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Windows Phone Development

adityapamungkas — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:12:29 +0000

Starting Windows Phone 7 development is quite a hassle if you are from Windows Mobile 3 to 6.5 as the resource management has changed significantly. If you develop for android, the main resources you need to handle are stored in res/layout, res/value and src/com.nameofapp in WP7 the resources are stored in a single folder similar to WM 3 to 6.5 but managed as:

App.xaml and App.xaml.cs – the main flow of the app
Pages.xaml and Pages.xaml.cs – may be multiple files which containts the layout (xaml file) and code behind (xaml.cs file)

The main concept if you are a starter and need only basic app is, mainly you interact with the only pages file and let the main flow handle itself. Think of it as ASP.NET for web but you are compiling it as WP7 native app and your UI are composed as “stacks” in stackpanel throughout the UI for title, content, etc which will be browsable by user by flicking up and down.

To build a WP7 app, the main tools you need are the following:

WP7 Developer Tools (link is a full iso instead of a download install)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (any version, Express will do)
Microsoft Expression Blend 4 (optional if you want to expand default theme and create your own buttons and others)

From there on you can start building Windows Phone 7 apps!

Please note however, that to be able to publish apps for Windows Phone 7 you will need to publish it via marketplace (you must pay a fee for it annually) as there are no other way to publish it.

Android Application: Angkutan Umum

adityapamungkas — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:21:32 +0000

I’ve finally released an android application named Angkutan Umum, you can download the apk file to install to your device here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9661153/Angkutan%20Umum.apk

Application description:

This application allows you to find a public transportation in Jabodetabek (Jakarta Bogor Depok Tangerang and Bekasi) area from your location or any location to a certain destination. Enter your location and your destination and the application will display the list of available bus to take.

Once the application is opened, click on ‘menu’ and select ‘Perbaharui Data’ and allow some time to download the data, then close and reopen the application to begin use.

Deskripsi Aplikasi:

Aplikasi ini membolehkan anda mencari angkutan umum di Jabodetabek dari lokasi anda atau lokasi mana saja menuju ke lokasi tujuan yang anda inginkan. Masukkan lokasi anda dan tujuan anda maka aplikasi ini akan menampilkan daftar bis apa saja yang dapat anda naiki.

Saat anda membuka aplikasi, klik ‘menu’ dan pilih ‘Perbaharui Data’ dan perbolehkan beberapa waktu untuk mengunduh data, lalu tutup dan buka lagi aplikasi agar anda dapat segera memulai.

For the time being, I haven’t found a way to publish it in the android market without having to pay, I will let you know once I have.

This is the main screen, perform search here

This screen shows the list of transportation and its route

From this screen, you can see what transport is available at a location

This application was developed using Eclipse and the Android SDK while I learn how to program with java:) Tested only on virtual machine and Google Nexus One, please feel free to leave comments on what device are you using and let me know if there are issues.

Please leave your comments and feedback, hopefully from time to time I can improve the application. Thanks and enjoy!

App Inventor

adityapamungkas — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:47:33 +0000

So last week I was tempted to start developing apps for android. Now that I got the hang of it and things just got interesting, suddenly the App Inventor from google said my account was activated.

Well I think I’ll try to focus on the current development before trying out the App Inventor.

Android Development

adityapamungkas — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:43:24 +0000

After having my first android device, the Google Nexus One (well not actually not my first device since I had Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 prototype some time ago for testing) I have decided to start learning development on android devices.

The market possibility for android is huge knowing that the rapid growth of the device. Since android is an ‘open’ operating system for mobile phones, a lot of vendors are adopting this operating system including HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, etc. so you can imagine how many device will support this operating system. If that happens, the opportunity for applications developed for android is huge.

I will post my development here, hopefully you can enjoy and perhaps try and please do post comments so we can share knowledge in this! Thanks for reading!

Migration from Blogger

adityapamungkas — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:19:47 +0000

So instead of the usual blog in blogger/blogspot I decided to migrate to wordpress because of one reason: wordpress supports numbers of mobile devices which allows me to check comments and post directly from my phone instead of the traditional open dashboard etc process. Another reason that wordpress is better is more support for mobile device so posts can be rendered better. So here we are, thanks for reading.

Mac OSX: Changing Login Screen Desktop Picture

adityapamungkas — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:10:00 +0000

It would look odd whenever you lock your screen (showing Login Window) it will show the default desktop picture instead of your customized desktop picture. To change the default desktop picture, you will need to know where your picture is stored. Open the terminal from Application>Utilities and type the following:

cd /System/Library/CoreServices
sudo mv DefaultDesktop.jpg DefaultDesktop_original.jpg
sudo cp Path/image.jpg DefaultDesktop.jpg

Thats it! you’ve just renamed the original desktop picture used in Login Windows to DefaultDesktop_original.jpg and copied your image from Path\image.jpg as DefaultDesktop.jpg. Have fun!

Mac OSX: Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso)

adityapamungkas — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:25:00 +0000

So I tried searching around but couldn’t find a clear solution on this. I had to retrieve bits by bits and visit some forums which takes time. Anyhow, without further ado, here are the steps in creating an ISO CD/DVD image from OS X using Terminal app so you won’t need any additional third party software. The steps are as the following:

Open Terminal.app from Utilities folder under the application, then you will need to see where your dvd/cd is under (usually it is in /dev/disk1) by typing:

drutil status

From there find the word “Name” which represents the accessible directory.

Unmount the disk to ensure that the disk is not locked by the OS so you can create a perfect duplication of the disk by typing:

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1

Then, create the ISO file by typing the following:

dd if=/dev/disk1 of=nameOfDisk.iso bs=2048

Wait while the disk is being duplicated as nameOfDisk.iso is being created. Not that this copies exactly the disk you are duplicating so it can also be bootable.

