IRC log for #android on 20080131

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00:31.19jastai really hope the default padding for buttons is bigger in the next SDK.
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00:38.37romainguy__jasta: why?
00:44.56jastabecause i hate it.
00:44.56jasta:)
00:45.24jastathe buttons are always long and thing looking, because the default top/bottom padding is too low.
00:45.32jastalook long and thin*
00:45.43skicsonjasta:so do your own 9 patch button
00:45.54skicsonpretty easy to do with GIMP
00:46.02jastathey look that way because they are that way, so the default should change so applications don't look so ugly.
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04:52.17jerkface03Is there anyway to draw on the Canvas of a specific view without having onDraw called first? is there a way to grab a permenant Canvas object for that view nad use it whenever you need to draw to that canvas?
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05:47.35jastajerkface03: how would that work?  what if the view disappeared?
05:48.01jerkface03Canvas would draw to nowhere
05:48.10jerkface03anyways forget about that. how about this one
05:48.20jastathat is not how the drawing mechanism works, certainly.
05:48.32jerkface03ui inputs/events are all handled by one thread, correct?
05:48.42jastayes.
05:49.37jerkface03so i don't need to synch between onDraw and onKeyDown and stuff like that?
05:50.27jastasync what?
05:52.19jerkface03synchronize
05:52.22jerkface03critical sections
05:52.28jerkface03you know what im talking about
05:52.37jastaNo, there is no need to worry about concurrency in the UI thread.
05:52.45jerkface03awesome
05:52.45jerkface03k
05:52.46jerkface03ty
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06:28.11romainguy____re
06:28.22romainguy____jerkface03: jyes you can
06:28.32romainguy____jerkface03: you can create a Canvas from a Bitmap
06:29.10jerkface03right, and then i would just dump that bitmap to a view at will?
06:29.21jerkface03and in essence that would be double buffering?
06:29.41jerkface03or do the canvas objects passed to onDraw() already have a double buffering mechanism?
06:29.41romainguy____yep
06:30.12romainguy____there's a double buffer at the surface level
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06:31.13romainguy____and the next SDK will also provide new mechanisms to cache views in bitmaps
06:32.49jerkface03not too sure i follow. the next SDK will give you the direct reference to the bitmap object assigned to the view?
06:32.56romainguyno
06:33.27romainguy____you'll see :)
06:34.30jerkface03hrm k. im just thinking of the best way to do a game loop under the android architecture. i might just end up copying the lunarlander base :X
06:36.59romainguy____jerkface03: Lunar Lander has a speed issue though
06:37.06romainguy____the background is scaled on each draw
06:39.04jerkface03aye. doesn't seem so slow to me. but i'll make sure to avoid any scaling when i strip it down and refactor it.
06:39.32jerkface03i just need some sort of a base to begin with
06:41.50jastaromainguy____: btw, i think you guys have been doing really great work so far.  i'm very pleased with how this platform is progressing.
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08:14.23*** topic/#android is Welcome to Android! As we move closer to launch, an Issue Tracker is now available: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list
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09:08.32jastahmm, 1am, time for bed.
09:10.14supermariomornin
09:11.12jastadon't encourage me ;)
09:12.27supermario:)
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11:56.34mike1ocreating a content provider is fun!
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15:59.50romainguyjasta: thanks, I appreciate
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16:21.00zhobbsI'm trying to set the textColor in a theme, but for some reason it doesn't change the colors of TextViews in the activity...
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16:34.13zhobbsI think textColor is broken
16:37.08zhobbshmm, guess it doesn't work if inheriting a theme...
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17:28.01Ledegood evening
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19:38.11davidwdamn
19:38.27davidwI wish it were possible to catch outgoing calls:-/
19:40.00Stephmwregretting that prank call to 999?
19:40.39winksavilleNot sure I want my phone tracking everything I do
19:41.28winksavilleon the other hand the your cell phone provider already is, so maybe we just get use to having Big Brother watching our ever move
19:42.54winksavillewhoops, "every move" and call and ...
19:50.36davidwStephmw, what's 999?
19:50.59Stephmwdavidw: emergency number in the UK... 911 in the US, 112 worldwide
19:51.02davidwah ok
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20:22.22frb-workgreetings and salutation
20:22.24frb-works
20:22.51frb-workI'm trying to find more info on how power management works on android, the only APIs I've found are for the location, and for setting WakeLocks
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20:38.23kristian-mStephmw isn't it 0118 999 881 999 119 7253? ;-)
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21:36.00michaelnovakjrhowdy
21:36.32zhobbshello
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21:37.34michaelnovakjrhow's it going on the challenge
21:37.57zhobbsIt's going
21:38.11zhobbshaving a hard time horizontally centering a view inside a scrollview
21:38.35dueyhttp://www.oleswanson.com/images/office/procrastination.jpg
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21:39.18zhobbsexactly
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21:39.30zhobbsjust what I'm thinking
21:39.54davidwhehehe
21:41.21zhobbsI love those
21:43.16zhobbshttp://despair.com/burnout.html
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22:53.34Luluhellllooooo
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