Geocoder not working in Android 2.2 and beyond - android-2.2-froyo

I have been using Geocoder class for looking city names and geolocation.
It is working till 2.1, but is saying "Service not available" in 2.2 and 2.3
any workaround!?

Found that its an issue with the Emulator, but not with the real devices.

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Google Firebase MLKit for Xamarin

Is there Google Firebase MLKit Vision API support for Xamarin? I was trying to implement barcode reader using MLKit.
While searching I got an impression that Google is going to stop supporting for Mobile Vision API.
UDP since 2019: Packages for Xamarin native
Xamarin.Android -> Xamarin.Firebase.ML.Vision and
Xamarin.IOS -> Xamarin.Firebase.iOS.MLKit.
As of today bindings are not available for Xamarin. They are still working on it, you can expect a release by next month. You can track their progress here and here
According to the official Firebase documentation only Android and iOS are supported at the moment.
However, if your objective is only the barcode-reading functionality, you may find alternatives such as ZXing.NET or Scandit

Cannot receive the OTA version Tania Borealis

My Tango tablet had just upgraded to Qianru version by OTA, but cannot receive the new OTA for Tania Borealis, could anyone help to point out the reason? How to fix it?
Thanks
Lucas
You can try updating the Tango Core app using the Play Store. You might have to disable then delete it first.
the latest versions of software is on this page as well as google play
https://developers.google.com/tango/downloads
latest build is unukalhai
tango core is version 1.42:2016.8.22-unukalhai-release-0-g13e1d179:190011200:stable
as far as i know there was no OTA.

ZXing.Net.Mobile update crash on Android

I need help with ZXing.Net.Mobile component (barcode scanning library).
The latest versions produce a runtime error for Galaxy Ace 2 (API 10) device, not only in my application, but also in the sample included with the library.
I would like to know if this is a bug or just API limitation.
Tested version: 2.0.4.17. You can try sample.
Thanks.
This was an API limitation. As you can see on this link the ZXing Scanner version was incompatible with some devices.
Fortunately, its creator solved it and he launched a new version compatible with Android 2.3.

Does Google App engine has a support for Rails 3.1?

Presently, all the links at Google are saying that they are not supporting GAE for rails 3.1
Looking out for some constructive steps to work out GAE with rails 3.1 on eclipse.
AppEngine does not directly support Rails. You might have some luck with running Rails through JRuby as Java is supported on AppEngine, but given how many easy hosting solutions there are that support Rails natively, you might find that you are trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.

Which Android API to use?

I'm planning on developing Android Apps. I downloaded the SDK and AVD manager, and about to download the SDK platforms.
My question is, I want to develop apps for 2.x platform. Do I need to download API 7-10? Which one to target?
Also, if you have tips regarding this, please mention them. Thank you.
It is not necessary to download all the platforms, just download the latest SDK and make your application compatible with other SDK.
For that you just need to define android:minSDKVersion and android:maxSDKVersion, android:targetSDKVersion.
<uses-sdk android:maxSdkVersion="12"
android:minSdkVersion="8">
</uses-sdk>
Here is a detailed article on "Compatibility" in "Best Practices" section at Android Developer site.
In short
For 2.1 you have to download API level 7
For 2.2 you have to download API level 8
For 2.3 you have following choices to download API levels
2.3 - 2.3.2 -- API level 9
2.3.3 - 2.3.7 -- API level 10
For seeing API levels and Android OS versions you must see :API Levels
I recommend you to go through Platform Versions atleast once before you start building any android application.

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