Android Tech Review: Friday, January 13, 2012

A Guide To Installing APK Apps On Your Google Android Phone

http://www.talkandroid.com/guides/beginner/install-apk-files-on-android/#.TxAzRl5Ki8k

• 2 ways to install
• install a APK installer from the market
• install using the Android SDK

androidchat

http://code.google.com/p/androidchat/

• an open source IRC client
• old, pre-1.5

http://www.andchat.net/index.php

• updated but not open source

What about creating something like a DaddyTalk and using TCIP?

How to write a simple chat

http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread/7a45dbdd9bbd199?pli=1

• not much
• dead link to a network tutorial

Open Source on Android

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_Android_applications

• wikipedia on Android opensource

http://www.aopensource.com/

• Opensource resources and database
• had as 'opensource' (not really) market

http://code.google.com/p/apps-for-android/

• sample application from Google

I am so sick of the 'Free' apps that are using adds and grabbing all my personal data.

http://source.android.com/index.html

• Information and source code to build an Android-compatible device

What about creating an android.openapp.org site.

http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/11/12-open-source-android-applications.html

• 12 opensource apps

https://market.android.com/details?id=cgeo.geocaching&hl=en

• Opensource geo catcher

App Inventor has a new home

http://info.appinventor.mit.edu/

• MIT is taking over App Inventor
• hopes to have something running first quarter of 2012.
• looks like you will need to run your own service for now
• http://appinventoredu.mit.edu/developers-blogs/andrew/2011/nov/running-your-own-app-inventor-service

Google App Engine

http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/whatisgoogleappengine.html

• I have played with this some in the past, but I don't remember well enough
• I think I could do something with Maleah and the grand children using this