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Develop Android applications with Eclipse
Get started with Google's Android Development Tools Eclipse plug-in
This tutorial introduces Android application development within the Eclipse environment, including the construction of two example applications. The first is a basic starter application, complete with all phases of building and debugging. The second application examines more complex features of Android, including contacts searching and Google Maps address lookup. To get the most from this tutorial, mobile-development experience is helpful, but not required. Java™ programming skills are required for Android applications, but are not an explicit requirement for this tutorial.
About this tutorial
Why do we care about Android? Android is an important platform for two reasons. First, the fact that Google is introducing it and the mind-share Android has garnered in such a small amount of time. Google is flexing its muscles and attempting to make a play for the crowded mobile market. Its first salvo into this market, Android and the Open Handset Alliance, is an impressive starting point. The second reason Android is important is because it isn't just another mobile platform with a phone, menus, and a touchscreen. As you will learn in this tutorial, Android takes a different approach to applications. The architecture of Android permits a highly customizable software environment thanks to its runtime binding of requested actions and the code to satisfy those requests. Whether it's market-driven considerations or the technical aspects of Android, it is a platform worth examination.
This tutorial is organized in the following sections:
- Android basics and required tools
- The Android software developer kit
- Building and debugging the SaySomething Android application
- Creating the content provider and Google Maps application
System requirements
This tutorial requires several technologies that work together. You need all of them for this tutorial.
- Eclipse Platform
- Eclipse is the platform upon which the plug-in runs. Get the latest version of Eclipse Classic (V3.3.1 was used in this tutorial).
- Android Developer Tools
- The Android Developer Tools (the Eclipse plug-in) may be installed by following the instructions found at Installing the Android SDK.
- Source code
- Source code snippets in this tutorial include:
- AndroidManifest.xml snippet — This file is the application deployment descriptor for Android applications.
IntentReceiver— This demonstrates the implementation of an
IntentReceiver, which is the class that processes intents as advertised by the
IntentFiltertag in the AndroidManifest.xml file.
- SaySomething.java — This implements an Android activity, the primary entry point to the sample application of this tutorial.
- Main.xml — This contains the visual elements, or resources, for use by Android activities.
- R.java — This file is automatically generated by Android Developer Tools and "connects" the visual resources to the Java source code.
- AndroidManifest.xml complete — This lists a full AndroidManfest.xml file, along with a description of each of the important elements.
- MobileServiceCallContacts.java — This contains the code necessary to display contacts as well as react to user input to subsequently perform a Google Maps address lookup.
Introduction to Android
Before diving right into the ins and outs of the Eclipse plug-in and developing Android applications, let's have a look at the architecture of Android and some of the key terms that will be helpful in the tutorial and beyond, as you begin to build Android applications for yourself.
Android terminology
Android application development under the Eclipse environment requires knowledge of the Eclipse environment and the Android platform. An understanding of the terms below is helpful in Android application development with the Eclipse plug-in.
- Open Handset Alliance
- This is the organization led by Google Inc., consisting of numerous public and private organizations.
- Android
- The flagship product of the Open Handset Alliance. This is an open source operating environment targeted for mobile devices.
- Emulator
- A software tool representative of another system — This is often an environment that runs on a personal computer (IBM®, Mac, Linux®) that emulates another environment, such as a mobile-computing device.
- Linux
- An open source operating system kernel at the heart of many computing platforms, including servers, desktop computers, networking appliances, and mobile-computing devices. Android runs on top of a Linux kernel.
- Dalvik Virtual Machine
- The Dalvik VM is an operating environment found in the Android stack, which interprets application code at runtime. The Dalvik VM is similar to a compliant Java VM, but the two are not compatible.
Android basics and required tools
Android is an open source operating system targeted for mobile platforms. At the time of this writing, it is a software-only platform with no publicly available hardware devices.
The Android platform is best described as a stack because it is a collection of components, including:
- Linux kernel-based operating system
- Java programming environment
- Tool chain, including compiler, resource compiler, debugger, and emulator
- Dalvik VM for running applications
Now that we've briefly introduced the Android platform architecture, let's look at some important characteristics of the platform from a market perspective.
Why is Android important?
The computer technology press has lavished attention on Android since its announcement and initial SDK release. Android is important as a platform for two disparate, yet compelling, reasons, among many others.
Android is a market-mover. The mobile-application space is crowded and difficult to gain footing for a newcomer. Google has the resources and the mind-share to make a splash in any market it puts in its sights. Google's entry into the mobile space has been in the works for a few years. Android was a separate and distinct company purchased by Google to give it a jump-start on a mobile presence. Anything Google is doing gets attention, and publicity is good for introducing new platforms. Score one for Android.
The second reason Android is important is because of its application model. Android applications are not monolithic, menu-laden applications that require a great deal of clicking and tapping to operate. Sure, there are menus and buttons to be tapped, but Android has an innovative design element to its architecture known as an intent.
The intent
An intent is a construct that permits an application to issue a request, which is somewhat like a help-wanted sign. It might look like this:
"Wanted: An application to help me look up a contact" or "Wanted: An application to help me display this image" or "Wanted: An application to perform this geographic-based search."
In a similar and complementary fashion, applications can register themselves as capable and interested in performing satisfying various requests or intents. To follow the classified advertising paradigm, these might look like this:
"Available: Application ready and willing to present contact records in clear, concise manner," or "Available: Application ready and willing to perform a geographic search."
These are examples of
IntentFilters, which are discussed
Applications announce their availability to perform these types of
operations via a construct known as an
IntentFilter. The
IntentFilter is either registered at runtime or is enumerated
in the AndroidManifest.xml file. The following snippet comes from an
Android application that responds to incoming SMS (text) messages:
Listing 1. Android application responding to incoming SMS
<receiver class=".MySMSMailBox" > <intent-filter> <action android:value="android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED" /> </intent-filter> </receiver>
After this brief introduction to the intent and
the next section introduces the four main types of Android
Android applications — A quick survey
Let's take a moment to examine the four main types of Android applications:
activity, services, receivers, and
ContentProvider. We will
also take a look at the views to display the user-interface (UI) elements.
The activity is the most visible and prominent form of an Android application. An activity presents the UI to an application, along with the assistance of a class known as a view. The view class is implemented as various UI elements, such as text boxes, labels, buttons, and other UIs typical in computing platforms, mobile or otherwise.
An application may contain one or more activities. They are typically on a one-to-one relationship with the screens found in an application.
An application moves from one activity to another by calling a method known
startActivity() or
startSubActivity(). The
former method is used when the application desires to simply "switch" to
the new activity. The latter is used when a synchronous call/response
paradigm is desired. In both cases, an intent is passed as an argument to
the method.
It is the operating system's responsibility to determine the best-qualified activity to satisfy the specified intent.
Services and receivers
Like other multitasked computing environments, there are applications running "in the background" that perform various duties. Android calls these types of applications "services." The service is an Android application that has no UI.
The receiver is an application component that receives requests to process intents. Like the service, a receiver does not, in normal practice, have a UI element. Receivers are typically registered in the AndroidManifest.xml file. The snippet shown in Listing 1 is an example of a receiver application. Note that the class attribute of the receiver is the Java class responsible for implementing the receiver. Listing 2 is an example of receiver code.
