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I Build a Brain Trainer app but Not Showing my TEXTVIEW when i run my app and warning is showing do not concatenate text display with setText

sumTextView.setText(Integer.toString(a) + " + " + Integer.toString(b));
This Line show warning you see in pic..

Use String.format();
sumTextView.setText(String.format("%1$d + %2$d", a, b));
With this you can format a string correctly with multiple variables, no matter whether they are strings or integers. This example takes the value of variable a and replaces the placeholder %1$d with it. Same goes for the other variable.

take an string copy whole line in it, then show string in setText
String str = (Integer.toString(a) + " + " + Integer.toString(a));
sumTextView.setText(str);

1. The First String Says that do not concate string with setText property.
String txt = String.valueOf(a) + " + " + String.valueOf(b);
sumTextView.setText(str);
2. Second warning says that your program have possibility to crash or genearte an exception in case if value of a or b is null or not an integer.
So check condition if(a!=null and b!=null) then display text in if condition.

Not cheatable Google fit step counter

i have a question to Google Fit.
I am creating a step counter (oh wonder g). This i have already done so far and it not really hard.
But now we come to my problem. I am only reading the steps with the Sensor API. The issue is, i can add new data via for example the Google Fit app and it will be counted in my app too. This introduces cheating and i do not want this.
So i need to have a way to only read "device created" data and not manually added data. Is there a nice way to to this?
From the SDK documentation it is not really clear how to proceed here.

So i need to have a way to only read "device created" data and not
manually added data. Is there a nice way to to this?
You will want to use Private Custom Data Types to achieve that. Read about the different types of Fitness data you can upload to Google Fit here.
1. Public data types
Standard data types provided by the platform, like com.google.step_count.delta. Any app can read and write data of
these types. For more information, see Public Data Types.
2. Private custom data types
Custom data types defined by an specific app. Only the app that defines the data type can read and write data
of this type. For more information, see Custom Data Types.
3. Shareable data types
Custom data types submitted to the platform by an app developer. Once approved, any app can read data of a
shareable type, but only whitelisted apps as specified by the
developer can write data of that shareable type. For more information,
see Shareable Data Types.

I was able to do this with the help of this alogrithm. But remember due to Android fragmentation this code still removes some of the user's data and count it as penalty
private String dumpDataSet(DataSet dataSet, int x) {
List<String> days = new ArrayList<>();
days.add("Monday");
days.add("Tuesday");
days.add("Wednesday");
days.add("Thursday");
days.add("Friday");
days.add("Saturday");
days.add("Sunday");
String day = days.get(Math.round(x / 24));
Log.d(TAG, "\tDay: " + day);
Log.i(TAG, "Data returned for Data type: " + dataSet.getDataType().getName());
DateFormat dateFormat = getTimeInstance();
String text = "";
try {
for (DataPoint dp : dataSet.getDataPoints()) {
Log.i(TAG, "\tStepCount getStreamName: " + dp.getOriginalDataSource().getStreamName());
Log.i(TAG, "\tStepCount getStreamIdentifier: " + dp.getOriginalDataSource().getStreamIdentifier());
Log.i(TAG, "\tStepCount App Type: " + dp.getDataType().getName());
Log.i(TAG, "\tStepCount Type: " + dp.getOriginalDataSource().getType());
for (Field field : dp.getDataType().getFields()) {
Log.i(TAG, "\tField: " + field.getName() + " Value: " + dp.getValue(field));
text += dp.getValue(field);
String si[] = dp.getOriginalDataSource().getStreamIdentifier().toLowerCase().split(":");
if ((((si[si.length - 1].contains("soft")) || (si[si.length - 1].contains("step"))) && si[si.length - 1].contains("counter"))) {
totalSteps += Integer.parseInt(dp.getValue(field).toString());
Log.d(TAG, "\tStepCount" + " Added Steps -> " + dp.getValue(field) + " steps");
text += "\n\n";
} else {
Log.e(TAG, "\tStepCount PENALTY ---------------------------------------------------------------");
Log.e(TAG, "\tDay = " + day + " | Hour Number = " + x + " | StepCount" + " PENALTY DEDUCTED -> " + dp.getValue(field) + " steps");
Log.e(TAG, "\tStepCount PENALTY getStreamIdentifier: " + dp.getOriginalDataSource().getStreamIdentifier());
Log.e(TAG, "\tStepCount PENALTY getStreamName: " + dp.getOriginalDataSource().getStreamName());
Log.e(TAG, "\tStepCount PENALTY App Type: " + dp.getDataType().getName());
Log.e(TAG, "\tStepCount PENALTY Type: " + dp.getOriginalDataSource().getType());
Log.e(TAG, "\tStepCount PENALTY ---------------------------------------------------------------");
}
}
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.getStackTrace();
}
return text;
}
----- UPDATE -----
You can also call
DataPoint.getOriginalDataSource().getAppPackageName()
to filter out smartwatches and other apps.

