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How to change background of prefs activity?view story

http://stackoverflow.com – I have a prefs xml activity with one checkbox for sound on and off and an editbox for user to type in his/her name. Is there a way to make the prefs activity fullscreen and to set a background? I want to set my own png background, if it's possible. Thanks. (HowTos)

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Toast when checked in coustom adbter listviewview story

http://stackoverflow.com – I want when I checked on check box the code returns string of text view that's in the same raw only . i'm using LayoutInflater and another class which has creating list contains strings my code : public class InteractiveArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<model> { private final List<model> list; private final Activity context; public InteractiveArrayAdapter(Activity context, (HowTos)

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Gridview with two columns and auto resized imagesview story

http://stackoverflow.com – I'm trying to make a gridview with two columns. I mean two photos per row side by side just like this image. But my pictures have spaces between them, due to the fact that it's not the same size. Here is what I'm getting. as you can see the first picture hides the legend which shows the contact name and phone number. and the other pictures are not stretched correctly. (HowTos)

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How to position a button in android XML?view story

http://stackoverflow.com – Hey I have the code bellow for my buttons in XML and I would like the Anthem Button to be moved to the left hand side near the bottom corner and I will add a stop button in the bottom right, Could anyone advise me on how to do this? XML: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" an (HowTos)

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rookies bluesview story

http://androidforums.com – so hi all, i am pretty new to the new world of handheld wonders and am exited to be a part of it. i come from a background of atari and comodor64 where u had to into 10,000 lines of code to make a red ball bounce accross the screen. this means yes i am over 35. so i recently delved into learning everything i could about these phones and their os, and i even rooted a couple so far. (General)

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Longtime iPhone and Blackberry User review of Nexus 4view story

http://forums.androidcentral.com – I switched to the N4 9 days ago from an iPhone 5 and wanted to share my experiences and thoughts on the two platforms in case there are others contemplating a similar switch. I've been very pleased so far. Im not a huge tech nerd... just an average joe trying to post some experiences for other average joes contemplating making the jump. I tend to switch phones a lot... (HowTos)

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Sneak Preview I: openSUSE 12.3 for Desktop Usersview story

http://news.opensuse.org – In less than two weeks, openSUSE 12.3 will be on your doorstep. Or rather, on the mirrors, ready for use. If you are curious to know what is coming, this first sneak preview is for you! We’ll talk about what’s new on the desktop: GNOME, KDE, XFCE and Enlightenment as well as the applications. Enjoy! The desktops Let’s start with the desktops. (Distributions)

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David Sacks Says He Has No Plans To Leave Microsoft, Endorses Marissa Mayer’s Work-From-Home Banview story

http://techcrunch.com – Yammer founder David Sacks just left the stage at the Launch conference in San Francisco, where he talked about his future at Microsoft and also weighed in on some hot tech topics, including Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s new ban on working from home. As someone with a startup background (he was chief operating officer at PayPal, founded Geni.com, and is an active angel investor), you might expec (IT news)

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Running background http server in Androidview story

http://stackoverflow.com – I am developing a suit of games o custom tablets with NO internet connection neither wifi, to ease the process i'm using HTML5, but since PhoneGap uses a standard WebView i moved to CocoonJS to achieve better performance. The problem is that CocoonJS only provides hardware acceleration and a couple of useless(in my case) native APIs. Is there a way to develop a Native Application that runs a bac (HowTos)

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How to pass double and string values from activity to broadcast in androidview story

http://stackoverflow.com – I am working on development of monitoring application for android phones which always run in background and automatically responds to SMS strings without interaction of user I successfully got battery level and GPS coordinates in activity but cant pass these values from activity to broadcastreceiver which then auto send these values as reply to SMS strings. Here is a code for passing value from a (HowTos)