aug 09 09:25:59 clean=>delete gen folder=>restart eclipse=>switch to Android Studio=>switch to intelliJ=>switch to linux=>move house Aug 09 09:26:04 I think the gradle plugin had a similar issue a few releases ago, but it was fixed within a couple of days IIRC. Aug 09 09:26:29 lol...! Aug 09 09:27:02 could it simply be i dont have the right api version installed Aug 09 09:27:19 oh no cause its happening in the eclipse it was worign in ten mins ago Aug 09 09:27:21 wtf Aug 09 09:27:31 Gaz`: I recommend giving up and going to get drunk Aug 09 09:27:39 I doubt API version has anything to do with such build issues. Aug 09 09:27:42 i will definitely do that in about 5 hrs Aug 09 09:27:55 Gaz`: fix project properties=>change android version=>re-add dependancies=>move house Aug 09 09:27:58 but i could be invoicing if i can get this crap to work Aug 09 09:28:13 beer o'clock is only 30 minutes away... Aug 09 09:28:25 11am is beer o'clock? Aug 09 09:28:25 weirdest bit is if i reload eclipse, first compile is fine Aug 09 09:28:34 i didnt get up til 230pm leeds :) Aug 09 09:28:46 and what difference does that make, laddie? :) Aug 09 09:28:51 teehee Aug 09 09:29:22 now im scared to clean the proj Aug 09 09:29:25 as i know it will break it Aug 09 09:30:12 So the Android Universal Image Loader comes highly recommended, right? Aug 09 09:30:44 Has worked great on one of my projects. Aug 09 09:30:57 android studio makes me very hesitant to add new dependancies to my project Aug 09 09:31:19 Ankhwatcher: Do it in the build.gradle file. The GUI stuff is often messed up. Aug 09 09:31:24 'cause the configuration is such a damn mess Aug 09 09:31:53 kjeldahl: yeah I'm never sure if I should do it just in build.gradle or everywhere or wtf? Aug 09 09:32:59 Whatever AS tries to do with it's GUI _IS_ modifying the gradle.build file. Idea has it's own notion of a project, in addition to gradle stuff, similar to Eclipse. I would stick to the build.gradle file for now if you can. Things are moving fast. Aug 09 09:35:04 and guess what both my nexus ones are basically dead, power button broke on each, one wont read sd cards, one wont read sim cards, screens on both almost dont work Aug 09 09:36:39 and the htc flyer is stuck in an infinate loop of rebooting Aug 09 09:36:57 android meltdown in my household Aug 09 09:37:53 Ankhwatcher im using it right now, id not say its highly recommended purely because a) i had to implement my own sypport for internal storage loading, and b) the way it works is by flushing and reloading so sometimes u see a progress bar as it loads the image which i find annoying Aug 09 09:38:13 but apart from that its much nicer than trying to make your own, Aug 09 09:41:41 found my prob, and this is WEIRD, when i change the image src on an imageview, "xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" gets randomly inserted in the xml somewhere Aug 09 09:41:54 Gaz`: Are you talking about UniversalImageLoader? That supports internal storage loading just fine at my end, using content:// links I believe. Aug 09 09:42:16 kjeldahl, hmmm i tried it yesterday and it said you must implement this yourself Aug 09 09:42:43 String imageUri = "content://media/external/audio/albumart/13"; // from content provider Aug 09 09:42:51 is that internal??? Aug 09 09:42:58 if it is im a dumb idiot Aug 09 09:43:08 Rly? Look under "Acceptable URIs examples" at https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader Aug 09 09:43:10 i thought it was something more funky Aug 09 09:43:21 i guess it is yeh Aug 09 09:43:23 lol.... Aug 09 09:43:28 file://, content://, assets://, drawable:// .. what else do you need? Aug 09 09:43:41 i didntrealise content:// was for internal storage Aug 09 09:43:53 Well, it's for a content provider. Aug 09 09:44:02 not quite suer what that means really Aug 09 09:44:14 i mean can i load files from my internal storage using that Aug 09 09:44:20 or only from like a camera album Aug 09 09:44:30 Sounds like you're looking for file:// Aug 09 09:44:39 no, internal Aug 09 09:46:17 I like how they have built an "image loader with sources" jar so you can get the tooltips Aug 09 09:46:28 that's really handy Aug 09 09:48:46 By the way my AS shows this everytime I start it