I tried as suggested by Ali Shah lakhani but
DataPoint.getOriginalDataSource().getAppPackageName();
/*I also tried but could not achieve what I wanted*/
DataPoint.getOriginalDataSource().getStreamName();
DataPoint.getOriginalDataSource().getStreamIdentifier();
did not work at least for me while retrieving data. I ended up using readDailyTotalFromLocalDevice() as shown below in order to capture steps captured by device only.
Fitness.HistoryApi.readDailyTotalFromLocalDevice(mApiClient, DataType.TYPE_STEP_COUNT_DELTA).await(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
I cross checked the same with some of the apps that avoids manual entries in their app and the count provided by the function above is exactly the same.
Note: If a user is having multiple devices and is using the app on all of them, readDailyTotalFromLocalDevice() will have different value for each and every device since the function is responsible for returning device specific data only.

Managing data in android cache?

I'm trying to finish the 'backbone' of my app in the next 3 weeks, however, one of the few obstacles I stutter at is saving data. I've had a look at saving data internally, but there is limited tutorials from what I can find of reading and writing multiple lines to files in the apps cache directory.
Basically what I'm trying to do is save the values stored inside a fragment. This fragment resets all its values when the user clicks a button and changes text to match a page number. (A number of duplicates that contain various values.) I would do multiple fragments, however, thought it would be beneficial to use just one fragment to minimize storage space needed.
I've only got round to writing to the files, and created two methods to manage this which are then called on the click of a button. One creates these files and the other writes to them. Unfortunately I'm inexperienced using adb and could only find that the files are created, but don't know if they are being correctly written to. Is there any chance someone could review this and possibly assist with re-reading the files? Help is much appreciated.
The two methods (Warning: A great number of lines ahead):
public void createEmptyFiles() {
try {
outputTempExerciseFileE1 = File.createTempFile("temp_exercise_1",
".txt", outputTempExerciseDir);
outputTempExerciseFileE2 = File.createTempFile("temp_exercise_2",
".txt", outputTempExerciseDir);
outputTempExerciseFileE3 = File.createTempFile("temp_exercise_3",
".txt", outputTempExerciseDir);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Log.w("rscReporter", "Encountered an error when creating empty files!");
}
}
public void writeTemporaryFiles() {
try {
if (counterAnotherExercise == 1) {
writerTemp = new FileWriter(outputTempExerciseFileE1);
writerTemp
.write(editTextExerciseName.getText().toString() + "\n"
+ counterNoSets + "\n" + counterRepsPerSet
+ "\n" + counterMeanRepTime + "\n"
+ counterMeanRepTimeRefined + "\n"
+ counterSetInterval);
writerTemp.close();
} else if (counterAnotherExercise == 2) {
writerTemp = new FileWriter(outputTempExerciseFileE2);
writerTemp
.write(editTextExerciseName.getText().toString() + "\n"
+ counterNoSets + "\n" + counterRepsPerSet
+ "\n" + counterMeanRepTime + "\n"
+ counterMeanRepTimeRefined + "\n"
+ counterSetInterval);
writerTemp.close();
} else if (counterAnotherExercise == 3) {
writerTemp = new FileWriter(outputTempExerciseFileE3);
writerTemp
.write(editTextExerciseName.getText().toString() + "\n"
+ counterNoSets + "\n" + counterRepsPerSet
+ "\n" + counterMeanRepTime + "\n"
+ counterMeanRepTimeRefined + "\n"
+ counterSetInterval);
writerTemp.close();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Any of the text files should look like:
editTextExerciseName
counterNoSets
counterRepsPerSet
counterMeanRepTime
counterMeanRepTimeRefined
counterSetInterval
Where the two methods are called:
// In a switch statement as there are around 15 buttons
case R.id.button_another_exercise_foreground:
// Increases page number in fragment
counterAnotherExercise++;
// This then checks the page number and changes text
checkPageNo();
// Writing to files is called, files were created in onCreateView()
writeTemporaryFiles();
// Resets all the counters, giving the imitation it is a completely new fragment
counterReset();
// default array exercise is then set to the page number which is then displayed as title
// For example: Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3...
textViewExerciseTitle.setText(defaultArrayExercise);
break;
I only know the basics of Java and Android, for myself this is ambitious, however, you gotta learn somewhere! Additional suggestion for saving values are welcomed.

