How to crop an Image in Android?

This is a sample program that launches the camera and crop the captured image.

Check this link to another crop image example.

http://www.coderzheaven.com/2011/03/15/crop-an-image-in-android/

Crop an Image in Android

Crop an Image in Android

Crop an Image in Android

This is the layout xml.
activity_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:layout_margin="3dp"
        android:text="@string/intro"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/capture_btn"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/capture" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/picture"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:contentDescription="@string/picture" />

</LinearLayout>

Now this is the Main Java File that implements the crop functionality.

Here we are using the “com.android.camera.action.CROP” Intent to crop the Image passing the captured Image URI to it.

package com.coderzheaven.cropimage;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class ShootAndCropActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

	final int CAMERA_CAPTURE = 1;
	final int CROP_PIC = 2;
	private Uri picUri;

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

		Button captureBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.capture_btn);
		captureBtn.setOnClickListener(this);
	}

	public void onClick(View v) {
		if (v.getId() == R.id.capture_btn) {
			try {
				// use standard intent to capture an image
				Intent captureIntent = new Intent(
						MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
				// we will handle the returned data in onActivityResult
				startActivityForResult(captureIntent, CAMERA_CAPTURE);
			} catch (ActivityNotFoundException anfe) {
				Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, "This device doesn't support the crop action!",
						Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
				toast.show();
			}
		}
	}

	protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
		if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
			if (requestCode == CAMERA_CAPTURE) {
				// get the Uri for the captured image
				picUri = data.getData();
				performCrop();
			}
			// user is returning from cropping the image
			else if (requestCode == CROP_PIC) {
				// get the returned data
				Bundle extras = data.getExtras();
				// get the cropped bitmap
				Bitmap thePic = extras.getParcelable("data");
				ImageView picView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.picture);
				picView.setImageBitmap(thePic);
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * this function does the crop operation.
	 */
	private void performCrop() {
		// take care of exceptions
		try {
			// call the standard crop action intent (the user device may not
			// support it)
			Intent cropIntent = new Intent("com.android.camera.action.CROP");
			// indicate image type and Uri
			cropIntent.setDataAndType(picUri, "image/*");
			// set crop properties
			cropIntent.putExtra("crop", "true");
			// indicate aspect of desired crop
			cropIntent.putExtra("aspectX", 2);
			cropIntent.putExtra("aspectY", 1);
			// indicate output X and Y
			cropIntent.putExtra("outputX", 256);
			cropIntent.putExtra("outputY", 256);
			// retrieve data on return
			cropIntent.putExtra("return-data", true);
			// start the activity - we handle returning in onActivityResult
			startActivityForResult(cropIntent, CROP_PIC);
		}
		// respond to users whose devices do not support the crop action
		catch (ActivityNotFoundException anfe) {
			Toast toast = Toast
					.makeText(this, "This device doesn't support the crop action!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
			toast.show();
		}
	}
}

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How to load a spinner with values from SQlite Database in android?

Here is a simple example showing how to load a database values in a spinner in android.

Spinner from SQLite

OK we will start.

This is the layout for the spinner row.
spinner_row.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation     =      "vertical"
    android:id="@+id/tv"
    android:layout_margin="10dp">   
</TextView>

This is the layout for the interface.

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="10dp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:text="Load DB values into Spinner"
         >
    </TextView>

    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spinner1"
        android:layout_below="@+id/tv"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

</LinearLayout>

Now this is the MainActivity.java file that uses the spinner and the database.

package com.coderzheaven.loadspinnerfromdb;

import   java  .util  .ArrayList;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

	SQLiteDatabase mydb;
	private   static String DBNAME = "PERSONS.db";
	private static String TABLE = "MY_TABLE";

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

		createTable();
		insertIntoTable();

		ArrayList<String> my_array = new ArrayList<String>();
		my_array = getTableValues();

		Spinner My_spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
		ArrayAdapter my_Adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this, R.layout.spinner_row,
				my_array);
		My_spinner.setAdapter(my_Adapter);
	}

	// CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS
	public void createTable() {
		try {
			mydb = openOrCreateDatabase(DBNAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);
			mydb.execSQL("CREATE TABLE IF  NOT EXISTS " + TABLE
					+ " (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, NAME TEXT, PLACE TEXT);");
			mydb.close();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Error in creating table",
					Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
		}
	}

	// THIS FUNCTION INSERTS DATA TO THE DATABASE
	public void insertIntoTable() {
		try {
			mydb = openOrCreateDatabase(DBNAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);
			mydb.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + TABLE
					+ "(NAME, PLACE) VALUES('CODERZHEAVEN','GREAT INDIA')");
			mydb.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + TABLE
					+ "(NAME, PLACE) VALUES('ANTHONY','USA')");
			mydb.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + TABLE
					+ "(NAME, PLACE) VALUES('SHUING','JAPAN')");
			mydb.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + TABLE
					+ "(NAME, PLACE) VALUES('JAMES','INDIA')");
			mydb.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + TABLE
					+ "(NAME, PLACE) VALUES('SOORYA','INDIA')");
			mydb.execSQL("INSERT INTO " + TABLE
					+ "(NAME, PLACE) VALUES('MALIK','INDIA')");
			mydb.close();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
					"Error in inserting into table", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
		}
	}

	// THIS FUNCTION SHOWS DATA FROM THE DATABASE
	public ArrayList<String> getTableValues() {

		ArrayList<String> my_array = new ArrayList<String>();
		try {
			mydb = openOrCreateDatabase(DBNAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);
			Cursor allrows = mydb.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM " + TABLE, null);
			System.out.println("COUNT : " + allrows.getCount());

			if (allrows.moveToFirst()) {
				do {

					String ID = allrows.getString(0);
					String NAME = allrows.getString(1);
					String PLACE = allrows.getString(2);
					my_array.add(NAME);

				} while (allrows.moveToNext());
			}
			allrows.close();
			mydb.close();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Error encountered.",
					Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
		}
		return my_array;
	}

}

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ActionBar with Search Option and other options in Android.

I have already shown some examples with ActionBar.
This is the example showing how to start with ActionBar in android.

1. Android removes the need of Menu button from devices with ActionBar.

2. How to start with ActionBar in Android?

3. Dynamically Adding, Removing, Toggling and Removing all ActionBar Tabs in Android – Part 2?

Now today I will show you another example in which we will put a searchbar along with other buttons in the ActionBar and Listen to the search and Listen to the button select.

This is how we do this.

Take a look at the screenshot.

