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[Windows Mobile Software Development] jamiepyrite:
Hi all, I've been using this forum for a few years and it's fantastic!

Anyway, I'm at University studying Network Management and this year I have to write my dissertation; a final year project.

For this, I've chosen to learn how to write and develop windows mobile applications and to develop an application that will update a user's facebook status with a URL to Google Maps, showing their location.

Now I've seen applications that can e-mail a URL of a google maps location but never one that integrates with Facebook..

Could anyone offer me some advice on where to start with WM development and any tips on writing the program I intend to create? I have a copy of Visual Studio and have a tiny bit of experience programming C++.

Any input is much appreciated! Thanks very much

Jamie
[Windows Mobile Software Development] stephj:
If your app is web driven, which it sounds like it is, drop the C++ and move straight to C# .NET. You can use C++ with the .NET CF framework but the casts one has use in order to get it to work, make the code hideously unreadable. C# is far more more appropriate.

Web .NET objects are quite easy to use, the problem appears when you try to decide exactly which object/class you require, then which of its properties to set, and then which of its methods to use to get it do what you want, the latter being further confused by which of its overloaded methods you should use. To summarize, the .NET CF framework is incredibly powerful, but at times confusing to the point of distraction, as there are several ways to do the same thing.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ajhvdb:
Agreed.

I just started with an C++ service. I'm getting there but man o man.
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
What video format does the nexus one read and where on the sdcard do we put them? Also what format does the camera output too when finished recording video?
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Don't know about the first question, but the camera outputs 720x480. Try recording a video and checking your sd card to see the format.
[Nexus One General] melterx12:
it natively reads H.263 (encode and decode) MPEG-4 SP (encode and decode) H.264 AVC (decode), and no doubt reads many others with apps downloaded from the market. I beleive on the SD Card put them in a folder called "Video". Not sure about what the video output format is but I do know it is compatible with Youtube Uploading.
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
what extensions do those equate to? avi? wmv? m4v?
[Nexus One General] melterx12:
avi, mp4, not sure about wmv.
[Nexus One General] Mi|enko:
Just to test, I downloaded the 720P video of "Elephant's Dream" in MP4 format. . . AMAZING quality. :-D

http://www.savevid.com/video/elephants-dream-hd-1080p.html Scroll down and download the MP4 version.

Link says 1080, but pretty sure the MP4 is only 720.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
DivX???

12345
[Nexus One General] DocRambone:
What software are you using to convert movies for Nexus, And what settings?
[Nexus One General] xManMythLegend:
Wont play HD files , even in mp4.

No divx.
[Nexus One General] stian230:
only 9 days

and its her
[Nexus One General] stewart1988:
Im using a Mac and will be using doubleTwist (Also on PC)

Because it syncs with my iTunes but you can just drop and drag videos and it will convert to the correct format you :)

It will even detect your device as a Nexus One
[Nexus One General] kozm0naut:
MP4 is simply an encapsulation method, many MP4s are just going to be incompatible. There are pretty fine settings needed to get it to work, but I believe you'll want to transcode movies to h.264 or h.263 for video and aac audio, in 480x800.

If you want to be sure you can view the Nexus' videos on your PC, set up a youtube account and upload them after recording. Then you can log into your YouTube account and download them as MP4 (h.264)
[Nexus One General] DocRambone:
Thanks, i try doubletwist.
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
where do we put videos on the sdcard, i cant find anywhere to put it.
[Nexus One General] jacksonj51:
Hey Blueman... I just plugged in the sdcard and made a new folder called video and put some movies and music videos in there. Once inserted back into the handset they were in my gallery, was pretty easy.
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
what format?
[Nexus One General] jacksonj51:
I always codec my videos to mp4 or m4v... I have loads of videos I've converted for my Omnia HD which are mostly mp4 and divx.... haven't tried any divx yet but the mp4's play just fine.

