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hi, I use: [code=java] fOut = thecontext.openFileOutput(filename, Context.MODE_PRIVATE); [/code] Does the private mean that unless you have the phone and are the user of the phone or otherwise got your hand on it, that no program can read the file I'm writing? I.e no installed program could request any permission …

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Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to Mobile Development. I'm a final year student and this is my first major project that might just get me a job for next year. So I'm very keen on getting it working! Pleeease help :) As far as I understand - I need to …

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I've recently been programming J2ME apps for Mobiles when it struck to me - something I remembered: "A virus infected my mobile!". I find it strange. Obviously, the regular EXE files don't work on JVM so can no way infect mobile phones. So there should be Java-specific viruses, but J2ME …

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Hi, I know how to detect clicks and touches on the views, and i know how to make menus appear when they hit the menu key. My phone also has a little ball like button that you can press down on. How would an activity capture this event, say if …

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I am writing a little android chess application, and found some chess pieces under LGPL. To use them people need to be able to modify the pieces or relink to them or a modified copy. Android lets you have a web page link and i thought i'd state the copyright …

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I have a simple vb.net webservice which accepts a string parameter. the function appends the passed value to a string, then returns it back. (See code below). My client uses ksoap2 on an android platform to invoke & consume the service. I can connect to the service fine, and while …

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[ATTACH=right]16252[/ATTACH][URL="http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/07/28/android-wallpaper-app-that-steals-your-data-was-downloaded-by-millions/"]Questions have been raised[/URL] about an Android wallpaper application that is collecting personal data and sending it to a site, [url]www.imnet.com[/url], in Shenzen, China. It's unclear why the data is being collected or what use might be made of it. The app Wallpaper, which originated from developer Jackeey, was uploaded …

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[ATTACH=right]16243[/ATTACH]Foursquare is so hung up on where we are now or where we've been... Never fear, [URL="http://plancast.com"]Plancast[/URL] is here to fill the void in the location-based future social networking space. Actually, it's much cooler than that, and it's beginning to pick up steam. As its name infers, Plancast is all …

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Hello All! I want to know about the configuing process of Google Map in an Android Application. Thanks, john

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[ATTACH=right]16012[/ATTACH]It's official -- or so it seems. HP will be, after much speculation to the contrary, moving forward with a Windows 7-based tablet. An HP rep told TechNewsWorld that the company has begun "customer evaluation" of a Windows 7 tablet, after the Internet began buzzing with rumors that a tablet …

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[URL="http://www.virginmedia.com/"]Virgin Media[/URL] will be trying something new in October when it teams up with publishing company [URL="http://www.sevensquared.co.uk/"]Seven Squared[/URL] to launch its first magazine, [I]Maverick[/I]. However, it's moving ahead of its print competitors already, by opting to go electronic rather than create a dead tree version. The first version will be …

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Hi Everyone! I have a question regarding the <include> tag. Actually I am new to the Android Programming and I want to use the Concept of Reusability in my Application at several places. I get to know that it is possible by the <include> tag but I don't know how …

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It’s official folks, Google’s Nexus One has officially been discontinued and will no longer be available from their online store. [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/21/nexus-one-is-sold-out-in-googles-store-forever/"]Engadget[/URL] points out that the only way to get the phone is through KT, a Korean phone company (good luck), or Vodafone. Google is planning on distributing what remaining phones …

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[ATTACH=right]15944[/ATTACH]Earlier today, Amazon announced pretty significant numbers that illustrate the rising popularity of e-books. For the first time in their short history, they are outselling their hardcover brethren at the bookstore giant. For the second quarter of 2010, Amazon sold an impressive 143 e-books for every 100 hardcover copies. Change …

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[ATTACH=right]15946[/ATTACH]Just as we were finally getting to know all the ins and outs of Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows Phone 7 is getting ready to drop - ain't that just like Microsoft? According to the guys [URL="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366631,00.asp"]at PC Magazine[/URL], who recently got some hands-on time with the new platform, we've wasted …

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Hi, I had to wipe a computer and reinstall the operating system and eclipse. i had backed up two of my projects in my working folder for eclipse. i copied those project folder into my new working eclipse folder, but i can't seem to open them. Open project is grayed …

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More of us could be taking Linux with us wherever we go in the coming years - that according to a [URL="http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Mobile_Devices_Research_Service"]pair of reports from ABI research[/URL] that predict a big chunk of both smartphones and non-smartphone mobile devices will be Linux-based by 2015. [ATTACH=right]15931[/ATTACH]"The number of Linux-oriented initiatives recently …

