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[Q] My App use API of Google Maps but the map is slow

Hello Boys,
I am a new Android developer and I'm developing an app with the API of Google Maps.
Into an area of the map I place many markers.
The application works correctly, but the map scroolling and the map zoom isn't quick, everything goes slow.
The marker that I have included in the map is in the "png" format image, and his weighs is approximately 600 bytes.
it is possible that many marker object cause low map scrool?
this is the code of my APP:
Code:
plublic class IDC extends MapActivity {
private LocationManager locationManager;
private LocationListener locationListener;
private MapController mc;
private MapView mapView;
private String myPosition;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
String errore="";
myPosition="";
try{
mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview);
mc = mapView.getController();
locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
locationListener = new GPSLocationListener();
//getMyLocation();
MyDBHelper myDB = new MyDBHelper(IDS.this);
Cursor cursor= myDB.query(new String[] { "x", "y", "y2", "w", "k", "latitude", "longitude"});
//Log.i("NOMI", "TOT. NOMI"+cursor.getCount());
List<Overlay> mapOverlays = mapView.getOverlays();
Drawable drawable = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.mm_20_blue);
MyItemizedOverlay itemizedoverlay = new MyItemizedOverlay(drawable,IDS.this);
List<Address> address = new ArrayList<Address>();
Log.i("TOT TUPLE", " = "+cursor.getCount());
while(cursor.moveToNext()){
String s= cursor.getString(0);
errore=s;
String nome[]=s.split("-");
// Log.i("Pos Colonna NOME", ""+cursor.getColumnIndex("nome"));
// Log.i("Pos. in Colonna", ""+cursor.getString(0));
//address.addAll(gc.getFromLocationName(nome[1], 1));
//Address a= address.get(address.size()-1);
String la=cursor.getString(5);
String lo=cursor.getString(6);
double latitude= Double.parseDouble(la);
double longitude= Double.parseDouble(lo);
int lan= (int)(latitude*1E6);
int lon= (int)(longitude*1E6);
GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint(lan, lon);
String tel1=cursor.getString(1);
String tel2=cursor.getString(2);
String mail=cursor.getString(4);
String web=cursor.getString(3);
String info[]= {tel1,tel2,nome[1],web,mail};
MyOverlayItem overlayitem = new MyOverlayItem(point, "Hello", nome[0], info);
//mc.animateTo(point);
itemizedoverlay.addOverlay(overlayitem);
mapOverlays.add(itemizedoverlay);
}
mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
mc.setZoom(6);
}catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Code:
public class MyItemizedOverlay extends ItemizedOverlay {
private ArrayList<OverlayItem> mOverlays = new ArrayList<OverlayItem>();
private Context mContext;
private CustomizeDialog customizeDialog;
public MyItemizedOverlay(Drawable defaultMarker) {
super(boundCenterBottom(defaultMarker));
}
public MyItemizedOverlay(Drawable defaultMarker, Context context) {
super(boundCenterBottom(defaultMarker));
mContext = context;
}
protected boolean onTap(int index)
MyOverlayItem item = (MyOverlayItem) mOverlays.get(index);
customizeDialog = new CustomizeDialog(mContext);
customizeDialog.setPersonalText(item.getSnippet());
String []info= item.getInfo();
customizeDialog.setT1(info[0]);
customizeDialog.setT2(info[1]);
customizeDialog.setA(info[2]);
customizeDialog.setW(info[3]);
customizeDialog.setM(info[4]);
customizeDialog.show();
return true;
}
protected OverlayItem createItem(int i) {
return mOverlays.get(i);
}
public int size() {
return mOverlays.size();
}
public void addOverlay(OverlayItem overlay) {
mOverlays.add(overlay);
populate();
}
}
what is the problem??....PLEASE, HELP ME!!

[Q] No idea how to load onChildClick in my ExpandableListView.