In case anyone needs an awesome video converter the best one IMO is format factory, which is free and has tons of presets and is easy to use.

http://www.formatoz.com/
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
m4v's aren't showing up on mine, they play the audio, but the video is not there.
[Nexus One General] xtop:
i'm getting the same thing from an mkv file i encode. i do have some other mp4's working, but can't figure out the settings to get every movie working. how annoying. just support more formats!
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
why arent avi's supported?
[Nexus One General] jacksonj51:
My I8910 Omnia HD plays practically everything... not so with this Nexus, with being said it's not that hard to convert video for the Nexus...? Just convert them into mp4

Once again a great free program to do this: http://www.formatoz.com/

or

Another free program: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
[Nexus One General] bradsh1:
Slight repost...

The i8910 runs Symbian which is a real smartphone OS. As a result, it has a version of coreplayer and other apps which can decode avi, divx, xvid, etc even though the manufacturer might not have made such an application available.

There is no coreplayer for android because android apps are not native -- they run in an interpreted Java VM (it doesn't even have a JIT). In fact, I personally classify Android as a dumbphone OS -- there have been dumbphones that can multitask J2ME apps for years, and if all of the JSRs are implemented, J2ME is a rather complete spec (it even has accelerated 3D, something that Google is just now getting around to). To me, the defining feature of a smartphone is the capability to run native apps ... so both Android and Blackberry are just really, really fancy dumbphones.

Granted, Google has released the "NDK" (native development kit), but the programmers behind coreplayer have declared the NDK to be a complete joke, and have stated that they will not be bringing coreplayer to android until Google more fully addresses the lack of a way to interact with the phone hardware on a lower level.

I love my Nexus One, but IMO this is one area where google really really dropped the ball. Windows Mobile, iPhone, S60, Maemo, and soon even web OS support native apps. Google needs to do two things:

1) Get its game together and offer real native app support

2) Offer APIs to hardware accelerate multimedia functions (I think they may have finally added 3D in 2.1)

... I'm sick of having apps on my 1GHz snapdragon that look like gameboy advance crapware.

If I'm wrong about any of this stuff, someone please let me know, but as far as I know this is the case.
[Nexus One General] navahoo:
how to change the format of taken videos from 3gp to mp4? :confused:
[Nexus One General] megg:
for windows users could be useful the hd video convert program to convert files ... it could be the same 800x480 resolution....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=467112

;)
[Nexus One General] mirox3m:
There is an app that plays Divx, Xvid etc and can be used even on a G1. Its name is yxflash. I can confirm it works. It does not work for playing flash as it claims. On N1 it should work faster. http://www.androlib.com/android.application.kr-mobilesoft-yxflash-qEnD.aspx

Concerning 3D games, please check the games made by Polarbit. They are a Swedish company, who develop for EA, Activision etc. http://www.polarbit.com/

http://www.androlib.com/r.aspx?r=polarbit
[Nexus One General] bradsh1:
i can't find xyflash on the market but the reviews for it are pretty bad on that website anyway
[Nexus One General] jacksonj51:
Right on the Money!!!
[Nexus One General] britoso:
I recommend DoubleTwist too.

It converts and copies videos in the background so you don't have to do it manually.

Handbrake and Super converted divx's worked too but 100% of the time android would skip frames, lose sync, freeze and error out with "Cannot play this video" (like what happens with some youtube videos)
[Nexus One General] aceo07:
I love coreplayer. I have it on my iPAQ hx4700 and it was able to play everything. I'd LOVE to have it on Android. (Also better pdf readers..)
[Nexus One General] britoso:
I'm using Act 1 and like it a lot.

(tap to pause/play, drag or use the trackball to forward/rewind, resumes from where it left off, battery display, time etc)
[Nexus One General] :
:( Sorry, my bad. Editing and deleting this stupid post.
[Hero CDMA General] someonenewhere:
Taken from an user in Androidforums.com ...

that kind of crossed my thoughts when I rooted my phone, what is the possibility though?
[Hero CDMA General] someonenewhere:
no answers????
[Hero CDMA General] obelisk79:
I've not done much research on the subject however the superuser apk is there to protect us with custom roms so you can be protected from potentially malicious applications.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
We really cant set a password on our root, especially since this is not a "Full" linux distro, it's very watered down to fit and run "well", this includes the SElinux. The SuperUser app offers protection, when an app runs that requires Root, superuser kicks in and asked Always Allow, Allow, Dont Allow, Never Allow.

