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[Android Software Development] gavin watson:
Hi all,

I am interested in having a dabble in developing some simple pieces of software for Android phones, mainly for myself, but who knows?!

I have some experience in VB6 writing software so I was hoping to be able to get started quite easily... That seems not to be the case!

I have got stuck at what seems to be the first hurdle. I have installed the SDK Manager and it has downloaded, amongst other things, what I thought was the design package, but I have gone through the folders it has created and cannot find anything really. I was expecting some kind of development software to build the app but I must be missing something!

Are there any good, basic and simple tutorials on how to get setup? I'm sure once I get started i'll be OK!

I run Windows XP and will be developing mainly apps to be used on my Desire HD although would prefer it anything I did was compatible with other Andriod phones.

Thanks in advance.
[Android Software Development] Gene Poole:
Sounds like you don't have an IDE. Most android developers use Eclipse. Start here:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

Then follow the quick start guide here:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
[Android Software Development] gavin watson:
Spot on Gene, hadnt installed Eclipse, got it running now, followed a Hello World demo on Youtube and managed to get it to work on the emulator, im getting there!

Couple of questions more if I may?

- Is there not a design view, ie, object view so that I can place bits where I want them (buttons, text, etc...) I cant find wher eto chagne from design view to code view? Does that exist?

- How do I 'package' my newly designed app and send it to my phone to test it?

Many thanks again
[Android Software Development] namelez:
I am new as well I was wondering what youtube video you were watching?
[Android Software Development] gavin watson:
It was this one, this worked for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COEhiTT1KLk&list=ULc2oQVGNKilQ&playnext=2
[Android Software Development] bigdave196:
I've also been looking at starting some Android dev, having done some Windows Mobile dev with C#.

I've read the installing the SDK guide and it says that the ADT plugin doesn't work with Eclipse 3.6 and you have to use Eclipse 3.5, is this still the case or can I use 3.6?
[G2 and Desire Z General] orouborus:
hi all,

i have heard that the the screen is not gorilla glass. but is it scratch resistant? because im thinking of purchasing one and should i buy a screen protector first? have anyone checked if there are dead pixels for the new slcd screen?

thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z General] diogoperas:
I think it is scratch resistant, some videos on youtube test that. Try to search "t-mobile g2 scratch test". But i'm not sure about this.. since it's not gorilla :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] darthmelk:
I have one dead pixel, in the lower left region of the screen. It's barely noticeable - only when the screen is completely black.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Roachie:
i always put on a screenprotector.. better to be safe than to regret not putting it on after theres a scratch on it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] orouborus:
so far i have checked one desire z and noticed that there were 2 dead pixels. got turned off so i will be trying again this weekend. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lennyuk:
My desire got a couple of very small and faint scratches on it, annoyed me so much that I was glad that my Z came with screen protectors, no more scratches :)

They are not expensive at all and most give them away free so I would say your better off using one.
[G2 and Desire Z General] burtcom:
I don't think so -- or HTC would surely mention it on their specs page.

http://www.htc.com/www/product/desirez/specification.htm

However, it seems to be a very durable screen -- but after using it a couple of weeks without a protector I decided to put one on anyway. Throwing it into a pocket with keys or loose change will probably mess it up.

EDIT: Ooops, I see you were talking specifically about the HD.
[G2 and Desire Z General] orouborus:
i guess it would be best to get a screen protector asap to avoid getting scratches. :D any other experiences there with their desire z's screen?
[G2 and Desire Z General] iodine:
I was at Circuit City and had a demo Z in my hands. The sales rep pulled out his keys from his pocket and started scratching the glass pretty hard. After he wiped the screen clean (from finger print smudges) screen was not scratched and looked new.

I asked him if he was told to do that and he said he was instructed to show that to customers. A truly awesome phone, the hinge is not an issue either, it's solid.

-- i0
[G2 and Desire Z General] burtcom:
Ohh I'd like to see video of that :)

-- specifically of scratch-testing the Desire Z, that is...
[G2 and Desire Z General] orouborus:
id like to see that as well. ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzzam:
My Vibrant's internal sdcard was reporting corruption, so I put a fresh ROM (Macnut 12) on the external SD, rebooted into Clockwork, and formatted the SDcard, system & data partitions. Then went to install the ROM, but it turned out it wouldn't recognize the ext-sd card either! I get this error when i try to mount:

E:INFO is WRONGError mounting SDEXT:!

I've tried a different ext-sd, and even tried formatting that one on the computer (MBR partition scheme, FAT partition). Nothing is recognized by the phone.

Also when I try "mount USB storage" nothing shows up on my desktop either.

SO: I have an almost empty phone, and no way of putting any ROM whatsoever on there. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

note: i have a Mac, so AFAIK ODIN doesn't work for me.

