Quiky for Android

After I submitted Quiky for iPhone/iPod Touch for App Review, I started working on Android version.

I already have Android Studio installed and I started from scratch. My first attempt to make WikiList as drawer failed, so I decided to have the same layout as iPhone app, which makes more sense.

Because my only available Android phone is old GSmart Rola with Android 2.2, I decided to go wide and chose API 8. In the future I can always make separate Android 4 version. It's gonna be Holo Light, to comply the iPhone app's design.

I created four activities - WikiList, PageList, PageView and PageEdit, all with RelativeLayout and with Fragments. Then I dragged few controls into them, ListView into WikiList and PageList, WebView into PageView and two EditTexts into PageEdit. Originally I had some buttons there, but I moved them to menu later.

I decided to make first release as soon as possible, even with some bugs here and there, as a motivation. I know Google just scans APKs for malware and publication to Play takes only few hours.

So after it sort of worked, I put android:debuggable="false" into AndroidManifest.xml (it says it shouldn't be hardcoded, but screw it, should be easier) and made signed APK. I don't get why there's no checkbox for debuggable option during creation - I'd assume people make signed APK mostly for the Play. Never mind, version 1.0 was ready and submitted.

I downloaded it and it was OK, but only for the first time. When I tried to launch the app once again, it said "Application not installed on your phone". I figured it was because I had no SD card and I had SD access permission in the Manifest. After I removed it, it worked just fine.

It took me a while before I grabbed the concept of Fragments and now almost all business logic is in PlaceholderFragment classes. I found out Google offers a "standard" set of icons, which is neat. It even allows me to get closer to the iPhone version.

The rest is just Java, which I mastered couple months ago :)