Android :: Compare Mobile Platforms

Feb 2, 2009

I am thinking of developing a small application and I am trying to decide between various Mobile applications platforms - Android, iPhone and RIMM. I was wondering if any of you have any thoughts on any of these mobile platforms, there advantages/disadvantages etc. Also - how would you compare between the various app stores these mobile platforms have.

Android :: Compare Mobile Platforms


Android :: Portability Among Mobile Platforms

Mar 20, 2010

Do any libraries or other development resources exist that can help reduce the effort involved in porting applications between various mobile platforms? In particular, I am interested in supporting iPhone, Android, and Windows Mobile. Some areas of concern include UI, client-server communication, and hardware support (e.g., camera, GPS, etc).

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Android :: Dev Efforts For Different Mobile Platforms

May 11, 2010

I'm in the middle of development of a client-server "socializing" that is supposed to run on several mobile devices. The project is pretty complex, involving networking, exchanging media, using geolocation services, and nice user UI. In terms of development efforts, technical risks and extensibility what is the best platform to start with? Taking into the account that the goal is go "live" as fast as possible with the mobile version. And second goal is to cover most users (but first is more important).

iPhone (iPod iPad)
Android
BlackBerry
Java ME,
Symbian

I realize that there are limitations on every platform, and there are different aspects to take into the account (for example iPhone has better developer's community then Android, J2ME runs in a terrible sandbox but covers most devices). Please share your pros and cons. I have the experience only with J2ME, unfortunately I can't evaluate other platforms.

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Android :: Native Flash On Mobile Platforms?

Dec 18, 2009

Does anyone know if Flash will be able to run independent from the browser? I mean native apps in Flash, not just the player in a browser. The Symbian OS can do that, however I have yet to find an article which explicitly states what will become available in the case of the iPhone and the Android platform. I am not asking about dates, as those are the most fluctuation prone variables. I am part of a web/mobile apps development company which is eager to use flash to make applications even richer in content and user experience.

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Android :: Dynamic Linking On Mobile Platforms

Oct 31, 2010

I have heard that the iPhone does not support dynamic linking. I want to know whether any mobile platforms support dynamic linking, such as Android or BlackBerry?

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Android :: Which Mobile Platforms Supports SQLite Database

Jul 26, 2010

As i am being an Android developer, and android is supporting SQLite database, i would like to know that which are the other mobile platforms supports the SQLite Database so that i can make SQLite database common and can place it at one place,and thereafter i can make database transaction from different mobile platforms.

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Android :: Designing Service For Consumption On Multiple Mobile Platforms

Apr 27, 2010

I am building and designing a (mostly) read-only interface to some data. I'll be uing ASP.NET MVC to build a psudo-restful API. I'm wondering if anyone can provide some resources for building full-client applications for various mobile platforms, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, etc. I'm thinking that serving up XML data is going to be the most simple and universal, but parsing XML in objective-C for example doesn't sound like fun to me, but maybe there are some good libaries out there to help ease this task?

In other words, what formt will be the quickest to implement on the client side? Are there any JSON parsrs for iPhone or Android? I know there are .NET JSON parsers, but not sure about other platforms -- is ther another format that might better? Or should I stick with pure XML and deal with it on each platform differently?

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Android :: Most Cost Effective Way To Target Multiple Mobile Platforms

Apr 26, 2010

I have been given the tasks of speccing a mobile application, which will need to run on approx. 1000 devices. These devices already exist, and consist of iPhones, BlackBerrys, Androids, Windows Mobile and Netbooks. The application will have simple reporting capability, and a collection of forms. Anyway, the obvious solution would be to develop some browser based solution, although given the occasionally connected nature of the devices, there's a potential for data to get lost / not saved.

So instead of creating a complex application for each platform, I was thinking we could build what is effectively a form generator, with basic offline storage capability (text files), designed to run on each device, and have the device generate a form, based on for example an XML file that it could request from a server somewhere, resulting in minimal specialist development costs, and the ability to run most of the logic from the server end, with the devices being dumb clients that render forms and upload the data when there is an available connection. Anyway, my question summarised is, how have you made the decision on supporting multiple devices for your application. Is this always an unavoidable problem, and you just have to make the call to support 1 or 2, or pay for developers to write code for each platform, or alternatively supply pre-installed devices to the company?

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Android :: Developing On Different Platforms

Jun 16, 2009

What is the best platform to develop apps for Android on? We have both Mac and Windows platforms available in our software team but are not aware of the pros and cons of each. If anyone could let me know what they prefer?

Should we also condider Linux?

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Android :: How To API ProcessEvents / DoEvents / Other Platforms?

Jun 7, 2010

Firstoff, I'm a complete newbie to Android platform development. What basically, I want to know right now is, whether there is any similar APIs available in Android SDK, which will allow events to take place, even if the main thread is blocked for some extensive operation? Something which is similar to ProcessEvents() or DoEvents() in some other platforms.

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Android :: Social Gaming Platforms

Apr 11, 2010

I'm looking for cross-platform social gaming platforms, essentially for high-scores and achievements but also for multi-player.

