Samsung Galaxy Ace

// in strings.xml
<string name="myStringWithTags"><![CDATA[<b>some text..</b> other tags ...]]></string>
<string name="myStringWithPattern"><![CDATA[<b>%s</b> other tags ...]]></string>
// in Activity.class
String sHtmlText = this.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.myStringTags);
         sHtmlText = this.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.myStringWithPattern,"replace %s with this text");

import android.content.Context;
import android.media.AudioManager;
import android.media.SoundPool;

public class SoundManager
{
  private SoundPool soundPool;
  private int[] sm;
  Context context;

  public SoundManager(Context context) {
    this.context = context;
    soundPool = new SoundPool(4, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 0);
    sm = new int[2];
    // fill your sounds
    sm[0] = soundPool.load(context, R.raw.my_sound1, 1);
    sm[1] = soundPool.load(context, R.raw.my_sound2, 1);
  }

  public final void playSound(int sound) {
      AudioManager mgr = (AudioManager)context.getSystemService(
          Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);  
      float streamVolumeCurrent =
          mgr.getStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
      float streamVolumeMax = mgr.getStreamMaxVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
      float volume = streamVolumeCurrent / streamVolumeMax;
      soundPool.play(sm[sound], volume, volume, 1, 0, 1f);
  }

  public final void cleanUpIfEnd() {
    sm = null;
    context = null;
    soundPool.release();
    soundPool = null;
  }
}

// in AndroidManifest.xml
<Activity
 android:screenOrientation="portrait" // or landscape

// in MyActivity.java
boolean mbOrientacionLandscape = false;
int nOrientation =	getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
if(mbOrientacionLandscape==true){
	 getResources().getConfiguration();
	if(nOrientation != Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)
	setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
	
}
else{
	if(nOrientation != Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
	setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}

public class MainActivity 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) {

			canvas.drawColor(Color.CYAN);
			Paint p = new Paint();
			// smooths
			p.setAntiAlias(true);
			p.setColor(Color.RED);
			p.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE); 
			p.setStrokeWidth(5);
			// opacity
			//p.setAlpha(0x80); //
 
			RectF rectF = new RectF(50, 20, 100, 80);
			canvas.drawOval(rectF, p);
			p.setColor(Color.BLACK);
			canvas.drawArc (rectF, 90, 45, true, p);
		}

	}
}