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How to make app lock app in android?

I have to develop an app locker for Android where the user can block apps and other users can not access these apps without an access key.
I have installed an app but I don't know how to lock this app.
Please suggest me something.

This is not how stack overflow works. You can not ask a complete solution without even trying anything.
For the most basic version of your app, you need to perform three functions.
Get a list of all the installed apps on device and show them in a ListView with check box. If the user checks any app, add the app to a different list say BlockedAppsList(which will be the list of apps which user wants to block).
You can get all the apps installed using the following code:
final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
//get a list of installed apps.
List<ApplicationInfo> packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
for (ApplicationInfo packageInfo : packages) {
Log.d(TAG, "Installed package :" + packageInfo.packageName);
Log.d(TAG, "Source dir : " + packageInfo.sourceDir);
Log.d(TAG, "Launch Activity :" + pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageInfo.packageName));
}
Check the which is the current opened app. You can check by using this code:
ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) this.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
List l = am.getRecentTasks(1, ActivityManager.RECENT_WITH_EXCLUDED);
Iterator i = l.iterator();
PackageManager pm = this.getPackageManager();
while (i.hasNext()) {
ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo info = (ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo)(i.next());
try {
CharSequence c = pm.getApplicationLabel(pm.getApplicationInfo(
info.processName, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA));
Log.w("LABEL", c.toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
// Name Not FOund Exception
}
}
Now check if the current app is present in the BlockedAppsList, if it is there, you can show any screen with a block message.
good luck!

Assuming that you store the package names of locked apps in a table called:
locks
and you want to call an activity named
PasswordActivity
when ever the users launch a locked app,
you can implement a polling mechanism like below:
public class CheckAppLaunchThread extends Thread {
private Context context;
private Handler handler;
private ActivityManager actMan;
private int timer = 100;
public static final String TAG = "App Thread";
public static String lastUnlocked;
// private String lastUnlocked;
public CheckAppLaunchThread(Handler mainHandler, Context context) {
this.context = context;
this.handler = mainHandler;
actMan = (ActivityManager) context
.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
this.setPriority(MAX_PRIORITY);
}
#Override
public void run() {
context.startService(new Intent(context, AppLockService.class));
Looper.prepare();
String prevTasks;
String recentTasks = "";
prevTasks = recentTasks;
Log.d("Thread", "Inside Thread");
while (true) {
try {
String topPackageName = "";
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
UsageStatsManager mUsageStatsManager = (UsageStatsManager) context.getSystemService("usagestats");
long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
// We get usage stats for the last 10 seconds
List<UsageStats> stats = mUsageStatsManager.queryUsageStats(UsageStatsManager.INTERVAL_DAILY, time - 1000*5, time);
if(stats != null) {
SortedMap<Long,UsageStats> mySortedMap = new TreeMap<Long,UsageStats>();
for (UsageStats usageStats : stats) {
mySortedMap.put(usageStats.getLastTimeUsed(),usageStats);
}
if(mySortedMap != null && !mySortedMap.isEmpty()) {
topPackageName = mySortedMap.get(mySortedMap.lastKey()).getPackageName();
}
}
}
else {
topPackageName = actMan.getRunningAppProcesses().get(0).processName;
}
recentTasks = topPackageName;
Thread.sleep(timer);
if (recentTasks.length()==0 || recentTasks.equals(
prevTasks)) {
} else {
if (isAppLocked(recentTasks)) {
Log.d(TAG, "Locked " + recentTasks);
handler.post(new RequestPassword(context, recentTasks));
}
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
prevTasks = recentTasks;
}
}
class ToastRunnable implements Runnable {
String message;
public ToastRunnable(String text) {
message = text;
}
#Override
public void run() {
Toast.makeText(context, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
class RequestPassword implements Runnable {
private Context mContext;
private String pkgName;
public RequestPassword(Context mContext, String pkgName) {
this.mContext = mContext;
this.pkgName = pkgName;
}
#Override
public void run() {
Intent passwordAct = new Intent(context, PasswordActivity.class);
passwordAct.putExtra("PACKAGE_NAME", pkgName);
passwordAct.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK|Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
this.mContext.startActivity(passwordAct);
}
}
private boolean isAppLocked(String packageName) {
if (packageName.equals(PasswordActivity.lastUnlocked)) {
return false;
}
PasswordActivity.lastUnlocked = null;
DatabaseHelper dbHelper = new DatabaseHelper(context);
SQLiteDatabase db = dbHelper.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM locks WHERE package_name=\'"
+ packageName + "\'", null);
boolean isLocked = false;
if (cursor.moveToNext()) {
isLocked = true;
}
cursor.close();
db.close();
dbHelper.close();
return isLocked;
}
}
Now you must call the above code from your service like this:
#Override
public void onCreate() {
handler = new Handler(getMainLooper());
context = getApplicationContext();
launchChecker = new CheckAppLaunchThread(handler, context);
super.onCreate();
}
#Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
while (true) {
if (!launchChecker.isAlive())
launchChecker.start();
return START_STICKY;
}
}
Warning: Since Oreo, google has restricted background services and you must figure out a way to always keep your service alive. (that is not the scope of this question) for a clue on this, consider scheduling a JobService and a broadcast receiver that would reschedule your service when ever the android kills it.

