Android SDK cannot detect JDK

Normally I develop Android on Linux machine, and just tried to install the new version of Android SDK on my Windows 7 machine today. I download the exe version of Android SDK, installer_r10-windows.exe. And run it, it's complained by Android SDK Tools Setup that Java SE Development Kit not found. No matter how I config my Windows 7 and JDK!!!



Finally I found out the solution:
- Press Back button on the error page
- Press Next again.
- OK !!!

Get Network Info

We can get all network info by calling getAllNetworkInfo() method of ConnectivityManager object.



AndroidNetworkInfo.java

package com.exercise.AndroidNetworkInfo;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
import android.net.NetworkInfo;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

public class AndroidNetworkInfo extends ListActivity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        ConnectivityManager connectivityManager 
      = (ConnectivityManager)getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        NetworkInfo[] networkInfo
      = connectivityManager.getAllNetworkInfo();
        
        List<String> listNetworkInfo = new ArrayList<String>();
        for(int i=0; i<networkInfo.length; i++){
         listNetworkInfo.add(networkInfo[i].toString());
        }

        setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
          android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, 
          listNetworkInfo));
        getListView().setTextFilterEnabled(true);
    }
}

Modify AndroidManifest.xml to grant permission to access network state

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.exercise.AndroidNetworkInfo"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />

    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".AndroidNetworkInfo"
                  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>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
</manifest>

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Necessitas: port of Qt on Android

Necessitas is the codename for the port of Qt on the Android Operating System and of the user-friendly Qt Creator Integration with Android,

This project provides you Qt for the Android Operating System, and a first-class citizen IDE letting you manage, develop, deploy, run & debug your Qt Applications on Android Devices.

To see more, you can click here to get videos of the port, or you can test Qt on your Android Device by installing a demo from the Google Market.

What is Ministro ?

Necessitas is also the Home of Ministro, an Android application which provides a system wide downloader and installer of the LGPL Qt shared libraries. You can find Ministro on the Android Market or as direct download here.

Necessitas Home>>>

Detect phone flipping

By checking Android's build-in accelerometer sensor status, we can detect the phone flipping (face-up/face-down).

package com.exercise.AndroidDetectFlipping;

import java.util.List;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidDetectFlipping extends Activity {
 
 SensorManager sensorManager;
  Sensor accelerometerSensor;
  boolean accelerometerPresent;

  TextView face;
 
  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
    
      face = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.face);
    
      sensorManager = (SensorManager)getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
      List<Sensor> sensorList = sensorManager.getSensorList(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER);
      if(sensorList.size() > 0){
       accelerometerPresent = true;
       accelerometerSensor = sensorList.get(0);  
      }
      else{
       accelerometerPresent = false;  
       face.setText("No accelerometer present!");
      }
  }

  @Override
 protected void onResume() {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  super.onResume();
  if(accelerometerPresent){
   sensorManager.registerListener(accelerometerListener, accelerometerSensor, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);  
  }
 }

 @Override
 protected void onStop() {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  super.onStop();
  if(accelerometerPresent){
   sensorManager.unregisterListener(accelerometerListener);  
  }
 }
 
 private SensorEventListener accelerometerListener = new SensorEventListener(){

  @Override
  public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor arg0, int arg1) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   
  }

  @Override
  public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   float z_value = arg0.values[2];
   if (z_value >= 0){
    face.setText("Face UP");
   }
   else{
    face.setText("Face DOWN");
   }
  }};

}

<?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="@string/hello"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/face"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="@string/hello"
  />
</LinearLayout>

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Related articles:
- Get the list of available sensors, SensorManager.getSensorList()
- Detect Android Accelerometer sensor changed
- Detect Shaking

Data visualization of global Android device activations

Global Android Activations, Oct '08 - Jan '11

Full SDK for Android 3.0 is now available

The full SDK for Android 3.0 is now available to developers. The APIs are final, and you can now develop apps targeting this new platform and publish them to Android Market. The new API level is 11.

For an overview of the new user and developer features, see the Android 3.0 Platform Highlights.

Together with the new platform, the SDK Tools (r10) and ADT Plugin for Eclipse (10.0.0) have been updated also.

To get started developing or testing applications on Android 3.0, visit the Android Developers site for information about the Android 3.0 platform, the SDK Tools, and the ADT Plugin.

