WP7 devs interested in joining the app challenge that opened yesterday can go to wp7challenge.com to enter.
Can't. The APIs I need for the App I want to develop are locked down/MIA.
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Probably the wrong thread, but...
You can build just about any app you can imagine with App Inventor. Often people begin by building games like WhackAMole or games that let you draw funny pictures on your friend's faces. You can even make use of the phone's sensors to move a ball through a maze based on tilting the phone.
But app building is not limited to simple games. You can also build apps that inform and educate. You can create a quiz app to help you and your classmates study for a test. With Android's text-to-speech capabilities, you can even have the phone ask the questions aloud.
To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app's behavior.
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cashless said:
Probably the wrong thread, but...
...To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires
NO programming knowledge...
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[sarcasm]perfect. apps developed by non-developers without any programming knowledge is exactly what this world needs. [/sarcasm]
I guess some good may come of it, but it just reminds me too well of script kiddies running amock in the software store with unlicensed compilers.
now the wp7 is jailbrocken we are able to install apps but where can we get some ...and how do we install apps ?
well i've found out that you can deploy apps from visual basic express for windows phone directly to your phone when it's unlocked.
so if some of the app developers can upload their apps as a visual basic project you can deploy it to your phone.
Yesterday i've downloaded some apps from the apps hub of MS and deployed it to my phone.
Just for testing purpose but they work
Now it's time for me to learn to create programs, but i don't know what to create
i''ve made the standard apps from visual basic express, but they aren't very usefull...
The chevronwp7 tool has 2 purposes and not the third...
1. For developers to test their apps without needing to pay the developer fee, this is more beneficial for those regions that don't yet have a way to pay for a developer account, but want to start working on it anyways
2. For apps that may use native code which won't get into market place, and in this case they can provide the xap which you can deploy.
In these two and all other cases, no developer in their right mind would hand out their intellectual property (their source code) unless they were doing it for others to learn from. Especially with a paid application, why would they give the source code out when it is in the market place?
The creators of chevronwp7 have already stated that this will not help in loading paid apps from market place either.
Hope this clears things up for you.
I have no intention to "steal" apps from their developers.
I just want to create my own programs, and learn from others.
There are dozens of free apps in the marketplace, and there were plenty of developers in the time of wm 6.5 which were programming for fun, and release their apps here on XDA so others can benefit from.
I think when time goes by these developers will release their apps here, because of the fee MS charges for developers to release the apps on marketplace.
So if your app is free, why not release the xap? No hassle with marketplace and native codes, and people who aren't interested in the code won't even think to look at the code.
I hope I made my point clear, it's not to install paid apps for free, but to help the developers who don't have acces to marketplace.
yea, which was it's original intent which is good. though given that chevronWP7 has now been taken down by it's creators we have to wait and see as to what they're doing with MS. MS has started negotiations with them to try and encourage the homebrew. lets see what happens of it all.
mtem1985 said:
well i've found out that you can deploy apps from visual basic express for windows phone directly to your phone when it's unlocked.
so if some of the app developers can upload their apps as a visual basic project you can deploy it to your phone.
Yesterday i've downloaded some apps from the apps hub of MS and deployed it to my phone.
Just for testing purpose but they work
Now it's time for me to learn to create programs, but i don't know what to create
i''ve made the standard apps from visual basic express, but they aren't very usefull...
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I'm sure developers will release commercial apps in source form Even *most* free app developers won't do it, because of the way others like to copy code and create redundant apps. That has never been a popular trend on any mobile OS, and I don't see it becoming such.
@ OP: The unlock that came out for WP7 is not a jailbreak. It does nothing but allow you to use you device to test and deploy applications, instead of the emulator.
Let's help our beloved WP7 platform to get some more attention!
Considering the fact that WP7 is relative young we already have a good choice of solid apps, services and games in our marketplace.
But I'm sure most WP7 users are still missing some major players on our platform!
iHeartWP7 created a website an a twitter account devoted to that purpose!
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/iHeartWP7
Website:
http://www.iheartwp7.com/
Let's join our forces and get WP7 recognized! The more developers we convince, the stronger WP7 will get. The 3rd major smart phone OS is already here we just have to show them!
Follow iHeartWP7 on Twitter it's enough to re-tweet the tweets you like!
Quote from iHeartWP7:
I Heart WP7 was created with the goal of convincing developers to design their apps for Windows Phone 7. This website lets you easily contact the developers in masses and request that they bring their app to WP7.
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Yeah, this would be cool
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Really nice initiative, followed them on twitter.
Thanks for your support!
I'm following also. I put in the request for Catch Notes.
I have been watching tutorials on developing android apps and have seen "open source" mentioned multiple times in some of the videos. I am aware that this is essentially taking code available to the public and interpreting code into your programs. My question is if i were to use some classes from an open source developer (such as a terminal/shell class) tweak it a bit, and use it in my program, could i then put that app on the market and sell it for money? Also if i make the app free will i be able to put ads in the app? Thanks, in the end it will probably be free with no ads for experimental purpose but this is just for future purposes and knowledge.
Thanks!
I think you can. I helped write an app, and I used a well known terminal shell command class in the app. I asked the creator for permission. My app was free though but it shouldn't matter.
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I think you can. I helped write an app, and I used a well known terminal shell command class in the app. I asked the creator for permission. My app was free though but it shouldn't matter.
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Thanks, i guess the safest way to go is to ask the dev before taking action.
i would ask the developer for permission to use his code. if he says its fine, you're doing yourself a favor by not being destroyed by the public who hate code thieves.
Hello,
I am requesting that one of our wonderful N7 devs create or modify the order and chaos apk/app to be optimized for our N7 tegra3 devices. Can this be done? I have heard that most gameloft games arent optimized for tegra3? The order and chaos app thats purchased from google play is very laggy and has the terrible chat bug which Ive been told thats related to Android 4.0+.
Can any developer help us gamers out for this app? Can the optimizing be done?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!
Anyone?
To take a paid app, or any developers app for that manner, and change the programming without expliciet permission from the owner or author, constitutes Warez, which of course is strictly prohibited on XDA.
So the answer would be No, a developer can't modify a gameloft game, and repost it on XDA. Besides, the game itself could contain over 1 million lines of code that would need be re-written, and without source code, it would take forever to backwards engineer.
The best course of action, would be to contact Gameloft and voice your displeasure.
So no more talk about warez.
MD
Unfortunately without Gameloft open sourcing the game, no one could really fix anything. I gave up on Gameloft a long time ago... I suggest you do too.
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