Prompt user to send app crash info to Airbrake

I am using airbrake to catch crash reports
As soon as the app crashes I can see the report on the dashboard, but there is no alert in my app to ask the user to "Send Error Report". How can I enable airbrake alerts to ask the user to send the report for the crash. Could not find anything related to this on airbrake documentation. Thanks.

Reading the AirbrakeNotifier code you linked to reveals that it automatically sends crashes as soon as possible.
You would have to modify this class to ask the user whether to send crashes, e.g. the next time you initialise the Airbrake class.
For example, HockeyApp has an option to do this in its CrashManager class.
Though I prefer to always automatically send crash reports to the server; there's usually no reason to bother users with this request.

If you want to send crash report to be send you can make class to handle UnCaughtException that will handle all crash exception. You can write code like this:
import java.io.File;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.os.StatFs;
import android.util.Log;
public class UnCaughtException implements UncaughtExceptionHandler {
private Context context;
private static Context context1;
public UnCaughtException(Context ctx) {
context = ctx;
context1 = ctx;
}
private StatFs getStatFs() {
File path = Environment.getDataDirectory();
return new StatFs(path.getPath());
}
private long getAvailableInternalMemorySize(StatFs stat) {
long blockSize = stat.getBlockSize();
long availableBlocks = stat.getAvailableBlocks();
return availableBlocks * blockSize;
}
private long getTotalInternalMemorySize(StatFs stat) {
long blockSize = stat.getBlockSize();
long totalBlocks = stat.getBlockCount();
return totalBlocks * blockSize;
}
private void addInformation(StringBuilder message) {
message.append("Locale: ").append(Locale.getDefault()).append('\n');
try {
PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
PackageInfo pi;
pi = pm.getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0);
message.append("Version: ").append(pi.versionName).append('\n');
message.append("Package: ").append(pi.packageName).append('\n');
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("CustomExceptionHandler", "Error", e);
message.append("Could not get Version information for ").append(
context.getPackageName());
}
message.append("Phone Model: ").append(android.os.Build.MODEL)
.append('\n');
message.append("Android Version: ")
.append(android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE).append('\n');
message.append("Board: ").append(android.os.Build.BOARD).append('\n');
message.append("Brand: ").append(android.os.Build.BRAND).append('\n');
message.append("Device: ").append(android.os.Build.DEVICE).append('\n');
message.append("Host: ").append(android.os.Build.HOST).append('\n');
message.append("ID: ").append(android.os.Build.ID).append('\n');
message.append("Model: ").append(android.os.Build.MODEL).append('\n');
message.append("Product: ").append(android.os.Build.PRODUCT)
.append('\n');
message.append("Type: ").append(android.os.Build.TYPE).append('\n');
StatFs stat = getStatFs();
message.append("Total Internal memory: ")
.append(getTotalInternalMemorySize(stat)).append('\n');
message.append("Available Internal memory: ")
.append(getAvailableInternalMemorySize(stat)).append('\n');
}
public void uncaughtException(Thread t, Throwable e) {
try {
StringBuilder report = new StringBuilder();
Date curDate = new Date();
report.append("Error Report collected on : ")
.append(curDate.toString()).append('\n').append('\n');
report.append("Informations :").append('\n');
addInformation(report);
report.append('\n').append('\n');
report.append("Stack:\n");
final Writer result = new StringWriter();
final PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(result);
e.printStackTrace(printWriter);
report.append(result.toString());
printWriter.close();
report.append('\n');
report.append("**** End of current Report ***");
Log.e(UnCaughtException.class.getName(),
"Error while sendErrorMail" + report);
sendErrorMail(report);
} catch (Throwable ignore) {
Log.e(UnCaughtException.class.getName(),
"Error while sending error e-mail", ignore);
}
}
/**
* This method for call alert dialog when application crashed!
*/
public void sendErrorMail(final StringBuilder errorContent) {
final AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
new Thread() {
#Override
public void run() {
Looper.prepare();
builder.setTitle("Sorry...!");
builder.create();
builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel",
new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
int which) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
builder.setPositiveButton("Report",
new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,
int which) {
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(
Intent.ACTION_SEND);
String subject = "Your App crashed! Fix it!";
StringBuilder body = new StringBuilder("Yoddle");
body.append('\n').append('\n');
body.append(errorContent).append('\n')
.append('\n');
// sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
sendIntent.setType("message/rfc822");
sendIntent
.putExtra(
Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,
new String[] { "your_email#domain.com" });
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,
body.toString());
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,
subject);
sendIntent.setType("message/rfc822");
context1.startActivity(sendIntent);
System.exit(0);
}
});
builder.setMessage("Oops,Your application has crashed.");
builder.show();
Looper.loop();
}
}.start();
}
}
And declare this exception class in every Class file to get log of each crash. Following code you can use to add in Activity or any other class:
Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(new UnCaughtException(
YourActivity.this));