Listing 2. Receiver code
package com.msi.samplereceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.content.IntentReceiver; public class myreceiver extends IntentReceiver { public void onReceiveIntent(Context arg0, Intent arg1) { // do something when this method is invoked. } }
Data management with
ContentProvider is the Android mechanism for data-store
abstraction. Let's look at a specific type of data found on a mobile
device: the address book or contacts database. The address book contains
all the contacts and phone numbers a person might require when using a
mobile phone. The
ContentProvider is a mechanism to abstract
access to a particular data store. In many ways, the
ContentProvider acts in the role of a database server.
Operations to read and write content to a particular data store should be
passed through an appropriate
ContentProvider, rather than
accessing a file or database directly. There may be both "clients" and
"implementations" of the
The next section introduces Android views, the UI mechanism for putting things on the screen of an Android device.
The Android activity employs views to display UI elements. Views follow one of the following layout designs:
- LinearVertical
- Each subsequent element follows its predecessor by flowing beneath it in a single column.
- LinearHorizontal
- Each subsequent element follows its predecessor by flowing to the right in a single row.
- Relative
- Each subsequent element is described in terms of offsets from the prior element.
- Table
- A series of rows and columns similar to HTML tables. Each cell can hold one view element.
Once a particular layout (or combination of layouts) has been selected, individual views are used to present the UI.
View elements consist of familiar UI elements, including:
- Button
- ImageButton
- EditText
- TextView (similar to a label)
- CheckBox
- Radio Button
- Gallery and ImageSwitcher for displaying multiple images
- List
- Grid
- DatePicker
- TimePicker
- Spinner (similar to a combo box)
- AutoComplete (EditText with auto text-complete feature)
Views are defined in an XML file. Listing 3 shows an example of a simple
LinearVertical layout.
Listing 3. Simple
<?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="Activity 1!" /> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Activity 1, second text view!" /> <Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Switch To Activity 2" id="@+id/switchto2" /> </LinearLayout>
Note that each element has one or more attributes in the Android name space.
The next section walks through obtaining the Android SDK and configuring it for use with Eclipse.
Android Software Developer Kit
Now that we have a feel for the Android platform, let's get the Eclipse environment set up for Android development so we can create our example applications. This section walks through obtaining the Android SDK and configuring it for use with Eclipse.
Obtaining and installing Eclipse
If Eclipse is not installed, download it and install the latest stable release of the Eclipse IDE from the Eclipse Foundation. The installation is a compressed folder. Extract the contents of the folder to a convenient place on your computer. The installer does not create any icons or shortcuts on Windows®. For purposes of this tutorial, the Eclipse folder will be located in the c:\software\eclipse directory.
To start Eclipse, double-click on eclipse.exe found in the eclipse installation directory. This will start the IDE. The software prompts for a "workspace" and suggests a default location, such as c:\documents and settings\username\workspace. Choose this location or specify an alternative workspace location.
Once Eclipse is loaded, click the Workbench - Go to the workbench icon on the main screen.
Now it's time to obtain the Android SDK.
Obtaining and installing the Android SDK
There are SDK installation versions available for Windows, Mac OS X (Intel® only), and Linux (i386). Select the latest version of the SDK for the desired platform. Note that at the time of this writing, the latest Android SDK version is marked m3-rc37a.
The Android SDK is a compressed folder. Download and extract the contents of this file to a convenient place on your computer. For purposes of this tutorial, the SDK is installed to c:\software\google\android_m3-rc37a. Obviously, if you are installing this on Mac OS X and Linux, you should install the SDK where you usually put your development tools.
Both Eclipse and the Android SDK are installed. It's time to install the Eclipse plug-in to take advantage of the Eclipse environment.
Obtaining and installing the Eclipse plug-in
The following steps demonstrate the installation of the Eclipse plug-in, officially known as Android Developer Tools. Note that alternative installation directions are available from the Android Web site.
Install the Android Developer Tools:
- Run the "Find and Install" feature in Eclipse, found under the Help > Software Updates menu.
- Select the Search for new features to install option.
- Select New Remote Site. Give this site a name, such
as "Android Developer Tools," for example. Use the following URL in
the dialog: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse. Please note the
HTTPS in the URL. This is a secure download.
Figure 1. New Update Site
- A new entry is added to the list and is checked by default. Click Finish. The search results display the Android Developer Tools. Select the Developer Tools and click Next.
- After reviewing and accepting the license agreement, click Next. Note that the license agreement includes a special requirement for use of the Google Maps API.
- Review and accept the installation location, then click Finish.
The plug-in is now downloaded and installed. The plug-in is not signed (at the time of writing), so proceed at your own comfort level by clicking on Install All, then restart Eclipse.
Configuring the Eclipse plug-in
Once Eclipse is restarted, it is time to connect the plug-in to the SDK installation. Select Preferences under the Window menu. Click on the Android item in the tree view to the left. In the right-hand pane, specify the SDK installation location. The value used for this tutorial is c:\software\google\android\m3-rc37a (again, use appropriate locations in Mac OS X and Linux installations).
Once the SDK location is specified, there are three other sections that may be configured. They are mentioned here briefly:
- The Build section has options for rebuilding resources automatically. Leave this checked. The Build option can change the level of verbosity. Normal is the default.
- DDMS — Dalvik Debug Monitor Service is used for peering into a running VM. These settings specify TCP/IP port numbers used for connecting to a running VM with the debugger and various logging levels and options. The default settings should be just fine.
- LogCat — This is a log file created on the underlying Linux kernel. The font is selectable in this dialog. Adjust this as desired.
Congratulations! The Eclipse environment is ready to create Android applications.
Building the SaySomething Android application
This section creates a basic Android application, called SaySomething, using the Android Developer Tools. Once the application is created, we will debug and run it.
New project wizard
The first step is to create a new project. Select the wizard for Android project, as shown below.
Figure 2. New project wizard
The requirements for the application are:
- Name
- Location
- Package name
- Activity name — Think of this as the main "form" or screen of the application
- Application name
Take a look at the new project.
Figure 3. New Android project
This will create a default application ready to be built and run. The components may be seen in the Package Explorer, which we discuss next.
The Package Explorer
The Package Explorer (found in the Java perspective in Eclipse) displays all the components of the sample Android application (see Figure 4).
Figure 4. Package Explorer
Items of note include:
- src folder
- Includes the package for the sample application, namely
- R.java
- The Android Developer Tools create this file automatically and represents the constants needed to access various resources of the Android application. More on the relationship between the R class and resources is found below.
- SaySomething.java
- Implementation of the application's primary activity class.
- Referenced libraries
- Contains android.jar, which is the Android runtime class jar file, found in the Android SDK.
- res folder
- Contains the resources for the application, including:
- Icons
- Layout files
- Strings
- AndriodManifest.xml
- Deployment descriptor of the sample application.
Next, we'll examine the source code in further detail.
The primary activity of the application
The sample application consists of a single activity, namely
SaySomething. As described above, the
SaySomething class is implemented in the file
Listing 4. SaySomething.java
package com.msi.ibmtutorial; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; public class SaySomething extends Activity { /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); setContentView(R.layout.main); } }
Things to note about this source snippet:
SaySomethingis a normal Java class, with a package and imports, as expected.
SaySomethingextends a base Android class named Activity, which is located in the android.app package.
