Tween animation: rotate

Implement tween animation of rotating





Create /res/anim/rotate_center.xml for animation of rotating around center

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator">
    <rotate
        android:fromDegrees="0"
        android:toDegrees="360"
        android:pivotX="50%"
        android:pivotY="50%"
        android:duration="2000"
        android:startOffset="0"/>
</set>

Create /res/anim/rotate_corner.xml for animation of rotating around the upper-left corner

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator">
    <rotate
        android:fromDegrees="0"
        android:toDegrees="360"
        android:pivotX="0%"
        android:pivotY="0%"
        android:duration="2000"
        android:startOffset="0"/>
</set>

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/rotatecenter"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Rotate around center"/>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/rotatecorner"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Rotate around corner"/>
 <LinearLayout
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="fill_parent"
     android:orientation="vertical" 
     android:gravity="center">

     <ImageView
         android:id="@+id/floatingimage"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />
     
 </LinearLayout>    

</LinearLayout>

main activity

package com.exercise.AndroidAnimTranslate;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class AndroidAnimTranslateActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        Button buttonRotateCenter = (Button)findViewById(R.id.rotatecenter);
        Button buttonRotateCorner = (Button)findViewById(R.id.rotatecorner);
        final ImageView floatingImage = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.floatingimage);
        
        final Animation animationRotateCenter = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.rotate_center);
        buttonRotateCenter.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    floatingImage.startAnimation(animationRotateCenter);
   }});
        
        final Animation animationRotateCorner = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.rotate_corner);
        buttonRotateCorner.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    floatingImage.startAnimation(animationRotateCorner);
   }});
    }
}

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- Animate Fade In/Fade Out by changing Alpha
- Animation of Scale

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• Create 2D and 3D games for Android 4.0 phones and tablets such and the Motorola Xoom
• Build your own reusable �black box� for game development
• Easy-to-follow examples make creating the sample games a hands-on experience

What you�ll learn

• How to design and develop compelling 2D and 3D games
• How to create rich environments and characters
• How to do collision detection
• How to add realism to your games with basic game physics
• How to create a gaming �black box� that can be reused
• How to play your games on Android phones and tablets

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This book is for aspiring Android game app developers who are ready to move beyond beginning level books or tutorials on Android game building.

Table of Contents

1. Welcome to Andriod Gaming
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3. Press Start: Making a Menu
4. Drawing the Environment
5. Creating Your Character
6. Adding the Enemies
7. Adding Basic Enemy Artifical Intelligence
8. Defend yourself!
9. Publishing Your Game
10. BlobHunter: Creating 3-D Games
11. Create an Immersive Environment
12. Navigating the 3-D Environment

About the Author

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Animate falling action using Animation of translate

It's a effect of Tweening. To move view from one position to another position.





Firstly, make a XML to define the animation, /res/anim/falling.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:interpolator="@android:anim/linear_interpolator">
  <translate
      android:fromYDelta="-100%p"
      android:toYDelta="0"
      android:duration="2000"/>
</set>

Modify main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:orientation="vertical" >

  <TextView
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="@string/hello" />
  <Button
      android:id="@+id/starttranslate"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Start Translate"/>
 <LinearLayout
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="fill_parent"
     android:orientation="vertical"
     android:gravity="bottom">

     <ImageView
         android:id="@+id/floatingimage"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />
   
 </LinearLayout>  

</LinearLayout>

Main activity

package com.exercise.AndroidAnimTranslate;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class AndroidAnimTranslateActivity extends Activity {
  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
    
      Button buttonStartTranslate = (Button)findViewById(R.id.starttranslate);
      final ImageView floatingImage = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.floatingimage);
    
      final Animation animationFalling = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.falling);
    
      buttonStartTranslate.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    floatingImage.startAnimation(animationFalling);
   }});
  }
}

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- Tween animation: rotate
- Animate Fade In/Fade Out by changing Alpha
- Animation of Scale

Create ActionBar using XML

In the article "Show Action Item with icon and text", it was shown how to create ActionBar using Java code. The items of ActionBar can be defined using XML also.



