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  • How important is knowing functionality before coding?

    - by minusSeven
    I work for a software development company where the development work have been off shored to us. The on shore team handle the support and talk directly to the clients. We never talk to the clients directly we just talk people from the on shore team who talk directly to the clients. When requirements come, on shore team talk to the clients and make requirement documents and informs us. We make design documents after studying the requirements (we follow traditional waterfall model ). But there is one problem in the whole process: nobody in the either off-shore or on-shore understand the functionality of the application completely. We just know its a big complex web app handling complex order processing, catalog management, campaign management and other activities. We struggle with the design document as the requirements would not be clear. It then goes into a series of questions/answers back and forth between the on shore team,off shore team and clients. We would often be told to understand functionality from the code. But that's usually not feasible as the code base is huge and even understanding a simple menu item take days if not weeks. We tried telling the clients to give us knowledge transfer about the application but to no avail. Our manager would often tell us to start coding even if the design document is not complete or requirements not clear. We would start by coding part of the requirement that seems clear and wait for the rest. This usually would delay the deployment by a month. In extreme cases we would have very low errors in the development and production but the clients would say that's not what they asked. That would start a blame game and a series of change requests and we would end up developing something very different. My question is how would you do development work if you don't know the functionality of the app fully? UPDATE About development methodology it isn't really my choice and I am not my team's lead It is the way it began. I tried to tell people about the advantages of agile but to no avail. Besides I don't think my team has the necessary mindset to work in AGILE environment.

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  • Agile and different facet of software development

    - by arjun
    It is said that the Kanban methodology is suited for software maintenance and support areas, whereas Scrum is more suited for new product development. No process or methods are complete. Using the right one will help you succeed, but they will not guarantee success. Which agile approach is best suited for a project which is basically a re-platforming from one technology to another (say from Java to .NET).

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  • How to Speed Up Any Android Phone By Disabling Animations

    - by Chris Hoffman
    Android phones — and tablets, too — display animations when moving between apps and screens. These animations look very slick, but they waste time — especially on fast phones, which could switch between apps instantly if not for the animations. Disabling these animations will speed up navigating between different apps and interface screens on your phone, saving you time. You can also speed up the animations if you’d rather see them. Access the Developer Options Menu First, we’ll need to access the Developer Options menu. It’s hidden by default so Android users won’t stumble across it unless they’re actually looking for it. To access the Developer Options menu, open the Settings screen, scroll down to the bottom of the list, and tap the About phone or About tablet option. Scroll down to the Build number field and tap it repeatedly. Eventually, you’ll see a message appear saying “You are now a developer!”. The Developer options submenu now appears on the Settings screen. You’ll find it near the bottom of the list, just above the About phone or About tablet option. Disable Interface Animations Open the Developer Options screen and slide the switch at the top of the screen to On. This allows you to change the hidden options on this screen. If you ever want to re-enable the animations and revert your changes, all you have to do is slide the Developer Options switch back to Off. Scroll down to the Drawing section. You’ll find the three options we want here — Window animation scale, Transition animation scale, and Animator duration scale. Tap each option and set it to Animation off to disable the associated animations. If you’d like to speed up the animations without disabling them entirely, select the Animation .5x option instead. If you’re feeling really crazy, you can even select longer animation durations. You can make the animations take as much as ten times longer with the Animation 10x setting. The Animator duration scale option applies to the transition animation that appears when you tap the app drawer button on your home screen.  Your change here won’t take effect immediately — you’ll have to restart Android’s launcher after changing the Animator duration scale setting. To restart Android’s launcher, open the Settings screen, tap Apps, swipe over to the All category, scroll down, and tap the Launcher app. Tap the Force stop button to forcibly close the launcher, then tap your device’s home button to re-launch the launcher. Your app drawer will now open immediately, too. Now whenever you open an app or transition to a new screen, it will pop up as quickly as possible — no waiting for animations and wasting processing power rendering them. How much of a speed improvement you’ll see here depends on your Android device and how fast it is. On our Nexus 4, this change makes many apps appear and become usable instantly if they’re running in the background. If you have a slower device, you may have to wait a moment for apps to be usable. That’s one of the big reasons why Android and other operating systems use animations. Animations help paper over delays that can occur while the operating system loads the app.     