- The
onCreate()method is the entry point to this activity, receiving an argument of type
Bundle. The
Bundleis a class which is essentially a wrapper around a map or hashmap. Elements required for construction are passed in this parameter. This tutorial does not examine this parameter.
- The
setContentView(..)is responsible for creating the primary UI using the R.layout.main argument. This is an identifier representing the main layout found in the resources of the application.
The next section reviews the resources for the sample application.
Resources for the application
Resources in Android are organized into a subdirectory of the project named res, as described previously. Resources fall into three primary categories:
- Drawables
- This folder contains graphics files, such as icons and bitmaps
- Layouts
- This folder contains XML files that represent the layouts and views of the application. These will be examined in detail below.
- Values
- This folder contains a file named strings.xml. This is the primary means for string localization for the application.
The next section dissects the main.xml file to review the sample application's primary UI resources.
The sample application contains a single activity and a single view. The application contains a file named main.xml that represents the visual aspects of the primary UI of the activity. Note that there is no reference in the main.xml where the layout is used. This means it may be used in more than one activity, if desired. Listing 5 contains the content of the layout file.
Listing 5. Layout file
<?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="Hello World, SaySomething" /> </LinearLayout>
This is the most simplistic of layouts. There is a single linear layout,
which is oriented as a vertical layout, meaning all contained elements are
in a single column. There is a single
TextView element, which
can be likened to a label in other development environments. A
TextView represents static text that is not editable.
Note that each view element (
layout and
in this example) have attributes in the Android name space. Some
attributes are common to all views — the
android:layout_width and
attributes, for example. The values available for these attributes
- Fill Parent
- This extends the view element to take the maximum space available. This can also be thought of as meaning "stretch."
- Wrap Content
- This value tells Android to paint the elements one after the next without stretching.
During the build process, all resources are compiled. One of the products of that process is the R.java file, which represents the resources to the remainder of the application. The R.java file is discussed next.
The R.java file is created upon build automatically, so be sure to not modify it by hand as all changes will be lost. Listing 6 contains the R.java file for the sample application.
Listing 6. R.java file
/* AUTO-GENERATED FILE. DO NOT MODIFY. * * This class was automatically generated by the * aapt tool from the resource data it found. It * should not be modified by hand. */ package com.msi.ibmtutorial; public final class R { public static final class attr { } public static final class drawable { public static final int icon=0x7f020000; } public static final class layout { public static final int main=0x7f030000; } public static final class string { public static final int app_name=0x7f040000; } }
R class contains anonymous subclasses, which each contain
identifiers for the various resources previously described. Note that all
of these classes are static.
Note the element represented by: R.layout.main. This identifier represents
the layout defined by main.xml. Recall that this value is used in the
onCreate method of the activity as follows:
setContentView(R.layout.main);. This is the point at which a
specific activity (in this case,
SayAnything) and a specific
layout (main) are bound together at runtime.
Building applications
Files are compiled every time they are saved by default.
Figure 5. Error pane
We introduced an error into the source code where we added an extra space
setContent and
View. When the file is
saved, it is compiled and any errors appear in the Problems pane at the
bottom of the screen. Upon fixing the error in the source code, the
application builds properly and the errors are removed from the problems
The AndroidManifest.xml file represents the deployment descriptor for an
Android application. The file lists any activity, service, content
provider, or receiver contained in the application, along with the
IntentFilters supported by the application. Here
is the complete AndroidManifest.xml file for the sample application:
Listing 5. AndroidManifest.xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.msi.ibmtutorial"> <application android:icon="@drawable/icon"> <activity class=".SaySomething" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:value="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:value="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest>
Things to note:
- The package name from the source file is represented here. This
follows a similar pattern to a Java source file and imports. The
<manifest>tag is in essence "importing" classes from this package. All non-fully qualified classes in this file are found in the package identified in the package attribute.
- The
<application>tag has an attribute that references a resource from the application's resources. Note the
@symbol preceding the drawable identifier. This is a hint for the file to look in the drawable folder of the application's resources for a resource called "icon."
- The
<activity>tag contains the following attributes and values of note:
- class represents the Java class implementing this activity
android:labelis the name of the application. Note that it is coming from one of the string resources. The string.xml file contains localized strings for the application.
<intent-filter>represents the
IntentFilteravailable in the sample application. This is the most common
IntentFilterseen in Android applications. This filter essentially says that it implements the "main" action (or entry point) and is located in the launcher of the OS. In English, this means it can be started as an application from the primary list of applications on an Android device.
The next section describes starting the application on the Android Emulator from within Eclipse.
Running the application
Now that the application has compiled successfully, it's time to run the sample application. Select Open Run Dialog or shortcut on the toolbar within Eclipse. This opens a dialog where startup configurations are created. Highlight the Android Application option and click the icon for New.
Figure 6 show the values used for the tutorial sample.
Figure 6. Run dialog
Give the configuration a name. The tutorial sample uses the name Tutorial Configuration. Select the ibmtutorial project from the list of available projects (click Browse to see available projects). Select the startup activity in the drop-down. Now select the Emulator tab to specify Emulator settings, as desired. The default can be left alone. There are a couple of items to note, as described in Figure 7.
Figure 7. Run dialog, Emulator tab
There are a few screen sizes and orientations to choose from, as well as network choices. The network choices are important when building applications that employ Internet connectivity as mobile devices have varying network speed capabilities. Choose full network speed and no latency when prototyping an application. Once the main functionality is present, it's a good idea to test with less-than-ideal network conditions to see how the application responds in situations with suboptimal network connectivity.
Select Run to see the sample application in action.
Figure 8. Emulator
Now that the application is running on the Emulator, it's time to see what's happening behind the scenes. The Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (DDMS) will assist with this.
Debugging the application
To see what is happening with a running application, it is helpful to tap into the running Dalvik VM. To enable this from Eclipse, select Window > Open Perspective > Other. This displays a dialog box where the DDMS may be selected. This opens a new perspective in Eclipse with a number of interesting windows. Here is a quick introduction to the available resources in the DDMS perspective:
LogCat is a running log file of activity taking place in
the VM. Applications can make their own entries to this list with a simple
line of code as follows:
Log.i(tag,message);, where
tag and
message are both Java strings. The
Log class is part of the
Figure 9 shows the
LogCat in action.
Figure 9.
LogCat in action
Another handy tool in the DDMS is the file explorer, which permits file system access of the Emulator. Figure 10 shows where the tutorial's sample application is deployed on the Emulator.
Figure 10. Sample application deployed on the Emulator
User applications are deployed in /data/app while Android built-in applications are found in the /system/app directory.
A running process list is also available in the DDMS.
Figure 11. Running process list
Full-scale debugging of an Android application is beyond the scope of this tutorial.
Building the content provider and Google Maps example
Now that you have seen a complete application example, let's take a quick look at a more complex application.
Content provider and Google Maps
This second application examined in this tutorial is built with a theme of a mobile service professional (perhaps an appliance repair technician) who must map his way to the next service call. The application leverages Android's built-in contacts database as a record store. This tutorial will give you a feel for accessing data from a content provider, as well as a glance at an intent in action as we use the address data found in the contacts database to perform a Google Maps search. For this tutorial to work properly on your Android Emulator, be sure to have one or more contacts recorded and be sure to populate the home address field. Figure 12 shows the Emulator with a few entries in the contact application.