Modify from the article "Show Action Item with icon and text".

- Create a XML file /res/menu/menu.xml to define the menu items of the ActionBar.

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/itemid_0"
        android:title="Action Item 0"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:orderInCategory="0"
        android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" />
    <item android:id="@+id/itemid_1"
        android:title="Action Item 1"
        android:orderInCategory="0" />
    <item android:id="@+id/itemid_2"
        android:title="Action Item 2"
        android:orderInCategory="0" />
    <item android:id="@+id/itemid_3"
        android:title="Action Item 3"
        android:orderInCategory="0" />
</menu>

- Modify onCreateOptionsMenu() to inflate the XML file. Also modify onOptionsItemSelected() to change the itemId(s) accordingly.

package com.exercise.AndroidActionBar;

import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class AndroidActionBarActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        Button showActionBar = (Button)findViewById(R.id.showactionbar);
        Button hideActionBar = (Button)findViewById(R.id.hideactionbar);
        
        showActionBar.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
    actionBar.show();
   }});
        
        hideActionBar.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
    actionBar.hide();
   }});
        
        
    }

 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
  MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
        menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);

        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
 }

 @Override
 public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
  
  switch(item.getItemId()){
  case R.id.itemid_0:
   Toast.makeText(AndroidActionBarActivity.this, 
     "Action Item 0 selected!", 
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   return true;
  case R.id.itemid_1:
   Toast.makeText(AndroidActionBarActivity.this, 
     "Action Item 1 selected!", 
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   return true;
  case R.id.itemid_2:
   Toast.makeText(AndroidActionBarActivity.this, 
     "Action Item 2 selected!", 
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   return true;
  case R.id.itemid_3:
   Toast.makeText(AndroidActionBarActivity.this, 
     "Action Item 3 selected!", 
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   return true;
  default:
   return false;
  
  }
  
 }
}

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- Split Action Bar for Android 4

Beginning Android 4 Games Development

Beginning Android 4 Games Development offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers. You'll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game that works on Android 4.0 and earlier devices. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games.

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The book will guide you through the process of making several example games for the Android platform, and involves a wide range of topics:

• The fundamentals of Android game development targeting Android 1.5-4.0+ devices
• The Android platform basics to apply those fundamentals in the context of making a game
• The design of 2D and 3D games and their successful implementation on the Android platform

Implement Fade-Out transition effect using TransitionDrawable.reverseTransition()

Modify from last exercise "Implement Fade-In transition effect" to add Fade-Out transition effect when button pressed.



Modify main.xml to add a button to start reverse transition.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello" />
 <Button 
     android:id="@+id/starttransition"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="Start Transition" />
 <Button 
     android:id="@+id/reversetransition"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="Reverse Transition" />
 <ImageView
     android:id="@+id/mytransition"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:src="@anim/fadein" />
</LinearLayout>

Modify activity java code to call myTransitionDrawable.reverseTransition(1000) when button pressed.

package com.exercise.AndroidFadeInFadeOut;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.TransitionDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class AndroidFadeInFadeOutActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        ImageView myImage = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.mytransition);
        final TransitionDrawable myTransitionDrawable = (TransitionDrawable)myImage.getDrawable();
        
        Button startTransition = (Button)findViewById(R.id.starttransition);
        startTransition.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    myTransitionDrawable.startTransition(1000);
   }});
        
        Button reverseTransition = (Button)findViewById(R.id.reversetransition);
        reverseTransition.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    myTransitionDrawable.reverseTransition(1000);
   }});
        
    }
}

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Can't Login to Administration Console with NetBeans 7.1 and GlassFish 3.1.1

Ok. This is really weird. This has happened on two different machines now.



