CNY (Chinese New Year) 2012 – Android Dead Zebra special figurine!

Posted by Foxykeep on 24/01/2012 None comments

Last year, Dead Zebra released a Chinese New Year figurine, Caishen :

This year, once again, Dead Zebra decided to create something for the Chinese New Year. But instead of creating just one, he created 3 figurines !

While the last year figurine was for God of Wealth, the new ones are respectively associated to Fortune (?), Blessing (?)  and Longevity (?)

This edition is mainly for Dead Zebra’s partners in Asia, but it will also be sold in limited quantities (as always) on January 25th at 11 AM and 11 PM EST — so 8AM and 8PM in San Francisco or 5 PM and 5 AM (the following day)  in Europe — on the DYZplastic website

Here are more photos of it :

 

Toy Soldier – Android Dead Zebra special figurine!

Posted by Foxykeep on 10/12/2011 None comments

And here we go again for a new specia Dead Zebra Bugdroid figurine : Toy Soldier

This figurine has been designed by  Gary Ham who already made some figurines (like  the Serie 2 Cupcake or the Snowman).

It will be released in limited quantites (as always) on December 14th at 11 AM and 11 PM EST — so 8AM and 8PM in San Francisco or 4 PM and 4 AM (the following day)  in Europe — on the DYZplastic website in this link.

Here are more photos of it :

Video showing all the code changes on Android from start to ICS

Posted by Foxykeep on 19/11/2011 None comments

Here is a video showing all the modifications made to the source code of Android from the start to Ice Cream Sandwich :

The graph represents the source tree (which uses git). Non-leaf nodes are directories and leaf nodes are files where their color represents the type of file. Files appear as they are modified and disappear if they are not touched for 2.5 seconds.

In other words, each “blast” from a user is a commit. These commits come from both Googlers and contributors. The data was taken from stitching together the logs of all the many AOSP (Android Open Source Projects) projects using a software called gource

Android Dead Zebra halloween 2011 special figurine!

Posted by Foxykeep on 25/10/2011 None comments

Last year, Dead Zebra released his ‘Power Vampire‘ as a special Halloween edition. This year we will also have a special Halloween edition : Don Pablo Calaveroid

This figurine has been designed by The Beast Brothers and is inspired by the Calavera.

It will be released in limited quantites (as always) on November 1st at 11 AM and 11 PM Eastern — so 17 PM and 5 AM (the following day) — in Europe on the DYZplastic website as well as in Asia through a few outlets.

Here are more photos of it :

How to fix the “Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1″ with ADT 14

Posted by Foxykeep on 20/10/2011 26 comments

Today I updated my SDK and ADT to the 14 version and I had a big problem !!

Every project I had which used Android Library Project couldn’t be launched on a terminal and crashed during the APK generation with the following error :

UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Lcom/foxykeep/datadroid/config/LogConfig;
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.dex.file.ClassDefsSection.add(ClassDefsSection.java:123)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.dex.file.DexFile.add(DexFile.java:163)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processClass(Main.java:486)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processFileBytes(Main.java:455)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.access$400(Main.java:67)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main$1.processFileBytes(Main.java:394)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processArchive(ClassPathOpener.java:245)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processOne(ClassPathOpener.java:131)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.process(ClassPathOpener.java:109)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processOne(Main.java:418)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processAllFiles(Main.java:329)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:206)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.DexWrapper.run(DexWrapper.java:179)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.BuildHelper.executeDx(BuildHelper.java:729)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.builders.PostCompilerBuilder.build(PostCompilerBuilder.java:602)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:629)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:172)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:282)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:363)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Project$1.run(Project.java:545)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:1975)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Project.internalBuild(Project.java:524)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Project.build(Project.java:123)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.project.ProjectHelper.build(ProjectHelper.java:869)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.launch.LaunchConfigDelegate.launch(LaunchConfigDelegate.java:146)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfiguration.launch(LaunchConfiguration.java:853)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfiguration.launch(LaunchConfiguration.java:702)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin.buildAndLaunch(DebugUIPlugin.java:924)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin$8.run(DebugUIPlugin.java:1128)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx
UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Lgreendroid/app/ActionBarActivity;
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.dex.file.ClassDefsSection.add(ClassDefsSection.java:123)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.dex.file.DexFile.add(DexFile.java:163)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processClass(Main.java:486)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processFileBytes(Main.java:455)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.access$400(Main.java:67)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main$1.processFileBytes(Main.java:394)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processArchive(ClassPathOpener.java:245)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processOne(ClassPathOpener.java:131)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.process(ClassPathOpener.java:109)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processOne(Main.java:418)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processAllFiles(Main.java:329)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:206)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.DexWrapper.run(DexWrapper.java:179)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.BuildHelper.executeDx(BuildHelper.java:729)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.build.builders.PostCompilerBuilder.build(PostCompilerBuilder.java:602)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(BuildManager.java:629)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:172)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(BuildManager.java:282)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(BuildManager.java:363)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Project$1.run(Project.java:545)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:1975)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Project.internalBuild(Project.java:524)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Project.build(Project.java:123)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.project.ProjectHelper.build(ProjectHelper.java:869)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.launch.LaunchConfigDelegate.launch(LaunchConfigDelegate.java:146)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfiguration.launch(LaunchConfiguration.java:853)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfiguration.launch(LaunchConfiguration.java:702)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin.buildAndLaunch(DebugUIPlugin.java:924)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin$8.run(DebugUIPlugin.java:1128)
[2011-10-19 15:19:18 - MyProject] Dx 	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
[2011-10-19 15:19:23 - MyProject] Dx warning: Ignoring InnerClasses attribute for an anonymous inner class
(org.ksoap2.transport.KeepAliveHttpsTransportSE$1) that doesn't come with an
associated EnclosingMethod attribute. This class was probably produced by a
compiler that did not target the modern .class file format. The recommended
solution is to recompile the class from source, using an up-to-date compiler
and without specifying any "-target" type options. The consequence of ignoring
this warning is that reflective operations on this class will incorrectly
indicate that it is *not* an inner class.
[2011-10-19 15:19:23 - MyProject] Dx 2 errors; aborting
[2011-10-19 15:19:23 - MyProject] Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1

After searching the web and finding this existing bug in the Android bugtracker, I found the reason of this crash . Below you can see my project hierarchy before and after the update from ADT 12 to ADT 14 :

There is only 3 visible differences : “Library Projects” and a “bin” folder and the “default.properties” has been rename to “project.properties”.

The problem here is that the Library Projects elements contains for each Android Library Projects a jar file with the source code. At the same time we still have the GreenDroid_src and DataDroid_src elements which also contains the source code of the libraries. So we have duplicated code in our projects as mentioned in the error.

I think the update should have removed the useless X_src elements but it’s not the case. So we will have to do it manually :

  1. For each X_src element,right click on it and then Build Path > Remove from build path.
  2. A popup will open. Make sure that “Also unlink the folder from the project” is checked and then accept it.
Your project should changed from the left image to the right one :

Now you can launch your project and it should work !

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