Mar 4 | 9:50 AM |
Mark M. | has entered the room |
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Mar 4 | 10:00 AM |
NetApex | has entered the room |
NetApex |
Good morning
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Mark M. |
howdy
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NetApex |
I've
been playing around with the info you showed me last time. It's making
me redo most of what I had already done to make it "smarter" and better
coded. I feel so professional now lol.
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Mark M. |
:-)
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Mar 4 | 10:05 AM |
Mark M. |
anything I can help you with today?
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NetApex |
Not this very second. Still trying to work out some of the bugs I have left over
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Mar 4 | 10:10 AM |
NetApex |
Okay
here is one... getIntent().getStringExtra(whatever); brings up the
String like I wanted.. but apparently switch() likes integers
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Mark M. |
yes
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Mar 4 | 10:15 AM |
NetApex |
is there some type of string to int command or something?
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Mark M. |
let's back up a step: what are you really trying to do?
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NetApex |
I am trying to pass the clicked cd cover to the java that plays/displays the music from that cd
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Mar 4 | 10:20 AM |
Mark M. |
ok
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NetApex |
so when it gets the cd I can say, display this this and this, and que up this
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Mark M. |
Step #1: create an class that represents a CD
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Mark M. |
Step #2: create a HashMap<String,CD>
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Mark M. |
Step #3: use the string extra as the key to the HashMap
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Mark M. |
instead of a switch(), you now call a method on CD that displays stuff and queues stuff
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NetApex |
Ok, now will I need to create a class for each CD, or just one that receives the info from the HashMap
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Mark M. |
one class for *all* CDs, ideally
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Mar 4 | 10:25 AM |
Mark M. |
different instances per CD
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NetApex |
ok cool
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Markus G. | has entered the room |
Mar 4 | 10:30 AM |
Mark M. |
howdy, Markus
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Markus G. |
hello mark
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Markus G. |
this chat is for android programming questions right?
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Mark M. |
yes
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Mark M. |
fire away~
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Mark M. |
er, away!
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Markus G. |
I like to show a video in a dialog
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Markus G. |
1) It works, it plays, but:
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Markus G. |
problem numero 1 is that the video is dark, maybe because of the dialog transparent...
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Mark M. |
you may be better served making a dialog-themed activity
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Markus G. |
problem nr2 is, that I get an exception when I close the dialog...
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Mar 4 | 10:35 AM |
Markus G. |
what do you mean with "dialog-themed activity" ?
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Mark M. |
android:theme="Theme.Dialog" in your manifest
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Markus G. |
and instead of showing the dialog, I open the activity?
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Mark M. |
yes
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Mark M. |
more control over things like backgrounds that way
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Markus G. |
sounds good, I will try this ;-)
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Markus G. |
and closing this "activtiy-dialog" just with .finish() ?
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Mark M. |
yes
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Markus G. |
ok, I will try, nice greetings from vienna, and have a nice day!
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Mar 4 | 10:40 AM |
Mark M. |
you too!
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Mar 4 | 10:45 AM |
NetApex |
of
course I will need to read up on the whole dialog-themed activities
thing later and see if I can make something of interest from that too
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Mark M. |
not covered in the books yet
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NetApex |
Ahh, then I wont even waste my time. Your books make things so much easier to understand
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Mar 4 | 10:50 AM |
NetApex |
I am going to take off for now. Hopefully I will have more questions for you next time.
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Mark M. |
ok, see ya!
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NetApex |
Going to be working on pulling information from websites if possible
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