Guidebook app for Android/Blackberry
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Guidebook app for Android/Blackberry
I have not seen or heard any updates as to the possibility of a guidebook app for these other platforms for almost a year. Does anyone know anything? Some people are not cool enough to own an iphone.
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Re: Guidebook app for Android/Blackberry
Considering that it'd be a near rewrite, it's not terribly profitable, and Android tends to have less paying users, I'd say it's unlikely (assuming you're talking about the Wolverine app)
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Re: Guidebook app for Android/Blackberry
i've been staring at the above link for an hour and a half and nothing has happened.
i'm beginning to think i've wasted my time.
i'm beginning to think i've wasted my time.
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Re: Guidebook app for Android/Blackberry
It is weird that the platform porting would take so long. Perhaps Android just is not a big enough market.
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If you are writing native code for each platform...it's basically a rewrite. One is Objective-C, one is a flavor of Java. No direct code reuse. Plus, the app is essentially a labor of love, not a big money maker.
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Thanks, yes I am ignorant about this and many other things. Once you have the basic program in droid are we not just talking about fishing through a database? Couldn't one sell the shell to someone who wanted to put together a guidebook for area X?pkananen wrote:If you are writing native code for each platform...it's basically a rewrite. One is Objective-C, one is a flavor of Java. No direct code reuse. Plus, the app is essentially a labor of love, not a big money maker.
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Yes, that is basically the case. Which is why they've produced Rumney, New, and Bishop guides for iOS really quickly. But AlpineWerx hasn't done any work on Android, and I don't think they have immediate plans to do so.caribe wrote:Thanks, yes I am ignorant about this and many other things. Once you have the basic program in droid are we not just talking about fishing through a database? Couldn't one sell the shell to someone who wanted to put together a guidebook for area X?pkananen wrote:If you are writing native code for each platform...it's basically a rewrite. One is Objective-C, one is a flavor of Java. No direct code reuse. Plus, the app is essentially a labor of love, not a big money maker.
However, if you want to hire me, I'd be glad to get started