ActionBar

ActionBar

ActionBar

ActionBar

First in your project “res” folder create a folder named “menu”. the create an xml inside this folder named “actions.xml”.
Now copy these to this xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/action_search"
          android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
          android:title="Action Bar Search"
          android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
          android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
    <item android:id="@+id/action_add"
          android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_add"
          android:title="Action Bar Add" />
    <item android:id="@+id/action_edit"
          android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_edit"
          android:showAsAction="always"
          android:title="Action Bar Edit" />
    <item android:id="@+id/action_share"
          android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_share"
          android:title="Action Bar Share"
          android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
</menu>

OK now we go to the java code. In your Activity file copy this code.

package com.coderzheaven.actionbarsearch;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.SearchView;
import android.widget.SearchView.OnQueryTextListener;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class ActionBarWithSearch extends Activity  implements OnQueryTextListener {
    TextView mSearchText;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        mSearchText = new TextView(this);
        mSearchText.setPadding(10, 10, 10, 10);
        mSearchText.setText("Action Bar Usage example from CoderzHeaven");
        setContentView(mSearchText);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.actions, menu);
        SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
        searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean    onOptionsItemSelected       (MenuItem item) {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Selected Item: " + item.getTitle(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        return true;
    }

    // The following callbacks are called for the SearchView.OnQueryChangeListener
    public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
        newText = newText.isEmpty() ? "" : "Query so far: " + newText;
        mSearchText.setText(newText);
        mSearchText.setTextColor(Color.GREEN);
        return true;
    }

    public boolean      onQueryTextSubmit      (String query) {
        //Toast.makeText(this, "Searching for: " + query + "...", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        mSearchText.setText("Searching for: " + query + "...");
        mSearchText.setTextColor(Color.RED);
        return true;
    }
}

Here “onQueryTextChange” function Listens to the search textbox when we type and “onQueryTextSubmit” function Listens when we hit search in the keyboard.

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How will you create a custom Notification in Android with a custom Layout?

This sample application does that.

First create an xml for your notification.

custom_notification.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/layout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:padding="10dp" >
    <ImageView android:id="@+id/image"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp" />
    <TextView android:id="@+id/title"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/image"
        style="Custom Notification Title" />
    <TextView android:id="@+id/text"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/image"
        android:layout_below="@id/title"
        style="Custom Notification Text" />
</RelativeLayout>

Now the java code.

package com.coderzheaven.customnotification;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.RemoteViews;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
	@Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        
        int icon = R.drawable.ic_launcher;
        long when = System.currentTimeMillis();
        Notification notification = new Notification(icon, "Custom Notification", when);

    	NotificationManager mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
    	
        RemoteViews contentView = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.custom_notification);
        contentView.setImageViewResource(R.id.image, R.drawable.ic_launcher);
        contentView.setTextViewText(R.id.title, "Custom notification");
        contentView.setTextViewText(R.id.text, "This is a custom layout");
        notification.contentView = contentView;
        
        Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
        PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, notificationIntent, 0);
        notification.contentIntent = contentIntent;
        
        notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_NO_CLEAR; //Do not clear the notification
        notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_LIGHTS; // LED
        notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE; //Vibration
        notification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND; // Sound
        
        mNotificationManager.notify(1, notification);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
        return true;
    }
}

Custom Notification

How to create a Scrolling Text (marquee) in android using TextView?

OK At first we will create the XML that contains a TextView.

marqueetext.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

   <TextView
    android:text="Really Long Scrolling Text Goes Here.... ..... ............ .... ...."
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:ellipsize="marquee"
    android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:id="@+id/TextView03"
    android:padding="5dip" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
   
</RelativeLayout>

Now the java code

package com.example.marqueetext;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class Marqueetext extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.marqueetext);
        
        TextView tv = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.TextView03);  
        tv.setSelected(true);  // Set focus to the textview
        
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.marqueetext, menu);
        return true;
    }
}

Note : The XMl alone will not create the marquee. For that the most important thing is to do this in java code.

 tv.setSelected(true);  // Set focus to the textview

Now run the project and see the result.

Marquee

Marquee

How to read and write files to SDCARD and application SandBox in Android – A complete example?

Here is a complete example of How to read and write files to SDCARD and application SandBox in Android.

First create a new project and inside the mainActivity paste this code.

package com.coderzheaven.filesexample;

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

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

	EditText edittext;
	Button b1, b2, b3, b4;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        
        edittext = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.ed);
        edittext.setLines(10);
        b1 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
        b2 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button2);
        b3 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button3);
        b4 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button4);
        
        b1.setOnClickListener(this);
        b2.setOnClickListener(this);
        b3.setOnClickListener(this);
        b4.setOnClickListener(this);        
        
    }
	@Override
	public void onClick(View v) {
		int id = v.getId();
		MyFile file = new MyFile(v.getContext());
		
		switch(id){
			case R.id.button1:
				if(!edittext.getText().toString().trim().equals("")){
					file.writeToSD(edittext.getText().toString());
				}else{
					Toast.makeText(v.getContext(), "Please enter some contents for the file", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				}
				break;
				
			case R.id.button2:
				edittext.setText(file.readFromSD());
				break;
			
			case R.id.button3:
				if(!edittext.getText().toString().trim().equals("")){
					file.writeToSandBox(edittext.getText().toString());
				}else{
					Toast.makeText(v.getContext(), "Please enter some contents for the file", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				}
				break;
				
			case R.id.button4:
				edittext.setText(file.readFromSandBox());
				break;
		}
		
		
		
	}

}

Now create another class named MyFile.java and copy this code into it.

package com.coderzheaven.filesexample;

import java.io. BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.util.Log;

public class MyFile {

	String TAG = "MyFile";
	Context context;
	public MyFile(Context context){
		this.context = context;
	}
	
	public Boolean writeToSD(String text){
		Boolean write_successful = false;
		 File root=null;  
	        try {  
	            // check for SDcard   
	            root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();  
	            Log.i(TAG,"path.." +root.getAbsolutePath());  
	  
	            //check sdcard permission  
	            if (root.canWrite()){  
	                File fileDir = new File(root.getAbsolutePath());  
	                fileDir.mkdirs();  
	  
	                File file= new File(fileDir, "samplefile.txt");  
	                FileWriter filewriter = new FileWriter(file);  
	                BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(filewriter);  
	                out.write(text);  
	                out.close();  
	                write_successful = true;
	            }  
	        } catch (IOException e) {  
	            Log.e("ERROR:---", "Could not write file to SDCard" + e.getMessage());  
	            write_successful = false;
	        }  
		return write_successful;
	}
	
	public String readFromSD(){
		File sdcard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
		File file = new File(sdcard,"samplefile.txt");
		StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
		try {
		    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
		    String line;
		    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
		        text.append(line);
		        text.append('\n');
		    }
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
		}
		return text.toString();
	}

	@SuppressLint("WorldReadableFiles")
	@SuppressWarnings("static-access")
	public Boolean writeToSandBox(String text){
		Boolean write_successful = false;
		try{
			FileOutputStream fOut = context.openFileOutput("samplefile.txt",
					context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
			OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(fOut); 
			osw.write(text);
			osw.flush();
			osw.close();
		}catch(Exception e){
			write_successful = false;
		}
		return write_successful;
	}
	public String readFromSandBox(){
		String str ="";
		String new_str = "";
		try{
			FileInputStream fIn = context.openFileInput("samplefile.txt");
            InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fIn);
            BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(isr);
           
			while((str=br.readLine())!=null)
            {
				new_str +=str;
				System.out.println(new_str);
            }            
		}catch(Exception e)
		{			
		}
		return new_str;
	}
}

Now the layout for the xml file.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/LinearLayout1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/ed"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
		android:lines="5" android:gravity="top|left" android:inputType="textMultiLine"
		android:scrollHorizontally="false" 
		android:minWidth="10.0dip"
		android:maxWidth="5.0dip"
        android:layout_weight="1"/>


    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Write File to SDCARD" />
    
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Read File from SDCARD" />
    
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button3"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Write File to Application SandBox" />
    
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button4"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Read File from Application SandBox" />

</LinearLayout>

Note you should give this permission in the AndroidManifest file.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

OK Done. Now run the project.

