Hi Tane, I think the application is a good way to get started with writing for Android. I can imagine some people would use it... But I think it'd be quite a drain on the already quite short-lasting battery. The update would have to happen quite sparingly. Once an hour or something.
I also imagine that people will spend a lot of their time indoors, where it's difficult to pick up a GPS signal. In this case the GPS update will be trying to happen for however long you stay indoors for. This would be a massive drain on the battery and would be easy to forget about every time you go inside. Having said all that, there might be a timeout for the event, or you may be able to set one for yourself. I think you should give it a go. A fair few people would probably find it very useful if you use the battery carefully. :) Regards, Stuart. On Nov 10, 11:49 pm, Tane Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm a G1 owner since day 1 here in the UK, and I've wanting to get > into Android Development. > > I've got 5+ years experience with PHP and 1+ year with Python and I > have been thinking of an application to write on Google Appengine that > ties into an android applications, but I am lacking in the Java > experience at the moment. > > I really just wanted to run my idea by the group to get some feedback > on if this will be possible, and any pointers to where I might look in > the API and source for pointers. And if anyone may be working on a > similar feature that could help? > > The project is called Live Locations: http://code.google.com/p/livelocations/ > > The idea is to allow real time updating of your geolocation and making > it available to all your GTalk contacts on the G1. It's planned to be > run as a background service that has one main options screen. The > application ties into existing applications, mainly the contact > manager by showing a current position field. This can be clicked on > to show the map location, and of course do all map features (handy if > your looking for a friend in an unfamiliar part of town!). It also > ties into the GTalk application in that setting your status can define > if you broadcast your position. > > This option allows you to not update your position when you set status > to busy (but of course you can overide this). > > Security is the first priority of the application and this needs to be > locked down before any code is actually touched, apart from some quick > tests. The idea is that by using existing contacts it allows you to > provide your location in a granular manor to each contact on a "row > level" basis. So for example you might let your boyfriend know your > exact position at all times, but your mum you only want to let her > know your in the city. Creepy Bob, you want to block him! > > The dataflow should happen with each sync of the phones contacts. > When this happens it should trigger the service to broadcast any > waiting messages (i.e. any position requests, position authorisations > and broadcasting the actual position) then recive any updates > (authorisations, blocks and contact locations). > > Anyway, any and all feedback will be appreciated! > > Thanks, > Tane Piperhttp://digitalspaghetti.me.uk > > email/gtalk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > twitter:http://twitter.com/tanepiper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
