This is an open source pedometer application for Android phones that do not have the hardware step detector built in. Another feature of this application is that the steps count can be beamed to your Android wearable device by clicking on the 'Watch' button. The count will be displayed and updated in real-time on the watch.
TODO:
- Check accuracy of pedometer by comparing with FitBit
This is an open source flash cards application to aid with learning. I personally built this app to help me with exam prep. The cards can be created easily using a simple text editor on your computer. The format is JSON, as shown below. It consists of a deck JSON object that contains the title of the deck of cards. The cards are represented as a JSON array and each card is a JSON object consisting of a question, a hint and an answer. The strings in the card can be formatted using HTML tags.
{
"deck":
{
"title": "Barron's GRE Vocab 01"
},
"cards":
[
{
"question": "Baleful (adjective)",
"hint": "Context clue: a baleful glance",
"answer": "Deadly; having a malign influence; ominous<p>Context sentence: a baleful glance</p>"
},
{
"question": "Two synonyms for baleful",
"hint": "Think cancer tumour that is harmful; also think something really bad that is about to happen",
"answer": "Malignant, Ominous"
},
{
"question": "Antipathy (noun)",
"hint": "Context clue: Natural antipathy of cats and dogs",
"answer": "Habitual aversion; intense dislike; natural repugnance; hatred<p>Anti means against; path means feeling</p>"
},
{
"question": "Analogy: <p>SOLICITOUS : CONCERN :: HOSTILE : __________</p>",
"hint": "Think of strong dislike or hatred",
"answer": "ANTIPATHY<p>Somone solicitous or caring demonstrates concern</p>"
},
{
"question": "Macabre (adjective)",
"hint": "Context clue: a macabre ending",
"answer": "gruesome and horrifying, ghastly; representing death<p>Pronounciation: muh-kah-bruh</p>"
}
]
}Once these cards are created, they have to be copied into the FlashCards folder on the SD storage of the device. When the app is opened on the device, it processes all the JSON files and persists each deck into an SQLite database.
The following screenshots show how the JSON file is processed and displayed in the Android app. The cards in the deck are randomised every time the deck is opened.
TODO:
- Implement the Leitner system to improve how the cards are displayed
This is an open source remote controller application for the VLC media player. It consists of a desktop app that interfaces with VLC on your PC, and an Android app that acts as the controller.
This Java desktop app runs on your PC and acts as the middleman between the controller and VLC. The app does all the hard work of setting VLC up and also provides additional features for the Android app, as detailed below. At the moment, this app is currently supported only on Windows.
It listens on TCP port 1309 for connections from the client. The connection is secured using a password so that it does not allow any client to connect to the server. The server supports only one client to connect at a time. Once a client connects on port 1309, the server attempts to connect to the client on TCP port 2005 to establish a two-way link.
The server supports the following queries from the client:
- Launch / Quit VLC (see VLCControl.java)
- Play / Pause / Next / Previous / Vol Up / Vol Down / Full Screen (see VLCControl.java)
- Get Media List (see RCServer.java)
- The following file formats are supported: avi, asf, wmv, wma, mp4, mp3, mov, 3gp, ogg, ogm, mkv, rm, wav, flac, flv, mxf
- By default, the entire hard disk is scanned but the user can set a specific folder to save time
The connection with VLC is made on TCP port 1005.
The client app is a simple remote controller. It allows the user to connect to the server using the power button. A list of the media files on the PC can be obtained and specific files can be chosen for playback on VLC. This app is currently a work in progress.
The MIT License (MIT)