Android FTP Server

I am using the following code to make the android device a ftp server (Android Internal storage). I am getting the exception of os.android.NetworkOnMainThread. I have tried to put the onStart code in the AsyncTask but app never executes and crashes on launch. Any help regarding the ftp server on Android will be great as i have no idea how to get it working.
Here is the MainActivity Code
package com.googlecode.simpleftp;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class FTPServer extends Activity {
private static int COMMAND_PORT = 2121;
static final int DIALOG_ALERT_ID = 0;
private static ExecutorService executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle item selection
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.new_game:
System.out.println("New game button is pressed!");
//newGame();
return true;
case R.id.quit:
System.out.println("Quit button is pressed!");
showDialog(DIALOG_ALERT_ID);
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item); }
}
#Override
protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id){
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.setMessage("Are you sure you want to exit?")
.setCancelable(false).setPositiveButton("yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener(){
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id){
FTPServer.this.finish();
}
})
.setNegativeButton("No", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.cancel();
}
});
AlertDialog alert = builder.create();
return alert;
}
HEre is the ServerPI Code
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.Socket;
public class ServerPI implements Runnable{
private Socket clientSocket;
private BufferedReader in;
private PrintWriter out;
private String baseDir;
private String relativeDir;
private String absoluteDir;
private String fileName;
private String filePath;
public ServerPI(Socket incoming) throws IOException{
this.clientSocket = incoming;
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(this.clientSocket.getInputStream()));
out = new PrintWriter(this.clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
baseDir = new File("").getAbsolutePath();
relativeDir = "/";
absoluteDir = baseDir + relativeDir;
fileName = "";
filePath = absoluteDir + "/" + fileName;
}
private void readCommandLoop() throws IOException {
String line = null;
reply(220, "Welcome to the SimpleFTP server!");
while((line = in.readLine()) != null){
int replyCode = executeCommand(line.trim());
if(replyCode == 221){
return;
}
}
}
private int executeCommand(String trim) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return 0;
}
public int reply(int statusCode, String statusMessage){
out.println(statusCode + " " + statusMessage);
return statusCode;
}
#Override
public void run(){
try{
this.readCommandLoop();
} catch (IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
finally {
try {
if(in != null){
in.close();
in = null;
}
if(out != null){
out.close();
out = null;
}
if (clientSocket != null){
clientSocket.close();
clientSocket = null;
}
}
catch (IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
I have put the code in the AsyncTask, here it is
private class LongOperation extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
ServerSocket s = null;
Socket incoming = null;
try{
s = new ServerSocket(COMMAND_PORT);
String ip = (s.getInetAddress()).getHostAddress();
Context context = this.getApplicationContext();
CharSequence text = ip;
int duration = Toast.LENGTH_LONG;
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, text, duration);
Thread.sleep(1000);
toast.show();
while(true){
incoming = s.accept();
executor.execute(new ServerPI(incoming));
}
}
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e.toString());
e.printStackTrace();
}
finally{
try
{
if(incoming != null)incoming.close();
}
catch(IOException ignore)
{
//ignore
}
try
{
if (s!= null)
{
s.close();
}
}
catch(IOException ignore)
{
//ignore
}
}
return "Executed";
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
}
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
}
#Override
protected void onProgressUpdate(Void... values) {
}
}
Iam calling the longOpertation in onCreate method. What is the problem that the app crashes on launch.
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_fullscreen);
new LongOperation().execute();
}

