WhereAreMyFriends? Right Here at MOTODEV

suzannea — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:06:44 GMT

Just wanted to let you all know that we've added a new article to the Develop area of the MOTODEV Android site. When I was learning Android development, not so long ago, I found a sample application I liked - WhereAreMyFriends by Reto Meier - and thought you might like it too. You may have heard of Reto, but in case you haven't, he's an Android developer advocate at Google in the UK and the author of Professional Android Application Development.

It's a good sample application to look at early on, because it uses GPS, the Android Contacts application, and Google Maps. So I got it installed on Android SDK 1.5, using Eclipse with the Google ADT, and shared with you how I did it.

Reto has a tutorial walkthrough explaining the code. The code has changed a bit since the tutorial was written. Briefly, the sample uses a LocationManager to find your current location, pulls data about your friends' fixed locations from the Contacts app using android.provider.Contacts, and then displays your location relative to your friends on a map. (Of course, it would be cool if the application tracked your friends' locations in real time, but hey, this is a getting started example.)

Of course, you'll want to work through the Android tutorials Google provides, such as Hello World, Hello Views, and Notepad. But WhereAreMyFriends is a good example that combines some of the features you may want to use in commercial applications.

We hope you like it.

Message Edited by suzannea on 06-26-2009 02:42 PM

Re: WhereAreMyFriends? Right Here at MOTODEV

lig tv izle — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:57:00 GMT

Thanks for posting about this, I would love to read more about this topic.

Re: WhereAreMyFriends? Right Here at MOTODEV

coderlogic — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:35:24 GMT

this site makes the assumption we're all Experts with the tools and the framework... NOT hey thanks for nothing... I have a sample application that does not run. I have a Google search engine that does not provide any search results for the error. the error "the application ....WAPF ended unexpectedly"... great... now what???

there's so many flipping errors in the "LOGCAT"... it's incomprehensible... so much for your tutorial... why don't you take a clean windows computer and try to run your sample. debug it. and post the results on how you fixed it...