Archive for the ‘Android’ Category
Google TV, Really?
In the past few days, there have been several reports of Google opening retail stores. Every report says that they’ll sell Google TV’s in those stores. Is it a good time to start Google TV development? Yes, yes, I think so. Here are 3 quick reasons:
- Google TV is a software platform
- Google TV has a market for apps
- Google TV is a place to create 2nd Screen Apps – right now
In this article, I expand on these reasons and give a detailed example of creating a simple Flickr 2nd screen app using the Anymote protocol.
Why It’s Time to Start Developing Apps for Google TV
The example app shows recent Flickr Photo on your phone. When you select a photo, it is displayed on your Google TV.
To learn more, check out the book.
BFF Photo Pro – Android App for Facebook Photos
Your Facebook Photo App
Everything you want to do with Facebook Photos. Including photo uploads and tagging photos.
Pro Version:
No ads – makes it faster.
Includes Tag photos feature
New Graphics
Features:
Easiest way to find when new pictures of you have been posted. And that might be important!
Want to see when your friends post a photo of you? Are they posting things that they shouldn’t? Then check from your Phone.
Upload short videos, too!
Logged into web and on app? Logout from app and then try again. [Menu, Logout] clears this up.
Feature List:
* Take & upload photos
* Create Albums on the fly
* Tag a Photo immediately after upload
* Browse Your Albums
* See Tagged Photos of You
* View Friend’s Albums
* View Your Facebook Page Photos
* Save Photos to the phone
* Upload videos
* No signup – unlike Pixelpipe
BFF Photo Pro
BFFPhoto
BFF Android
BFF Photo 2.0 – Facebook Photos on Android
BFF Photo 2.0 Guided Tour
- Facebook Photos on your Phone.
- View, upload, and save photos. Upload videos
- Includes Friend and Facebook Page Photo Albums.
- Add Albums
- Comment on photos
DroidDrop – Remote Logging for Android
Video Demo – remote logging
DroidDrop Remote logging gives Android Developers the ability to log data from their applications to a drop on drop.io.
How to:
Download DroidDropNotes.jar
Include the jar in your Android project. It will add 16K to your APK.
Get a developer API Key from drop.io (free, painless, takes 2 minutes)
http://dev.drop.io/
Review the source code and example on GitHub.
DropioLogDemo.java shows the first screen for the app
UpdateLog.java has sample usage to show logging an exception and saving user input.
Declare a DroidDropNote Client:
DroidDropNoteClient dropClient= new DroidDropNoteClient(“–YOUR API Key”);
dropClient.setToken(“–drop password or token”);
Write out a Note/Text contents:
results = dropClient.createNote( “DROPNAME”, “Note title”, “Message”);
BFF Photo. Gestures & Rotation demo
Use gestures to browse photos, rotate phone to change view, upload existing photos and videos. Try version 1.5.
Search Android Market for BFF Photo.
If you like the app, please rate it in the market.
Feedback, questions, issues, suggestions?
http://www.facebook.com/BFFPhoto
Launching DroidDrop, the Android drop.io client
Use drop.io to privately share your files & notes in drops.
Use DroidDrop to:
- Create & View Drops
- Add Notes, Links, and Photos
- It’s easy to start with the demo drop
- View & update in the demo and then create your own drops
I submitted DroidDrop to ADC2 (Android Developer’s Challengge 2) on 8/31. I expected to add a few more features before publishing it to the market. I was able to add some polish and 1 new feature (uploading photos directly from the gallery.)
I was starting to work on adding even more features when I realized it was a good time to stop and get some feedback. So, please try out DroidDrop and let me know what you think. Some of my ideas for new features are at the end of this post.
These 2 tweets were timely in helping me think about the release date.
- RT @albertwenger Making Versus Planning … http://tumblr.com/xbk34pkz3
- RT @ericries IFTF: don’t pave until you see where people walk; needs to apply to IT and internal tools #workunbound
Feedback and ideas wanted! Error reports, too.
Contact via email or twitter
http://twitter.com/droiddrop
You can see a previous video demo here.
http://talkingandroid.com/2009/09/01/droiddrop-preview-drop-io-on-android/
I would expect to add:
- video upload
- audio upload
- showing drops in reverse chronological order
- performance improvements
DroidDrop Preview (drop.io on android)
THIS IS NOW LIVE. Search the market for “droiddrop”
Demo of app in development.
Use drop.io to access & share files, photos, & notes in “drops”
I plan to release a beta version to the market soon. Let me know what you would like in that release.
Follow updates at http://twitter.com/DroidDrop
Use DroidDrop to:
* Create Drops
* View Drops
* Add Notes, Links, and Photos to Drops
* Get files from Drops
I am also working on a complete rewrite of BFF Photo.
BFF Photo: Full Demo on Android G1
BFF Photo is an application to:
- View your Facebook Photos on your Phone
- View your friend’s photos
- Take pictures and videos using the app and upload to Facebook
Find it by searching for “bff” on the Android Market.
Login to Facebook from the app to authorize on Facebook. Requires Internet connection.
On the technical side, I mention that I am using Intents for both camera and video capture. More on that in a future post.
Please contact with issues or technical questions.
BFF Photo for Facebook on Android Market
Photos are one of the most used features on Facebook.
BFF Photo is an application to:
- View your Facebook Photos on your Phone
- View your friend’s photos
- Take pictures and videos using the app and upload to Facebook
Find it by searching for “bff” on the Android Market.
Like any other Facebook Application, BFF Photo needs to be authorized. Login to Facebook from the app to do that.
To upload videos and photos, set the Facebook Publish permission. That is done in the app after Login and from the Android Menu. You can set a permission to stay connected to Facebook. That means you will not need to login again.
To Login and retrieve or upload photos, you will need an Internet connection.
Next: A video showing taking a picture and shooting a video. Stay tuned.
Developing Facebook Apps for Android
“BFF Photo for Facebook” is now on the Android Market.
It is an Android app for viewing the photos you and your friends have posted to Facebook. You can also upload new photos and videos.
Please give it a try. Find it in the market by searching “bff”. If you like it, rate it and comment on the Android market. Post technical questions here.
To interact with Facebook, I am using their new “Simplified Desktop Authorization Flow.“
For API calls, I am using a Java Facebook Client library I developed for talking to the Facebook REST server. I’ll be writing more about it. I intend to clean up the library and ultimately make it open source.
I am using Android Intents to take a photo and capture a video.
Video Demo Coming Soon!
