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Re: iPad and Android
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Date: 
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:09:52 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote:
In lugnet.cad, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
Does anyone know of any efforts to build an LDraw display app for the iPad or
any Android system?

Not that I'm aware of.  The biggest issue I can think of is how to handle the
library.  I think the best way would be to convert it to a binary format and
update the app every time a new parts update is released.

I own a 4th-gen iPod Touch, and I even have an iPad at work, so I've considered
it. I think it could be done for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch.  In fact, I could
see a pared-down LDView running there quite happily.  The library could be a
simple zip file (either unzipped during the first run or simply left in zip
format depending on how that performed).

However, publishing such an app would require somebody to spend $100 per year on
an iOS developer account, and I'm not personally willing to do that.

--Travis Cobbs



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  Re: iPad and Android
 
(...) A simple zip file also makes sense for Android. I believe that SDK uses java, and the .jar files used by java apps are really just .zip files with a different file extension. (...) Yeah, maybe it makes more sense to try and push the Bricasso (...) (13 years ago, 17-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: iPad and Android
 
(...) This is an issue I considered during my brief fling with a Java-based LDraw web viewer: (URL) I own a 4th-gen iPod Touch, and I even have an iPad at work, so I've considered (...) That would be really neat. Having a static library (e.g. (...) (13 years ago, 17-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: iPad and Android
 
(...) I'd be willing to front the iOS developer fee in partnership with someone, but I really don't want to have to learn how to program... Anyone interested? We could charge a buck for the finished app to get back the developer fee... Paul (13 years ago, 18-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: iPad and Android
 
(...) A friend of mine has written just three super cheesy apps and has more than re-cooped the fee. Might be worth it. Scott W. (13 years ago, 23-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: iPad and Android
 
(...) Not that I'm aware of. The biggest issue I can think of is how to handle the library. I think the best way would be to convert it to a binary format and update the app every time a new parts update is released. -Orion (13 years ago, 16-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)

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