How do you instruct users to report a bug in Android? I'd like to get send detailed instructions to my users to get the most of their bug report. I know there are various apps that send bug reports from the device and I was wondering how other Android developers deal with this.
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BBC News - Users report "fault" on iPhone 4. That is all.
View 22 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to instruct Eclipse and Ant to have a R.java file generated in the package com.example whilst the package declared in an AndroidManifest.xml file is com.example.d?
View 4 Replies View RelatedFYI- here is a ski report app I stumbled upon (not in the marketplace). It's pretty lackluster but provides the basic info. Hopefully Northface or REI will be porting over their apps to android soon. android-ski-report - Project Hosting on Google Code
View 1 Replies View RelatedHere's a snip that successfully reads off, to Eclipse LogCat, the height and width of the .PNG on the SD card:
import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log; import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; import android.os.Environment;
//...
Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/sample.png");
int width = bmp.getWidth(); int height = bmp.getHeight();
int[] pix = new int[width * height]; bmp.getPixels(pix, 0, width, 0, 0, width, height);
int R, G, B; for (int y = 0; y < height; y++){ for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) { int index = y * width + x;
R = (pix[index] >> 16) & 0xff; //bitwise shifting G = (pix[index] >> 8) & 0xff; B = pix[index] & 0xff;
// [This is where I'd put it. But I can't get a red line off the editor when I do anything.] } } Log.v(TAG, width + " " + height);
I can't for the life of me use Log.v() to report the value of R or G or B. Everything I'm doing draws a red line under v or something when I try. I've tried toString() and everything.
My Galaxy S comes with a built-in Google Maps application. It is not installed by me and hence it does not appear under Manage Applications and I do not know how to tell what sort of information it is accessing. But according to the Privacy Policy of the application, it sends my position to Google, together with my phone number and email address. Does anyone know how often this data is sent to Google? Is it a few times per second or is it every so many meters I have moved.
View 8 Replies View RelatedWe ran core tests by the command "/development/testrunner/runtest.py - v --coverage core" and got coverage report successfully. But the reports says all are 0%. We ran apidemos and got coverage report which looks good.
Below is the console output for core tests:
CODE:.............
So I wonder why core tests's coverage report says 0% and how can I make the report make sense.
I posted a free app and I've got a couple users who posted a comment saying that the app force closes in google's feedback. It's got a few hundred downloads in the day it's been up with an 84% retention rate. Google's error report in the developer's console says it has 0 errors. I've never had an app that reported any errors in the console. Does it actually work or am I getting fake reports of force closes? I'm a bit suspicious competitors might be posting the comments, but I don't have any way to confirm that the error reporting google provides does actually work.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI found a typo on the guide section at developer.android.com, but I can't find a link/email to report the typo to.
I don't want to report it on the Android Developers Google group, as its a typo and not a technical question.
Anyone have an email address or link I can use to report typos?
I want to know how to get SMS Delivery Report setting which is stored in the /data/data/com.android.mms com.android.mms_preferences.xml. I wrote a application to read it with the following code:
SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this); boolean requestDeliveryReport = prefs.getBoolean( "pref_key_sms_delivery_reports", true);
Seems it does not work, it always returns the default value which is "true". Does anybody know how to read/write the SMS Delivery Report setting.
I want to create a service that runs on Android which can collect all of my location information. Either write the information to a file or send to a server using 3G/wiki network. I was thinking about using a service that runs forever as a daemon. After reading "Diamonds are forever, services are not" by Mark Murphy, I realized that it is not a good idea. However, I need to somehow acquire the moving trajectory information on the Android phone. Without a daemon service running forever, how do I do that ?
View 4 Replies View RelatedIn my current application I want to show a dialog having "Force Close" and "Report" option at the time of Unhandled Exception. Could anyone please let me know how to have this dialog? right now if I change default Exception Handler to mine It gets control but I am not able to show any dialog after that. I guess UI thread is already closed by the time handler gets control.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI feel a little bit silly asking this, but I haven't been able to find any answers on my own. My Force Close dialog has a "Report" button. I think it's a great idea, and I wish everyone had it. At first, I thought it must be something I turned on without realizing it, but not only can't I find any setting that I might have touched, I also can't find any reference to this button existing on the Internet. I have a Droid, and I know 4 other people with Droids, and they say they don't have the option to report Force Closes. Am I special? Am I just missing something? The "report" button has been there for at least a few weeks now.When I use the Report button, I get a screen with a "feedback" field and a checkbox for "Include system data". Below that , it says "Information from feedback reports will be shown to the developer of the application." Under that are Preview and Send buttons.As a developer, I've never received one of these reports.I'd try to send a report to myself, but it seemingly only shows the button for apps installed from the market, and I don't know of a way to crash my production app.I suppose I could publish a simple crashing app just to try it out, but I thought I'd ask you folks first.Edit:You can view screenshots here: http://bentobin.com/crashReportImages/
View 1 Replies View RelatedThis is my first post ever -- I love the Android SDK (been at it for a week), but I did notice a small typo in the official documentation that needs correcting.
On this page within the example source code, the source says "CountdownTimer" on line 1 when it should say "CountDownTimer" (notice the capitalization of the letter "D"). An easy fix for one with programming experience, but the code as written will not compile, which could be confusing for someone using this code for the first time.
