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How to delay, offset Pulsator4Droid animation in android?

I am using Pulsator4Droid library for putting multiple pulsators on a single layout. Everything works fine but I need to modify it.
The problem is I want them to execute one after the other. Stopping one and then executing the next.
But I don't know which property I should manipulate to achieve this. How do I delay or offset their time?
LAYOUT FILE:
<pl.bclogic.pulsator4droid.library.PulsatorLayout
android:id="#+id/pulsator_1"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="144dp"
android:layout_marginTop="176dp"
app:pulse_count="5"
app:pulse_duration="3000"
app:pulse_repeat="0"
app:pulse_color="#FF8F00"
app:pulse_startFromScratch="false"
app:pulse_interpolator="Decelerate">
</pl.bclogic.pulsator4droid.library.PulsatorLayout>
<pl.bclogic.pulsator4droid.library.PulsatorLayout
android:id="#+id/pulsator_2"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_marginTop="232dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
app:pulse_count="5"
app:pulse_duration="3000"
app:pulse_repeat="0"
app:pulse_color="#FF8F00"
app:pulse_startFromScratch="false"
app:pulse_interpolator="Decelerate">
</pl.bclogic.pulsator4droid.library.PulsatorLayout>
If anyone knows the answer. Please help:(

Algolia Android initial search is really slow

I recently implemented Algolia on my app successfully just like the examples.
But the initial search takes about 5 to 7 seconds and I couldn't find a way to make it faster after checking the whole library code and documentation. After the initial search, search becomes very fast.
There is nothing unusual in my implementation but maybe you can see something that I don't. The following code is from the activity where I initialize Algolia:
Searcher searcher = new Searcher(ALGOLIA_APP_ID, ALGOLIA_SEARCH_API_KEY, ALGOLIA_INDEX_NAME);
searcher.setQuery(new Query("word").setExactOnSingleWordQuery(Query.ExactOnSingleWordQuery.ATTRIBUTE));
searcher.addNumericRefinement(new NumericRefinement("CountryId", NumericRefinement.OPERATOR_EQ, 1));
InstantSearch helper = new InstantSearch(this, searcher);
helper.setSearchOnEmptyString(false);
helper.search();
And this is the related xml layout:
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingBottom="6dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="1dp"
android:paddingTop="6dp">
<com.algolia.instantsearch.ui.views.SearchBox
android:id="#+id/searchBox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:queryHint="#string/search_text_hint"
algolia:searchIcon="#drawable/icn_search_big"
algolia:closeIcon="#drawable/icn_clear_filled_big"
android:queryBackground="#drawable/sarch_query_shape"
android:background="#drawable/search_shape"
algolia:autofocus="true"
algolia:submitButtonEnabled="false" />
</FrameLayout>`
<com.algolia.instantsearch.ui.views.Hits
android:id="#+id/hits"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
algolia:autoHideKeyboard="true"
algolia:hitsPerPage="6"
android:layout_below="#+id/searchBarParentLayout"
algolia:infiniteScroll="false"
algolia:itemLayout="#layout/search_item_algolia_row"/>
Do you have any idea what can be the issue here?

I'm glad that the issue disappeared when you switched to another wifi.
For future readers that may encounter network issues with InstantSearch Android:
First of all, build and run one of our demo applications
If you see no problem running the example application, you can try using a proxy like Charles to investigate what's happening between your app and the network
If your problem persists when running the examples, or if you are following the documentation, send an email to support#algolia.com describing the issue with a sample of your code!

Phone number formatting in EditText

I have been trying to get
XML File
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/phoneEditText"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:padding="16dp"
android:inputType="phone"/>
Java
etContact = (EditText)findViewById( R.id.phoneEditText );
etContact.addTextChangedListener(new PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher() );
To successfully format the number entered by the user but it fails to perform the formatting on my Nexus 5 test device, while on lower API levels it does work. I am not sure if this has been changed of phased out since KitKat but it refuses to work now. Is there a work around or additional calls to enable this to work on KitKat?

MigLayout for design android Forms

I am on a project. My instructor has told me to use MigLayout to design the forms in android. I am finding it difficult to find proper examples and while Using Eclipse for development its showing errors that android perfix is required to use the attributes.
please help me with some examples..
code that i pasted from the source site,mig4android.
<com.saynomoo.mig4android.MigLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
layout_constraints="wrap 4, debug 1"
column_constraints="[]15[75px]25[min]25[]"
row_constraints="[]15"
>
<TextView android:text="label1" component_constraints="skip"/>
<TextView android:text="label2" />
<TextView android:text="label3" component_constraints="wrap"/>
<TextView android:text="label4" />
<TextView android:text="label5" component_constraints="wmin 30"/>
<TextView android:text="label6" component_constraints="wmin 30"/>
<TextView android:text="label7" component_constraints="wmin 30"/>
</com.saynomoo.mig4android.MigLayout>
The component_constraints gave the error

This error means you forget to add android word before any attribute in xml file.
For example-
id="#+id/my_location"
You need to write android before id like below.
android:id="#+id/my_location"
Your code is perfect. But "skip" in component_constraints appears to be ignored. I had to manually add place holder to the layout to "fill in" empty spots. I tried "skip 1" and that also had no impact.
For more information see following link.
Skip as a constraint is not working

Android XML Error - First App - NetBeans

I've just started this evening into developing my first Android app and have come across an error that for the life of me I can't see where is coming from
When i launch my test app in the emulator it force closes with the error "The application Test App (psrocess Test.App) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
So far I've checked: The Android Development output - nothing untoward,launches fine and locates activity and intent
The Emulator output - nothing reported at all
The TestApp debug - reports BUILD SUCCESSFUL
I proceeded to then examine the main.xml used for the layout and on validation in NetBeans it reports "cvc-elt.1: Cannot find the declaration of element 'LinearLayout'"
My main.xml looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:paddingLeft="16dp"
android:paddingRight="16dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/used_cars"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/used_cars" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/used_vans"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/used_vans" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/dealers"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/dealers" />
</LinearLayout>
I've trawled for info on how to fix this and can't find an answer
Could someone be kind enough to please advise if i'm missing something fundamental?
Thanks in advance
Barry

I've went through the logcat info and found nothing so i decided to create a new app from scratch and copy over the info and it runs fine
If i do find any other info on what caused the issue i'll be sure to post it up
I can only put it down to a config error atm
Kind Regards
Barry