Questions tagged [sony]

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Lifelog API (for Lifelog)

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Sony Smart TV screen saver app

Is there a way an app can be written for Sony Google TV screen saver? I.e., can an Android app take over the screen saver mode of the TV?
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Autostart ControlExtension on Smartwatch 2

I am trying a to make a simple watch for smartwatch 2. I want to autostart my app when the smartwatch screen awakes. I dont want sony watch faces to appear when then screen is turned on. How to implement this. I found the feature in here.
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sony smartwatch 2 click event not being raised

I'm guessing this is just me doing something a bit dumb. I have a load of TextViews in my layout file which I'm using to create a number pad. They are 0-9 like this:
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Retrieve video files - Sony remote camera API

In the Sony remote camera API, it is possible to take a photo and retrieve it from a given URL. It is also possible to record a video to the camera (see the Sony developer pages at http://developer.sony.com/develop/cameras/ for how). Is it possible…
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Using SmartExtension API to control Sony Car HiFi Device

I recently got a Sony MEX BT4100U car radio with support for the "App Remote"-feature. Sony offers a apps which bring "Smart Extras" to this radio. It's possible to hear tweets from twitter or the contents of an RSS feed through this addons without…
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SW2 Control Extension stop updating the Display when the smartphone is idle

I'm working on a Control Extension for Sony SmartWatch 2 that needs to update a TextView every second on the SW2 Display. It happens that if I've my Smartphone connected via USB or when USB disconnected if I've my Smartphone screen active, the…
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Sony Alpha USB Protocol

I try to write android apps for SONY SLT Alphas (e.g. A58). I did some reverse engineering of the USB protocol, but it is hard to find every function. Does anybody have some information about the used protocol (Sony PTP extentions) ? @SONY…
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Howto use notifications in control-based Smart Watch app?

I created my first control-based (V2.0) app for the Sony Smart Watch 2. Now I understand that my app is launched in control mode as opposed to notification mode. Still I do need the notification mechanism to work for my control app. More specific, I…
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Capturing interval still on Sony Action Cam HDR-AS15/30

I am looking at the latest Camera Remote SDK 1.21, released on 2013 Dec 3 (http://developer.sony.com/downloads/all/sony-camera-remote-api-beta-sdk/). But there are currently no support on taking "interval still" (a.k.a. timelapse) photos on…
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How to get three-dots action menu in Control API 2.0 based app?

I am using the Control API 2.0 on a Smart Watch 2 loosely based on the SampleAdvancedControlExtension demo from the Sony SDK. In the gallery view, users can view an item in detail. In this view, I want to activate the three-dot action-menu button on…
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Android webview audio not working on Sony Xperia

I am having a very weird problem: a very simple HTML5 file, with a single tag, that works just fine on every other browser and webview of all handsets, except for the Sony Xperia cellphone and tablets. There is no error messages (apparently), it…
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Shared library failure while deploying on Sony SmallAppSample on Device

I tired to run Sony SmallAppSample (Smartwatch2) from eclipse. It works fine on emulator but when I try to deploy on device it fails with error: 12-22 15:50:37.248: E/PackageManager(761): Package com.sony.nfx.app.smallappsample requires unavailable…
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Sony Action Cam APIs for HDR-AS15 and HDR-AS30

I've read the PDF files that came w/ the CameraRemoteAPIbeta_SDK_1.21 zip file and have a couple of questions: Are both AS15 and AS30 controlled by the same API REST invocations? I'd like to buy just one of those cameras and develop for both. My…
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Multiple Layout in SmartWatch

Anybody knows how to make multiple layout in SmartWatch? Currently I have only one layout, when I swipe left, I want to have different layout. To make first layout, I have already made like this: public class HelloWatchExtension extends…
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Sony SmartWatch2 SW2 - Can I get all touch points?

I have a SmartWatch MN2. I understand that OnTouch is called every time there is a touch event (TOUCH_ACTION_PRESS, TOUCH_ACTION_LONGPRESS, or TOUCH_ACTION_RELEASE). I can get only the start point coordinates (PRESS) and the end point coordinates…