Problem: You have just installed NetBeans 7.1 Java EE version on Windows 7 64 bit and you want to look at the Administration Console. You open a URL to localhost:4848. You are prompted for a user name and password. Nothing works.



For years the default login for GlassFish on NetBeans has been:

User: admin

Password: adminadmin



What gives?





Solution 3/10/12: This is a bug with Glashfish 3.1.1 and Java 7. Update to Glassfish 3.1.2 (included in NetBeans 7.1.1) and the admin console should work. Or if you need to use 3.1.1 for some reason, you can fall back to JDK 6. Either approach should work.

Implement Fade-In transition effect

- Download and copy the graphs to /res/drawable.

Create /res/anim/fadein.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<transition
 xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 <item android:drawable="@drawable/android" />
 <item android:drawable="@drawable/developer" />
</transition>

Modify main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 android:orientation="vertical" >

 <TextView
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="@string/hello" />
<Button
  android:id="@+id/starttransition"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Start Transition" />
<ImageView
  android:id="@+id/mytransition"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:src="@anim/fadein" />
</LinearLayout>

AndroidFadeInFadeOutActivity.java

package com.exercise.AndroidFadeInFadeOut;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.TransitionDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class AndroidFadeInFadeOutActivity extends Activity {
 /** Called when the activity is first created. */
 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.main);
  
     ImageView myImage = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.mytransition);
     final TransitionDrawable myTransitionDrawable = (TransitionDrawable)myImage.getDrawable();
  
     Button startTransition = (Button)findViewById(R.id.starttransition);
     startTransition.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 myTransitionDrawable.startTransition(1000);
}});
 }
}

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- Implement Fade-Out transition effect using TransitionDrawable.reverseTransition()

Create AnimationDrawable using Java code

In previous exercises, the AnimationDrawable was created using XML. It can be created using Java code also.



Same as previous exercise, you have to copy some graphic in /res/drawable folder, refer to the post "Create frame animation with AnimationDrawable".

Modify main.xml, add a ImageView with predefined layout_width and android:layout_height.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:orientation="vertical" >

  <TextView
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="@string/hello" />
  <TextView
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Set Alpha" />
  <SeekBar
      android:id="@+id/setalpha"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:progress="255"
      android:max="255" />
  <Button
      android:id="@+id/startanimation"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Start Animation" />
  <Button
      android:id="@+id/stopanimation"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Stop Animation" />
  <ImageView
      android:id="@+id/myanimation"
      android:layout_width="114dp"
      android:layout_height="16dp"
      />
</LinearLayout>

Modify the code of the activity.

package com.exercise.AndroidAnimation;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.AnimationDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.SeekBar;

public class AndroidAnimationActivity extends Activity {
  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
    
      ImageView myAnimation = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.myanimation);

      //Create a new AnimationDrawable
      final AnimationDrawable myAnimationDrawable
       = createAnimationDrawable();

      //apply the new AnimationDrawable
      myAnimation.setImageDrawable(myAnimationDrawable);
    
      SeekBar setAnimationAlpha = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.setalpha);
      Button startAnimation = (Button)findViewById(R.id.startanimation);
      Button stopAnimation = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stopanimation);
    
      startAnimation.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if(!myAnimationDrawable.isRunning()){
     myAnimationDrawable.start();
    }
   }});
    
      stopAnimation.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if(myAnimationDrawable.isRunning()){
     myAnimationDrawable.stop();
    }
   }});
    
      setAnimationAlpha.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener(){

   @Override
   public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress,
     boolean fromUser) {
    myAnimationDrawable.setAlpha(progress);
   }

   @Override
   public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    
   }

   @Override
   public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    
   }});

  }

  private AnimationDrawable createAnimationDrawable(){
   
   AnimationDrawable newAnim = new AnimationDrawable();
   
   newAnim.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.android_1), 500);
   newAnim.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.android_2), 500);
   newAnim.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.android_3), 500);
   newAnim.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.android_4), 500);
   newAnim.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.android_5), 500);
   newAnim.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.android_6), 500);
   newAnim.addFrame(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.android_7), 500);
   newAnim.setOneShot(false);
   
   return newAnim;
  }

}

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Creaete AnimationDrawable and copy frames from another AnimationDrawable

Modify from ast exercise "Set alpha of AnimationDrawable", we are going to create a new AnimationDrawable, copy frame from the original myAnimationDrawable, and re-arrange frame order in reverse.