To view the files

1. To see the SDCARD
Open File explorer -> expand sdcard (or mnt/sdcard).
2. To see the Application SANDBOX
Open File explorer -> expand data/data/your_package_name/files.

Files Example

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How to download a file from a remote site in android? – Another simple example – Method -3

Hello all …….

I have shown many examples on how to download and upload files in android through this site.

These are other methods for downloadign a file in android.

1. How to Download an image in ANDROID programatically?
2. How to download a file to your android device from a remote server with a custom progressbar showing progress?

I have shown four methods to upload an image to a server.
Check these posts to refer this.

1. Uploading audio, video or image files from Android to server
2. How to Upload Multiple files in one request along with other string parameters in android?
3. ANDROID – Upload an image to a server.
4. How to upload an image from Android device to server? – Method 4

This is yet another example on how to do download a file.

So this is the java code that downloads the file.

package com.coderzheaven.pack;

import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;

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

public class DownloadFileDemo extends Activity {
	
	String dwnload_file_path = "http://coderzheaven.com/sample_folder/sample_file.png";
	String dest_file_path = "/sdcard/dwnloaded_file.png";
	Button b1;
	ProgressDialog dialog = null;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        b1 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Button01);
        b1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				
				dialog = ProgressDialog.show(DownloadFileDemo.this, "", "Downloading file...", true);
				 new Thread(new Runnable() {
			            public void run() {
			            	 downloadFile(dwnload_file_path, dest_file_path);
			            }
			          }).start();				
			}
		});
    }
    
    public void downloadFile(String url, String dest_file_path) {
    	  try {
    		  File dest_file = new File(dest_file_path);
    	      URL u = new URL(url);
    	      URLConnection conn = u.openConnection();
    	      int contentLength = conn.getContentLength();

    	      DataInputStream stream = new DataInputStream(u.openStream());

	          byte[] buffer = new byte[contentLength];
	          stream.readFully(buffer);
	          stream.close();

	          DataOutputStream fos = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(dest_file));
	          fos.write(buffer);
	          fos.flush();
	          fos.close();
	          hideProgressIndicator();
	          
    	  } catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
    		  hideProgressIndicator();
    	      return; 
    	  } catch (IOException e) {
    		  hideProgressIndicator();
    	      return; 
    	  }
    }
    
    void hideProgressIndicator(){
    	runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
		    public void run() {
		    	dialog.dismiss();
		    }
		});  
    }
}

This is the xml file that contains the button.

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="File Download Demo from Coderzheaven \n\nFile to download : http://coderzheaven.com/sample_folder/sample_file.png \n\nSaved Path : sdcard/\n"
    />
<Button 
	android:text="Download File" 
	android:id="@+id/Button01" 
	android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
	android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</Button>
</LinearLayout>

Note : Please add these two permissions in the AndroidManifest.xml

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>    
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

download file android

download file android

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How to download a file to your android device from a remote server with a custom progressbar showing progress?

Actually this is really simple.

I have already posted an example for how to download a file in this post.

How to Download an image in ANDROID programatically?

This is another one little different with a progressbar included.

Previously I have shown three other methods to upload files to a server.
Check these posts to refer this.

1. Uploading audio, video or image files from Android to server
2. How to Upload Multiple files in one request along with other string parameters in android?
3. ANDROID – Upload an image to a server.

OK We will start now.
This is the file we are going to download.

http://coderzheaven.com/sample_folder/sample_file.png

First we will create a simple layout with a button that will download a file on it’s onClick event.

This is the contents of 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:id="@+id/tv1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:text="Downloading File with ProgressBar Demo From Coderzheaven"
    />
<Button 
	android:id="@+id/b1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:text="Download File"
    android:onClick="downloadFile"
    />
</LinearLayout>

download a file to your android device from a remote server with a custom progressbar showing progress

Now we will write the java code to download the file.
Copy this code to your main java file. My file is named “DownloadFileDemo1.java”.

package com.coderzheaven.pack;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class DownloadFileDemo1 extends Activity {
	
    ProgressBar pb;
    Dialog dialog;
    int downloadedSize = 0;
    int totalSize = 0;
    TextView cur_val;
    String dwnload_file_path = "http://coderzheaven.com/sample_folder/sample_file.png";
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
      
        Button b = (Button) findViewById(R.id.b1);
        b.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				 showProgress(dwnload_file_path);
			        
			        new Thread(new Runnable() {
			            public void run() {
			            	 downloadFile();
			            }
			          }).start();
			}
		});
    }
  	    
    void downloadFile(){
    	
    	try {
    		URL url = new URL(dwnload_file_path);
    		HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

    		urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
    		urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);

    		//connect
    		urlConnection.connect();

    		//set the path where we want to save the file    		
    		File SDCardRoot = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); 
    		//create a new file, to save the downloaded file 
    		File file = new File(SDCardRoot,"downloaded_file.png");
 
    		FileOutputStream fileOutput = new FileOutputStream(file);

    		//Stream used for reading the data from the internet
    		InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();

    		//this is the total size of the file which we are downloading
    		totalSize = urlConnection.getContentLength();

    		runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
			    public void run() {
			    	pb.setMax(totalSize);
			    }			    
			});
    		
    		//create a buffer...
    		byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    		int bufferLength = 0;

    		while ( (bufferLength = inputStream.read(buffer)) > 0 ) {
    			fileOutput.write(buffer, 0, bufferLength);
    			downloadedSize += bufferLength;
    			// update the progressbar //
    			runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
    			    public void run() {
    			    	pb.setProgress(downloadedSize);
    			    	float per = ((float)downloadedSize/totalSize) * 100;
    			    	cur_val.setText("Downloaded " + downloadedSize + "KB / " + totalSize + "KB (" + (int)per + "%)" );
    			    }
    			});
    		}
    		//close the output stream when complete //
    		fileOutput.close();
    		runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
			    public void run() {
			    	// pb.dismiss(); // if you want close it..
			    }
			});    		
    	
