Hong Kong Mobile AppSanity 2012

A Mobile App Contest named "Hong Kong Mobile AppSanity 2012" begins registration now.

For details, please visit the contest page at  http://www.mobileappsanity.com 

P.S. Registration deadline: 2012-06-30

MTR App Talent Quest

There is an App Contest held by MTR Corporation.(Grand Prize: HKD 100,000)

For details, please visit the MTR App Talent Quest page at http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/appcontest.html

P.S. Enrollment deadline: 2012-06-15

Migrate your menu buttons to the action bar

Starting from Android 3.x and 4.x, you are encouraged to use the action bar instead of menu buttons to display relevant options to users. There is a new post in Android developer blog which talks about this change as well as the implementation.

You may take a look at http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2012/01/say-goodbye-to-menu-button.html in conjunction with our sample "Improved UXP example - ICS". Set the android:minSdkVersion="8" or even lower if you would like to try this sample in older platform.

Android Design

For those who are going to develop your Android apps, please take a look at "Android Design" section http://developer.android.com/design/index.html which helps you to create a good app especially for Android 4.0.

If you have experience in other mobile platforms development, you are also recommended to read this page http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/pure-android.html to avoid mimic the UI designs used in other operating systems.

Workshop on Android App Development Session 2 & 3

Details of session 2 and 3 of the workshop on Android app development have been confirmed:

Session 2: Jan 13, 2012 (Fri) 19:00-21:00 at RRS 638 .
Session 3: Jan 18, 2012 (Wed) 19:00-21:00 at RRS 638 .

To know more about the workshop, please refer to the Event or Resource page.

See you there!

Workshop on Android App Development

The SIGIS is going to organize a workshop on Android app development.

Topics to be covered:

• Session 1: Application Fundamentals
• Session 2: User interface and location service
• Session 3: Communication between app and server

Session 1 will be held on Dec 22, 2011 (Thu) 12:30-15:30 at RRS 638.

To know more about the workshop, please refer to the Event or Resource page.

If you are interested, please register at http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~sigis/android/ asap.
Registration Deadline: Dec 20, 2011 11:59 a.m. (Tue) Closed.

Notes
- Seats are limited, priority will be given to students who will work on Android related projects.
- Confirmation email has been sent to students who have registered successfully on  Dec 20, 2011.

Result of "Software of the Year Competition 2010-11"

After our careful selections and endorsement by the department, the following members are the awardees of the “Software of the Year Competition” in 2010-11:

Champion (HKD 1500 subsidization)
“DOODLE ß” by Lai Chi Fai, Jack. 

Jack has used jQuery Mobile (a combination of HTML5, CSS3 & Ajax) framework to create a web application “DOODLE ß” for users to complete survey on mobile devices easily. We believed a convenient mobile survey platform running on browser in Android, iOS devices and other mobile platforms would increase the response rate of a survey.

Merit (HKD 500 subsidization)
“Application of photo EXIF extraction and Google Maps” by Lee Ka Wo, Jacky

Jacky has demonstrated the use of web mapping service in this software. In addition to basic geotagging information, Jacky’s app could extract the camera shooting parameters (including camera model, exposure time, ISO speed) about photos in the  photo library.

We are happy that our awardee could apply what we have discussed in our sharing sessions. We hope all of you also enjoy all our gatherings. SIGIS 2011-12 will begin soon, join us again and the next winner of the competition may be you!