Figure 12. Emulator with entries in contact application
Here is the first of two code snippets for the second application. Note
that this application's main
Activity class extends the
ListActivity. This is because we're going to display
information in a list.
Listing 6. First snippet of second application
public class MobileServiceCallContacts extends ListActivity { final String tag = "MSCC"; /** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); setContentView(R.layout.main); // Get a cursor with all people Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(People.CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null); startManagingCursor(c); ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,android.R. layout.simple_list_item_1,c,new String[] {People.NAME} ,new int[] {android.R.id.text1}); setListAdapter(adapter); } ... }
Note the use of the cursor class to query the contacts database. This
"result set" cursor is linked to the UI via a class known as a
ListAdapter. Figure 13 shows the application in action as it
presents the contacts available on the device. Note that there is no sort
order in use in this display.
Figure 13. Application in action
Any one of the contacts may be selected by a tap (click of the mouse), the
center button on the emulator, or by pressing the Enter
key on your keyboard. Once this entry is selected, the code must perform a
lookup to obtain the address of the selected contact. This is where the
onListItemClick() overridden method comes into play. This
method's implementation has four important arguments. The one of most
interest here is the
dbidentifier method. Because the cursor
was bound to the UI, when this method is invoked, it actually receives an
identifier to the underlying data source. The
field may be used to query the contacts database for desired information.
It can also be used to simply launch the contacts application using an
intent as shown in the commented-out code in Listing 7.
Listing 7. The
onListItemClick() overridden
@Override protected void onListItemClick(ListView list,View view,int position,long dbidentifier) { super.onListItemClick(list,view,position,dbidentifier); try { // this commented out code below will launch the Contacts application \ // and "view" the contact Intent myIntent = \ new Intent(android.content. // Intent.VIEW_ACTION,new ContentURI("content://contacts/people/" // + dbidentifier)); startSubActivity(myIntent,position); // let's lookup specifics on this record ContentURI theContact = \ new ContentURI(android.provider.Contacts.ContactMethods.CONTENT_URI.toURI()); // IMPORTANT // in order to use this sample application, you need to have at least // one Contact record on your Android emulator\ // and be sure to have populated the 'Home Address field' // // this "where clause" is for HOME address and for the person record // selected in the GUI (id, dbidentifier) Cursor c = managedQuery(theContact,null," type = 1 and person = " + dbidentifier,null); if (!c.first()) { showAlert("MSCC","No Contact Methods Available!","",true); return; } String address = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("data")); address = address.replace("\n",""); address = address.replace(",",""); address = address.replace(" ","+"); Intent geoIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW", new ContentURI\ ("geo:0,0?q=" + address)); startActivity(geoIntent); } catch (Exception ee) { Log.i(tag,ee.getMessage()); } }
Once the address has been obtained, a few simple string operations are
required to clean up the data to prepare it for a query to Google Maps.
geoIntent is a new Intent created to perform a geo
search, which in the default Android Emulator image is satisfied by a call
to Google Maps.
All of the major elements of the first application still hold true for this application. There is a single activity launched from the main application screen. There is, of course, the AndroidManifest.xml file identifying our new application. Remember, complete source code is available in the Download section.
There is one final piece of information that is important to this second
example application. In the AndroidManifest.xml file, there is an
additional entry that gives the application permission to read the
contacts database:
<uses-permission id="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"
Without this explicit permission, the Linux kernel will prevent the
application from accessing the contacts database.
This tutorial introduced the Android platform, the Android Developer Tools, and the key elements of Android development in Eclipse. The Android Developer Tools allows you to leverage the rich Eclipse development environment for building and testing Android applications. You should now be ready to create your own Android applications.
Downloadable resources
- PDF of this content
- Example source code (os-eclipse-android.examples.zip | 67KB)


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Yahoo launches customizable ad tool — Yahoo just upped the ante in the display advertising space. — On Monday the Web giant launched a new display advertising product called SmartAds, which allows marketers to offer ads that are customized according to the Web surfer's age, gender, location and online activities.
Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Mashable!
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: AdJug Gets Millions for New Ad Marketplace
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter:
Yahoo Ads Get Personal: NOT Google Radio Ads — Yahoo ads are getting personal. How about Google? CEO Eric Schimdt has a personal advertising "fantasy." — Personalized radio advertising, as imagined by Schmidt one year ago: While driving past a clothing store, a radio ad should remind Eric …
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!: 5 New Online Advertising Tactics We Fear
Yahoo!'s New ''SmartAds'' Meld Brand and Direct Response Advertising — Innovative, Patent-Pending Ad Delivery Platform Allows Marketers to Present Highly Targeted Online Display Ads in Real Time to Match a User's Distinctive, Expressed Interests — SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jul 02, 2007 …
Discussion: AppScout
Brian Heater / AppScout: Yahoo! Introduces SmartAds, Google Sort of Hits Back
Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
Universal in Dispute With Apple Over iTunes — Steven P. Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive of Apple, is an emerging force in the mobile phone business, thanks to the snaking lines of gadget fans who queued up last week to buy the iPhone. But now he faces a headache in an industry Apple already dominates — digital music.
Discussion: Slyck, TechCrunch, Between the Lines, The Register, Boing Boing, Hardware 2.0, hypebot, Engadget, BloggingStocks, Mashable!, Podcasting News, Buzzworthy, paidContent.org, PSFK and jkOnTheRun
Thomas Mennecke / Slyck: Universal and Apple get Ugly
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch: Universal Music To Apple: Adieu Perhaps?
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Universal Music plays iTunes hardball with Apple
Andrew Orlowski / The Register: World's biggest label kneecaps iTunes store
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing: Universal threatens to drop iTunes Store contract
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Has Steve Jobs dropped the iTunes ball?
Bruce Houghton / hypebot: Universal Threatens iTunes Exit
Douglas McIntyre / BloggingStocks: Universal turns the tables on Apple
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Universal Music May Drop iTunes Contract
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org: Updated: Universal Will Not Renew Long-Term iTunes Deal; Seeks Flexibility: Report
Piers Fawkes / PSFK: Apple Sells A Lot Of iPhones, Universal Thinks It Can Go Alone …
James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun: Universal Music Group tells Apple to take a hike
Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Universal Music declines long-term iTunes deal: source — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, has declined to sign a long-term deal with Apple Inc.'s iTunes music store, leaving open the possibility for exclusive deals with other services, an industry source said on Sunday.
Discussion: The Webpreneur and Lost Remote
Nick ONeill / The Webpreneur: UNIVERSAL DEALS HUGE BLOW TO APPLE
Wall Street Journal:
Universal Music May Seek Shorter iTunes-Sales Pact
Universal Music May Seek Shorter iTunes-Sales Pact
Discussion: Apple Gazette, Coolfer, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, ParisLemon, Gizmodo, Lost Remote and digg
MG Siegler / ParisLemon: Universal Music Group Leaving iTunes?
Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear:
Breaking: UMG Will Not Renew iTunes Contract
Breaking: UMG Will Not Renew iTunes Contract
Discussion: Gadgetell and Texas Startup Blog
Colbert Low / Gadgetell: Universal Music will not renew its iTunes contract
Alexander Muse / Texas Startup Blog: iTunes to run out of music?
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Piper Jaffray: 500,000 iPhones sold over the weekend — Apple sold around half a million iPhones the first weekend the device went on sale, one analyst firm has estimated. — Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster released a report Sunday night estimating that Apple sold about 500,000 units …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: 500,000 iPhones sold so far — but can Apple keep up?
