For some reason I don't know writing to files in Android is very complicated and tedious. Here is some code for those who might need it. Apps should write in the SD in the directory /Android/data/package_name/files/ so that it is deleted with the app uninstall. package randomname; import java.io.BufferedOutputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.FileWriter; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.OutputStream; import java.io.OutputStreamWriter; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import android.content.Context; import android.os.Environment; import android.util.Log; public class FileIOLibrary { String packageName; boolean mExternalStorageAvailable = false; boolean mExternalStorageWriteable = false; FileIOLibrary(String packageNamep) { this.packageName=packageNamep; } public boolean isExternalStorageAvailable() { updateExternalStorageState(); return mExternalStorageAvailable; } public boolean isExternalStorageWritable() { updateExternalStorageState(); return mExternalStorageWriteable; } /** * writes the current state of SD card to the corresponding variables */ void updateExternalStorageState() {...

This is an Android app that dumps any binarized xml file as plain text - to the sdcard on the device or emulator. build.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project... AndroidManifest.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <man... res/layout/main.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Lin... res/values/strings.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <res... src/com/android/xmltool/DumpXml.java package com.android.xmltool; import java.ut... Screenshot Pre-built APK can be downloaded from: http://code.google.com/p/android-binxml-dump/

Implement the provider. Put the initialization code in onCreate , implement the necessary query and update methods. This is a skeleton: package my.package; import android.content.... Declare the content provider in AndroidManifest.xml , with content authority (any string identifier): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifes... Use the provider (content consumer code): // import android.content.ContentResolver; Cont...

This is a simple doclet that prints all public methods and their parameter names and types. Code import com.sun.javadoc.*; public class List... Compile javac -cp $JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar:. ListMethodsDo... Use javadoc -doclet ListMethodsDoclet -sourcepath /pat...

This is an odd-ball content provider in that it doesn't provide database records, but provides a resource as a stream. It can be used to provide media files or XML resources. Start the project with: tools/android create project --package com.android... Create assets directory and add an XML file ( assets/demo.xml ): <? xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <people... Edit the layout ( res/layout/main.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearL... Edit src/com/android/cptest/Dummy.java : package com.android.cptest; import java.io.... Add content provider ( src/com/android/cptest/XmlResource.java ): package com.android.cptest; import java.io.... Update AndroidManifest.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifes... Add this section to the end of build.xml : <target name="-package-resources"> <ech... Build and install: ant install Screenshot: Remove the Dummy activity ( AndroidManifest.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifes... Create a new project for...

Create new project $ tools/android create project \ > --package co... Edit res/values/string.xml , add strings for the main screen. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resourc... Add widgets to main layout ( res/layout/main.xml ). <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearL... Edit src/com/android/apkinfo/GetAPKPermissions.java and change contents to: package com.android.apkinfo; import android... Install the debug package to the emulator: ant install The screen should look like: Add display permissions activity. Start by creating a new layout res/layout/display_permissions.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearL... Add the strings used by the new Activity ( res/values/strings.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resourc... Add the Display Permissions Activity ( src/com/android/apkinfo/DisplayPermissions.java ): package com.android.apkinfo; import android... Change src/com/android/apkinfo/GetAPKPermissions.java to invoke the Display Permissions Activity: package com.android.apkinfo; import android... Declare Display Permissions Activity in AndroidManifest.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifes......

Generate android project $ ~/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/android create proj... Create XML file res/xml/books.xml : <?xml version="1.0"?> <catalog> <book id=... Edit layout ( res/layout/main.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Lin... Edit code ( src/com/android/xmlres/XMLResource.java ): package com.android.xmlres; import java.io.... Change activity label from app_name to booklist ( AndroidManifest.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifes... Add value for string resource ( res/values/string.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resourc... Deploy and test: ant install

A task that a Java developer does so frequently is to find out where a certain class can be found - to resolve compilation errors, classpath issues, or version conflicts of the same class introduced by multiple class loaders. A long while back I wrote a simple Perl script to perform the task. Later I was informed that there are Swing based Jar Browser and Jars Browser . Then, there are a couple of shell one-liners: # one liner 1 find -name "*.jar" -print0 | xarg... But all of them share the same problem: if a class is in a jar nested in another jar, it cannot be found. Such is the case for a class inside a jar under the WEB-INF/lib directory of a...

The tags <sql:query> Queries a database. Syntax: <sql:query sql="sqlQuery" var="varName" [scope... or, put the query within the element body: <sql:query var="varName" [scope="{page|req... Attributes: Name Dynamic? Type Description sql true String SQL query statement. dataSource true javax.sql.DataSource or String Data source associated with the database to query. A String value represents a relative path to a JNDI resource or the JDBC parameters for the DriverManager class. maxRows true int The maximum number of rows to be included in the query result. If not specified, or set to -1, no limit on the maximum number of rows is enforced. startRow true int The returned Result object includes the rows starting at the specified index. The first row of the original query result set is at index...

This is built upon the simple test application for JSTL , which contained a single servlet and a single JSP page. If I want to use it to test all available JSTL tags, the servlet and JSP page would be too complicated. Instead, I want to group the JSTL tags into separate JSP pages and display each group based on the requested URL. For example, if the URL ends with /CoreBasic , I'll display a page that contains the basic core tags; if the URL ends with /I18N , I'll display a page that contains the internationalization tags (e.g., <fmt:message> ). Furthermore, I want to delegate the handling of each group of tags to separate Java classes. This is the application I'll use for the...