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Re: iPad and Android
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:18:22 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> 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.
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> 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).
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.
> 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.
Yeah, maybe it makes more sense to try and push the Bricasso app author
toward some sort of compatibility with ldraw.
Have fun,
Don
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| (...) 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 (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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