Week 10 Summary

The tasks done this week are as follows :

• Watched some tutorials from Android Application Development Tutorials - YouTube for developing Android Application.

• Time spent : 21/10/2013 to 27/10/2013 (7 days)
• Findings / new knowledge gained :
• Learnt setting up a Accelerometer with Sensor Manager and onSensorChange method
• Learnt to obtain Google Maps API Key
• Learnt display Google Maps with MapView and Overlay
• Learnt to set up Compass and Map Controller on Google Maps
• Learnt to use to Geocoder and GeoPoint to obtain a location's address
• Ability to toggle between StreetView and SatelliteView on Google Maps
• Ability to create PinPoint on Google Maps using ItemizedOverlay
• Learnt to use LocationManager to obtain users current location
• Learnt to use OnLocationChange to obtain location when users move around
• Learnt to use HttpGet on HttpClient to obtain data from website
• Learnt to use JSONArray and JSONObjects
• Ability to read JSON information from website such as Twitter

Plans for next week's task are as follows :

• Start coding for Recipe Hunter Android Application.

Regards,


SAW IU KING

Diploma in Information Technology

Semester 7

INTI International College Penang