I'm in "Clockwork 2.5.1.0 lagfix edition", and was previously rocking Eugene's Macnut R12 with the JFS+RFS lagfix.

thanks!

~peter in oakland
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killcam:
wrong section
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geocepe:
I also use a mac. You need to be careful how you delete and format your sd cards. I just deleted some stuff off my sd card by dragging it into the trash and it didnt free up any space on the sd card. I have also seen problems with formatting them with the mac also. Also ODIN is a great way to put things back to stock. you will need to use bootcamp to install windows on the partition. If I weere you I would still ODIN back to stock and reflash to make sure you dont have errors in the future
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildklymr:
Format sd card through clockworkmod recovery. Itll wipe everything, but it should bring it back to being usable. Also heimdall works with mac right? I havent used heimdall but read its an open source rom flasher replacement for odin.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alkaloid:
I was going to suggest Heimdall as well. You should be able to flash back to a stock firmware, then sort things out from there. If you want to do that and then report back here, we could help from there.

Information about Heimdall is available in this thread along with a link to download the program.

Good luck.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
Does anyone know when the Kindle app for WP7 is going to be released? I know it is on its way "soon" but It is the only thing I really miss from my HTC Desire and I am becoming impatient! So, anyone with inside information, please tip us the wink here!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] blahism:
The press release says "later this year" and there is only what, 5-6 weeks left for it to be this year? :) I'm willing to bet we may see something announced this week by before black Friday as part of their eBook push or something within the 12 days of Christmas deals amazon usually does.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
Thanks, that may make sense - here's hoping!
[Windows Phone 7 General] djca:
From Amazon's press release on October 28, they said it will come out "in the coming months". Makes me wonder if the Kindle app won't hit the marketplace until the first (or second) WP7 updates come out.
[Windows Phone 7 General] hardcoreplur:
amazon is blowing it, Missing both the kindle and audible software for wp7. i am really starting to get annoyed with them. you can't make customers wait without something to go on. they could atleast do what blizzard does and say it is coming an exact date and push it back if they arent happy. I wonder if they are waiting for the update from microsoft
[Windows Phone 7 General] djca:
What's even more unfortunate is that Amazon has an ongoing TV ad campaign showcasing the Kindle mobile apps touting their buy-once-read-everywhere advantage. They even have two versions of the ad---one for switching from iPhone to Android, and one for the other way around. And WP7 is conspicuously absent.

Sent from my SGH-i917 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
OK, does anyone on here work for Amazon? They did say that the Kindle App would be coming this year, they now have precisely 2 weeks left to keep that promise. I wish they would either release it or 'fess up to a delay!! I need my ebooks on my HD7!!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] blahism:
They just announced a new android version and some of the blogs reported some "coming soon" announcement yesertday but didn't link to anything official from Amazon.

trying to see if i can guess some urls from their other apps to see if i find anything
[Windows Phone 7 General] djca:
FYI, the Kindle app is now in the marketplace.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JamesAllen:
Marketplace

I just downloaded the free app from the Marketplace, installed it and love it. It is great!
[Windows Phone 7 General] hassler:
:(

how come?

I couldnt find it anywhere on the Marketplace :(

OK found it under Books & references

the search in Marketplace sucks
[Windows Phone 7 General] djgreedo:
It's not available for me either. I'm in Australia. Hopefully it just takes a few hours to spread to the non-US marketplaces.

I have a Kindle and the Kindle app for Android, so I'd be very annoyed if I had to wait for the Windows Phone version.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
found it by typing kindle into marketplace search.

Nice looking app.

Needs settings for font color, size, type and the ability to have black paper with white text.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
You get three options of page colour (white, sepia and black), 5 font sizes but only one font.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Hey I got it.

The question - can I buy books there on my Polish credit card or I will encounter the same "not supported country" problem?
[Windows Phone 7 General] djgreedo:
It just depends on whether Kindle books are available in Poland or not. You will be able to buy books available in your country, but not books that are only available in other countries.

You should be able to go to Amazon.com and get a sample of any book that is available to your country (assuming your Amazon account is set to your country). If you can successfully get a sample for a book it means that book is available in your country.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jhughesy:
Not in UK marketplace yet....at least I cannot see it amongst all those f'n artists and songs. grrrrr....

:rolleyes:
[Windows Phone 7 General] djgreedo:
Correction: I didn't click on the link from Amazon, I clicked this one from some other website:

follow this link: http://redirect.zune.net/External/LaunchZuneProtocol.aspx?pathuri=navigate?phoneAppID=48195fb4-ee0e-e011-9264-00237de2db9e&source=1800PocketPC

. This worked for me in Australia even though I still can't see the app in the marketplace on the phone or in the Zune software.

If it works it will open the Zune software and go to the app.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jhughesy:
That link works for UK market. Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 General] oweng:
Yep, that worked for me in the UK. Cheers :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
how, I don't have those options under settings??

according to the email I got from the kindle support team, those features are not supported yet...