Maybe because you didn't set up the permissions in the manifest? You've to set permission for internet usage.
If this doesn't work, please tell us which line is it throwing the exception.

while(true){ incoming = s.accept(); ...} You cannot put that in OnStart(). That should be done in a thread. So ServerSocket s = null; should be a variable of you activity.

So I went with Swiftp application (open source) as a service in my application which helped me to achieve my task. Thanks everyone who stepped forward to help. Here is the link if someone wants to follow

Please post your code here.
NetworkOnMainthreadException occurs because you maybe running Network related operation on the Main UI Thread. You should use asynctask for this purpose
This is only thrown for applications targeting the Honeycomb SDK or higher. Applications targeting earlier SDK versions are allowed to do networking on their main event loop threads, but it's heavily discouraged.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/NetworkOnMainThreadException.html
class TheTask extends AsyncTask<Void,Void,Void>
{
protected void onPreExecute()
{ super.onPreExecute();
//display progressdialog.
}
protected void doInBackground(Void ...params)//return result here
{
//http request. do not update ui here
//call webservice
//return result here
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(Void result)//result of doInBackground is passed a parameter
{
super.onPostExecute(result);
//dismiss progressdialog.
//update ui using the result returned form doInbackground()
}
}
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html. Check the topic under the heading The 4 Steps.
A working example of asynctask # To use the tutorial in android 4.0.3 if had to work with AsynxTasc but i still dont work?.
The above makes a webserive call in doInBakckground(). Returns result and updates the ui by setting the result in textview in onPostExecute().

You can not do network operation in main thread in android 3.0 higher. Use AsyncTask for this network operation. See this for further explanation

How to modify style of android "force close" window?

Does anybody know how to modify the style of the "force close" window (FC dialog)?
I found a custom ROM with a nice picture at the dialog. At what place can I find the popup?

Try to override uncaughtException,
#Override
public void uncaughtException(Thread thread, Throwable e) {
e.printStackTrace();
try {
// create your custom dialog
displayErrorMessageToast();
Thread.sleep(3500);
} catch (Exception e1) {
Log.e(TAG, "Error: ", e1);
}
finally
{
killApplicationProcess(e);
}
}
for more info:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/android-developers/2iUH1Knz8gw

