I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this: http://blog.xamarin.com/2012/05/01/android-in-c-sharp/
It seems a company called Xamarin has ported the entire Android code from Java to C#, making it much much faster
Here is a test showing this difference:
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I think it would be amazing to see this port in action on the HD2
the source of this project is freely available here: https://github.com/xamarin/XobotOS
nice find!
now if there would be anybody here really interested in porting this in our aging HD2 - well that would be great!
& here's mono for Andy
http://xamarin.com/monoforandroid
bever86 said:
I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this: http://blog.xamarin.com/2012/05/01/android-in-c-sharp/
It seems a company called Xamarin has ported the entire Android code from Java to C#, making it much much faster
Here is a test showing this difference:
I think it would be amazing to see this port in action on the HD2
the source of this project is freely available here: https://github.com/xamarin/XobotOS
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mengfei said:
nice find!
now if there would be anybody here really interested in porting this in our aging HD2 - well that would be great!
& here's mono for Andy
http://xamarin.com/monoforandroid
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Hmm, this looks pretty awesome and makes TOTALL sense as to why it runs faster. I use to program in C# for windows mobile and windows 7 using .net framework. I LOVED IT. i hate programming in Java for android. Seeing C# code again would warm my heart
Only thing i m worried about, is google will most likely pull something out of their butt claiming it illegal to port their source code over to another language. I can just feel it. Its gonna be a money battle. But hopefully they can come to a trouce and run everything via C#.
^ so will you do a port for us, just for educational purposes
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^ so will you do a port for us, just for educational purposes
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Well after reading the links posted, its not actually a port, its completely revamped code. What they did essentially is translated it, just as one would translate English to Spanish or any other speaking language. They just translated Java to C#
I downloaded the setup from MONO however my internet sucks so i kept getting download fails. so im in a local hotel and i'll try it on their WiFi considering its like 20Mbps it should be fine but i'll look into it. Im not sure how to actually put it on the phone but that will come with research. and yes its for educational purposes AND i want this too
Now one thing i couldnt find/figure out is things like android market apps, will those need to be converted to C# as well? (I think i remember reading something about this in the link, i believe android apps are run in an emulator, and C# apps written in Visual Studio <3 will be run directly. I'll have to look into it more. But i'm workin on a project already now so it will have to be later sorry :/
I am more than willing to work with people to see if it is possible to get this working on the HD2.
However I am only a novice programmer with only very little knowledge of C#
I'm not sure how the legal issues would be on this.. Android is opensource to some degree but I don't know much about that stuff
It would be so awesome to have this power our HD2's to the max .. though market apps would be a problem..
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Heres my first attempt at an Xperia panel skin, using Wisbar Advance Desktop 2.0 Beta 3
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comments, tips, anything would be appreciated
EDIT: Here's a pic of the real thing:
Nothing can be made out.. Can you please attach image without resize?
Regards,
Carty..
From the screenshots, it's looks very WM7-ish, but they're very small. Please reattach the image a bit larger.
Guys above me read the title its the xperia skin google xperia and youll see it.... this looks almost exactly like it man great work.
The images are that size because that is the panel screen. I am working on finding programs that look more like the ones on the actual phone.
Hey I have an idea, how about someone with alot of flash knowledge creates a better one? For the people who dont have wisbar? (although the beta, which i'm using, is free)
Any suggestions for a good, free, standalone weather program?
Try, Weather Panel
nice work man, looks good.
Hey how bout a release we can play with
This is really nice....I'll definately get this once you release it!!!!!!!!!!!
Great work!
interesting idea.
Are those window previews dynamic?
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Are those window previews dynamic?
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sadly they are not
As I said, this is fine, but someone with flash know-how should build something really nice
The xperial panel seems very reminiscent of Dynamo2 task manager....freeware
Why exactly do you need wisbar?
I'm using wisbar as the blank slate on which i add buttons, since i cant write programs
Also, I use wisbar because im developing a good wm7 theme, which is in another forum post.
Oh I see. That's pretty impressive actually.
I still wish more of the people here would learn how to code. It would make this awesome community even more awesome
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Oh I see. That's pretty impressive actually.
I still wish more of the people here would learn how to code. It would make this awesome community even more awesome
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I'd be glad to learn if i could find a good tutorial
Tell me what you want to do and I'd be happy to get you started.
Also, you inspired me to try my hand at making an XPERIA panel app, so I started working on it today. I think I'll release the source once I get something cool done.
Also, for anyone that is interested in how a system like this works, you can dissassemble Dynamo2 with a .net reflector. :-D
But seriously I would love to help with any project that I can
currently, I know absolutely nothing about writing programs. I know a bit about web code, but that's it.