up, it persists until I click on it: http://picpaste.com/0sq2nBvb.png Aug 09 09:49:01 anyone know what it's on about? Aug 09 09:49:33 Gaz`: You mean you can not use a file:// to access internal storage in your app? Aug 09 09:50:57 So to integrate this image loader into my code I should override setViewImage in my custom SimpleCursorAdapter, right? Aug 09 09:51:26 Ankhwatcher: Yes, use the UIL function to load image into resource given the proper id. Aug 09 09:51:30 no u cant kjeldahl, as far as i know Aug 09 09:51:37 file:// is for sd card etc Aug 09 09:51:49 is the best way to send messages from my services to activities using a Broadcast Reciever? Aug 09 09:55:18 Gaz`: Sounds weird. I really do not know, but I thought that file URIs should work in general, provided you have access to the file. Of course you can not share file URIs pointing to internal storage to other apps because they do not have access, but that's what content providers are for (if needed). Or you could use external/shareable storage instead and pass file uris to those. Aug 09 09:55:55 Leeds, Mavrik, kjeldahl. I want to use Push-services before 2.2 and at least on devices which has no google stuff installed (Playstore, ...) like in China where it's not available Aug 09 09:56:49 misterli: Good luck! :-) Aug 09 09:57:21 No idea about "similar" push-serviceS? Playstore does nothing then keeping a connection / or connect by delay and check for new stuff, isnt it? Aug 09 09:58:06 misterli: Honestly, unless they have some packaged component to handle push, it's not gonna work until you get your software on it. When you do, longpoll or do whatever you need to "simulate" push. Aug 09 09:58:29 hmpf Aug 09 09:59:40 It's not that hard, but it requires some infrastructure (a server to queue messages etc). Aug 09 10:00:01 This shouldnt be a problem. Well, is there no "Free" solution available? It must only fit on android-systems Aug 09 10:00:20 urban seems to be expensive. Ive about 100.000 devices which uses about 1mil pushes/month Aug 09 10:02:50 Gaz`: Regarding file URIs, you've tried absolute versus relative? file:/// versus file:// ? Aug 09 10:08:12 misterli: You could look at some of the freely available solutions with Android support.. RabbitMQ+Android at least shows something, I'm sure there are more. But running your own servers IS work... Aug 09 10:08:24 freely available MESSAGING solutions I meant. Aug 09 10:08:44 And worst case add your own heartbeat signalling to them if not already supported. Aug 09 10:13:47 wtf Aug 09 10:13:50 this is confusing Aug 09 10:14:10 how do I initialise ImageLoader? Aug 09 10:15:07 oh wait, I get it Aug 09 10:15:20 I use ImageLoader.getInstance(); Aug 09 10:24:11 kjeldahl Gaz`: any idea why I would be getting this error message? java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.DisplayImageOptions$Builder Aug 09 10:24:34 the code compiles happily but this happens on execution Aug 09 10:25:19 This is the line of code it is crashing on: displayImageOptions = new DisplayImageOptions.Builder().showImageOnFail(R.drawable.ic_launcher).build(); Aug 09 10:30:05 yay! it's working Aug 09 10:30:12 Ankhwatcher: Make sure the lib gets "compiled in" (included in your project), and copied in... GREAT! Aug 09 10:30:16 gotta run Aug 09 10:30:18 * kjeldahl runs off Aug 09 10:30:27 ... I just dumped the displayimageoptions bit altogether Aug 09 10:30:34 I still don't know what it's problem was Aug 09 10:31:15 these twitter profile images are really low-rez Aug 09 10:42:14 lol, now I'm reading through all of the different options for getting profile image urls in twitter: profile, bigger profile, mini profile, original profile Aug 09 10:42:28 then there is banner color and banner image... Aug 09 10:43:18 I think it's a travesty they didn't compress the twitter profile images to 150 bytes Aug 09 10:43:31 touche Aug 09 10:45:30 Gaz` and kjeldahl thanks a lot guys. You turned something that would have taken all day and been done so-so into something really cool that took an hour and 20 minutes Aug 09 10:53:07 I wish the logcat viewer in AS would let me choose which devices logcat I'm looking at Aug 09 11:13:00 hey guys how do I get a Handler I created in an activity into