Hello All, Need help I have developed a quiz, when i run the application in eclipse it triggers the emulator using Google API paltform 1.6, API Level 4 the quiz is running fine but the answers section is going out of screen, last answers option is going out of screen. Please help

Have you tested your app on an actual device? There are literally hundreds of simulators / emulators for the Android developmenet setup in Eclipse and almost NONE of them work exactly like the phones. iOS does this very well, the iPhone simulator works great. Android, not so much. a) set your device to allow debugging (device settings) b) Connect it to your maching with the USB cable c) Run your project from Eclipse but choose your device from the AVD manager instead of the simulator.

Thanks!, probably this is emulator problem then, because otherwise the quiz is working fine.will try using the actual device.

amitsingh800, I'm having an identical problem when attempting to test my quiz on my Droid Eris - am going into the code now to see if I can figure out how to possibly change the sizes of the buttons so that all 4 fit on the screen. Will post if any progress is made - and if anyone else has a knowledge of this, feel free to chime in!

Hi Guys... sounds like maybe there is a layout problem we're unaware of. We don't have an Eris - we mostly use the Motorola Droid for testing on actual devices. Sounds like the screen resolution / screen size on the Eris is the problem. Have a look at the layout file for the quiz screen. It's in: /res/layout/screen_quizmultiplechoice.xml In that file you'll see the configuration data for the layout of the Wrong and Right quiz buttons. The width / height should be scalaed automatically by the device but it may be too large or something? 85dpi means 85 device independent pixels Let us know if you find a layout that will work for the quiz on the smaller devices?

David, thanks for the pointer to the correct file - I actually changed the heights on the btnQuestion_1, 2, 3, and 4, rather than the Right/Wrong quiz buttons, to 40dip. That makes everything fit for the Eris, though I don't know if it'll be to small on the Droid or similar now. Again, thanks for providing this service!

You're welcome... good tip on the 40dip. I'll tinker here in the next few days and see if I can improve the device detection logic to professionalize it ;-)

Hello - we ran into the same problem on the HTC Droid - the last answer does not show on the screen and you can't scroll to view it.

I am unable to access the menu_quizmultiplechoice.xml file - it won't show the code - Errors: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.renderWithBridge(Unknown Source) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.recomputeLayout(Unknown Source) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.activated(Unknown Source) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.LayoutEditor.pageChange(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart.setActivePage(MultiPageEditorPart.java:1067) at org.eclipse.ui.forms.editor.FormEditor.setActivePage(FormEditor.java:607) at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart.createPartControl(MultiPageEditorPart.java:352) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPartHelper(EditorReference.java:670) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPart(EditorReference.java:465) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:595) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.getEditor(EditorReference.java:289) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditorBatched(WorkbenchPage.java:2863) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2768) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.access$11(WorkbenchPage.java:2760) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$10.run(WorkbenchPage.java:2711) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2707) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2691) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2682) at org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IDE.java:651) at org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IDE.java:610) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.EditorUtility.openInEditor(EditorUtility.java:365) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.EditorUtility.openInEditor(EditorUtility.java:168) at org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.OpenAction.run(OpenAction.java:229) at org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.OpenAction.run(OpenAction.java:208) at org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.SelectionDispatchAction.dispatchRun(SelectionDispatchAction.java:274) at org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.SelectionDispatchAction.run(SelectionDispatchAction.java:250) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerActionGroup.handleOpen(PackageExplorerActionGroup.java:373) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerPart$4.open(PackageExplorerPart.java:526) at org.eclipse.ui.OpenAndLinkWithEditorHelper$InternalListener.open(OpenAndLinkWithEditorHelper.java:48) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$2.run(StructuredViewer.java:845) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:49) at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:175) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.fireOpen(StructuredViewer.java:843) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.handleOpen(StructuredViewer.java:1131) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$6.handleOpen(StructuredViewer.java:1235) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.fireOpenEvent(OpenStrategy.java:264) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$2(OpenStrategy.java:258) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$1.handleEvent(OpenStrategy.java:298) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:3776) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1367) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1390) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1375) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:1187) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3622) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3277) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2640) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2604) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2438) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:671) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:664) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:115) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:369) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:619) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:574) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1407)

The menu_quizmultiplechoice.xml is a simple text file, you don't need anything special to open it. You can open it in Eclipse, or in a text editor. The errors posted in the previous thread are mysterious - could it be that you are trying to 'build and run' an XML file (which won't work). Expand the layout folder in the project, scroll down and see all the xml files, click one to edit it. Again, it's just plain text.

I changed mine from 58 DIP to 50 DIP for it to work on the emulator. Fixes it. But it's still not pulling the right background image for the quiz (pulls the app image instead of the quiz_bg.png (which I changed for my iOS version and wanted to change on the Android version).

@ G8torBrent what did you change from 58 to 50? If it's what I think it is, it has zero to do with the background image (quiz_bg.png).

Absolutely right, David. It was the button height. I zigged a little bit in my comment above, just because the quiz is where I've been having problems on the Android side. I started a thread for the wrong image issue.