Android: INSTALL_FAILED_CONFLICTING_PROVIDER

If you ever get this: [2010-02-28 04:14:38 - mobileFinder]Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_CONFLICTING_PROVIDER [2010-02-28 04:14:38 - mobileFinder]Please check logcat output for more details. [2010-02-28 04:14:38 - mobileFinder]Launch canceled! You can solve it by changing the value of android:authorities in your AndroidManifest.xml file. The reason for the error is that another application installed on your device already uses [...]

JPype Tutorial

Today, I used JPype to execute some Java code that I did not want to re-implement. JPype allows you to start a JVM inside your Python program. This is useful when you want put minimal effort into combining existing Java source code with Python. With a few simple lines, you can start the JVM, do [...]

Installing an EGG (.egg) file with Windows XP

I recently had to install the simplejson package on my Windows XP machine and when I downloaded the package from the website, I was surprised to see that the package had an .egg extension. Some Googling got me to where I knew I needed to use easy_install to perform the installation. I have used easy_install [...]

Android Activity Restarts When Configuration Changes

Even the most trivial application written for Android will show that the onCreate() method is called (and the Activity reset) whenever the orientation is changed from portrait to landscape (and vice versa) or when the physical keyboard is deployed/slid-out. This can be an annoying side effect, but can be easily overcome using one of a [...]