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch: iPhone has a $250 - $300 Million Opening Weekend
Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear: Over 500,000 iPhones Sold — Tools Consumers line up at the Apple SoHo store
Chris Ullrich / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Apple Sells Half a Million iPhones in the First Weekend
Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab: Apple's Opening Weekend: 200,000 iPhones Sold
Melly Alazraki / BloggingStocks: Apple sold half a million iPhones?
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Analyst Antics: Opening Weekend iPhone Numbers: 500,000 Sold …
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com: Some iPhone customers put on hold
Staci D. Kramer / mocoNews.net: iPhone Roundup: Activation Woes; 500,000 Sold?
Joshua Karp / The Boy Genius Report: 500,000 iPhones sold during opening weekend
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: 500,000 iPhones — Reportedly, that's the number of phones …
Connie Guglielmo / Bloomberg:
Apple May Have Sold 500,000 IPhones, Beating Estimate — Apple Inc.'s initial iPhone sales may have beat analysts' top projections, suggesting Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs will reach his goal of making mobile phones as profitable to the company as computers and the iPod.
Adario Strange / Epicenter: Apple IPhone Sales Meet Expectations, But What About Video IChat?
Charles Starrett / iLounge: News: Apple sells 500,000 iPhones?
Ed Hardy / Brighthand.com Handheld News and Reviews:
"Palm OS II" Pushed Back to 2008 — In May of this year, Palm, Inc. announced that it is developing its own operating system that will be based on Linux, but also include important parts of the Garnet OS (formerly Palm OS Garnet). — At that time, the company said that the first devices running …
Discussion: CrunchGear, jkOnTheRun, The Mobile Gadgeteer, Engadget and PalmAddicts
Ilya Kochanov / CrunchGear: Palm OS II Delayed Until 2008
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Palm postpones next OS version until 2008: is that 'Taps' playing?
Darren Murph / Engadget: Palm's Linux OS not surfacing until 2008?
Sam Mcloughln / PalmAddicts: Palm OS II delayed until 2008
Wily Ferret / Inquirer:
Google apologises for Sicko outburst — A la Ferret Blog ye not — THE LATEST TWIST in Google's do-no-evil saga reflects a growing uncertainty about the direction Silicon Valley's biggest startup is taking. — The public and press perception of the company is now heading towards …
Discussion: The Register and Insider Chatter
Andrew Orlowski / The Register: Google in Sicko storm
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter: Why Google Health IS Sick (o): $2 trillion Medical Target
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Company blogging 101 — Here's a short summary of the recent Google blogging brouhaha:
Company blogging 101 — Here's a short summary of the recent Google blogging brouhaha:
Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, WebProNews and Insider Chatter
Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim: Google's "Sicko" BlogStorm
David A. Utter / WebProNews: Google Health Ads Blog Backs Off Sicko
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter: Google, Hillary Clinton and U.S. Health Care
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google, "Sicko" Opinions & Issues With Playing Ad Agency
Google, "Sicko" Opinions & Issues With Playing Ad Agency
Discussion: Search Engine Roundtable, Google Blogoscoped, MediaVidea, Boing Boing and Insider Chatter
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable: Google Says Use Search Ads to Help Improve Health Industry's Credibility
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped: Google's Ad "Democracy"
Pramit Singh / MediaVidea: 7 reasons why Michael Moore's next target should be Google
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing: More on Google vs Sicko
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter: Google's Opinion: Medical Advertising Fuels Democracy
Brad Stone / New York Times:
In a Bid for Dow Jones, an Entrepreneur Again Finds Murdoch as Rival — In the continuing saga of Rupert Murdoch's quest for Dow Jones & Company, perhaps the strangest turn is the rival offer from Brad Greenspan, a former chief executive of Intermix Media, the onetime parent company of the social networking service MySpace.
Discussion: HipMojo.com, Beet.TV and paidContent.org
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: WSJ Becomes Battleground for New Media Millionaire's Beef …
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV: Dow Jones as Financial Video News Channel is the Promise of …
Washington Post:
Calling In Pros to Refine Your Google Image — At the height of the cyber-abuse, Sue Scheff, a consultant to parents of troubled teens, would type her name in a Google search box and brace herself: Up would pop page after page of attack postings. … The stream of negative comments began …
Discussion: Innovation in College Media
John Leyden / The Register:
Senior execs targeted in 'precision' malware attacks — Spear phishers prey on friends and family of top managers — Hackers are targeting senior managers of large firms - along with members of their families - in a new wave of highly-focused email attacks.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Kevin v. Evan — So I've had a week now to play around with Pownce, Kevin Rose's (the founder of Digg, pictured left) newly launched Twitter killer. — Twitter, which launched a year ago, was obviously used as the initial inspiration for the Pownce. They both allow users to sign up …
Discussion: Marc's Voice, Like It Matters and The Next Net
Marc Canter / Marc's Voice: Interop of Twitter and Pownce
Brian Oberkirch / Like It Matters: we stopped playing king of the mountain long ago
Erick Schonfeld / The Next Net: Kevin Rose Pownces on Twitter
Stan Schroeder / franticindustries:
Pownce, the Twitter Killer
Pownce, the Twitter Killer
Discussion: Web Worker Daily, Bloggers Blog, Newsome.Org, TECH.BLORGE.com and WinExtra
Stephen Collins / Web Worker Daily: POWNCING ON THE TWITTER BIRD... OR NOT
John Pospisil / TECH.BLORGE.com: Digg guru Kevin Rose announces MySpace killer
Steven Hodson / WinExtra: Pownce - trying hard to see the new & cool side
John Leyden / The Register:
Harry Potter worm claims death of teen wizard — Hackers are attempting to exploit Potter-mania with the release of a worm that attempts to infect USB memory drives. — The Hairy-A worm poses as a file containing a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the eagerly-anticipated final novel …
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Cavs Rout Sluggish Heat, 103-79LeBron James delivered his best performance in more than a week as the Cleveland Cavaliers blew out the Miami Heat 103-79 on Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena. James had 29 points, seven rebounds and six assists. He has been hampered recently by a toe injury that forced him to miss one game and limited him to fewer than 20 points in three of his last four contests. Larry Hughes chipped in 16 points on 7-12 field goal shooting and Sasha Pavlovic provided a huge lift off of the bench with 15 points, five rebounds and a career-high six assists. Dwyane Wade overcame a slow start to finish with 27 points and seven assists but he also had seven turnovers. Shaquille O'Neal hammered home several rim rattling dunks that seemed to threaten to bring down the entire basket support but he only ended up with 14 points and seven rebounds.
In the first half, both teams acted like they were slogging through quicksand while wearing 50 pound backpacks. After more than seven minutes of play in the first quarter the score was tied at 10 and the teams had combined to shoot 9-28 from the field. Pavlovic had an immediate impact when he entered the game at the 4:51 mark, assisting on a Drew Gooden jump hook and making his first three shots, including a three pointer. The Cavs led 23-17 at the end of the period.