    	} catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
    		showError("Error : MalformedURLException " + e);  		
    		e.printStackTrace();
    	} catch (final IOException e) {
    		showError("Error : IOException " + e);  		
    		e.printStackTrace();
    	}
    	catch (final Exception e) {
    		showError("Error : Please check your internet connection " + e);
    	}    	
    }
    
    void showError(final String err){
    	runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
		    public void run() {
		    	Toast.makeText(DownloadFileDemo1.this, err, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
		    }
		});
    }
    
    void showProgress(String file_path){
    	dialog = new Dialog(DownloadFileDemo1.this);
    	dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    	dialog.setContentView(R.layout.myprogressdialog);
    	dialog.setTitle("Download Progress");

    	TextView text = (TextView) dialog.findViewById(R.id.tv1);
    	text.setText("Downloading file from ... " + file_path);
    	cur_val = (TextView) dialog.findViewById(R.id.cur_pg_tv);
    	cur_val.setText("Starting download...");
    	dialog.show();
    	
    	pb = (ProgressBar)dialog.findViewById(R.id.progress_bar);
    	pb.setProgress(0);
    	pb.setProgressDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.green_progress));  
    }
}

OK now we have to make a layout for the progressdialog since it is a custom one.

create a new xml file inside res/layout folder and name it myprogressdialog.xml and copy this code into it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:id="@+id/layout_root"
              android:orientation="vertical"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent"
              android:padding="10dp"
              >
    
    <TextView 
    	android:id="@+id/tv1"
      	android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      	android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      	android:textColor="#FFF"
      	android:text="hello"
      	android:textStyle="bold"  
    />
       
    <TextView 
    	android:id="@+id/cur_pg_tv"
      	android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      	android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      	android:textColor="#0F0"
      	android:text="hello"
      	android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
      	android:textStyle="bold|italic"    />       
    <ProgressBar   
		android:id="@+id/progress_bar"  
		android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
		android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
		android:progress="0"  
		android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
		android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
		style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"  
		android:maxHeight="10dip"  
		android:minHeight="10dip"  
	/>  
	
</LinearLayout>

Now create a new file inside res/drawable folder and name it “green_progress.xml” and copy this code into it.
This xml is used for giving a green color to the progressbar.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<item android:id="@android:id/background">
    <shape>
        <corners android:radius="5dip" />
        <gradient
                android:startColor="#ff9d9e9d"
                android:centerColor="#ff5a5d5a"
                android:centerY="0.75"
                android:endColor="#ff747674"
                android:angle="270"
        />
    </shape>
</item>
<item
    android:id="@android:id/progress">
    <clip>
        <shape>
            <corners
                android:radius="5dip" />
            <gradient
                	android:startColor="@color/greenStart"
                    android:centerColor="@color/greenMid"
                    android:centerY="0.75"
                    android:endColor="@color/greenEnd"
                    android:angle="270"
            />
        </shape>
    </clip>
</item>
</layer-list>

OK now we have customized the progressbar.

This line sets the progressbar to green color.

pb.setProgressDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.green_progress));

The showProgress() method inside the java code will invoke the custom progressbar.

Now the main thing..
Dont forget to add the permissions to the manifest file.

These two are the permissions we need .


This is the AndroidManifest file for this example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.coderzheaven.pack"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
      
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".DownloadFileDemo1"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest> 

download a file to your android device from a remote server with a custom progressbar showing progress

download a file to your android device from a remote server with a custom progressbar showing progress

download a file to your android device from a remote server with a custom progressbar showing progress

The file will be downloaded to the sdcard root. Please go to the DDMS perpective and open the File Explorer and expand the SDCARD to see the downloaded file.

Check the screen shot..

download a file to your android device from a remote server with a custom progressbar showing progress

Download.

How to upload an image from Android device to server? – Method 4

Hello all….

This post is also about uploading an image to server from your android device.
Previously I have shown three other methods to upload an image to a server.
Check these posts to refer this.

1. Uploading audio, video or image files from Android to server
2. How to Upload Multiple files in one request along with other string parameters in android?
3. ANDROID – Upload an image to a server.

These are for downloading files from the server.

1. How to Download an image in ANDROID programatically?
2. How to download a file to your android device from a remote server with a custom progressbar showing progress?

Now we will see another method.

Before that I will show my sdcard contents. I have some images in my sdcard of which I am uploading one.
check this post to how to put files inside your emulator or device from eclipse.
How to add files like images inside your emulator in ANDROID?

First create a fresh project and name it “UploadImageDemo”.

Now this the layout file I am using for the main activity. (main.xml).
This contains a button which onclick will upload the file.

<?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"
    >
	<Button  
	    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
	    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
	    android:text="Upload File"
	    android:id="@+id/but"
    />
    
	<TextView  
	    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
	    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
	    android:text="@string/hello"
	    android:id="@+id/tv"
	    android:textColor="#00FF00"
	    android:textStyle="bold"
    />
 </LinearLayout>

Now the java code.
UploadImageDemo.java

package com.coderzheaven.pack;

import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class UploadImageDemo extends Activity {
   
	TextView tv;
	Button b;
	int serverResponseCode = 0;
	ProgressDialog dialog = null;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        b = (Button)findViewById(R.id.but);
        tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv);
        tv.setText("Uploading file path :- '/sdcard/android_1.png'");
        
        b.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {			
			@Override
			public void onClick(View v) {
				dialog = ProgressDialog.show(UploadImageDemo.this, "", "Uploading file...", true);
				 new Thread(new Runnable() {
					    public void run() {
					    	 runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
				    			    public void run() {
				    			    	tv.setText("uploading started.....");
				    			    }
				    			});					     
					   	 int response= uploadFile("/sdcard/android_1.png");
				         System.out.println("RES : " + response);					      
					    }
					  }).start();		 
				}
		});
    }
    
    public int uploadFile(String sourceFileUri) {
    	  String upLoadServerUri = "http://10.0.2.2/upload_test/upload_media_test.php";
    	  String fileName = sourceFileUri;

    	  HttpURLConnection conn = null;
    	  DataOutputStream dos = null;  
    	  String lineEnd = "\r\n";
    	  String twoHyphens = "--";
    	  String boundary = "*****";
    	  int bytesRead, bytesAvailable, bufferSize;
    	  byte[] buffer;
    	  int maxBufferSize = 1 * 1024 * 1024; 
    	  File sourceFile = new File(sourceFileUri); 
    	  if (!sourceFile.isFile()) {
    	   Log.e("uploadFile", "Source File Does not exist");
    	   return 0;
    	  }
	    	  try { // open a URL connection to the Servlet
	    	   FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(sourceFile);
	    	   URL url = new URL(upLoadServerUri);
	    	   conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); // Open a HTTP  connection to  the URL
	    	   conn.setDoInput(true); // Allow Inputs
	    	   conn.setDoOutput(true); // Allow Outputs
	    	   conn.setUseCaches(false); // Don't use a Cached Copy
	    	   conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
	    	   conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive");
	    	   conn.setRequestProperty("ENCTYPE", "multipart/form-data");
	    	   conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=" + boundary);
	    	   conn.setRequestProperty("uploaded_file", fileName); 
	    	   dos = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream());
	
	    	   dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd); 
	    	   dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"uploaded_file\";filename=\""+ fileName + "\"" + lineEnd);
	    	   dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
	
	    	   bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available(); // create a buffer of  maximum size
	
	    	   bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
	    	   buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
	
