Note: this blog post was originally posted on lambtracker.com and has been moved here for preservation. Some information may be outdated.
I have been doing further work on the chromeos-apk system for running an Android program within the Chrome browser. It appears to be working well enough, and it’s getting better all the time. At this point, that is my focus for making the desktop portion of LambTracker®.
So far, the first function I’m working on is setting and removing Alerts. I have the setting part down, but removing them is proving more difficult. The biggest issue seems to be Android’s way of handling listviews and trying to use list adapters to manage the data.
My request is for additional programmers. At the Livestock Conservancy meeting, I got many ideas and suggestions for enhancements. Since I am really the only programmer working on this, it is necessarily slow going.
The development tools are all freely available, and you can develop on Macintosh, Linux, or Windows systems. All the code is up on GitHub so contributors can see where I’m at.
I’m asking that any readers who are programmers, or who have friends or relatives who are programmers and want to help, please join in! The goal is to make our freely available flock management software more robust. Go fork the repository and get started. I’m always available to help explain and send info on specific requests that have been made.