Android :: Design The Perfect Android Marketplace
Aug 15, 2010Obviously a lot of people have noticed the market design could be better.How would the UI look? How would it be organized? What could you make customizable?
View 9 RepliesObviously a lot of people have noticed the market design could be better.How would the UI look? How would it be organized? What could you make customizable?
View 9 RepliesAny thought on how the Marketplace handles the information related to the marketplace applications? I wonder if the request is posted to the marketplace every time client is started or if some of the available applications data is stored locally and refreshed by the background service.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI created a signed apk. I uploaded it to marketplace as usual. I also installed a copy of it on a device directly, perhaps as an email attachment.If I upload an updated version of the app to the marketplace, will the device be notified that a new version of the app exists on marketplace? Or does that update-alert system depend on the app being originally installed through marketplace?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am going to develop an Android Application but before developing it i needs to have MockUp for the Android Application,so is there any way to design MockUp/GUI Design tool for the Android Application?
I know about DroidDraw tool , but i think it is not the exact way to prepare Mockup for the android application.
I have already referred this SO Question , but overthere i just found all the tools for the I-Phone only. So please feel free to share with me if you have/found any !
i was quite happy with the stock message app until i tried chomp and handcent but i have a problem with both of them that i cant seem to solve.when i recieve a joke i like to send them on to a group, which i have saved as "joke" in groups so i long press the joke and press forward , then groups , then joke.this then shows all my contacts i wish to send the joke to along with the joke.now , here is my problem on the the stock app i can delete a contact by pressing on the contacts at the top and pressing the name i want to delete therefore it wont be sent to a person who may have sent it to me but on handcent and chomp i cant seem to do this.
View 6 Replies View Relatedyes finally a browser with perfect soft keys, thought it does not have vibrating feedback it is truly a big step forward
View 23 Replies View RelatedI would like to draw a curve connecting three points in my screen
PointA = (480,46)
PointB = (160,137)
PointC = (0,228)
How to draw the curve using Android APIs?
I started this thread because i think i'm amongst the majority here so maybe we can get some specific responses.Here's what i'm looking for
- Form Fitting so as not to add bulk, but thick enough to provide some protection in case it's dropped. Also thin enough so that it will fit in any desktop charger/cradle that comes out.
- No high ridges (Especially on front like on the Body Glove) so that it doesnt block access to Optical Joystick, Volume Rocker, Power Button and USB Port.
- One piece - So if/when it's dropped the phone doesnt explode into a yard sale and it stays protected.
- Protection for Camera (Flush)
- Carry over styling on stock back cover (doesnt matter to me but may to some)
- Material - enough grip so that it wont slip out of your hand or off your shoulder but not too much so that you can't get it out/into your jeans.
- Color selection (but black is fine)
Please post your camera setting for the evo and why you use it so we can get the Perfect Camera settings.My pictures seem to be a bit bland and dark so I increased brightness and saturation. Pictures tend to be a bit too sharp so I lowered it and iso just seems to make my pictures clearer. I dont know much about iso
View 22 Replies View RelatedMy wife and I got our Incredible yesterday and applied the Phantom Skinz...However, there are fingerprints on the sticky side of the protector that are now very visible. We made sure our hands were clean, and kept our fingers wet while applying...Anyone offer any advice or tricks to get this perfect?
View 9 Replies View RelatedHow can I get Perfect Viewer from phone to PC
View 2 Replies View RelatedIm wondering now if the GPS problem is really a problem with the way the individual phone is "tuned" at the factory, Its not the software thats for sure. I'm sure I have the same software as everyone else and my other 4 handsets had. I noticed that all 4 prior phones had a varying degree of GPS accuracy. This one #5 is spot on and quick to "fix" in my locations. I have a large home and tested the handset in my house last night and watched it track me through the rooms with spot on accuracy without fail. So I say why is this phone different? It has to be the way its tuned at the factory, if you notice when you take the battery door off there are a bunch of little holes around the battery compartment these are manual tuning pots for various phone functions and I'm guessing one is for the GPS. If my handset is accurate there is no other reason besides bad final tuning of the GPS system causing another handset to be inaccurate. Now if my bottom 4 keys were only as sensitive as my GPS I would be totally happy with my Epic.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am trying to find out how to get the perfect sized wallpaper for my nexus 7. No matter what size I download, I always get the cross cropping tool android supplies.I know to manipulate images, but how do I find out what the exact resolution I need for my nexus 7.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI created a sqlite database to store playlists for a media player I am developing because of extended feature (rather than using the Content Provider). It works perfectly on the 1.6 emulator but FCs on anything higher than 2.0... what has changed that I need to know about as far as opening databases in SDK 2.0+? Here is the logcat.
CODE:.............
Here is the dbhelper class
CODE:................
why can't stackoverflow just use tags like a normal syntax highlighter.
The fact that I seem to spend all my time looking at this forum to solve problems with my X10, surely confirms what we are all thinking, it is not good! - Everyday there seems to be a new problem, now its the gmail / googlemail, my apps are still taking an age to download despite changing from googlemail to gmail. My wife has an iphone, not a drop of trouble. Think I am going to throw this in the bin (literally) and hot foot it down to the iphone store.
View 49 Replies View RelatedI cannot find a perfect video converter for my sony x10, can u guy tell me some software which perfectly converting sony x10 video?