I have an expandable list view with 2 parents and 3 children. I want to open a dialog based on each click. I can't find any examples showing you how to call something based on positions. At least not with the ExpandableListView tutorial I followed.
Code:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
private LinkedHashMap<String, HeaderInfo> myDepartments = new LinkedHashMap<String, HeaderInfo>();
private ArrayList<HeaderInfo> deptList = new ArrayList<HeaderInfo>();
private MyListAdapter listAdapter;
private ExpandableListView myList;
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Just add some data to start with
loadData();
// get reference to the ExpandableListView
myList = (ExpandableListView) findViewById(R.id.myList);
// create the adapter by passing your ArrayList data
listAdapter = new MyListAdapter(MainActivity.this, deptList);
// attach the adapter to the list
myList.setAdapter(listAdapter);
// listener for child row click
myList.setOnChildClickListener(myListItemClicked);
// listener for group heading click
myList.setOnGroupClickListener(myListGroupClicked);
}
// load some initial data into out list
private void loadData() {
addProduct("Parent One", "Child One");
addProduct("Parent One", "Child Two");
addProduct("Parent One", "Child Three");
addProduct("Parent Two", "Child One");
addProduct("Parent Two", "Child Two");
addProduct("Parent Two", "Child Three");
}
// our child listener
private OnChildClickListener myListItemClicked = new OnChildClickListener() {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public boolean onChildClick(ExpandableListView parent, View v,
int groupPosition, int childPosition, long id) {
// Create a switch that switches on the specific child position.
// get the group header
HeaderInfo headerInfo = deptList.get(groupPosition);
// get the child info
DetailInfo detailInfo = headerInfo.getProductList().get(
childPosition);
// display it or do something with it
// custom dialog
final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(MainActivity.this);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.cdialog);
// dialog.setTitle(R.id.titlebar);
dialog.setTitle(R.string.titlebar);
dialog.show();
return false;
}
};
// our group listener
private OnGroupClickListener myListGroupClicked = new OnGroupClickListener() {
public boolean onGroupClick(ExpandableListView parent, View v,
int groupPosition, long id) {
// get the group header HeaderInfo headerInfo =
deptList.get(groupPosition);
// display it or do something with it
return false;
}
};
I can get a custom dialog open if I click a child, but it's not set to any specific parent and child.
Any ideas?
EDIT ADD: Got it. Tried a switch/case like this and it worked. Finally! After two days of trying to understand it.:fingers-crossed:
Code:
switch(groupPosition) {
case 1:
switch (childPosition) {
case 0:
Intent protheanIntent = new Intent(Codex.this, CodexProthean.class);
Codex.this.startActivity(protheanIntent);
break;
case 1:
Intent rachniIntent = new Intent(Codex.this, CodexRachni.class);
Codex.this.startActivity(rachniIntent);
break;
}
case 2:
switch (childPosition) {
case 2:
Intent asariIntent = new Intent(Codex.this, CodexAsari.class);
Codex.this.startActivity(asariIntent);
break;
}
}

[Q] How do I display text from a messgae into a toast?

Hi all skilled developers,
I am a newbie in coding, and I just want to make some small changes to my app.
It is a licensing feature.
1) Licensee information are stored at a very simple website. With columns for Names, IMEI and Remarks.
2) I have the following chunk of code:
Code:
if(hadLicense) {
new AlertDialog.Builder(InsuranceGuruSplash.this)
.setTitle("License")
.setMessage("Your device is registered.\nWelcome.")
.setPositiveButton("Send", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener()
Intent intent = new Intent(InsuranceGuruSplash.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
I want to show a toast saying,
Welcome, Shawn. Your device is registered till DD/MM/YY.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can someone teach me how I can go about doing this?:silly:

You can show a toast using:
Code:
Toast.makeText(context, text, duration).show();
Just make the text String first with the text and time. For duration use Toast.LENGTH_SHORT

SimplicityApks,
Thanks for your reply. I still don't really know what you mean. how do I echo a text from a website into the app's toast?
This is the full code:
Code:
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
String url_for_sale = "www(dot)heyfellas(dot)com/guru/index.php";
parseLicense(url_for_sale);
return null;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
TelephonyManager mngr = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
final String imei = mngr.getDeviceId();
boolean hadLicense = false;
for(LicenseInfo license: licenses) {
if(license.phoneIMEI.equals(imei))
hadLicense = true;
}
if(hadLicense) {
Intent intent = new Intent(InsuranceGuruSplash.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
} else {
new AlertDialog.Builder(InsuranceGuruSplash.this)
.setTitle("License")
.setMessage("Your device is not registered.\nPlease send your details to the admin.")
.setPositiveButton("Send", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
finish();
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
i.setType("message/rfc822");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL , new String[]{"[email protected]"});
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Request for license");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT , "UserName: \n\nPhone Number: \n\nEmail: \n\nIMEI: " + imei);
try {
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Send mail..."));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(PropertyGuruSplash.this, "There are no email clients installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
})
.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
finish();
}
})
.create().show();
}
}
}