Source:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/final-android-30-platform-and-updated.html

Detect Shaking

By comparing previous and current reading of build-in accelerometer sensor, shaking of android device can be detected.



In this exercise, three SeekBar is used to adjust the sensitive of x, y, z. The changing rate are compare with the sensitive to detect shaking.

<?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="@string/hello"
    />
<SeekBar
 android:id="@+id/xsensitive"   
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"   
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"   
 android:max="100"  
 />  
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/x"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/xrate"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/xstate"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
<SeekBar
 android:id="@+id/ysensitive"   
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"   
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"   
 android:max="100"  
 />  
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/y"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/yrate"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/ystate"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
<SeekBar
 android:id="@+id/zsensitive"   
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"   
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"   
 android:max="100"  
 />  
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/z"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/zrate"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/zstate"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
</LinearLayout>

package com.exercise.AndroidDetectShaking;

import java.util.List;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidDetectShaking extends Activity {
 
 TextView text_x, text_xrate, text_xstate;
 TextView text_y, text_yrate, text_ystate;
 TextView text_z, text_zrate, text_zstate;
 SeekBar seekbar_x, seekbar_y, seekbar_z;
 
 SensorManager sensorManager;
    Sensor accelerometerSensor;
    boolean accelerometerPresent;
    
    float SensitiveX, SensitiveY, SensitiveZ;
 
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        seekbar_x = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.xsensitive);
        text_x = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.x);
        text_xrate = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.xrate);
        text_xstate = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.xstate);
        seekbar_y = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.ysensitive);
        text_y = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.y);
        text_yrate = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.yrate);
        text_ystate = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.ystate);
        seekbar_z = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.zsensitive);
        text_z = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.z);
        text_zrate = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.zrate);
        text_zstate = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.zstate);
        
        seekbar_x.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(seekbar_sensitiveOnSeekBarChangeListener);
        seekbar_y.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(seekbar_sensitiveOnSeekBarChangeListener);
        seekbar_z.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(seekbar_sensitiveOnSeekBarChangeListener);
        
        sensorManager = (SensorManager)getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
        List<Sensor> sensorList = sensorManager.getSensorList(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER);
        if(sensorList.size() > 0){
         accelerometerPresent = true;
         accelerometerSensor = sensorList.get(0);  
        }
        else{
         accelerometerPresent = false;  
        }
    }
    
    SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener seekbar_sensitiveOnSeekBarChangeListener
    = new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener(){

  @Override
  public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar arg0, int arg1, boolean arg2) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   if (arg0 == seekbar_x){
    SensitiveX = (float)arg1;
   }else if (arg0 == seekbar_y){
    SensitiveY = (float)arg1;
   }else if (arg0 == seekbar_z){
    SensitiveZ = (float)arg1;
   }
  }

  @Override
  public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  }

  @Override
  public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  }};
    
    @Override
 protected void onResume() {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  super.onResume();
  if(accelerometerPresent){
   sensorManager.registerListener(accelerometerListener, accelerometerSensor, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);  
  }
 }

 @Override
 protected void onStop() {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  super.onStop();
  if(accelerometerPresent){
   sensorManager.unregisterListener(accelerometerListener);  
  }
 }

 private SensorEventListener accelerometerListener = new SensorEventListener(){
  
  float lastx, lasty, lastz;
  long lasttime;
  boolean firsttime = true;

  @Override
  public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor arg0, int arg1) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  }

  @Override
  public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   float x_value = arg0.values[0];
   float y_value = arg0.values[1];
   float z_value = arg0.values[2];
   text_x.setText(String.valueOf(x_value));
   text_y.setText(String.valueOf(y_value));
   text_z.setText(String.valueOf(z_value));
   
   long currenttime = System.currentTimeMillis();
   if(!firsttime){
    long deltatime = currenttime - lasttime;
    float xrate = Math.abs(x_value - lastx) * 10000/deltatime;
    float yrate = Math.abs(y_value - lasty) * 10000/deltatime;
    float zrate = Math.abs(z_value - lastz) * 10000/deltatime;
    text_xrate.setText(String.valueOf(xrate));
    text_yrate.setText(String.valueOf(yrate));
    text_zrate.setText(String.valueOf(zrate));
    
    if (xrate>SensitiveX){
     text_xstate.setText("Shaking:)");
    }else{
     text_xstate.setText("");
    }
    
    if (yrate>SensitiveY){
     text_ystate.setText("Shaking:)");
    }else{
     text_ystate.setText("");
    }
    
    if (zrate>SensitiveZ){
     text_zstate.setText("Shaking:)");
    }else{
     text_zstate.setText("");
    }
   }
   lasttime = currenttime;
   lastx = x_value;
   lasty = y_value;
   lastz = z_value;
   firsttime = false;
  }
 };
}