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[ATTACH=right]15792[/ATTACH]Google has been attempting to break out of their search engine based box for quite some time by presenting challenges to some of the IT world's biggest names such as Microsoft and Apple. Now with the new App Inventor that Google has launched for Android it is giving developers more …

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[B]Flash Support on the iPad Becomes Reality[/B] Comex, the programmer behind the user-friendly jailbreak tool, Spirit, has unleashed the source for his latest project, [URL="http://github.com/comex/frash"]Frash[/URL]. This little gem enables Flash support (sans video) on the iPad. Frash is still in the alpha stage, so if you run into problems, you …

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Hi All! Can anybody please tell me that how closely Android Application Development is associated with Java. That is, is it possible for a person working in Android Development to work on Core Java or J2EE oe J2SE ever? Let me make my question a bit more clear: " As …

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hello I want too choose among c++ + qt + php and java for my programming language and platform please help me too choose best platform I want to choose a platform that has this features : speed, portable I am c++ programmer and familiar with java programming language i …

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A handful of folks in Brooklyn may have found a way to put the idea of virtual communities and social networks to use in a practical way. Think Foursquare combined with the utility of commuting, as one organizer put it. Roadify is described as "the first comprehensive 'social transportation' company, …

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i have a class, [code=java] class myapp // for example { // some variables used by UI and telnet class // i.e. my edit text controls and telnet object oncreate() { // initiate UI elements like 2 edittext controls and ascroller and a button // start telnet thread } class …

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Hi is it possible to get bulleted and number lists in [COLOR="Green"]android [/COLOR]edit text/multiautocomplete textview. Can any one have a sample Java program to create numbers and bulleted lists with out using applets(android does not support applets)? And how to use bulleted span to get the bullets? It's not working …

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According to recent [URL="http://blog.quantcast.com/quantcast/2010/06/may-mobile-os-share-north-america.html"]reports[/URL] the Android operating system has an impressive 19.9% share of the US mobile web market. That's still some way behind Apple iOS on 58.8% but the iPhone has been around for a lot longer. It should come as no surprise, then, that Yahoo! wants to get …

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There's big news in the software patent front from none other than The U.S. Supreme Court. In the case of [URL="http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=167db2c8-5a72-4f52-8c22-6ae54ff16062"]Bilski vs. Kappos[/URL], handed down yesterday, is a major blow to the anti-patent movement, specifically the [I]no software patent[/I] groups. [INDENT]Florian Mueller, founder of the anti-software patents movement (NoSoftwarePatents) in …

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How many people enjoy their service with AT&T? <Peers out into audience holding hand over his eyes> Not many, not many. And AT&T just seems to keep getting more unfriendly all the time. Recently they announced data caps just before the release of iPhone 4 (see [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story287711.html"]New AT&T Data Plans …

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To get down and dirty in mobile phone competition, [URL="http://www.nokia.com"]Nokia[/URL] [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65N20Y20100624"]decides[/URL] to take on Apple and Google by adopting the Linux [URL="http://meego.org"]MeeGo[/URL] platform for its new N-Series phones. Back in February of this year, [URL="http://www.intel.com"]Intel[/URL] and Nokia [URL="http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1384419"]teamed up[/URL] to create the MeeGo mobile phone platform. This bold move allows …

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Hi, i m new here...i m developing an application for android...i want to know that how to set the status like vibration,silent or ringer mode in android sdk?

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I know it sounds crazy but the Linux Desktop isn't dead, it's just pining. It's pining for the correct platform--a tablet computer. And, I'm not referring to some cheap imitation tablet that will merely satisfy a few observers and nerdlets who use Linux. I'm thinking of a tablet computer for …

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Adobe Systems, Inc. the San Francisco-based software company, that has been heavily criticized recently by Apple, Inc CEO Steven Jobs, [URL="http://www.macworld.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=3227682&blogid=14"]announced yesterday[/URL] they were releasing a mobile version of Flash, starting with Android cell phone OS. Adobe states in the press release that Flash is already one of the top …

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Hi! I am totally new to using a Sax parser! Can anyone help me understand how to grab my xml content and store each group in an array list for later access. Within the XML there is repeating groups of information for different days and I want to be able …

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Hi all, I am Software Developer from Glasgow, Scotland. I have been in the field for almost 6 years now and I still love it. I work mainly with c# and have in the past done a few asp.net projects. I recently bought an Android handset (HTC Desire) and registered …

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Free Android Phone on CNET was found. SNIP It is really hard to believe. It also offers a bonus deal, HD video converter for android users. I was wondering whether it is really. Why do seller do this during this period that android is so hot?

