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Sony Location Free Player

I started a thread a few months ago concerning a proprietary video player that Sony used for their Location Free Player devices. Well...
The software code has now been moved to open source status and is free for full linux development. I'm hoping I can convince one of you savvy developers to whip up the player so it can run on either Android or a full linux OS (I use Ubuntu). I'm sure it's a gold mine for tons of other video streaming applications that could potentially run on our devices.
The link to the open source code can be found here along with other Sony open projects.
http://products.sel.sony.com/opensource/
Location Free TV is the program I'm specifically talking about. I believe the current version is LFA-PC30. If you would like to read more on this device/player you can check the wiki at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LocationFree_Player
Let me know if anyone has any questions, I very eager to see if this is possible. If I could stream video from my Location Free Player Base I to either my android device or Ubuntu Netbook I would be very very pleased. If a dev is serious I would be more than happy to have them test on my base station. PM or email me if you're interested!
Also, please move to the correct thread if this is in the incorrect area.

agreed!
I too would love to see more on this, my locationfree box could get so much more use.

So a sony base unit (hardware) is needed to try this right

If someone is working on this, and needs a connection to a base station to test ( I have the last version that came out LF-V30 ) message me and I'll send you the adress to connect to my station and the password

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Love to see this on Android. This would give new life to my Location Free Box. If not then I may have to move to Sling Player although I would like to stay with Sony.

eighty82 said:
Love to see this on Android. This would give new life to my Location Free Box. If not then I may have to move to Sling Player although I would like to stay with Sony.
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$200 for a base sling box and Android software.
Please devs, work your magic!!

$25 bounty to the one who makes a working Location Free Android app.

Anyone still working on this?

bumpitty bump bump bumpitty bump

Bump! Sony LocationFree for Android!!!!! this is never gonna happen.

Anyone out there....?

Darn just when I thought google led me home lol.

So anybody working on this I to would love to see this.
I would love to see this on Android, IOS, WebOS, Windows Phone and A better Verion for Windows Mobile PLS PLS PLS

Hello, Bumping the thread once more, there are plenty of Location free devices out there for people to purchase an paid app from the android store.
Please compile an app from the source code link that OP provided. I am looking forward to it.

nastywindbreaker said:
Hello, Bumping the thread once more, there are plenty of Location free devices out there for people to purchase an paid app from the android store.
Please compile an app from the source code link that OP provided. I am looking forward to it.
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Still no takers? :-(

I'd pay for a working app as well..
It will probably never happen but figured I would put my 2cents in as well..

echardcore said:
Bump! Sony LocationFree for Android!!!!! this is never gonna happen.
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Yes it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477821

mgschwan said:
Yes it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477821
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Thank you for your efforts. Very happy with this development.

Holy crap! I don't believe it! Can't wait to get home to register my base with my phone. If it works, will donate for sure! Thanks mgschwan!!!
EDIT: Installed and working great on my HD2!! Donated!! WOOHOO!

any one got google application inventor.........?

any one got google application inventor ?
i think i have requested thousand times for Google application inventor.....but they didn't respond yet.......
i think they will publish on 2012............

I was sent an invite weeks ago, they will get round to you...
Until it allows icons for apps and market submission ... Its just a bit of fun.
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I got the acceptance today... it's not an application that you can download... it's web based and runs in an applet type application with a jnlp installer. Personally, I think it might be ok for prototyping... but good luck making anything that is close to advanced with it. It would be easier just to write the code.

i am waiting for my reply.........goooooogle............

I wish I had the mind of a programmer! I want to be able to code and write apps so bad, but I'm more of a visual guy. I do 3d animation. Every time I try to learn programming my brain begins to melt.