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Detect Android Accelerometer sensor changed

package com.exercise.AndroidAccelerometer;

import java.util.List;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidAccelerometer extends Activity {

SensorManager sensorManager;
boolean accelerometerPresent;
Sensor accelerometerSensor;

TextView x, y, z;

  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
      x = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.x);
      y = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.y);
      z = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.z);
    
      sensorManager = (SensorManager)getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
      List<Sensor> sensorList = sensorManager.getSensorList(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER);
      if(sensorList.size() > 0){
       accelerometerPresent = true;
       accelerometerSensor = sensorList.get(0);
      }
      else{
       accelerometerPresent = false;
      }
  }

@Override
protected void onResume() {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 super.onResume();
 if(accelerometerPresent){
  sensorManager.registerListener(accelerometerListener, accelerometerSensor, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
 }
}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 super.onStop();
 if(accelerometerPresent){
  sensorManager.unregisterListener(accelerometerListener);
 }
}

private SensorEventListener accelerometerListener = new SensorEventListener(){

 @Override
 public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor arg0, int arg1) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 
 }

 @Override
 public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  float x_value = arg0.values[0];
  float y_value = arg0.values[1];
  float z_value = arg0.values[2];
  x.setText(String.valueOf(x_value));
  y.setText(String.valueOf(y_value));
  z.setText(String.valueOf(z_value));
 }};
}

<?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="@string/hello"
  />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/x"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/y"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/z"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>

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next:
- Detect Shaking
- Detect phone flipping

Get the list of available sensors, SensorManager.getSensorList()

The class android.hardware.SensorManager provide a method getSensorList(). Use this method to get the list of available sensors of a certain type, or use Sensor.TYPE_ALL to get all the sensors.

package com.exercise.AndroidSensorList;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

public class AndroidSensorList extends ListActivity {
   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       SensorManager sensorManager
        = (SensorManager)getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
       List<Sensor> listSensor
        = sensorManager.getSensorList(Sensor.TYPE_ALL);

       List<String> listSensorType = new ArrayList<String>();
       for(int i=0; i<listSensor.size(); i++){
        listSensorType.add(listSensor.get(i).getName());
       }
      
       setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
               android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
               listSensorType));
       getListView().setTextFilterEnabled(true);
   }
}

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Related Article:
- Detect rotation around X, Y & Z axis, using SensorManager and SensorEventListener
- Detect Android Accelerometer sensor changed

Display Gallery selected image using BitmapFactory

In last exercise "Select Image using Android build-in Gallery", we ask Android build-in Gallery app help to select image, with uri returned. In this exercise, BitmapFactory is used to load the image.



Modify main.xml to add a ImageView to display the returned image

<?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="@string/hello"
 />
<Button
 android:id="@+id/loadimage"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:text="Load Image"
 />
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/targeturi"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 />
<ImageView
 android:id="@+id/targetimage"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 />
</LinearLayout>

Modify the code to load image using BitmapFactory.

package com.exercise.AndroidSelectImage;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidSelectImage extends Activity {

TextView textTargetUri;
ImageView targetImage;

 /** Called when the activity is first created. */
 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.main);
     Button buttonLoadImage = (Button)findViewById(R.id.loadimage);
     textTargetUri = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.targeturi);
     targetImage = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.targetimage);
  
     buttonLoadImage.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

 @Override
 public void onClick(View arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
    android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
  startActivityForResult(intent, 0);
 }});
 }

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

if (resultCode == RESULT_OK){
 Uri targetUri = data.getData();
 textTargetUri.setText(targetUri.toString());
 Bitmap bitmap;
 try {
  bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(getContentResolver().openInputStream(targetUri));
  targetImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
 } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
 }
}
}
}

Remark@2012-07-14: Recently found that it cannot display large image, such as original photos from camera ~ but I don't know why no error reported!!! Refer to the update post: Scale bitmap Efficiently.