What language(s) are you using for your web projects?
Hi all. This thread is for all xda developers. Could somebody port this awesome game on Windows Mobile? It's available for iPhone since 2 years, but nobody requested or did a porting of it. It could be nice to play it on my Topaz, especially using G-sensor!
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How do you think should that work? In order to "port" something you need to have the source code.
source :
http://neverball.org/download.php
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How do you think should that work? In order to "port" something you need to have the source code.
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In order, before replying you should know that source code has been released more than 5 years ago!
Looks like an interesting project to work on.
I'll look into it
Yeah! Neverball on PPC rocks!
http://www.nevercorner.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=981
check here for source
Up up up!!! :d
Up up up again!!!
Nobody is interested in.
You have to give it some time. Graphics programming is not easy on Win Mo based devices.
You can try to ask on the forum: http://www.nevercorner.net/forum/ Maybe someone can help, but I'm not sure there are lots of winmo users here... A port has already been done on iPhone though so why not.
Yes, why not porting it on our WM devices!!! If a crap iPhone can run it, why a Topaz or a Leo or a Blackstone shouldn't do the same?
I would like to know if there's somebody interested in. Yeah, Neverball rocks on WM!!!
I would like to see this happen!
unfortunatly I've got no programming skills whatsoever!
Where are Xda-devs??? Do it please!!! Port it please!!!
Calm down. Acting like this won't make anyone more inclined to do this.
Devs aren't exactly paid, you know.
Yes, i know. But i always respect devs! They are fantastic! So, that's why I asked them for a porting of neverball...
how much would you pay
Hi all, I just would like to know how this porting works, because i have some basic programming skills, but i don't know which programs can i use. Can somebody help please?
What you need to make a game
J-qak (or others interested in programming), Get Visual Studios 2008 Pro (NOT 2010). Then download/ install the "Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional SDK" and then the "Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional DTK". Yes, the order they are installed is important.
Since this is a 3d game, I'd recommend checking out some OpenGL ES APIs. One that I'm using for my games is Tigre which runs on C#. C++ is a bit faster, but it comes at a higher risk of memory leaks while C# has a built in memory cleaning feature.
As for audio in the game, try using Hekkus. I haven't added audio to my games yet, but this API looks the best so far.
Links:
- Windows Mobile 6.0 SDK
( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3A-A651-4745-88EF-3D48091A390B&displaylang=en )
- Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional DTK
( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=20686A1D-97A8-4F80-BC6A-AE010E085A6E )
- Tigre
( http://www.philippewechsler.ch/Tigre.php )
- Hekkus
( http://www.shlzero.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1 )
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Hi all, I'm an Admin from a large Sony Ericsson based forum and blog (www.se-nse.net) and we're currently expanding our horizons to cover Android a lot more.
I'm also an xda-developers user but clearly I don't post quite as much over here. I hope that this topic is acceptable though.
We're looking to get some Android developers about the place for both software development and technical knowledge on the forum if interested. se-nse is currently a great resource for modding of SE handsets and we hope to create a similar community for Android within the same site.
So if you know your Android stuff and are interested in joining our project please get in touch.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Mik
I'm holding my breath for some Android devs to work on both sites as well...
B/C I am holding my breath for the xperia! The SE US website lists the X10a for North America with ATT 3g bands. So, I'm hoping the X10 will be the first ATT Android device.
In which case I will definitely be getting one AND I WILL NEED MY ROOT!
I'll still keep my G1 for dev purposes! So, I won't be abandoning XDA!
Hey Mik,
I used to frequent the se-nse forum during the w800 days, I'd be most glad to assist you with your project if time permits, however do you need a modder, a native developer, a kernel hacker or a Java developer?
Regards,
Akshay
Well community wise we'll hopefully end up with all of those but specifically we're looking for a developer to build an Android app for se-nse.
I'm thinking something along the lines of a news reader for the blog and the ability to login, read PM's and change profile details from the phone. Setting a new avatar using the phones camera would be particularly nice I think.
Mik
Excellent, is it a group effort? Count me in, although if its just me working on it I dont know how much time I can dedicate to it until the 4th of December, I'm a bit busy till then, giving a talk at droidcon London.
Definitely a group effort as long as there are enough people wanting to be involved.
I'll happily lend ideas and do the testing but I know nothing about programming what so ever
Still looking for more developers to join the community and help out with our app development. Anyone who's interested please let me know or just head over to the forum topic linked in the first post
Mik
ahh se-ense.net. I remember that from when i used to mod my k750i.