You need
[java]
String name = ...;
String date = ....;
Toast.makeToast(Activity.this, name + ", you have registered since "+date, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();[/java]

I suppose, you are strong at server side than in client programming? Then echo the result in your desired format in your php and read it in java then display it in toast. Use the below snippet:
Code:
HttpClient httpclient=new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost=new HttpPost("http://www(dot)heyfellas(dot)com/guru/index.php");
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
String Result = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
Toast.makeText(Context, Result, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

How do I implement a onscroll Listener to my listview?

I have a large data to load from JSON.
I have implemented a custom list view by following a tutorial, now since the data is huge I want it load as the user scrolls.
This is my LoadRestaurant class code which is inside the main activity.
Code:
class LoadRestaurants extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
//Show Progress Dialog
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
pDialog = new ProgressDialog(SearchAll.this);
pDialog.setMessage("Loading All Restaurants...");
pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
pDialog.setCancelable(false);
pDialog.show();
}
protected String doInBackground(String... arg) {
//building parameters
List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
//Getting JSON from URL
String json = jsonParser.makeHttpRequest(URL_RESTAURANT_LIST, "GET", params);
//Log Cat Response Check
Log.d("Areas JSON: ", "> " + json);
try {
restaurants = new JSONArray(json);
if (restaurants != null) {
//loop through all restaurants
for (int i = 0; i < restaurants.length(); i++) {
JSONObject c = restaurants.getJSONObject(i);
//Storing each json object in the variable.
String id = c.getString(TAG_ID);
String name = c.getString(TAG_NAME);
String location = c.getString(TAG_LOCATION);
String rating = c.getString(TAG_RATING);
//Creating New Hashmap
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
//adding each child node to Hashmap key
map.put(TAG_ID, id);
map.put(TAG_NAME, name);
map.put(TAG_LOCATION, location);
map.put(TAG_RATING, rating);
//adding HashList to ArrayList
restaurant_list.add(map);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
//dismiss the dialog
pDialog.dismiss();
//Updating UI from the Background Thread
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(
SearchAll.this, restaurant_list,
R.layout.listview_restaurants, new String[]{
TAG_ID, TAG_NAME, TAG_LOCATION, TAG_RATING}, new int[]{
R.id.login_id, R.id.restaurant_name, R.id.address, R.id.rating});
setListAdapter(adapter);
ListView lv = getListView();
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
// Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
Intent intent = new Intent(SearchAll.this, RestaurantProfile.class);
String loginId = ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.login_id)).getText().toString();
intent.putExtra("login_id", loginId);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
});
}
}
}
I want to load around 20 restaurants and then it auto loads another 20 as soon as user reaches the end of first 20.
There are lots of tutorials online but its confusing to implement.
Please help me out!

The custom ListView, support for automatic loading you can try https://github.com/chrisbanes/Android-PullToRefresh

BLE Application (Display data from characteristic in a textView)

