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How much work would be involved in creating a android application for mahalo ?

I'm curious just how much work would be involved to create a android application for mahalo.
Would it be utilizing standard rss and xml db feeds ? How would the login interface workout ?
Or the twitter and facebook integration for that matter ?
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jammons | 1 year, 7 months ago
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This all sort of depends on how complicated you want to make it. Replicating simple features like reading and answering questions using only text would probably take someone who was familiar with Android development and who has access to our API code about two to three weeks. You then run into issues like you mentioned: do you support all the third party logins? Do you allow embedding of maps and GPS coordinates? How do you make the interface work better for a mobile device?

All in all, my guess would be that someone who knew Java and Android coding could probably write a pretty decent app in a little over a month.

Any volunteers? :)

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jammons | 1 year, 7 months ago Report

Yeah, we've chosen not to upkeep the iphone app. It's a pretty big headache to maintain on top of our existing work, and while I agree it was cool, it fell lower in priority that other features. Also, the whole App Store approval process sucks.

Who knows though? There's a pretty good chance of us bringing back mobile stuff in the future.

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hillo | 1 year, 7 months ago Report

Nice response, interesting question.

And on a similar note...What ever happened to the Mahalo iPhone App? I still have it on my phone but it's marginally functional. At one time I think it was targeted for more local answers, as it has a 'questions near you' option. Does anyone else remember it, still have it on your iPhone? Would you use it? What about an iPad app??

http://technmarketing.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/iphone-app-store2.jpg

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jen2684 | 1 year, 7 months ago
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I know this isn't an answer-----but I think it is an amazing Idea and would download it as soon as it came out!!

Get on it! lol

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