That it! Good luck!

Facebook: Street Racing Script Tutorial

adityapamungkas — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:15:00 +0000

Okay, since some of you have been asking me how to install and I had to give a step-by-step instructions everytime, I present you a tutorial on how to install these scripts.

Well first you must install Greasemonkey for Firefox (if you can’t then find in google). Once installed, you will see a new menu in the “Tools” part of Firefox which consist of Greasemonkey or you can simply have a look at the lower right part of the Firefox window (right side of the status bar).

Secondly, have my scripts ready at hand, extracted and viewable with any text editor.

Now right-click on it and select “New User Script…” (Repeat these steps 3 times for SRAutoXP, LoopAutoXP, SROutOfBounds) as shown below:
Now, a new script window will appear (for first time installs, usually it will ask for a preferred text editor, select notepad for pc or textedit for mac)
Enter these information accordingly to the scripts in the box:
SRAutoXP

Name: SRAutoXP
Namespace:*
Description:
Includes (One per line):
-http://apps.facebook.com/streetracinggame/fight.php*
Excludes (One per line):

LoopAutoXP

Name: LoopAutoXP
Namespace:*
Description:
Includes (One per line):
-http://apps.facebook.com/streetracinggame/jobs.php*
Excludes (One per line):

SROutOfBounds

Name: SROutOfBounds
Namespace:*
Description:
Includes (One per line):
-http://apps.facebook.com/streetracinggame/*
-http://* !!Warning: If you include this line, it means everytime you enter ANYTHING, it will redirect to SRAutoXP!!
Excludes (One per line):
-http://apps.facebook.com/streetracinggame/jobs.php*
-http://apps.facebook.com/streetracinggame/fight.php*

Then, copy and paste the downloaded script accordingly and save.Repeat the steps 3 times accordingly to each given script, then apply the update from my previous post here.

Finally, to run the script, right click on the Greasemonkey icon and enable or click on the icon and ensure that it is colored (if it is grey, it means Greasemonkey is disabled) then refresh the page to let it roll.

Please do leave questions, comments and suggestions on the comment box. Now you can sleep and let the script race for you! Have fun!

BlackBerry: Leaked Skype (BETA)

adityapamungkas — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:42:00 +0000

Source: Komunitas BlackBerry

A member named valentz leaked the long-waited Skype beta version for Blackberry in Komunitas Blackberry forum which is supposed to be a closed beta testing version from Skype. The application itself looked like a java application installed on my BlackBerry since we must use # and @ as buttons for softkeys. When I opened the .jad file using notepad it shows the following:

RIM-COD-Module-Name: skype
MIDlet-Name: skype
MIDlet-Description: BBactionpack
MIDlet-Vendor: : BBactionpack
MIDlet-Version: 1.0

MicroEdition-Configuration: CLDC-1.1
RIM-COD-Module-Dependencies: net_rim_cldc
RIM-MIDlet-Flags-1: 0
RIM-MIDlet-NameResourceId-1: 0
MicroEdition-Profile: MIDP-2.0
RIM-COD-Creation-Time: 1218812329
Manifest-Version: 1.0

RIM-COD-URL: skype.cod
RIM-COD-Size: 75484
RIM-COD-URL-1: skype-1.cod
RIM-COD-Size-1: 67232
RIM-COD-URL-2: skype-2.cod
RIM-COD-Size-2: 86900
RIM-COD-URL-3: skype-3.cod
RIM-COD-Size-3: 55556
RIM-COD-URL-4: skype-4.cod
RIM-COD-Size-4: 54684
RIM-COD-URL-5: skype-5.cod
RIM-COD-Size-5: 55964
RIM-COD-URL-6: skype-6.cod
RIM-COD-Size-6: 41464

By looking at the details RIM means Research In Motion so it is the actual Skype for BlackBerry. After successfully installed Skype on my 8310 Curve, I configured my account but failed to connect and a message appeared saying “Skype couldn’t connect over your phone connection”. Below are some screenshot of the application:

So if anyone of you feeling lucky and would give it a try download Skype Beta from here and post your results in the comments, thanks!

Blackberry: Remove IT Policy

adityapamungkas — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:24:00 +0000

Whenever you purchase a second hand Blackberry either from eBay or from a friend, some of them have IT policy still attached to them. IT policy can be a hassle since most of it won’t allow installation of 3rd party applications and such. The following are the steps to remove an IT Policy easily (compilation of sources from the internet):

First you need several files ready first:

Blackberry Desktop Manager (comes with the CD or download here)
JL_Cmder, a compilation of batch scripts by d_fisher from Blackberry Forums for some cases. For 8110, 8120, 8130 and 8330 with 4.5 OS installed simply use JL_Cmder resetfactory option, restart device and you’re done.
BlackBerry default blank IT Policy and save it into your BlackBerry installation directory (c:\Program Files\Research in Motion\Blackberry (for other than mentioned above).

To remove the IT Policy, use the following procedure:

On Windows XP or Vista, go to regedit (Start>Run)
Navigate to HKEY_Current_Users\Software\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\PolicyManager and right-click your mouse and select New/String Value and name it as “Path”. Then double click the “Path” and set Value Data to “c:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\policy.bin”
Open the Desktop Manager
Connect the Device

To verify that the IT Policy has been completely removed, in your device go to Options>Security and check reference to IT Policy and go to Options>Status and type BUYR and now you should see time and data usage instead of IT Policy.

EDIT: for 8310 use JL_Cmder works as well.

Good Luck!