hello, Guy

Hello :-)

how can I help you today?

ActionBarCompat with ListActivity

um, could you phrase that in the form of a question? :-)

How do I implement the ActionBar?

technically, you can't

you need to use ActionBarActivity

whether that uses a ListFragment or just a ListView is up to you

OK

thanks thought that. thats what came up in my search :-)

if you have another question, go ahead -- it's a quiet chat room

hello, Jose

hi there Mark

Jose: it's your turn -- do you have a question?

actually I do, yes

I have a couple of questions related to webviews

first: if I open an mp4 url with chrome, chrome shows a built-in video player

is it possible to achieve that behaviour using android's webview?

some WebView versions on newer devices may support HTML5 inline video

I have never tried it

but based upon StackOverflow chatter, it would appear to be a source of difficulty

and, I don't think it is available reliably before API Level 14

but it's not the <video /> tag in html

actually, I think HTML5 inline video *is* the <video> tag

that's no problem, I can target 18 or 19, this app is for tablets and will be released in one year time

and we control the devices so that's not an issue

then give <video> a try

note that WebView itself is using the Chrome engine on API Level 19

that will help with HTML5 compatibility over the long haul

but it may exacerbate the differences between the classic WebView behavior and what you get with it on API Level 19+

ok I will try that

Guy: do you have another question, before we move to Jose's second?

and the second question, might be a bit silly but I couldn't find it in stackoverflow

ok, I'll wait

not really. thanks

OK

Jose: what's your next question?

the question is also about webviews, if I place a webview with no webviewclient or webchromeclient I can load an url but as soon as I click on something the link is opened outside of the app, that's ok but

if I use webviewclient and/or webchromeclient, I load everything inside the webview, which is ok too. The problem comes when I click in something the webview cannot load

like a pdf

or a mp3

load or display

so how do I make to load everything that can be displayed inside the webview inside the webview

well, a WebView cannot display a PDF or an MP3

and get notified when it's trying to load something

yeah I know

setDownloadListener()

what I would expect is

is I click in something the webview does not know how to handle

launch the intent

and open it with chrome, adobe reader, google music

or whatever

I know how to filter every resource that ends in *.mp3

or something like that

but the url might not end in something like that

even if it's an mp3 or pdf

that's why I would suggest trying setDownloadListener()

but I don't want to download, need to be displayed, streamed

doesn't matter

ah

aaaah

how you handle the download request is up to you

I got that wrong

thanks

yes

now I got it

I'll try

basically, AFAIK, WebView does an HTTP HEAD, and if it does not recognize the MIME type, routes it through the DownloadListener

now, one can argue that there should be a better default DownloadListener -- I haven't looked into this much

and it may be that you wind up having to do more of the downloading yourself, as another app may not be capable of reproducing the download (e.g., requires a session cookie)

after adding a support lib to my app, I'm getting this error: "Conversion to Dalvik format failed: Unable to execute dex: java.nio.BufferOverflowException. Check the Eclipse log for stack trace."

Guy: ah, hang on, I recognize that one...

very popular issue

checking.

there are a few workarounds posted there, but I just downgraded to the 18.1.1 version of the build tools

that's ADT

in the SDK Manager, I'm referring to "Android SDK Build-tools"

thanks

doing that.

if either of you have any questions, go ahead

I had probs. with installing the ActionBarSherlock, I gave up and used the ActionBarCompat.

it is compiling

now I have to write the actionbar menu stuff

:-)

if I'm using the Support Library v7 for android. do I need to have seperate version for 3.0 and above?

no

if your minSdkVersion is 13 or higher, use android-support-v13.jar

if your minSdkVersion is 12 or lower, use android-support-v4.jar

cool.

if your minSdkVersion is 3 or lower, you're nuts :-)

I think of my mothers basic LG android phone. she needs to be happy :-)

gingerbread rules :-)

yes, but Cupcake is stale

see you soon

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