#android-activity

Resolved: How do I restart an Android Activity #programming #dev #fix

How do I restart an Android Activity

How do I restart an Android Activity? I tried the following, but the activity simply quits.

public static void restartActivity(Activity act){ Intent intent=new Intent(); intent.setClass(act, act.getClass()); act.startActivity(intent); act.finish(); }

Answer [by EboMike]: How do I restart an Android Activity

I did my theme switcher like this:

Intent intent =…

Fixed How to disable orientation change in Android? #dev #it #asnwer

How to disable orientation change in Android?

I have an application that I just would like to use in portrait mode, so I have defined android:screenOrientation=”portrait” in the manifest XML. This works OK for the HTC magic phone (and prevents orientation changes on other phones as well).

But I have a problem with the HTC G1 phone as i open the hardware qwerty keyboard (not the virtual…

Fixed onActivityResult not being called in Fragment #dev #it #asnwer

onActivityResult not being called in Fragment

EDIT

The activity hosting this fragment has its onActivityResult called when the camera activity returns

My fragment starts an activity for result with the intent sent for the camera to take a picture. The picture application loads fine, takes a picture, and returns. The onActivityResulthowever is never hit. I’ve set break points but nothing is…

Fixed Using Intent in an Android application to show another activity #dev #it #asnwer

Using Intent in an Android application to show another activity

In my Android application, I have two activity classes. I have a button on the first one and I want to show the second when it is clicked, but I get an error. Here are the classes:

public class FirstActivity extends Activity { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);…

Fixed What's the best manner of implementing a social activity stream? #dev #it #asnwer

What’s the best manner of implementing a social activity stream?

I’m interested in hearing your opinions in which is the best way of implementing a social activity stream (Facebook is the most famous example). Problems/challenges involved are:

Different types of activities (posting, commenting ..)

Different types of objects (post, comment, photo ..)

1-n users involved in different roles (“User x…

How to: Android: Clear the back stack

Android: Clear the back stack

In Android I have some activities, let’s say A, B, C.

In A I use this code to open B:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, B.class); startActivity(intent);

In B I use this code to open C:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, C.class); startActivity(intent);

When the user taps a button in C I want to go back to A and clear the back stack (close both B and C). So when the…

Fixed getApplication() vs. getApplicationContext() #dev #it #asnwer

getApplication() vs. getApplicationContext()

I couldn’t find a satisfying answer to this, so here we go: what’s the deal with Activity/Service.getApplication() and Context.getApplicationContext()?

In our application, both return the same object. In an ActivityTestCase however, mocking the application will make getApplication() come back with the mock, but getApplicationContextwill still return a…

How to: Activity transition in Android

Activity transition in Android

How can I define the transition between two activities for Android 1.5 and later? I would like an activity to fade in.

Answer: Activity transition in Android

An even easy way to do it is:

Create an animation style into your styles.xml file