I woke up to the fact that Google's Android developer program is not fair. Besides that I have nothing against Google. I'am not in the "evil" camp, that's sounds bad :laugh:

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Hehehe :laugh:

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Sascha Lefévre wrote:

You can make money without doing evil

Can they? :laugh: Why is Google obsessed with the word "evil" anyways?

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Inverted perceptive, black can be white, good can be bad and vice versa. :omg:

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

True, good and evil are like best buddies, non can exist without the other. Is it even possible to run a success business or company without being slightly evil?

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Very recently :)

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Google is king when it comes to violating it's own motto "Don't be evil" :laugh:

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Yeah this one is a genuine answer:thumbsup:

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Mladen Janković wrote:

Are you suggesting that they have magic stick or that they should bribe the government?

No, Admob from Google does support Zambia, they can send money to me if I'am using Admob so why can't I just sell apps? This is because the kind of app I'am creating might be better monetized with in-app purchases than ads. Paypal works here as well, but not Google merchant account. I also feel that if Google merchant account expands it would improve the general quality of the store itself, a win-win situation on either side. :)

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Mladen Janković wrote:

Why should overwhelming majority of customers be blocked from using one important feature of the store/market, just because minority cannot use some other feature due to external obstacles?

Google is innovative enough to overcome those "external obstacles", plus the expansion of Google play merchant account is too slow for Google. Given the global share that Android has concerning mobile devices, it makes sense for Google to support all countries, and consider even the minority developers in those countries.

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Yeah no wonder Google play is heavily suppressed in regions like China.

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Maybe if you could clarify a little bit about how taxes work on either side, in a case were I purchase an app or do an in-app purchase, Google, the developer and the government in the supported country gets a share, Purchasing an app from a developer residing in another country is like importing it in my country, thus somehow my government needs a chunk of that money. That's why I feel it's not fair, if a Google merchant account can't support a particular country then purchasing should not be supported as well in that country. :)

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

But Google can collect money if I pay for an app or do an in-app purchase, those legislative laws should apply both ways, shouldn't they? I feel like if one can purchase something then they should be able to sell something too.

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Okay, I have been wondering for a while that In my country Zambia, I can purchase an android app on Google play yet I can't sell my own except rely on ads for monetization. Why is Google play merchant account so limited and one sided? This limits one's business models, in a modern world such as this one, a one sided store is bad for business, you can buy but can't sell. Maybe I'am missing something here, paypal is everywhere, why can't Google merchant account support all countries? If it can't then those countries that are not supported should also not be able to purchase paid apps. ;P

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

First you are not supposed to access UI components directly from a background thread.

String doInBackground(String... args) {

           String firstName = args\[0\];
           String lastName = args\[1\];
           String email = args\[2\];
           String password = args\[3\];
           String experience = args\[4\];
           String eduLevel = args\[5\];
           String phoneNo = args\[6\];

// create the parser inside doInBackground
JSONParser jsonParser = new JSONParser();
.....

JSONObject json = jsonParser.makeHttpRequest(URL_RegisterJobSeeker,
"POST", params);

return String.valueOf(json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS));

}

//NOTE: Only Interact with the UI components only in onPostExecute or onPreExecute
//After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog

      protected void onPostExecute(String success) {
           // dismiss the dialog once done
                 pDialog.dismiss();

                if (success == "1") {
                     // successfully created product

                     Toast.makeText(RegisterJobSeeker.this,
                               "Job Seeker Successfully Registered.",
                               Toast.LENGTH\_LONG).show();;
                     // Intent i = new
                     // Intent(getApplicationContext(),RegisterJobSeeker.class);
                     // startActivity(i);
                     // closing this screen
                     // finish();
                } else {
                     // failed to create product
                }
           
      }

You might want to host your AsyncTask in a headless fragment so that device configuration changes don't crash your app. Hope this helps.

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Member 9963602 wrote:

I am a complete novice and have little to know idea what i am talking about so try not to be too wordy in your explinations.

Understanding or knowing the problem is the first solution. So define exactly what your aims are and will guide you. :-). I don't get the part "create an algorithm based around a name or word",please clarify.

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I was rather thinking of going commercial, I made the videos because people wanted to see what I was working on.Right now I'am making android apps using the same technology, they will be on Google Play in about two months time from now.

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

I will use android NDK http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html#Installing[^]so that I can use the original c++ code for panorama creation. :)

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

Hey I wanted to find out if it is necessary to use renderscript for image processing apps on android. I'am coding an android panoramic view creator for creating 360 degree high quality panoramas but I had written the initial code in C++, but for android I have to use java and I have read about android phones not being so powerful because of their use of the virtual machine. So I was thinking of using renderscript for the android apps, is it necessary or just normal java code can do for such a task as panorama creation? :-)

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”

If you are interested in image processing, you might want to take a look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euHMcUfqpVo[^] :)

“Everything is simple when you take your time to analyze it.”