I have a free app out there and am going to write a pro version with some extra functionality that I'll charge for.
The plan is to use the same code for both apps, although I need different Eclipse projects to use different manfiest files. The obvious way is to have all my code in a shared library which the free and pro projects reference.
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I have a project which I want to split into a paid and a free version. I do not care to double my management of the res/ folder and would even like the Android Manifest.xml to be the same file except for the package line. Worrying little about hacking (at this stage - my app is not copy protected anyhow so other avenues of vulnerability are already open), it might be sufficient for me to have all the logic in the free app, and to enable/disable functions based on the app's own package info. What strategies have others used in this regard? I have soft-linked the source from a new Android Eclipse project folder tree to the existing one (the new is to become the paid version and the old one will become the free one with some logic paths being conditionally stubbed at runtime), reserving the new source file hierarchy in the new one to the sole purpose of containing an My Main Activity.java file (as it will need to be in a different package- folder than the one for the free app's). But the res folder appears as though it might be more difficult.
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Pro version will have additional features and will be ads-free, so e.g. I don't want to include AdMob libraries in the pro version. Do you have any experience or suggestions as to what would be the best way to structure the repository in this case? I think I've found the best solution (for my app) in this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/4ad3d67f735f16d7/948b4f9eee2490a3
The trick discussed there is about having another application that only serves the purpose of unlocking PRO functionality in the actual application. The unlocking app is paid in the market and the actual app merely checks for the existence of it on the device.
I already mentioned this briefly in another post as part of another publishing topic.
But I think it is pretty important for a lot of us to know good ways to make free versions that can't be cracked too easily etc. After all most people just download the free stuff, I know I do, so its important for numbers.
I just made a game called ScrollSlider and I want to make a free version with limited evaluation period perhaps, but I could use some advice on how to do it. I'm also having problems with data persistence as views appear and disappear and managing game loop view thread accordingly.
After rooting and installing "AdFree", will it remove all ads even from apps? Reason I askis if it does, there really isn't a reason to purchase aPro version of an app where the only benefit is to remove the ads.
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if (os_level < 1.6) {// code goes here}
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private byte[] getBytesFromFile(File file) throws IOException{
InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
long length = file.length(); int numRead = 0;
byte[] bytes = new byte[(int)length - mReadOffset];
numRead = is.read(bytes, mReadOffset, bytes.length - mReadOffset);
if(numRead != (bytes.length - mReadOffset)){
throw new IOException("Could not completely read file " + file.getName());
} mReadOffset += numRead; is.close(); return bytes;
}
But the problem is that all array elements are set to 0 and I guess it is because the writing process locks the file. Any other way to create file chunks while writing into file.
Wanna to split a screen for my app with two LinearLayouts. What parameters should I use to make exact splitting in two equal parts - first LinearLayout on the top and the second one is just under it.
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I'm trying to put 2 listviews into my layout. The problem is that I don't know the size of each listview in advance. The first listview could have a few items (0, 1, 2 up to roughly 10) and the second listview could have many items (up to 100).
I tried to set the weight of both listviews at 1 but it did not work:
=> If the first listview has only 1 item and the second one 99, you don't see the first item of listview #1 => it's shrinks so much (relative to listview #2) that you don't see it.
So I'm thinking now to split the screen in 2 equals parts (no matter what/no matter the size of each listview) and put the two listviews in each part. Of course it needs to work on any device ... so how do I capture the device screen size, divide it in two and force the listview size to fit in each half of the screen ?
Has anyone done that already ? Is there another option to show two listviews of different sizes on the same layout (should I use a scrollview in some way ? => when the user is reaching the end of the first listview, the second listview appears => is that possible ?)
I want to create a search box with the search button directly on the right of the EditText, without any spacing. Looks like the address bar on the internal Browser application. Is it possible or do I need to create it myself?
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BufferedReader br = null; ...
br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)); ...
String line; String[] columns; ContentValues values;
while((line = br.readLine())!=null) { columns = line.split("|"); ...
}
But after the line.split("|"); the columns contains 15 elements instead of expected 6. Taking a closer look at it's content reveals that each character in the string was stored in one array element. The code coming from server isn't encoded in any way in in the example I use only ASCII characters appear.
I'm writing an Android application. One problem is your app cannot contain a file whose uncompressed size is bigger than about 1Mb. I have a serialized object that I want to load that totals about 2Mb. My plan was to split this file into two smaller files, then load the object by combining both files at runtime.
However, I cannot work out how to use e.g. InputStream and ObjectInputStream to specify that I want to read the data from two input streams. How can I do this?
For example, say my object was split between file O1 and O2. How can I say "Load the object by reading the data from O1 then from O2"?
I'd like to make a list adapter that formats views like this:
I want to be able to fire a different onClick when the user clicks the image. I have defined the onClick on the image itself in the getView() override, but how do I then get the position of the line that was clicked so I can update the record in the database to record the action?
I just found after 2 hours of debugging my code for errors that TextUtils.split(String, expression); does not work correctly when I use pipe "|" as the expression. Am I wrong in understanding the method or is this a bug?
It works fine when I give it as a pattern ie., [|].
I also tested it using a few other seperators and they seemed to work fine.
I've had to send my phone back twice in the past month, initial issue was a weak vibrate motor and a difficult to press power button. Phone came back with a replaced mainboard but had to send the phone back right away as it wouldn't go into landscape mode (I determined it was a defective accelerometer). If I have to send it back a third time, I'm going to be absolutely livid.
I noticed (for the first time yesterday), that if the phone has <15% battery left and I use the pull down menu, the red LED with give a very quick flash that is not like the standard red LED flash when the battery is low. It will do this if you push on the top bar to activate the drop down menu and also if you completely swipe to bring the drop down menu down. However, doing any other actions such as pressing the captive buttons or scrolling will not cause the LED to flash briefly.
Hey guys I remember on my iPhone I used to be able to split up video while sending a text with video attached to a friend. It would say video is too long and let you choose a portion that would be able to send. Is there an app or maybe I'm missing something because I am using Handscent for texting.
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View 14 Replies View RelatedAfter the update and with the leak I had only does this on hd it will freeze for a split second once or twice during playback anyone else try this?
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