ALL the libries in B4A are mostly produced by the community and there are reams of them. Camera, FTP, SQL Server, MySQL
Example community forum for updates http://www.basic4ppc.com/android/forum/forums/additional-libraries-classes-and-official-updates.29/ A full list of all supported libraries http://www.basic4ppc.com/android/wiki/index.php/Libraries You can download the demo system but it doesn't really allow you to build anything as you can only use the base core libraries (none of the above) which limits you somewhat. But it will give you an idea and the cost is minimal for the full dev system. The setup tutorials are good and if you need any assistance just shout! Full camera support is available and in my stock take system you can take pictures of items that you can't identify, send them up to the server for further analysis. There is a signature recognition library available as well but I haven't tried any of it yet and printing of screens etc can be done in many ways as well as emailing via either pop3/smtp or with a google gmail library. Data access is done via sqlite on the Android. The only drawback is that it is only Android based, so no iPad or windows 8 apps but to be quite honest, all the dev systems like MobiForm that I have tried really creak at the seams when you are doing anything other than simple form based work. In effect you just have a simple card index using mobiform. The best Apple and Android dev system that I have used is Appcelerator Titanium. A great open source system (Titanium Desktop) but it does take more getting into as it is really biased towards the lower level Apple "Objective-C" style of programming with it's style of framework even though it is in fact based on Java. Note there really is a reason to call it "Objective" lol! Best of luck! Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Brown Sent: 22 August 2013 11:44 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [OT] Anyone used Mobiforms smartphone rad ? Hi Dave Thanks. B4A looks really cool. I've been trying to get Eclipse working without success. The emulator refuses to load, Wasted days on this which is real disappointment. Not sure if the processor or ram is enough for Eclipse. Have you had any similar problems with B4A? The initial request from the client is an android only application for their field service engineers. The FSE will fill in a form, take some pictures and get the customer to sign on screen. Signatures will store this against the job either by emailing or later downloading. Everything from the Android app will be sent back to the office for processing in the VFP app, I'll need to print the signature at some point so would need to be image file rather than points. Does B4A allow you to manage the camera e.g. take pictures, save or email them? Also capture a signature? I often work with an IT chap who is looking for business apps on all three platforms. Mobiforms infers you write once and can deploy to Android, IPhone and Windows mobile. Just thinking as a solution that asks a dozen or so questions, fill in some notes, take a few pictures and collect a signature possibly Mobiforms may be able to do that across platforms? In your opinion does Mobiforms do what it says on the tin just not in a feature rich way? I'd be interested to see some screenshots of things you've created if you are ok to share. Graham at compsys dot co dot uk or info at Cheers Graham -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: 22 August 2013 10:16 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [OT] Anyone used Mobiforms smartphone rad ? Graham, Forget it, it is completely crap. I spent a few days evaluating it and it is just not flexible enough. If you are looking at Android development then instead look at Basic4Android. Absolutely excellent and the full dev system is only £40 UK money. I rewrote our old Microsoft PDA complete stock take system on it in 3 days from scratch, linked it into our wifi system for data transfer and then interfaced it into VFP. All on £80 tablets and I have run the app unchanged on a complete range from smartphones to 10" tabs. I have nothing but praise for it, forget that it is called basic as it has all the oops bits in there with classes, etc. and a really strong user group and once over the initial strangeness of writing Android apps with all the "screen states" you need to understand about it's an easy learn from VFP. If you want any more details then drop me an email as I can also get it for you at a reduced price. Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Brown Sent: 22 August 2013 09:27 To: ProFox Email List Subject: [OT] Anyone used Mobiforms smartphone rad ? Hi Has anyone come across Mobiforms? I have a vfp8 project, the customer wants an Android based front end on a smartphone. The Eclipse/ADT route looks like a complete nightmare, mobiforms says it is a RAD environment for Android, Windows Phone and Iphone. Sounds too good to be true... If anybody has come across this product I'd appreciate any comments. Cheers Graham --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