Basically I came across two solutions: - ScoreLoop (http://www.scoreloop.com): lots of features but is closed for new developers (temporarily?) - Casmul [url]: less features and looks a bit... amateur.

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Android :: Can't Select Contact On Platforms 2.0 And Above

Sep 8, 2010

I am having issues having the user selecting a contact via the Intent "ACTION_PICK" with the URI "People. CONTENT_URI" for Android platforms 2.0 and above.I create a new intent with the action "Intent.ACTION_PICK" for the URI "People.CONTENT_URI" -- from there I send a managedQuery to get a cursor with the contact information I need, which is the contact's name, and contact's phone number for the contact that the user selected.This works well on platforms 1.1 through 1.6. However, on platforms 2.0 through 2.2, this method no longer works for me. 2.2 - can't see the contact's phone number. 2.1-update1 - same as above. 2.0.1 Can't see contact or phone number at all. When the intent is invoked, the user is encountered with "You have no contacts" even though he or she does. 2.0 - Same as above.Should I be doing something different for platforms 2.0 and above? I've searched around but to no avail.

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Android :: Determine API Level For Platforms - 1.6

Jul 1, 2010

Build.VERSION.SDK_INT was added only in API level 4 (1.6). Is it possible to determine if phone has API level 3 (1.5) ?

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Android :: Make Single App Across Platforms?

May 9, 2010

How does android make single app execute on multiple hardware devices. Does the Manifest have elements like screen size, resolution, CPU architecture etc?

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Motorola Droid :: Are All Android Platforms Same?

Jan 21, 2010

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but you guys would know better than anyone.I am soooooo close to buying a Droid. I've toyed with a co-workers and I've read probably every page on these forums.The one thing it's missing for me is HD video recording. I see some newer phones coming out, like Bravo and Motoroi, and another from Inbric.

As for the Bravo and Motoroi, they both record in HD, so if they are Android, will they be EXACTLY like the Droid as far as operating system and user experience, differing only in build or possible speed differences

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Android :: Similar API Like ProcessEvents() Or DoEvents() On Other Platforms?

Aug 13, 2010

First off, I'm a complete newbie to Android platform development. What basically, I want to know right now is, whether there is any similar APIs available in Android SDK, which will allow events to take place, even if the main thread is blocked for some extensive operation? Something which is similar to ProcessEvents() or DoEvents() in some other platforms.

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Android :: Downloading Platforms With SDK And AVD Manager Failed

Mar 18, 2010

After having some development skills in Java, I thought I'd try to make my own apps for the Android Platform. But I haven't even installed the whole SDK yet and I've got already my first Problems. I downloaded the SDK r05 Starterpack and tried to install it, no Problems with the eclipse-Activation. But when I tried to download the platforms with the Android SDK and AVD Manager, I just failed.

After replacing the https:// with an http://(cause the safe way didn't work) I saw 6 things at the "Avilable Packages" Screen, but I only could install 2 of them. The Android SDK Tool r5 and the USB Driver Package r3. I saw the APIs too, but I wasn't able to install one of them, my problem is that it shows me; "This Package depends on 'missing SDK Plattform Android API X". X = The Number of the API(3;4;6;7). So, here's the big question, what did I do wrong? Or where can I download the Platforms?

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Android :: Accessing The Data - Voice Streams And IOS Platforms

Sep 28, 2010

I haven't done any work with the Android or iOS platforms, but I have recently been pitched a project and I'm trying to see if it is even feasible.

Is there currently API hooks in the iOS and Android platforms for accessing / manipulating the voice / data streams? What I would like to do is encrypt all outgoing steams and decrypt all incoming streams before they reach and other processes that need that data.

I would assume that because the Android platform is open source one should be able to do this, it just may have to be hacked together. I'm more worried about iOS.

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General :: How To Test Multiple Android Platforms / Versions

May 15, 2012

I'm contemplating the idea of developing an application for the android. I have several years of experience developing web applications with Java and so figured it shouldn't be too hard to pickup a book and learn how to do it for the android platform. So far so good; that's why I love Java.

My question is in regards to how does the android development community go about testing their applications of the various android version and phones? I think I'm more concerned about the android version rather than the phones. I'm planning on getting the Sprint Evo 4G LTE coming out on Friday, so I'm obviously going to be able to develop and test for Android 4 and HTC Sense 4 (though I don't think that is as important right? Development is usually against the OS and not the UI manager, right?). But how would I go about testing against Gingerbread, Froyo, etc.? Do you guys keep a previous old phone (like my old HTC Evo 4G) and flash diferent roms in order to test the app against previous versions of android? Are there other solutions? If it's using an old phone, does this work off-network/service? I guess you could just dump the apk on the sd card and install as third party app and test it out. As long as the app doing require phone services or mobile data network (internet) you'd be fine if you have wifi access right?