The Cavaliers tried to buy some time to rest starting center Zyrdunas Ilgauskas by inserting the seldom used Scot Pollard to guard O'Neal early in the second quarter. How tough is it to handle O'Neal even in his declining years? Pollard committed three fouls in 2:34 of action--and was unable to return to the game due to back spasms. You know that a guy is a tough cover when you give him three hard fouls and throw out your own back (actually, I think Pollard's back issue preceded his brief appearance, because he had some kind of wrap around his lower back before he entered the game). Cleveland held Wade to one point in the second quarter and led 44-33 at halftime.
An 11 point cushion might seem comfortable in such a low scoring game, but the last time these two teams played (February 1 in Miami) Wade scored 24 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter as Miami rallied from a 12 point deficit to win 92-89. Wade tried to duplicate those heroics, scoring seven points in the first 3:20 of the third quarter as the Heat trimmed the Cavs' lead to 49-43. Miami would get no closer, though, as Cleveland closed the period with a 20-14 run, capped off by James completely posterizing Alonzo Mourning. That dunk may have taken the wind out of the Heat's sails, because it gave the Cavs their biggest lead of the game (69-57). Miami offered little resistance in the fourth quarter and Cleveland's lead steadily grew. Near the end of the game, the only question was whether or not the Cavs would reach triple digits, which entitles each fan to a free chalupa. On Friday, chalupa was spelled M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L, as Donyell Marshall's three pointer with 1:13 left made the score 101-79.
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At halftime, several members of the media discussed their observations of the first 24 minutes and when someone asked me what I thought I replied that the Heat looked "sluggish." It turns out that Miami Coach Ron Rothstein would agree with that assessment. In his postgame standup, he said simply, "They outworked us period...We came out and I thought we played very sluggishly with our offense and I don't have an explanation for it."
Cleveland Coach Mike Brown like what he saw from his team. There has been some controversy regarding whether the Cavs' recent struggles are a result of their play on offense or defense; Brown has repeatedly insisted that the problems originated on defense and in his postgame standup he made a point of mentioning how well Cleveland played at that end of the court during this victory: "This is a great team effort for 48 minutes versus a very good basketball team...I thought we won the right way. We hold this team to 42% (field goal shooting) and we outrebounded them 49-37...It was a good night. It started on the defensive end of the floor."
James, who would like for Cleveland to play at a faster pace on offense, offered a slightly different explanation for the win, agreeing with a questioner who suggested that Cleveland's uptempo offense in this contest fueled the defense: "Of course. Any time you get some easy buckets, it helps you a lot on the defensive end and we took advantage of that." James would prefer that the Cavs push the ball up the court: "Any time we get an opportunity to get out early, it benefits Larry (Hughes), it benefits Sasha (Pavlovic), it benefits myself. We get the ball up the court and we can take some jump shots, we can take some drives early in the shot clock. It doesn't put as much pressure on us than when it's late in the shot clock."
James dismissed the idea that he derived any motivation from the fact that prior to this game he had played poorly in some nationally televised games: "No, that's not me. I don't care about that. There's a stat about us being 0-5 in nationally televised games and LeBron is not the same player (in those games). I don't read into that. My teammates know what I'm capable of doing and I showed it tonight." Of course, the fact that James is perfectly aware of that stat kind of suggests that it did indeed bother him.
After the postgame media availability concluded, I participated in an online chat at Sports.Sina.com, a Chinese website. Renjun Bao made all of the arrangements and did an excellent job of translating the questions from Chinese to English and then translating my answers from English to Chinese. He told me that Sports.Sina.com expected about 500,000 people to log on for this event. I enjoyed this opportunity to interact with some very enthusiastic basketball fans. I tape recorded Bao's rendering of the questions and my answers and plan to post a transcript of the chat here within the next couple days.
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Any win in India is huge, says Pietersen
After beating India at their own game, England skipper Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen said the team will have to guard against complacency in the remaining two matches.
"Any win in India is a huge win. I played 18 One-day games and won one game. I have won more Test matches than One-day games in India. Any Test victory or any victory in India is huge," said Pietersen whose record 206-run partnership with Cook (122) provided the platform for the massive win.
"But we are not going to get ahead of us, that is for sure. Last week we got hammered and this week we turned it around," he added.
Photo Courtesy: Twitter.com/Matt Prior
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'We have set the series out really well'
Cook too, echoed the same sentiments.
"We have set the series out really well. We have got two games to go now and it is level. It is a really good performance. Like Kev said, we are not getting too carried away. We are going to enjoy tonight," he said.
"Enjoy the victory and we need to, we have got a lot of back to back Test matches in India, so we need to rest up well. And make sure when we get to Kolkata, we train with same purpose and intense to win game there," he added.
Cook, who notched up his second century in the series on the trot and is level on 22 career hundreds with Pietersen and three other former greats, lavished praise on his partner.
"There are not many people in the world who could do what Kev did yesterday. It was the difference between the two teams. Those runs he scored, and quickly as well, took the game away from India," said Cook.
Image: England team celebrate
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He also hailed the bowling performance of left-arm spinner Monty Panesar, who got 11 wickets in the match, and Graeme Swann, who picked up eight, saying the duo ensured that his team did not have to chase too many runs for victory on the deteriorating Wankhede Stadium track.
"The way Monty and Swanny bowled, especially in that second innings, we didn't want to chase too many. They were under pressure to perform, and they did that. It was fantastic.
"It has been an incredible turnaround from the lads. The character we showed from last week's heavy defeat (in the series opener at Ahmedabad)," Cook said.
"We didn't let our heads drop down. We went back and had game here. Worked as hard as we did in the nets, and that belief and form which I said we needed to do into the game," added the player whose birthday falls on Christmas Day.
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Cook lead from the front
Pietersen felt that the key difference between both the Test matches was that the batsmen could transfer the way they batted in the nets into the actual game.
"As Cookie said we practised hard. But the important thing is not scoring the runs in the net but scoring the runs in the middle. Quite a few of our guys were able to do that. I thought that our spinners were exceptional in this match.
"Chef (Cook) hasn't spoken about himself yet but he is 27. Has got 22 Test hundreds, there is no reason why he shouldn't get 35-40 Test hundreds in his incredible Test career.
"It's special to be part of this team. The dressing room is certainly united. It's fun. We are having a great time in this tour," Pietersen declared.
Image: Alastair Cook
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Spin twins read the wicket very well
Cook felt his team's spin twins had read the wicket very well.
"I think it is the job of the spinner to work out the wicket. I thought Monty and Swanny did that. It was fantastic. The way they bowled and yesterday afternoon was fantastic. It is always hard when you have got to perform.
"You are the guys who have to take the wickets. They stood out and fronted up to take that challenge and took the wickets. Full credit to them," Cook said.
The England skipper said he was confident his side will take the confidence earned here into the Kolkata Test commencing on December 5.
"It's been a brilliant full three days. We can take a lot of confidence from these three days. When we get to Kolkata, whatever the conditions, the side should adapt well to those conditions," he said.
"When they get their noses ahead, they are going to keep their noses ahead. That is what India did in Ahmedabad, and that is what we did.
"Cook said his team had done very well in the Indian first innings too but for the century stand between Cheteshwar Pujara, who made 135, and R Ashwin (68) that pulled India out of the rut from 169 for 6."The first day, they were seven down (six down), I think.
"It was a really good day. We fought really hard and Ashwin and Pujara, if they hadn't put the partnership, it would have been a far better day for us.
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Lindsay Lohan declines plea deal
Lindsay Lohan didn't take the plea deal offered by prosecutors Wednesday, according to TMZ.