Modify main.xml to add a ImageView for the new animation.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:orientation="vertical" >

  <TextView
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="@string/hello" />
  <TextView
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Set Alpha" />
  <SeekBar
      android:id="@+id/setalpha"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:progress="255"
      android:max="255" />
  <Button
      android:id="@+id/startanimation"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Start Animation" />
  <Button
      android:id="@+id/stopanimation"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="Stop Animation" />
  <ImageView
      android:id="@+id/myanimation"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:src="@anim/anim_android"
      />
  <ImageView
      android:id="@+id/myanimation2"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"
      />
</LinearLayout>

Modify the Java code, implement a new method copyReversedAnim(). It return the new AnimationDrawable. Then set it the ImageDrawable of the ImageView.

package com.exercise.AndroidAnimation;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.AnimationDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class AndroidAnimationActivity extends Activity {
  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
    
      ImageView myAnimation = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.myanimation);
      ImageView myAnimation2 = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.myanimation2);
      final AnimationDrawable myAnimationDrawable
       = (AnimationDrawable)myAnimation.getDrawable();
    
      //Copy a new AnimationDrawable in reversed order
      final AnimationDrawable reversedAnimationDrawable = copyReversedAnim(myAnimationDrawable);
      //apply the new AnimationDrawable
      myAnimation2.setImageDrawable(reversedAnimationDrawable);
    
      SeekBar setAnimationAlpha = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.setalpha);
      Button startAnimation = (Button)findViewById(R.id.startanimation);
      Button stopAnimation = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stopanimation);
    
      startAnimation.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if(!reversedAnimationDrawable.isRunning()){
     myAnimationDrawable.start();
     reversedAnimationDrawable.start();
    }
   }});
    
      stopAnimation.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if(reversedAnimationDrawable.isRunning()){
     myAnimationDrawable.stop();
     reversedAnimationDrawable.stop();
    }
   }});
    
      setAnimationAlpha.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener(){

   @Override
   public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress,
     boolean fromUser) {
    myAnimationDrawable.setAlpha(progress);
    reversedAnimationDrawable.setAlpha(progress);
    
   }

   @Override
   public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    
   }

   @Override
   public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    
   }});

  }

  private AnimationDrawable copyReversedAnim(AnimationDrawable src){
   
   AnimationDrawable newAnim = new AnimationDrawable();
   
   int numberOfFrame = src.getNumberOfFrames();
   
   for(int i = 0; i < numberOfFrame; i++){
    newAnim.addFrame(
      src.getFrame(numberOfFrame - i - 1),
      src.getDuration(numberOfFrame - i - 1));
   }
   newAnim.setOneShot(false);
   
   return newAnim;
  }
}

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Set alpha of AnimationDrawable

Alpha of a AnimationDrawable can be changed using setAlpha(int alpha), Specify an alpha value for the AnimationDrawable. 0 means fully transparent, and 255 means fully opaque.



Modify from last exercise "Start and Stop frame animation with AnimationDrawable", add a SeekBar to set alpha of the animation.

