May 23, 2012: Android Developer Office Hours

In this week's Android Developer Office Hours Joe Malin is joined by Alex Lucas and Dan Galpin, with a special visit from Roman Nurk - live from New York. 0:40 What happens when you initiate a chargeback from a Google Play purchase? 2:37 What's the best way to securely store username / password within an app without persisting it? 4:14 Anything new from Android @ Home? 5:36 What's the best way to implement a Quick Action widget in ICS? 10:22 How do I create a weighted layout using GridLayout? 16:43 What's a good strategy for handling ellipsized text? 19:52 What's the best way to learn Android? 21:46 Is there a way to give away free versions of a paid app in Google Play? 23:38 What's the recommended way to handle different versions of your app with different payment options? 27:08 Is there a way to specify an OR attribute within the resources folder layout? 29:10 What's the best way to market a paid app? 33:41 Do you support using multiple APKs for handling different architecture (x86, ARM, etc)? 34:56 Can I allow specific people to download a draft version of my app from Google Play? 35:48 Is there a way to detect an orientation change when the device moves between portrait and landscape? 37:31 Is there a way to make the padding in Alert Dialogs consistent between ICS and pre-ICS platforms? 39:25 What's the best way to handle the WebView clients's onShowCustomView handler? 40:58 Are there 3rd party libraries for syncing Android SQLite databases to the cloud? 44:40 How do I do a progress bar over the bottom of the ActionBar like Google Chrome? 46:04 What's the status of reducing audio latency in Android? 46:52 How do I implement a two-way scrolling View? 49:42 Is there a way to detect an orientation change when the device moves between portrait and landscape? 51:46 How can ActionBarCompat be modified to allow changing the visibility of Menu Items at runtime? 54:09 Is there a correct way to use SearchRecentSuggestionsProvider with an autocomplete textview? 55:25 Can you discuss the advantages of specifying ICS as a target or minSDK version for an app? 58:13 Is there a way to make the status bar stop responding to touches? The Android Developer Relations team broadcasts Android Developer Office Hours every Wednesday at 2pm Pacific (UTC-7). We answer Android development questions from a moderator queue and from folks who join us live in our hangout. Got a question? Join our hangouts from http://developer.android.com/+ or leave a question at http://www.google.com/moderator/#15/e=1ac28e&t=1ac28e.51&f=1ac28e.660ec4