API Demo, v0.0.1 (07/22)

adsllc · 07/22/2009, 02:46 PM

This is intended to serve as a working code example for developers. It is of no use to end users. It is not supported by Palm in any way. It is not complete.

Above all, the code strives to be simple at the expense of end-user beauty.

I found myself spending more time trying to divine the meaning of the API than actually coding. Since I couldn't find any good examples, I decided to create my own. This currently demonstrates most widgets, orientation events, location one-shots and subscriptions. View the source in the .ipk package itself or ask for SVN access as described below.

If you find yourself wanting to write test code for some API function that is not in this app, please consider adding it to this app and sending a patch to the email address in the About dialog.

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Leke · 07/22/2009, 03:01 PM

Interesting....

aonic · 07/22/2009, 03:02 PM

Doesn't the SDK already come with this? UIWidgets, Services, etc

kesne · 07/22/2009, 03:08 PM

Palm already has this completely covered, nice to see somebody trying to help though

kmfast · 07/22/2009, 03:18 PM

hmmmm.....

Shawalli · 07/22/2009, 03:47 PM

i wish they added in more of the guts on the app itself, so you didnt have to dig through the source code..

adsllc · 07/22/2009, 04:11 PM

D'oh! I'm running the SDK on Fedora, which isn't technically supported, so I never knew that I should be looking in /opt/PalmSDK/Current/share/samples/.

Oh well, it was good practice, and more examples never hurt.

diomark · 07/22/2009, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adsllc

D'oh! I'm running the SDK on Fedora, which isn't technically supported, so I never knew that I should be looking in /opt/PalmSDK/Current/share/samples/.

Oh well, it was good practice, and more examples never hurt.

Thanks anyways; the sdk examples confused me a bit (since I'm not really a programmer..)

always good to have more examples.
-mark

kmax12 · 07/22/2009, 10:02 PM

I would like acess to the source files. I see that you have unsubscribe to the gps startTracking method and I can't seem to figure it out.

frankos72 · 07/22/2009, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kesne

Palm already has this completely covered, nice to see somebody trying to help though

Well the Style Matters app that comes with the devloper's kit covers almost all the widgets. Problem is the code is inside other code and the way they did it it's next to impossible to actually figure out how to do what you want to do.

Thanks for this. I haven't checked it out yet, but if you put one or two widgets per scene with nothing but some filler content this could be VERY helpfull.

adma84 · 07/27/2009, 09:32 AM

lol

Colonel Kernel · 07/27/2009, 12:28 PM

First, thank you for this.
Two, I don't believe you can have both Open/Close buttons and a Toggle button refer to the same drawer, or at least it's much harder.
Three, I am struggling mightily trying to get drawers to open/close via collapsible dividers. Any chance you could include them in an all encompassing Drawer demo section?
Four, thank you, again.

ruchirbhai · 07/28/2009, 03:38 AM

hey this is a great app!! thanks for a begineer like me could you please give me the source code so i can look @ it and try to figure out how it works

OSU0034 · 07/31/2009, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawalli

i wish they added in more of the guts on the app itself, so you didnt have to dig through the source code..

Totally agree. It would be nice to see some slices of code show up actually within the app itself... similar to FlexBuilder and TourDeFlex

kyle3om · 08/04/2009, 10:32 AM

If you posted a zip of the files it would make this much more useful to everyone. Practice code works better when you can see the code. Or do you want people to ask you for it?

adsllc · 08/04/2009, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyle3om

If you posted a zip of the files it would make this much more useful to everyone. Practice code works better when you can see the code. Or do you want people to ask you for it?

Just extract the package itself for the code.

If you're using Windows, 7-Zip or WinZip should be able to open the .ipk file, then the data.tar.gz file within it. You are interested in usr/palm/applications/com.adsllc.apidemo directory within the data.tar.gz file.

In Linux, the Archive Manager works fine, otherwise use "ar x" from the command line on the .ipk file, then "tar -zxf" on data.tar.gz.

Sorry I didn't mention this originally. Back in the days before the SDK was released you had to roll your own packages and this was common knowledge. Now that the SDK provides the nice packaging tools it's not so obvious.

07/22/2009, 03:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Leke Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 602 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 8 Thanked 59 Times in 36 Posts	Interesting....
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aonic Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 308 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 18 Thanked 657 Times in 59 Posts	Doesn't the SDK already come with this? UIWidgets, Services, etc __________________ My Tether - version 2.1.0 now live. No patching, no ad-hoc, more features!
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07/22/2009, 04:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
adsllc Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 47 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 110 Times in 6 Posts	D'oh! I'm running the SDK on Fedora, which isn't technically supported, so I never knew that I should be looking in /opt/PalmSDK/Current/share/samples/. Oh well, it was good practice, and more examples never hurt.
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07/22/2009, 10:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
kmax12 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 316 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 32 Thanked 166 Times in 26 Posts	I would like acess to the source files. I see that you have unsubscribe to the gps startTracking method and I can't seem to figure it out.
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07/27/2009, 09:32 AM	#11 (permalink)
adma84 Homebrew Developer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 290 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 24 Thanked 23 Times in 13 Posts	lol
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07/27/2009, 12:28 PM	#12 (permalink)
Colonel Kernel Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 773 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 191 Thanked 101 Times in 58 Posts	First, thank you for this. Two, I don't believe you can have both Open/Close buttons and a Toggle button refer to the same drawer, or at least it's much harder. Three, I am struggling mightily trying to get drawers to open/close via collapsible dividers. Any chance you could include them in an all encompassing Drawer demo section? Four, thank you, again.
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07/28/2009, 03:38 AM	#13 (permalink)
ruchirbhai Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hey this is a great app!! thanks for a begineer like me could you please give me the source code so i can look @ it and try to figure out how it works
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08/04/2009, 10:32 AM	#15 (permalink)
kyle3om Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 59 Likes Received: 22 Thanks: 14 Thanked 50 Times in 13 Posts	If you posted a zip of the files it would make this much more useful to everyone. Practice code works better when you can see the code. Or do you want people to ask you for it?
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