Finding lan,lat using network & passive in android

  LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
                List<String> providers = lm.getProviders(true);
                System.out.println("providers size"+providers.size());
                for(int i=0;i<providers.size();i++){
                     System.out.println("providers "+providers.get(i));
                }
                Location l = null;
                for (int i=providers.size()-1; i>=0; i--) {
                l = lm.getLastKnownLocation(providers.get(i));
            
                if (l != null) break;
                }

                double[] gps = new double[2];
                if (l != null) {
                gps[0] = l.getLatitude();
                gps[1] = l.getLongitude();
                lat2=gps[0];
                lng2=gps[1];

Displaying map in web view using google service in android

we can display the maps in web view using this service

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=address,city,state,zipcode

Sample code for using this service is

setContentView(R.layout.webview);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_PROGRESS,Window.PROGRESS_VISIBILITY_ON);
final ProgressBar pb = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);
pb.setVisibility(pb.VISIBLE);
mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
mWebView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
public void onProgressChanged(WebView view, int progress) {
pb.setProgress(progress);
if (progress == 100) {
pb.setVisibility(pb.GONE);
}
}
});

WebSettings webSettings = mWebView.getSettings();
webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
mWebView.setWebViewClient(new HelloWebViewClient());
String addressText = address + "," + city + "," + state + ","+ zip;
addressText = addressText.replaceAll(" ", "%20");
addressText = addressText.replaceAll("#", "%23");
mWebView.loadUrl("http://maps.google.com/maps?q="+ addressText);

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public class HelloWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {

@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
view.loadUrl(url);

return true;
}
}

and we need to provide some background for the progressbar
use the progress bar code in our display xml

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar1"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:soundEffectsEnabled="true" android:indeterminateDrawable="@drawable/progress_bar_states"/>

use the progress bar background by using xml like progress_bar_states.xml. wee
need to place this xml file in drawable folder

code for progress_bar_states.xml is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="0"
    android:toDegrees="360">

    <shape android:shape="ring" android:innerRadiusRatio="3"
        android:thicknessRatio="8" android:useLevel="false">

        <size android:width="48dip" android:height="48dip" />

        <gradient android:type="sweep" android:useLevel="false"
            android:startColor="#4c737373" android:centerColor="#00FF00"
            android:centerY="0.50" android:endColor="#ffffd300" />

    </shape>

</rotate>

Finding distance between two locations using google service in android

To find the disatnce we need to call the google service by passing present , destination location lan,lat's
we need to use the service like this

http://maps.google.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=ourLat,ourLan&destination=destLat,destLan&sensor=true&units=metric

we need to replace ourLat,ourLan, destLat,destLan values in that service.While calling this service it is giving Json object as result we can parse the Json object and get the reslut.
Sample code:

 HttpClient disthttpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
                
                      HttpPost distpost=new HttpPost("http://maps.google.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin="+lat2+","+lng2+"&destination="+lat1+","+lng1+"&sensor=true&units=metric");
                     
                       try{                           
                       ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler=new BasicResponseHandler();
                       String responseBody=disthttpclient.execute(distpost, responseHandler);
                       JSONObject d_Obj = new JSONObject(responseBody.toString());
                       if(d_Obj.getString("status").equals("OK")){
                           JSONArray dist_data=new JSONArray(d_Obj.getString("routes"));
                           JSONObject dist_Obj1 = dist_data.getJSONObject(0);
                           JSONArray dist_data1=new JSONArray(dist_Obj1.getString("legs"));
                           JSONObject dist_Obj2 = dist_data1.getJSONObject(0);
                           String res_str = dist_Obj2.getString("distance");
                           JSONObject dist_res = new JSONObject(res_str);                          
                           double resval=Double.parseDouble(dist_res.getString("value").toString());
                          double dist =(resval*0.000621);
                           dist = Math.round(dist*10);
                           dist = dist/10;                                
                      }
}catch(Exception e){
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        }
 finally we will get the result distance value as double and assigned to dist variable;
Here some the distance will be available for the location which is having the road way only. If the distance available the service object "status" as "OK". we need to check this and if the route distance is not available we can write some other logic to calculate the distance like below

Other way to find the distance between to locations using Location class in android

float results[] = new float[3];
                            Location.distanceBetween(lat2, lng2, lat1,lng1, results);
                            double dist_mtrs = results[0];
                            dist=(dist_mtrs*0.000621);
                            dist = Math.round(dist*10);
                            dist = dist/10;

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TEJO MAHALAYA (Shiva's Temple)

No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the whole world has been duped. In his book

Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says the Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya ) . In the course of his research Oak discovered that the Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. In his own court ch ronicle, Badshahnama, Shah Jahan admits that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from Jai SIngh for Mumtaz's burial .

The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur still retains in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for surrendering the Taj building. Using captured temples and mansions, as a burial place for dead courtiers and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers. For example, Humayun,Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula and Safdarjung are all buried in such mansions. Oak's inquiries began with the name of Taj Mahal. He says the term " Mahal " has never been used for a building in any Muslim countries from Afghanisthan to Algeria .

"The unusual explanation that the term Taj Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in atleast two respects. Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani ," he writes. Secondly, one cannot omit the first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's name to derive the remainder as the name for the building."Taj Mahal, he claims, is a corrupt version of Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord Shiva's Palace . Oak also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created by court sycophants, blundering historians and sloppy archaeologists Not a single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story.