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  • Development Pipeline / Phases

    - by Chris
    Hey All, Im looking for a bit of advice ... I have been developing websites for quite sometime now, and i have now come to the stage where i want to run things properly, i am trying to put together a proper workflow for my projects. i have come up with the following and would love any feedback or additions i havent added. Discovery and Research Information Architecture Interaction Design Visual Design Site Development Quality Assurance Launch, Wine and Cheese Cheers,

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  • Find version of development library from command line?

    - by mathematician1975
    I installed the c++ boost development libraries using Ubuntu software centre. The problem is that it was quite a long time ago and I cannot remember where they are installed nor what version they were. Is there anything I can do from the command line that will tell me what version(s) I have installed on my system?? I know I can do things like gcc -v to get version of an application but is there a similar thing available for libraries? I am using ubuntu 12.04

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  • "database already closed" is shown using a custom cursor adapter

    - by kiduxa
    I'm using a cursor with a custom adapter that extends SimpleCursorAdapter: public class ListWordAdapter extends SimpleCursorAdapter { private LayoutInflater inflater; private Cursor mCursor; private int mLayout; private String[] from; private int[] to; public ListWordAdapter(Context context, int layout, Cursor c, String[] from, int[] to, int flags) { super(context, layout, c, from, to, flags); this.mCursor = c; this.inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context); this.mLayout = layout; this.from = from; this.to = to; } private static class ViewHolder { //public ImageView img; public TextView name; public TextView type; public TextView translate; } @Override public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) { if (mCursor.moveToPosition(position)) { ViewHolder holder; if (convertView == null) { convertView = inflater.inflate(mLayout, null); holder = new ViewHolder(); // holder.img = (ImageView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.img_row); holder.name = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(to[0]); holder.type = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(to[1]); holder.translate = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(to[2]); convertView.setTag(holder); } else { holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag(); } holder.name.setText(mCursor.getString(mCursor.getColumnIndex(from[0]))); holder.type.setText(mCursor.getString(mCursor.getColumnIndex(from[1]))); holder.translate.setText(mCursor.getString(mCursor.getColumnIndex(from[2]))); // holder.img.setImageResource(img_resource); } return convertView; } } And in the main activity I call it as: adapter = new ListWordAdapter(getSherlockActivity(), R.layout.row_list_words, mCursorWords, from, to, 0); When a modification in the list is made, I call this method: public void onWordSaved() { WordDAO wordsDao = new WordSqliteDAO(); Cursor mCursorWords = wordsDao.list(getSherlockActivity()); adapter.changeCursor(mCursorWords); } The thing here is that this produces me this exception: 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): java.lang.IllegalStateException: database /data/data/com.example.palabrasdeldia/databases/palabrasDelDia (conn# 0) already closed Complete stack trace: 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): java.lang.IllegalStateException: database /data/data/com.example.palabrasdeldia/databases/palabrasDelDia (conn# 0) already closed 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.verifyDbIsOpen(SQLiteDatabase.java:2123) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.lock(SQLiteDatabase.java:398) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.lock(SQLiteDatabase.java:390) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQuery.fillWindow(SQLiteQuery.java:74) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor.fillWindow(SQLiteCursor.java:311) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor.onMove(SQLiteCursor.java:283) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.database.AbstractCursor.moveToPosition(AbstractCursor.java:173) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at com.example.palabrasdeldia.adapters.ListWordAdapter.getView(ListWordAdapter.java:42) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:2128) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:1817) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.ListView.fillSpecific(ListView.java:1361) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.ListView.layoutChildren(ListView.java:1646) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.AbsListView.onLayout(AbsListView.java:1979) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1542) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutHorizontal(LinearLayout.java:1527) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1316) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:400) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onLayout(ViewPager.java:1589) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:400) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1542) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1403) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1314) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:400) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1542) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1403) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1314) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:400) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:400) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:9593) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:3877) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1253) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:2017) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:132) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4028) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:844) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:602) 10-29 11:14:33.810: E/AndroidRuntime(18659): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) If I use SimpleCursorAdapter directly instead of ListWordAdapter, it works fine. What's wrong with my custom adapter implementation? The line in bold in the stack trace corresponds with: if (mCursor.moveToPosition(position)) inside getView method. EDIT: I have created a custom class to manage DB operations as open and close: public class ConexionBD { private Context context; private SQLiteDatabase database; private DataBaseHelper dbHelper; public ConexionBD(Context context) { this.context = context; } public ConexionBD open() throws SQLException { this.dbHelper = DataBaseHelper.getInstance(context); this.database = dbHelper.getWritableDatabase(); database.execSQL("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON"); return this; } public void close() { if (database.isOpen() && database != null) { dbHelper.close(); } } /*Getters y setters*/ public SQLiteDatabase getDatabase() { return database; } public void setDatabase(SQLiteDatabase database) { this.database = database; } } And this is my DataBaseHelper: public class DataBaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper { private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "myDb"; private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1; private static DataBaseHelper sInstance = null; public static DataBaseHelper getInstance(Context context) { // Use the application context, which will ensure that you // don't accidentally leak an Activity's context. // See this article for more information: http://bit.ly/6LRzfx if (sInstance == null) { sInstance = new DataBaseHelper(context.getApplicationContext()); } return sInstance; } @Override public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase database) { ... } .... And this is an example of how I manage a query: public Cursor list(Context context) { ConexionBD conexion = new ConexionBD(context); Cursor mCursor = null; try{ conexion.open(); mCursor = conexion.getDatabase().query(DataBaseHelper.TABLE_WORD , null , null, null, null, null, Word.NAME); if (mCursor != null) { mCursor.moveToFirst(); } }finally{ conexion.close(); } return mCursor; } For every connection to the DB I open it and close it.