I used the BluetoothLeGatt example code to write an app that automatically connects to a bonded BLE peripheral upon launching the app. Now i am trying to display the data from one of the peripheral's characteristic in a textView. The BluetoothLeGatt example code only demonstrates this using ExpandableListView.OnChildClickListener, my app should require no user input and simply get he data from the characteristic. This is what i have so far:
Code:
private TextView mConnectionState;
private TextView mDataField;
private String mDeviceName;
private String mDeviceAddress;
private ExpandableListView mGattServicesList;
private BluetoothLeService mBluetoothLeService;
private boolean mConnected = false;
private BluetoothGattCharacteristic mNotifyCharacteristic;
private final String LIST_NAME = "NAME";
private final String LIST_UUID = "UUID";
// Code to manage Service lifecycle.
private final ServiceConnection mServiceConnection = new ServiceConnection() {
@Override
public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName componentName, IBinder service) {
mBluetoothLeService = ((BluetoothLeService.LocalBinder) service).getService();
if (!mBluetoothLeService.initialize()) {
Log.e(TAG, "Unable to initialize Bluetooth");
finish();
}
// Automatically connects to the device upon successful start-up initialization.
mBluetoothLeService.connect(mDeviceAddress);
}
@Override
public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName componentName) {
mBluetoothLeService = null;
}
};
// Handles various events fired by the Service.
// ACTION_GATT_CONNECTED: connected to a GATT server.
// ACTION_GATT_DISCONNECTED: disconnected from a GATT server.
// ACTION_GATT_SERVICES_DISCOVERED: discovered GATT services.
// ACTION_DATA_AVAILABLE: received data from the device. This can be a result of read
// or notification operations.
private final BroadcastReceiver mGattUpdateReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
final String action = intent.getAction();
if (BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_CONNECTED.equals(action)) {
mConnected = true;
updateConnectionState(R.string.connected);
mConnectionState.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#FF17AA00"));
invalidateOptionsMenu();
} else if (BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_DISCONNECTED.equals(action)) {
mConnected = false;
updateConnectionState(R.string.disconnected);
invalidateOptionsMenu();
clearUI();
} else if (BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_SERVICES_DISCOVERED.equals(action)) {
*edit*
UUID chara = UUID.fromString("c97433f0-be8f-4dc8-b6f0-5343e6100eb4");
List<BluetoothGattService> servs = mBluetoothLeService.getSupportedGattServices();
for (int i = 0; servs.size() > i; i++) {
List<BluetoothGattCharacteristic> charac = servs.get(i).getCharacteristics();
for (int j = 0; charac.size() > i; i++) {
BluetoothGattCharacteristic ch = charac.get(i);
if (ch.getUuid() == chara) {
mBluetoothLeService.readCharacteristic(ch);
mBluetoothLeService.setCharacteristicNotification(ch, true);
}
}
}
} else if (BluetoothLeService.ACTION_DATA_AVAILABLE.equals(action)) {
displayData(intent.getStringExtra(BluetoothLeService.EXTRA_DATA));
}
}
};
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_device_control);
final Intent intent = getIntent();
mDeviceName = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRAS_DEVICE_NAME);
mDeviceAddress = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRAS_DEVICE_ADDRESS);
mConnectionState = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.connection_state);
mDataField = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.data);
Intent gattServiceIntent = new Intent(this, BluetoothLeService.class);
bindService(gattServiceIntent, mServiceConnection, BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
}
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
registerReceiver(mGattUpdateReceiver, makeGattUpdateIntentFilter());
if (mBluetoothLeService != null) {
final boolean result = mBluetoothLeService.connect(mDeviceAddress);
Log.d(TAG, "Connect request result=" + result);
}
}
@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
unregisterReceiver(mGattUpdateReceiver);
}
@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
unbindService(mServiceConnection);
mBluetoothLeService = null;
}
private void updateConnectionState(final int resourceId) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
mConnectionState.setText(resourceId);
}
});
}
private void displayData(String data) {
if (data != null) {
mDataField.setText(data);
}
}
private void clearUI() {
mGattServicesList.setAdapter((SimpleExpandableListAdapter) null);
mDataField.setText(R.string.no_data);
}
private static IntentFilter makeGattUpdateIntentFilter() {
final IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter();
intentFilter.addAction(BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_CONNECTED);
intentFilter.addAction(BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_DISCONNECTED);
intentFilter.addAction(BluetoothLeService.ACTION_GATT_SERVICES_DISCOVERED);
intentFilter.addAction(BluetoothLeService.ACTION_DATA_AVAILABLE);
return intentFilter;
}
I've successfully connected to an already bonded device, but now im trying to get the data from a characteristic using its uuid and display it in a textView. The BluetoothLeGatt example shows how a characteristic is selected by a user using an expandable list view onclick listener displaying the supported characteristics. I want to bypass all that and just get the data from the characteristic with the known uuid.
-EDIT-
figured it out