Are you a Windows Media Center 7 user? Are you aware that there is a phenomenal application available that allows you to access, manage, and watch your recorded programs over the internet? It's called Remote Potato and it really is the software that Microsoft should have incuded with Windows 7. Here's a link to the developer's site for more information:
http://ww2.fatattitude.com/software/software-about-remotepotato.aspx
The developer Carlos is fantastic and has recently finished and had an iOS app approved for Remote Potato and it looks stellar. Android users would love to have a similar app but we need developers willing to volunteer their time to do so.
This would be an awesome project for someone with the skills to make it happen. Here's a thread I started on the Remote Potato forums if you are interested:
http://remotepotatoforums.fatattitude.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=409&start=0
Look at my project, maybe i will include an app with those features
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Hi Guys,
I have come to you with great news: Pebbles, the remote control software, goes (probably) open source. At the moment, I am in contact with Brad Myers, the former head of the development team involved in Pebbles. The Project has been stopped a long time ago, but I am trying to convince him, that a release of the source code to open source under a GPL License is way better than simply abandoning such an excellent project.
I also told him that the best programmers concerning Windows Mobile Devices can be found here. So I hope that there are some experiences programmers with a bit free time in here. I can deliver all necessary graphical elements as I am familiar with this subject for over nine years now.
A quick information for all of you who do not know what Pebbles is:
It consists of some sub-tools, for example Shortcutter, which allows you to define your own buttons. These can send keystrokes and commands to the PC via Bluetooth ActiveSync. Basically, it is a remote control tool.
Furthermore, there is Scribbles, a tool which is used when you are holding a presentation. You write on your device and it will generate an overlay onto your presentation.
And there is also RemoteCommander, a kinda-VNC which also supports Scribble.
There are some more, to be found here.
Hopefully there are some programmers willing to put their efforts and experience into this great project. I am sure that the base of the software is well-written, as it still runs smoothly and without a single problem on my current hardware specs, which are Windows 7 (x64) on 8GB RAM and an HTC Touch Diamond with Windows Mobile 6.1.
For any further questions do not hesitate to post in here. If the project is opened on Sourceforge, I also can give you my ICQ and E-Mail details if needed.
I am looking for your responses, please also do vote the poll.
Regards,
Zuzler a.k.a. Stefan
Below, you can find an excerpt of my recent contact with Brad Myers from the School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh:
That is an excellent idea. We will look into the legal issues and get back to you. It will probably take a few weeks to work out.
Are there lots of windows mobile devices still? Does software for old devices work on newer ones?
Any recommendations for where to put our source code so people can work on it? Like sourceforge or something? What do people mostly use?
Brad Myers
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My reply on this was:
Yes, there is a whole new generation out there. I for example got an HTC Touch Diamond, which has a resolution of 640x480 pixels, over 500 mhz and 4 GB storage. It has a touchscreen (it has just four keys, e.g. for answering calls and going back to home), GPS ans WiFi support. My Operating System is Windows Mobile 6.1 whereas my regular OS (i.e. at home) is Windows 7 (64 bit), and Pebbles runs smoothly on it. So I think Pebbles already has the best start as there are no OS issues with Windows as far as I am aware of.
For more information on the GPL you can have a look at the wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License). On the bottom there are more links to the original text. I would recommend he GPL Version 3, which is the latest one.
Sourceforge would also have been the platform of my choice. I will create a topic at the xda-developers.com forums to collect peoples responses on this subject.
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Reserving this post for future updates.
I am interested in this. I'm using an old Qtek 9100 (HTC Wizard, OMAP180 200MHz) upgraded to Windows Mobile Professional 6.5.
I'm already using SallingClicker which offers similar features, but I'm always willing to try something new...
Hi,
yes, Salling Clicker is a similar tool, it offers many features but the knowledge you have to have on order to create a working script is way too much.
I hope that there are some programmers here, which are willing to support this project. Then we also can create a wishlist, new features which should be added in 'our' first release.
Regards
An open source project would be awesome!
Looked at the specs of the original program, and it looks nice! Make it up to date, implement full touchscreen support, and this would be a winner!
I hope that I will receive a confirmtion by the end of this week.
One problem however is, that I do not have any experience in coding, the only thing I can do is graphics.
So my plea to all of you coders out there is: When time has come please have a look at the source code and tell us, if you can help us.
Maybe we also can create an "award system" - users request features, when they are implemented they can donate to the developers.
Maybe a mod can move this thread to the new created subforum "Windows software development"?
Regards,
Zuzler
I'm really looking forward to this software! It is bookmarked and I hope that we will have a nice new version...
I'm very inexperienced in major coding out side of web development, none the less using coding to make a complex app for Android and webos.
I am hoping for some help on this project that I want to freely contribute to the songbird project. This will be a full media app much like doubletwist is but with more features and 100% syncing with songbird and other programs.
I have had a design and layout already thought up and designed. That's mostly what I'm good at LOL. As well as a development outline for the progress of each version building up the features thought of and planned. Would post a concept image of it but I'm typing this from my phone and can't.
Really hoping this works out as I believe this can be a huge media player in the mobile realm.
If you are interested and or could help me email me drybones5 at gmail dot com (can't link it in the post? What?)
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Hello everybody,
I would like to contribute to the HDX community as a developer. Have a lot programming experience with Java (jee stack) and C/C++ in general , but little in android dev. However, since android platform seems to replace windows , would like to gain programming experience and to give something back to the friendly XDA Kindle Fire community. If some of the developer have interest to cooperate, then pm.
kr, dimi5
dimi5 said:
Hello everybody,
I would like to contribute to the HDX community as a developer. Have a lot programming experience with Java (jee stack) and C/C++ in general , but little in android dev. However, since android platform seems to replace windows , would like to gain programming experience and to give something back to the friendly XDA Kindle Fire community. If some of the developer have interest to cooperate, then pm.
kr, dimi5
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There isn't much anyone can do on the HDX without a bootloader unlock. I feel bad for you if you purchased this device as a development device. You might have wanted to go with something else. Unless you are talking about making android apps, which is easy to do on any device, but I can not help you with that.
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There isn't much anyone can do on the HDX without a bootloader unlock. I feel bad for you if you purchased this device as a development device. You might have wanted to go with something else. Unless you are talking about making android apps, which is easy to do on any device, but I can not help you with that.
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No, just bought it as a media consumption device (I have also a nexus 4). I mean once I saw sources of xposed app and was curious whether there some feature request or whether there are similar dev projects for kindle.
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No, just bought it as a media consumption device (I have also a nexus 4). I mean once I saw sources of xposed app and was curious whether there some feature request or whether there are similar dev projects for kindle.
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I am not a developer by any means. I am a mechanical engineer, hence I hate not being able to fix or change anything MYSELF. I am 99% certain the bootloader can indeed be unlocked based on several vulnerabilities that I have confirmed are indeed presently exploitable. However, I lack the ability to easily take this info & compile an exploit for the device. Currently I am awaiting some feedback from a couple of the heavy hitters that are too busy to spend much time on the HDX, but have been pretty willing to help me limp along.
At any rate, since you have some C/++ experience alongside java, you should have a leg up. A lot of the kernel is in C & binary (modules, etc) code is C or C++ & there are some great tutorials on building apps based on some of Google's offerings. Start small, compile the Hello World app & then expand from there. Browse thru source code & try to compile a kernel. It won't do you any good on the HDX yet, but it will help to identify exploits, patches & functions & intents that you will find useful down the road.
I'm from the largest unofficial XBMC development web site and we're currently looking for people to work with us on the development of our Kodi-fork called TVMC. We're also always looking for Python or Windows and Mac developers as well. It would be great for people looking for hands on experience, or to fill up some free time doing something cool.
Millions of people use our stuff daily, and our numbers are growing by the day, but we could really use more help. If you'd be interested, feel free to Contact Us through our web form as soon as possible: http://www.tvaddons.ag/contact-us/
If you haven't heard of XBMC (now Kodi) check out our Installation Guides, if you're on Android or Mac just install the TVMC version: http://www.tvaddons.ag/install-kodi/
Thank you for your support!
Hello to all developers and forumers of XDA, I need your technical experience.
I'm a college student and together with my team we were tasked to develop a mobile application and a prototype product. However our college course is not really for computer development like (Computer Engineering, IT and ComSci). We don't have technical experience to create mobile application.
Our task is to create a Student Monitoring where students will input their rfid and fingerprint before joining the class. The application will hold the records of the student. My question is what are the steps for us to follow in order to develop a functional mobile application?.
We already watch youtube videos and google search like we know the terms of Arduino Studio, mySQL, Kotlin, AMazon Web Services. But we need your opinions because you may have already knowledge about this.
Thank you very much
Hi @MrHotMan,
if your college is not really for computer development then I wouldn't dive deep into programming.
I would try to produce an outcome without coding using no code tools. There are many on the market that also have a free plan. Google for no code app development.
A designer I have worked with recommended me framer. He produced remarkable outcomes with that tool.
Best regards