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 android:orientation="vertical" >

 <TextView
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="@string/hello" />
 <TextView
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="Set Alpha" />
 <SeekBar
     android:id="@+id/setalpha"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:progress="255"
     android:max="255" />
 <Button
     android:id="@+id/startanimation"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="Start Animation" />
 <Button
     android:id="@+id/stopanimation"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="Stop Animation" />
 <ImageView
     android:id="@+id/myanimation"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:src="@anim/anim_android"
     />

</LinearLayout>

Modify the code of the actiity

package com.exercise.AndroidAnimation;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.AnimationDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.SeekBar;

public class AndroidAnimationActivity extends Activity {
 /** Called when the activity is first created. */
 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.main);
  
     ImageView myAnimation = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.myanimation);
     final AnimationDrawable myAnimationDrawable
      = (AnimationDrawable)myAnimation.getDrawable();
  
     SeekBar setAnimationAlpha = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.setalpha);
     Button startAnimation = (Button)findViewById(R.id.startanimation);
     Button stopAnimation = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stopanimation);
  
     startAnimation.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

  @Override
  public void onClick(View arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   if(!myAnimationDrawable.isRunning()){
    myAnimationDrawable.start();
   }
  }});
  
     stopAnimation.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

  @Override
  public void onClick(View arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   if(myAnimationDrawable.isRunning()){
    myAnimationDrawable.stop();
   }
  }});
  
     setAnimationAlpha.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener(){

  @Override
  public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress,
    boolean fromUser) {
   myAnimationDrawable.setAlpha(progress);
  
  }

  @Override
  public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
  }

  @Override
  public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
  }});

 }
}

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Next:
- Creaete AnimationDrawable and copy frames from another AnimationDrawable

Start and Stop frame animation with AnimationDrawable

Modify from the last exercise "Create frame animation with AnimationDrawable", add two buttons top start and stop frame animation by calling AnimationDrawable.start() and AnimationDrawable.stop()

package com.exercise.AndroidAnimation;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.AnimationDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class AndroidAnimationActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    ImageView myAnimation = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.myanimation);
    final AnimationDrawable myAnimationDrawable
     = (AnimationDrawable)myAnimation.getDrawable();

    Button startAnimation = (Button)findViewById(R.id.startanimation);
    Button stopAnimation = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stopanimation);

    startAnimation.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if(!myAnimationDrawable.isRunning()){
     myAnimationDrawable.start();
    }
   }});

    stopAnimation.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if(myAnimationDrawable.isRunning()){
     myAnimationDrawable.stop();
    }
   }});
}
}

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<TextView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/hello" />
<Button
    android:id="@+id/startanimation"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Start Animation" />
<Button
    android:id="@+id/stopanimation"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Stop Animation" />
<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/myanimation"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:src="@anim/anim_android"
    />

</LinearLayout>

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next:
- Set alpha of AnimationDrawable

Go Jailbreak your iPhone 4s and iPad 2 NOW

Chronic Dev and iPhone Dev and a bunch of other 'associated' individuals came together to knock out the a5 installment of the corona untether. The new tool is called absinthe and you can get it here:





http://www.greenpois0n.com





Enjoy!

Starting a Small Internet Business

Found this on the net today:



goop.com: Starting a Small Business



This is Gwyneth Paltrow's site which normally focuses on other subjects. Today's post includes lots of good advice from a number of Net companies on starting a small Internet business. The original story I found about this post seemed to be a skeptical about the merits of the source. However, it looks like great information to me, so I'm sharing. :)

Create frame animation with AnimationDrawable

Before we start coding for our frame animation, we have to prepare some .png graph for our frames, named android_1.png ~ android_7.png. Copy all graphs to /res/drawable folder.























