BitDroid v0.5 Has Been Released

My second first update has been released and is ready for immediate consumption/updating.  I've added a dashboard and an "action bar" after reading up on  Android's Evolving UI Patterns on the Android blog.  The dashboard and action bar will continue to evolve as it is developed.

Dashboard

I've also added the ability to shorten a URL, wow, what would a bit.ly app be without the ability to shorten a url...you can also expand bit.ly urls.

Shorten URL

Other changes include validation on the login screen with username and api key and some bug fixes.  Go grab it now and let me know what you think.

My First Android App - BitDroid

I did it, I got all the kinks worked out, made myself a fancy icon, and put menus all over the place.  My app has been published, look for it in the Android Market under "BitDroid" or "com.thunsaker" or scan this handy QR code:

The app isn't much right now, all it lets you do is enter a username, anyone will do, and it will show you the public list of urls that have been shortened by that user. Here's my list:

The application will be evolving over time, I still need to work in actual url shortening, and then verification of username with bit.ly api key.  More work, but for right now, I'm just happy to have something in the Android Marketplace.  Feedback is welcome, let me know if it crashes on you, I was only able to test on two devices: G1 and Droid Incredible.

My First Android App Preview

I was interested in android development before I bought my first Android device.  It wasn't until recently that I tried to do something more than the typical "Hello, World!" intro app.  

Switching gears from asp.net/C#  Web/Windows Mobile development to Java was quite difficult, as well as switching from the newly launched Visual Studio 2010 to Eclipse.  Its been a few years since my first Java class so I was a little rusty on the syntax, and the general practices of Java.  Thanks to numerous tutorials and open source projects I was able to find out what I needed to know to get my app to do what I want.  

I haven't gotten anything other than a custom ListView going.  The list is pulled from my bit.ly history in JSON format and placed into my custom list.  

BitDroid - Recent Links

Clicking the globe takes you to the web browser, the title is displayed at the top of each item and the full url scrolls under it.  Long press will give you options to share (though I haven't quite gotten that working yet.)

I'll be adding a login, settings and dashboard before this gets released to the Android Marketplace.