Related:
- Convert URI to real path format
- Read EXIF of JPG file

Select Image using Android build-in Gallery

If you have to select image from SD in your app, and don't want to implement a file browser by yourself; you can call the Android build-in Gallery to do so, using Intent.



Here is a example:

package com.exercise.AndroidSelectImage;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidSelectImage extends Activity {

TextView textTargetUri;

  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
      Button buttonLoadImage = (Button)findViewById(R.id.loadimage);
      textTargetUri = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.targeturi);
    
      buttonLoadImage.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

  @Override
  public void onClick(View arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
     android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
   startActivityForResult(intent, 0);
  }});
  }

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

 if (resultCode == RESULT_OK){
  Uri targetUri = data.getData();
  textTargetUri.setText(targetUri.toString());
 }
}
}

<?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="@string/hello"
  />
<Button
  android:id="@+id/loadimage"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Load Image"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/targeturi"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
</LinearLayout>

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next:
- Display Gallery selected image using BitmapFactory

related:
- Send email with Image by starting activity using Intent of ACTION_SEND
- Convert Uri return from Gallery to file path
- Convert between Uri and file path, and load Bitmap from.

Get location(Latitude and Longitude) from described address using Geocoder

The method getFromLocationName(String locationName, int maxResults) returns an array of Addresses that are known to describe the named location.

The query will block and returned values will be obtained by means of a network lookup. The results are a best guess and are not guaranteed to be meaningful or correct. It may be useful to call this method from a thread separate from your primary UI thread.

Modify the last exercise "Get list of address from location using Geocoder", the returned address of the clicked item is passed to getFromLocationName(), to get the location(Latitude and Longitude).

Suggest to test on true device. In my tests, it doesn't always work on emulator!

<?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="@string/hello"
  />
<TextView
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Location"
  android:background="#505050"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/mylatitude"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/mylongitude"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
<TextView
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Address"
  android:background="#505050"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/myaddress"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
<Spinner
  android:id="@+id/addresslist"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
<TextView
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Returned Address"
  android:background="#505050"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/returnedaddress"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/returnedlatitude"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/returnedlongitude"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
</LinearLayout>

package com.exercise.AndroidFromLocation;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.location.Address;
import android.location.Geocoder;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class AndroidFromLocation extends Activity {

double LATITUDE = 37.42233;
double LONGITUDE = -122.083;

final int maxResult =5;
String addressList[] = new String[maxResult];
private ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;

TextView myReturnedAddress, myReturnedLatitude, myReturnedLongitude;

Geocoder geocoder;

  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
      TextView myLatitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mylatitude);
      TextView myLongitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mylongitude);
      TextView myAddress = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.myaddress);
      Spinner myAddressList = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.addresslist);
      myReturnedAddress = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.returnedaddress);
      myReturnedLatitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.returnedlatitude);
      myReturnedLongitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.returnedlongitude);
    
      myLatitude.setText("Latitude: " + String.valueOf(LATITUDE));
      myLongitude.setText("Longitude: " + String.valueOf(LONGITUDE));
    
      geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.ENGLISH);

      try {
  List<Address> addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, maxResult);
 
  if(addresses != null) {
  
   for (int j=0; j<maxResult; j++){
    Address returnedAddress = addresses.get(j);
    StringBuilder strReturnedAddress = new StringBuilder();
    for(int i=0; i<returnedAddress.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++) {
     strReturnedAddress.append(returnedAddress.getAddressLine(i)).append("\n");
    }
    addressList[j] = strReturnedAddress.toString();
   }
  
   adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
     android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, addressList);
   adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.
     simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
   myAddressList.setAdapter(adapter);
  
   myAddressList.setOnItemSelectedListener(myAddressListOnItemSelectedListener);
  }
  else{
   myAddress.setText("No Address returned!");
  }
 } catch (IOException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
  myAddress.setText("Canont get Address!");
 }
  }

  Spinner.OnItemSelectedListener myAddressListOnItemSelectedListener
  = new Spinner.OnItemSelectedListener(){

 @Override
 public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int arg2,
   long arg3) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub

  myReturnedAddress.setText(addressList[arg2]);
 
  try {
   List<Address> returnedaddresses = geocoder.getFromLocationName(addressList[arg2], 1);
  
   if(returnedaddresses != null){
    myReturnedLatitude.setText(String.valueOf(returnedaddresses.get(0).getLatitude()));
          myReturnedLongitude.setText(String.valueOf(returnedaddresses.get(0).getLongitude()));
   }
  
  } catch (IOException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 @Override
 public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 
 }};
}

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Updated@20150916:
- Find addresses of given latitude and longitude using android.location.Geocoder
Example allow users to enter latitude and longitude, then find the addresses that are known to describe the area immediately surrounding the given latitude and longitude,

Get list of address from location using Geocoder

Last exercise "Get address from location using Geocoder" retrieve only one address from a specifiied location. In this exercise, a list of 5 addresses are retrieved; by submitting "5"(maxResult) in the third parameter of getFromLocation() method.



