Android Different Application Signatures

When developing and publishing Android from Eclipse you might run into this error on your device. Re-installation failed due to different application signatures. You must perform a full uninstall of the application. WARNING: This will remove the application data! Please execute ‘adb uninstall dk.spacetech.app’ in a shell. Launch canceled! The error is due to a

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Eclipse Android Unexpected Error While Launching Logcat

In Eclipse starting up the Android emulator the LogCat does not always detect it. In the console you can read the following error: Unexpected error while launching logcat. Try reselcting the device.] device not found com.android.ddmlib.AdbCommandRejectedException: device not found at com.android.ddmlib.AdHelper.setDevice(AdbHelper.java:752) at com.android.ddmlib.AdbHelper.executeRemoteCommand(AdHelper.java:373) at com.android.ddmlib.Device.executeShellCommand(Device.java:397) at com.android.ddmuilib.logcat.LogCatReceiver$1.run(LogCatReceiver.java:102) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) To solve this. Go to

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Android Change Project Build Target

If you have started the project build target on a lower API like 7 and want to change this to the API 15. Right-click the project and select “Properties”, then choice the “Android” from the menu. You can now select the target version and then select Apply or OK. If this does not work try

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Android Fill_Parent is deprecated

When in Eclipse developing Android going from different API you run into function that has been deprecated. In this case it was from API 8 with Params giving this warning: “The field ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT is deprecated” “public static final int FILL_PARENT Since: API Level 1 Special value for the height or width requested by a View.

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Android URLEncoder warning

When developing Android and going up in API level you’ll run into this warning when using URLEncoder.encode(String s). You should use the URLEncoder.encode(String s, String CharsetName) instead. The warning: “The method encode(String) from the type URLEncoder is deprecated” Set the CharsetName to “UTF-8” Info: “public static String encode (String s) Since: API Level 1 This method

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Ubuntu Problem Running Bluray .mkv Files Smooth

Depending on drivers in Linux distribution like Ubuntu, mkv files might not be running smooth. Install the nvidia/ATI drivers via system > administration > hardware drivers Install the libvdpau1 package via synaptic package manager or open a terminal and type or Code: sudo apt-get install libvdpau1 install smplayer (a nice frontend for mplayer) via synaptic or

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Linux Sound Card Error

Got an error after rebooting Linux Ubuntu, the dound card did not work after an update. Find which codec you’re using cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec or aplay -l Codec: C-Media CMI9880 CMI9880 minimal 3-jack in back min_fp 3-jack in back, 2-jack in front full 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front full_dig 6-jack in back,

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