On Tue, November 17, 2015 9:29 am, Gary Runningbear wrote:
Calling all app developers! Please, please develop some software so that we can use chirp with our Android phones and tablets so that we can take massive programming of the radios into the field where it is needed the most. Please! It would be so helpful to us. thank you.
Firstly I am not an Android dev, but hopefully can add something to the discussions... as has been pointed out the biggest problem here would be to get a physical serial connection to the radio.
Some phones/tablets can do USB host via an 'OTG' cable such as: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/USB-2-0-A-Female-to-Micro-B-Male-OTG-Data-Host-Cable-...
This would allow a serial adapter to be plugged in, and thus make a connection to the radio.
Android is 'just' linux underneath with a GUI/Enviroment layer on top. I know of another project which achieves the same types of serial connection, so it might just be possible to port Chirp. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gpsplus.rtkgps
I would expect that the whole GUI would have to be re-written for/in Java/Davac, but someone might have a better suggestion. Simon