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!

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

commit #3

Dang it's 5:33 AM o_O I did third commit to lp:androidu1/0.x - this night I fixed oauth (including success verification, that returns 200 OK if everything's fine) and introduced Auth Activity to separate code form GUI (which is Login Activity). I even tested it on my phone for the very first time :) It's a bit slow (due to the fact, that Auth doesn't need a view - I'll fix that), but it works well. Umm.. gotta go! Be sure to subscribe to https://launchpad.net/~androidu1-users

And that makes us really close to the first milestone :) I should reach it by tomorrow. That is: well implemented and functioning authorization. Yeah well.. nothing to show off (yet!) ;)

Weekly report #1

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

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.

OAuth continues

And no, the log-in procedure is far from perfect. I feel that 1/3 of the time I was fighting with this error (and it, or my bug, cases authorization to work after 2nd or even 3rd try):

oauth.signpost.exception.OAuthExpectationFailedException: Request token or token secret not set in server reply. The service provider you use is probably buggy.

And now, for desert:

onResume

loginButton clicked

Retrieving request token...

Request token: xDs38NX3MsrSDP7H5hg4

Request secret: Fb7wZ9Gq3502TLRBSVXnWgg1LC4j41s8XtKKS9fqcTmJ936sc3KxxxxxxxNglBkpZS6W0WPvw31lF

Saving request information...

Saving Request Token: xDs38NX3MsrSDP7H5hg4

Saving Request Secret: Fb7wZ9Gq3502TLRBSVXnWgg1LC4j41s8XtKKS9fqcTmJ936sc3KxxxxxxxhNglBkpZS6W0WPvw31lF

Starting browser with authURL: https://one.ubuntu.com/oauth/authorize/?oauth_token=xDs38NX3MsrSDP7H5hg4&description=Android

onNewIntent

callback URI: androidu1://?oauth_token=xDs38NX3MsrSDP7H5hg4&oauth_verifier=0d14b808-fee3-40ba-b05e-1aedd595ab03&return=https://one.ubuntu.com

Saved request token: xDs38NX3MsrSDP7H5hg4

Saved request secret: Fb7wZ9Gq3502TLRBSVXnWgg1LC4j41s8XtKKS9fqcTmJxxxxxxxwMhWbhNglBkpZS6W0WPvw31lF

Restoring mConsumer state...

oauthToken: xDs38NX3MsrSDP7H5hg4

oauthVerifier: 0d14b808-fee3-40ba-b05e-1aedd595ab03

Retrieving access token...

Access token: xz2Xc2rlQ7nBJ3jG4hpm

Access secret: xz2Xc2rlQ7nBJ3jG4hpm

Saving access information...

Saving OAuth Token: xz2Xc2rlxxxxxG4hpm

Saving OAuth Secret: 9l5wXfmxlF0Px4RpZ5tm9R9fFKkr5kDGlWtsDfJrZV3hVQr1xxxxxxxxx0hRPdj3ScmThxMjzM78FP

Removing request information...

Clearing Request Token

Clearing Request Secret

Testing...

Sending request to U1...

200 OK

There's one bug in the log, but my eyes already hurt. G'nite.

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 ;)

Regular update, May 22th

Played with verterok's u1-java-storageprotocol example client code, tried to understand the Deferred and Deferred.Callbacks usage (seems like static class fields are the easiest way to overcome issues with scope of variable visibility in the callbacks, which I don't particularly like..) and added some simple CLI interactivity, as seen below (yeah, this is somewhat the very beginning of our Android app; a regular user would be at least moderately confused :D)

Regular update, May 21st

Hi all!

First, I wanted to thank for your comments, mails, even a wiki feature-request entry :) Your opinions and feedback is priceless, and one of the things that gratifies my efforts. Thank you, Ubuntu Community!

And now the update: yet again, Guillermo (aka verterok) is my hero ^ ^ To remind you, he's the one that has written ubuntuone-java-storageprotocol, which I will be using. He has answered all my questions, both really silly and some less-but-still-silly ;) (I am glad he believes there's no such thing as dumb questions :) ). He also spent quite a while helping me to properly configure the project with maven, which I am new to. Thank you, verterok!

Finally I was able to run the ExampleClient from within Eclipse, and see it in action. I also played a bit with the code, but plan much more code-fun for tomorrow (Saturday, that is).

Keep visiting, commenting, and sending your suggestions :) !

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.

Balsamiq mockups

Balsamiq mockups on the way..

First GUI sketches

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