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Re: iPad and Android
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lugnet.cad
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Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:57:17 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).
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> 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.
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> --Travis Cobbs
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
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| (...) I'd be interested, but I should warn you that I'm unsure about the ability of an LDraw viewer to sell 145 copies at $.99 each, which is how many would have to sell to recoup the $100. (If I was highly confident of the market, I'd do it all (...) (14 years ago, 20-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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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 (...) (14 years ago, 16-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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