MyApp: Calendar Widget for Android 2.2 (Froyo)

I had been looking for a decent home screen widget for the calendar(s) on my Samsung Galaxy S (currently on Froyo). Could not find one that is free, so wrote one.

Features:
* Includes events from all your calendars on the phone (personal, corporate etc., etc).
* Support for recurring events.
* Separate section for today's events and later events.
* Auto refresh in every 2 minutes (No, it doesn't wake up the phone, if sleeping -- so don't worry about battery).
* Occupies 3 (rows) x4 (columns) cells in home screen.
* Shows up to 6 events at a time.

Note:
* Apparently Google has deprecated the Calendar ContentProvider post Froyo. So this widget may not work post Froyo (including 2.2.1, I suppose). I only have a 2.2 phone and the emulators don't support Calendar (deprecated) -- so no idea.
* Tested only on Samsung Galaxy S on Froyo.

When I get a firmware update to Gingerbread to my SGS next month (hopefully!), I shall try to port this to Gingerbread as well, if possible.

Download the .apk installer here or point your phone to this QR code to download directly



Developed and built using Eclipse Indigo on Ubuntu.

Debugging Android apps remotely via Wifi

Android has tonnes of cool features and this is just one of them. Now I don't need to search for my USB cable to start developing/debugging the apps. Also, poor Samsung, my WinXP BSODs whenever I plug out my phone from adb debugging. This was irritating and that's when I came across this useful tweak.

Requirements:
+ You need a root'ed Android phone. (I suppose, to start/stop services..)
+ You need a terminal emulator software on the phone (preferrably). Android market gives it free.
+ You should already have a working debugging setup from your PC to the phone via USB (I mean all those SDK's, tools, ADT plugin installed).

Connect your phone via Wifi into a n/w that provides access to, from your PC.

On the phone: (either via a 'terminal emulator' OR via 'remote ssh' OR via 'adb shell on USB')

$ su
# setprop service.adb.tcp.port 6666
# stop adbd
# start adbd

All set, now the adbd knows it is suppose to listen on TCP instead of USB.

Disconnect the USB if connected.

On the PC: (example on Windows)
C:\>adb devices

if this shows your device connected, run
c:\>adb disconnect

Then,
c:\>adb connect mobile_ip_address:6666
Connected to device mobile_ip_address:6666
[not to mention, you can use any port other than 6666, but use the same in both places.]

c:\>adb devices
[this should list your device.]

All set. Use Eclipse and debug just like you would on a USB connected device.

Note: This change goes off once you restart your phone. You can automate this in a number of ways.. left to you.

Seeing my apps getting deployed wirelessly onto my phone and debugging and watching those variables remotely is really cool!! :)