isitafox Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Does anyone on here have any experience with Android app creating or coding?? I ask because I need either guidance to do it myself or someone else to code an app for my Dell Streak so I can lock the screen orientation. There are already quite a few apps out there that do this but mine is more specific, I want to be able to choose the orientation the screen is locked in as the standard is landscape. I'd like to be able to set the phone to stay in portrait mode which can only be done with the rotation lock off so it always ends up flipping itself around which is a major pain in the arse. Can anyone help get me started?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Have you done any programming before? There's probably more than one way to write an android app, but the way someone showed me looked pretty difficult and fiddly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Nope complete newb but I'm pretty good with computers and the like so I'm hoping once I get started I'll pick it up okish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Your options are to spend a few years learning to program, or to hire a programmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Jobs f****d then. Will have to keep posting the suggestion on Android forums and hope someone picks it up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstant Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 (edited) Nope complete newb but I'm pretty good with computers and the like so I'm hoping once I get started I'll pick it up okish! Are you absolutely sure that such an app doesn't already exist? Search rotation lock in market and you'll see loads. If you haven't written any Java, it's going to be a pretty steep learning curve. Seriously. There's not really point much point downloading the Android SDK until you at least have some understanding of Java syntax. The next step would be downloading the SDK, compiling some sample applications and learning about Android's core classes. I can't see it being too difficult a problem to solve unless Dell's Android implementation has broken APIs in a big way. But try every app in the market first. Edited March 1, 2011 by konstant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Yeah I've had a good search, been looking for the last few days but can't find anything. All of them seem to be either widgets so you can adjust the standard settings from the home screens or programs letting you select whether you want the screen locked or not for individual programs. I was under the assumption, after reading through a lot of android forums, that the programming of android stuff wasn't as high up in the difficulty stakes as standard Java programming hence the original question. Something will turn up sooner or later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I would email each of the existing developers and ask if they can provide the functionality you need in their next release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I would email each of the existing developers and ask if they can provide the functionality you need in their next release Yeah sounds like an easier idea than mine, cheers Tom!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I really want someone to make this into an Andriod app. Would deffo pay top dollar for it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I really want someone to make this into an Andriod app. Would deffo pay top dollar for it.. Says it's coming to android soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Check out sleep as an droid, you tell it roughly when you need to wake up, put it on your bed while you're sleeping and it'll use the motion sensor to set off the alarm when you're in light sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 http://developer.android.com/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Check out sleep as an droid, you tell it roughly when you need to wake up, put it on your bed while you're sleeping and it'll use the motion sensor to set off the alarm when you're in light sleep Used this for the past few days thanks to your recommendation, works great! Although i'm not really happy about leaving my phone on my mattress incase I lay on it and crack the screen or whatever. Or if I knock it off my bed. How do you have yours on your bed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Your options are to spend a few years learning to program, or to hire a programmer. Yea but from my experience in London, a brand new app, with full phone capability designed by the best in the business, costs start at about 20k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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