View 20 Replies View RelatedI am looking for the "perfect" multi-tasking app, or at least the one that I unequivocally like the most. I have seen a few already and really like some, but for one reason or another I am still looking for the best one that suites my needs. Here are some of the ones I have either tried already or am using: Quick Desk : very cool, no real complaints except maybe that I dont think I can kill running apps from the quick bar SmartTaskbar : also cool because it can launch with a swipe from the side of the screen, but the problem is its interface is quite busy and not very functional/intuitive to configure. Also cant kill apps Multitask Manager: nice simple interface (iPhone 4 style) but more or less half the time unresponsive to touches. Also can only launch by singe touch of 'home' button, which isnt very convenient. Visual Task Switcher: Almost perfect. The screen shot idea used in this is really probably the best format for any multitasking app, but unfortunately it overlaps with Quick Desk (which needs to use the same activation key "search+long press") which is a problem because Quick Desk supports widgets... Android Mate: This is probably one of my favorites just because its pretty straightforward and organized, you can kill multiple apps at once, etc. But Again no widgets and no ideal universal one touch activation. Now I luanch it from within SmartTaskbar...
Itching Thumbs: By far the coolest and most (theoretically) capable. If I could get this to be stable on my phone it would be my 1st choice. It does pretty much everything I would like, screen shots, app killing, app launching, widgets, gestures ... Only problem is its still in beta and unfortunately, at least on my phone (Nexus One), keeps freezing and needing to be re-installed. Anyway all these apps have their pluses and I realize that for the most part the things I have trouble with are either due to still being in beta stage or the method of activation overlapping with other functions � something which can be adjusted in an update. But what do you all use? Have you found anything that really works for you?
I keep getting network error has occurred,any thing I can try in addition to power doe & remove battery ?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just entered my app to ADC2 the other day.I hadn't realized before that it seems like we could have released the app in the marketplace after August 1st, which means I guess I missed out on a month of potential feedback, but there you go :-).Anyway, so I assume we are now free to upload our ADC submitted applications to the marketplace, which I tried to do today, but I encountered a problem.I got this message: "You have another application on Market with the same package name (fm.smart). Go to that other application, and click upgrade." So it seems my ADC submission is blocking a release of this app.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWaze, a free social mobile application, can now be downloaded US wide on the Android Market in the travel section We have gotten some great reviews. Here is the latest from CNET: http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10....html?tag=mncol.Join our community!! The stronger our community is and the more we build, the better waze will be
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have just loaded the CyanogenMod-6.0.2-Desire but it appears to be missing the Android Marketplace app. I can't seem to download it as a separate application so cant load any apps! How can I get Android Marketplace app on this mod?
View 1 Replies View RelatedThe Marketplace is not downloading anything for me? Even the Talk method isn't working. What I mean by that is that Google Talk isn't even working for my phone...
Any ideas, besides hard-resetting?
I'm kind of new to android development.I have read from many sources that findViewById() is a "costly" operation. I'm making an application that deals with 5 TextViews to provide different kinds of information (distance, duration, title, description, etc) from a database. I'm using listeners to catch touch/click events and feedbacks a handler. The main function of the handler is to received a "position" in the Cursor where the new information needs to be displayed. I mentioned earlier that findViewById() is a "costly" operation. So, I don't call this method in the handler. Doing so, it will retrieve every time the Views when user touchs/clicks some widget. Is it right to populate the Activity with private members of the Views/Layout it displays? I mean, I don't like it. I don't know why, but seems that I'm populating too much the activity. I'm aware of the android:onClick xml attribute, but in my case I also use long click listeners. So, a piece of onCreate() looks like: And all of those are private members, wihout mention the "cursor.getColumnIndex()" for each. I thought on implementing Handler.Callback and set on the Hanlder.Callback constructor implementer a View array or a View list or something, but I also need this objects later to set other listeners and setups. Is this right? I cannot think another way, as I need the reference to the object, and also the Cursor reference that the handler will move to the "position" provided and update the correspondent View. I will really appreciate either an advice or a useful link/info/doc to read in what concern in this kind of designs. What I do not like is that It looks like imperative programming filling the Activity with "global" variables.
View 6 Replies View RelatedIs anyone having issues not being able to connect to the android marketplace? It keeps on saying server is down.
View 31 Replies View RelatedI installed some apps hosted on mediafire (Gallery3D, Voice Search, etc). I was following links from a well known page recommending tips and improvements to an HTC Desire. How do you uninstall stuff like that? Normally you have to go via the market, but in this case I can't.Having read the thread on unsafe apps, I'm worried I've got these things from an untrusted source.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIve been wanting to download a couple apps that im not so sure about...theyre on the offical market place.. im afraid of getting a virus or malware or something like that...i really cherish my phone and i just wanna be sure that downloading an app from the offical marketplace wont bring harm...so they're certificate for apps and such.. do they filter out harmful apps? am i being too cautious? are the apps on the offical marketplace 100% safe and "virus/malware etc" free
View 26 Replies View RelatedI am trying to create a widget which functions in a similar manner to the new Marketplace widget.The Marketplace widget fades between different views (each view being a sample Marketplace app with a TextView and an ImageView describing the Marketplace app).I would like to mimic this fading between different views behavior. Unfortunately, as is clearly stated in So, how can we mimic this fading behavior?
View 12 Replies View RelatedNot sure if I missed something in reading through all the threads but is anyone esle getting network connection error when they have WI-FI on and try going to the Market place. I need to try it at home but at work for some reason I am consistently getting and a connection error. Can any one else try this?
View 11 Replies View RelatedThis is probably a dumb question but I can't find it anywhere Which icon is used in your marketplace listing? Is it always the application android:icon="@drawable/icon" setting from your manifest file or can you have a launch icon different from your marketplace listing?
View 2 Replies View RelatedAs with any software it would be benficial to have an easy migration path from the main competitor in the landscape.Create an iphone/ipod to Android App migration tool. The android app marketplace could build a migration app or tool that allowed you to interrogate your itunes apps and give you a translation to the comparable Android apps on the android market that do the same thing.
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