Given, superuser probably has its weeknesses all security apps do and anyone with the smarts to figure out the loop holes will. It's a cell phone, not your bank account or medical records. I can't see you or anyone carying anything too private on it, maybe some corp. emails. Viruses happen, luckily there doesn't seem to be to much circulating in the way of Android. There are even a few AV apps on the market if you look for them.

The only app I have that requires root is WiFi Tether. Maybe, oneday, when we get full kernel source someone can protect our root a little better than it currently is. If having an Android phone has taught me anything, it is that Google security policies must be Garbage. Look at how they protect paid apps, if I was a Dev that wanted to make money on his code there is no way I could cope with only having stuff in a protected folder. Looks like they would have to make their own software protection, and some have.:mad:
[Hero CDMA General] someonenewhere:
Lcarpenter, thanks for answering.

I can breathe a little better now..
[Nexus One General] herbert1:
The http://www.google.com/phone page is now showing a "Get your phone" button in France... when previously we had the "Sorry, the Nexus One phone is not available in your country" message.

Does it mean that it is now available for shopping ? Has someone tryed to order one ?
[Nexus One General] efeltee:
You can't select a French delivery address ;)
[Nexus One General] melterx12:
try to order one, worst that will happen is the web page will deny your order in the end.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njordan:
Hi all, I've a very annoying problem with my X1, no matter what ROM I use, always the same effect. Before switching to X1 I had the HTC Touch and disabling data connection by default and activation case by case was a very good battery saving action.

Since I moved on to X1 this of course also saves battery, but in my case from time to time (almost every day) it happens that X1 tries to connect to internet (you know the flying arrows left-right-right-left in the G/E/3G/H Symbol) but it does not suceed and tries and tries, but stops this after about 30 seconds. really really annoying, almost every day you want to shortly check emails, but it does not connect, and you sit and wait and wait,.....

What I already tried is to change PAP to CHAP in advanced network settings, no influence. What is funny, and really works is to reboot, after this when you immediately after reboot connect, it works like a charm...after 2 seconds connected, but waiting some hours, again the same issue.

It also works to switch from 2G/3G to 2G only, or to change the frequency band, the same behaviour as after reboot, but ater some hours again, trying to connect,.....without success.....

I have 1.14, but also tried 1.16 1.17, the same behaviour. I also tried to reg the operators you know CDGCONT=1,.... stuff, but did also not change anything.

Really would appreciate if you have any idea what else I could try.

Maybe some others experienced something similar....

Regards

Norbert
[Android Themes] ccriffman:
I took my monochrome theme and added red/teal accents in just enough places to make it interesting. Enjoy- Chris I want to thank SirMez for the .9pngs ( He is still much better at editing them than I am) and he is an awesome, Gracious guy- androidfiend for some invaluable advice,Roy Barina for the great input and feedback (yea buddy!) and all other devs that have been so helpful.

[URL="http://www.4shared.com/file/191931529/ef94f07c/BlacknGreen.html"]

Here is the Green MetaMorph zip

Here is the Red MetaMorph zip
[Android Themes] prash:
The teal icons look really nice and I love the phone/dialer tabs. Seems like you can fix the .9.png of the teal buttom action buttons so theyre not oddly stretched as in the screenshots. Let me know if you need help with that, should be an easy fix.

Actually take a look at this screenshot for a possible solution you can do with the .9.png files: http://injun.org/themes/fixthisandroid.png

Otherwise just let me know and I can look at the files for you.
[Android Themes] sahurbari:
Does this work for 4.2.12.2
[Android Themes] ccriffman:
Yes it will-no problem - Chris
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] neigo:
Hi,

i love the easy keyboard on my acer s200 .... but i have bought the hd2 and waht to install this keyboard.

but when i try to install it i get e error msg that my phone isnt an acer phone.

may anyone is able to help my?

this would be nice.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] degake:
There were wrong settings in the cab for wince version (was only supported till version 5...)