Modify main.xml to add a Spinner to show the returned address.

<?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="@string/hello"
  />
<TextView
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Location"
  android:background="#505050"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/mylatitude"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/mylongitude"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
<TextView
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Address"
  android:background="#505050"
  />
<TextView
  android:id="@+id/myaddress"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
<Spinner
  android:id="@+id/addresslist"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  />
</LinearLayout>

AndroidFromLocation.java

package com.exercise.AndroidFromLocation;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.location.Address;
import android.location.Geocoder;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidFromLocation extends Activity {

double LATITUDE = 37.42233;
double LONGITUDE = -122.083;

final int maxResult =5;
String addressList[] = new String[maxResult];
private ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;

  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
      TextView myLatitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mylatitude);
      TextView myLongitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mylongitude);
      TextView myAddress = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.myaddress);
      Spinner myAddressList = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.addresslist);
    
      myLatitude.setText("Latitude: " + String.valueOf(LATITUDE));
      myLongitude.setText("Longitude: " + String.valueOf(LONGITUDE));
    
      Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.ENGLISH);

      try {
  List<Address> addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, maxResult);
 
  if(addresses != null) {
  
   for (int j=0; j<maxResult; j++){
    Address returnedAddress = addresses.get(j);
    StringBuilder strReturnedAddress = new StringBuilder();
    for(int i=0; i<returnedAddress.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++) {
     strReturnedAddress.append(returnedAddress.getAddressLine(i)).append("\n");
    }
    addressList[j] = strReturnedAddress.toString();
   }
  
   adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
     android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, addressList);
   adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.
     simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
   myAddressList.setAdapter(adapter);
  }
  else{
   myAddress.setText("No Address returned!");
  }
 } catch (IOException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
  myAddress.setText("Canont get Address!");
 }
  }
}

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- Get location(Latitude and Longitude) from described address using Geocoder


Updated@20150916:
- Find addresses of given latitude and longitude using android.location.Geocoder
Example allow users to enter latitude and longitude, then find the addresses that are known to describe the area immediately surrounding the given latitude and longitude,

Get address from location using Geocoder

Geocoder is a class for handling geocoding and reverse geocoding. Geocoding is the process of transforming a street address or other description of a location into a (latitude, longitude) coordinate. Reverse geocoding is the process of transforming a (latitude, longitude) coordinate into a (partial) address. The amount of detail in a reverse geocoded location description may vary, for example one might contain the full street address of the closest building, while another might contain only a city name and postal code. The Geocoder class requires a backend service that is not included in the core android framework. The Geocoder query methods will return an empty list if there no backend service in the platform. Use the isPresent() method to determine whether a Geocoder implementation exists.

The getFromLocation(double latitude, double longitude, int maxResults) method returns an array of Addresses that are known to describe the area immediately surrounding the given latitude and longitude. The returned addresses will be localized for the locale provided to this class's constructor.

The returned values may be obtained by means of a network lookup. The results are a best guess and are not guaranteed to be meaningful or correct. It may be useful to call this method from a thread separate from your primary UI thread.

It's a exercise getting reversed address from a given location (LATITUDE and LONGITUDE), maxResults is set to one.

package com.exercise.AndroidFromLocation;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.location.Address;
import android.location.Geocoder;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidFromLocation extends Activity {

double LATITUDE = 37.42233;
double LONGITUDE = -122.083;

   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.main);
       TextView myLatitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mylatitude);
       TextView myLongitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mylongitude);
       TextView myAddress = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.myaddress);
      
       myLatitude.setText("Latitude: " + String.valueOf(LATITUDE));
       myLongitude.setText("Longitude: " + String.valueOf(LONGITUDE));
      
       Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.ENGLISH);

       try {
  List<Address> addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, 1);
 
  if(addresses != null) {
   Address returnedAddress = addresses.get(0);
   StringBuilder strReturnedAddress = new StringBuilder("Address:\n");
   for(int i=0; i<returnedAddress.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++) {
    strReturnedAddress.append(returnedAddress.getAddressLine(i)).append("\n");
   }
   myAddress.setText(strReturnedAddress.toString());
  }
  else{
   myAddress.setText("No Address returned!");
  }
 } catch (IOException e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
  myAddress.setText("Canont get Address!");
 }

   }
}

<?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="@string/hello"
   />
<TextView
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="Location"
   android:background="#505050"
   />
<TextView
   android:id="@+id/mylatitude"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   />
<TextView
   android:id="@+id/mylongitude"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   />
<TextView
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="Address"
   android:background="#505050"
   />
<TextView
   android:id="@+id/myaddress"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   />
</LinearLayout>

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- Get list of address from location using Geocoder

Updated@20150916:
- Find addresses of given latitude and longitude using android.location.Geocoder
Example allow users to enter latitude and longitude, then find the addresses that are known to describe the area immediately surrounding the given latitude and longitude,

Android 2.3.3 is now available for the Android SDK

Android 2.3.3 is now available for the Android SDK. This update adds new NFC capabilities for developers, such as the ability to write to tags and create peer-to-peer connections.

The new APIs enable exciting new applications, such as for ticketing, ratings, check-ins, advertising, and data exchange with other devices. For more information about Android 2.3.3, read the version notes.

more details:
- http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/android-233-platform-new-nfc.html

How to retrieve the String from EditText

The getText() method of EditText return a object of Editable, not String. In order to retrieve the text of EditText, toString() of Editable can be used.

 EditText myEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.myedittext);
 ...
 String stringEditText = myEditText.getText().toString();

Control Flash Light, function as a torch.

The method Camera.setParameters() was introduced since Android API level 5. Using this method with parameters.setFlashMode(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH), we can control the build-in flash light of Android device as a torch.



Modify main.xml to have a button to toggle torch on/off.

<?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="@string/hello"
    />
<Button
    android:id="@+id/flashcontrol"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    />
</LinearLayout>

main code

package com.exercise.AndroidFlashLight;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.hardware.Camera;
import android.hardware.Camera.Parameters;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;

public class AndroidFlashLight extends Activity {

 Camera camera = null;
 Parameters parameters;
 
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        final Button FlashLightControl = (Button)findViewById(R.id.flashcontrol);
        FlashLightControl.setText("Set FLASH_MODE_TORCH");
        
        FlashLightControl.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onClick(View arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if(camera == null){
     camera = Camera.open();
     parameters = camera.getParameters();
     parameters.setFlashMode(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH);
     camera.setParameters(parameters);
     FlashLightControl.setText("Set FLASH_MODE_OFF");
    }else{
     parameters.setFlashMode(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_OFF);
     camera.setParameters(parameters);
     camera.release();
     camera = null;
     FlashLightControl.setText("Set FLASH_MODE_TORCH");
    }
    
   }});
    }
}

Modify AndroidManifest.xml to grant permission of "android.permission.CAMERA".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.exercise.AndroidFlashLight"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".AndroidFlashLight"
                  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>
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
</manifest> 

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Get system screen brightness

Last exercise describe how to "Change system screen brightness". If you want to get the current setting of system screen brightness, you can use the code:

        try {
   curBrightnessValue=android.provider.Settings.System.getInt(
     getContentResolver(), android.provider.Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS);
  } catch (SettingNotFoundException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }

Change system screen brightness, using android.provider.Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS

Last exercise "Change Android Screen Brightness, LayoutParams.screenBrightness" for my app only. On order to change system screen brightness, we can use the code:

android.provider.Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(),
android.provider.Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS,
SysBackLightValue);



To access Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS, we have to modify AndroidManifest.xml to grant premission of "android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.exercise.AndroidScreenBrightness"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0">
  <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
      <activity android:name=".AndroidScreenBrightness"
                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>
  <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS"/>
</manifest>

main code

package com.exercise.AndroidScreenBrightness;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
import android.widget.TextView;

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

float BackLightValue = 0.5f; //dummy default value

  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
    
      SeekBar BackLightControl = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.backlightcontrol);
      final TextView BackLightSetting = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.backlightsetting);
      Button UpdateSystemSetting = (Button)findViewById(R.id.updatesystemsetting);
    