You don't really need files as you are only writing and then reading a handful of fixed data. Use SharedPreferences like this:
to write:
PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(YourActivity.this).edit().putString("editTextExerciseName", "my exercise").commit();
to read:|
PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(YourActivity.this).getString("editTextExerciseName");

Check if given DateTime is today - undesirable timezone offset

I have some moment in time in UTC timestamp. I create a DateTime object from it, and then try to enrich it with "(today)" or "(tomorrow)" explanation if it is so:
DateTime dateTimeUtc = new DateTime(this.timeUtc, DateTimeZone.UTC);
DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormat.mediumDate();
String resultingString = dateTimeUtc.withZone(DateTimeZone.forTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault()))
.toString(dateTimeFormatter);
if(dateTimeUtc.getDayOfYear() == DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC).getDayOfYear()) {
resultingString += " (" + context.getResources().getString(R.string.today_caption) + ")";
} else if(dateTimeUtc.getDayOfYear() == DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC).plusDays(1).getDayOfYear()) {
resultingString += " (" + context.getResources().getString(R.string.tomorrow_caption) + ")";
}
But - surprisingly - my app does a TimeZone conversion somewhere. Device is set for eastern europian time (GMT+3 currently) and it works like this: 2 june 2:59 AM is treated like today (0_o) 2 june 3:01 is already a tomorrow.
Can someone point to an error?
P. S.: if there's a better way to qualify DateTime as 'today' or 'tomorrow' - I would be great to see any ideas.

Since no answer provided, I'll post workaround of my own. Though still have no idea why comparison of two UTC-zoned timestamp'ed days of year gives user's timezone offset.
Here's the code that works correctly for me:
if(dateTimeUtc.withZone(userZone).getDayOfYear() == DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC).withZone(userZone)
.getDayOfYear()) {
resultingString += " (" + context.getResources().getString(R.string.today_caption) + ")";
} else if(dateTimeUtc.withZone(userZone).getDayOfYear() == DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC).withZone(userZone)
.plusDays(1).getDayOfYear()) {
resultingString += " (" + context.getResources().getString(R.string.tomorrow_caption) + ")";
}
this produces correct check if given day is in interval from now till start of tomorrow or from start of tomorrow till start of the day after.

Unusual android logic operator not working comparing two strings

I'm trying a simple check. If a string name locale has "es" as value.
public String locale =
Locale.getDefault().getLanguage().toLowerCase().toString();
// ...
Log.v(tag, "Idioma del sistema: «" + locale +"»");
if (locale != "es") {
showDialog(R.string.warningTitleDialog,
"We are sorry that this tool is only available in Spanish " +
"language. See Author menu item for more information. [" +
locale + "]");
locale = "en";
}
adb logcat shows "es" as content of string "locale" but code inside the condition is being executed.

It seem that problem is not of android or of logic this is in JAVA.
Try this and tell us what is happening
if(!locale.equals("en"))
{
//Your Code
}

Never use != or == in association with strings. Try the method equals like this:
if(locale.equals("es"))
This will return true if the strings locale and "es" contain the same character
sequence. Because the equals( ) method compares the characters inside a String object. The == operator compares two object references to see whether they refer to the same instance.
See What is the difference between == vs equals() in Java? for more information.