So if there is a settings button I am missing, please tell me where.

edit: ok, found them, you have to choose the settings after opening the book, before the settings buttons disappear...

Funny how amazon themselves says that it doesn't support it yet.... Typical customer support!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Point:
You can regain the settings button by tapping the top (not the bottom) of the screen.

Given their own page says "Customized reading--choose from five different font sizes and three background colors" it seems stupid their CS agents don't know about it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FL5:
Whahahaha! My kindle account is now spread across four devices, with only one being an actual kindle! :p Now I just need to figure out how to import my non-kindle .mobi files into the kindle app so that I don't need two reader apps...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ut0p1a:
does anyone know how I could transfer books to Windows Phone 7?
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
check out freda. It's a free ereader that will allow your ebooks. But you have to put them in a calibre acct that the phone can then access.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=795753

edit: apparently he's added dropbox support, and since dropbox will give you 2gb of storage for free...
[Windows Phone 7 General] digger1985:
Really need a way to manually put ebooks into the kindle app! Hopefully someone is working on it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] digger1985:
Bought my first ever ebook. Kindle is awesome!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ut0p1a:
Thanks, but I have kindle books saved to my windows laptop, and would like to transfer them to Amazon Kindle for Windows Phone 7. I installed and uninstalled freda, because I didn't like the UI.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
Not sure I understand, if you have a kindle account on your PC with kindle books, these should be available on your phone as well (automatically) mine are. You may need to archive them from your PC first.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FL5:
The kindle app pulls in my kindle account books perfectly. What I'm interested in is importing non-kindle eBooks into the kindle app. I've figured out how to do this for my iPod and PC kindle apps, but not yet for WP7. Yes, I could just use another reader app, and that would work, but I like the way the kindle app looks and I've got it installed anyway because of my kindle account, so it'd be nice if I could read my other .mobi eBooks with it. Looking forward to a workaround being figured out for this.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ut0p1a:
What I'm interested in is importing non-kindle eBooks into the kindle app.

This is exactly what I was looking for. I have so many ebooks that I would like to transfer them to Kindle app.

I buy my kindle edition ebooks at this website http://www.goodreads.com/ because they are cheaper, but don't know how I could transfer them to my kindle app.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctpthanh:
Hi,

Can the Vibrant (or any Android phone) plays rm (Real music) files?

I tried the original music player as well as RockPlayer and (off course) RealPlayer but my rm files cannot be played; while the Real Player on my PC has no problem with these files.

Please help.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wergeld:
Not to sound mean but...why are you using rm files? I didn't even know rm was still around. Last time I had to use an rm file was 1997. There has to be a converter out there.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ColorNapkin:
This is true. The main problem you are going to find with .rm files is that no one cares about them anymore. The format is outdated and you will be hard pressed to find any devices, let alone mobile devices, that are .rm compatible.

You would be better off putting some time into converting them to mp3.

Good luck!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctpthanh:
Thank you for advices.

Yes, my rm files are really old because I got them from a radio site ~ 10 years ago.

Trying converting them.

Thanks again.
[General Topics] ibizaGTi:
Hi guys.

So on friday my car broke down, and is going to need almost £500 worth of work doing to get it up and running again. That, coupled with my daughter's first Christmas coming up, means I'm going to have to sell my Galaxy S. I put her on ebay last night :(.

I've only had it about 2 months, and it's easily the best phone I've ever had. Gutted to be going back to my crappy iPhone 3G again.

Just wanted to thank-you guys for all the info etc on the site. I found I didn't even need to post many of my own questions as they'd all been answered before.

Thanks again, hopefully il get myself another Android phone sooner rather than later.
[General Topics] tolis626:
Why don't you sell the iCrap? :confused:
[General Topics] jagpoag:
At the end of the day, you have a kid and I assume you have a wife. So that means you are an adult and there are things that matter more than a cell phone and its features. So like my grandfather always said, "be happy with what you have and be thankful".

On a side note though. If you really want another android phone get on Craigs List and place an ad. Put your IPhone on there FOR TRADE. List the phones you would be interested in trading for mainly and then put, "open to other phone trades, let me know what you have". You should have no problem trading that phone for an HD2, Nexus One or something like that. There are a lot of people out there that hate the IPhone (that will change when these people an get one through their own carriers) but there are still a lot of people that want them also. I've seen hundreds of ads on Craigs List where people are wanting to trade an Android phone for an IPhone. If nothing else, I've sold all of my 3G 8gb IPhones for $250 each without a problem and never took longer than 2 days to sell them on there. $250 is more than enough to get you just about anything Android USED. People get upgrades and then sell the phones without even using them a lot of the time.
[General Topics] ibizaGTi:
Yup, definitely more important things than a phone, hence me selling it. I'd rather be able to fix my car and still give my daughter an awesome first Christmas, which is why there was no real decision to be made. Doesn't mean I'm not sad to have to get rid of my favourite gadget though.