      UpdateSystemSetting.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener(){

  @Override
  public void onClick(View arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
   int SysBackLightValue = (int)(BackLightValue * 255);
  
   android.provider.Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(),
     android.provider.Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS,
     SysBackLightValue);
  
  }});
    
      BackLightControl.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener(){

  @Override
  public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar arg0, int arg1, boolean arg2) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
   BackLightValue = (float)arg1/100;
   BackLightSetting.setText(String.valueOf(BackLightValue));
  
   WindowManager.LayoutParams layoutParams = getWindow().getAttributes();
   layoutParams.screenBrightness = BackLightValue;
   getWindow().setAttributes(layoutParams);

  
  }

  @Override
  public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
  }

  @Override
  public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar arg0) {
   // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
  }});
  }
}

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="@string/hello"
  />
<TextView
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Set BackLight of the App"
  />
<SeekBar
  android:id="@+id/backlightcontrol"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:layout_margin="10px"
  android:max="100"
  android:progress="50"
  />
<TextView
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:id="@+id/backlightsetting"
  android:text="0.50"
  />
<Button
  android:id="@+id/updatesystemsetting"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="Update Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS"
  />
</LinearLayout>

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- Get system screen brightness

Change Android Screen Brightness, LayoutParams.screenBrightness

To change the backlight brightness, LayoutParams.screenBrightness can be used.

WindowManager.LayoutParams layoutParams = getWindow().getAttributes();
layoutParams.screenBrightness = BackLightValue;
getWindow().setAttributes(layoutParams);

This can be used to override the user's preferred brightness of the screen. A value of less than 0, the default, means to use the preferred screen brightness. 0 to 1 adjusts the brightness from dark to full bright.

package com.exercise.AndroidScreenBrightness;

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

public class AndroidScreenBrightness extends Activity {
 /** Called when the activity is first created. */
 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.main);
  
     SeekBar BackLightControl = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.backlightcontrol);
     final TextView BackLightSetting = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.backlightsetting);
  
     BackLightControl.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener(){

 @Override
 public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar arg0, int arg1, boolean arg2) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  float BackLightValue = (float)arg1/100;
  BackLightSetting.setText(String.valueOf(BackLightValue));

  WindowManager.LayoutParams layoutParams = getWindow().getAttributes();
  layoutParams.screenBrightness = BackLightValue;
  getWindow().setAttributes(layoutParams);


 }

 @Override
 public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub

 }

 @Override
 public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub

 }});
 }
}

main.xml, layout with a SeekBar to change backlight brightness.

<?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="@string/hello"
   />
<TextView 
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="Set BackLight of the App"
   />
<SeekBar
   android:id="@+id/backlightcontrol"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:layout_margin="10px"
   android:max="100"
   android:progress="50"
   />
<TextView 
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:id="@+id/backlightsetting"
   android:text="0.50"
   />
</LinearLayout>

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- Change system screen brightness, using android.provider.Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS

Implement SensorEventListener to monitor Android light sensor

Last exercise "Get Light Sensor of Android device", this exercise further implement a SensorEventListener to monitor light sensor changed.

package com.exercise.AndroidLightSensor;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidLightSensor extends Activity {
 
 SensorManager mySensorManager;
 Sensor myLightSensor;
 TextView textLightSensorData;
 
   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.main);
       TextView textLightSensor = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.lightsensor);
       textLightSensorData = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.lightsensordata);
      
       mySensorManager = (SensorManager)getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
       myLightSensor = mySensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT);
      
       if (myLightSensor == null){
        textLightSensor.setText("No Light Sensor!");
       }else{
        textLightSensor.setText(myLightSensor.getName());
        
        mySensorManager.registerListener(lightSensorEventListener,
          myLightSensor,
          SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
       }
   }
  
   SensorEventListener lightSensorEventListener
    = new SensorEventListener(){

   @Override
   public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor arg0, int arg1) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    
   }

   @Override
   public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if(arg0.sensor.getType()==Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT){
     textLightSensorData.setText("Light Sensor Date:"
       + String.valueOf(arg0.values[0]));
    }
   }};
}

<?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="@string/hello"
   />
<TextView 
   android:id="@+id/lightsensor"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   />
<TextView 
   android:id="@+id/lightsensordata"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   />
</LinearLayout>

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