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  • How to receive sms from a special phone number?

    - by Pariya
    I wrote a send and receive sms in android successfully. I want my program to be able to receive sms from a special number("+9856874236"). But, if the SMS is from any other number, it should go to the phone's message inbox and not to my application. import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Bundle; import android.telephony.SmsMessage; import android.util.Log; public class SmsReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver { public String str = ""; @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras(); Object messages[] = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus"); SmsMessage[] msgs = null; if (bundle != null) { Object[] pdus = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus"); SmsMessage smsMessage[] = new SmsMessage[messages.length]; String msg_from=""; for (int n = 0; n < messages.length; n++) { smsMessage[n] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[]) messages[n]); msg_from += msgs[n].getOriginatingAddress(); } String receivedMessage = smsMessage[0].getMessageBody().toString().toUpperCase(); if(msg_from .equals("+989124236870")) { for (int n = 0; n < messages.length; n++) { smsMessage[n] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[]) pdus[n]); str += "SMS from " + msgs[n].getOriginatingAddress(); str += " :"; //str += "sms az shomare makhsus"; str += msgs[n].getMessageBody().toString(); str += "\n"; abortBroadcast(); } Intent act = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class); act.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); act.putExtra("message", str); context.startActivity(act); } } } }

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  • Game server for an android/iOS turn-based board-game

    - by Cyril
    I am currently programming an iPhone game and I would like to create an online multiplayer mode. In the future, this app will be port to Android devices, so I was wondering how to create the game-server? First at all, which language should I choose? How to make a server able to communicate both with programs written in objective-c and Java? Then, how to effectively do it? Is it good if I open a socket by client (there'll be 2)? What kind of information should I send to the server? to the clients?

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  • Game server for an android/iOS turn-based board-game

    - by Cyril
    I am currently programming an iPhone game and I would like to create an online multiplayer mode. In the future, this app will be port to Android devices, so I was wondering how to create the game-server? First at all, which language should I choose? How to make a server able to communicate both with programs written in objective-c and Java? Then, how to effectively do it? Is it good if I open a socket by client (there'll be 2)? What kind of information should I send to the server? to the clients?

