Friday, February 18, 2011

A Tribute!!!

Paying a tribute to Pratik Dehane (B.M.S). You are in our hearts brother and we miss you often.
I still remember the charm and sharpness you had but GOD had some different plans for you..
Miss you always brother


Thursday, February 17, 2011

Android Animation

Hello Fellows!!!
First of all, as per the previous post I will be showing the way I did all that stuff.

Note: You must have android-sdk installed and it should be updated and run successfully in eclipse.
          Google and even I prefer eclipse GYNAMEDE to develop Android Applications

In eclipse New--->Android Project--->Name your project with a proper package name.
Now you will be having a activity class generated just copy and the paste the code mentioned below:

My Activity

public class DeveloperAnimate extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
View me,me1,me2,me3=null;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        me=(View)findViewById(R.id.View01);
        me1=(View)findViewById(R.id.View02);
        me2=(View)findViewById(R.id.View03);
        me3=(View)findViewById(R.id.View04);
        Animation a = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.try1);
a.reset();
Animation b=AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.try2);
b.reset();
Animation c=AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.try3);
c.reset();
Animation d=AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.try4);
d.reset();
me=(View)findViewById(R.id.View01);
   me1=(View)findViewById(R.id.View02);
   me2=(View)findViewById(R.id.View03);
   me3=(View)findViewById(R.id.View04);
   me.clearAnimation();
   me1.clearAnimation();
   me2.clearAnimation();
   me3.clearAnimation();
   me.startAnimation(a);
   me1.startAnimation(b);
   me2.startAnimation(c);
   me3.startAnimation(d);
   final int display=6000;
   Thread splash=new Thread()
   {
      int wait=0;
      public void run()
      {
      try{
      super.run();
      while(wait<display)
      {
      sleep(100);
      wait+=100;
      }
        }catch(Exception e)
        {
       
        }finally
        {
        startActivity(new Intent(DeveloperAnimate.this,MenuScreen.class));
        finish();
        }
        }
       
       };
       splash.start();
   
      }



Now the layout i.e. main.xml



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView  
android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
android:id="@+id/image"
android:src="@drawable/tryfinal"
    />
</LinearLayout>   




<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<View 
android:id="@+id/View02" 
android:layout_width="2dip"     
android:layout_height="400dip" 
android:background="#2B497B"
android:visibility="invisible"
android:paddingLeft="250dip"
android:layout_marginLeft="230dip">
  </View>
</LinearLayout>


<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<View 
android:id="@+id/View01" 
android:layout_width="2dip"     
android:layout_height="325dip" 
android:visibility="invisible"
android:background="#2B497B"
android:paddingLeft="50dip"
android:layout_marginLeft="85dip">
  </View>
 </LinearLayout>


 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<View 
android:id="@+id/View03" 
android:layout_width="300dip"     
android:layout_height="3dip" 
android:visibility="invisible"
android:background="#2B497B"
android:paddingLeft="50dip"
android:layout_marginTop="90dip">
  </View>
 </LinearLayout>


  <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<View 
android:id="@+id/View04" 
android:layout_width="300dip"     
android:layout_height="3dip" 
android:visibility="invisible"
android:background="#2B497B"
android:paddingLeft="50dip"
android:layout_marginTop="195dip"
>
  </View>
 </LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>


Now the animation files i.e. try1.xml,try2.xml,try3.xml,try4.xml i.e. 4 lines which I have animated I will be posting one of them because others are quite similar.
Note: These are the animation files. Therefore there is a different way of creating the animation XML
New-->Android XML-->select Animation from the appeared dialog box 



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_interpolator">
 <translate 
    android:fromXDelta="-600" 
    android:toXDelta="50" 
    android:duration="900" />
       <alpha    
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    
android:fromAlpha="1.0"    
android:toAlpha="0.0"    
android:duration="3000" /> 
</set>


Define the Animation i.e. four files and run the project you will see the result.
Again need suggestions guys....

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Secret Revealed

So, day to day before yesterday I was thinking regarding how should my application look like as it is a Game i.e. my FYP (Tic-Roid). It is an Bluetooth based multiplayer game for Android devices.
Previously I was thinking to name it as "Tic-Tac-Troid", Thanx to Suresh Sir as he suggested me this name "Tic-Roid". Though I was in favour of naming it as "Tic-Roid", superstitious Suresh Sir was another reason for being in favour of his suggestion.
Seriously, things are going well after renaming my application. I am also posting some screenshots of my application as I need reviews.

Animated Screen

Splash Screen

So guys kindly provide your reviews regarding the look and feel of the Splash screen. Though I have developed some of my application I will be sharing it in future posts. That's it for this post. :)

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Greetings Fellows......
With a time span of around 100 days remaining at APIIT, a thought appeared in my mind
i.e. to start a blog with a purpose which you all will come to know after going through the blog.
Frankly speaking, someone ideally inspired me to write this blog.

At present this blog is about something which I have been working on since three months i.e. "Android".
Ahhhhh!!! I am speechless. The features I see while working on it are awesome.

Multimedia being my graduation specialization has made me hear about Flash, 3Ds MAX, Maya etc. and some of among them I have worked on even. Three days before while working on Android I was visiting some of the blogs "Android & Amir" & "SaiGeetha" etc. and once again Android surprised me.
I will be sharing it with you all as soon as possible.....