Hello,
I've made an application which can be used for creating polls and surveys but using only a google account
Don't worry you don't need to use your personnal account, there's a test account!
I think it's more for pros but i need you to test this application and giving me feedbacks in order to make a more powerful and useful version
Many types of questions available including a photo field for adding images to your answers (they are sent directly to your Google Picasa).
No registration required, 2 easy steps to create a poll:
- Connect to a Google account (your account or test account included in the application)
- Create a new poll in your Google Docs spreadsheet
Have Fun !
Search "androQuest" on the Android Market, there's a video if you want to see how it looks (in french with english closed captions)(i'm a noob, i can't post external links lol)
Please let me know what you think
Thank you
Hi All,
While working on a Software project where I bumped into this typical software development problem;
I wanted to test my app in the field using beta testers, but didn't want to use the Android Market yet because the app isn't "Market-Ready" yet. (Or you couldnt use the Market because its an enterprise app.) I figured it would be nice to have a separate app which updates your (beta) apps. This way you only have to tell your users to run this Remote Software Deployment app, and your beta applications get updated.
I have made a simple "Remote Software Deployment" tool, which enables developers to update their app using a webserver.
The app loads URLs from its resources, downloads the APKs and installs them.
I figured that more developers like me are searching for the exact same thing and decided to share and ask you to participate. I would love having some fellow developers develop this app with me. This way we can add more functionality's and use it in our own projects.
Still todo (rev #2):
- Better feedback to the user about the current download state
- Automatic exit after all apps are updated
Todo future features:
- login / secure connection to the server
- Add a local database, so versions can be checked to the ones on the server
- Options screen where the app can be configured (with password that can be changed via resources > Strings > adminpassword)
- Enable the app to be launched at boot / run as a constant service ; polling every x minutes/hours/days etc.
Official homepage on Google Code:
- Cannot post links yet, search google code for remote-software-deployment-for-android
Link to the Source Code (SVN):
- Cannot post links yet, search google code for remote-software-deployment-for-android
So, who wants to help?
Cheers,
~NLS
Looks Good!
~Bump
Would like to see a Alpha version
Work-In-Progress
Domain is up
AppFeed.net
Coomon problem:
As many of you knows, there is no app or service for Android where users can request notifications of application updates, especially the price changes (mainly price drop), or updates for slow updating apps.
Solution:
My solution was to develop a website where users can add applications to a list, and get a unique RSS/Atom feed that notifies them whenever the apps gets updated (Price, Version, etc).
The feed can be added to any application that support it: Desktop Readers/notifiers (tested with Thunderbirds), Web-based readers (Tested with Google Reader).
I intended to add other forms of notifications, but later found that with the service if this then that I can create tasks that monitor my unique feed that do everything else: Email notifications, Twitter posts, or any other channel provided by the ifttt.com service.
Usage examples:
Some usage examples for such a service:
1) I like a paid app, but its cost is a bit high for me, so I add the app to my watch list to get notified if/when the app gets on sale, instead of having to check frequently or miss an opportunity to get the app during a great sale (happened to me few times already).
2) I like and played a game, and finished all levels, the developer promised extra levels, instead of leaving the game installed on my device and wait for updates, I can uninstall it and add it instead to my list and get notified when it's updated.
3) With Android Play Store auto update feature enabled, I miss most app updates, with notifications on selected apps I can see when those apps gets updated.
4) Other usages...
Status of the project
Currently this project is being developed and tested by just myself, and it seems to be working as expected. But to have a good service, I need some to extra help to test it better, to suggest features, etc.
What is mainly missing is some legal advice, such as a privacy policy and term of service, and on whether I can put up such a service (does Google allow this kind of service? knowing they do not provide API for the Google Play).
What is still missing the some text, I am not a native-English speaker so still trying to put things correctly.
Privacy
I take privacy issues very seriously.
To make this service work, I opted for using 3rd party sign-in (Google and Twitter), what is saved on the DB is a hash of the sso unique token, not even I can get the clear one. User name and email are required, and are saved encrypted in the DB (with AES), and get decrypted only during login to show your name on the top bar, nothing else.
Here is a screenshot of the main wishlist:
And here is what you get in the rss feed, through Google Reader:
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lufc said:
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My topic is more development than questions, maybe not an Android App but and Android service
Updated post #1.
project is going well, anybody is interested, please let me know (by leaving a comment), if I get enough feedback, I'll get a domain and host it somewhere, currently it is running on a personal domain.
Update:
Got a domain for my new service, and now it is up and running.
check the first post for link and info
Hi,
while using google for authentication, I am actually notified that your website wants to "manage your contacts".
What is the reason behind that?
Thanks a lot
ale
alanzed said:
Hi,
while using google for authentication, I am actually notified that your website wants to "manage your contacts".
What is the reason behind that?
Thanks a lot
ale
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For the authentication I use the HybridAuth library, and this is the minimum that I can ask for from Google for use the OAuth authentication, if there is anything less, I'll do it, but I can't find how.
Twitter authentication has just Read Only access (Minimum available).
Update:
Found the solution, now it doesn't ask for Manage Contacts...
Hello everyone,
I am new to this Android App Development. I am learning Android App Development from thenewboston channel on YouTube.
So, I want to create an app for my University. They have an online portal where a student logs in to check his attendance, time table, cycle test marks, etc. But the site doesn't have a mobile site. So, instead of creating the same, I directly want to create an app. But I don't want the app to just login and have the interface like in comp. I want it to be different. Just like a mobile site sort of.
1) This is how the login page is when we visit the link. i,imgur,com/sKg9E.png
I want my app to have just the login ID and password field. Not the other bunch of crap given or the header or footer.
2) This is how it is after we login. i,imgur,com/Jaavw.png
But in my app, I want it to give options whether to see the profile or cycle test marks or attendance or any other thing so that the user
chooses what he wants to see and view it accordingly.
3) This is how the attendance screen looks. I don't want any sidebar or info bar like it shows in the screen shot. i,imgur,com/twgGy.png
I want my app to have a fit-to-screen attendance view and to keep updating as the university keeps updating. Also below you can see
cumulative attendance bar, I want that to be there because that shows which day, month, one has missed his class. Same thing for cycle
test marks, credits/grades obtained in previous semester, feedback, etc. "ankur218,imgur,com" (replace comma with full stop to visit the links)
Now, these are the following queries I have and I need help with the same since I am new to this.
1) Can I create the app like I mentioned without creating a mobile site?
2) Do I have to get University's permission for the database access for id and password credentials and then change the in app interface?
Any other suggestions are welcome
Thank you
Cheers
^_^
Hi, I'm trying to understand what exactly is needed in order to test Android in-app purchases. I'm following the official documentation, which btw is very unclear as it doesn't explicitly say whether you can test the app by simply adding a new account on your device (because you can't buy stuff from yourself) or if you need a device where the main (merchant) account does not exist at all. Here's what I'm doing:
- I'm publishing the app in the beta channel, adding my test account to the Google+ Community of test users
- on my device I have my main account (which is also the merchant account) and I've added the test account
- I download the application I need to test from Google Play after selecting the test account in the Play Store (assuming that selecting the test account will download the app as that user)
- I launch the application but when I try to purchase an item it says that I cannot purchase from myself
So I'm basically stuck because although not stated explicitly it seems that I cannot test in-app purchases with a device where the merchant account is also the main account, but I don't have another device to test it on! It seems a bit stupid that this scenario is not supported, so I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong perhaps.
Any ideas?