Try the approach given in this blog
Copying here for quick reference:
Android UncaughtExceptionHandler
Implemented by objects that want to handle cases where a thread is being terminated by an uncaught exception. Upon such termination, the handler is notified of the terminating thread and causal exception. If there is no explicit handler set then the thread's group is the default handler.
Below i wrote the code user can send some bug report to Developer when application crashed.
Activity Code
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.ViewFlipper;
/**
*
* #author vijayakumar
*
*/
public class AndroidMADQAActivity extends Activity {
ViewFlipper flipper;
TextView textView = null;
Throwable throwable;
UnCaughtException un = null;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(new UnCaughtException(AndroidMADQAActivity.this));
Integer[] items = { R.drawable.a, R.drawable.e,R.drawable.d,R.drawable.c};
setContentView(R.layout.main);
textView.setText("Helloo Error Welcome");
}
}
UnCaughtException.java
package com.madqa;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.os.StatFs;
import android.util.Log;
/**
* {#link UncaughtExceptionHandler} send an e-mail with
* some debug information to the developer.
*
* #author VIJAYAKUMAR
*/
public class UnCaughtException implements UncaughtExceptionHandler {
private static final String RECIPIENT = "iamvijayakumar#gmail.com";
private Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler previousHandler;
private Context context;
private static Context context1;
public UnCaughtException(Context ctx) {
context = ctx;
context1 = ctx;
}
private StatFs getStatFs() {
File path = Environment.getDataDirectory();
return new StatFs(path.getPath());
}
private long getAvailableInternalMemorySize(StatFs stat) {
long blockSize = stat.getBlockSize();
long availableBlocks = stat.getAvailableBlocks();
return availableBlocks * blockSize;
}
private long getTotalInternalMemorySize(StatFs stat) {
long blockSize = stat.getBlockSize();
long totalBlocks = stat.getBlockCount();
return totalBlocks * blockSize;
}
private void addInformation(StringBuilder message) {
message.append("Locale: ").append(Locale.getDefault()).append('\n');
try {
PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
PackageInfo pi;
pi = pm.getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0);
message.append("Version: ").append(pi.versionName).append('\n');
message.append("Package: ").append(pi.packageName).append('\n');
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("CustomExceptionHandler", "Error", e);
message.append("Could not get Version information for ").append(
context.getPackageName());
}
message.append("Phone Model: ").append(android.os.Build.MODEL).append(
'\n');
message.append("Android Version: ").append(
android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE).append('\n');
message.append("Board: ").append(android.os.Build.BOARD).append('\n');
message.append("Brand: ").append(android.os.Build.BRAND).append('\n');
message.append("Device: ").append(android.os.Build.DEVICE).append('\n');
message.append("Host: ").append(android.os.Build.HOST).append('\n');
message.append("ID: ").append(android.os.Build.ID).append('\n');
message.append("Model: ").append(android.os.Build.MODEL).append('\n');
message.append("Product: ").append(android.os.Build.PRODUCT).append(
'\n');
message.append("Type: ").append(android.os.Build.TYPE).append('\n');
StatFs stat = getStatFs();
message.append("Total Internal memory: ").append(
getTotalInternalMemorySize(stat)).append('\n');
message.append("Available Internal memory: ").append(
getAvailableInternalMemorySize(stat)).append('\n');
}
public void uncaughtException(Thread t, Throwable e) {
try {
StringBuilder report = new StringBuilder();
Date curDate = new Date();
report.append("Error Report collected on : ").append(curDate.toString()).append('\n').append('\n');
report.append("Informations :").append('\n');
addInformation(report);
report.append('\n').append('\n');
report.append("Stack:\n");
final Writer result = new StringWriter();
final PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(result);
e.printStackTrace(printWriter);
report.append(result.toString());
printWriter.close();
report.append('\n');
report.append("**** End of current Report ***");
Log.e(UnCaughtException.class.getName(),
"Error while sendErrorMail"+report);
sendErrorMail(report);
} catch (Throwable ignore) {
Log.e(UnCaughtException.class.getName(),
"Error while sending error e-mail", ignore);
}
// previousHandler.uncaughtException(t, e);
}
/**
* This method for call alert dialog when application crashed!
* #author vijayakumar
*/
public void sendErrorMail(final StringBuilder errorContent) {
final AlertDialog.Builder builder= new AlertDialog.Builder(context);
new Thread(){
#Override
public void run() {
Looper.prepare();
builder.setTitle("Sorry...!");
builder.create();
builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
builder.setPositiveButton("Report", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
String subject = "Your App crashed! Fix it!";
StringBuilder body = new StringBuilder("Yoddle");
body.append('\n').append('\n');
body.append(errorContent).append('\n').append('\n');
// sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
sendIntent.setType("message/rfc822");
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[] { RECIPIENT });
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body.toString());
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
sendIntent.setType("message/rfc822");
// context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, "Error Report"));
context1.startActivity(sendIntent);
System.exit(0);
}
});
builder.setMessage("Unfortunately,This application has stopped");
builder.show();
Looper.loop();
}
}.start();
}
}

Android Download Service [duplicate]

I have an image view , i had written swiping , at that time of swiping,the images are downloading from Internet, so i thought i have to download the images in the background before swiping , for that which i need to use asynctask or Service or IntentService, all these will help in downloading and storing in data/data/mypackages , but still swiping gets slow in my case any idea, also convey me which one is best one, is it i'm calling in a right way
1. asynctask
2. services
3. Intent Service as shown below,
i m confused which one is right method because still my problem not solved
Here's asynctask code sample snippet
public class Demo extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
new FirstTask().execute(); // calling Asynctask here
}
}
Async Task code
private class FirstTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
private final ProgressDialog dialog = new ProgressDialog(Catalogue.this);
int temp = 0;
// can use UI thread here
protected void onPreExecute() {
this.dialog.setMessage("Loading...");
this.dialog.setCancelable(false);
//this.dialog.show();
System.gc();
Toast.makeText(Catalogue.this, "My Async Created",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
Looper.prepare();
try {
myddownloadmethod();// calling my download method
} catch (Exception e) {
Util.trace("Error in Async"+e.getMessage());
}
Looper.loop();
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
if (this.dialog.isShowing()) {
Toast.makeText(Catalogue.this, "My Async destroyed",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Toast.makeText(Catalogue.this, "count" + temp,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
this.dialog.dismiss();
}
}
}
Here's My Service sinppet
public class MyService extends Service implements Runnable
{ #Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
Thread mythread = new Thread(this);
mythread.start();
}
public void run() {
Looper.prepare();
try {
myddownloadmethod();// calling my download method
} catch (Exception e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}
Looper.loop();
}
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return null;
}
}
Invoking Service
public class ServicesDemo extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
startService(new Intent(this, MyService.class));
}
}
Here's IntentService Code
public class Downloader extends IntentService {
public Downloader() {
super("Downloader");
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
}
#Override
public void onHandleIntent(Intent i) {
try {
myddownloadmethod();// calling my download method
} catch (Exception e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
Log.d("Error",e1.getMessage());
}
}
}
Calling IntentService from MyActivity
public class ServicesDemo extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Intent i1=new Intent(this, Downloader.class);
startService(i1);
}
}

