Evothings

Hi all,
i just bought a TI CC2541 and i wanna make some little projetc. I'm totally noob of android develop (a little about other things) so looking around in internet i find this site.

My question is: is Evothings the right solution for me? i need to make an android WIDGET to show some data from ti sensors, nothing really difficult i think but i see many post about applications but none about widget.

so, please do not shoot me,tell me if is ok for this 1st idea.

thanks

marco

Hi marco,

I can't say if it is right for you but I chose to use Evothings because I am a front end web developer and wanted to create IoT solutions for android and iOS using HTML, CSS and Javascript. Once I figured out how to use Workbench on the desktop with the Evothings Client my handheld devices I was able to do what I wanted with a ble device.

Thanks,

robertg

Hi robertg,
thanks for your support, but my 1st problem is if Evothing may be correct for a widget project. what did you think about?

Hi marco,

For my project I have a sensor film connected to an RedBearLab Blend. I started my project using http://evothings.com/arduino-ble-quick-walk-through/ and then modified it to read analog input from the sensor film. I am using those values to determine what to display on the phone. I am also reading the rssi value of the Blend.

http://www.adafruit.com/products/1917
http://redbearlab.com/blend/

This might be a good place for you to start:
http://evothings.com/quick-guide-to-making-a-mobile-app-for-the-ti-sensortag-using-javascript/

robertg

If I understand correctly, Marco is asking if Evothings can build an Android widget as well as an app. The difference is that an app simply has a static icon with which you can launch the app, but a widget has an icon that can show some dynamic content such as weather, battery level etc. I will let the Evothings guys speak about it, but I don't think the difference is as trivial as it might first seem.

Ahh, that makes sense Don. The front end web developer in me didn't make that distinction. Thanks!

As pointed out an Android widget is currently not possible to build using Cordova/JavaScript. You would need to create a native Android widget (in Java) was far as I know. One day perhaps this will be possible, depending on how Google evolves Android development tools.
Best regards, Mikael