Good questions to which I want to add the following question: * Is it ok to ask the judges to try out GTalk first with the API demos, and only if this works to proceed with our application?
Reason: When I let others try out my GTalk application, they thought my application was broken. But in fact it was only the well-known "could not find JID" problem they had encountered. It is not an error that I can catch programmatically - simply the other emulator will not receive the intent. Peli On Apr 4, 3:25 pm, r a f t <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi megha, > > this explanation raises the questions: > * will the judges be ordinary users or will they be IT > professionals ? > * will the judges be trained for using android ? > > i'm asking these as i can't clarify what to write to my application's > document. should i write simply 'setup a GTalk account for this > application' or describe the account setup process in detail. an > ordinary user which sees the android first time probably wouldn't find > out how to setup a GTalk acount in his/her first attempt. > > another question is, should we supply technical details of our > application in document ? it sounds like this readme thingy is like a > user manual, and user manuals doesnt contain technical details. > > and will the judges judge our application on any architectural aspect > of it ? or what really matters is what our application does ? > > thanks, > r a f t > > On Apr 4, 12:13 am, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The judges will be judging the applications as if they were a user who > > downloaded the app for the first time. Thus, unless every user is expected > > to access specific gtalk accounts, the user should be responsible for > > creating whatever accounts are needed themselves. This also applies to > > server interactions, specific files that need to be loaded on SD cards, etc. > > The judges should be treated as first-time users who have just visited the > > developer's web site and installed the application. > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:12 PM, tberthel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Why not send both? > > > > On Apr 3, 11:14 am, Hazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > I would like to know if I have to submit my application completely > > > > developed or if I can submit a functional DEMO of my application and > > > > then use the $25,000 grant to complete it. > > > > > Thank you very much for your time, > > > > > Pablo Ferrari --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
