Is evothings right for me ?

[marcottt]

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

[Attacking3rd]

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

[marcottt]

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?

[Attacking3rd]

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

[DonPancoe]

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.

[Attacking3rd]

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

[micke]

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