[chirp_users] CHIRP for Android?

[Milton Hywatt]

In my early Android days I did a lot of data mining Using Google for any 
information I could get my hands on. I guess if you are lucky to find people
that know and program both PyGTK and the Android GUI would be a good start. 
Like mentioned before the actual guts of the program that moves, collects and 
organizes the data portion would probably have no trouble in Android. It's just the GUI
that would have to be redone. As far as steering you a little closer taking some of 
the research work out I'm not your man. However one of the Chirp coders named Jens
seemed to be fairly familiar with some different tools out there that could help with
a GUI conversion. Might keep watching this topic and see if he chimes in. It's been
discussed in the past 3 months or so. 




________________________________
 From: Rich Barstow <kc1bhr at barstow.cx>
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Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2014 12:44 PM
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Thanks to all for the responses.  

Q: Where would be the place to start discussion around an Android effort?

Based on the comments in the linked Feature #1369, Android is not in scope or on the roadmap for the existing development team.  It sounds as if the existing code base could be forked for the new platform, based on the existing separation between the driver/radio/clone logic and UI. The fact that there is a commandline tool (even if very neglected) may provide an additional starting point.


Ideally, I'd like a new community of developers (I have some in mind) to support such an effort, so as to not add work to the existing devs. At the same time, there's a tremendous amount of knowledge the existing team has developed, and I'd like to leverage as much of that as is reasonable.

Disclaimer: I'm not a developer (I've done it, and I know what I'm not good at). Scripting and admin-type work, or project management, that I can do. 





On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 12:30 PM, John LaMartina <JohnLa at usa.net> wrote:

I agree with Milt.
>I blew the dust off my wife’s old Asus Netbook.
>Great for field programming with CHIRP
>
>John K3NXU
>http://www.miklor.com
>
>
> 
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>From:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Milton Hywatt
>Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 11:43 AM
>To: Discussion of CHIRP
>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP for Android?
> 
>Chirp works well on my 10" Dell Netbook 
>and Windows XP all on a 7.5 gigabyte solid 
>state hard drive. I picked mine up used for $75.
>off Ebay. I use a USB mouse and keyboard if
>I need a little bigger keyboard. Probably a good
>way to go if you plan on using Chirp in the field. 
> 
> 
>
>________________________________
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>From:Ronny Julian <k4rjjradio at gmail.com>
>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> 
>Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2014 11:29 AM
>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP for Android?
> 
>If what you want is a small footprint computer running CHIRP to carry in a go box try a Raspberry Pi or a Beaglebone Black.  Both will fill the bill just fine.
> 
> 
>On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Tom Hayward <esarfl at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Rich Barstow <kc1bhr at barstow.cx> wrote:
>> Forgive me for asking, but I searched the last few months of mailing list
>> archives, both on the user and the dev side, without finding a roadmap or
>> references to an Android version.
>>
>> Are there any plans?  If not, what's the best way to contact the developers
>> to discuss?
>> If yes, how can I offer assistance? (testing or coding)
>
>The reason you don't see it discussed here often is because it's in the FAQ.
>
>Some of the technical issues are listed here:
>http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/1369
>
>Feel free to discuss a port of Chirp to Android, but realize that none
>of the GUI code is compatible. The underlying radio clone code should
>run fine on Android devices with serial ports. If you are an Android
>developer with some free time, you could make a few people happy by
>rewriting Chirp for Android.
>
>Tom KD7LXL
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