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    File Manager with 2.2 Features?

    Hi everyone. I just updated to 2.2, and have found that the absence of a way to see which apps a) have auto-update enabled and b) can be moved to the sd card but haven't been is rather inconvenient, since after installing a few apps, I find myself having to go through the full list trying to...
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    Apps How to change the minimum version of Android?

    Hi everyone. I have created an application in Eclipse which requires Android 2.0 (or in the manifest minSdkVersion="5"). Since a planned feature that would have required Android 2.0 has been dropped, I want to change the app so that it will work with older devices. Any suggestions on what I need...
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    Apps Loading Dialog is not being displayed

    I am creating an app that allows the user to send a request to a web server to create an update. Between the request being sent, and a response being received from the server, I want to display a loading message to the user. I have tried several methods to accomplish this, the latest being using...
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    Apps Adding buttons dynamically

    Hi everyone. I am creating an Android app that will act as a front end for viewing reports. I have created an Activity that requests a list of available reports from the server. What I am trying to do is get that activity to add a button for each feed listed in the list of reports (contained in...
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    Apps Expanding Widgets?

    I just installed Beautiful Widgets yesterday, and saw the interesting expansion capability, and was curious if anyone knows how this is done. Basically, when you tap on the weather, another window opens and displays the forecast. This is different from other weather widgets which open a full...
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    Apps Find the user's zip code

    I am creating a new app that will allow users to search for local concerts. This app will pull data from a web database that uses a supplied zip code or state to determine the market area that should be searched. What is the best way to determine a user's current zip code? I can't seem to...
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    Apps Stumped by Intents

    I am sorry, this is probably a very basic question, but my first Android program keeps getting hung when trying to switch to another activity. I have gone through several tutorials and the documentation, and I am starting to think that I am either leaving something basic out, or I am mixing...
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    Apps Virtual Device can't connect to the Internet

    I am using the SDK for Android 2.0, and I successfully created the Emulator and created the Hello World app in the Google developer site. However, I have found that the virtual device is not able to access the Internet. The lock screen indicates that I have no service. I have been reading...
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    Hello everyone

    Hi everyone. I am fairly new to Android, having just gotten my first android device (Motorola Droid) a few weeks ago. A web developer, I am looking to learn some development, for starters creating apps that will work with XML files from various web sites.