CaltrainPy

My most recent Caltroid update added map view with two location listeners: one coarse (=network) and one fine (=GPS) location listener. Or so I thought. Even though I was calling LocationManager.removeUpdates() for both location listeners, I could still see the GPS icon active at the top, and logcat showed GPS activity still going on. Users [...]

My latest update to Caltroid added two notable new features: the next available train is highlighted and scrolled into view automatically, and the simple locate function was replaced with a custom Google Map view. The map has Caltrain stations as an overlay, and the map starts out centered and zoomed so that all stations should [...]

Not a big update to Caltroid at this time, but I wanted to get out the release because Caltroid now works in 320×240 resolution (QVGA), and there are even devices out with that resolution, like the HTC Tattoo. Of course bigger screens will work as well (I’m looking at you, Verizon Droid). The other minor [...]

Caltrain updated schedules today, August 31, 2009. I released updated versions of my Caltrain schedule applications last night, so this is a little delayed notice. My first application is CaltrainPy, which started out as a Python app for my phone, but it did not work so great on the phone after all, at least on Windows [...]

Caltrain updated schedules today, August 31, 2009. I released updated versions of my Caltrain schedule applications last night, so this is a little delayed notice. My first application is CaltrainPy, which started out as a Python app for my phone, but it did not work so great on the phone after all, at least on [...]

Since the Android Cupcake version has started rolling out to devices I went through my Android applications to see if any needed updating. While I was most concerned about UI glitches, there were none. However, Caltroid sources included use of the Google Maps API although it was not enabled in the Caltroid UI because it [...]

I just pushed the 1.1 upgrade of Caltroid to the Android Market. The 1.1 release includes the upcoming March 2, 2009 timetable and ticket information. While the free open source version got a few hundred downloads (as far as I can tell, since the distribution was picked up by sites I had not even informed [...]

I just pushed the 1.1 upgrade of Caltroid to the Android Market. The 1.1 release includes the upcoming March 2, 2009 timetable and ticket information. While the free open source version got a few hundred downloads (as far as I can tell, since the distribution was picked up by sites I had not even informed about [...]

Caltrain will update their schedules and fares on Monday, March 2, 2009. They were kind enough to provide the new information online a bit early, so I went ahead and updated my Python Caltrain schedule application and library. Simply easy_install caltrain to get it. If you run the application, it will now quit when you press [...]

Caltrain will update their schedules and fares on Monday, March 2, 2009. They were kind enough to provide the new information online a bit early, so I went ahead and updated my Python Caltrain schedule application and library. Simply easy_install caltrain to get it. If you run the application, it will now quit when you [...]