Create a file /res/anim/anim_android.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:oneshot="false"
>
<item
android:drawable="@drawable/android_1"
android:duration="100"/>
<item
android:drawable="@drawable/android_2"
android:duration="100"/>
<item
android:drawable="@drawable/android_3"
android:duration="100"/>
<item
android:drawable="@drawable/android_4"
android:duration="100"/>
<item
android:drawable="@drawable/android_5"
android:duration="100"/>
<item
android:drawable="@drawable/android_6"
android:duration="100"/>
<item
android:drawable="@drawable/android_7"
android:duration="100"/>
</animation-list>

Modify main.xml, add a ImageView with android:src="@anim/anim_android".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello" />
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/myanimation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="@anim/anim_android"
/>

</LinearLayout>

Modify our activity:

package com.exercise.AndroidAnimation;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.AnimationDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class AndroidAnimationActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

ImageView myAnimation = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.myanimation);
final AnimationDrawable myAnimationDrawable
= (AnimationDrawable)myAnimation.getDrawable();

myAnimation.post(
new Runnable(){

  @Override
  public void run() {
   myAnimationDrawable.start();
  }
});
}
}

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Next:
- Start and Stop frame animation with AnimationDrawable


Related:
- Create AnimationDrawable using Java code

Big eBook News From Apple Tommorrow?

According to this Ars Technica story, Apple is gonna announce some new eBook creation tool tomorrow. And GigaOm explains why eBooks are gonna be a big deal.



If the product is indeed announced, here is why that is a big deal. Right now there are very few eBook creation tools. Apple includes an ePub format tool with its Pages word processer, but that is the only eBook specific tool that I am aware of. Right now, most eBooks are just text, very plain like a paperback book. However, formats like ePub allow you to create much more interactive books closer to HTML pages than paperbacks. Thus, a tool for making these sort of book easier to write is gonna be a big deal. The paper book and text book industries are in for be changes methinks.

English-language Wikipedia will black out for 24 hours!

The Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read the statement from the Wikimedia Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States�the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate�that, if passed, would seriously damage the free and open Internet, including Wikipedia.

Read the full details: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout

Delete Android system file data/system/batterystats.bin cannot help in battery life!

Recently, somebody said that delete the file data/system/batterystats.bin in Android system can improve the battery life!

Android Framework Engineer, Dianne Hackborn have a post in Google+, stated that This file is used to maintain, across reboots, low-level data about the kinds of operations the device and your apps are doing between battery changes. That is, it is solely used to compute the blame for battery usage shown in the "Battery Use" UI in settings...It has no impact on your battery life.

Read the full post: https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT

ListFragment

ListFragment (for API Level 11, Android 3.0, or higher) hosts a ListView object that can be bound to different data sources, typically either an array or a Cursor holding query results. Binding, screen layout, and row layout are discussed in the following sections.



Create a new /res/layout/listfragment1.xml file, it's the layout of out ListFragment.
(If the list is empty, the TextView empty will be shown.)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
         android:orientation="vertical"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="match_parent"
         android:paddingLeft="8dp"
         android:paddingRight="8dp">

     <ListView android:id="@id/android:list"
               android:layout_width="match_parent"
               android:layout_height="match_parent"
               android:layout_weight="1"
               android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"/>

     <TextView android:id="@id/android:empty"
               android:layout_width="match_parent"
               android:layout_height="match_parent"
               android:text="No data"/>
 </LinearLayout>

Create a new MyListFragment1.java class, extends com.exercise.AndroidListFragment. Override onCreate(), onCreateView() and onListItemClick() methods.

package com.exercise.AndroidListFragment;

import android.app.ListFragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MyListFragment1 extends ListFragment {
 
 String[] month ={
   "January", 
   "February", 
   "March", 
   "April",
   "May", 
   "June", 
   "July", 
   "August",
   "September", 
   "October", 
   "November", 
   "December"
 };
 
 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  ListAdapter myListAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
    getActivity(),
    android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
    month);
  setListAdapter(myListAdapter);
 }

 @Override
 public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
   Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  return inflater.inflate(R.layout.listfragment1, container, false);
 }

 @Override
 public void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  Toast.makeText(
    getActivity(), 
    getListView().getItemAtPosition(position).toString(), 
    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
}

Add another dummy Fragment.

