howdy, Raza!

how can I help you today?

hello sir

m new in Android devlopment, right now i know basics

my query is that i want to build app from which i can display nearby Shopping malls based on my current location

Could you please give me brief idea about that?

um, you need to be MUCH more specific in your questions

the office hours are for questions about Android development, and telling you how to find a mall is not Android development

that too is not a question about Android application development

I understand what it is you are trying to write

does it possible to build ICS like tab in Android gingerbread 2.3.3

?

if by "ICS like tab", you mean tabs in the action bar, there is nothing native in Android 2.3 for that

however, third-party action bar libraries, like ActionBarSherlock, offer that feature

but i can see that Google Music implement similar tab in Gingerbread version

which they wrote themselves

and Android Market too

which they wrote themselves

so its not possible for us?

just because Google writes some code does not mean that it is part of the operating system

third-party action bar libraries, like ActionBarSherlock, offer that feature

got it

which is best way to fetch list of students? XML parsing or fetch from SQLite

that would depend on where a list of students is stored

you fetch it from wherever you store it

you are welcome to store data in XML files, or JSON files, or databases, or other file formats

databases have the advantage of being transactional, and so they are a bit more reliable in the case of odd stuff happening

list is dynamic, if i store in database than i have to push new update for new list

you need to decide where your data will be stored: locally, on the Internet, or both (local cache, updated from Internet)

a SQLite database gets more complicated if you are getting information from the Internet

it gets *much* more complicated if the user can also edit the data on the device

can i update my SQLite database from Internet without loosing my current data?

with sufficient programming, sure

please tell me short info on Content provider

there are chapters on ContentProvider in _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_

if you have more specific questions than that regarding ContentProviders, one of these chats is a fine place to ask

fragments are good idea to implement in gingerbread? like fragments are built for tablet right?

Fragments are for helping you build one application that can support phones and tablets, from a single code base

if you are building such an app, and you want to support Android 1.6 or 2.x devices, you can use the Android Support package (also known as the Android Compatibility Library), to give you a version of fragments you can use for those older devices

i suggest you to release a separate book or separate chapters on UI designer best practice

much helpful

that is not my area of expertise, sorry

ok

I will have more material on creating richer user interfaces in 2012 and beyond, but "best practices" is not something that I can really claim to cover

that will be better for us

m getting error in one of the app based on SQLite? can you rectify the error in office hours??

possibly

or should i post on StackOverflow?

what is the error?

my file link http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16910648/User.zip

um, that's an app

what is the error?

yes

don't about the error, but when i click register button it will show some random error in toast notification

then I cannot help you

to debug an Android app, log your exception to LogCat

you can then view that in Eclipse in the LogCat view, or via adb logcat from the command line

it should show your stack trace towards the end

okz, next time i'll be ready with all logcats error

Thanks for the help

if you cannot dechiper what the stack trace means, posting the stack trace and the relevant portion of code (in particular, noting which line in the code is where the exception came from), is what we'd need

that degree of information is what is needed either here or in StackOverflow

right now i'm not on developers pcs that's why can't tell you now

you office time has complicated for me as its midnight but i enjoy

I rotate through three different times of the day, to try to cover much of the planet

perhaps the 10:00 US Eastern Time slots will be better for you -- six hours earlier than the one you are on now

yes much better

but, there is no question that my times are targeted at US residents, in large part because I am here, and I need my sleep... :-)

i missed many office hours before, but this time i caught you. thanks to google calendar :)

when you're planning to release new update on books covering ICS

?

shortly after I get my hands on a Galaxy Nexus

I never publish books based purely on what I see in the emulator

right now, I do not know when I will get a Galaxy Nexus, so I do not know exactly when the next book updates will be out

hopefully in 2-3 weeks

ok thanks, Are you G+?

no, I am not on G+

okz, Good night from here

see you later!

hope you'll get Galaxy nexus soon

thanks for talking :)

you are very welcome