GSoC has finished

Ladies and getns, Google Summer of Code is over!

May http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AndroidU1 be your source of any further information about AndroidU1 :) Cheers!

Weekly report

Weekly report http://goo.gl/F4xO
Some up to date screenshots are availible here

Quite soon I should make a release, hold that phones nearby and ready :)

Version 0.2.13pa1 Now Available

Hey Everyone! Time for a new update to keep you all in the loop of some recent, and amazing, new changes.

As of today, 7/29/2010, version 0.2.13pa1 is now available for download and testing!
(Note: This is still a pre-alpha release and still under heavy development.)

Along with the new version comes the following new features:

• New look to the UI. Matches one.ubuntu.com much better.(Screenshots below)
• FamFamFam icons are used, same as in WebUI.
• Image/Video
• Audio
• File/Unknown File Type
• Folder
• Changelog will soon be available for viewing through the AndroidU1 (sysadmin of wiki.ubuntu.com has to fix a certificate issue), but you can also find it here.
• New "Downloading" and "Ready" toasts added.
• Long Tap/Click brings up new context menu (needs fixing, sorry!).
• Changing orientation has been sped up.

These are some awesome changes that have happened since the last release and I must say that I'm really impressed. AndroidU1 just feels much more stable now and every release brings a new user friendliness to the app.

Please feel free to download and test AndroidU1. Also, please remember to file bug reports if you encounter anything out of the norm. Known issues are listed in the changelog (we're working on them!). As always, we are available to chat and answer question in the irc (irc.freenode.net #androidu1), check us out at the bottom of the blog! :-)

Weekly report #8

http://goo.gl/Cjco
There's some good progress!

I'm pleased to inform that I have passed GSoC midterm evaluation with AndroidU1. Thanks Stuart, I hope you're happy with the progress we made :) There's still tons of work and I'm excited to continue working on the application!

Come Join Us!

Do you have Question about the project? Do you have underlying doubts? Do you just want to come thank the developers? Do you just feel like bothering the developers? ;-)

WELL JOIN US FOR A CHAT! :-D

How can I do that, you ask? Here's how:

1. Scroll down to the bottom of the blog
2. Type in a nickname
3. Click connect

IT'S THAT SIMPLE! :-)

We look forward to chatting with you. :-)

New Co-Author

Hello everyone! My name is Lorenzo (Excedio) and I'm one of the testers for AndroidU1. I'm an Ubuntu user as well as an Android user (HTC DROID Incredible) and am excited about this project.

Since I'm not a programmer I'm not able to contribute code to the project, but I am an avid blogger and thought that I could help out by keeping the public up to date on the progress of the project. :-)

Moving forward, you all can look forward to more frequent updates as well as updated screenshots (I'm sure we all remember that post ;-) ).

So all that being said; keep visiting, commenting, and sending your suggestions!
:-)

PS…Remember that we can always be located in the AndroidU1 IRC Channel (irc.freenode.net #androidu1). Also remember that AndroidU1 is still a pre-Alpha release and still under heavy development.

Weekly reports #6 & #7

#6 http://goo.gl/UtVT
#7 http://goo.gl/VLz6
Short one, I prefer to spend that time on coding (service / [up|down]load of files).

Weekly report #5

http://goo.gl/42LU
Finally we're getting back on track :)

Weekly report #4

http://goo.gl/lQGW

Sorry I haven't been updating you guys more often. The project, or should I say, everything related to it, was all over me.

Weekly report #3

http://goo.gl/3V0W

The project is quite challenging, as I faced first platform compatibility issues and protocol-related issues. Check out the link.

Weekly report #2

http://goo.gl/xpUe

Weekly report #1

Enjoy! (hosted on wiki.ubuntu.com) http://goo.gl/GGGp

users team (and soon: mailing list)

Make sure you join androidu1-users team on lp :) ! I may also request a mailing list for the team, so that we'll have our own place, if you think it's a good idea - is it?

Launchpad project setup

Hi everybody! It's been a while. On Wednesday evening I broke my Ubuntu (installed an old udev driver) and made it unusable. I recovered on Thursday, talked to my mentor, seeked some feedback on IRC and investigated OAuth behaviour (there are still issues, doesn't work every time).