The file wasn't uninstallable also.

Everything should be fine now (I mean, cab should install onto device.. dunno what it's going to do..)

Maybe you should make a backup of your device first. (as a hard-reset could be the only cure for unknown problems..)

Grtz,

Degake
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] neigo:
sorry it's still doesn't working -.-

the error msg is: "Please use Acer device"
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] intelintelintel:
i got the same error..
[HTC Excalibur] Nakamor1:
Hey folks,

Ive been testing out root certificate compatibility between roms lately so I've been switching back and forth between the different roms.

I accidentally bricked my phone while trying to switch from the 3Volution to Lovebabyjing Roms, and I need the 1.33 stock WM6 Rom to reflash back, as my SPL is 1.33 and it gives an Error 244 if i try to use the older 1.27 WWE thats listed in the stock roms thread. Unfortunately, the 1.33 Link in the stock roms thread is down :(. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks and cheers to you all!
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
This the one? ;)

http://www.mediafire.com/?3zmzue4dxjz
[HTC Excalibur] Nakamor1:
Thank you sir! This should be updated on that shipped rom thread! :)
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
That's cool :)

I'll download put in my share 2 x and update stock ROM thread ;) "done"
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaydel:
Just today I upgraded to the latest Cyanogen release (4.2.12.2) on my G1 from pre-4.1.99, and any time I attempt to open either the Camera or Camcorder, it Force Closes, and returns me to the home screen.

I've tried cleaing the cache/data for both the Camera and Camcorder, but that didn't appear to fix the issue. I've also run the fix_permissions command as well, which didn't help either.

Any ideas on what might help fix this problem?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultma75:
run fix_permissions from console... and post in correct section next time:)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaydel:
I apologize for having posted this in the wrong section - where does it belong?

Also, I stated in my OP that I ran the fix_permissions command; from the console was implied.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboy85712:
In the 4.2.12.2 thread.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmymarsh:
Thread Moved to Q&A.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaydel:
I just tried two things: first just wiping and flashing the Cyan Rom again, and that didn't fix it.

Then, I wiped, installed the 1.6 base rom, and then Cyan Rom on top of that, and I still get Force Closes for both the camera and camcorder.

So, I'm still stuck. Any more ideas?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borodin1:
Do you have any apps that use camera (Google Goggles, Barcode Scanner, etc)? You may have to wipe data from those as well.

Also, do you have apps2sd? If so, wiping is not as effective as it is without it. If you do apps2sd then you need to run this from terminal

su
rm -r system/sd/dalvik-cache/*
reboot

Good luck.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaydel:
I tried running these commands in the Terminal Emulator, and after the reboot, I still get FCs when trying to open the Camcorder and Camera.

I collected the log, and have attached what I believe to be the relevant portion of it to this message.

Any more ideas?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cqms13:
same here!!!

I am having the exact same issue as you show in the log file

have had some success in reflashing base rom but it only works for a day or so (or hours in some cases)

believe it to be an issue with the drivers but something is killing the camera every time

have removed all apps and reflashed but now it just keeps fc

if any of the devs working on camera issues could have a look please help

cheers

j.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcasaretto:
Same thing here. :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l S3RG10 l:
Same problem here, sucks. :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androiid=D:
Same HEre 2 =[
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazzr:
:( same here, and I tried:

going back to 4.2.8 (where camera last worked for me, before going straight to 4.2.13),

I tried wiping,

I tried removing and and re-making the ext3 partition

I tried reflashing the radio (2.22.19.26I from http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/)

My camera is still dead (force closes) :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazzr:
If you have the same issue (camera force closing, flashing older OS not fixing the issue), PLEASE go to Cyanogenmod project Google Code website and click the star next to "Vote for this issue and get email change notifications" on the bottom of the page. You have to be signed into your Google account.