Either she's dumber than she looks, or someone has some really interesting photos of the D.A.
Los Angeles prosecutors were supposedly offering no jail time for Lohan after she was charged with three misdemeanors -- including lying to police -- in connection with her car wreck last June on the Pacific Coast Highway while she was on probation. In return, they wanted her to go to a substance abuse treatment facility for 60 days.
Nope. Because she doesn't have a problem. Just ask her.
Lohan's lawyer Mark Heller didn't accept the deal, according to TMZ, even when the other side offered to cut her stay closer to 30 days. Nope, said Heller.
Ever seen helpless parents at the mercy of a completely unreasonable child?
Sources connected with Lohan told TMZ Heller is willing to accept a plea that involves counseling and possibly some sort of rehab, but Lohan won't have it because to her it sounds like "punishment for something I didn't do."
Right. The car wasn't hers. She wasn't driving. That alcohol police found next to the car wasn't hers. She wasn't on probation for stealing jewelry. She should've won an Oscar for "Liz & Dick."
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you sound like an apologist for the flawed search engine system. why not just admit the flaw, and correct it? oh thats right, i forgot, the internet's primary purpose is to spread disinf0rmation, not to properly inf0rm the public. instead of going off on tangents, and running from responsiblity, take off your r biased lenses. i used bing for my experiment, and i havent heard of bing being blocked in China. i also havent noticed a huge difference between bing results vs gugle results, so the flaws that we see on bing will also apply to gugle. also, if you insist on using only western sources for your "teaching", then perhaps you shouldnt be teaching anyone. i am glad i dont have you for a teacher, and i hope your students know bs when they see it. you should also ask yourself why western websites are blocked before rambling, because western websites werent blocked from the begining. the internet became widely used in 96, and major blocks didnt come until 08. maybe you should stop inciting riots and facebook wont be blocked. you ever consider that? also, i say this to all the shils, sp00ks, etc...... if you want to use facebook so badly, then why dont you go back to your country? China has done a lot of things wrong (ie acomodating inperialists like yourself), but one of the few things they did right was to block gugle.
getting any option from an internet search it better than being blocked completely, as has happened on occasion when i use it for work.
In China there are blocks on the most ridiculous sites that are excellent resources for a teacher, sites that contain teaching suggestions and exercises to help students have extra practice.
Not to mention blocks on news websites.
I'd sooner have access to sites and be able to compare content than be unable to do basic research for usable material.
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Last Thursday (November 27, 2008), I redelivered some PDC content on Visual Studio 2010 for the Visual Studio User Group (VISUG) in Belgium.
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By Emily Feinberg, Development/Gulf Associate
The Deepwater Horizon oil disaster flowed unabated for three months in 2010. In August of 2011, oil and oil sheen covering several square miles of water were reported surfacing not far from BP's Macondo well. The oil was a chemical match to Macondo.
For about 20 months, the Gulf Coast has been experiencing extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats as well as the fishing and tourism industries. Immense underwater plumes of dissolved oil, not visible on the surface, were reported as well as a "kill zone" surrounding the blown well. NOAA reports from October of 2011 show dolphins and whales still dying at twice their normal rate, and fish washed up on Dauphin Island with red lesions. The disaster continues.
White House energy advisor, Carol Browner, called this spill the "worst environmental disaster the US has faced." In April 2011, one year from the onset of the spill, scientists confirmed that they had discovered oil on dead dolphins found along the Gulf Coast. Fifteen of the 406 dolphins that had washed ashore in the previous 14 months had oil on their bodies; oil was linked to the BP disaster. In July 2011, BP released a report claiming that the economy had recovered and there was no reason to believe that anyone would suffer future losses from the spill, with the limited exception of oyster harvesters. It could take years for those in the fishing industry to fully realize the spill's effects. The Gulf is also the spawning ground for the endangered bluefin tuna. A study commissioned by Greater New Orleans, Inc. and conducted by IEM and Headwater Capital Consulting in 2010 estimated the short-term gross revenue loss to the fishing industry could be $115-172 million, a direct result of the BP disaster. Louisiana's $2.4 billion seafood industry supplies up to 40% of US seafood supply and employs over 27,000 people.
The oil giant responsible for this disaster has rolled out ad campaign painting the Gulf Coast as all better and open for business, but locals will tell you otherwise. BP PLC's rosy picture of the Gulf, complete with sparkling beaches, booming businesses, smiling fishermen and waters bursting with seafood, seems a bit too rosy to many people who live there. Even if the British oil giant's campaign helps promote the Gulf as a place where Americans should have no fear to visit and spend their money, some dismiss it as "BP propaganda."
"I'm glad to report that all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy!" BP representative Iris Cross says in one TV spot to an upbeat soundtrack. "And the economy is showing progress, with many areas on the Gulf Coast having their best tourism season in years." Celebrity chefs Emril Lagasse and John Besh are being paid by BP to promote Gulf seafood, and are spreading this message through pre-game parties throughout the college Bowl games beginning just before Christmas. The true story of what's happening in Gulf communities is far less shiny than it looks in these videos. "They should be a little more apologetic and less triumphant," said George Crozier, an oceanographer and former director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama.
It's important to see through the silk screen BP is attempting to blind us with. The real picture is far more troubling, and it does no good to move on and forget all that BP has put us through. The oil giant's ads are triumphant and boastful, touting their continued commitment and efforts to cleaning up the spill. Want to see what's really going on? Check out our Gulf Coast Waterkeepers and give them a hand. BP needs to be held responsible for the ongoing damage they've caused.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission put a suspected Russian brokerage-account thief's money on ice last week, after he allegedly used illicit access to people's online portfolios to drive up stock prices.
The SEC charged Grand Logistic SA, a Belize corporation located in Estonia, and its owner Evgeny Gashichev of Russia, with breaking into victims' computers and using the illicit access to their brokerage accounts to drive up stock prices. Between August 28 and October 13, 2006, the illegal scheme made the company at least $353,609, according to an SEC estimate.
Unlike stock spam, which generally results in modest gains for the fraudsters, the illicit use of victim's stock accounts resulted in massive increases, according to the SEC's court filings.
"This is the lazy man's pump-and-dump," Amy J. Greer, district trial counsel for the Philadelphia District Office of the SEC, told SecurityFocus. "It doesn't require them to tout anything."
Stock scams and account intrusion have become increasingly popular schemes for cybercriminals intent on turning a profit. An increase in spam e-mail emanating from bot nets has partially been due to bulk email messages touting stocks as part of a typical scheme to drive up prices. Studies have shown that stock spam can result in an increase in stock price, bumping up the value of volatile over-the-counter stocks by 1.5 to five per cent.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission prosecuted its first account intruder in 2004, when 20-year-old Van T. Dinh was found guilty of compromising a victim's computer and using the account to buy Dinh's $90,000 in "put" options that had become worthless. In October, two US brokerage firms - TD Ameritrade and E*Trade Financial -announced that such scams resulted in more than $22 million in losses in the third quarter of 2006.
In the latest scheme, labeled by the SEC as a "high-tech version of a 'pump-and-dump' manipulation scheme," Grand Logisitics allegedly bought stock in 21 different companies and then used buy orders placed through compromised accounts to drive up the price of those firms' stock.
