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I have seen this calendar (html5advent.com) whose design I would like to use in an iPad app. There is no problem generating the calendar; the questions are: [LIST] [*]how do I capture a tap on one of the "days"? [*]what would be the best way to actually "create" the boxes? …

How did you learn Java? I just watched the basic and intermediary video tutorials from thenewboston.com and I'm still not 100 percent. I've moved onto the android application development tutorials which deals with a lot of java, and I still don't totally understand it. It started off with a bunch …

Hi, I'm new in android and I have to call wcf service from android app. Everything works fine, but I don't know how can I manipulate with result set of WCF method. This is my code snippet: [CODE] SoapObject request=new SoapObject(NAMESPACE, METHOD_NAME); SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope=new SoapSerializationEnvelope(SoapEnvelope.VER11); envelope.dotNet=true; envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request); HttpTransportSE httpTransport=new HttpTransportSE(URL); …

hi i am a university student from Mauritius and i am going for my final year project for my course Bsc in Information Technology. I am good at php,mysql, but now i want to make use of java, android for my final project. So i am already on the track …

Hello I am here seeking knowledge of people who actually know what they are talking about. In mobile development, specifically Andriod, is there any reason to use [icode] variable1 = variable1 + variable2[/icode] over [icode]variable1 += variable2[/icode]? This was a subject that came up recently and my lecturer simply said …

I have created a way of entering data into my database table using android and now I am trying to retrieve it and display it onto the screen. Here is the code I have so far for my viewscores class: [code]public class Viewscores extends Activity{ Button scores; @Override public void …

i am having a login page done in android using eclipse . now i want to extend the layout of the login page by setting a fieldset around that window.. (field set as in html.) can anyone help me please

I am wondering if there are criteria that I can use as basis to know that the application works in versions 2.2 and 3.0 of android os? Like for example, *It can be installed *The response time is fast *It supports the screen resolution...

Hi, I am trying to pass the value of imgPath into imageAdapter.java. I manage to get the result from the toast. But i did not know how to write a proper code to display the value at myRemoteImages. Please help me out. PictureActivity.java [CODE]ArrayList<hashmap<string, string="">> imgList = new ArrayList<hashmap<string, string="">>(); …

hey Guyz, I am new in Mobile Development (Android), and i want to make a zoom button that increase/decrease the size of text in TextView by clicking zoom control button. Can any one tell me about how to implement android 'zoom control widget' in eclipse... Or any tutorial???

I was wondering how cellphone operating systems like Android can be created

Hey guys, I'm trying to create an application that will allow me to view information in a database and update/delete/all the usual stuff. How do I go about connecting to the database? I have a project using visual basic which connects to the server using this string: [CODE]con.ConnectionString = "Server=salamander.ads.ntu.ac.uk;Database=m_fyp2011_n0218430;Uid=" …

Basically my app obtains data from a mysql server and displays it in a list view. What I want is for data from different columns (but the same row) to be as different items in a Dialog Box. I followed a tutorial on how to connect to a mysql server …

Greetings all been a while since I last posted. Let me explain what I need help for.. I want an Android App where you can watch livestream /screenshots from a placed camera in a store. You can already watch the cameras filming on a computer. We have some assumptions on …

Hey guys I am trying to create a game where when a condition is met the the Activity is called and now runs level 2 conditions, and so on as the levels increment. The problem is that the level integer which stores the level always resets to the initialised value, …

Hey guy's i know that the MIT got the rights now to app inventor and still not releasing it public yet... but is there any other type like that?

hello I am working on my final year project whose topic is GENERIC BILLING Gateway in this we were creating an Mobile application using J2ME which will send details of user accessing application to GATEWAY which will authenticate the user and will continue to use database if user is authenticated. …

Hey guys, I am starting the development of my android cloud app, I want the user to log in and then be able to upload images to their account. The way I want the app to work, is keep as much information local on the device, instead of having web …

Hello! One day i was wondering, i want to create Android app which will scan barcode and give link to my product from databese. I started search and tutorials for that but nothing. So i whana ask can it be done? My idea tree : Mobile phone -> Read barcode …

Okay, been working on Android program and since its JAVA based, I figured this might be a place to get some good advice. I have been writing this program to run tcpdump, but for some reason it freezes and crashes. I am able to execute the shell commands, but after …

Hi, Can i ask something what type of eclipse should i use in developing android.there are many of them,can you help me on this please.Thank you in advance. Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, Eclipse Classic 3.7.1, Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers (includes Incubating components), …

Hello everyone. I am very new in Android Application. I have installed JDK 7,Eclipes also. I have read the installation tutorials form the common site <URL SNIPPED>.I have installed AVD from Eclipes. But when I run the simple "Hello world" an initial program, It shows that no AVD is available. …

Basically I'm trying to create an app where it generates random questions and displays them in a dialog box. I've managed to create a dialog box ok but incorporating the sql database full of questions and answers is proving difficult. I've been trying to follow this tutorial and it's the …

Hey guys, I'm just starting out with Android development using Eclipse. The only programming language that I've used a lot before is VB.NET, so I'm just wondering, is it possible to create variables which you can then add to over the course of the session? I'm particularly thinking of strings …

Hello there! Please I need help in converting a jar/jad file to cod/alx i.e converting j2me files to blackberry files.

