So, Flightradar24 finally developed their own Android application. I figured they would do that, and that it would pretty much make What Plane? obsolete. To my surprise, the app they actually released is surprisingly thin, and at least for me personally does not give the information I’m actually interested in. Ok, they have map, which [...]
I ett vagt försök att återuppta fotograferande som inte bara gäller barn är jag numera med i Flickr-gruppen Veckans fotouppgift. Uppgiften vecka 36 är att ta ett självporträtt. Mitt bidrag är upplagt här, men eftersom jag hade en hel del andra varianter så roar jag mig med att publicera några av dem här. Första försöket [...]
A quick update. Since I got an Android phone (an HTC Desire, yay!), I’ve tested my What Plane application on a real device. I’ve fixed some minor issues, so that it actually sort of works outside the emulator. The updated version, 1.0.1, is here: WhatPlane-1.0.1.apk
So, I’ve made my first Android application. That was a nice experience, especially after having hacked J2ME on Symbian for a short while. Only sad thing is that I haven’t got an Android phone, so I can only use my app in the emulator, which is boring as hell, since it’s a GPS based application. [...]
In a pet project I’m spending my nights working on (hopefully more about that in a later post), I found myself in need of a JSON parser, or deserializer, for J2ME/CLDC. A bit to my surprise, I found that such a thing was not easy to find, even with the whole of the internets at [...]