a service so I can send a message to it and have it change something on my UI? Aug 09 11:16:41 Link Aug 09 11:17:31 Linkandzelda: you create messenger with a reference to that callback handler and pass it to the service through an intent Aug 09 11:17:45 ... well at least that's what I did with my IntentService Aug 09 11:21:14 For making a Dialog with a custom layout, is it better to just start a new Activity? Aug 09 11:25:04 thanks Ankhwatcher will give it a go Aug 09 11:30:55 hi , can i know how can i put a password protection to my app from being uninstalled ? Aug 09 11:32:18 how to access the other app uninstalling with code ? Aug 09 11:38:16 p_l can you help in this case ? Aug 09 11:39:38 offjack: hmm... Maybe if you install it as DeviceAdmin, but I am not sure that's going to go well most of the time Aug 09 11:40:08 Restricted Profiles can be used to stop a specific user from uninstalling the app, I think, but it's 4.3+ only Aug 09 11:43:01 there are some weird tricks, of course, and if you have Superuser access you can do some interesting stuff, iirc Aug 09 11:46:01 p_l sorry i was disconnected from the IRC , can you please help again :( Aug 09 11:46:42 offjack: hmm... Maybe if you install it as DeviceAdmin, but I am not sure that's going to go well most of the time < p_l > Restricted Profiles can be used to stop a specific user from uninstalling the app, I think, but it's 4.3+ only < p_l > there are some weird tricks, of course, and if you have Superuser access you can do some interesting stuff, iirc Aug 09 11:46:46 i have a app named SMS lock which prevent apps from being uninstalled in my 2.2 version of android without password Aug 09 11:48:13 I haven't looked very deep into it. In the end, you can always pull an APK and decompile it to learn its secrets (well, depends on country - I can :D) Aug 09 11:48:36 hig guys, do you know some starter android development kits? hardware? i would like to choose one and buy it. I saw one from texas instruments, its a great peace but it doesnt have compass and gps, only accelerometer Aug 09 11:49:02 offjack: possibly something interesting is doable by processing certain intents Aug 09 11:50:31 k great Aug 09 11:52:04 I have a LoginActivity, then a HomeFragmentActivity with a Fragment where the the user can be switched --> again loginactivity but how can i handle it that the user clicks "other user" --> LoginAcitivy and ignore back (back to SwitchUserFragment/ HomeFragmentActivity)? Aug 09 11:56:07 Hi wrote an open gl shader emulator but I am getting banding. I think this is because I am adding the colours for each light per pixel. Does anyone know how to avoid this? http://imgur.com/24oVPFB Aug 09 11:56:51 Anthy: I think this is not necessarily the best channel to ask :D Aug 09 11:57:00 (Notice the diffuse from the 2 lights doesn't mix correctly and produces a dark band) All I am doing is summing the colours up Aug 09 11:57:27 p_1 maybe opengl? I dont know I am writing shaders for Android Aug 09 11:58:00 Anthy: well, you're emulating shaders, right? So rather an opengl-related or similar channel Aug 09 11:58:11 I'll try opengl then tnx Aug 09 11:58:20 Though you can try badgering Chainfire when he is there ;) Aug 09 11:59:44 :) Aug 09 12:05:02 Ankhwatcher: got any code I can look at? seems to be more complex than it should be and mine doesnt work xD Aug 09 12:06:44 sorry bud, I've left the house,so i cant Aug 09 12:07:14 damn im annoyed that google doesnt have "working" examples Aug 09 12:07:25 they say I can use a LocalServive Aug 09 12:08:05 what does your service do? Aug 09 12:08:56 it applies a file operation inside a new thread Aug 09 12:09:22 ive setup a handler inside it so that the messages can be sent back outside (but still within the service) to call a Toast Aug 09 12:09:43 however I want to make it go back to the activity that started it so I can close the activity once the operation finished Aug 09 12:10:06 ? Aug 09 12:10:24 why leave the activity running? Aug 09 12:10:53 couldn't you just do this with a thread? Aug 09 12:10:56 becuase it shows a spinning gear to show the operation is happening Aug 09 12:11:05 can 2 childs of a listview have the same tag? and set a click event on both? Aug 09 12:11:07 