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Thursday, August 18

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Aug 30
4:00 PM
Julius
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Mark M.
howdy, Julius!
Julius
hi Mark
Thanks for you help (however many hours ago it was) - I was really at such a loss
Mark M.
hey, no problem
confused a lot of people when the XOOM was released
Julius
I have a question about Loaders
I just need to compile it so it doesn't come across too confused
Mark M.
I haven't played with the Loader framework yet, so I may not be able to help, but I can try
Julius
I have a Loader which is working quite nicely - mostly
I usually have a broadcast receiver set up to receive broadcasts which are sent when data is changed
(eg in my database - say if a fetch is occurring to a webserver)
when this occurs I usually have been able to run mLoader.onContentChanged();
4:05 PM
Mark M.
um, OK
you're already past my personal experience with Loaders
it's one of those things I need to get to by the end of the year, if not sooner
Julius
the issue I have is that when I have multiple Loaders in the LoaderManager with multiple Fragments for the same Activity onContentChanged doesn't seemt to run
oh no worries
well maybe it'll help you
:)
you know look out for this
Mark M.
yeah, I have nary a clue
Julius
no worries
I have three "tabs" (I'm no longer using the tabactivity
and each has a list
and each list can be sorted 4 ways
so I have to have 12 unique identifiers for each loader
I mean
12 unique ids one for each loader
anywho no worries, I have some ugly catch which works, but feels... wrong :)
I'm finding the Fragments great, quite flexible, but I have so many files now!
:)
layouts and Java files
thanks for your help - I slept well last night (or better than I would have) knowing that there was a reasonable explanation for that Market problem
I still haven't figured out the best forum to air questions
4:10 PM
Mark M.
they're all hit-or-miss
Julius
I have tried StackOverflow which the Google guys seem to recommend, but I haven't seen much action from them
Mark M.
oh, well, there's little Googly assistance in general
Julius
maybe they're all too busy making ICS
(or taking photos ;))
Mark M.
all the Googly assistance we get on [android-developers] and StackOverflow is volunteer time
Julius
wow
I didn't realise that
Mark M.
nobody has helping developers on those forums as their job description
that's why you're stuck with schmucks like me
Julius
I haven't made it into the hangout yet
Mark M.
yeah, that's new
Julius
crikey - you're no schmuck!
Mark M.
I'm not a G+ member, so I haven't "hung out" yet
however, that could be very useful, since it's Reto and others from the Developer Relations team
Julius
I haven't hungout, but then I've been busy and when I tried to get into the Android one I couldn't make it
yeah Reto seems pretty awesome - and a generally good guy
Mark M.
yup, Reto's cool
haven't interacted with him a ton, personally
Julius
that said I found the Location thing he did quite tricky
err a projects howing how to make an app really good wrt Location Listening
Mark M.
yeah, he's gotten way deeper into that than I have so far
someday, I'll create an Advanced Location Tracking chapter in the Advanced Android book and try to get to that level
Julius
I've taken a bit of the code from the developer website and hacked round depending on what I'm doing (depending on the project)
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Mark M.
probably pour more smarts into my LocationPoller component along the way
Julius
thanks for your help
I better go
have a great day all
Mark M.
see ya!
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Mark M.
howdy, Robert!
4:15 PM
Mark M.
how can I help you today?
Robert J.
Hey Mark! Sorry, I don't have a question. Just wanted to say that I just subscribed and I really enjoy the way the books are written and I think it's cool that you do these Office Hours chats.
Mark M.
thanks!
yeah, this chat room is more of a Q&A resource than a place to just hang out
though you're welcome to see if anyone else pops by
for whatever reason, the chats aren't as crowded as they used to be
Robert J.
I understand. Well I'll be out of here then cause I want to get going on the books. Thank you! =)
Mark M.
ok
and thanks for subscribing!
Robert J.
No problem. I'm sure I'll have some real questions soon. See ya!
4:30 PM
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4:40 PM
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Mark M.
howdy, Scott!
scott k.
hi mark
Mark M.
how can I help you today?
4:45 PM
scott k.
been away - have some health problems, also in colorado now
4:45 PM
scott k.
my "talking quotes" app has sold all of 2 copies -both to friends
anyway, i hate games/kids, but have decided to develop "angry parents" app
it will be a "duel" between 2 android devices using bluetooth to communicate
Mark M.
OK
scott k.
as you know, the emulator doesn't support bluetooth, so i decided to splurge and purchase a tablet to debug my app using my phone (motorola )bravo and my new tablet - a viewsonic gtablet
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4:50 PM
Mark M.
yeah, for Bluetooth-to-Bluetooth, you'll need hardware for full end-to-end testing
btw, howdy, codejoy!
scott k.
the gtablet was a horror out of the box with android 2.2 - would lock upon startup - after 30 tries i could sometimes get it to run - anyway after 40 hours of hacking i flashed honeycomb into the tablet and it is now great -what a learning experience - almost bricked it too
Mark M.
yeah, I haven't heard good things about that device
scott k.
anyway, what do i need to do for ADB torecognize is my question ?
Mark M.
what OS is your development machine running?
scott k.
the viewsonic hardware is solid -its very nice with Honeycomb
i use windows 7/eclipse
amfamiliar with ADB, etc
Mark M.
OK, you'll need a driver
it's possible the generic driver that ships with the SDK will work
if not, you'd need to contact whoever gave you the Honeycomb firmware
and ask them
scott k.
i'll try that, thanks
Mark M.
Viewsonic might provide drivers for their tablet, but only for the OS they ship
4:55 PM
Mark M.
it's possible the Honeycomb firmware will use the same drivers, but I'd have no way to know
codejoy: do you have a question?
scott k.
ok, thanks for the help
Mark M.
(particularly since the chat is going to end soonish)
any other questions from anyone?
5:00 PM
scott k.
thanks again, bye
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Thursday, August 18

 

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  • codejoy
  • Julius
  • Mark Murphy
  • Robert J. Watts
  • scott keller