Beryl Project

Beryl has been posted on Google Code for some time now. The goal was to provide an extension to the regular Android SDK for useful things that developers would need.

Today, I've made it so that the project is available in jar format for a few of the well built apis. A few of my apps have started to use the code from Beryl. My Location now now using the code that simplifies how location providers can work together to get more responsive and reliable location data.

Like many of the published apps Beryl is an open source project. Beryl is not available on the Android Market since it is not an app. It is intended for developers only. Anyone can contribute or use the API under the New BSD license terms.

NOTE: A lot of the code is not fully documented and other parts are not finalized.

http://code.google.com/p/android-beryl/

API Documentation: http://android-beryl.googlecode.com/hg/api/index.html

Wifi On Call

On networks like Verizon and Sprint, any time you make a phone call you lose your 3g connection. This can be annoying sometimes but with the ubiquity of Wifi hotspots it isn't so bad. Today I am launch a new app called "Wifi on Call" which automatically enables wifi when you are on a phone call and you lose your 3g connection. Wifi will be turned off when you hang up the phone.

Scan this QR code with your phone or tap it on your phone to download.

Lock Screen Switch Widget 3.0

The Lock Screen Switch Widget has been updated.

This version should hopefully end (almost) all the random failures of the widget. It also features a new icon.

Thoughts on the Notification Icon
So this new version solve the random re-enabling of the lock screen by putting a notification icon in the status bar. This is a requirement by Android that if a service isn't supposed to be killed it has so show some sort of visual indicator that it's still running and doing something important. The notification icon is the only want to get this to work.

Unfortunately, this looks ugly for some people. I did consider that when making the fix but I think there are plenty of (broken) alternatives out there that don't do this.

Issues:
https://code.google.com/p/futonic-lockscreenswitchwidget/issues/list
Source Code:
 https://code.google.com/p/futonic-lockscreenswitchwidget/source/browse/

My Location 4.0

My Location 4.0 has been released.

New Features:

• Cleaner Icon
• More reliable location.
• Improved French Translation

The most visible feature is a new icon. It's a little rough but I don't have the money for Photoshop and I'm not a graphic person. Anyone wanting to contribute can since this is an open source project. :)