Custom Toast example

                                            Different Types of Toast


CustomToast.java

package com.example.crudapps;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class CustomToast extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

    Button btn_custom_toast,btn_toastone;
   
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_custom_toast);
       
        btn_custom_toast= (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_custom_toasts);
        btn_custom_toast.setOnClickListener(this);
       
        btn_toastone = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_toastone);
        btn_toastone.setOnClickListener(this);
               
        //http://pulse7.net/category/android/page/2/
       
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
       
        switch(v.getId())
        {
       
            case R.id.btn_toastone:
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Simple Toast", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                break;
           
            case R.id.btn_custom_toasts:
               
                LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
                View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_toast,
                        (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.custom_toast_layouts));
   
                ImageView image = (ImageView) layout.findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
                image.setImageResource(R.drawable.smiling);
                TextView text = (TextView) layout.findViewById(R.id.tv);
                text.setText("This is a custom Toast message!");
   
                // Toast
                Toast toast = new Toast(getApplicationContext());
                toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
                toast.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
                toast.setView(layout);
                toast.show();
                break;
        }
    }
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.custom_toast, menu);
        return true;
    }
}



activity_custom_toast.xml


<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/bg_background"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.example.crudapps.CustomToast" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_custom_toasts"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="194dp"
        android:text="Toast3" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_toastone"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/btn_custom_toasts"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignRight="@+id/btn_custom_toasts"
        android:layout_marginTop="93dp"
        android:text="Toast1" />

</RelativeLayout>



 Shap:===> custom_bg.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle" >

<solid android:color="#0174DF"/>
<corners android:radius="5dp" />
<stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#08298A" />

</shape>

                                         

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Capturing Image without user interaction(without user action) and capture an image in background using android service

                               Capturing Image without user interaction


Step: 1 ==> This is service to capture photo in background Process


                     To create the Service Class - CapPhoto(service)

                

service code here.



import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.hardware.Camera;
import android.hardware.Camera.CameraInfo;
import android.hardware.Camera.Parameters;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.os.StrictMode;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;

public class CapPhoto extends Service
{
    private SurfaceHolder sHolder;  
    private Camera mCamera;
    private Parameters parameters;


  @Override
    public void onCreate()
    {
      super.onCreate();
      Log.d("CAM", "start");

      if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 9) {
          StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy =
               new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
          StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);};
          Thread myThread = null;


  }
  @Override
  public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {

    super.onStart(intent, startId);

 if (Camera.getNumberOfCameras() >= 2) {

    mCamera = Camera.open(CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT); }

 if (Camera.getNumberOfCameras() < 2) {

    mCamera = Camera.open(); }
    SurfaceView sv = new SurfaceView(getApplicationContext());


     try {
               mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(sv.getHolder());
               parameters = mCamera.getParameters();
               mCamera.setParameters(parameters);
               mCamera.startPreview();

               mCamera.takePicture(null, null, mCall);
         } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }

        sHolder = sv.getHolder();
        sHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
  }

  Camera.PictureCallback mCall = new Camera.PictureCallback()
  {

     public void onPictureTaken(final byte[] data, Camera camera)
     {

        FileOutputStream outStream = null;
                try{

                    File sd = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "A");
                    if(!sd.exists()) {                               
                      sd.mkdirs();
                      Log.i("FO", "folder" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory());
                    }

                        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
                        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss");
                        String tar = (sdf.format(cal.getTime()));

                        outStream = new FileOutputStream(sd+tar+".jpg");
                        outStream.write(data);  outStream.close();

                        Log.i("CAM", data.length + " byte written to:"+sd+tar+".jpg");
                        camkapa(sHolder);             


                 } catch (FileNotFoundException e){
                    Log.d("CAM", e.getMessage());
                } catch (IOException e){
                    Log.d("CAM", e.getMessage());
                }}
  };


    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
          return null;
    }

    public void camkapa(SurfaceHolder sHolder) {

        if (null == mCamera)
            return;
        mCamera.stopPreview();
        mCamera.release();
        mCamera = null;
        Log.i("CAM", " closed");
        }

    }



 Step:2 Activity File - name is :Second.java

import java.util.Calendar;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlarmManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;

public class Second extends Activity {

   
    Intent service;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_second);

        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

        service = new Intent(getBaseContext(), CapPhoto.class);
        cal.add(Calendar.SECOND, 15);
        //TAKE PHOTO EVERY 15 SECONDS
        PendingIntent pintent = PendingIntent.getService(this, 0, service, 0);
        AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);

        alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(),
                     60*60*1000, pintent);
        startService(service);

       
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.second, menu);
        return true;
    }

   
}


step 3: Android manife

st file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.dbsource.dbinsert"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
   

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS" />

    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
   
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <activity
            android:name=".Second"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        


        <service android:name=".CapPhoto" android:enabled="true">
               
                   <intent-filter>
       
                    </intent-filter>
                </service>
       
        </application>
   
   

</manifest>


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