The best way to download it using the service like i have done to download the file from server and put in SD card also use the notification for it.
It is quite long code but i think the perfect one,if did not understand any thing then please go to android developer blog for services.
public class DownloadService extends Service{
SharedPreferences preferences;
private static final String DOCUMENT_VIEW_STATE_PREFERENCES = "DjvuDocumentViewState";
private Looper mServiceLooper;
private ServiceHandler mServiceHandler;
private NotificationManager mNM;
String downloadUrl;
public static boolean serviceState=false;
// Handler that receives messages from the thread
private final class ServiceHandler extends Handler {
public ServiceHandler(Looper looper) {
super(looper);
}
#Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
downloadFile();
showNotification(getResources().getString(R.string.notification_catalog_downloaded),"VVS");
stopSelf(msg.arg1);
}
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
serviceState=true;
mNM = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread("ServiceStartArguments",1);
thread.start();
// Get the HandlerThread's Looper and use it for our Handler
mServiceLooper = thread.getLooper();
mServiceHandler = new ServiceHandler(mServiceLooper);
}
#Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
Log.d("SERVICE-ONCOMMAND","onStartCommand");
Bundle extra = intent.getExtras();
if(extra != null){
String downloadUrl = extra.getString("downloadUrl");
Log.d("URL",downloadUrl);
this.downloadUrl=downloadUrl;
}
Message msg = mServiceHandler.obtainMessage();
msg.arg1 = startId;
mServiceHandler.sendMessage(msg);
// If we get killed, after returning from here, restart
return START_STICKY;
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
Log.d("SERVICE-DESTROY","DESTORY");
serviceState=false;
//Toast.makeText(this, "service done", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
// We don't provide binding, so return null
return null;
}
public void downloadFile(){
downloadFile(this.downloadUrl,fileName);
}
void showNotification(String message,String title) {
// In this sample, we'll use the same text for the ticker and the expanded notification
CharSequence text = message;
// Set the icon, scrolling text and timestamp
Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.icon, "vvs",
System.currentTimeMillis());
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
Intent intent = new Intent(this, HomeScreenActivity.class);
intent.setFlags (Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
//The PendingIntent to launch our activity if the user selects this notification
PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this.getBaseContext(), 0,
intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
// Set the info for the views that show in the notification panel.
notification.setLatestEventInfo(this, title,
text, contentIntent);
// Send the notification.
// We use a layout id because it is a unique number. We use it later to cancel.
mNM.notify(R.string.app_name, notification);
}
public void downloadFile(String fileURL, String fileName) {
StatFs stat_fs = new StatFs(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath());
double avail_sd_space = (double)stat_fs.getAvailableBlocks() *(double)stat_fs.getBlockSize();
//double GB_Available = (avail_sd_space / 1073741824);
double MB_Available = (avail_sd_space / 10485783);
//System.out.println("Available MB : " + MB_Available);
Log.d("MB",""+MB_Available);
try {
File root =new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/vvveksperten");
if(root.exists() && root.isDirectory()) {
}else{
root.mkdir();
}
Log.d("CURRENT PATH",root.getPath());
URL u = new URL(fileURL);
HttpURLConnection c = (HttpURLConnection) u.openConnection();
c.setRequestMethod("GET");
c.setDoOutput(true);
c.connect();
int fileSize = c.getContentLength()/1048576;
Log.d("FILESIZE",""+fileSize);
if(MB_Available <= fileSize ){
this.showNotification(getResources().getString(R.string.notification_no_memory),getResources().getString(R.string.notification_error));
c.disconnect();
return;
}
FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream(new File(root.getPath(), fileName));
InputStream in = c.getInputStream();
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int len1 = 0;
while ((len1 = in.read(buffer)) > 0) {
f.write(buffer, 0, len1);
}
f.close();
File file = new File(root.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + "some.pdf");
if(file.exists()){
file.delete();
Log.d("FILE-DELETE","YES");
}else{
Log.d("FILE-DELETE","NO");
}
File from =new File(root.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + fileName);
File to = new File(root.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + "some.pdf");
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Downloader", e.getMessage());
}