DevilDogVIKING said:
I wish I had the mind of a programmer! I want to be able to code and write apps so bad, but I'm more of a visual guy. I do 3d animation. Every time I try to learn programming my brain begins to melt.
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Agreed! I realllly wanna learn code but it boggles me. This app inventor may not be too advanced, but it'd be fun to tinker with to make small personal apps. Still waiting for my invite lol :impatiently waiting for google to email back:
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smartsreenath said:
any one got google application inventor ?
i think i have requested thousand times for Google application inventor.....but they didn't respond yet.......
i think they will publish on 2012............
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Yeah, I just got one yesterday. But as eatmold says you can't use a custom icon on the phone (though that may be possible to do, but the people who know guard the secret - google say its on the list, but knowing them that will be 2012!)
However it is possible to export and import code (not java, some special google stuff) - so people might be able to exchange and share information.

i am a medical student.........for us Google application inventor is a wish come true.............

just think how long Gmail was in beta. still waiting on my invite

Kermode said:
But as eatmold says you can't use a custom icon on the phone
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Get folder organizer. Might be one word. It allows you to place a widget, with a custom icon, that launches either a folder, or an app. So you'll have a stock app in the app drawer, but at least it'll look nice on your desktop
I asked for my invite second day. Still no invite

Where can i sign up to this?

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Where can i sign up to this?
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i cant post links yet... bummer...
https: //services.google.com/fb/forms/appinventorinterest/

just got it
Took about 3 to 4 weeks. I rather enjoy it. Going to school for computer science and its great for learning basics. Its block dropping but the blocks say the code so if you try its a great teacher. N1

Im still waiting on my invite, perhaps its location based on the invites?

it may be location based of usage based. I applied a month ago and nothing yet. I even put detail about the app i wanted to create in my application to them.

mallman said:
it may be location based of usage based. I applied a month ago and nothing yet. I even put detail about the app i wanted to create in my application to them.
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I agree. It's been almost two months since I signed up and still nothing. Everyone who's gotten it so far, what state are you in?
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I got the invite on Aug. 18th and I am in Maryland.
David

I got mine. I live in Virginia.
It's pretty neat, but I've been having issues with VoiceToText not waiting until my TextToSpeech is finished running.
Like, I'm trying to create a voice driven menu for hands free use so I ask a question and then want it to pause for an answer... Instead it starts talking and the VoiceToText box comes up at the same time. Frustrating...

Darnit! It seems like you are all on the east coast... but so am i lol. I'm in CT, maybe ill see it soon!
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Got mine Aug 20. In Colorado.

Using appinventor and am stuck with everything

I am completely new to coding anything but websites so I figured I try appinventor to build this little app I have wanted for quite some time. I play League of Legends (Leagueoflegends.com) and there is a fan site that has items, stats, and guides which is located at www.LEAGUECRAFT.com . http://i.imgur.com/bZ7ZA.png This image shows what I have so far. I have the champions listed in order (scrolls down 72 champs) as buttons; ex. when clicking akali it launches http://leaguecraft.com/champion/Akali using my android browser. Instead of opening the browser I would like for it to return what is in the guides tab into the app in a mobile friendly version. Looking at the page source I see they have them seperated by "<a href="#champion_tab_2">Guides (71) ", is there a way to pull just that into the app? Maybe even get it to pull just the title and rating? Anything would help at this point, thank you guys!

Sorry I've never used app inventor before, but I play LoL too and i think you should check this link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.apps.android.lolarmory

Take a look into regular expressions.
Basically, what you need to do is pull the HTML source and then use regular expressions to match that pattern and pull the data that you need.
I personally code in Java, so I'm not exactly sure how to do this in App Inventor.

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I personally code in Java, so I'm not exactly sure how to do this in App Inventor.
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That was my problem too
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Experienced Coder, Android Noob

I have been a Java coder for about eight years now, and am curious about getting into Android app development.
I am winding if there are any tutorials that just dive into actually making apps besides your basic Hello World app like the Android Developers one does. More useful stuff, like fragments and such, that are actually going to be practical to use and teach you more than just how to make a button retrieve and send text.
Any ideas?
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Well if u say u noe Java then I suggest you go to the devloper abdroid website ...
Its a pretty decent website and understandable if you know Java...
Gud Luck !