Good times.
anyway, i'll probably start using both sites, as i'm planning on getting the X10 when it's released.
Maybe it'll need an audio hack, who knows
I was playing around with ADW and I was adding a custom shortcut.
I went to ADW.Activities and was looking around for something fun to put on the home screen when I came accross a videocall.videocall intent under call settings
I will include screenshots for those who want to see it.
***MODS***
/*
I know this is a repost. I believed it didn't belong here at first so I posted it in GENERAL, there was no response at all. I was rethinking it and I am pretty sure this could be development related (Hopefully it will spur some much needed movement and inspiration to do more in future ROMS.
If a mod feels this belongs in GENERAL just delete this as one exists there
If a mod feels it should stay here, please delete the one in GENERAL
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**READERS***
Is this a setup of sorts for native videocalling on the phone? Is this sprint only?
Do other people have this on there phones?
The shortcut opens to a window with options for setting up how the phone handles video calls but I dont see anything in the phone anywhere about making a video call.
Any ideas.
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anyone who wants to see this on their phone should add a custom activity to their adw home screen and goto callSettings-->video call(videocall.videocall)
My guess is that they are anticipating the use of the VIDEO_CALL (or whatever) intent. Pure speculation on my part, however.
I read through that and don't see a video.call intent... Could you highlight it for me? Or maybe just quote. I have been developing for android for quite some time now, with the occasional hacking and library modification.
I have never heard, other than a rumor, native support in an android phone. (and the rumors I have heard all talk about gingerbread.) A platform update would not need seeds in the system for future usage.
I dont mean to rip on you sorry it sounds like it.
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smeyerhuky said:
I read through that and don't see a video.call intent... Could you highlight it for me? Or maybe just quote. I have been developing for android for quite some time now, with the occasional hacking and library modification.
I have never heard, other than a rumor, native support in an android phone. (and the rumors I have heard all talk about gingerbread.) A platform update would not need seeds in the system for future usage.
I dont mean to rip on you sorry it sounds like it.
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Oh don't worry about "ripping" me, I haven't started development on the Android yet, I've just been reading up a bit on it.
As you pointed out, I was just speculating on how ADW would have support for video calls when such apps aren't common yet. I guess any new intents would be in the OS already, which they aren't. Sorry!
Anyone have any idea? Wheb I get home I will pull this file and baksmali it to see if I can find more from it, using a debugger.
By the way, the activities menu in adw just polls the phone for intents built in to the applications to add as a shortcut these do not belong to adw
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Today, Cannonical has announcement a version Ubuntu for phones. They can found more info here: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone
The requesites are very similar to HD2. Will be posible portable to it?
hope so...
Sorry for my bad English. I just reading that link. Some of my friend say that the Ubuntu OS is base on Android Kernel so we totally can port it to our HD2 but the rom running on Galaxy Nexus just a demo rom that mean the need a lot of time to config. Ubuntu OS is currently in the development stage and finishing, according to the source before we have to wait until 2014. I think that time is too long for our HD2.
^
well you never can say, there are a lot of Dev's here that are even miles ahead of those manufacturers/ phone companies, all we have to do is wait & see.
I also noticed just yesterday in one 2nd hand site here in HK all the HD'2 where sold & at least 10 more people where looking for one.
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Of course!
FranZeta said:
Today, Cannonical has announcement a version Ubuntu for phones. They can found more info here: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone
The requesites are very similar to HD2. Will be posible portable to it?
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I'm a NAND user on a LEO1024. Since Ubuntu phone will support android kernels and the drivers it will be quite simple to get the required files from tytung's repo and merge it into the OS.
As soon as it's released or leaked there will be a race for "FIRST"
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As soon as it's released or leaked there will be a race for "FIRST"
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I assure you there will not be and if you want it, you will have probably to do it yourself. It's not android, nobody wants that... yet.
Challenge accepted!
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I assure you there will not be and if you want it, you will have probably to do it yourself. It's not android, nobody wants that... yet.
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To be the first would be awesome. I'm ready for it
i am waiting for that
please release it fo hd2
A very interesting project! My HD2 is looking forward!
I think it will be fun.
would be good as an excercise, i suppose. as long as the support is there.
why would it be better than android?
in my experience with ubuntu on my laptop, anything i try to do always seems end up typing long lines of code in a terminal window
as someone once said "linux is free if your time is worthless"
been developing with the new SDK & its a freakin beast ! .....i eat ...sleep ...poop ..Ubuntu ...its so much fun
Ubuntu Phone OS is going to rule ....its just so awesome !