I have setup a launchpad project, which you will find here. Since I don't want people to unintentionally bzr branch (download) the development sources, which can be broken any time and are suitable for review (or testing) only, I have left the trunk series with main branch empty. Therefore if you're interested in the devel branch, check this out. Whenever I will implement a feature in 0.x series, I will push that to the main branch.

Tomorrow I'm co-organizing this http://goo.gl/YGSX conference, and afterwards I plan to see into releases, blueprints and milestones of the lp project (+ some nightly hacking).

Stay tuned. I wonder if my project can have it's mailing list.. ah! I'll set up androidu1-users group :D

PS I should have started writing my blog post in HTML long ago ;) No stress at all.

First official coding day (night?)

I knew I would overdo it.. The beards are already singing and it's 4:15 AM on the clock :P

Is this the best coding time, or what :D! I was afraid of OAuth, which I'm new to, so I dug tens of pages and browsed at least 5-6 sample codes, using this or that, newer or older oauth version, with and without callback, blah blah blah. And I got it :D Signpost is dead simple (yeah, it's true what they write :) ), and they have those lovely sample codes, so I used one :) I jumped into ubuntuone-client Python code and dug a reference to /etc/xdg/ubuntuone/oauth_urls which I needed, set up few more variables, and..

Fetching request token from Ubuntu One...
Request token: GnpqrjR98jBcXXXXXXX
Token secret: pvBlJDjq1jgm9M14rzx0hgH2xXNnhFG8zC3VkqxDdshrSKcnbBNJwD6CCJR4XXXXXXXX
Now visit:
https://one.ubuntu.com/oauth/authorize/?oauth_token=GnpqrjR98jBXXXXXXXX
... and grant this app authorization
Enter the PIN code and hit ENTER when you're done:
XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXX
Fetching access token from Ubuntu One...
Access token: ddxQlp8tfltXXXXXXXX
Token secret: Zn172Q7xsFdTlfB58LhLg4c8TzFmHRRhLWMQDCdvrrjJ27d0fkbk8qvVjN9rtbcnmfXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sending request to Ubuntu One...
Response: 200 OK

Well, I'm more confident now ;)

Thank you Balsamiq

Hi everybody! As you already know, for the last two days (or nights actually) I have been using Balsamiq software to make my mock-ups.

I would like to happily share with you, that I have been generously granted a Balsamiq license key, so that I can use it's full potential and bring you the best quality mock-ups I can in this Open Source project. Latest pictures you have seen are just the beginning. There's still much to design and many decisions to make. I believe Balsamiq will make my sketching much more pleasant, than working with a pencil and rubber like I have before (I had quite a few sheets of paper wasted when I came up with the first drawings).

Please enjoy, and don't hesitate to share with me how would you like the application to work and look like in the future! Thank you Balsamiq!

Regular update, May 19th

Finally I can present you with some better quality GUI mockups prepared with Balsamiq. It still lacks some elements (not all the settings options are visible, how the file update notification looks, how the uploading progress looks), but I think it conveys the application looks I wanted to design to share with you. Feedback is welcome, thank you for your previous comments!


Click to enlarge.

First GUI sketches

Awaiting your opinions :) Sorry for bad quality, will upload scans ASAP

Accepted to GSoC 2010!

And here we are, AndroidU1 has been accepted to Google Summer of Code 2010! Yay! That has actually taken place on 26th of April at 19 UTC, however it's just now that I set up this blog (which for a short moment was a wiki).

I am happy to have Stuart Langridge as my mentor! Stuart is one of the most notable Canonical employees. I was amazed to find him on Canonical wiki page and this wiki page, and read what a talented guy he is. We have already had a few chats on IRC concernig AndroidU1 project and did some brainstorming, and I'm already sure I will have great support of his whilst designing and implementing the next killer app for Ubuntu One service ;) !

It so happened, that we are just about the release of Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, yay!) and Ubuntu One team, including aquarius, are making their best efforts to ship a high quality product really soon. That is the reason I'm not bugging them already to fill me with U1 details, but rather giving them some time to polish their work before release. Anyway, there's tons to read for me :)