Voting for this issue will raise it's priority (crucial, as it seems to affect a small number of units so far, but it's a show stopper).

Cyanogenmod project Google Code website:

http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=1037

Thanks!

Blaz
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
Much respect for Cyanogen and all he does for further the HTC Dream: G1 community.

However, if you are having so many issues maybe its time to change to

another Rom altogether. Just my 2 cents..
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazzr:
Ummm, I've only one issue: camera not working. Thanks for the pennies tho :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
Here's a few more pennies my good man, if the camera is a deal breaker then consider my above comment and change Rom.

Your choice, that's why this community should never go away.

Freedom to customize as you see necessary and fit is the ultimate reward.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cqms13:
have tried other roms but i still get the force close so not really a cyan problem methinks:confused:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
I too a while back had problems installing roms and constantly seeing FCs on my phone. .

The way I fixed that problem was using a bigger/better/faster microSD card I already had.

( @Cqms: I see you already have a newer microSD however, perhaps formatting it after backing up your contents first suits you and then copying everything back once finished. Finally wipe completely/flash Rom and you're set).

Formatted it fat32, since I copied my data on the pc first I copied what I had to the new one.

And finally installed what in my opinion to be one of the best Roms (see my signature) through the wipe/flash procedure and have been extremely happy since.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cqms13:
Camera is back (sort of!!)

Ok as suggested by Legend in above post - wiped formatted etc and flashed super D ROM

Camera comes back but has some kinda solarisation effect which I cant seem to get rid off.:confused::confused:

Added to this is my contacts and dialer keep fC ing on me so this ROM is a non runner for me even with a semi working camera

getting closer to the fix though

maybe ima try reflashing cyanogens latest again and see if i can sort the weird effect on the camera

heres hoping

j.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
Wow! Not once have a heard such a description of how the camera looks or the other problems you are facing.

As a side note I am running Super D with no partitions on the microSD.

Now I am thinking that you might have a bad camera if you try other Roms and still notice the same thing.

Yes, try CM again if you want, Enoms Rom and any other high ranking Rom that you see fit.

Through trial and error you will find what you ultimately want from your phone.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cqms13:
Sarcasm..........the lowest form of wit:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
I wasn't being sarcastic I was honestly trying to help everyone out.

Don't see many else doing the same and after those negative comments maybe no one else will either.

Sadly for your fellow XDA members, I had various ways to fix the threads problem but I will keep them to myself now.

BTW, nice camera cqms! Enjoy :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
cqms13: Consider the solarisation effect a free add on to whichever Rom you stay with.

Maybe a developer will even add it on to thier next update, then again anyone can just slam their phone on the ground and get the same results, nevermind.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazzr:
>Thanks, I'll try that and report back.

Flashing another ROM didn't help. I'll just sell my G1 cheap and save up for Droid :) Thanks for trying to help though.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cqms13:
WTF!!!!!! Have i done something terrible to you???? Seriously ..it strikes me as though you have some underlying issue with what you termed as "popular" ROMs

Care to share ???

I have never "slammed" my phone off the ground - dunno where that came from.

Anyway - onwards and upwards..... reflashed cyan and totally lose the camera:( - gives a FC every time

So i unrooted to RC7 to try totally fresh start

but the camera still FCs :(:( go figure!!!

so it really does look like a hardware issue after all
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thaquestion:
I am experiencing the same thing as well
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flamingspinach:
Same here. Vanilla Donut ROM from HTC (signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip) still force closes camera and camcorder. I found that regressing to the Cupcake-based Jesusfreke 1.50 ROM fixed the problem.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyhandz305:
My camera worked fine for months, suddenly I had FC errors with my cam using multiple Roms. Nothing would fix it the dude that mentioned it was hardware got me really bummed. I backed up and unrooted my phone using the Unlockr.com method and files and BAM! working again. Im glad its not hardware.

P.S. I searched and found the hacked camera apk fix (/showthread.php?t=674239 ). It might work but i have yet to try it.