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Hello guys, For my final year project I decide to develop an app for android. I have done some research and stuff for first semester and have to present the working app at the end of second semester. To be honest I'm not that great developer however I'm still interested …

According to IT security outfit Kaspersky, which has just [published details](http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792255/Kaspersky_Security_Bulletin_2012_The_overall_statistics_for_2012) of the information security landscape as it was shaped during 2012, 99% of all mobile malware threats now target Android devices. With 6300 new mobile malware samples discovered every month on average across 2012, Android has become the focus …

Hey, Im trying to implement a search in the action bar in my android app. Ive got the serachView to show and Im able to write in it. But when I press enter to make it submit the request should just open my SearchActivity were I should just be able …

Hey guys, i am developing an android app using Java, using eclipse on a windows PC. The building of the app started off very well, and we managed to get a working prototype working on a android phone using the USB debugging option. I have come across a big problem …

I am building on to my App and I am trying to add a "SHARE comments". I have all my comment within a View flipper. I dont know where I am going wrong. String shareMessage = flipTips.getContext().toString(); public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener { ViewFlipper flipTips; Intent mailIntent; ImageButton …

Hello.Please anyone help me with this code. I tried to look in every forum but nothing gives the right answer. Promblem is: **R cannot be resolved to a variable** . Here is my java code: package com.example.twittersearch; import java.util.Arrays; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.content.SharedPreferences; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.LayoutInflater; import …

I want to create an android app where a live camera stream captures obstacles on the ground and issues warnings to the user. This is intended as an application for the visually impaired. I'm at a loss to understand what technologies are most suitable for this as I have no …

I am looking for a way to impliment an onScroll listener into my listview. I have read a lot about using: notifyDataSetChanged(); But, I honestly can't figure out how to impliment it into my working code. Currently, I pull a bunch of records into the listview from a MySQL database …

Android, Apple, and Blackberry are te biggest smartphone company at this moment, what next vendor or OS will grow up in your opinion?

hello, I'm developing my 1st app. everything's working but i'm having problems with the visual design. i think i need an out of the box idea here. basicly, it's a 1 page/screen app. what the user sees is a big circle that has 12 parts, looks just like a color …

Hi, I'm hoping someone out there can help me, I am trying to create a basic application that transmits GPS co ordinates of the device to a server. I am a complete noobie to socket programming (well, I covered the bare basics in college this year). As a stepping stone, …

Hi, guys, I want to learn how to make big games for Android, like, Temple Run, Rail Rush or something like that. What I must do?

The UK-based [Surrey Police Force](http://www.surrey.police.uk/) has long since embraced Internet culture as being a way to help fight crime. It has an online crime reporting tool, active accounts on Facebook and Twitter, as well as a video channel on YouTube. But now it has moved into smartphone territory in order …

I need to encode the sending messages/data(not MD5)and then they will be decoded on the other side. Codes have to be in android libraries not in java. Is there any code or information that may help me around internet? Thx all for your help.

Hello! I've just nearly finished a mobile app for my company, and there are quite a number of Activities in it. I've also been advised (here, in fact!) to check out the possibility of using Fragments for the various screens. Fragments in this case sounds like the way it should …

OK, so I'm mainly a C++ developer but I've been looking into making apps for Android. I haven't used Java before, or done much UI development, so it's a lot to take in at the moment. **There is a question at the end of this, skip to it if you …

I'm working on an app and I am having some trouble getting the login and registration to work. Here is the code I have for my registration. public class RegisterActivity extends Activity { Button btnRegister; Button btnLinkToLogin; EditText inputFullName; EditText inputEmail; EditText inputPassword; TextView registerErrorMsg; //JSON Response node names private …

According to the boffins at Kaspersky Lab, users of Android devices running Gingerbread (Android 2.3.6) and Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) are targeted the most by cybercriminals. Gingerbread accounted for 28% of all the attempts to install malware that were successfully blocked by Kaspersky, while Ice Cream Sandwich accounted for …

Hello everyone. I am building an Android app using Dreamweaver with the Jquery Framework and I am having trouble viewing source code of a given URL using javascript. I want the user to be able to type a url into a textfield, and then hit a button and have it …

My name is Davey Winder, and I am a phoneaphobic. At first glance it would appear that I am anything but alone if the results of a recent study into attitudes towards mobile phone usage are to be believed. But first impressions are often misleading and that's the case here, …

The world's largest digital jobs survey, using data extracted from more than 230,000 jobs posted to The Freelancer.co.uk site, reveals some interesting hiring trends in the developer sector.  According to the latest Freelancer Fast 50 survey, if you are a mobile apps developer than it's pretty good news …

Hi everyone. I'm teaching myself Android and it's been nothing but trouble. I'm having difficulty even doing some of the simplest tasks. Anyways, I've created a login screen, and when the user presses "OK", I want to switch activities, but it's not working. Here're my Logcat erros: 10-26 10:24:23.779: E/Trace(952): …

Hi all, I was looking to make an android app that gets data from a C# wcf server - at the minute I can pull some basic data and they are communicating - however what is the best way to create an app like this? I know that networking operations …

Hi, guys, i made listactivity and i want to enter to other activities by clicking to list items. But there is a problem. This is my code: public class Main extends ListActivity { String[] values = { "Samsung", "Sony Ericsson", "Iphone" }; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); //setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); …

Hello, I'm building this app, which requires a Camera, but it is not working, it doesn't show anything except the design, here's teh code: Camera c = null; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.qrreaderscreen); SurfaceView v = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.v); SurfaceHolder surface_holder = null; v = new SurfaceView(getApplicationContext()); if (surface_holder …

note i am working on eclipse, java, xml and anroid. i have a activity_right_sub_menu.xml file <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <item android:id="@+id/I_ABOUT" android:title="About Us" android:numericShortcut="1" android:alphabticShortcut="a" android:orderInCategory="100" android:showAsAction="never"/> <item android:id="@+id/I_PREFERENCE" android:title="Preferences" android:numericShortcut="2" android:alphabticShortcut="b" android:orderInCategory="100" android:showAsAction="never" /> </menu> than i have a Menu.java file public class Menu extends ListActivity { …

Hi, Cote here, and I'm very pleased to announce that I've ported ALL my sl4a apps to eclipse apk, it embeds with the python interpreter, no need to install anything but the app off google play! I have completed: A) Android Eye (Computer Vision), that takes a picture and tells …

Hi Thgin i seek is to create a connection (android) to the latest postgresql 9.2 database. Theat is running on a distant server. Can i Do it? Is postgre 9.2 JDBC driver fro andoid out? & little bit distant question. If the prevous is doable. How i an write tet …

i am useing java xml to make android apps. in my xml file i have a 2 edittext where user will enter 2 numbers. <EditText android:id="@+id/ET_FIRST" android:layout_width="300dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_marginTop="50dp" android:hint="Enter 1st number hint" android:inputType="numberDecimal" android:textColor="#ffffff" android:textSize="25dp" android:textStyle="bold" /> <EditText android:id="@+id/ET_SECOND" android:layout_width="300dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_marginTop="100dp" android:hint="Enter 2nd number hint" android:inputType="numberDecimal" …

Samsung has fixed the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) exploit that could remotely wipe data from a Galaxy S III smartphone, but that doesn't mean the USSD threat is over: far from it in fact. According to some security researchers, 400 million Android device users are at risk from having …