The fast rapids have given way to the open mass of water that moves slow. I have completed introductions to developing applications on Android devices. The interface and terminology have been the most challenging part. I’m currently reading two books on the subject. The first book which has most of the grit is “Android in Action“ (W. Frank Ableson, Robi Sen, Chris King, C. Enrique Ortiz. Android…
GPS Visualizer This site has been known to me for a while. I originally had found it in my search for ways to convert Google Map routes to a GPX file that would load in TopoFusion. The site is so feature rich that I skipped past it. I returned a few more times since then, but hadn’t found any compelling reason to look into it further. This changed with Hazim Bitar‘s Android App “SensoDuino“. The tutorial he presented helped put the…
Beyond “Hello World” The thrill of creating my first Android app was short lived. The ADK is vast and I have no outline or road map that comforts a spoon fed student. The real reason for taking a stab at smart phone app development was to get at those sensors and store the readings. This is going to require user input, screen output, sensor readings, and data storage. In Search Of The simple task of reading sensors proved to be…