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  • car crash android game

    - by Axarydax
    I'd like to make a simple 2d car crashing game, where the player would drive his car into moving traffic and try to cause as much damage as possible in each level (some Burnout games had a mode like this). The physics part of the game is the most important, I can worry about graphics later. Would engine like emini or box2d work for this kind of game? Would Android devices have enough power to handle this? For example if there were about 20 cars colliding, along with some buildings, it would be nice if I could get 20 fps.

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  • Sending a android.content.Context parameter to a function with JNI

    - by Ef Es
    I am trying to create a method that checks for internet connection that needs a Context parameter. The JNIHelper allows me to call static functions with parameters, but I don't know how to "retrieve" Cocos2d-x Activity class to use it as a parameter. public static boolean isNetworkAvailable(Context context) { boolean haveConnectedWifi = false; boolean haveConnectedMobile = false; ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService( Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE); NetworkInfo[] netInfo = cm.getAllNetworkInfo(); for (NetworkInfo ni : netInfo) { if (ni.getTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase("WIFI")) if (ni.isConnected()) haveConnectedWifi = true; if (ni.getTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase("MOBILE")) if (ni.isConnected()) haveConnectedMobile = true; } return haveConnectedWifi || haveConnectedMobile; } and the c++ code is JniMethodInfo methodInfo; if ( !JniHelper::getStaticMethodInfo( methodInfo, "my/app/TestApp", "isNetworkAvailable", "(android/content/Context;)V")) { //error return; } CCLog( "Method found and loaded!"); methodInfo.env->CallStaticVoidMethod( methodInfo.classID, methodInfo.methodID); methodInfo.env->DeleteLocalRef( methodInfo.classID);

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  • How to implement a score database in Android

    - by Michael Seun Araromi
    I making a 2d game for android using opengl-es technology. It is a space shooting game where the player shoots enemy ships. I want to keep a track of score for the amount of enemy ships destroyed and a record of a local highscore, I want the score to be incremented whenever an enemy is destroyed. I also want a way of displaying both score and highscore on the game screen. I am not farmiliar with databases at all and I will appreciate a clear answer or a link to a good tutorial for my cause. Thanks

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  • Open GL Android frame-by-frame animation tutorial/example code

    - by Trick
    My first question was asked wrong, so I need to ask again :) I found out, that I will have to do an OpenGL animation for my Android game. The closest (known) example is Talking Tom (but I don't know how they did the animations). I have large PNGs which I would like to put into a animation. For example - 30 PNGs 427×240px at 8 FPS. I know some things already about Open GL, but I am used to learn from example code. And it is quicker that way (so I don't need to invent hot water all over again :)). Does anybody has any points to direct me?

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  • Ouya / Android : button mapping bitwise

    - by scorvi
    I am programming a game with the Gameplay3d Engine. But the Android site has no gamepad support and that is what I need to port my game to Ouya. So I implemented a simple gamepad support and it supports 2 gamepads. So my problem is that I put the button stats in a float array for every gamepad. But the Gameplay3d engine saves their stats in a unsigned int _buttons variable. It is set with bitwise operations and I have no clue how to translate my array to this.

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  • Android Live Testing

    - by Matthew Dockerty
    I am making a game for android and in it I am using sensors which are not available in the emulator. At the moment I am connecting my device and transferring the apk, then installing to test but that is a pain to do, and I have gotten to the stage where I need to start logging values for debugging. I have gone into the run configs of my app and set it to prompt me to pick a device, but my device is never in the list when it is connected to my PC and I try to run it. How am I supposed to set it up to work properly? Thanks for the help.

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  • Android/Java AI agent framework/middleware

    - by corneliu
    I am looking for an AI agent framework to use as a starting point in an Android game I have to create for a university research project. It has been suggested to me to use JADE, but, as far as I can tell, it's not a suitable framework for games (at least for my game idea) because it runs in a split-execution mode, and it needs an always-active network connection to a main host. What I want is just a little something to give me a headstart. I am willing to adjust the game's features to the framework because it's more of a mockup game, and the purpose is to compare the performance of a couple of agents in the game world. The game will be very simplistic, with a minimal UI that displays various stats about the characters in the game (so no graphics, no pathfinding). Thank you.