The only real point of this thread was to thank you guys for the work you put in and the help you gave me.

I can't sell the ****ty iPhone cos its pretty screwed up and has a cracked screen - worth very little to anyone.

My Fiance's upgrade is due in March...got my eye on a shiny new android device then if she isn't too fussed ;).
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] spasms:
I'm building my own ROM, and I'm using a modified framework with some mods, but now I want to add a battery mod to that. But the battery mods are always shared in the framework file itself, which makes it impossible to merge with an existing framework, or am I wrong?

Can someone please tell me how I add a battery mod to an already modified framework file?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] spasms:
Isn't anyone going to tell me how to do it? :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dwillMUFC:
The best thing to do is flash and existing rom or theme. Then apply then apply any battery mod, then copy framework to your workspace and simply replace the image files with the ones that you want. There are advanced tutorial to do this from scratch but inless you have alot of timw and are confident with xml's it might not be a good option.

Hope this helps.

Dan
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] chanw4:
If all you want is just the battery mod then you can try this site

http://circle.glx.nl/

You can upload the framework-res.apk from your theme and upload it to the site.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] TweetyPeety:
on the end which rom do we have to choose???

I changed the Battery Icon, and Some Icons, but which rom do I have to choose on the end when I upload my framework.

I can choose between Sense Rom ( not Leoroid ), Leoroied, some other, HTC HD Rom ???
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] chanw4:
Depends on the ROM you use... Probably Sense ROM (Not LeeDroid v2.2).
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] spasms:
I tried doing the above and it seems circle.glx.nl breaks something inside the framework file I upload causing it to fail.

I wouldn't mind manually doing it, but I can not find any source files to the battery mods, all that is there are ready made frameworks (which are useless to me) and the kitchen website.

Someone tell me how to do it from scratch please.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mrwookie6379:
You dont choose a rom at the end but rather upload your own framework via the browse button. I found the editing the notification in the kitchen kills the framework for the Galaxy S as well.... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] spasms:
That is what I did. I just need to know which files are actually changed without spending hours using diff.

Battery mod makers could easily post the images/xml's they use so I can add it to my framework manually.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mrwookie6379:
What battery mod/style are you after and I'll post the images for you?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] spasms:
I'm after GS Blue from: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8965042&postcount=1149

I saw some modders put their sources up which is very nice, but I don't really fancy those mods :p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Deleted member 1890170:
Hi,

I want to get out via a MortScript-routine the folder name of the internal flashdrive, e.x. \My Flash Drive. I wrote a routine that looks for all installed drives that are FAT/EXFAT formatted, but that down't help:

#TestDrivesFATFS.mscr
###########################################################################
#Searches all installed FATFS/exFAT drives except the one this script resides,
#because only those drives MioPocket can be installed on
###########################################################################
#
#Each filesystem is described in registry as
# [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Profiles\<MyProfileName>]
# "DefaultFileSystem"="<MyFileSystem>"
# "Folder"="<MyFolderName>"
Local()

#Obligatory coding as to be found in some MioPocket's scripts
Drive = "\" & Part(SystemPath("ScriptPath"), "\", 2)

#Test starts here
ExcludeDrive = Substr(Drive, 2)
DrivesFATFS = Array()
RegKey = "System\StorageManager\Profiles"
Idx = 0
#Walk the chain of profiles
ForEach variable In RegSubkeys("HKLM", RegKey)
ForEach value, contents In Regvalues("HKLM", RegKey & "\" & variable)
#Some newer CE devices know of exFAT format
If((value eq "DefaultFileSystem") AND (contents ne "FATFS") AND (contents ne "EXFAT"))
Break
EndIf
If((value eq "Folder") AND (contents ne ExcludeDrive))
Idx += 1
DrivesFATFS[Idx] = "\" & contents
EndIf
EndForEach
EndForEach

If(Debug)
ForEach drv in Array(DrivesFATFS)
Message(drv)
EndForeach
EndIf

Any help appriciated. TIA
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] frmariam:
It can be found in the Registry (at least in my WinMo 6.1... don't know if it's the same way in CE releases or other brands). Look in "HKLM\System\StorageManager\INAND" (or MMC instead of INAND...). The drive name is the "folder" string value).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Deleted member 1890170:
Thanks for your reply. What I'm searching for is a hint how I can determine per software (MortScript), already having got ( with a piece of code as postet above ) a list of drive-names, which of those is the Storage Card and which is the Flash Drive, not by default knowing of the drive-names, because those differ from device to device.

Running the code above on my device (Medion PNA with CE 5) returns among others the names \Storage Card and/or \My Flash Disk, but this doesn't really help me a lot.