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Android: How to track down the origin of a InflateException?

While starting my application I get the following warning in Logcat: 04-09 10:28:17.830: WARN/WindowManager(52): Exception when adding starting window 04-09 10:28:17.830: WARN/WindowManager(52): android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #24: Error inflating class <unknown> 04-09 10:28:17.830: WARN/WindowManager(52): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:513) 04-09 10:28:17.830: WARN/WindowManager(52): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56) 04-09 10:28:17.830: WARN/WindowManager(52): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:563) 04-09 10:28:17.830: WARN/WindowManager(52): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:385) 04-09 10:28:17.830: WARN/WindowManager(52): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320) 04-09 10:28:17.830: WARN/WindowManager(52): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater

How to obtain MAC address of WiFi network interface?

It seems the java.net.NetworkInterface implementation of android does not have a byte[] getHardwareAddress() method http://developer.android.com/reference/java/net/NetworkInterface.html I've found several forums of people trying to do this with no definitive answer, I need to get a somewhat cross-device UUID, so I can't rely on phone numbers or in ANDROID_ID (which can be overwritten and which I think depends on the user having a google account) http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html#ANDROID_ID In linux you can use ifconfig or read from /proc/net/arp and you can easily get the Hardware address. Is there a file in android that I can read? There has to be a way to get this address since it's shown in the "Settings > About Phone > Status" of the phone.

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException with custom Android Adapter for multiple views in ListView

I am attempting to create a custom Adapter for my ListView since each item in the list can have a different view (a link, toggle, or radio group), but when I try to run the Activity that uses the ListView I receive an error and the app stops. The application is targeted for the Android 1.6 platform. The code: public class MenuListAdapter extends BaseAdapter { private static final String LOG_KEY = MenuListAdapter.class.getSimpleName(); protected List<MenuItem> list; protected Context ctx; protected LayoutInflater inflater; public MenuListAdapter(Context context, List<MenuItem> objects) { this.list = objects; this.ctx = context; this.inflater = (LayoutInflater)this.ctx.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE); } @Override public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) { Log.i(LOG_KEY, "Position: " + position + "; convertView = " + convertView + "; parent=" + parent); MenuItem item = list.get(p

Android Market, Search results position Mystery

How is an app's position in the Android Market search results determined? Is it as mysterious and complex as Google Web search results? We obviously don't want to change any words in our app's title or description that would hurt our position. Same question applies for not only search results, but when clicking on a Category in the Android Market. How is the order of the list determined? Hopefully someone here can help. I would think that Google would have published some guidelines at least that could help, but I haven't found anything yet.

Android Preferences: How to load the default values when the user hasn"t used the preferences-screen?

I am using a PreferenceActivity to let the user set some values. I am feeding it the xml file with the defined preferences. I have set all the android:defaultValue="" for them. When I start my application, I need the preferences, or if they are not set yet manually, I want the default values: SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this); boolean value = prefs.getBoolean("key"), false); However, when android:defaultValue="true" I still get false . So, it looks like the defaultValues set in the XML are not used anywhere but when initializing the preferences-screen. I don't want to hardcode the default values in the getBoolean() method. So, is there a way get the default-values with only defining these in 1 place?