public class ApokusActivity extends Activity {
	
	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(new SampleView(this));
	}

	private static class SampleView extends View {

		// CONSTRUCTOR
		public SampleView(Context context) {
			super(context);
			setFocusable(true);

		}
		@Override
		protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
			Paint paint = new Paint();
			
			canvas.drawColor(Color.GREEN);
            
           Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(200, 200, Bitmap.Config.ALPHA_8);
           Canvas c = new Canvas(b);
           c.drawRect(0, 0, 200, 200, paint);
           
           paint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.SRC));
           paint.setTextSize(40);
           paint.setTextScaleX(1.f);
           paint.setAlpha(0);
           paint.setAntiAlias(true);
           c.drawText("Your text", 30, 40, paint);
           paint.setColor(Color.RED);
           
           canvas.drawBitmap(b, 10,10, paint);
		}

	}
}

// public Object getSystemService (String name) 

// Return the handle to a system-level service by name. 

// The class of the returned object varies by the requested name.

InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

//public boolean hideSoftInputFromWindow (IBinder windowToken, int flags) 

//EditText myEdit = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.idEditText);                

inputMethodManager .hideSoftInputFromWindow(myEdit.getWindowToken(), 0);

<manifest xmlns:android="//schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.myweb.mypackage"
    android:installLocation="preferExternal"

 public int getScreenOrientation() {
  if (getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)                {
       return 1; // Portrait Mode
   
  }else if (getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
       return 2;   // Landscape mode
  }
  return 0;
 }