Hi Mark

hello, bobr1013!

how can I help you today?

Do you do anything with banner ads? I'm looking everywhere to try to get some advertising on my apps. Do you have any instruction in this specific area with adding xml/java into existing apps?

no, sorry

Can I ask why. I thought that you would implement that into your apps.

heavens, no

I have zero interest in ad networks

for apps, sites, whatever

so I do not use them, nor do I intend to cover them in a book

OK. I thought this would be a great avenue to generate some income.

ok

Just checking. I'

I've been running into a brick wall with this.

what specifically is the problem?

I thought a small banner ad at the bottom of my app could be a great form of advertising

AFAIK, ad networks provide instructions for integration

AFAIK, they ship libraries with custom views that you can add to your layouts

WHATS AFAIK?

"as far as I know"

Earlier today I tried adding a Webview to my Listview and I couldnt get the listview to work. Process froze

putting a WebView in a ListView is unlikely to work well

if the WebView is for your ad banner, put it below the ListView, via a LinearLayout

Oh, I guess I learned the hard way

My Listview is wrapped around a relative view. Are you saying that I should put it withing a linear layout at the end?

well, LinearLayout was just a suggestion

hello

one way or another, put the ad WebView outside the ListView

rmcore: hello!

OK

rmcore: the chat is nearly over -- do you have a question?

Thanks

I have a question about the Action Bar.

I am implementing the filtering action item from the example in the book.

But it appears that onClose is not being called.

If you dont use ads networks how do you advertise with all the apps that are available

bobr1013: I don't advertise

rmcore: onClose() of what? which example, specifically?

ok...hold on a sec...

Thanks Mark, Have a good night:)

I am looking at the chapter "Other Advanced Action Bar Techniques"

There is an example "SearchView... And Filtering a ListView"

it goes through the interface that is required to implement setOnCloseListener

OK, I'm with you

I am testing on a 4.1 device

it seems like onClose never gets called

Have you seen this?

I have not looked at this in some time

I found this on SO

are you clicking the close X in the SearchView?

But I am not sure exactly what the proposed solution is.

yes

I click the close X

I set a break point in the onClose function

My breakpoint never gets hit

I'll have to take a peek at it sometime

ok

well it is frustrating

I'm sure it is

if you join a chat closer to the beginning, I can run some tests live, to see what I see

and I'll try to take a peek at this before the next book update

ok...I thought this started at 7:30?

US Eastern Time

am I in the wrong time zone or something?

ok...sorry

(and don't forget the US changed clocks this past Sunday)

(gotta love daylight savings time..._)

yes I know....I'm in Centeral time zone

anyway, that's a wrap for today's chat

another question about the list view

the transcript will be posted to http://commonsware.com/office-hours/ shortly

the next chat is tomorrow at 4pm US Eastern Time

Mark, thanks for the book and all the code samples.

you are very welcome

have a pleasant day!