drinfernoo said:
I have been a Java coder for about eight years now, and am curious about getting into Android app development.
I am winding if there are any tutorials that just dive into actually making apps besides your basic Hello World app like the Android Developers one does. More useful stuff, like fragments and such, that are actually going to be practical to use and teach you more than just how to make a button retrieve and send text.
Any ideas?
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I would say go and watch thenewboston's later tutorials and TwistedEquations has some pretty good things with fragments and some other more updated android stuff features. Other than those two things I would just think about what you want to do and look it up on StackOverflow since they pretty much cover every question you might have. You can also just go to the android reference page to find out what methods are available most are pretty self explanatory.
Also you should probably update to Android Studio, if you haven't already because it seems like Google is going for some pretty deep integration with it that will make life much easier.
Hope this helps you out

I really like Vogella's tutorials: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials.html

Acela1230 said:
Also you should probably update to Android Studio, if you haven't already because it seems like Google is going for some pretty deep integration with it that will make life much easier.
Hope this helps you out
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Using Android Studio since last 1 day or so...Didnt like it much..Seems to be more complex than Eclipse. Also able to open only one project in one window, no project manager like used to be in eclipse where we can manage all projects simultaneously.
Also the cltr + shift + f shortcut to arrange the format of XML not working... Frankly didnt find any advantage over Eclipse till now... But I'm still in getting used to it because I know I have to develop apps on it only because I always like to work on latest stuff...
If you have any tips or feedback then I would really appreciate it.
Thanks

Hey I am struggling to get started, other than hello world I haven't done anything yet. I think I should use the developer.android for learning (because it's official). But still please tell me what to do there. Should I start with the api guides and read all of em one by one, or should I start with the training tab on the website, but then there are many things there that I don't understand well. Idk I'm confused. There's even design part apart from development, should I start with that or that should come after development? Help me with a good ide too, eclipse isn't that great and android studio seems laggy, I hear intellij is the best option right now (and android studio later when it is completely developed).
I had completed my java tutorials way back, I don't think I have a problem with java.
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I would not start with the official site. I spent some money on a great book (which is just available in German).
The official site is more difficult to understand than many other tutorials like the ones by Vogella.

I was thinking of grabbing Android Studio, but I'll stick with eclipse for now until it's a little more developed. I started on eclipse, so I'm familiar with it.
It seems like after that first Hello World tutorial, all the official ones are "fluff". Do u really need to know the lifecycle right up front, even before I learn how to actually make an app?
Sure, I get that the lifecycle is important, but if all you have is a lifecycle, with no app on top, that doesn't make sense.
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WHOOPS

I myself started 7 months ago... The official guide is a valuable resource... But readability is horrible... I typically dig around it... Then look up implementations and further explanations else where... Usually stackoverflow
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drinfernoo said:
I was thinking of grabbing Android Studio, but I'll stick with eclipse for now until it's a little more developed. I started on eclipse, so I'm familiar with it.
It seems like after that first Hello World tutorial, all the official ones are "fluff". Do u really need to know the lifecycle right up front, even before I learn how to actually make an app?
Sure, I get that the lifecycle is important, but if all you have is a lifecycle, with no app on top, that doesn't make sense.
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It is important but you will not need it at the beginning for very simple apps as long as you do not want that everything is shown properly after an orientation change. Start programming and learn it by doing.

drinfernoo said:
I was thinking of grabbing Android Studio, but I'll stick with eclipse for now until it's a little more developed. I started on eclipse, so I'm familiar with it.
It seems like after that first Hello World tutorial, all the official ones are "fluff". Do u really need to know the lifecycle right up front, even before I learn how to actually make an app?
Sure, I get that the lifecycle is important, but if all you have is a lifecycle, with no app on top, that doesn't make sense.
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Understanding the Activity Lifecycle is must. You can watch its tutorial available on Youtube by Marakana...It will explain you everything needed in 1 single video...rest you will learn with experience.