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  • Mobiles : Windows Mobile chute, Android progresse fortement, 100.000 téléphones sous Android seraien

    Mise à jour du 21.05.2010 par Katleen Mobiles : Windows Mobile chute, Android progresse fortement, 100.000 téléphones sous Android seraient vendus chaque jour L'institut Gartner vient de publier les chiffres des ventes de téléphones portables de par le monde, pour le premier trimestre 2010. Les mastodontes du marché que sont Motorola et Sony Ericsson connaissent de mauvais résultats, alors que le canadien RIM (BlackBerry) récolte les fruits d'une croissance positive qui le place en quatrième position derrière les leaders Nokia, Samsung et LG. Du haut de sa première place, Nokia domine toujours largement le marché, même si l'entreprise a subit un léger recul. A sa suite, Samsung gagne e...

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  • What technology or skillset should I learn today in order to be able to charge $250+ / hr in 2-3 years? [closed]

    - by Ryan Waggoner
    I've been doing PHP freelance development for the last 4-5 years and I'm starting to max out my hourly rate. So in 2010 I decided to transition to a new language. I played with Python and Ruby, but ended up settling on iOS, for three reasons: I'm enjoying the challenge of working on a completely different type of development, instead of another flavor of web development The demand seems higher right now than for Ruby or Python I see iOS developers charging $150 - 250 / hr Whether these reasons are right or wrong, I've been learning iOS for the last year and I'm starting to get more work in that field. I feel confident that in six months (barring any major shifts in the ecosystem), I can be billing iOS work at $150 / hr or more. However, I'm feeling that I should have done this earlier, that I've missed the boat, and that iOS development is going to dry up or get much more commoditized. Whether this is true or not isn't really my question (though feel free to comment). What I want to know is: what should I start learning right now so that I can be ahead of the curve in a couple years when the demand is far outstripping supply? What technologies or skillsets are going to be so heavily in demand in 2-3 years that you'll be able to charge $250 / hr or more and stay busy? These don't have to be new technologies either...the answer could be iOS or COBOL or whatever.

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  • Part 4: Development Standards or How to share

    - by volker.eckardt(at)oracle.com
    Although we usually introduce the custom development part in EBS projects as “a small piece only” and “we will avoid as best as possible”, the development effort can be enormous and should therefore be well addressed by project standards. Any additional solution or additional software tool or product shall influence the custom development rules (by adding, removing or replacing sections). It is very common in EBS projects to create a so called “MD.030 Development Standards” document and put everything what’s related to development conventions into it. This document gets approval and will be shared among all developers. Later, additional sections have to be added, and usually the development lead is responsible for doing this. However, sometimes used development techniques are not documented properly, and therefore the development solutions deviate from each other, or from the initially agreed standards. My advice would be the following: keep the MD.030 as a base document, and add a Wiki on top. The “Development Wiki” covers the following: Collect input from every developer without updating the MD.030 directly Collect additional topics that might need further specification Allow a discussion about such topics by reviewing/updating the wiki directly Add also decisions or open questions right into it. In one of my own projects we were using this “Developer Wiki” quite extensive, and my experience is very positive. We had different sections in it, good cross references, but also additional material like code templates, links to external web pages etc. By using this wiki, the development standards became “owned” by the right group of people, the developers. They recognized that information sharing can improve the overall development quality, but will also reduce the workload on individuals. Finally, the wiki was much more accurate and helpful for the daily development work than our initial MD.030, and we all decided to retire the document completely. Summary: Information sharing in the development area is very important! The usual “MD.030 Development Standards“ is a good starting point, but should be combined with a “Development Wiki”, allowing everyone to address and discuss necessary improvements. A well-structured Wiki can replace the document in some sections completely. Side Note: The corresponding task in Oracle OUM (Oracle Unified Method) is DS.050 ‘Determine Design and Build Standards’ Volker

