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<bradford-lug@swsystem.co.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> BradfordLinuxUserGroup <bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 25 February 2013, 1:47<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Bradford] Android BradLUG app.<br> </font> </div> <br>On 24/02/2013 22:55, Brian wrote:<br>> I have produced a very simple Android apk.<br>> All it does is facilitate reading the RSS feed articles from<br>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bradlug.co.uk/feed">http://www.bradlug.co.uk/feed</a><br>> <br>> The permissions are maxed out - that's nothing to do with me it is just<br>> the facility I used to produce it. I cannot take any significant credit<br>> for this as I didn't write a line of code. I just used<br>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.appmakr.com/">http://www.appmakr.com</a>.<br>> <br>> If you want to try it out it can be downloaded from here:<br>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-DYdIgfd-V5MHJwdDhuNHRFYlE/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-DYdIgfd-V5MHJwdDhuNHRFYlE/edit?usp=sharing</a><br>> <br>>
Once downloaded, copy it to somewhere on your phone. In<br>> Settings>Security check 'Unknown Sources' to allow the apk to be<br>> side-loaded. Then use a file browser on your phone to find the apk,<br>> select it and it should install.<br>> <br>> I can port this to iOS as well if anyone wants that.<br>> <br>> I'd be interested to know if anyone tries it :-)<br>> <br>> Brian<br><br>I've not looked at appmakr but I saw it reviewed on click this weekend,<br>can you get the actual code used so the permissions can be tidied up?<br>I've a marketplace account if you'd like me to make it available in the<br>app store.<br><br>--<br><br>Steve<br>_________<br>Hi Steve,<br>I think the permissions thing is stupid, as it stands, because it makes people highly suspicious of the app.<br>The web site says it does this for compatibility reasons. Imagine if sys admins were to take the same approach. <br>It is a very lazy way of doing
things.<br><br>I can't see a way of obtaining the code. That, I suppose, is part of their freemium business model.<br>Elements available for inclusion in the building of the app are:-<br>RSS<br>Photo Album<br>Post a message tab<br><div style="position: absolute; top: -1999px; left: -1988px;">
HTML/PHONEGAP Zip File</div>html/phonegap Zip file<br> <br>I don't think that posting the app on 'Play' is worth it, atm, but if it was expanded to do other stuff then it would be worth it. I haven't used phonegap so maybe that is something I should be learning. It certainly looks interesting. I do have an idea that I think would be useful for the group but I've a learning curve to surmount before I can bring it to fruition - that's coupled with spending time on my Spanish language.<br>Brian<br><br><div style="position: absolute; top: -1999px; left: -1988px;">
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