Hello, Greetings for the New Year.
I am a final year engineering student, and am making a project that utilises Google Maps + Android. I was wondering if there would be any help available for me, if I encounter any problems in development. I am developing a geotagging app for android devices, which as the name suggests uses GPS/BTS data and helps to tag the current location (using Maps API), for sharing/hyperlinking. So can you help me get started? I have read the android documentation. Is there anything more that I should be reading?
Thank You.
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Hello all,
This post is in regard to the Google Android Challenge put out by Google to create/develop new software for the Google Android shell. If you haven't had a chance to read about it, it's basically a new OS created by Google to run on any type of PDAesque cellular phone. The challenge issued is then to develop new software for this OS (written in Java) so that when it is released it will have software available for it.
My question to all of you is what software would you like to see developed for this new OS? The reason I am asking for ideas is because I am a CS undergraduate student working in a research group to create one of these programs. Ergo, I figured asking you guys what you'd like to see created would be the best way to get ideas that will make sense and benefit the community.
Any ideas you submit here may be used in the creation of new software--if you require idea copyrights that can be worked out.
Thank you all in advance,
Jake
Jake Lake
Undergraduate Student at LCSC Lewiston, ID
Hello Jake,
We'll I'm a Java programmer too, not thinking of entering the challenge though. Had a quick look at the SDK for Android and it does'nt seem like pure java, more like a hybrid of C and Java does'nt it?
Since I have'nt had a thorough look at it, I'd like to ask you a few questions regarding the freedom to program on the platform.
Since it does'nt use the "normal" JVM but googles Davlik where theres no byte code but script code, does it allow better interaction with the hardware, and is it faster? Also can you implement equallizers and other effects in a media based application, which of course was not possible on J2ME. I was thinking on a All-round mediaplayer for Android, something like Rockbox which maybe found at www.rockbox.org which is a linux based program used on iPods etc.. but has been ported to Linux based EZX phones.
Regards,
Akshay
Hi guys, sorry if my question has been asked a zillion times, I can't seem to find the right pointers.
I want to know how do you develop or create your ROMS so that I can create my own and share them with you. I have no real experience yet with WM, but I do have a lot with Linux embedded systems.
I recently ported an embedded Android OS on a micro-controller card for an industrial application (yes Android is getting popular as a good solution for embedded/mobile devices besides phones). I want to start a personal project on my Touch Viva with Android.
So any links or pointers to existing tools or documentation will be appreciated.
I share your enthusiasm with the Touch Viva so anything I learn and develop for it I will share it here.
Thanks.
rchav said:
Hi guys, sorry if my question has been asked a zillion times, I can't seem to find the right pointers.
I want to know how do you develop or create your ROMS so that I can create my own and share them with you. I have no real experience yet with WM, but I do have a lot with Linux embedded systems.
I recently ported an embedded Android OS on a micro-controller card for an industrial application (yes Android is getting popular as a good solution for embedded/mobile devices besides phones). I want to start a personal project on my Touch Viva with Android.
So any links or pointers to existing tools or documentation will be appreciated.
I share your enthusiasm with the Touch Viva so anything I learn and develop for it I will share it here.
Thanks.
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use any of these links to get ur kitchen and go ahead.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452064
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=554858&highlight=kitchen
i cant guarantee nor assure that these work good....still,these are the KITCHENS used....u can HUNT thru the forum.....ASK some senior members if u are still at large from ur dream to create a ROM.
rchav said:
Hi guys, sorry if my question has been asked a zillion times, I can't seem to find the right pointers.
I want to know how do you develop or create your ROMS so that I can create my own and share them with you. I have no real experience yet with WM, but I do have a lot with Linux embedded systems.
I recently ported an embedded Android OS on a micro-controller card for an industrial application (yes Android is getting popular as a good solution for embedded/mobile devices besides phones). I want to start a personal project on my Touch Viva with Android.
So any links or pointers to existing tools or documentation will be appreciated.
I share your enthusiasm with the Touch Viva so anything I learn and develop for it I will share it here.
Thanks.
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Oh goody.
Somebody is working on android for Opal.
Hi,
If you want to continue the work of porting Android to Touch viva left by musikmonk (Lost his device ) then i don't think you need to learn rom cooking and stuffs. Rom cooking will only help when you want to make a rom (dual booting) with windows mobile and android. But there is no point to make such rom as of now because Android is not yet ready for daily use.
So i beleive that if you want to continue the project head over to : http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/wing-linux/wiki there you will get all the resource etc. Even you will get support there. And for testing purpose you can always depend on xda.
Hope that helps you.
as just jegan have said
could help the wing linux project
many people will be grateful
and on xda you can recive help with the testing phase
look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=628917
regards
gp
Hi all,
I wanted just to bring to the attention of all "newbies" like me on the Android application development, that now it's possible to develop really good apps in a very short time.
I think it could be a very good start point for starting developing Android apps.
I learned about this environment by chance, just performing some google searches for starting collecting info on Android development (Eclipse, ADT, etc.etc.), just when I started to be highly bored with Java.
The good news is that "no Java" language knownledge is required since all the application develepment is done using the BASIC
For furter info about this wonderful IDE (with integrated Debugger) you can refer to the following website : www[.]basic4ppc[.]com
Well....what else to say....have a good Android app development !
If you decide, after having used the trial version, to purchase a license you can use the discount code "bhzepr" to have it with 50% off
(Important: to use the discount code you have to select the PLIMUS purchase link and insert then it in the proper field)
Using it you can have the Enterprise version at half price.
Have fun !
Hello, everyone! I am new here, so I apologize if this is not the appropriate section, or if this has been asked already, but I really need some help. I am working on an android app that needs to detect when you are nearby businesses (Ie, 24 hour fitness, jack in the box, gamestop...etc). I have really tried to use google for this one, but I can not word it correctly to get desired results lol. Can anyone help me? I am a complete noob when it comes to android development (I am coming from the C++/Qt world ) so examples and documentation would really help.
I would also like to ask if there is an open source area to learn from? I see a ton of good apps that would really benefit me if I could see the source, but they are all closed sourced :\.
Here's a list with a lot of open source apps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124002
HI i have android app development experience for 2 years.
I understand the framework but when it comes to typical situation when i think it would have been better if more android internals were given or more documentation was available.
So my question is for app developers what is the next stage for learning in android development So that we have deeper understanding of the framework and solve typical issues as well. for eg
Activity finish() dismissis and removes the dialog in that activity but i could not find any docs regarding this. so i was in dilemna what to do?
Please help how to advance more into android and if possible please give links to study material or links where i can get a path
Thanks
So this was the question I got after my all app compiling and decompile for 3 months.
So I was just a app modifier,and I thought about being app developer,I mean creater.
So I googled and learnt the coding(toughest part) and iam now a good developer who is on the way of development.
And for ur question finish();
All those datas are in java format packed as class.dex,you must open that to see the source file as java.
However u can see .smali file wen u decompile any app which you/me/ can't understand....(those r derived from java)
Offff good question:thumbup::thumbup:
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RamachandranProgrammer said:
HI i have android app development experience for 2 years.
I understand the framework but when it comes to typical situation when i think it would have been better if more android internals were given or more documentation was available.
So my question is for app developers what is the next stage for learning in android development So that we have deeper understanding of the framework and solve typical issues as well. for eg
Activity finish() dismissis and removes the dialog in that activity but i could not find any docs regarding this. so i was in dilemna what to do?
Please help how to advance more into android and if possible please give links to study material or links where i can get a path
Thanks
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My number one snag I would do, if I could go back to when I started, would be "Learn what a Context is, and the different types" which coincidentally relates to why a dialog hung of a context does disappear
Hi,
Stackoverflow.com is a good source of information to resolve doubts.