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Hello Jesmiatka,
| Jesmiatka wrote: | | I see you implemented your own keyboards in your application. Can I ask why? Do you think touchscreen phones (w/o keyboard) don't get the ability to type text in Android with a standard integrated keyboard or something? |
Yes I know, but:
a.) Up to now there is no such functionality (sw-keyboard) within Android 
b.) I though that some phones could have relatively small hw-keys and when you have docked your device to you car front window hw-keys are probably harder to press than using the touch-screen.
c.) The Screens looked so damn empty without 
Thx for the feedback 
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Jesmiatka
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b.) I though that some phones could have relatively small hw-keys and when you have docked your device to you car front window hw-keys are probably harder to press than using the touch-screen.
c.) The Screens looked so damn empty without
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b) is actually a real good point!
and c) made me laugh a little 
but I reckon you application is gonna be good, looks like you know what your doing
Goodluck!
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| Is that human image (yellow body, white head) the same one as used on google maps? How did you find the image, I have no idea what to look for when trying to locate it.
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Its getting hot in here...
Anyone knows whether I can release any sources or previews when I plan to submit to the Android Challenge 
All the numbers (km and time) are static, expect the to be live ~tomorrow.
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Hi plusminus,
Can you tell me how you done the two zoom buttons. Is it an overlay ? Is it clickable ? I'm very interessed to know how you made this !!!
thanks,
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res
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| plusminus wrote: |
Anyone knows whether I can release any sources or previews when I plan to submit to the Android Challenge
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Nothing stopping you but I'd be wary of people possibly copying your idea. Instead of posting it all together maybe break it down into tiny tut's?
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Thanks for the information.
| plusminus wrote: | | May I know what kind of Application you are doing |
I will submit a short description in the "promote your application" forum soon. I can already tell you it's a msn like with some usefull functionnality using gps (and map view of course) ... but not a gps application
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| Looks good! Loving all the icons.
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Looks good, although when the user goes off track and a new route is re-calculated it kept suggesting a similar route many times in a row which looked awkward, it was towards the end of the demo. Maybe if the same route is suggested to pop-up a message informing them to turn-around?
Any future ideas for the project?
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| res wrote: | Looks good, although when the user goes off track and a new route is re-calculated it kept suggesting a similar route many times in a row which looked awkward, it was towards the end of the demo. Maybe if the same route is suggested to pop-up a message informing them to turn-around?
Any future ideas for the project? |
Thanks for the response ,
the time until the route gets re-calculated is variable. So I can make it long enough to make a Text2Speech API say "Turn around if possible".
Also the the screencast runs 'fast-forwarded', at ~ 100-300 meters per second (just that it gets not boring), what is the speed of a jet
So its hard to say how it will feel in a real world test.
(Basically I do not like "please turn around"-messages, because when you miss a turn, there is probably not even a chance to turn around...)
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