Android Bitcoin Alarm Widget

[w3ida]

Hey everyone,

I currently developing an Android homescreen widget for Android 4.0 and above to show the current ticker value.

I thought about implementing the following features:
- set trading site (MtGox USD/EUR done…more to come)
- set refresh interval (done)
- chart for a defined interval
- alarm
- lockscreen widget
- better user interface ;-)

Do you have any other suggestions? What do you think?

(You can't yet download the app from the Play Store.)

Regards

Donations: 1BkJpoVBXmRePWqEtGobcN4PVuVQKvYsko

[qxzn]

Hey everyone,

I currently developing an Android homescreen widget for Android 4.0 and above to show the current ticker value.

I thought about implementing the following features:
- set trading site (MtGox USD/EUR done…more to come)
- set refresh interval (done)
- chart for a defined interval
- alarm
- lockscreen widget
- better user interface ;-)

Do you have any other suggestions? What do you think?

(You can't yet download the app from the Play Store.)

Regards

If you are not in this for profit, you could consider contributing to the open source Litecoin Widget (which also supports bitcoin and others). I would be happy to "open the books" and give you a cut of the (very small) donation amounts.

https://github.com/ogunden/litecoin-widget
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=158777.msg1677458#msg1677458

However, I have resisted graphs up until now, preferring a KISS approach. If you are determined to include them, maybe better to do your own.

Feel free also to copy the source code for a jumping off point.

[w3ida]

Thanks for the reply. I am going to have a look at your project.

The widget will be free to download and use.

[qxzn]

In case you decide you are interested in Litecoin Widget..:

I currently developing an Android homescreen widget for Android 4.0 and above to show the current ticker value.

LW is developed mostly on my Android 4.0 device, but I try to support back to SDK version 8.

I thought about implementing the following features:
- set trading site (MtGox USD/EUR done…more to come)

Yeah LW lets you do this, and also set the "old world" currency (and estimates the value in currency X if necessary).

- set refresh interval (done)

This is not done in LW, but a number of people have requested it. It would be a welcome improvement.

- chart for a defined interval

Again, I'm not excited about including charts because of the complexity, potential power drain (are you logging the data yourself?), and UI clutter it could cause. I could be convinced otherwise.

- alarm
- lockscreen widget
- better user interface ;-)

All three of these would be nice features for LW as well.

[w3ida]

I think I will develop and publish one on my own....just because I want to do/learn it. :-)

But if I have enough time I will add some of the features you like (refresh interval, alarm) to your project. If not I can send you a .zip of my project (if I don't put it on github).

I would use some open-source graph-drawer-software to print the graph but I haven't read anything about it so I can't tell you something performance specific. Yes, I would save the values in a mysqlite db on the android phone (first idea).

[qxzn]

I think I will develop and publish one on my own....just because I want to do/learn it. :-)

But if I have enough time I will add some of the features you like (refresh interval, alarm) to your project. If not I can send you a .zip of my project (if I don't put it on github).

I would use some open-source graph-drawer-software to print the graph but I haven't read anything about it so I can't tell you something performance specific. Yes, I would save the values in a mysqlite db on the android phone (first idea).

Do it! And enjoy. I look forward to some pull requests down the road .