	    	   // read file and write it into form...
	    	   bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);  
	    	    
	    	   while (bytesRead > 0) {
	    	     dos.write(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
	    	     bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
	    	     bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
	    	     bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);	    	    
	    	    }
	
	    	   // send multipart form data necesssary after file data...
	    	   dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
	    	   dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens + lineEnd);
	
	    	   // Responses from the server (code and message)
	    	   serverResponseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
	    	   String serverResponseMessage = conn.getResponseMessage();
	    	   
	    	   Log.i("uploadFile", "HTTP Response is : " + serverResponseMessage + ": " + serverResponseCode);
	    	   if(serverResponseCode == 200){
	    		   runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
	    			    public void run() {
	    			    	tv.setText("File Upload Completed.");
	    			    	Toast.makeText(UploadImageDemo.this, "File Upload Complete.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	    			    }
	    			});	    		   
	    	   }	
	    	  
	    	   //close the streams //
	    	   fileInputStream.close();
	    	   dos.flush();
	    	   dos.close();
	    	   
	      } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {  
	    	  dialog.dismiss();  
	    	  ex.printStackTrace();
	    	  Toast.makeText(UploadImageDemo.this, "MalformedURLException", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	    	  Log.e("Upload file to server", "error: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);  
    	  } catch (Exception e) {
    		  dialog.dismiss();  
    		  e.printStackTrace();
    		  Toast.makeText(UploadImageDemo.this, "Exception : " + e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    		  Log.e("Upload file to server Exception", "Exception : " + e.getMessage(), e);  
    	  }
    	  dialog.dismiss();    	  
    	  return serverResponseCode;  
    	 } 
}

This is the manifest file.
Make sure to add the internet permission in the AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.coderzheaven.pack"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
      
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>    
    
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".UploadImageDemo"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest> 

OK Our Android part is over.

Now we will go to the server part.
I am using xampp in Windows. So my code goes to the htdocs folder inside my xampp folder.
ie. I am working on localhost, however you can replace the url with your own server name.
Inside the htdocs folder create a folder named “upload_test” and inside that create a file named “upload_media_test.php” and copy this code into it.

So the path is like this.

C:/xampp/htdocs/upload_test/upload_media_test.php.

<?php
$target_path1 = "uploads/";
/* Add the original filename to our target path.
Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */
$target_path1 = $target_path1 . basename( $_FILES['uploaded_file']['name']);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploaded_file']['tmp_name'], $target_path1)) {
    echo "The first file ".  basename( $_FILES['uploaded_file']['name']).
    " has been uploaded.";
} else{
    echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
    echo "filename: " .  basename( $_FILES['uploaded_file']['name']);
    echo "target_path: " .$target_path1;
}
?>


I am uploading the file into a folder named “uploads” which is in the same directory as the above php code.
So please create a “uploads” folder before running this code.

Also before running this code make sure that
1. Your server is running.
2. Your serverpath is correct.
3. The folder has correct write permissions.
4. You have the file to upload the file in the sdcard.
check this post to how to put files inside your emulator or device from eclipse.
How to add files like images inside your emulator in ANDROID?

OK now run the application and check the upload directory.
If the server response the ’200′, your file has been uploaded.


Please leave your valuable comments on this post.

CustomAlert without any custom Layout in android.

We can create a dialog with custom alert dialog with our xml in android.
But for making simple alerts we can make custom alerts through code itself.

Here is a simple function for this. Here I am having a Listview and an edittext with two buttons in the alertBox.

  public void addDialog(){

          String test[] = {"hello1","hello2"};

    	  AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
          builder.setCancelable(true);
          builder.setTitle("My Title");
          builder.setInverseBackgroundForced(true);
          builder.setIcon(R.drawable.android_2);
          builder.setItems(test, new OnClickListener() {
  			@Override
  			public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
  				System.out.println("onClick " + which);
  			}
  		  });
          builder.setAdapter(myadp, new OnClickListener() {
			@Override
			public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
				System.out.println("DialogInterface : " + which);
			}
		  });

          EditText ed = new EditText(this);
          builder.setView(ed);
          builder.setPositiveButton("Yes",
                  new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                      @Override
                      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
                              int which) {
                          dialog.dismiss();
                      }
                  });
          builder.setNegativeButton("No",
                  new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                      @Override
                      public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
                              int which) {
                          dialog.dismiss();
                      }
                  });
          AlertDialog alert = builder.create();
          alert.show();
    }

Please leave your valuable comments on this post.

Custom Alert

How to create gradient for button in android through java code?

In the previous post I have showed how to create gradient buttons in android using XML.

This is how we do this in java code.

 Button b = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Button01);
 b.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF00FF00, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);
 

This is another method of applying gradiant.

b.getBackground().setColorFilter(new LightingColorFilter(0xFF00FF00, 0xFFAA0000));

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How to keep your screen-on through XML in android?

Hello everyone,

Today I will give you a simple tip on how to keep your screen on While your application is running in android.
In Real devices the problem is you will loose some of the values in your variable when your device goes to sleep mode.
To prevent this what we can do is to prevent the phone from going to sleep mode.
To do this a simple thing needs to be done in your xml.

paste this in the root of your layout to keep the screen on.

android:keepScreenOn=”true”

Its really simple as that.

How to get the current progress on your SeekBar in android?

I have already shown how to use seekBar in android.
This simple snippet helps you to get the current progress in the seekbar.
It’s same code from this
post, only thing is I added the getProgress method.

package com.coderzheaven;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class SeekBarDemo extends Activity  implements SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener {
	SeekBar mSeekBar;
    TextView mProgressText;
    TextView mTrackingText;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        mSeekBar = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.seek);
        int p = mSeekBar.getProgress();
        System.out.println("Current Progress = " + p);
        mSeekBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(this);
        mProgressText = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.progress);
        mTrackingText = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tracking);
    }

    public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress, boolean fromTouch) {
        mProgressText.setText(progress + " " +
                getString(R.string.seekbar_from_touch) + "=" + fromTouch);

        System.out.println("onProgressChanged >> Current Progress = " + progress);
    }

    public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
        mTrackingText.setText(getString(R.string.seekbar_tracking_on));
    }

    public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
        mTrackingText.setText(getString(R.string.seekbar_tracking_off));
    }
}

Check the Logcat for the current progress or the TextView in which I am showing.
Take the xml from the This post

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How to Download an image in ANDROID programatically?