nikwen said:
It is important but you will not need it at the beginning for very simple apps as long as you do not want that everything is shown properly after an orientation change. Start programming and learn it by doing.
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Understanding the Activity Lifecycle is must. You can watch its tutorial available on Youtube by Marakana...It will explain you everything needed in 1 single video...rest you will learn with experience.
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This is what I meant I understand that it is an integral part of making apps work as intended and expected, but it seems like it's something I'm going to have to learn to utilize sometime later down the road of development, instead of right straight up front.
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Actually you should learn that pretty early. Its easy to understand
Think of it like a video game:
On create is when the game is first started
On pause is when you pause the game
On resume is when you unpause it
On stop is when you turn the game off
These are the main methods of the activity life cycle you need to know. You would setup your activity in the on create. In the on pause you would save variables the user entered (android saves certain things automatically). In the on resume you would call those variables back and refill the fields with them. On stop you would close anything that may be running (alarm, music, video) as not to take up resources from the system.
This is important because android pauses activities when orientation is changed so the user would lose all their variables if you don't save them even if they accidentally went into landscape from portrait.
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Acela1230 said:
Actually you should learn that pretty early. Its easy to understand
Think of it like a video game:
On create is when the game is first started
On pause is when you pause the game
On resume is when you unpause it
On stop is when you turn the game off
These are the main methods of the activity life cycle you need to know. You would setup your activity in the on create. In the on pause you would save variables the user entered (android saves certain things automatically). In the on resume you would call those variables back and refill the fields with them. On stop you would close anything that may be running (alarm, music, video) as not to take up resources from the system.
This is important because android pauses activities when orientation is changed so the user would lose all their variables if you don't save them even if they accidentally went into landscape from portrait.
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Good explanation. :good:
For handling orientation changes check the onSaveInstanceState method.

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I myself started 7 months ago... The official guide is a valuable resource... But readability is horrible... I typically dig around it... Then look up implementations and further explanations else where... Usually stackoverflow
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Acela1230 said:
Actually you should learn that pretty early. Its easy to understand
Think of it like a video game:
On create is when the game is first started
On pause is when you pause the game
On resume is when you unpause it
On stop is when you turn the game off
These are the main methods of the activity life cycle you need to know. You would setup your activity in the on create. In the on pause you would save variables the user entered (android saves certain things automatically). In the on resume you would call those variables back and refill the fields with them. On stop you would close anything that may be running (alarm, music, video) as not to take up resources from the system.
This is important because android pauses activities when orientation is changed so the user would lose all their variables if you don't save them even if they accidentally went into landscape from portrait.
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Understood. My point is that the official tutorial spends more time showing off exactly what you posted than actually showing how to make an app complicated enough to take advantage of it.
EDIT: And I pretty much understand the concept and use of having the correct lifecycle, just looking for more now.
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drinfernoo said:
Understood. My point is that the official tutorial spends more time showing off exactly what you posted than actually showing how to make an app complicated enough to take advantage of it.
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Yea the official tutorial is really just to show you how to use eclipse with the SDK.
The rest is kinda left to you to do. Its a matter of thinking what you want to do and then doing it. Most tutorials just explain how to use the methods provided in the api. If you had an idea of what kinda app you wanted to create perhaps we could point you in the right direction.
I recommend adding api demos from the sample apps to see how to do most things in android. Since you said you know java reading through the code in this shouldn't be to hard to understand.
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Acela1230 said:
I recommend adding api demos from the sample apps to see how to do most things in android. Since you said you know java reading through the code in this shouldn't be to hard to understand.
My biggest hurdle is I get confused in the XML to Java connection and changeover
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few mods for stock rom

So yes, i,ve stated it in the title.
I'm using Frosty Jelly bean from past 2 weeks.
and trust me by far the BEST STOCK ROM ever you can even think of.
it is way toooooo quick and smooth.
After the first update, i,ve requested the dev to add few tweaks for the the update but Unfortunately, the dev thinks that no one, else than me and him using his rom.
And he has kinda abandoned the work.
So the reason why i am writing this post is to ask you guys that is there any way that i can add these few mods to that rom without an update from the dev's side.
1- enter instead of smiley face in keyboard
2- navigation bar customization
P.s i,ve already searched the forum :$ but couldn't find any thing similar to what i'm asking for here :$
Else trust me guys the ROM is way more quicker than the STOCK it self.

