Comments for Android Wizard

Comment on Game Development- Part II Player & Input Controls by prem

prem — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:38:04 +0000

how to move packman within the maze of maze pacman game..can anyone help me out

Comment on Programming for Android? Not Finding the Tutorial You Need? by prem

prem — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:35:25 +0000

i need the code of maze packman game.can anybody help me out

Comment on Crossing Things Off Of A ListView by Fernando Diaz

Fernando Diaz — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:39:53 +0000

Tks very good ,

please download the code , github

TKS TKS TKS

Comment on Fast Scroll List View by Tom Hammond

Tom Hammond — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:26:07 +0000

Is it possible to re-use a listview with the Alpha Indexer? For instance, I first display a listView with 1,000 items that are unsorted and set setFastScrollEnabled to true to allow it to be searched quickly, like this:

myListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.myListView);
myListView.setFastScrollEnabled(true);
ArrayAdapter arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,PLAYLIST);
myListView.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);

While looking at this list, if the user chooses to sort the list, the listView is “recycled” to a sorted list that uses setFastScroll in addition to the Alpha Indexer to show the letters of the alphabet when scrolling, like this:

myListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.myListView);
myListView.setFastScrollEnabled(true);
MyIndexerAdapter adapter = new MyIndexerAdapter(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,PLAYLIST_SORTED);
myListView.setAdapter(adapter);

Note that the MyIndexerAdapter calls the Alpha Indexer routines for this second use of listView.

When the program runs, the unsorted list is displayed first. If the user does NOT use the fast scroll on this list, but chooses to display the sorted list, the Alpha Indexer fast scroll on the second (sorted) list works.

However, if the first unsorted list is shown and the user uses the fast scroll on the unsorted list (without selecting anything), then the users chooses to display the sorted list, the sorted fast scroll does NOT show the Alpha Indexer!

In other words, manipulating the fast scroller on the unsorted list causes the fast scroller on the second list not to show the Alpha Indexer letter while scrolling the second list. Does anyone know why?

Comment on Loading Images From Remote Server by Sahiti

Sahiti — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:49:38 +0000

hii i am new to android….i have a doubt in the program..
how to put files in server?? and how to crete my server??

Comment on Custom Button Backgrounds Using A Selector XML Layout by blacke

blacke — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:46:30 +0000

thanks

Comment on Android Development Tutorial: Creating Sound Effects by kushagr

kushagr — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:01:19 +0000

can u play sounds of legth greater than 5 sec???

Comment on Mobclix DOESN’T Pay – Stay Away by Ferry

Ferry — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:28:06 +0000

Thanx for the warning

Comment on Programming for Android? Not Finding the Tutorial You Need? by Joel Witherspoon

Joel Witherspoon — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:10:32 +0000

Avoid the Sams book (24 hours, yeah, right) if you are a beginner. You have to fill in the blanks and beginners to Android or Java development will by stumped in chapter 1.

The Wrox book is strongly written but it has very few visuals. You get a ton of code and some good insight and explanations, but you will have no idea if your code looks or functions correctly. It’s not really project based like the Sams book so your coding may not work at all.

The best book I’ve found is Android Development for Dummies. You are walked through a project and every component and activity is explained. In fact, there are three projects in the book that are on the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels.

Use the Wrox book as a reference, skip the Sams book and buy the Dummies book. You’ll get going right away.

Comment on Game Development- Part I Loops and Sprites by Ed

Ed — Mon, 30 May 2011 05:06:10 +0000

Its kind of hard to understand since it’s not indented but I think I get it.