Author Archives: Ben Neill

Fetch That Number Version 1.5.1 Released

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Ben Neill

The newest version of Fetch That Number has been released, the Reverse Lookup/Grey Pages search app for Android. To get the new version, update or install via the Android Market     New Features: Caller History – You can now see … Continue reading →

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Flex 4 – cut/Copy/Paste context menus not appearing

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Ben Neill

The right-click context menu for s:TextArea s:RichTextEditor, s:TextEdit, etc. is an expected feature for any sort of form functionality however a bug in s:Panel breaks this functionality whenever the control is inside an s:Panel item. <s:Application xmlns:fx=”http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009″ xmlns:s=”library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark” xmlns:mx=”library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx”> … … Continue reading →

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Android Developer Labs Melbourne 2012 – Lessons Learnt

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Ben Neill

I recently attended the Android Developer Labs in Melbourne, which featured talks on how to improve your apps appearance and quality, as well as to show the changes in Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich. Android Beam looks to be … Continue reading →

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Formatting Phone Numbers in Java and Android

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Ben Neill

I needed to format numbers nicely while storing them as a raw string in my database, so I need to turn 0433333333 into 0433 333 333 and 0262195555 into (02) 6219 5555 I couldn’t find something that did this as … Continue reading →

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Fetch That Number Version 1.2.0 Released – Major Update!

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Ben Neill

The newest version of Fetch That Number for Australia includes new functionality and a brand new style. Current users should update via the Android Market New users should check out the product page which also contains links to the app at the … Continue reading →

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Inserting and Updating a Contact in Android – Numbers, Addresses and Names – Part 1

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Ben Neill

I have finally got a working example of inserting and updating contacts using the new ContactsContract API, and I must say, it’s certainly not the prettiest API I’ve used. Sometimes it is downright malignant! I’m sure it made good sense … Continue reading →

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Fetch That Number version 1.0.2 released

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Ben Neill

This is a bugfix release for Fetch That Number Australia. There were several small bugs fixed around adding a contact after a reverse lookup. There is also some improvements with bug report information. Any issues, please contact us or check out the … Continue reading →

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Android Market – Authenticating With LVL From a Server

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Ben Neill

I have been struggling to work out why validation with the Android Market was succeeding with test accounts but with valid market accounts it was failing using code based on android-market-license-verification. The issue turned out to be that the response … Continue reading →

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Sony – make.believe.ruin

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Ben Neill

I finally launched my first android app today and as a reward for working all weekend, I decided to buy some downloadable content (DLC) for one of my favorite games Fallout: New Vegas. So after paying, I downloaded the content … Continue reading →

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Fetch That Number launched

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Ben Neill

Finally, after many months of procrastinating and perfecting, I have launched Fetch That Number into the Android Market. Cost is $2.99 and available in Australia only at this stage. Find out more about the app here including links to the … Continue reading →

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