howdy, fitz!

morning

how can I help you today?

have a question on ant - I assume what it does is create jars' at least that is what I see when i GET build successful. So then I can incorporate the JAR's into some java code - is this logic correct?

um, well, not really

I know ant does more than this but for now this is all I need I think

can Ant be used to create a JAR? yes

do I use Ant to create reusable JARs? yes

do most Android developers use Ant to create JARs? probably not

is creating JARs part of the normal Android/Ant build process? no

if you run ant clean install in a standard Android project, you get an APK in bin/ that is also installed on the device or emulator

you are assuming that this is anywhere near normal

this runs fine so I get BUILD SUCCESSFUL and I see JAR's

this is unique to that particular project

for questions about what those JARs contain and how to use them, you'd have to ask Google

yes it does that project - and in terminal I see very fast the build data - so what is missing for me is how do I see this data after the build

Went to ant site and got lost for a few days :)

I do not know what "the build data" is, but usually shell redirection works for command line stuff (e.g., this -is my -command > log.txt)

ya ok - still waiting on google response might take a year or so

ok thanks - once I figure this part out then maybe I can get cranken.

thanks will read up on ot

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howdy, garu!

garu: how can I help you today?

Hello mark.. its my first time here :)

garu: do you have a question?

Im planning on making a sound profile manager.. what part of android ahould i start reading? I plan to access the system volunes, ringer volumes, mesia volumes, etc.

I have no idea what a "sound profile manager" is

most audio-related classes are in android.media

AudioManager allows you to see and set volume levels

Oh ok.. so i should start reading on audio manager

that would be where I would start

the audio level stuff is covered in _The Busy Coder's Guide to Advanced Android Development_

Mark - so the files that ant built successfully are .class files - so still do the log.txt commands?

Thanks!

fitz: you were the one who wanted "the build data"

again, I have no idea what you mean by "the build data"

my only guess is that you mean the console output of Ant

in which case, whether you redirect those results to a file for later review or not is up to you

in terminal when I did ant -f build-samples.xml etc. it ran for what ever time and at bottom said BUILD SUCCESSFUL which is the desired result - so now I have these .class files and stuck on what to do next - do I move then in eclipse and program java or do more ant commands - guess that is a google question right

the code you are compiling are API samples

I am not clear why you are compiling them

I am even less clear why you are trying to directly use API sample code in your project

I am doing all ant commands in terminal access - should I use some other process

let's back up a few steps

why are you compiling the API samples?

Go here and look for title topic of: RUNNING SAMPLES

ah, *those* samples

they say to do this ant -f build-samples.xml sample.calendar.run

So I have done it

just want to see it work so I can understand it

ant -f build-samples.xml sample.spreadsheet.guidemo.run

let me guess these samples are old and do not work ....

well, they have nothing to do with Android

so PC based samples right - and do not port to android?

the samples will either be dumping to the console (which Android doesn't have) or creating a Swing UI (which Android doesn't have)

or something along those lines

if you want a JAR of the actual library, that's not the samples project, but the other project

AFAICT

ok - so useless to me - ok so now there are no samples from google for lets say displaying a google calendar

I am not aware of a Google-supplied sample of an Android application retrieving Google Calendar data

did you watch that Google I|O presentation on this stuff? I haven't had a chance yet

ya I have not seen it either - ok thanks for setting me straight :)

those are links to the new GData APIs with Android-specific material

thanks a ton - back to drawing board

garu: if you have other questions, feel free to chime in

so emulator will not connect into google real account - correct - so just do google android api stuff to real phone?

I'm a bit fuzzy on the emulator capabilities here

is this link you sent just now NEW stuff or has it been around for a while?

there was a version of the emulator that let you assign a Google account via the Accounts portion of the Settings app

I think it's relatively new, in that it's talking JSON and OAuth, which I think are new-ish to GData

again, I'm no GData expert

ok thanks for re-direction

need to jet have a great day

garu: any final questions?

that's it for today's chat

have a nice day!