"These purchases through the intruded accounts created buying pressure and the false appearance of legitimate trading activity, which caused the price of the targeted stock to greatly increase," the SEC stated in court filings. "Once the price had increased, Gashichev then sold, at a profit, the shares he had earlier purchased in the Grand Logistic account."
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Choosing thinly-traded penny stocks--in every case the stock traded as less than $1.50 a share - Gashichev allegedly purchased anywhere between 6,000 and 71,000 shares of the targeted stock. The suspect then used access to compromised accounts at E*Trade Securities, TD Ameritrade, Scottrade and other online brokerages to sell existing assets and use the proceeds to buy the targeted stock, according to the SEC filings. By the time the suspect sold the stock, typically on the same day, the price had increased anywhere from four per cent to 158 per cent, the SEC stated.


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Stones from the Pentagon that were damaged in 9/11 will be installed in a memorial at the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus in South Coatesville.
Ten representatives from Chester County's first responder community traveled to the Pentagon on July 25 to collect an artifact from the portion of the building struck during the 9/11 attack in 2001.
Four large pieces of limestone were selected by the group. They will be included in a memorial placed in the tactical village being constructed at the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus in South Coatesville.
The delegation was met at the Pentagon by Bill Hopper, the information and communications manager for the U.S. Department of Defense. The visit included a tour of the 9/11 memorial conducted by Mike Garcia, who witnessed the plane crashing into the building on Sept. 11.
Beau Crowding, deputy director for fire services for the Chester County Department of Emergency Services, and part of the delegation, said, "As we were taking the tour of the memorial museum, I looked around at the men representing all of Chester County's first responders - fire, police and emergency medical services - and what struck me was the unity that we have as we all work together to keep people safe.
"That unity will become stronger as we train together at the Public Safety Training Campus. It is fitting that the limestone artifact will be placed there, not only as a memorial to those who lost their lives on 9/11 and to honor all first responders who continue to serve, but to remind us of the importance of working together when faced with emergency situations."
Chester County's Department of Emergency Services, in cooperation with the emergency response organizations, is working with the architects of the Public Safety Training Campus to incorporate a design for the memorial that will highlight the Pentagon limestone. It joins a section of a World Trade Center steel beam that is displayed at the front entrance of the Training Campus education building.
Taking part in the trip to the Pentagon were representatives from Chester County's first responder community: Joe Behm, Uwchlan Ambulance Corp, representing Chester County EMS Council; Chief Jack Law, West Bradford Fire Company, representing Chester County Fire Chiefs Association; Lt. Howard Holland, Downingtown Police Department, representing Chester County Police Chiefs Association; John DiBuonaventuro, representing Chester County Hero Fund; Chief Neil Vaughn, Malvern Fire Company, representing Chester County Fire Chiefs Association; Deputy Ryan Corcoran, Chester County Sheriff's Office; Joel Gramling, representing Chester County Fire Police Association; Deputy Adam Weaver, Chester County Sheriff's Office; Chief Shane Clark, West Pikeland Township Police Department, representing Chester County Police Chiefs Association; and George "Beau" Crowding, Deputy Director for Fire Services for Chester County Department of Emergency Services.


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10 leadership lessons for Gen-YPosted by Inc. in General Business
by Steve Tobak
It might be a brave new world, but an old-school approach to leadership still works. Take notes.
Wish I knew then what I know now.
You hear that sort of thing all the time; a lament to the wisdom that seems to come too late in life, or at least later than we'd like it to.
The current generation of up-and-comers certainly has its opportunities and its challenges. Having grown up with high-tech, they're probably best suited to thrive in the brave new connected world. And I happen to think the digital revolution has only just begun.
On the other hand, the world is in the midst of cultural and economic upheaval. Perhaps that's nothing new, but it is challenging, to say the least. There's so much information, so many choices, so much distraction, just those things alone present more complexity than any generation has ever had to deal with.
That said, I have a sneaking suspicion that the wisdom that comes from real-world experience applies to anyone in any generation. At least, that's the theory. Here are 10 lessons I've learned that I suspect will prove useful to the current generation of up-and-coming entrepreneurs and business leaders.
If you want to achieve great things, you have to do great work. If your goal is to just skate by in life, you can probably pull that off without much effort. But if you want to accomplish some great things that give your life meaning, you'll have to do great work. You only get out of this life what you put into it.
Take big risks. Roll the dice. Dive into the deep end of the pool. Throw caution to the wind. Be fearless. Success in business and your career are a function of your willingness to face your fears and take chances. That simple but powerful truth is probably the most important piece of advice anyone can give you.
Always seek to broaden your experience. Perhaps the best decision I ever made was to spend the first decade of my career with large companies that trained and groomed me and opened my eyes to a world of disciplines, markets, and opportunities. That, I believe, improved my odds of success in the startup world immensely.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint. There's a certain time factor related to all goals, strategies, and achievements. The bigger the objective, the bolder the strategy, the more rewarding the accomplishment, the longer it takes, generally speaking. That runs contrary to our attention deficit culture and our growing addiction to instant gratification. You need to fight that real-time tug to achieve long-term results.
There's a certain balance to the equation of life. In school, you learn that there's symmetry in the world. Every force has an equal and opposite reaction. Chemical equations must balance. Supply and demand are intimately related. Life is no different. It's full of tradeoffs and cause and effect relationships. You'll never get something for nothing. Everything has a price. First you do the work, then you get rewarded. You give, then you get. Those equations appear throughout your career, your life, the business world, everything.
You probably take yourself too seriously. Children have enormous egos. They think everything revolves around them. That self-centered worldview is essential to survival. But in adulthood, it can be a real problem. Maturity is very much about developing empathy for others, about understanding their needs and wants, what drives and motivates them. It's also key to effective business and working relationships.
Don't make self-limiting assumptions based on limited experience. When you're young, there's a temptation to be headstrong, to make sweeping decisions based on limited information. For example, it's popular these days to romanticize entrepreneurship, but it's not for everyone. Keep your options open.
Don't confuse freedom with entitlement. You're actually entitled to very little in life, but it should be enough. America's founding fathers were brilliant. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is phrased that way for a reason. With those basic building blocks, you're free to pursue what you will. The rest is entirely up to you. Your happiness and success are in your hands--and only your hands.
Real success takes real relationships in the real world. The Internet definitely leveled the business playing field. And social networks enable you to connect with virtually anyone. As a result, you can make a few bucks generating Twitter followers for Lady Gaga or Honey Boo Boo by sitting at your computer at home. But if you have higher aspirations than that, you'll need to develop real relationships with real people in real time.
Have faith that things will work out for you. Steve Jobs said it best in his 2005 Stanford University commencement speech, "You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."
One more thing. I wouldn't think of depriving you all of learning these lessons in your own good time. If you want to throw caution to the wind as I suggested earlier, go ahead and hit "delete." Be my guest. But there's an old expression that I think still applies in our information society: "Forewarned is forearmed." And, after all, you can never go back.
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|Documentary filmmaker Christine Shaye (Shields) has just gotten her first important assignment from overbearing boss Dan Walker (Sheen), which is to capture the beauty of Africa. Christine arrives at the South African game preserve of Londolozi where she meets passionate conservationist John Varty (who plays himself). Varty has filmed one leopard family for 12 years but when the mother leopard is killed, he violates his own ethical code when he rescues her two orphaned cubs.
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