Monthly Archive for April, 2011

Rosetta stone of mobile development for WP7, iOS, Android

Published on April 7, 2011. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Cool link with a side-by-side comparison of WP7, iOS, and Android development features and classes from a mono (C#) perspective.

iOS WP7 Android
“View” XIB (Interface Builder) Xaml axml
UIViewController PhoneApplicationPage (codebehind) Activity
n/a (UIAutoResizing) StackPanel LinearLayout
UITableView ListBox ListView
UITableViewCell ListBox.ItemTemplate n/a (any view)
UITableViewSource n/a (binding, IEnumerable) BaseAdapter
Navigation “Controller” NavigationController. PushViewController() NavigationService. Navigate() StartActivity()
n/a (object) Xaml Uri Intent.SetClass()
n/a (object properties) Xaml Uri querystring params Intent.PutExtra() .AddFlags()
n/a (object properties) NavigationContext .QueryString .TryGetValue() Intent .GetXXXExtra()
Threading InvokeOnMainThread Dispatcher.BeginInvoke RunOnUiThread
“Model” C# .NET objects – shared thanks to Mono on iOS & Android. Also WebClient, Linq, Generics, Xml, Serialization, etc… :-)

And while we are on the mono subject, they just released a Mono droid update, which means they now have comprahensive tool chains for C# development for the following systems, iOS (including app store), Mac (including app store), Android (including app store).

A HIG (Human Interface Guideline) for Android development?

Published on April 5, 2011. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Found over on mobilecrunch, Mutual Mobile have have put out what their impression of a HIG doc for Android should be: Android Design Guidelines.

Cory Doctorow on kids and privacy.

Published on April 5, 2011. 0 Comments Tags: , .

As a technology aware parent I’ve had to try and make up my mind on where I sit with my kid’s use of the internet and other ‘look at me’ technologies that are rapidly saturating the environment that I am bringing them up in. I think this video by Cory at TEDxObserver does a great job of explaining where I think I’ll end up with my kids when the time comes to teach them about privacy and technology.

Link from boingboing.

Awesome autonomous UAV with onboard Kinect

Published on April 1, 2011. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

I secretly wanted to do this myself when I had the expendable income and time to buy and assemble a quadcopter and a kinect, especially since seeing the quadruino thing the other day. But now looks like I’ve been beaten to the punch