What is a robust way (doesn't have to be regex, does it?) to validate that a URI works on Android by only using JavaScript? That is, the check is not done in Java on the Android SDK side; it's don...

I have designed an activity in which i have two radio button but those size are more than enough i want to decrease it i am using text size that decreases only text if layout size is decrease tha...

I have 2 classes. One will be a basic instructions screen and on that screen it will have a menu that will let you go to the other class. The other class is a MapActivity. I believe the problem is ...

I'm trying to use the drag/drop functionality from this fine project: https://github.com/bauerca/drag-sort-listview/ First, I've added the library using the instructions on GitHub. Second, I'm tr...

I need to support Android 2.1 and up. Google posted an example of how to use the ContactsContract, but some of it used things that are available starting with API level 11, so I need to improvise,...

I need to support Android 2.1 and up. I know that CalendarContract isn't available in Android 2.1, so I've done the following workaround. Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_EDIT) .setType("...

I have some edit boxes in my app, some of them I will input English text, some of them I will input Spanish. I'm using the standard android soft keyboard, however as my device locale is set to Eng...

I am a newbie for Android. I got a tutorial on how to implement the `listView here: I implemented it and it is working fine. I need to implement a ViewSwitcher for the same. Like when I swi...

I've got the following layout file, which has a GridView and an ImageView behind that as the background. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas...

I'm trying to setup a relationship hierarchy between objects. Every object has a parent of the same type as itself, or null. I have a main.xml that contains some of these: <com.morsetable.Mors...

i'm working on a android project and i had the need to check for internet connection. i searched the web and i found a solution here on stackoverflow. However, i'm having problems on checking the i...

I want to show two animation simultaneously programatically not in XML file.It should ROTATE and TRANSLATE how can I do that? Please suggest me some way?????? Here is ma code:> ImageView snowImg...

I built an android app on android 2.2, for saving files into the SD card I use the following: context.getExternalFilesDir(null).getAbsolutePath(); returning a string like: /mnt/sdcard/Android...

I have the following : Runnable done = new Runnable() { public void run() { System.out.println("Hello"); } }; And then in my Android activity I'll call something like : runOnUIThre...

When I install my application onto a device or emulator it appears multiple times in the apps menu, in my case I get 4 icons showing my application name. It seems that each icon is representing an...