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It's a cell phone for crying out loud. Do you get it? A cell phone. You know, you make and receive phone calls on it. It's a telephone that you carry around in your pocket. Who gives a rip whether it's equipped with a web browser, a file editor or …

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I want to get started with Android App Development. However, there are a few questions I have first: [LIST] [*]What is the primary programming language for development? [*]Where can I get the SDK? [*]Do I need an Android-Equipped Phone to test my Apps? [*]Where can I find their App Market …

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So I am new here, but certainly not new to programming. I saw an article on the elevator infoscreen about how Microsoft was worried about the shift to portable interactive touchscreen computing, and I don't think they ever understood that the computers should be educated in how to work with …

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I am having a problem in Android where I cannot set the text of a TextView to an int without my application crashing. Does anyone else have this problem? I tried changing the int to "static int" as I saw in a suggestion, but it still doesn't work. Android's website …

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Dani seems like a nice place for development support, I got to know about it only today from a friend's tweet feed and came to check. First thing I did was hovering over the different menus to see what the different sections are, and since I am working on a …

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hi please reply i have a problem . i want add a new table for a existing database in android. Since i have only option is to create table is i have to upgrade the database .please if any other option is there to create a new table and also …

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[ATTACH=right]14585[/ATTACH]Google took an interesting step this week when it [URL="http://googlenexusoneboard.blogspot.com/2010/04/update-on-nexus-one-partnerships.html"]announced on its Nexus One blog[/URL] that customers who want to use the Verizon network might be more interested in the [URL="http://phones.verizonwireless.com/htc/incredible/"]HTC Droid Incredible[/URL] instead of its own Nexus One. I've never hidden my disdain for the Google Nexus One strategy …

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Developers Brad Lassey, Alex Pakhotin, Vladimir Vukićević and Michael Wu this week unveiled what they're calling a pre-alpha version of the Fennec browser, better known as Firefox for Google's Android mobile operating system. You can [url=http://bit.ly/fennec-android]download the code[/url], which as of last week had been tested only on Motorola Droid …

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Hi, I have an android application that requests a list of objects from a servlet. The first time I run the android application it works fine by sending the correct list. But when I run the application for the second time, it returns the list that it has already sent …

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Hello, I wasn't sure where to post it so i decided to do it here. I want to create a calendar compatible with iphone, smart phone that runs on android and google calendar. This calendar will be posted on a website and be available to visitors. I don't know where …

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In here: [url]http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/toplevel.html#general[/url] It says: The default content pane is a simple intermediate container that inherits from JComponent, and that uses a BorderLayout as its layout manager. In here: [url]http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/jcomponent.html[/url] It says: The JComponent class extends the Container class, which itself extends Component. This is contradictory, isn't it? Also what …

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[ATTACH=right]14257[/ATTACH]Rumor has it Microsoft will be jumping into the mobile phone market later this month. Much like Google's foray into mobile phones with the Nexus One, I think it's a horrible idea for Microsoft to sell phones, but according to this [URL="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/04/05/microsoft-reportedly-to-unveil-new-mobile-phone-line-april-12/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+barrons/techtraderdaily/feed+(BARRONS.com+Blog:+Tech+Trader+Daily)"]story in Barron's[/URL], that's exactly what they intend to …

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Hi there, I did not see an Android thread, but its pretty much an extension of J2SE so this is probably the best place for it.. I'm currently developing on minimum sdk version 3 (Android 1.5 - cupcake) and I'm having a strange unexplained issue that I have not been …

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It compiles without any errors in Eclipse, and when I comment it out, the application does not crash, but somewhere in here it is making my application crash on startup. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? [code=Java] Button send_button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.SendButton); spam_button.setOnClickListener((OnClickListener) this); phone_number = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.ph_num); txt_body = …

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Hi,I am trying to develop an app for android about how to make my app log in a website and retrieve messages,information, friends list..etc If you know how to do it on android or java I will appreciate it..:) Thank you in advance..:)

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What has proven to be alien to Apple and Microsoft may be just right for Android. Search giant Google this week announced that it is working with Sony, Intel and computer accessory maker Logitech on technology to bring Web searches and applications to the television. Efforts by Google's predecessors--Apple TV …

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