Android Developer Challenge Now Accepting Submissions

[Dan Morrill]

Hello, Developers!

I'm pleased to announce that the submission form for the first Android Developer Challenge is now available.  For more information, read our blog post here:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/01/rising-to-challenge.html

You can find the actual application page here:
http://code.google.com/android/adc-submit/index.html

And finally, for those of you who just want to see the Terms and Conditions for now:
http://code.google.com/android/adc-submit/tandc.html

Once you visit the submission page, you'll be asked to choose the correct form based on whether you are an individual developer, a team, or representing a company.  All you have to do is choose the correct link, fill out the form, and submit!  If you want or need to resubmit your application, you can feel free to do so up until the March 3rd final deadline.

Good luck, and happy coding!

As a final note -- thanks again for being so patient as we worked through the technical quirks we ran into that delayed us by a day.

- Dan

[PowerGUI]

Hi,Dan
Thanks for your work.
I can not visit the blog:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/01/rising-to-challenge.html
I have try many times,but I failed.can you point out what is wrong
with me?
I am from Beijing China

Thanks and Regards
PowerGUI

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Android Developer Community Forum
http://www.openhandsetalliance.org.cn/bbs/ (Chinese)
http://www.openhandsetalliance.org.cn/bbs/english/ (English)

[Anthony Loeppert]

I don't/can't answer for Dan, but I'm guessing the Great Firewall of
China is getting in the way.

[Shane Isbell]

Woohoo! Double taxation for teams. Nice.

Shane

> >http://www.openhandsetalliance.org.cn/bbs/english/ (English)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[PowerGUI]

Can you put on as a normal webpage?
the other link is ok.

[ahlongxp]

http://code.google.com/android/adc-submit/index.html doesn't work with
Firefox 3 beta 2 for linux.

[Peli]

Dear Dan,

I see that one shall upload one single APK file for submission. I
wonder what is the recommended way of submission if the entry consists
of more than one APK file, e.g. small applications that communicate
via Intents or ContentProviders? Shall one submit each APK separately,
with the note that certain entries have to be used together, or shall
one pack all applications (as JARs) into one big APK file for the
purpose of the competition, even if this breaks the original design
approach of modularity? Or can one upload a ZIP file containing
several APKs?

Another question: How shall one upload in case the application depends
crucially on a mock provider on a local PC via TCP/IP for
functionality that is expected to be available in future versions of
Android, e.g. to provide a live camera stream, speech recognition, or
a mock accelerometer/compass/gyroscope via mouse movement? Can one
provide the PC part of the application as a ZIP file, or shall one
point to a publicly available download site?

Regards,
Peli

[JoeFlux]

Good question. I have a similar combination of application as
mentioned by Peli. Can I combine all my apps in one ZIP file and
explain the dependencies in the README?

[Dan Morrill]

That's a great question.  We hadn't actually considered that.

Given that currently the multi-apk stuff is still in flux a little bit, I'd definitely suggest combining into a single .zip and putting a note in the documentation file you submit.

- Dan

On Jan 4, 2008 3:06 PM, JoeFlux <sund...@gmail.com> wrote:

Good question. I have a similar combination of application as
mentioned by Peli. Can I combine all my apps in one ZIP file and
explain the dependencies in the README?

[PowerGUI]

Hi,Dan
Can I mixed Java and C/C++ code in my project?
maybe all the c/c++ code can be just a library along with the apk.
look forward to your answers.-:)

[ethan.va...@gmail.com]

I believe it's just Java. It's mentioned in both the FAQ(the native
code question, aproximately #13) and Terms and conditions under
"submission eligibility".

[Shane Isbell]

That's harsh. I'm working on an SDK developer tool in C#, as there are no open-source Java libraries that I can use for accessing comm and usb ports. I guess I won't be entering that one.

 

Shane

[Dan U.]

Shane,

I haven't used these, but they may be of interest:
http://jusb.sourceforge.net/
http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=43208d3d

On Jan 4, 7:57 pm, "Shane Isbell" <shane.isb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's harsh. I'm working on an SDK developer tool in C#, as there are no
> open-source Java libraries that I can use for accessing comm and usb ports.
> I guess I won't be entering that one.
>
> Shane
>

> On Jan 4, 2008 7:12 PM, ethan.vandenb...@gmail.com <

>
> ethan.vandenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I believe it's just Java. It's mentioned in both the FAQ(the native
> > code question, aproximately #13) and Terms and conditions under
> > "submission eligibility".
>
> > On Jan 4, 7:22 pm, PowerGUI <powergui...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,Dan
> > > Can I mixed Java and C/C++ code in my project?
> > > maybe all the c/c++ code can be just a library along with the apk.
> > > look forward to your answers.-:)
>
> > > Thanks and Regards
> > > PowerGUI
> > > ---------------------------------------------
> > > Android Developer Community

> > Forumhttp://www.openhandsetalliance.org.cn/bbs/(Chinese)http://www.openhan...)

[Shane Isbell]

Thanks Dan. I should have read the FAQ before doing any work. I suppose I could just go with USB connections, as they are rather the standard on devices these days.

 

Shane

[ethan.va...@gmail.com]

Depending on what you plan on doing, some of these may be useful.

android.os.Environment //Informs you about the state of external
media
android.os.IUsb //allows you to manage usb attached devices
android.Content.Intent //There are several USB related activites
android.provider.Settings.System //Tells you if USB storage is enabled

On Jan 5, 12:08 am, "Shane Isbell" <shane.isb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Dan. I should have read the FAQ before doing any work. I suppose I
> could just go with USB connections, as they are rather the standard on
> devices these days.
>
> Shane
>

[PowerGUI]

Yes,I have noticed that before.and I have finished translating the
Terms and conditions into chinese version.
But if we can use some c/c++ code,maybe we can bring more
excited featured on the Android platform.Usb is just one example.
maybe other people have other requirments
I will fell a little regret if we can not use c/c++ code along with
java code.
does android team agree to use c/c++ code to write library?

