My First Android App .. for real

So it may have taken longer than expected but its finally done (version 0.1 at least).

So one of the things that i really love about android is that its a whole new development experience for me and i get to see how things are done on the other side of the fence. The sad conclusion I have come to is that I still prefer .Net and while it’s fun to develop in java it’s just not fun enough.

So here is a picture of the app.

SalaahWatch

It’s a Salaah Time Calculator which will give you the earliest possible time that you can read your Salaah.

Why this is required you may ask, because being on time is always good and because the times change from location to location. So if you are a traveler getting the correct times can be difficult at times, especially if you are new to a area.

At the moment times are only calculated for JHB, but the code is already in pace to use your built in GPS (I haven’t been able to test in the emulator) so in future it will work anywhere in the world.

The app itself is dead simple, the hardest part was converting the existing code to java and making sure that it executes correctly.

If you have any ideas / changes / Suggestions please let me know and i will gladly try and incorporate them.

~stalkerh

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3 Comments to “My First Android App .. for real”

  1. Nafisa 15 July 2009 at 1:02 pm #

    Well done :)

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  2. jameel 15 July 2009 at 1:05 pm #

    Thanks ,now i just need more time to refine it and make it better

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  3. Zahir 25 July 2009 at 6:30 pm #

    Slm,

    I got your site by googling your name after finding it on a post regarding the salaat times calculation code you had converted from javascript to C#.

    Thanks for saving me a lot time trying to convert that code, you did a pretty good job.

    As side-note, it’s possible to use the google maps api’s geocoder to obtain the gps-coords if you let the user type in his city in your configuration screen. Also it would then be neat to draw a line from the coords to the coords of the ka’bah.

    Also, have you heard about the System.TimeZoneInfo class? I think it’s not available for the compact framework though.

    Again, thanks for the excellent code.

    Zahir

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