Hi hope someone can can help im having a problem with how ripple is dealing with for loops when emulating an android app using html5 css jquery and jqtouch simple loop [CODE] var len = 1; for (i = 0; i <len; i++){ alert('foo'); } [/CODE] run it through chrome …

I want to create an Android application where a user can create an account which basically stores their username and password, and photos. I want to use a Microsoft Access Database, a user once logged in can take a photo using the android device and the photo is automatically sent …

Hi ....... I tried an Android application with Map View. When i launched this application, the Map View only show grey grid instead of a Google Map. In my application, I have already inserted Internet permission in Manifest file and api key in Main.xml file. Plase See Detail in below..... …

Am pretty new to App development, I have 2 radio buttons(radio group), and a Generate list"button" that i want to control a listview. I already created a list which has 20 items. When you select radio button1=10, and click "generate list" button it should take me to a new screen …

Ok so my university has assigned me the task of creating a brick breaker game for android phones (full spec below). What I would simply like to know is[B] which design pattern I should be using to structure my program?[/B] If I should be using more than one which should …

Hello, this is my code [CODE]import android.app.ListActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.ArrayAdapter; import android.widget.ListView; public class AnimalsActivity extends ListActivity { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); String[] Animals = {"Cat","Dog","Horse","Pig"}; ListView lv = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listv11); ArrayAdapter<String> _adap; _adap = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, Animals); lv.setAdapter(_adap); } }[/CODE] The problem is with [COLOR="Red"]ListView …

Hello, i want to know what controls are used in this image [url]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1521640/standard-android-button-with-a-different-color[/url] For Header, seems like TextView with "steColorFilter()", if someone have any idea how i can draw like this give an example. And the 2nd thing i want is, is this in image ListView? ("San Francisco", All Neigh...") …

Hi guys I have been wondering can we develop android apps on Qt? Do we have to learn Java inorder to program for android in Qt or All the programming will be done in C++. Actually I don't want to learn Java any recent because I am working on someother …

i am trying to use a picture for the background of my blackberry app instead of the default white background how can i do this? any code snippets would be greatly appreciated Thanks

Hi i am a new developer i am just trying to create a simple app and put it on my phone. i have created a hello world one and successfully put that on my phone, i am now trying to create one where you click on a button and it …

I'm using the GreenDroid library for the actionbar. I can't get a title to show up no matter what I do. I have tried setTitle(), getActionBar().setTitle(), changing color in the styles. Has anyone else had this problem?

I got accepted for the AC2DM, but I'm not sure how to send messages to the application.... Help?

Hi, I have created a new Thread in my Activity and call start on it. The run() method of the new thread runs but when I am attempting to change the UI it crashes. Because of the above I am using runOnUiThread(). [CODE] Button v = (Button) findViewById(R.id.newButton); runOnUiThread(new Runnable(){public …

Dear all, I'm learning now about Android app development. I feel really good at it, thanks to thenewboston tutorials over youtube. I got a question, How do I change a pdf file to an app? I looked all over the internet and all what I got is several websites with …

says the R.java cannot be resolved but the reason seems to be not solved by refreshing or clean building the code..it has something to do with the different build target paths

I am pretty new in android application development and I am trying to get on of the rows from a SQLite db to show up as a Listactivity, but this is not working and the program terminates unexpectedly. Here is the code: [CODE]package ankur.test.app; import android.app.ListActivity; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Bundle; …

Hey all, I'm trying to install the Android SDK to work with Eclipse. I am following the instructions given on these websites: [url]http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html[/url] [url]http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html#installing[/url] I'm using Eclipse Indigo, and everytime I try to add the ADT Plugin I get the following error: Cannot complete the install because one or more …

hi guyz, i am new on Android and i want to learn about "Android cocos2d". Before i am asking, i googled about "Android cocos2d" but i did not find any helpful material. So plzz i need help from you.. Thanks,

hey everyone! I am working on a project in which i will be using cocos2d for developing a game fo android. I am new to cocos2d. Can anyone tell me how to write a simple Hello World app on cocos2d using Eclipse( for Android ). I have already installed Android …

Hi all, I want to activate an OSGI bundle and interact with it on android environment. But I am not sure of the design pattern that I need to use. Can you provide me the design perspective ( etc.. you need an interface, and eventhandler.... ). I don't need the …

I am currently working on my thesis which consists of a mobile parking application. It's basic function is that of finding a car spot for the user. I would like to find some computer science challenges within this scenario. An algorithm that will boost my mobile app or something of …

Hey everybody, I just made an application for Android, and In the developer console it reads as published, but when I search the application, it does not find it... any help on this?

Hey, I'm developing a processor-intensive app for Android, which includes nested loops. The development process is still going on, but I'm already trying to find ways to optimize the performance. And I need tips and tricks for it. :) Mainly I've been changing all the for-loops from (int i = …

I would like to create a notebook type application that will accept touch input and allow you to draw on the surface view. I'm unsure what I'm doing wrong since I have not programmed for the Android before. Here is what I have: [CODE]findViewById(R.id.pageSurface).setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() { public boolean onTouch(View v, …

Hello I'm a computer engineer. I would like to enter into the world of android programming. I wish to buy a book in Amazon, but i'm in a bit of a dilema between: Beginning Android 4 (Beginning Apress): [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Android-4-Apress/dp/1430239840/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328103564&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Android-4-Apress/dp/1430239840/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328103564&sr=1-1[/URL] And Beginning Android 4 for games: [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Android-Games-Development-Apress/dp/1430239875/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328103848&sr=1-2"]http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Android-Games-Development-Apress/dp/1430239875/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328103848&sr=1-2[/URL] Which of these two …