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  • Unity3D Android - Move your character to a specific x position

    - by user3666251
    Im making a new game for android and I wanted to move my character (which is a cube for now) to a specific x location (on top of a flying floor/ground thingy) but I've been having some troubles with it.I've been using this script : var jumpSpeed: float = 3.5; var distToGround: float; function Start(){ // get the distance to ground distToGround = collider.bounds.extents.y; } function IsGrounded(): boolean { return Physics.Raycast(transform.position, -Vector3.up, distToGround + 0.1); } function Update () { // Move the object to the right relative to the camera 1 unit/second. transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime); if (Input.anyKeyDown && IsGrounded()){ rigidbody.velocity.x = jumpSpeed; } } And this is the result (which is not what I want) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj8B6eI4dbE&feature=youtu.be Anyone has any idea how to do this ? Im new in unity and scripting.Im using java btw. Ty.

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  • Ouya / Android : button mapping biwise

    - by scorvi
    I am programming a game with the Gameplay3d Engine. But the Android site has no gamepad support and that is what I need to port my game to Ouya. So I implemented a simple gamepad support and it supports 2 gamepads. So my problem is that I put the button stats in a float array for every gamepad. But the Gameplay3d engine saves their stats in a unsigned int _buttons variable. It is set with bitwise operations and I have no clue how to translate my array to this.

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  • Setting density for Android game

    - by Asghar
    I am developing an Android game, in which a ball (bitmap) translates( is in motion). So I have provided motion equations for the ball. I have checked my app on Samsung galaxy S2 whose actual density is roundly 252 dpi, and It works fine on that. So my question is that Does these motions of bitmaps in surfaceView, depends on actual density of phone( i.e 252 dpi for S2) or generalized density(i.e 240 dpi). I am confused whether if I run this app on 235 dpi smartphone, So will it have the same performance of motion as it is on Galaxy S2( with 252 dpi) or it would be little slow ? Any help will be appreciated.

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  • Converting a WIndows Store App to Android

    - by pm_2
    I cross posted this from SO I'm very new to Xamarin. I have a few published Windows Store apps and want to convert them to Android. I'm attempting to use Xamarin for this. I'm just using the free version of Xamarin. Here's where I am so far: I am trying two apps - one was build with Monogame and one is just build on the WinRT framework. I have managed to get them both into Xamarin studio, basically by hacking the csproj files. I'm getting build errors because it's missing references. There does appear to be some equivalent Mono / .Net4 libraries, but things like Microsoft.Xna.Framework seem to be missing. So, my question is: am I going about this the right way and, if so, am I missing a step ("convert dependencies" or something)? If I'm not going about this the right way then how should I be doing this (I found very few online resources on this subject)?

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  • Android Dynamic 2D Map

    - by Deltharis
    My problem is, I want to create a 2D tiled map. Yes, I know it's been asked a lot. I've seen answers that propose the use of tiled however it only allows (or so it seems to me) to generate static maps that do not change once generated. And I need a large empty uniform space of empty tiles, upon which players may place various buildings (some spanning more than one tile and logically being the same one). How to approach this in Android? Do I make some kind of TableLayout, use arbitrarly large amount of rows and imageviews (with my emptyTile), than somehow work event-based changing of image ids from there? I'd think that only a portion of that map should be visible at a time, but I don't see how scrolling around could be the part of that structure.

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  • Which version of OpenGL for Android?

    - by akadouri
    I've been trying to learn OpenGL ES 2.0 to create a simple 2D game. I bought a book on android development, but after seeing that the author uses his own SDK that implements OpenGL ES 1.0 I decided to just use online tutorials. I've been so lost trying to find out what to use. The Matrices and shaders of 2.0 confuse me and I can't find any tutorial that just explains how to texture map a simple 2D image. Basically: OpenGL ES 1.x or 2.0 for simple 2D with little OpenGL experience If 2.0 Any good tutorials for 2.0, I've found so many for 1.0

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