Hello everyone..
In one of my tutorials I have shown you how to upload an image in android..
In todays tutorial I will show you how to download an image into your phone programatically.
I am just picking up an image url from google to show the download.

Previously I have shown three other methods to upload files to a server.
Check these posts to refer this.

1. Uploading audio, video or image files from Android to server
2. How to Upload Multiple files in one request along with other string parameters in android?
3. ANDROID – Upload an image to a server.

This is the main program that downloads the file.

package pack.coderzheaven;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import org.apache.http.util.ByteArrayBuffer;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class DownloadImage extends Activity {

	private final String PATH = "/data/data/pack.coderzheaven/";
	TextView tv;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv);
        DownloadFromUrl(PATH+"dwn_img.jpg");
    }
    public void DownloadFromUrl(String fileName) {
            try {
                    URL url = new URL("http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQs0EPegqi56Alq4vCgC_lVDbZvJtk51RhER7AyDEVA3nUkzjMVK-yDHY3V-w"); //you can write here any link
                    File file = new File(fileName);

                    long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                    tv.setText("Starting download......from " + url);
                    URLConnection ucon = url.openConnection();
                    InputStream is = ucon.getInputStream();
                    BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);
                    /*
                     * Read bytes to the Buffer until there is nothing more to read(-1).
                     */
                    ByteArrayBuffer baf = new ByteArrayBuffer(50);
                    int current = 0;
                    while ((current = bis.read()) != -1) {
                            baf.append((byte) current);
                    }

                    FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
                    fos.write(baf.toByteArray());
                    fos.close();
                    tv.setText("Download Completed in" + ((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000) + " sec");
            } catch (IOException e) {
            	 tv.setText("Error: " + e);
            }
    }
}

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="pack.coderzheaven"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">

        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"></uses-permission>
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"></uses-permission>


    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".DownloadImage"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

Strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="hello">DownloadImage Demo from CoderzHeaven</string>
    <string name="app_name">DownloadImage</string>
</resources>
Download Image Demo

Download Image Demo

Download Image Demo

Download Image Demo

Applying a shape to xml in android

By adding a custom shape we can make the layout more attractive.
For this we have to create a xml file and specify this in the main layout xml file

First make a xml inside the drawable folder.

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
	<solid android:color="#F2F2F2"/>
    <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#000000" />
    <corners android:radius="5dp" />
</shape>

Then in the main file specify this shape like this. The “category” is the name of the xml specifying the shape

android:background="@drawable/category"

Now i gives you the whole xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:background="@drawable/blueprint"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent">

  <TableLayout
  	android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  	android:stretchColumns="1"
  	android:layout_weight="1"
  	android:padding="5dip"
  	android:background="@drawable/categorybackground"
 	android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
  	<TableRow>
  		<TextView android:text="App Name"
	  		android:id="@+id/textView1"
	  		android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
	  		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	  		android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

  	</TableRow>
  	<View android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  			android:background="#000000"
	  		android:layout_height="1dip"/>
  	<TableRow>
  		<TextView android:text="Icon Label"
	  		android:id="@+id/textView1"
	  		android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
	  		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	  		android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

  	</TableRow>
  	<View android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  			android:background="#000000"
	  		android:layout_height="1dip"/>
  	<TableRow>
  		<TextView android:text="Category"
	  		android:id="@+id/textView1"
	  		android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
	  		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	  		android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

  	</TableRow>
  	<View android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  			android:background="#000000"
	  		android:layout_height="1dip"/>
  	<TableRow>
  		<TextView android:text="Created By"
	  		android:id="@+id/textView1"
	  		android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
	  		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	  		android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

  	</TableRow>
  	<View android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  			android:background="#000000"
	  		android:layout_height="1dip"/>
  	<TableRow>
  		<TextView android:text="Website"
	  		android:id="@+id/textView1"
	  		android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
	  		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	  		android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

  	</TableRow>
    </TableLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

The layout look like this

How to add files like images inside your emulator in ANDROID?

In many of our android applications we need images and other files to be inside your emulator, such as images in the gallery. But unlike iPhone we cannot simply drag and drop files inside the emulator., because iPhone’s is simply a simulator. It justs creates an envoronment for testing. But ANDROID mimics the real phone. So we need to put files into the memory space inside the phone.
In this tutorial I will show you how to add files to the gallery of ANDROID emulator.
First you need to create an SD card for the emulator.
Second start the emulator with the created SD Card.

These two things are covered in this tutorial.
Third Open File Explorer from Window-> showViews and search for File-explorer.
You can see the File-explorer in the screnshot below.

See the Market portion on the right side of the window.
There are two buttons for pulling data out of the emulator and other for putting data into the emulator. Click on the “push a file on to the device”

Then you will be prompted with a dialogue(see above screenshot). choose the file from your computer and click Open. The selected file will be in your Emulator SD Card.

Now to see the file inside your emulator.
Either restart your phone or restart the emulator. If you put an image file then go to “Gallery” and you will see the pulled in file.

Crop an Image in ANDROID.

Cropping an image in ANDROID programmatically has always been a problem for ANDROID developers.
So Here I am putting a sample code to demonstrate this.
For cropping an image in ANDROID we need a source bitmap which is our image itself, the other one is the target bitmap which we have to
set the size as we want and a matrix.

Below code is a fully working code, just copy and paste this code to your new project.
The XML for the code is also provided below.

Make sure that you have an image named “image.png” in your resources.
Assuming the image to be of size 300×300 pixels.


package Move3.pack;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Matrix;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Path;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.graphics.RectF;
import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import android.widget.AbsoluteLayout;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;

@SuppressWarnings({ "deprecation", "unused" })
public class Move extends Activity {

	public FrameLayout board;
	public View part1;

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
	{
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.main);
		 board = new FrameLayout(this);
		 board = (FrameLayout)findViewById(R.id.Board);
		 part1 = new View(this);
		 part1 = findViewById(R.id.part1);
	    try{

	    	Paint paint = new Paint();
			paint.setFilterBitmap(true);
			Bitmap bitmapOrg = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.image);

	        int targetWidth  = 300;
	        int targetHeight = 300;


	        Bitmap targetBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(targetWidth, targetHeight,Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);

	        RectF rectf = new RectF(0, 0, 100, 100);

	        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(targetBitmap);
	        Path path = new Path();

	        path.addRect(rectf, Path.Direction.CW);
	        canvas.clipPath(path);

	        canvas.drawBitmap( bitmapOrg, new Rect(0, 0, bitmapOrg.getWidth(), bitmapOrg.getHeight()),
	       		 			new Rect(0, 0, targetWidth, targetHeight), paint);



	        Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
	        matrix.postScale(1f, 1f);
	        Bitmap resizedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(targetBitmap, 0, 0, 100, 100, matrix, true);

	        /*convert Bitmap to resource */
	        BitmapDrawable bd = new BitmapDrawable(resizedBitmap);

	        part1.setBackgroundDrawable(bd);

        }
    	catch(Exception e){
    		System.out.println("Error1 : " + e.getMessage() + e.toString());
      }

	}

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
	 xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
	 android:id="@+id/Board"
	 android:layout_gravity="top">

<View
		android:layout_height="100dp"
		android:layout_width="100dp"
		android:id="@+id/part1"

		>
</FrameLayout>

crop image in android Example

cropping image in android


If you got any errors please let me know.