so you're saying no need for a service? Aug 09 12:11:07 ah Aug 09 12:11:19 thats a possibility Aug 09 12:11:35 I thought that all "operations" without the UI should have a service and a thread Aug 09 12:12:13 well itcseems a little unnecissary, unless you are calling from lots of different activities Aug 09 12:12:49 well 2 activities actually call this Aug 09 12:12:51 Why does Android Studio keep telling me about API levels even though I included the support library? Aug 09 12:12:53 but only 1 has a UI Aug 09 12:13:33 zyngawow: what do you mean? Aug 09 12:13:37 zyngawow: what messages does it say and for what code Aug 09 12:19:00 Leeds, no beer yet? Aug 09 12:19:19 Gaz`: no - having salad and turkey Aug 09 12:19:25 softy Aug 09 12:19:30 u on a diet? Aug 09 12:19:57 u were certainly thinnner than them moomins Aug 09 12:20:06 hehe Aug 09 12:23:51 Hi, is there any way to get a storage volume's UUID? Aug 09 12:28:25 Ankhwatcher: can I pass a handler via an Intent? then I could just send messages like that from my service :) Aug 09 12:38:52 sometimes i just cant get a button clickable.. Aug 09 12:38:55 wtf is up with that Aug 09 13:00:40 If I populate a webview with some html and there is a link in this html, does anyone know how to keep it in the webview rather than opening it in a browser application? Aug 09 13:12:12 Hello. I have a question regarding the notification api in android 4.3 Aug 09 13:13:14 Is there a way for an app to detect whether notifications are enabled for that app (so we can notify the user to enable it)? Aug 09 13:20:22 Just don't show annoying notifications, then the user wont disable them Aug 09 13:29:35 Hello good people, I wonder if someone can help me? I would like to control an Android device remotely through a webinterface, I would like to do things such as start apps as you could do through ssh. Could anyone suggest anything, I thought maybe something like a client in javascript but nothing close to straightforward is jumping out Aug 09 13:30:50 I'm hoping for a simple cross platform page I can serve from the device Aug 09 13:31:15 well, depends how far do you want to do the control Aug 09 13:31:23 without root, don't expect to have remote desktop :) Aug 09 13:31:30 atm just start a program Aug 09 13:31:38 Actually, I was referring to the Android 4.3 addition, where an app can listen for and manage notifications, using http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/notification/NotificationListenerService.html Aug 09 13:31:39 the device is rooted Aug 09 13:31:56 I can use ssh remotely with putty Aug 09 13:34:12 so the same sort of thing from a web interface Aug 09 13:35:21 One way to check is to send a notification and check whether it is caught by the listener but that seems like a workaround. Aug 09 13:35:49 everything does atm.. :/ Aug 09 13:36:28 i thought I could just roll a ssh client in javascript but that also appears to be "wishful" thinking Aug 09 13:41:41 how can you close your app instead of going to the previous activity? (don't want to go back to my login activity)? Aug 09 13:45:29 finish will go back to the previous activity, right? Aug 09 13:46:09 Right Aug 09 13:50:23 I can go to the homescreen with an intent, but when i start the app again, i go back to the LoginActivity instead of my last active activity Aug 09 13:51:00 FrancescoV: In your LoginActivity call finish() after you started your intent for the next Activity Aug 09 13:54:33 xor42: sounds great but now i have this: LoginActivity --> start FragmentActivity (finish(); after) then i click back --> homescreen. Open app with "last active app" --> loginactivity Aug 09 13:54:51 must there be something extra in my manifest file mayble? Aug 09 13:55:07 I have a tab navigation (using ActionBar) that has two tabs. Each tab fragment is a list fragment that uses a Loader (support library listfragment, I am ignoring the FragmentTransaction passed as a parameter to Tab Listener methods, and using the support library's FragmentTransaction instead). Aug 09 13:55:30 It works fine, but when I change the orientation of the device, I see the empty text for both the lists, even though, cursor.getCount() returns a non-zero value inside onLoadFinished() Aug 09 13:55:46 