Hi,
I want to start my own mobile social network an was wondering what the best route would be. I want to save time and money so if there is an existing app out there that can be edited/customized that would be great. I'm looking for a Viber clone somewhat with features and clarity like WhatsApp. Anyone know of such a base platform or app that I can start from?
If there's a programmer on this site who can guide me through this I would be most grateful.
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I've been asked to create an app at work. It's for a membership we sell that gives people access to numerous gyms in the City. The app will do the usual things a website would e.g. be able to list upcoming classes, and details about the different gyms, but it seems to me like this is app would be rather unuseful as all the info I've been asked to put in the app is on our website, and mobile site.
So I'm curious as to what people think would be good to build into the app. I don't personally go to the gym so I'm not sure what features would be of use to people. All I can think of at the moment is a stopwatch/timer for when people are doing activities.
Does anybody else have any ideas that would be good?
Hello xda, as u can see i am new to this site.
I joined because I recently had an idea to make an app that would stream music to my phone. I want anyone to be able to use this app.
Here are my questions tho:
First of all i have no clue where to start. I have seen some ways on how to stream online radio stations, but thats not what i am looking for. I want this app to be like a radio station, but play only certain artist off of my computer. It does not have to be fancy. Im looking for a program to use to develop this app, or insight on how to do it. PLEASE help if anyone understands what i am asking for lol
derrickthaller said:
Hello xda, as u can see i am new to this site.
I joined because I recently had an idea to make an app that would stream music to my phone. I want anyone to be able to use this app.
Here are my questions tho:
First of all i have no clue where to start. I have seen some ways on how to stream online radio stations, but thats not what i am looking for. I want this app to be like a radio station, but play only certain artist off of my computer. It does not have to be fancy. Im looking for a program to use to develop this app, or insight on how to do it. PLEASE help if anyone understands what i am asking for lol
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First things first I would start by learning Java and taking a look at the official Android developer documentation and training. For developing your app the Eclipse IDE and the ADT bundle (Android Development Bundle which includes the Eclipse IDE and Adroid SDK) will include all the tools you need to get started. Once you have worked through writing some basic apps,I would recommend checking out this tutorial on how to make a basic music streaming app. While the tutorial is outdated and uses an outdated version of Android the principles and concepts shown still very much apply today.
I have limited knowledge of Java already, just basics. In that TUT he is using http to stream his music. My question for this is there anyway to not do it via http but rather straight off my hdd or even cloud?? Also I do appreciate you replying so quickly, the TUT you sent is very helpful.
derrickthaller said:
I have limited knowledge of Java already, just basics. In that TUT he is using http to stream his music. My question for this is there anyway to not do it via http but rather straight off my hdd or even cloud?? Also I do appreciate you replying so quickly, the TUT you sent is very helpful.
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What your looking for is something similar to this app here. One way would be to use cloud storage api's for Android such as Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. to stream the music. Directly off your hdd do you run Linux or Windows because you could look into integrating Samba share as a possibility. Also I would recommend then brushing up on your Java knowledge to make your Android programming experience more enjoyably and seamless (Not having to look up new Java things every minute).
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derrickthaller said:
Hello xda, as u can see i am new to this site.
I joined because I recently had an idea to make an app that would stream music to my phone. I want anyone to be able to use this app.
Here are my questions tho:
First of all i have no clue where to start. I have seen some ways on how to stream online radio stations, but thats not what i am looking for. I want this app to be like a radio station, but play only certain artist off of my computer. It does not have to be fancy. Im looking for a program to use to develop this app, or insight on how to do it. PLEASE help if anyone understands what i am asking for lol
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I love your idea, but really love your desire to make it yourself. A tutorial is the best way to learn app creation. When you "walk" thru the process, or learn as you go, you are learning a new skill that you can expand into other avenues.
I have taken app creation to making my website so others can take their great idea and make it into a reality....good luck and have fun!