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Android :: Compare With Blackberry

Sep 26, 2010

So, I'm currently a BlackBerry (9700, for the record) user, seriously considering switching to an android device. I'm sure everyone here can account for the various ways an android phone is superior to a BlackBerry, and I'm pretty familiar with them. What's been holding me back though, are the minor productivity tweaks a BlackBerry provides that seemingly don't have a match on android devices. Am I wrong on these? Have others made the jump and found no difference? Specifically: Dedicated hotkeys of sorts -- I'm a pretty heavy business user, so I make ridiculously extensive use of my calendar/scheduler. No matter what I'm doing at the moment, I'm able to jump to my calendar with a single button press and see my entire week's worth of appointments. If I need to add something, I can schedule an appointment in under 5 seconds all the way through. To be honest, that's probably the only hotkey I use, but the ability to do this in an instant no matter what's in my way is rather important for me -- are there any equivalents on android phones? Through my research I've noticed a lack of hardware hotkeys. Is there any software solution that could at least compare?.....

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Android :: How To Compare Data In Framebuffer?

Sep 5, 2010

In my app on cupcake platform ,in the EGLDisplaySurface.cpp ,my plan is adding a method to compare the data is different or not between front buffer and back buffer.but I can't understand the framebuffer is.I'm poor in C++.

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Android :: How To Compare Two Song Files?

Aug 24, 2010

I would like to compare two song files (one may be subset of other file) and see, if they are match each other. Is there any predefined method available in Android? How to proceed on this?

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Android :: How Does Phone Compare To IPhone?

Feb 23, 2010

I am starting to regret my purchase of the Samsung Moment, I dont know if its with the Lacking OS of 1.5 as I see 2.0 on the website the interface is different with the phonebook, the way the screen looks. I still have yet to figure out how really this phone is the "same" or compares to the IPhone ... in simple ways of application use, I still see my friends on their I Phones talking to millions of people with in a 5 mile range to a 100 mile range on all these social applications.With also that in talk of Applications why is it when i try to get a NEW! or POPULAR! application I have the wrong OS I am starting to think I should of held out for the Nexus unlocked cause I think that is the only one you can get that does everything. I was really hoping for a socialized phone not a traveling phone. I will say it is handy ,when you go into the store to compare prices or when you go on a long trip finding restaurants,gas stations and such but the I phone helps everyone connect and thats what I really would like to see a SOCIAL app for ALL android USERS together!

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Android :: How To Compare Two Simple Images?

Jul 21, 2009

I'll get straight to the point. Please note that I haven't code anything in this project just yet. This is only an idea. In human language, my goal is to: 1. Take a picture of a blank white A4 paper. 2. Verify (by code) that the picture is "White". (this's why I include 'simple' in the topic) I mean, the program should be able to tell if the user just took the picture of "white" paper and not any other colors. For the code... I can guess that the actual process should be: 1. Use Camera API to take a picture. // this step should be easy 2. Convert it to Bitmap. // this step should also be easy 3. Verify that it is "White". //*** now I need some help here. How can I do step 3? I look up the docs and found this is the Bitmap class: getPixels (int[] pixels, int offset, int stride, int x, int y, int width, int height) I can use this and compare the data pixel-by-pixel but it seems expensive. Could anyone recommend me a more proper way(if there is) to do this please?

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Android :: Trying To Compare Two Datetimes But I Can't Get It To Work

Feb 27, 2010

I'm trying to compare two datetimes but I can't get it to work. Code...

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Android :: Compare Bitmaps In Canvas

Aug 18, 2010

I am using the above code for displaying bitmap.and i also move that bitmap.Now my qusetion is how i am compare bitmap with another bitmap. Please give me some suggestions.

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Android :: Can't Compare Received SMS Text To Value

Nov 12, 2010

Im new to programming, so bear with me. After following a couple of tutorials i made an SMS application, i want to do an specific task when a specific text is received, i do this by comparing the text received to a value(code) that i already declared. The problem is that this condition never ocurrs.When I send the message it always displays the inv variable (Invalid). I tried to change the "code" variable to an integer, and then parse the string so I could compare it; in this scenario it did work, but whenever I received a string message the application crashes. I think it should be a simple thing, but since i don't fully understand java i can't figure it out.

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Android :: How SQL Compare Columns / When Accented Characters?

May 15, 2010

I have two SQLite tables, that I would love to join them on a name column. This column contains accented characters, so I am wondering how can I compare them for join. I would like the accents dropped for the comparison to work.

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Android :: Barcode Scanner / Price Compare App

Oct 16, 2010

I was trying Barcode Scanner and Shop Savy from the market. Thought it would be a pretty cool resource to price match items when shopping whether they are on the web or locally.I have tried and tried and tried to work the Barcode scanner on the phone with no luck. Tried scanning up close.. a few inches away.. I sit there and sit there and sit there while it supposedly scans but never comes up with anything.Tried Google shop too which btw doesn't show on my app list after its installed so i have to pull it up on market to access it. Weird... But that is mainly for cd's, dvd's, books, etc. Things with some type of art or cover.

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Android :: Compare Local Grocery Prices

Aug 16, 2010

iIm looking for an app that i can scan a barcode and associate prices to it from local stores. i know of compare everywhere, shop savvy, and others but these apps don't know the prices at the local acme or giant eagle. if i could scan a barcode and then assign a price to it from a few local stores including target or walmart that would be great. I've found an iphone app but there's no such version for android (that i've found) called wychlist.

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