eefo said:
So yes, i,ve stated it in the title.
I'm using Frosty Jelly bean from past 2 weeks.
and trust me by far the BEST STOCK ROM ever you can even think of.
it is way toooooo quick and smooth.
After the first update, i,ve requested the dev to add few tweaks for the the update but Unfortunately, the dev thinks that no one, else than me and him using his rom.
And he has kinda abandoned the work.
So the reason why i am writing this post is to ask you guys that is there any way that i can add these few mods to that rom without an update from the dev's side.
1- enter instead of smiley face in keyboard
2- navigation bar customization
P.s i,ve already searched the forum :$ but couldn't find any thing similar to what i'm asking for here :$
Else trust me guys the ROM is way more quicker than the STOCK it self.
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OK here's what you do buy swift key that will fix the keyboard to what you want
Search play store for nav bar customization it's for root phones and only cost. 99 cents but allows you to change size and things like that. No reason for the developer to add these things if you can with out any coding
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Sorry if it sounded mean didn't want it to but developers usually are like artist they do what they want
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Thanks for your reply mate, but if i wanted to install applications, i wouldn't be asking here.
The thing is i actually want to keep it stock :/
I know installing applications will keep it stock but you know things implemented by default play safe role in the smoothness of the rom :/
And the mods i guess once installed get sick to the rom.
But anyways thanks for your reply and still if anyone has the mods do help me :$
Because I'm truly in love with the speed of this rom.
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lol no worries mate.
I haven't took it serious.
I know devs got their own lives as well, basically I'm regretting not having knowledge regarding rom developing that's why being too fussy (if you want to call me): $

eefo said:
So yes, i,ve stated it in the title.
I'm using Frosty Jelly bean from past 2 weeks.
and trust me by far the BEST STOCK ROM ever you can even think of.
it is way toooooo quick and smooth.
After the first update, i,ve requested the dev to add few tweaks for the the update but Unfortunately, the dev thinks that no one, else than me and him using his rom.
And he has kinda abandoned the work.
So the reason why i am writing this post is to ask you guys that is there any way that i can add these few mods to that rom without an update from the dev's side.
1- enter instead of smiley face in keyboard
2- navigation bar customization
P.s i,ve already searched the forum :$ but couldn't find any thing similar to what i'm asking for here :$
Else trust me guys the ROM is way more quicker than the STOCK it self.
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1 - If I'm not mistaken the enter key is a .png inside /system/app/systemui.apk or /system/framework/framework-res.apk. Replace the png with whatever you want.
2 - Get frosty's source code, compile it and make sure it runs first. Next, get AOKP's github and cherry pick their navigation bar changes. Rebuilt, and see if it runs
Also, it's NOT A STOCK ROM anymore. It's still considered a custom rom. It DID NOT SHIP with the phone.

Well in this case it may be your only option as many of us just use the apps so we can have the option on all rom but at least the more you and I hat back and forth the longer this topic will be at the top I have stock non rooted but rooting it probably next week so I can flash an older base band and will be changing my nav bar with that app.
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exb0 said:
1 - If I'm not mistaken the enter key is a .png inside /system/app/systemui.apk or /system/framework/framework-res.apk. Replace the png with whatever you want.
2 - Get frosty's source code, compile it and make sure it runs first. Next, get AOKP's github and cherry pick their navigation bar changes. Rebuilt, and see if it runs
Also, it's NOT A STOCK ROM anymore. It's still considered a custom rom. It DID NOT SHIP with the phone.
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Thanks for the keyboard solution, I'll definitely dig in to it. and for the compiling part, i seriously wish that i knew some tricks but sadly, I'm a no good in this game :/
That's why asked for the other solution.
But anyways thanks for your reply to mate.
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jonapunk said:
Well in this case it may be your only option as many of us just use the apps so we can have the option on all rom but at least the more you and I hat back and forth the longer this topic will be at the top I have stock non rooted but rooting it probably next week so I can flash an older base band and will be changing my nav bar with that app.
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lol, hope for the best for you.
Ammm, would you mind if i ask you to name that app, or if you can share the link to that app because I've searched play store but couldn't find that certain app :$
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When I get home I'll look for the article on android police it had a link to the app and the name
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