DLL
website owner
http://easyappcreation.com
As Mobile app developer, I always looking for new ideas, to develop strategy for mobile apps. It is very hard to me as a developer to create app and generate ideas both at same time. I would like to know how would you build ideas for developing apps?
Last night I was google for the solution and found some good posts and like to share with you people but still I am looking for your feedback, how would you develop strategies?
http://blogs.salesforce.com/company/2014/06/mobile-app-strategy.html
http://www.socialhunt.net/blog/building-android-apps/
http://www.inc.com/ss/6-reasons-why-you-need-a-mobile-strategy
Hello Friends,
I am new in this forum and want to ask something from you and also need your guideline for this, I want to develop an app like whatsapp, viber etc. but I have no idea how they works. I have searched on Google and found that whatsapp working on Ejabberd (XMPP) server. This server facilitates instant message transfer between two or many users at any given second. ERLANG is the programming language and Ejabberd is an open source Jabber server written in Erlang language.
But I want to know that if developed app how that will be work like what setup I required for this to run live and users can use 24 x 7 without any disturbance. Do I need to purchase anything like we need to do in website like webhosting, domain etc.
Kindly guide me in details about this. Your answers will be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
RjAnsari said:
Hello Friends,
I am new in this forum and want to ask something from you and also need your guideline for this, I want to develop an app like whatsapp, viber etc. but I have no idea how they works. I have searched on Google and found that whatsapp working on Ejabberd (XMPP) server. This server facilitates instant message transfer between two or many users at any given second. ERLANG is the programming language and Ejabberd is an open source Jabber server written in Erlang language.
But I want to know that if developed app how that will be work like what setup I required for this to run live and users can use 24 x 7 without any disturbance. Do I need to purchase anything like we need to do in website like webhosting, domain etc.
Kindly guide me in details about this. Your answers will be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
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First of all this Question should be in the general section. Hopefully some mods will look into it
And yeah, you need an actual physical server to do this. Only then you can guarantee your customers complete hassle free access to it. Erlang is used in whatsapp because its probably the best language to code for handling large set of real time communication between a very large number of people. Thats why the creators of whatsapp went with Erlang even if its an old language.
As the customers increase your server costs will also go up. All the best. :laugh: :good:
Hey! Its a Idea! But you musst make a lot of monetization for this app! Or you want make this app for your private chats with friends?
Hello Everyone,
Apologies if this is not the correct place to ask this question
I am working on my app building strategy for my running food chain outlet and was wondering how can I utilize the application to monetize my business.
What are the correct ways in which I can make my application better and known to people?
Any suggestions would be acceptable
Thank you
While developing a Mobile Application you must take care of alot of things, that if you are building a Mobile Application is it feasible to build so? Are you getting any revenue after building that specific application?
Here are some mobile app monetization strategies that you should consider while building an application-
1. Use Application Ads to build your customer and subscriber base so that it can help you to increase your mobile app revenue.
2. Use Video promotion and social media promotion for your app to make it popular and known to people
3. Make your app teasers and try to promote them for a better return on investment.
4. Write some engaging content and promote that in order to get some monetisation
These are some useful ways to promote your app and monetize it with a great idea, rest depends upon the type of app you have and what are the consequences of promoting that app.
Restaurant app development and marketing
ashwaryaralhan said:
Hello Everyone,
Apologies if this is not the correct place to ask this question
I am working on my app building strategy for my running food chain outlet and was wondering how can I utilize the application to monetize my business.
What are the correct ways in which I can make my application better and known to people?
Any suggestions would be acceptable
Thank you
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Your question isn't really clear. Are you at the development stage of your mobile app or are you at the marketing stage?
1. You mentioned that you're working on an app building strategy (development) and you want to know how you can use your app to monetize your business.
I can answer this but could you please tell me what purpose your app is going to serve? Like is it a food delivery app?
2. How can you make your app better and increase its awareness (basically? marketing)
Again, could you please specify the main features of your app. There are numerous ways to market your app, the strategy you should adopt depends entirely on your app.
I’m going to answer both of them. In case someone else might be looking for an answer as well.