For anyone running into this question later, take a look at the async download mechanism used in the android sample code for the project com.example.android.bitmapfun.ui.ImageGridActivity. It downloads images asynchronously and also caches them for offline display in an ImageView. Folks have wrapped their code around this one and made image loading libraries of their own. These libraries use an AsyncTask instead of a service. Async tasks are expected to wrap up their work within a couple of seconds.
If you are looking to download something larger, I'd recommend the DownloadManager that is available since API 9 instead of using services. There is a lot of code in there that adds resilience to the download.
The download manager is a system service that handles long-running HTTP downloads. Clients may request that a URI be downloaded to a particular destination file. The download manager will conduct the download in the background, taking care of HTTP interactions and retrying downloads after failures or across connectivity changes and system reboots. Instances of this class should be obtained through getSystemService(String) by passing DOWNLOAD_SERVICE. Apps that request downloads through this API should register a broadcast receiver for ACTION_NOTIFICATION_CLICKED to appropriately handle when the user clicks on a running download in a notification or from the downloads UI. Note that the application must have the INTERNET permission to use this class.

You are probably over engineering this. I have implemented swiping with dynamically loading images and I just a use a simple utility class that does it all for me via static method call.
Try this class:
package com.beget.consumer.util;
/*
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or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
distributed with this work for additional information
regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
software distributed under the License is distributed on an
"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
*/
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.ImageView;
public class DrawableLoader {
private final Map<String, Drawable> drawableMap;
private WeakReference<ImageView> imageViewReference;
public DrawableLoader() {
drawableMap = new HashMap<String, Drawable>();
}
public Drawable fetchDrawable(String urlString) {
if (drawableMap.containsKey(urlString)) {
return drawableMap.get(urlString);
}
Log.d(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "image url:" + urlString);
try {
InputStream is = fetch(urlString);
Drawable drawable = Drawable.createFromStream(is, "src");
drawableMap.put(urlString, drawable);
Log.d(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "got a thumbnail drawable: " + drawable.getBounds() + ", "
+ drawable.getIntrinsicHeight() + "," + drawable.getIntrinsicWidth() + ", "
+ drawable.getMinimumHeight() + "," + drawable.getMinimumWidth());
return drawable;
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
Log.e(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "fetchDrawable failed", e);
return null;
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "fetchDrawable failed", e);
return null;
}
}
public void fetchDrawableOnThread(final String urlString, final ImageView imageView) {
imageViewReference = new WeakReference<ImageView>(imageView);
if (drawableMap.containsKey(urlString)) {
imageViewReference.get().setImageDrawable(drawableMap.get(urlString));
}
final Handler handler = new Handler() {
#Override
public void handleMessage(Message message) {
imageViewReference.get().setImageDrawable((Drawable) message.obj);
}
};
Thread thread = new Thread() {
#Override
public void run() {
//TODO : set imageView to a "pending" image
Drawable drawable = fetchDrawable(urlString);
Message message = handler.obtainMessage(1, drawable);
handler.sendMessage(message);
}
};
thread.start();
}
private InputStream fetch(String urlString) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet(urlString);
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request);
return response.getEntity().getContent();
}
}
This is all you need. Then when you need to load an image, you call:
fetchDrawableOnThread("http://path/to/your/image.jpg", yourImageViewReference);
That's it.
If you have an URL from a JSON object, parse the URL into your string so:
String url = jsonObj.getString("url");
Then call fetchDrawableOnThread(url, yourImageViewReference);

Use volley.
Using volley network image view you can do this

we use latest architecure components here.We make some observers with live data for some flag that represents download status.In service we download the image and completing we update the live data so that the observers method automatically called