Using GridView in ANDROID….

GridViews are those in which you can arrange elements in a two dimensional grid.
It is what you see in the gallery where images are arranged. Here images are arranged in a two dimensional grid.
Copy the below code and save it as “MyGridView.java”

package com.pack;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.GridView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
public class MyGridView extends Activity {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
GridView gv = (GridView) findViewById(R.id.gridview);
gv.setAdapter(new ImageAdapter(this));
gv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View v, int position, long id) {
Toast.makeText(MyGridView.this, "" + position, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
}

/********************************* End of MyGridView.java ****************************** **/

Now create another file named “Images.java” and copy the below code to it.

package com.pack;
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.GridView;
lass="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">import android.widget.ImageView;
public class Images extends BaseAdapter {
private Context ctxt;
public Images (Context c) {
ctxt = c;
}
public int getCount() {
return Ids.length;
}
public Object getItem(int position) {
return null;
}
public long getItemId(int pos) {
return 0;
}
public View getView(int pos, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
ImageView imgView;
if (convertView == null) {
imgView = new ImageView(mContext);
imgView.setLayoutParams(new GridView.LayoutParams(85, 85));
imgView.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.CENTER_CROP);
imgView.setPadding(8, 8, 8, 8);
} else {
imgView = (ImageView) convertView;
}
imgView.setImageResource(Ids[pos]);
return imgView;
}
private Integer[] Ids = {
R.drawable.img_2, R.drawable.img_3,
R.drawable.img_4, R.drawable.img_5,
R.drawable.img_6, R.drawable.img_7,
R.drawable.img_0, R.drawable.img_1,
R.drawable.img_2, R.drawable.img_3,
R.drawable.img_4, R.drawable.img_5,
R.drawable.img_6, R.drawable.img_7,
R.drawable.img_0, R.drawable.img_1,
R.drawable.img_2, R.drawable.img_3,
R.drawable.img_4, R.drawable.img_5,
R.drawable.img_6, R.drawable.img_7
};
}
/*********************************** End of Images.java**************************** **/

Note: Please make sure that you have images named img_0 to img_7 in your res/drawable folder.
Please leave your valuable comments if this post was useful…..

Android TableLayout

In android there are different layouts and we often confuse about which one to use. Even if we select one, it is little complicated.

So this tutorials is to show you about the TableLayout

Here i first created linear Layout in which a Table Layout is added

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01"
	android:layout_height="fill_parent"
	android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
	<TableLayout
		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:id="@+id/table"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content">
	<TableRow>
		<EditText
			 android:text=""
			 android:id="@+id/name"
			 android:layout_column="0"
			 android:hint="name"
			 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
			 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
			 android:fadingEdge="vertical|horizontal"/>
	</TableRow>
	<TableRow>
		<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
			android:text="Save"
			android:layout_column="0"
			android:id="@+id/OkButton"
			android:fadingEdge="horizontal">
		</Button>
		<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
			android:text="Cancel"
			android:layout_column="1"
			android:id="@+id/cancelButton"
			android:fadingEdge="horizontal">
		</Button>
	</TableRow>

	</TableLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Here you can see that the first row ie, the EditText length is limited to 1 column and so it is not looking good. So we can make the EditText span across two column by adding this line to EditText

android:layout_span="2"

Now we can position the TableLayout in the center of the screen by adding this to TableLayout

android:layout_gravity = "center_vertical"

Now we think of aligning this to center horizontal as

android:layout_gravity = "center_horizontal"

But this wont work. This is because of LinearLayout and here the positioning is restricted.
But their is solution “Relative Layout” and positioning is easy by using this layout.

I will cover this in my next Post

Read a plist from your resources folder in Iphone Objective C

Plist or property list are usually used for storing data in iPhone.
They are normal XML files, you can open it in a texteditor to view it’s data.
This sample code shows how to read data from the plist.
Reading a plist will return an array.You can print out the array to view the results.


     NSString *path= [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"plistName" ofType:@"plist"];
     BOOL fileExists = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:path];
     if(fileExists){
         NSMutableArray *arr = [[NSArray alloc]  initWithContentsOfFile: path];
         NSLog(@"Data from plist %@",arr);
     }else {
        NSLog(@"File Not Found");
        exit(1);  // if file not found exit the application.
    }

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How to create custom layout for your spinner in ANDROID? or Customizable spinner

This code helps you to customize the spinner in ANDROID.

For that you have to create an XML file inside your layout folder as shown below and name it spinner.xml.
You can give all properties that are available for TextView inside this which is going to be then applied for your spinner.

<xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/tv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:typeface="serif"
android:textStyle="bold|italic"
android:textColor="@drawable/yellow"
>
TextView>

Now I will show you how to add it to a spinner.

ArrayAdapter my_Adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this, R.layout.spinner,my_array);
My_spinner.setAdapter(my_Adapter);

“my_array” is an array that populates the spinner and “My_spinner” is the spinner.

Please leave your valuable comments if this post was useful…..

How to set an item selected in Spinner in ANDROID?

This code helps yoy to set an item in your combobox(spinner) in ANDROID.
Here my_spinner is the combobox which we call as spinner in ANDROID.
Declare it in your XML file and link to it by using the following code….
my_spinner= (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.my_spinner);
After that in your code set an item Listener for the spinner using the code below.

my_spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(spinnerListener);

Now you have registered the listener with the selection event.

Next are the functions that is actually triggered when we select an item in the spinner
“onNothingSelected” function is triggered when nothing is selected.

private Spinner.OnItemSelectedListener spinnerListener
= new Spinner.OnItemSelectedListener(){
@Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
int arg2, long arg3) {
/* This function is called when you select something from the spinner */
}
@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
/**This line sets the index of the spinner.
Here I have given it as position which
can be  any number with in the index range  ***/
my_spinner.setSelection(position);
}};

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Working with SQLite Database in ANDROID.