xor42: first i'll try something else, could be another problem Aug 09 13:56:32 FrancescoV: Launch your main activity. If the user is not logged in, start the login activity.. Aug 09 14:01:21 is it because I'm simply detaching and attaching the listfragments? Aug 09 14:02:53 SimonVt, found it, without going to my mainactivity. If i would go to the homescreen , I override the onbackpressend and I start an intent with action_main.... and do not execute super.onBackPressed(); Aug 09 14:03:46 What if they reboot, launching would show the login activity again Aug 09 14:03:46 i'll try replacing it instead Aug 09 14:04:58 Or if they just kill your app Aug 09 14:05:25 e.g. by swiping it off recent apps Aug 09 14:06:14 If they kill your app, how can you skill the login without username/password (not auto login for safety) Aug 09 14:06:57 It's for a business app, not a social app so I thinkt your solution should be used for social apps and mine for better security Aug 09 14:07:52 ps: it isn't the best secure way but it's not user friendly to ask password even if they push the back button one time more than they need Aug 09 14:09:45 You're basically faking auto-login with your approach Aug 09 14:10:33 I recommend storing the user's password in a file called passwd.txt on the SD card Aug 09 14:10:44 I don't need auto-login, i only need to remember the user names. Aug 09 14:12:50 You want the user to log in because auto-login is unsafe, but you don't want them to log in if they leave your app Aug 09 14:13:02 Does not compute Aug 09 14:13:20 cached credentials? Aug 09 14:13:34 i'd say hashed credentials Aug 09 14:13:57 non-reversable Aug 09 14:14:07 If your phone is always in your pocket and you click home and open it in 1 minute, why should you ask for the password again? time wasted. The password will be asked always on tablet (ex. at the cash desk) Aug 09 14:14:25 that way it's unique to that user and session but not stored in plain text Aug 09 14:15:03 Because staying logged in after the user has left your app is unsafe Aug 09 14:15:12 Anyone could take the phone and start using the app Aug 09 14:15:16 Can't have that Aug 09 14:15:31 sure if you're making a banking app Aug 09 14:16:10 if you force people to log in every single time for something less than financial/personal security then people won't use it Aug 09 14:16:28 true but i'm checking out something like this after reopening app. Faster than typing your secure pass http://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/media_files/AndroidUnlockScreen.png Aug 09 14:19:20 hi. I have embedded videos in my webview. and when i select a video to play it just keeps buffering forever. why is that happening? Aug 09 14:24:59 Does anyone know what the line is that runs down the middle of Android Studio? Aug 09 14:25:12 Down the middle of the Editor that is Aug 09 14:25:25 At least it runs down the middle on a 27" screen Aug 09 14:25:41 Max line length Aug 09 14:26:15 Why does it default to a set size rather than changing to my screen size :( Aug 09 14:26:54 Also it doesn't seems to be max line lenght SimonVT, at least I can type past it Aug 09 14:27:07 which is what makes it really really awkward Aug 09 14:27:19 It's for when you use the formatter Aug 09 14:28:16 superlinux-hp: are you on Jelly Bean? Aug 09 14:28:23 Many projects define a code style that must be followed Aug 09 14:28:29 This includes max line length Aug 09 14:28:40 You can change it in preferences if you want Aug 09 14:28:42 Or just not use the formatter Aug 09 14:29:13 Napalm|afk, I have Android 4.0.4 Aug 09 14:29:37 its a Samsung S galaxy Duos Aug 09 14:30:42 superlinux-hp: look at the WebSettings#setAllow* functions Aug 09 14:31:10 ok Aug 09 14:33:15 Also is there a way to turn on color coating for LogCat in Android Studio? Aug 09 14:35:35 Found it. Editor > Colors and Fonts > Android LogCat Aug 09 14:43:22 guys, how can I define an inner/inline broadcast reciever for an activity, register it, then send it an intent from my service? Aug 09 14:46:51 am I supposed to restart the loader on orientation change? my list fragment shows the empty text when I rotate my device Aug 09 14:47:24 even though the cursor has a getCount() > 0 Aug 09 14:48:39 