Regards
PowerGUI

[Metin]

Hello,

why is the March 3rd final deadline?
We are 16 students(computer science) and we have next semester our
practical project to practice programming in a group.
We have a good idea and we are interested to submission to the
Developer Challenge. But we are starting programming at march and
finisching that of the end of April. Why we can not join this
Developer Challenge in the second step? We don't need the money from
the first step. But without the chance to win a award there is no
matter to effort this project.

Metin

[baker]

Well I'm glad I finally worked out why I couldn't submit the
submission! Who could have expected a bunch of android developers
would be running Firefox 3 :-)

Cheers,
Craig

On Jan 4, 1:04 pm, ahlongxp <ahlon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://code.google.com/android/adc-submit/index.htmldoesn't work with

[aetmos]

Google,

You all should really put some sort of a note on the submission page
that it doesn't work with Firefox 2 or 3 (haven't tried 1, I guess).
I'd been wondering when the submission page was going to work, as it
just shows up blank for me, and found this morning that it does work
in Internet Explorer. What developer uses IE as their primary browser
these days, anyway? ;-)

Tom

[Dan Morrill]

Hi, Tom!  I'm sorry you're having problems.

We've tested the submission app in Firefox 2 on Mac, Windows, and Linux, and had no problems.  You're correct that it doesn't work with the current Firefox 3 betas (due to backward-compatibility bugs in Firefox.)

Would you create a new, clean profile in Firefox 2 and try it again?  If you are still having problems, please send along the specific versions of Firefox and Windows that you're using.

Thanks!

- Dan

[aetmos]

Hi Dan,

You're right. Sorry about that. I could swear I had the same problem
in Firefox 2, but it seems to be working for me now. Weird.

Thanks,
Tom

On Jan 28, 4:09 pm, "Dan Morrill" <morri...@google.com> wrote:
> Hi, Tom!  I'm sorry you're having problems.
>
> We've tested the submission app in Firefox 2 on Mac, Windows, and Linux, and
> had no problems.  You're correct that it doesn't work with the current
> Firefox 3 betas (due to backward-compatibility bugs in Firefox.)
>
> Would you create a new, clean profile in Firefox 2 and try it again?  If you
> are still having problems, please send along the specific versions of
> Firefox and Windows that you're using.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Dan
>

[kurosh]

Hi Dan,

I have put the .apk in a zip file and the documentation in another zip
file, as you suggested earlier. I have tried to submit the
application several times but keep getting a 'page not found' error
when I click on submit. I have tried through dial up and cable, on Win
98 and on Win XP but just can't seem to get through.
Is there any other way I can submit my app.? Please assist.

Regards.

kurosh

On Jan 29, 8:49 pm, aetmos <googlegro...@gersic.com> wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> You're right. Sorry about that. I could swear I had the same problem
> in Firefox 2, but it seems to be working for me now. Weird.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> On Jan 28, 4:09 pm, "Dan Morrill" <morri...@google.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi, Tom!  I'm sorry you're having problems.
>

> > We've tested thesubmissionapp in Firefox 2 on Mac, Windows, and Linux, and

> > had no problems.  You're correct that it doesn't work with the current
> > Firefox 3 betas (due to backward-compatibility bugs in Firefox.)
>
> > Would you create a new, clean profile in Firefox 2 and try it again?  If you
> > are still having problems, please send along the specific versions of
> > Firefox and Windows that you're using.
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > - Dan
>
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 6:31 PM, aetmos <googlegro...@gersic.com> wrote:
>
> > > Google,
>
> > > You all should really put some sort of a note on thesubmissionpage
> > > that it doesn't work with Firefox 2 or 3 (haven't tried 1, I guess).

> > > I'd been wondering when thesubmissionpage was going to work, as it

> > > just shows up blank for me, and found this morning that it does work
> > > in Internet Explorer. What developer uses IE as their primary browser
> > > these days, anyway? ;-)
>
> > > Tom
>
> > > On Jan 20, 4:22 am, baker <craigbba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Well I'm glad I finally worked out why I couldn't submit the
> > > >submission! Who could have expected a bunch of android developers

> > > > would be running Firefox 3 :-)- Hide quoted text -

[kurosh]

Well, I finally got through and submitted. Looks like some submarine
cables were down on my end. ISP problem.

kurosh

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[jsy...@gmail.com]

Dan,
After successful submission do we get any e-mail notification or
submission id?

Jitendra

[Wesley Sagittarius]

Poor Submission apk System for Android Challenge

Where to check I got submit my apk successful or not???
How can I resubmit a??? need fill in alll the stuff again when
resubmit???
How can I make sure my apk is successful submited??? or did I mistype
any of my information???
if I resubmit my apk, and I forgot what email address that I put
how????
if I mistype some of my information how???
if I want to check my last submit is when, how can I do so???

can google/android provide a web site for those challenger to check
his/her
account information on... detail for profile, application
submission log, or etc...
what I mean is can google provide a site for those challenger to edit,
or update profile those submission...

Coz just a page of "successful submitted"...
just make me feel so faint... seem like no one taking this issue or
this challenge seriously...

I hope u can improve d submission system...

Please take note...

Regard,
Wesley Sagittarius

On Jan 4, 9:08 am, "Dan Morrill" <morri...@google.com> wrote: