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Looking for a DEV who would like to create a forum App

The forum in question is Honda-tech.com. A honda enthusiast forum (the largest of its kind). Lots and lots of users on there who would love to access the site through an app and benefit from not having to go through their mobile browsers. A large diversity of iOS and Android users as well.
The topic of an app has been discussed on the forum plenty of times but no one has taken the initiative to actually look into getting one made. I though I would post on the dev site(s) to see if anyone would like to create an app. I am somewhat adept at the Android OS but not so much as far as app dev goes. I have no clue as to how hard this task would be, however if anyone is interested in creating something like this please let me know and maybe we can get this ball rolling.
Also, tapatalk has been discussed but an app is preferred.
Thanks guys.

problem solved

I'm planning on attempting to make a forum app for bungie.net once done shouldn't be hard to adapt to other forums.
Won't be as fast as tapatalk bc I assume they use a custom spy, y they need form support. Could be wrong. Tapatalk is a nice app.

I made a site a while ago that basically works the same way as tapatalk, but with more functionality so it would function like an app you launched through your browser. You can filter out images, specific people, set the OP to be in a separate column, and more. Since it was a website it used cURL so the initial load was rather slow but it also caches all of the pages locally and on the server so load times were pretty minimal after the first grab. It doesn't require any modification on the forum's end but it only reads vBulletin as of now (it could probably be adapted though). I haven't checked, but it should work for any mobile device with a decent browser (Android, iOS, Opera Mobile 10+) and it could possibly be made into an app. This was part of a large project I was working on but got burnt out on so I am not sure what all needs to be finished. PM me if that is interesting.

I would love to see an example of this, it doesnt have to be made into an app, if it functions in browser would be good enough. Porting over to an app would require alot of work, tho the logic would be helpful.

+1 for honda tech app...
Make one for socalcivic.com also..
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Would love to see a forum app for http://ubuntuforums.org/ also, so would a lot of other people:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1513906

Need an App Idea

Hello All,
Next semester is my final semester at college (I'm finally graduating in May ) and I have been wanting to develop an App for my final Senior Project.
So I wanted to get some app ideas from you guys, something useful to develop.
Thanks

how about this:
Create an app that holds a picture for a calendar event, when this app is run, I want to be able to make a photo, and post it in my agenda.
Think flyers and posters! I'm getting tired of the fact theres no app out there that can do this. I've wanted this for 5 years now!
You would make my day!
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I'd like to see some form of dedicated forum browser or plugin that can take the information from a message board like this one and make it easier to view on a mobile. I know there's an app that does something like that already but that requires a plugin for the forum and I'm refusing to pay for an app that will only read boards with that plugin.
If it can display mobile sites in a way that they're meant to be viewed that'd also be good (have a look at mobile.bcfc.com in various mobile browsers).

Thanks for the ideas guys, but I might have found a great idea. I'll be doing a little more research on it.
Thanks

Outlook Sync app for Android without going through the cloud!

A content management system client that can be hooked to any enterprise CMS. You can add support for popular ones and user can pick one during setup.

Heres an idea....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819367

Android Reference Book

During my business programming career, I always had good reference books to use no matter what language I was programming in.
I'm not talking a "How To..." book, but a solid reference book. Here's the class, here's the methods and their parameters. Maybe a short example.
I can't find anything similar for Android OS...anyone out there know of something?
Yes, I know it's on the net, but for me, there's just something about having the book. Like when I'm not coding, I can lay on the couch and read it while watching the game or not have to switch screens (even though I can pull-up a reference link on my second laptop).

Rootstonian said:
During my business programming career, I always had good reference books to use no matter what language I was programming in.
I'm not talking a "How To..." book, but a solid reference book. Here's the class, here's the methods and their parameters. Maybe a short example.
I can't find anything similar for Android OS...anyone out there know of something?
Yes, I know it's on the net, but for me, there's just something about having the book. Like when I'm not coding, I can lay on the couch and read it while watching the game or not have to switch screens (even though I can pull-up a reference link on my second laptop).
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Checkout Professional Android 2 Application Development by Wrox - Reto Meier (Author). Been using it for a month or so, learned a lot and it is pretty in depth for complex subjects. One of the best books ive used

Guess it's worth a try. Got scared for a second because I DID order Android 2 Pro and returned it the next day. There was no order in the book, nothing was clear at all and tbh, it was just nasty bad.
I can try the one you suggested. If Amazon is anything, they're fast and the return policy is just awesome.
Thanks,
Roots

Google develops android too fast for books to be worth the money, IMO.
Read the SDK docs and work with some code. Anything in that book is trivial to find on the internet.
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Professional Android 2 Application Development is a very good book and it quite up to date in its current revision.
I can also warmly recommend Mark Murphy's Warescription. You get four e-books and all it's updates for 12 months. Those books are high quality and Mark does a very good job at keeping the books up to date and also at helping his Warescription community with their questions. You should give it a try.

Captainkrtek said:
Checkout Professional Android 2 Application Development by Wrox - Reto Meier (Author). Been using it for a month or so, learned a lot and it is pretty in depth for complex subjects. One of the best books ive used
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I got the book. I was up late programming (as usual). It was like 4 a.m. EST Monday morning when I ordered it on Amazon. Did 3 to 5 business days. It came Tuesday!!!
Thanks, it's a good book. The FULL source code and all listings are downloadable which is nice. The book covers a lot of information and I think it's in the intermediate to semi-advanced level. Well written, logical progression of concepts. Only thing I really miss are some screen shots of an emulator running the projects.
I think I might run to local Best Buy, get a new black ink cartridge and print all the source code out and get it bound or put in notebook for a one-stop reference. Some projects have 5+ classes in them and it's easier to "flip through" in a book vs. onscreen. Worth the $20 in material (paper and ink).

what about a good book or place to learn the basics?
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I would start with some Google-found tutorials. There are hundreds of "Hello World" apps out there. For a beginner, the Hello World app is probably easier than getting the SDK up and running! LOL
Then work with adding EditText and TextView boxes. Then move on to Buttons. A good second program is "Enter your Name", "Hit Submit", "Show your Name". That gets all 3 ideas above going as well as onClick code and will get you working with main.xml

awesome! Thanks for the info. I installed everything earlier from Google and got that all setup. I will look more into everything else. Appreciate the reply.
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You could also look for a book called "The Android Developers Cookbook" written by Steele/To and published by Addison-Wesley...

Yeah, the basics are pretty easy, yet still powerful. I wrote some pretty basic apps (at least from the User's view) that are selling ok. But I learned a lot.
I'm a professional programmer, but as the economy goes, currently unemployed. I've learned a lot of languages (10 or so) and a lot of different environments. I'm finding the Android OS and the whole smartphone environment a remarkable new experience and what I feel, something that's just going to grow exponentially.
Good Luck

The android app labs are also a very good introduction. Google for "Android App Course"

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The android app labs are also a very good introduction. Google for "Android App Course"
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WOW I've just started learning android development, and i am in the type that i need some hand on experience before i read the theory~ I think this is very suitable for android beginners to learn how to, at least, build a usable apps!
I'll also try on the 'android developers cookbook'~ expecting!
Really thanks for the sharing!

1)0321673352 Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours
2)OReilly Android Application Development

What books are good for teaching myself android app development?

Sam's teach your self android development in 24 hours?
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I have purchased this book, Android Wireless Application Development, its a pretty good book. For me personally, no book or no course could ever teach me anything in 24hrs, I need to practice with examples to get the hang of things. While trying to develop I found online is actually better than most books.
Stackoverflow (Android) has been a great resource for me, as well as the Android Developers site. Sorry I am new here so I can post links, but you can google them.

I have used SAM's books before, and they have been OK.
I agree with spawn782 though, I found online resources were better than any book. Stakoverflow is great if you run into problems.

The ones you find in Comp Sci college classes

Head First Java is a great book for beginners. You won't get bored at all.
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I read a couple of books. by far the for dummies book and wrox's beginning android are the best..

Which one?
How do you think Professional Android 4 Application Development (Wrox Professional Guides) and Pro Android 4 (Professional Apress) would compare? I am considering purchasing one of these. I have heard good stuff about them both... Has anybody had both of them?

Search Internet and developerandroid.com,

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Search Internet and developerandroid.com,
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I tried googling for a comparison of the two books, but I was unable to find one. Maybe it was only the lack of proper search terms.
Now that you said about it, I remember seeing a book list on the android developers page, but can't find it now...
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So nobody has bought both of them? Maybe I'll just buy the more expensive one(not big difference), and wish it's also the better one
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Hi,i think referring online forums is the best way to learn android.Can somebody suggest some book,website to teach myself android developement...

Off topic - departure - check in and chill ;)

As the tittle says it's all off topic in here and nothing is to far out or off topic. I just felt we needed a thread for this, a place to write anything that comes to mind that has nothing to do with android and/ or phones. It also could be regarding android and/or phones (our phone) that has no other place.
You could even just say hi as a new or old user
Let's mingle and see where it goes
I'll start out:
I've been searching for a belgian comic book for ages now in vain. It's about a boy who's parents disappears and when the boy get's older he descovers that it was through a telly that his uncles has in his house where the boy is now living. The boy now sets out to find his mom and dad. He goes through the telly into another dimension and here he takes on a wild adventure that ends with a 'to be continued'.
I lost this comic book and would like to find it again. Haven't got anything more to go on. Thought that this place would be a great place to ask as most people playing games also read some sort of comic books aswell
Regards Dousan...

Hi guys,
I don't know the comic you are referring to since I never read any until naruto in university haha.
My topic would be for starcraft 2. Any play users play that game? All my friends quit for some reason, it'll be nice to play with people I somewhat know.
Acc. Name :Style
Character code 635
I'm a master terran player but i've recently switched to zerg and lost 30 games in a row to get demoted. This way I can start at a lower level.
Also I'm hooked on rainbow 6 cuz the play makes it so easy to headshot. Name: IMStyle.
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Today I +1 the google maps app on the Android market and it was at 13.9k and after I clicked it, it increased to 14k. I was the
14000th person to +1. I feel special!
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There is a forum exclusively dedicated to this. On that note, thread closed.