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Oak points out a number of design and architectural inconsistencies that support the belief of the Taj Mahal being a typical Hindu temple rather than a mausoleum. Many rooms in the Taj ! Mahal have remained sealed since Shah Jahan's time and are still inaccessible to the public .

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Creating custom spinner for multiselection items

We can create a Spinner dynamically to show the items of spinner with
check boxes which can allow you to give multiple selection.
Steps for using the custom spinner in our class
created a custom class for spinner extending our class with Spinne class.
And used the spinner in our xml file as pre defined xml tag.

Create a custom spinner class
like

MultiSpinner.java

package cz.destil.settleup.gui;

import java.util.List;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.DialogInterface.OnCancelListener;
import android.content.DialogInterface.OnMultiChoiceClickListener;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;

public class MultiSpinner extends Spinner implements
        OnMultiChoiceClickListener, OnCancelListener {

    private List<String> items;
    private boolean[] selected;
    private String defaultText;
    private MultiSpinnerListener listener;
    int count=0;

    public MultiSpinner(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public MultiSpinner(Context arg0, AttributeSet arg1) {
        super(arg0, arg1);
    }

    public MultiSpinner(Context arg0, AttributeSet arg1, int arg2) {
        super(arg0, arg1, arg2);
    }

    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which, boolean isChecked) {
   
        if (isChecked)
            selected[which] = true;
        else
            selected[which] = false;
    }

    public void onCancel(DialogInterface dialog) {
        // refresh text on spinner
        StringBuffer spinnerBuffer = new StringBuffer();
        boolean someUnselected = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < items.size(); i++) {
            if (selected[i] == true) {
                spinnerBuffer.append(items.get(i));
                spinnerBuffer.append(", ");
               } else {
                someUnselected = true;
            }
        }
        String spinnerText;
        if (someUnselected) {
            spinnerText = spinnerBuffer.toString();
            //
            if(spinnerText.toString().length()==0){
            spinnerText="Not Selected";
            }
           //
            if (spinnerText.length() > 2){
                spinnerText = spinnerText.substring(0, spinnerText.length() - 2);
            }
        } else {
            spinnerText = defaultText;
        }
        //
        for(int i=0;i<selected.length;i++){
        if(selected[i]==true){
        System.out.println(i+" Count "+count);
        count=count++;
        }
        }
        if(count==items.size()){
        spinnerText="All Selected";
        System.out.println(" 66666666 ");
       
        }
        //
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getContext(),android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,new String[] { spinnerText });
        setAdapter(adapter);
        listener.onItemsSelected(selected);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean performClick() {
        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getContext());
        builder.setMultiChoiceItems(items.toArray(new CharSequence[items.size()]), selected, this);
        builder.setPositiveButton("Ok",
                new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        dialog.cancel();
                    }
                });
        builder.setOnCancelListener(this);
        builder.show();
        return true;
    }

    public void setItems(List<String> items, String allText,MultiSpinnerListener listener) {
        this.items = items;
        this.defaultText = allText;
        this.listener = listener;

        // all unselected by default
        selected = new boolean[items.size()];
        for (int i = 0; i < selected.length; i++)
            selected[i] = false;
        // all text on the spinner
       
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getContext(),android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, new String[] { allText });
        setAdapter(adapter);
    }

    public interface MultiSpinnerListener {
        public void onItemsSelected(boolean[] selected);  
    }
}

and use it in xml file like

<cz.destil.settleup.gui.MultiSpinner android:id="@+id/multi_spinner" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


and used it in main activity class as same as common spinner  MyClass.java



package cz.destil.settleup.gui;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import cz.destil.settleup.gui.MultiSpinner.MultiSpinnerListener;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.SpinnerAdapter;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;

public class MyClass extends Activity  implements MultiSpinnerListener{
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
int[] selectedItems={0,0,0};
ArrayList al;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        String[] arr={"Raghu","Ram","Reddy"};
     
       al=new ArrayList();
        al.add("raghu");
        al.add("ram");
        al.add("reddy");
        MultiSpinner multiSpinner = (MultiSpinner) findViewById(R.id.multi_spinner);
       
        multiSpinner.setItems(al, "Select",MyClass.this);
       
        multiSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener(){

@Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
int position, long arg3) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}});
    }

@Override
public void onItemsSelected(boolean[] selected) {
for(int i=0;i<selected.length;i++){
if(selected[i]){
selectedItems[i]=1;
// System.out.println("______________________"+al.get(i));
}
else selectedItems[i]=0;
}
for(int i=0;i<selectedItems.length;i++){
// if(selectedItems[i]==1)
// System.out.println(al.get(i));
}
}
   
}

Getting time date based on time zone in android

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
   SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM ddyyyy hh:mm:ss z");
   sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles"));
   System.out.println(sdf.format(calendar.getTime()));

Getting Unique Device Id in android

We can get unique id by using telephony manager and android id.
But better to generate unique id by using both

 TelephonyManager manager = (TelephonyManager)this.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
                       String imei = manager.getDeviceId();
                     String androidId =android.provider.Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(), android.provider.Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID);
                      UUID deviceUuid = new UUID(androidId.hashCode(), (imei.hashCode()<<32));
                      System.out.println("deviceUuid1   "+deviceUuid.toString());