Create a new /res/layout/fragment2.xml, the layout of the second Fragment.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
    
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/fragment2text"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello! It's Fragment2" />
</LinearLayout>

Fragment2.java, extends android.app.Fragment. Override onCreateView() method.

package com.exercise.AndroidListFragment;

import android.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

public class Fragment2 extends Fragment {

 @Override
 public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
   Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment2, container, false);
 }

}

Modify main.xml to include both Fragments

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

  <fragment
      android:name="com.exercise.AndroidListFragment.MyListFragment1"
      android:id="@+id/fragment1"
      android:layout_weight="1"
      android:layout_width="0px"
      android:layout_height="match_parent" />
  <fragment
      android:name="com.exercise.AndroidListFragment.Fragment2"
      android:id="@+id/fragment2"
      android:layout_weight="2"
      android:layout_width="0px"
      android:layout_height="match_parent" />

</LinearLayout>

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Texas Instruments first-ever OMAP 5 reference Design Demo

Texas Instruments promised us a new helping of OMAP right around a year ago, and sure enough, OMAP 5 processors will be sampling to partners as early as next week. Texas Instruments' Remi El-Ouazzane (VP of OMAP) just debuted an OMAP 5-based reference design (or "development platform," if you will) on our CES stage, a solid four years after OMAP 3 debuted on a nondescript Archos tablet. OMAP 5 brings along a pair of cores and plenty of power savings, a dual-GPU architecture and more raw horsepower than the average simpleton is used to handling in a single palm. We saw quite a bit of swiping through Android 4.0.1, and as you'd expect, everything looked decidedly snappy. 720p video at 30 frames per second is no real chore, with the platform capable of pushing 1080p material at 64 frames per second (130 frames per second without screen refresh limitations). Of course, with everything being hardware accelerated, we can't feign surprise about its future on netbooks and laptops.

Google release Android Design Site

Google are introducing Android Design for developers to learn about principles, building blocks, and patterns for creating world-class Android user interfaces. Whether you�re a UI professional or a developer playing that role, these docs show you how to make good design decisions, big and small. In the coming months, it will be expanded with more in-depth content.

- Android Design

Always Innovating OMAP4 HDMI Dongle

Always Innovating fits the Texas Instruments OMAP4 motherboard with all the needed features for a Desktop, Set-top-box and 3D home console into a USB stick sized device that connects to the HDMI port of your HDTV and gets power from USB. It has Bluetooth for Bluetooth keyboards and game controllers. Its USB can do USB host.

DialogFragment

android.app.DialogFragment, was introduced from API Level 11 (Android 3.0), displays a dialog window, floating on top of its activity's window.



- Create a new MyDialogFragment.java class extends android.app.DialogFragment.

package com.exercise.AndroidDialogFragment;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.app.DialogFragment;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class MyDialogFragment extends DialogFragment {
 
 static MyDialogFragment newInstance() {
  
  String title = "My Fragment";
  
        MyDialogFragment f = new MyDialogFragment();
        Bundle args = new Bundle();
        args.putString("title", title);
        f.setArguments(args);
        return f;
    }

 @Override
 public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  String title = getArguments().getString("title");
  Dialog myDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity())
     .setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
     .setTitle(title)
     .setPositiveButton("OK", 
       new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        
        @Override
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
         ((AndroidDialogFragmentActivity)getActivity()).okClicked();
        }
       })
     .setNegativeButton("Cancel", 
       new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        
        @Override
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
         ((AndroidDialogFragmentActivity)getActivity()).cancelClicked();
        }
       })
     .create();

  return myDialog;
 }
 
}

- Modify main.xml layout to add a button to open the dialog.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/opendialog"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Open Dialog" />

</LinearLayout>

- Main activity, AndroidDialogFragmentActivity.java

package com.exercise.AndroidDialogFragment;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class AndroidDialogFragmentActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        
        Button buttonOpenDialog = (Button)findViewById(R.id.opendialog);
        buttonOpenDialog.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    OpenDialog();
   }});
        
    }
    
    void OpenDialog(){
     MyDialogFragment myDialogFragment = MyDialogFragment.newInstance();
     myDialogFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), "myDialogFragment");
    }

 public void okClicked() {
  Toast.makeText(AndroidDialogFragmentActivity.this, 
    "OK Clicked!", 
    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }

 public void cancelClicked() {
  Toast.makeText(AndroidDialogFragmentActivity.this, 
    "Cancel Clicked!", 
    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }
}

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Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on at CES 2012

Just announced Lenovo K800: the first Intel Medfield powered smartphone.

