LVP Mobile

[Russell]

Hi there,

I'd like to extend Las Venturas Playground's range a bit by creating a mobile application, initially for Android, later (?) to be ported to iOS. To limit the scope, I would like to begin with phones rather than tablets, as these require a completely different user interface.

Requirements

• It needs to run on Android Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich.
  
• Features the ability to log in to the application with the player's in-game account.
  
• Features a convenient interface giving access to:
  •   [li]Currently online players
     
  • The player's own profile information
     
  • Management, Staff and Player lists
     
  • Player profiles
    
  [/li]
  

This seems feasible for the first version. A later update could include notifications for when a certain player enters the server, integration with the forum (messages, posts/topics), and probably even chatting in-game through your mobile phone.

APIs for player information exist already:
http://sa-mp.nl/players/4/estroe.xml

Though I'd prefer to have these available in JSON. An API for online players also exists, the only APIs which would have to be added for the first version are logging in and player lists. Since that functionality already exists on the website, porting it wouldn't be hard.

The programming language used will be Java. The following things will have to happen in the planning phase:

• Working on design mock-ups for the application (Russell).
  
• Working out the mock-ups in LVP's style, while also keeping Android designs into account (??).
  
• Create a plan for the Java file architecture (??).
  
• Creating some tools to easily compile the Java files and create an APK (??).
  

Who's interested in helping out?

[Sander]

I can test apps, thats also needed
No devz0r, thus no help in that part.

[Badeend]

I can help with the graphics.
Perhaps I could also help out with the development of the iOS version, I first need a development environment though. I've been interested in iOS development for a while now, I just didn't have any ideas for an app :p

[Russell]

I can help with the graphics.
Perhaps I could also help out with the development of the iOS version, I first need a development environment though. I've been interested in iOS development for a while now, I just didn't have any ideas for an app :p

Same, I'd gladly help working on an iOS version as well, though my Objective C is far worse than my Java

[MrBondt]

• Creating some tools to easily compile the Java files and create an APK (??).
  

Eclipse with the ADT plugin and you're ready to go.

[MacSto]

I can test the iOS apps, if only I had the knowledge I would have been happy to help.

[Russell]

Cool. To share a quick wireframe with you of the homepage, see the attachments. Thoughts?

[Sander]

Not bad for a first mock up 61 players, we wish!
I would like to see more "LVP" orange in it, since this doesn't "feel" LVP-ish, although this is just an quick mock up.

Also some extra idea's: it wouldn't be to bad if we can embed the website news and/or twitter posts in the app.
Just the title of the news, maybe the first x words/letters, and a link to the newspost itself.

[Russell]

Please mind that this is a wireframe-ish image, not a mock. Lack of colors is expected.

[Holsje]

Not sure if you're planning on actually doing this but:

I would love to help out with the developing when I'm done with my current app. (Develop for Android though, screw apple, have no apple shit don't want no apple shit and I hate those slow virtual cr@p)