If it shows the empty text then you either haven't set your adapter or you didn't pass the cursor to the adapter Aug 09 14:49:44 SimonVT, do I need to reset the adapter on resume? let me try that Aug 09 14:50:09 to be more clear I have this for my reciever http://pastebin.com/aqDpz2hG and when I try and access it from my service I get this http://pastebin.com/UYiWadKM Aug 09 14:50:19 Eh, your adapter is destroyed with your fragment Aug 09 14:51:11 i'm setting the adapter onActivityCreated Aug 09 14:51:42 so it's only being called when the activity is recreated, not when the fragment is recreated Aug 09 14:54:15 So you don't know if you're setting the adapter or passing the cursor to the adapter Aug 09 14:59:27 SimonVT, what is the right place to set the adapter in a listfragment? Aug 09 15:00:45 Why do accents show weird on my app? For example, Ã³ for ó Aug 09 15:00:50 this is so frustrating, i'm away from home and using a huge dongle, I need to disconnect from the internet every time I need to test some code on my device. the emulator is kinda slow. Aug 09 15:01:03 zyngawow: broken UTF-8 handling Aug 09 15:01:35 p_l, and how do I fix it? Aug 09 15:01:59 zyngawow: somewhere in the process someone used Latin-1 (iso8859-1) to decode UTF-8, saving the result as UTF-8 Aug 09 15:02:14 you need to find where it happened, and fix it Aug 09 15:02:19 items.add(new Product("Chuletón", getCategoryByNumber(2))); Aug 09 15:02:22 That's where I add it Aug 09 15:03:05 run with debugger and check what happens? Maybe you'll need to specify something somewhere Aug 09 15:03:33 If I use 'com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.0' in my build.gradle, do I still need to include my android-support-v4.jar Aug 09 15:05:21 SimonVT, in my code, I was setting the empty text right after I set the list adapter. how come it's able to show the empty text but not the list data? Aug 09 15:05:50 Because the adapter has no data Aug 09 15:05:54 Or it's null, who knows Aug 09 15:06:02 p_l, some how the Product constructor gets it without the accent Aug 09 15:06:07 SimonVT, but I used log cat to output the count of cursor Aug 09 15:06:13 it has a non zero value Aug 09 15:06:36 And you do this from your adapter? Aug 09 15:06:38 inside onLoadFinished(), cursor.getCount() returns 68, which is the number of rows being shown before the orientation change Aug 09 15:07:04 i'm calling _adapter.swapCursor(cursor); inside onLoadFinished() Aug 09 15:07:07 zyngawow: then it's some detail in how the strings got encoded by javac Aug 09 15:07:10 sulaiman: The layout of your listview may be the issue Aug 09 15:07:56 zyngawow: is your source file itself in UTF-8? Aug 09 15:08:00 nseidm1, i'm using the default layout that comes with the listfragment Aug 09 15:08:13 i'm not overriding onCreateView() Aug 09 15:08:18 zyngawow: in compiler settings, configure it to use UTF-8 (-encoding utf-8 on cmdline to javac) Aug 09 15:08:26 p_l, ok, thanks :) Aug 09 15:08:42 then the layout of your views returned by getView in the adapter may be the issue Aug 09 15:09:11 Is anyone going to do this? https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/mobileads.html Aug 09 15:09:25 nseidm1, or maybe the viewGroup in the containing activity I am putting the fragments in? Aug 09 15:09:44 nseidm1, but it works fine before the orientation change Aug 09 15:10:34 on orientation change the loader will hit onFinishedLoad again, is the loader setup right? Aug 09 15:10:46 yes Aug 09 15:10:46 if you are using an adapter to populate a list whose rows contain numberpickers, would it make sense to make the adapter an onchangedlistener for each numberpicker? Aug 09 15:10:56 or the fragment? Aug 09 15:11:00 can somebody help me how i can found to change the style for a spinner like the api demos? Aug 09 15:12:25 SimonVT, I just noticed that i am facing the same issue in a separate tabbed navigation app I created with just textviews. Aug 09 15:12:36 The tabs work fine, except when I change the orientation Aug 09 15:12:50 then the last textview remains on the screen no matter which tab I select Aug 09 15:14:53 p_l, changing the Android Studio encoding to ISO-something and adding that param to javac didnt work Aug 09 15:19:36