Android Features and Deployment

[richervin]

The TickedOff sample app was a big boon for me, thank you RunRev for that.

Embarrasingly, the app I'm developing is a task manager (i know there are lots of task managers, mine will have some unique features), which has raised some additional questions and observations:

1) Are samples from runRev and the User Community, such as the Sheep App and the Task Manager app, available and free to use in our own distributed applications? What about
- Code snippets, or complete scripts/handlers?
- Entire cards, stacks, and backgrounds?
- Custom Icons, Background Images, and other graphics elements?

2) The wipe effects don't seem to be working on my Android device. Are these effects not supported for Androids? Or am I doing something wrong?

3) I'm still looking for a more economical option from runRev - The Android deployment combination is still undergoing a lot of feature enhancements. Can we get a break for early adoption of the Android platform? Is there a bundle upcoming that I should be watching for?

4) These features are working well
- The scrolling simulator... with little modification, I was able to create two cards in a single stack with two different scrolling lists
- Back Key support - Seems to be working dandily. Still need to build/test the menu and search button support
- SQLite support - no Android-specific issues found
- Mac support for emulator and USB device testing has so far worked like a dream

[jacque]

1. Code snippets and scripts are generally considered okay to use if they have been provided by RR as teaching materials or other public sources. I don't think anyone has asked about using whole cards or stacks, but that sounds iffy to me. Be aware that Ticked Off has been in the App Store for some time and has hundreds of downloads now, so if you use material from that stack people will notice. I don't think Ticked Off objects should be used in other projects.

2. Visual effects aren't working yet in Android, but will be soon.

3. I don't think there's a discount for early adapters, but you'll get updates as they come out. You could check with support for the final word on that.

[richervin]

I don't think Ticked Off objects should be used in other projects.

Naturally I intend, eventually, to replace/rejigger the vast majority of the Ticked Off app before releasing it.

My intent was to use it as a learning platform while building a prototype of a working app. By coincidence, it happened to be a Task Manager app, so there was more direct correlation in functionality than I had intended

So, although I plan to eventually ditch the vast majority of the original development, I am slightly cautious of getting caught reusing a graphic or icon or color scheme that is owned by RunRev, or another developer.

I would like to reuse some of the icons in the Map card, the "+", "-", and search icons. They are generic and plain in nature, and would be more convenient than doing my own graphical design work (which is definitely not high on my list of want-to-learns)

I'm more of a systems programmer than an applications programmer -- I don't have the patience or the design flair for it.