hello, Jeff!

Hi Mark

how can I help you today?

First, I find your book very helpful and am excited to see you updated the camera section

thanks for the kind words!

I was also vindicated when you wrote that the camera is ridiculously hard to work with

yeah, it's pretty unpleasant

hence, CWAC-Camera

anyways, my camera code is pretty typical and works well EXCEPT that the surfaceChanged() and surfaceCreated() call backs are not called onResume(). Do you have any ideas why that might be?

I posted it to StackOverflow but got nothing

off the top of my head, I have no idea

give me a moment to poke through my code...

so if I let the app "sleep" onResume, the screen is blank

I'm not sure what you mean by that last one

I am clear that office hours are not to debug my code but I would appreciate any high level ideas

well, what I'm doing is getting rid of the SurfaceView/TextureView entirely in onPause(), and creating a fresh one in onResume()\

not sure where I picked that up from

but, it's been working OK for me

so you destroy the preview on pause()?

yes

I'll try it

specifically, the guts of CWAC-Camera are in CameraView

Thanks

which is a ViewGroup

in onResume(), I call addView() and add the SurfaceView/TextureView

in onPause(), I call removeView() to get rid of the same

I was tempted to swap to your cameraFragment but my code works except for this pause problem. If I swap to your Fragment, can I distribute in my app free of charge? No license issue?

CWAC-Camera is licensed Apache License 2.0

which is generally amenable to most developers, proprietary and open source

excellent - I'll try it tonight and let you know

that being said, IANALNDIPOOTV

(I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV)

I was about to google it

and so for advice on licensing, please seek qualified legal counsel

or, y'know, a Magic 8-Ball

:-)

hello, Guarav!

hey since i have you, what are you thoughts on how to scroll to a selected entry in a listFragment? I like you check example

Jeff: let me take a question from Guarav, and I'll be back with you shortly

Guarav: do you have a question?

Hi Mark

no problem

I wanted to ask that while Using HTTPS from the client side do we need to install the certificate on the client side too

well, that depends

if the SSL certificate's root certificate is one recognized by Android, you should not need to do anything

if you are using something else, like a self-signed certificate, you will want to set up your own custom trust store that handles this

currently i am not using a self signed certificate

i was trying to find more on the net about the same.. that which certificates are generally by default recognized by Android

but does it changes.. when the app gets installed on different phones

in that case, creating your own TrustManager is probably the right answer

in my book, I point to this blog post by Nikolay Elenkov: http://nelenkov.blogspot.ie/2011/12/using-custo...

thanks Mark

eventually, I will be experimenting with this more myself, but Nikolay's post is the generally recommended material on the subject

i will look into this blog and do some examples..

regarding the same so that I can use the same in my application

OK

back to Jeff...

thanks.. for your help Mark

there's a trick to scrolling to a given position in a ListView -- give me a moment to try to track it down...

ah: smoothScrollToPosition()

sure

thanks!

that should work

you rock! have a good day

you too!

Guarav: do you have another question?

I just wanted to ask just one more that do u recommend to use.. Android studio

as compared to eclipse

well, this is what I blogged back in May: http://commonsware.com/blog/2013/05/16/android-...

simply put, if you are good with Android, and you want to play with Android Studio now, go right ahead

however, Android Studio has enough broken pieces that newcomers to Android may get frustrated

i have been working in android since last two years

then you should be in OK shape for understanding what represents an Android Studio bug versus something in Android itself

yes i suppose

personally, I am not touching Android Studio until November or so

yes i have not found any thing about studio in your new edition also

here's my blog post on that subject: http://commonsware.com/blog/2013/05/15/android-...

I expect to start covering Android Studio in Version 5.3 of my book, late this year

ohh ok thanks.. for your views

sure, no problem

Jeff: do you have another question?

apart from that just wanted to ask your views about Windriver..

I have never worked with embedded Linux, sorry

assuming you mean Wind River, the company

yes http://www.windriver.com/products/mobile-linux/...

they have their own platform

i was really.. getting frustrated with eclipse.. so i was trying some alternatives.. for the same

Wind River does not make an IDE, as far as I know

they help firms use embedded Linux, including embedded Android, on their own hardware

yes you are right about that

android studio is the current alternative for me right now :)

thanks for your suggestions mark.. i don't have any other question.. currently

if either of you come up with a question, chime in

i have been a warescription member since last september

and i have seen that you take courses for Advanced Android Application development so is there any way.. that people outside US can attend the same

i would really happy to be enrolled for your courses

as i want to learn Open GL and NDK application development

well, I definitely cannot help you on OpenGL, and my NDK knowledge is pretty much limited to what I have in the book

I rarely teach outside of the US, for various reasons (immigration hassles, tax issues, etc.)

however, I am looking to start offering some Web-based seminars for subscribers in the coming months

I will announce them in my blog, in the newsletter, on Twitter, and on G+ when they start up

that will be really cool

I have recommended your books to lot of my friends in India

thanks!

have a good day Mark

you too!

thanks for your time and highly appreciate all your suggestions . Will eagerly wait for your webinars