Is this where documentation bugs are submitted, and if not, where should I go to request the fix?
I recently switched from WM65 to Android.
I discovered that in sms delivery notification only recipient number is displayed.
Is there any way to show recipient name in delivery report popup?
I am trying to do repo sync and every time I get this error. fatal: Out of memory, malloc failed fatal: index-pack failed
View 2 Replies View RelatedFailed downloads report "Download unsuccessful" in the Notification area. I think this should be changed to "Download failed", because the words unsuccessful and successful look a little bit too similar at a glance.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there a way that a Service can report back to the calling activity when the Service has reached a particular stage of processing? Consider a music player activity that initiates the actual music playing in the background as an Android Service. I want to detect and inform the Activity when the Service has reached the Mediaplayer's onPrepared. Is there a way that the Service can tell the calling Activity when the MediaPlayer's onPrepared is called, to let the Activity know that the audio is prepared and ready to play?I am basically looking to see if there is work around, rather than having a thread in the activity, pinging constantly to check if the Service has reached onPrepared.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've encountered a problem, when I run coverage with ant in my test project from another directory the report disappears, e.g. "ant -f some/dir/tests/build.xml coverage". This seems to be the cause that I cannot get reports when building through hudson.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to guess why a user would report "Force quits every time I load" the problem does not occur for all users, especially not me.The system constructs a database when it first loads. I suspect that user's phone does not have enough memory.Questions: How can I verify that the system has enough memory to store a small database?
What else might cause a user's particular system to force quit on startup?Wrong answers or things I've tried thus far:The user's hardware is probably different than mine The user's software and available memory is likely different as well The data is already loading in its own thread, with a progress dialog showing
http://code.google.com/p/fixxit/
I had an idea to use Android in the public space to report public works and other problems that need repairs. Android provides a great tool to document and locate problems. Google APIs like Maps and Appengine can link these reports to help direct efforts to make the public space a better place to live. Unfortunately I'm a Java rookie and so lack the skills to even start the coding at this point. How to get this open source application started.
I just posted a defect / feature request and it was declined without comment. Can anybody explain to me why this was declined without an explanation?
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2991
I took the time to provide feedback as a user of the android api, based on some discussion in the developer group. I am not the only developer who has encountered this deficiency in the api. I think I explained the deficiency clearly. And I think it is a professional courtesy to provide an explanation. If it is a duplicate, please say so. If I am in error and this is not a problem because of an oversight on my part, I think that would be helpful to know.
If the attitude of the project owners is that the api is good enough. Maybe we could have a short conversation about that.
As it stands now, I have no insight into this issue or why my defect was declined. Was it rejected for good reason or an arrogant developer who like to hit the reject button?
I'd like to report a bug we just found while writing a widget.
Summary: There is a widget installed, that defines a configuration activity. If the user changes the orientation while they are in the configuration activity, and they finish that activity in a different orientation that they started, the widget does NOT appear in the home screen after the configuration is done.
How to reproduce: have a minimal widget, with a configuration activity that contains a button, which correctly updates the App Widget when it is clicked (as explained in http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html#Confi...). Add a new instance of the widget, so the config screen shows up. Change the orientation once. Click on the button. Your widget does not appear in the home screen. (Ouch.)
If this has already been reported, or if there's a better way to submit a bug report.
I find the force close Report option very useful as a developer- the stack trace is really useful to see and I've been able to solve many bugs by using it. However, there are places in my app where (quite rightly) I've used a try/catch statement to handle Exceptions. The problem being, that this prevents a force close and so I can't get the data of the error, which would be helpful for bug fixing or even just giving better error messages. Is there any way to report an Exception which has been handled? And which version of Android did the Report option come about in?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently ported my number from T-Mobile to O2. Now when texting, status reports always remain at "pending". Is this a phone issue or should I contact O2?It used to work, and then I called O2 to disable the auto USSD balance notification after every text. After that, texting Balance to get my balance stopped working too.
View 2 Replies View Relatedis there a way to have a delivery report notification and sound on htc desire's build in message application
View 4 Replies View RelatedI need an APP for REMOTE MONIOTRING (DROID X , 2.3.4)
Any apps out there that will allow me to access or listen to my phones microphone either via another cell phone or via the web?
Preferably an app that runs in stealth mode. Any additional features would just be a plus but aren't necessary.
I am recently doing a graduate research on the accelerometer in mobile devices. Accelerometer is a MEMs device built in almost every smart phone nowadays. I am interested in finding what information does the hardware accelerometer report that the software knows the raw values X, Y, Z to detect the orientation in which the phone is held?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI fully charged the phone over night and unplugged it at 10 am. 4hrs of pandora streaming (3hrs on 3G and 1hr on WiFi). 30 mins of web surfing, 30 mins playing with maps and checking traffic.
Downloaded 2 dozen games and apps. Finally got low battery warning around 9:30 pm. so 11.5 hrs of use. but i was sweating the last hour while coming back from work. It'd be nice if seido sells some extended 1750 MaH battery.
I would love to see what is causing my very occasional reboots..
When my pc crashes it gives a report of what caused the errors, id love to see that same thing with my DI..
It would be cool to see that its a downloaded app causing the problem and i would just get rid of the offender