James' Tumblr

Englishman attempting the American dream building android apps

[jimmithy]

Hey tumblr, it's been a while since we last spoke.

I've built some apps.

Wrote a couple articles.

Got a new job.

Hope you're doing well

Edit: It's been over 10 years, some of my previous posts here are not a reflection of who I am now and are frankly very cringe.

[jimmithy]

What did you do to trap detector?? It was the first app I installed on my first Android device and the first on every device since then. But then I get a new device today and it's gone! Gone I tell you! Please bring it back!!

Unfortunately with the release of Star Wars Rogue One and General Ackbar’s excellent standout performance, copyright takedown notices were issued and the application was removed from the store.

[jimmithy]

I grew up a little and purchased a domain name.

[jimmithy]

Last week I saw this post on /r/whoadude about an app called Amaziograph and was impressed in the comments as someone threw together a javascript version within a few hours.

Easily tempted as ever, I spent a few nights since then coming up with an android version of ‘Digital Doily’. The app lets you draw lines which are then replicated in a circle so you can create interesting and unique pieces of art.

Download Now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamesob.doily

[jimmithy]

I spent my Thursday evening making another silly app.

Add text and an image to generate your own version of Kanye West's The Life of Pablo album cover.

Download Now:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamesob.tlop

[jimmithy]

A video of a puddle?

[jimmithy]

This weekend I was browsing Casey Neistat's vlogs and it got me thinking about his latest app Beme. Beme is a social network based around the idea of everything that is put online is personally curated, edited out of context, and not a true representation of the user. His app doesn't allow the reviewing of content before the video is posted. Think snapchat stories without being able to cancel or doodle on what you’ve just recorded.

The implementation was especially interesting to me. The trick of the app is that they use the proximity sensor on the front of the phone to identify when the screen is covered and when to enable the camera. They currently only have an iOS app, so I wondered if it was possible on Android... 

Introducing: Proximity Camera

This proof of concept app came out of an evening hackathon supported by Triumph Brewery's Zitronenweizen. I think I pulled off the concept quite well, and while it is a bit rough and ready, it was a good excuse to play with the Camera APIs and design support library. Many thanks to Casey for the prompt, StackOverflow for debugging, and Roman Nurik’s assets generators for the lazy graphics.

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to try and release more apps just to expand my knowledge and test myself, hopefully I’ll manage to get another one out by the end of the year.

[misstoothbrush]

Whoever at staff wrote this deserves a raise tbh

[thenextweb]

[lolnein]

CD vs Floppy Disk

[iguanamouth]

You should draw a puma wearing puma shoes.

[bongbabu420]

#ui  | http://navchatterji.com/diary/828 

[jimmithy]

How super villains are born.

[marketr]

In sports: We couldn’t figure out how Champions League scoring works but FC Barcelona was trending so maybe they’re ahead.

[jimmithy]

Hate to be that guy, but if we’re talking about trending this week, FCB actually stands for FC Bayern München. A German club who beat the Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk 7 - 0 in the Champions League on Wednesday. FC Barcelona play against Manchester City in the Champions League next week.

[jimmithy]

False Advertising (at Giant Food Store)

[bryan]

😍

[jimmithy]

*Takes Notes*

[foxsoccer]

Moyes working the crowd. (Image: @AlecAtherton)

It’s safe to say David Moyes’ time at Real Sociedad has been pretty eventful so far.

In just a couple of months, the former Everton and Manchester United manager has pulled the club up from 15th to 12th in La Liga, famously beating Barcelona...