5.1b2-3 Support

TinyUmbrella just got a small bugfix (hopefully I didn't introduce even more bugs in this old codebase). There was a nasty UI locking issue when you clicked 'Save SHSH'. I've partially fixed it. But now there's flicker in the saved shshs window. <sigh>.





Anyway. TinyUmbrella is now updated for the 5.1b2-3 betas.





Enjoy! :)

Intel Smartphone running Android Hands On - CES 2012

Event handler of VideoView - OnCompletion, OnPrepared and OnError

Refer to the old exercise "Displays video in VideoView", we can play video on VideoView easily. We can also implement our own event handlers and register with our VideoView using the methods setOnCompletionListener(), setOnPreparedListener() and setOnErrorListener().



Main code, AndroidVideoViewActivity.java

package com.exercise.AndroidVideoView;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class AndroidVideoViewActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    VideoView myVideoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoview);

    String viewSource ="rtsp://v5.cache1.c.youtube.com/CjYLENy73wIaLQklThqIVp_AsxMYESARFEIJbXYtZ29vZ2xlSARSBWluZGV4YIvJo6nmx9DvSww=/0/0/0/video.3gp";

    myVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(viewSource));
    myVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));

    myVideoView.setOnCompletionListener(myVideoViewCompletionListener);
    myVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(MyVideoViewPreparedListener);
    myVideoView.setOnErrorListener(myVideoViewErrorListener);

    myVideoView.requestFocus();
    myVideoView.start();
}

MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener myVideoViewCompletionListener
= new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener(){

  @Override
  public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer arg0) {
   Toast.makeText(AndroidVideoViewActivity.this,
     "End of Video",
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  }};
  
 MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener MyVideoViewPreparedListener
 = new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener(){

  @Override
  public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer arg0) {
   Toast.makeText(AndroidVideoViewActivity.this,
     "Media file is loaded and ready to go",
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   
  }};
  
 MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener myVideoViewErrorListener
 = new MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener(){

  @Override
  public boolean onError(MediaPlayer arg0, int arg1, int arg2) {
   Toast.makeText(AndroidVideoViewActivity.this,
     "Error!!!",
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   return true;
  }};
}

Layout, main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello"
/>
<VideoView
android:id="@+id/videoview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
/>
</LinearLayout>

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Collapse and Expand threads with Thunderbird

Here is a quick Thunderbird tip. My inbox has been annoying me lately because I can't read collapsed threads. Did you know Thunderbird has keyboard shortcuts for expanding and collopasing threads? Me neither.



To expand all threads, click the astericks key (*). To collaps all threads hit the backslash key (\).

Show Action Item with icon and text

Refer to last exercise "Show as Action Item with icon"; to show action item with icon and text, call setShowAsAction() method with MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM|MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT.

 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
  super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
  
  /*
   *  menu.add(int groupId, int itemId, int order, CharSequence title);
   */
  MenuItem menu0 = menu.add(0, 0, 0, "Action Item 0");
  {
   menu0.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
   menu0.setShowAsAction(
     MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM
     |MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);
  }
  menu.add(0, 1, 1, "Action Item 1");
  menu.add(0, 2, 2, "Action Item 2");
  menu.add(0, 3, 3, "Action Item 3");
  menu.add(0, 4, 4, "Action Item 4");
 
  return true;
 }

Related article: Create ActionBar using XML