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Contact Columns and other pieces of help info in Mono for Android

I was trying to pull some column content from the Contacts in my Mono for Android example. I was digging through and found the GetColumnName and the ColumnCount members, which were problematic to find. Anyway, I went through and created the following code: var contacts = ManagedQuery( ContactsContract...

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 01-14-2012
Mono for Android 1.x to 2.0 changes in the Menus

In case you missed it, the Android.Views.MenuConsts enum has changed to Android.Views.Menu. The Android.Views.MenuConsts enum is listed as obsolete.

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 12-06-2011
How do you get the Virtual Keyboard (aka Soft Keyboard) in the Android 4.0 Emulator?

Ok, getting the Android 4.0 emulator is not obvious. In previous versions, I had set the "Keyboard Support" to yes. I did that this time, and nothing. I played with touch support, and no luck as well. I finally had to beg to my Android contact for some help. After much discussion, he pointed...

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 12-06-2011
Mono for Android Debugging Android.OS.Debug.StartMethodTracing();

I was just digging into the Mono for Android debugging/profiling. I called the Android.OS.Debug.StartMethodTracing() method and boom, got an error. I dug into the error and found that I need the write to external storage permission in Android. Once I added that, it all worked!

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 11-29-2011
Training on MonoTouch for the iPhone and Mono for Android

I'll be in Sandusky, OH on January 9th and 10th to provide two full days on MonoTouch for the iPhone and Mono for Android . This training is open to the public. Signups can be done through SharpeAxe Training. The pricing is $999 for signups before December 1st and $1,199 December 1 and later. Info...

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 10-20-2011
My thoughts on Google - Motorola in SDTimes

My thoughts on Google - Motorola at SDTimes . Overall, I think this is positive. #monodroid

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 08-22-2011
InfoQ article on #Monotouch and Mono for Android #monodroid

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been talking with InfoQ regarding Monotouch and Mono for Android (aka Monodroid) . Here's the results of this interview, I hope you enjoy them. I talk about what I see in the community, the futures, and why you should jump in right now.

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 08-01-2011
Start an application on boot with Mono for Android #Android #monodroid

A question recently went through the Mono for Android mailing lists regarding how to automatically start an application on Android using Mono for Android. Basically, how do you load on boot with Mono for Android. I had this issue a few months ago. Thankfully, Jon Pryor helped me with it, so I thought...

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 07-28-2011
Yayyyyy Cloud, iPhone, and Android with Monotouch and Mono for Android

In my MonoTouch (iPhone) and Mono for Android code samples, I have a series of examples where I connect up to WCF/SOAP and REST web services. Its actually kinda painful to get the WCF settings right because the danged thing is so configurable. Getting everything configured right can take some time. Once...

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 07-07-2011
Geocode with Android - MonodDoid

I want to perform some geocoding with Android, and MonoDroid. The key issues are: When you get the text value of an EditText, you are not getting a string, but an IEnumerable<char>. That's an Android-ism. The Geocoder requires permission to use the internet. If the lookup fails, you recieve...

Posted to More Wally - Wallace B. McClure (Weblog) by wallym on 07-06-2011

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