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    Apps Create file object for each assets item.

    Hi friends, I have specific requirement I have few files in assets folder. I want that file in File object. (This is the requirement and I need to follow them STRICTLY,InputStream or any other is not allowed). How to convert that ? SO far I have tried new...
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    Apps Open Android's default Music App from own Application

    Hi Friends, I want to open Android's default music app from our own app. I am able to find Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MUSIC_PLAYER); startActivity(intent); from google. But this is supported for level 8 and up. Is there any other way to open music app. I can not...
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    Apps Accelerometer Problem.

    Hi Friends, I am doing some stuff with accelerometer. I am able to access this sensor using Sensor Listener service.As you all know it gives three values X,Y and Z. Now what this values are. I got some info from google. But still I am not sure about it. Can anyone elaborate those three...
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    Apps How to measure walking distance using accelerometer, or orientation sensor.

    Hi Friends, I want to distance between tow end points using accelerometer or orientation sensors. (For one of jogging app) I can use GPS to.But GPS will not return accurate distance in some case.I wan to measure distance even if user is taking turns while walking,even when he/she is...
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    Apps What is exactly the Instrumentation is ?

    Hi Friends, I wan to know what exactly instrumentation is. I have a very brief knowledge of it.It is something related to test cases. Does it like code coverage report where we can have idea which lines gets executed, which are uncalled methods etc... Please explain.
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    Apps Android SDK is a Simulator or Emulator ??

    Hi All, This is a very general question which strikes in my mind.Android SDK comes up with the functionality where we can test our code before deoploying that on actual device. Now as per the difference between Emulator and Simulator it should called a Simulator because it is a...
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    Apps Exceeding VM budget problem

    Hi all, I am facing a problem of exceeding VM budget dealing with graphics. It runs fine on device crashes the app in emulator. Is there any wat to increase VM budget on emulator ?
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    Apps Progress bar setProgress do not update Progress

    Hi Friends, I want to download a file from server and while downloading I want to show progress bar to display downloading pogress. I thought this is pretty much simple. But I am facing strange problem. Progress bar's setProgress method do not show the updated view of progress. Below is my...
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    Apps SOAP Reuest Response problem...

    Hi friends, I want to sent a SOAP request with some parameter. So basically it is a post request. I am able to fire simple get reuest with no reuest parameter. But now I want to pass some reuest parameter. Following is some code which I have tried. private static String...
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    Apps Integration of Dictionary in my app

    Hi friends, I want to integrate a dictionary with my project. And I have no idea from where to start. Is there some utility in android where I can pass word and it gives me result. How can we implement wikitionary. Please help or suggest some new thing for dictionary integration.
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    Apps Is there anyone who has cutomized FBReader ?

    Hi all, I want to customize FBReader. FbReader is an open source eBook reader project. If you have played with the code of this project, I will upload my query.My query is not android related it regarding customization. I am facing a problem durin customization of canvas view. Please reply.
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    Apps Question for Activity Switching.

    Hi All, I want to know something more about Activity Switching. Lets say we have four Activity. Activity A,B,C,D. User is navigating in this manner. A -> B -> C ->D. Now I want to do something like this. Now user will go to Activity B. Its decided already. I want to jump to activity D...
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    Apps How to parse epub files

    Hi all, I want to parse epub files in android. I referred epublib library files but not bale to parse using it.That library file is missing some classes. I use its source code too, but Dalvik is not able to build apk file because of some package name clash in javax.xml.stream package. Is...
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    Apps About using NDK System.loadLibrary();

    Hi friends, I am new to NDK in android. I am referring one project which is using NDK. I spent few hours understanding its structure and all that. I run that code.It gives me error at some line. I dig into that and found that System.loadLibrary("LineBreak") is line which gives error.Line...
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    Apps Android services and Start it on boot up

    Hi guys, I am using services in android app.Services gets stopped when we switch off the device. We can start it using boot time start up broadcast receiver. That I know. I want service to be designed in such a way that its cycle should not get stopped once it is started. I am using alarm...
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    Apps Want to start with Gaming.

    Hi all, I have a working knowledge of developing and Android Application. Since few days I am dying to do gaming. I google a bit. There are lot of game engines availbale. But I have no idea from where to start. I confess that I am not good enough in playing with graphics. What I knw is I...
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    Apps Identifying back button press

    Hi all, Identifying a back button pressed event is veru simple. But I want to do it in different way. Say my application is installed on a device. Currently user is doing some stuff in Alarm Clock. But now when I press back button or any other button it should no back to the home screen...
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    Identifying back button press

    Hi all, Identifying a back button pressed event is veru simple. But I want to do it in different way. Say my application is installed on a device. Currently user is doing some stuff in Alarm Clock. But now when I press back button or any other button it should no back to the home...
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    Yahoo mail account configuration problem.

    Hi, I am making an application which allows users to see their e-mails on their android device. I can configure the gmail account but I can not configure the yahoo account.I know the problem is of protocol name and port number. I google a lot but I can not get rid of this problem...