Below is a straight forward example of how to deal with SQLite database in ANDROID.
Go ahead and copy and paste the following code to your java file.
The example has one database and performs functions like insert delete and listing of values in a textView.

package com.database;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.ScrollView;
import android.widget.TableLayout;
import android.widget.TableRow;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class databaseactivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */

    private static String DBNAME = "mydb.db";
    private static String TABLE = "myTable";

    Button butAdd,butdel;
    EditText nam,mail;
    LinearLayout lay;
    TableLayout layout;
    TextView tev,tev1;
    int f=0;
    Integer ind;
   ScrollView sv;
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        tev=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv);
        tev1=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv1);
        layout=(TableLayout)findViewById(R.id.layout);
        lay = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linear);
        butAdd = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add);
        nam=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.names);
        mail=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.emails);

       SQLiteDatabase mydb;
       mydb = openOrCreateDatabase(DBNAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE,null);
       mydb.execSQL("create table if not exists "+TABLE+" (_id integer primary key autoincrement,name text not null,email text not null);");
       mydb.close();
       sv = new ScrollView(this);
       setContentView(sv);
       sv.addView(lay);

       butAdd.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
       {
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v)
      {
                  f=0;
                  addTask();
      }
      });
    }

    public void addTask()
    {
                SQLiteDatabase mydb;
                mydb = openOrCreateDatabase(DBNAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE,null);
                ContentValues newrow = new ContentValues();
                String a=nam.getText().toString();
                String b=mail.getText().toString();
                if(a.trim().length()!=0 && b.trim().length()!=0)
                {
                                newrow.put("name", nam.getText().toString());
                                newrow.put("email", mail.getText().toString());
                                mydb.insert(TABLE, null, newrow);
                }
                else
                {
                                if(f==0)
                                      Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Fields cannot be left blank",
                                                                                                               Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
                nam.setText(null);
                mail.setText(null);
                String[] result = new String[]{"_id","name","email"};
                Cursor allrows  = mydb.query(TABLE, result, null, null, null, null, null);
                Integer cindex = allrows.getColumnIndex("name");
                Integer cindex1 = allrows.getColumnIndex("email");
                Integer cindex2 = allrows.getColumnIndex("_id");
                if(allrows.moveToFirst())
                {
                layout.removeAllViews();
                do
                {
                                TableRow row= new TableRow(this);
                                final TextView tv = new TextView(this);
                                final TextView tv1 = new TextView(this);
                                final Button but=new Button(this);
                                but.setText("Delete");
                                final Button butt=new Button(this);
                                butt.setText("Edit");                                ind=Integer.parseInt(allrows.getString(cindex2)) ;
                                but.setId(ind);
                                butt.setId(ind);
                                nam.setId(ind);
                                but.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                                                public void onClick(View v)
                                                {
                                                                f=1;
                                                                int i=but.getId();
                                                                SQLiteDatabase mydb;
                                                                mydb = openOrCreateDatabase(DBNAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE,null);
                                                                mydb.delete(TABLE,"_id="+i, null);
                                                                mydb.close();
                                                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Deleted", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                                                                addTask();
                                                }
                                });


                                butt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                                                public void onClick(View v)
                                                {
                                                               butt.setText("Save");
                                                               nam.setText(tv.getText());
                                                               mail.setText(tv1.getText());
                                                               butt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                                                               public void onClick(View v)   {
                                                                             f=1;
                                                                             int j=but.getId();
                                                                             SQLiteDatabase mydb;
                                                                             mydb = openOrCreateDatabase(DBNAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE,null);
;
                                                                             ContentValues newrow1 = new ContentValues();
                                                                             String a=nam.getText().toString();
                                                                             String b=mail.getText().toString();
                                                                             if(a.trim().length()!=0&& b.trim().length()!=0)                                                                                {                                                                                                newrow1.put("name", nam.getText().toString());
                                                                                                  newrow1.put("email", mail.getText().toString());
                                                                                                  mydb.update(TABLE,newrow1, "_id="+j, null);
                                       
                                                                                                  Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Updated",
                                                                                                                            Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                                                                                                  nam.setText(null);
                                                                                                  mail.setText(null);
                                                                                                  butt.setText("Edit");
                                                                                                  addTask();
                                                                               }    else                                                                                {
                                                                                         //if(f==0)
                                                                                           Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Fields cannot be left blank",
                                                                                                                                 Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                                                                         }                                                                                mydb.close();
                                                                    }
                                                            });
                                                }
                                });
                                tv.setText(allrows.getString(cindex));
                                row.addView(tv);
                                tv1.setText(allrows.getString(cindex1));
                                row.addView(tv1);
                                row.addView(butt);
                                row.addView(but);
                                layout.addView(row);
                }while(allrows.moveToNext());
                }
                else
                {
                                layout.removeAllViews();
                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Table is empty", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
                mydb.close();
    }
}

In the XML file set up a TableLayout with android:stretchColumns=”0,1″
and other buttons also and proceed.

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How to check whether you have touched a body in Box2D iPhone?

You can check it by using the TestPoint function available for the Fixtures.

- (void)ccTouchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
	UITouch *myTouch = [touches anyObject];
	CGPoint location = [myTouch locationInView:[myTouch view]];
	location = [[CCDirector sharedDirector] convertToGL:location];
	b2Vec2 locationWorld = b2Vec2(location.x/PTM_RATIO, location.y/PTM_RATIO);
	for (b2Body *b = world->GetBodyList(); b; b = b->GetNext())
	{

		b2Fixture *f = b->GetFixtureList();
		CCSprite *sprite =(CCSprite *) b->GetUserData();

		if(sprite != NULL)
		{ //Here there should be a userData (sprite) for this to work.
			if(f -> TestPoint(locationWorld))
			{
				NSLog(@"You touched a body");
				if (sprite.tag == 3)
				{
				//do something on touching a specific body.
				}


			}
		}
	}
}

How to read and write an XML file in Adobe AIR or Flex?

AIR treats the XML files as just as normal file and so you can proceed using the FileStream classs. Please take a look at the sample code. Just copy and paste the following code to your main.MXML file and you are done.

  import flash.xml.XMLDocument;

  private function init():void
  {
   xmlTA.text = " Sample XML ";
   var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
   var prefsXML:XML =
           Sample
           XML
        ;

   var file:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("preferences.xml");
   fileStream = new FileStream();
   fileStream.open(file, FileMode.WRITE);

   var outputString:String = 'n';
   outputString += prefsXML.toXMLString();

   fileStream.writeUTFBytes(outputString);
   fileStream.close();

   /* Reading the XML File */
   file = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("preferences.xml");
   fileStream.open(file, FileMode.READ);
   prefsXML= XML(fileStream.readUTFBytes(fileStream.bytesAvailable));
   readTA.text = prefsXML;
   fileStream.close();

   /*
    The previous examples use FileStream objects opened for synchronous operation.
    You can also open files for asynchronous operations (which rely on event listener functions to respond to events).
    For example, the following code shows how to read an XML file asynchronously:
   */

   file = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("preferences.xml");
   fileStream = new FileStream();
   fileStream.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXMLData);
   fileStream.openAsync(file, FileMode.READ);

   function processXMLData(event:Event):void
   {
       prefsXML = XML(fileStream.readUTFBytes(fileStream.bytesAvailable));
       asyXML.text = prefsXML;
       fileStream.close();
   }

  }
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