No, I hadn't thought of using "%%". That works, thanks! FWIW, this is happening in stock Honeycomb, not CM as the OP was experiencing.
String On May 20, 6:34 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > Percent character in String.format() is obtained by specifying "%%" (two > percent signs). > > http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Formatter.... > > ( search for "percent", where it says "The result is a literal '%'" ) > > But I bet you already knew that :) > > On the other hand, this requires that the string pass through Format to > produce the single percent sign, which it doesn't for stock Android source. > > How about you create a subclass of ListPreference, override getSummary, > and return whatever you need, skipping the call to String.format(), > effectively undoing the CM change. > > As a side note, that's custom firmware for you. Users probably love the > feature to see the current list entry in every application, but it seems > so insignificant compared to a possible crash. And no try/catch block in > the modified version either... > > -- Kostya > > 20.05.2011 21:15, String пишет: > > > > > > > > > > > Reviving an old [degenerate] thread, rather than creating a new one... > > > I've been getting occasionalUnknownFormatConversionExceptionerror > > reports in my Dev Console, and had no idea what they were from. Today > > I think I've figured it out, because it's occurring reliably on my > > Honeycomb device. > > > Turns out it happens when there's a "%" character in a string resource > > used as a label in a PreferencesActivity. Seems that the system thinks > > it's going to be a format specifier, tries to evaluate it as such, > > fails, and then falls over. But in my case, it's not; I'm letting the > > user specify a pref for transparency of an AppWidget, with options > > like 25%, 50%, etc. > > > I'm not sure how to fix it yet, and I'm open to suggestions. I tried "/ > > %", like you do for an apostrophe char, but that didn't work at all. > > Tried "%" (the entity for "%"), but apparently that gets evaluated > > too early, and the same problem occurs. If all else fails, I could > > just use "percent", but that's kind of hokey. > > > Any other ideas? > > > String > > > On Apr 5, 8:38 am, mastermind<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Some error occured on device with Cyanogen: > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): > >> java.util.UnknownFormatConversionException: Conversion is '' > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): at java.util.Formatter > >> $FormatSpecifierParser.advance(Formatter.java:2641) > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): at java.util.Formatter > >> $FormatSpecifierParser.parseConversionType(Formatter.java:2716) > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): at java.util.Formatter > >> $FormatSpecifierParser.parseArgumentIndexAndFlags(Formatter.java:2687) > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): at java.util.Formatter > >> $FormatSpecifierParser.parseFormatToken(Formatter.java:2624) > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): at > >> java.util.Formatter.doFormat(Formatter.java:1072) > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): at > >> java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:994) > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): at > >> java.lang.String.format(String.java:2254) > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): at > >> java.lang.String.format(String.java:2219) > >> 04-03 14:35:04.793 E/AndroidRuntime(21105): at > >> android.preference.ListPreference.getSummary(ListPreference.java) > >> It happens only on Cyanogen's firmware when there's "%" symbol in > >> ListPreference's summary. > > >> If u will open ListPreference.java from Froyo's sources u wouldn't > >> find method ListPreference.getSummary, so it looks like ListPreference > >> uses base method from Preference.java: > >> public CharSequence getSummary() { > >> return mSummary; > >> } > >> And javadoc's from eclipse it confirms that:Returns the summary of > >> this Preference. > > >> Ok, now let's open ListPreference.java from Cyanogen's sources: > >> public CharSequence getSummary() { > >> final CharSequence entry = getEntry(); > >> if (mSummary == null || entry == null) { > >> return super.getSummary(); > >> } else { > >> return String.format(mSummary, entry); > >> } > >> } > >> It look's like it's Cyanogen's feature (only 8 bug reports from>3000 > >> users), but let's go > >> tohttp://developer.android.com/reference/android/preference/ListPrefere... > >> Returns the summary of this ListPreference. If the summary has a > >> String formatting marker in it (i.e. "%s" or "%1$s"), then the current > >> entry value will be substituted in its place. > > >> WHAT IS GOING ON HERE??? > >> Can someone explain how *exactly* getSummary works? > > -- > Kostya Vasilyev --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
