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Sign upHello. 0:00 I'm Ben Jacoben, and this week's form contest is for Android development. 0:00 Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create 0:04 a simple one screen weather app using an API provided by Forecast.IO. 0:07 Our build a blog reader project includes, all the 0:12 skills you need to write this kind of app. 0:14 There are a few simple rules, that are included below, 0:16 as well as details for how to enter the contents. 0:18 Your app must be built as a native apps, so web or hybrid apps are not allowed. 0:21 And you must provide source code, the webapp Forecast.io includes a useful 0:24 API that we can use for free to get a detailed weather forecast. 0:29 Now it's up to you if you want to concentrate 0:32 on a beautiful presentation, or a few simple pieces of data. 0:34 Like the current weather conditions. 0:37 Or on parsing all the data, like extended 0:39 forecast, and then presenting that in a meaningful way. 0:41 It's okay if you hard code location information 0:45 for this project, but bonus points if you 0:47 use geo location to determine the users current 0:49 location, and get the appropriate forecast from there. 0:51 I'll be judging entries based on how the weather information is 0:54 displayed, and generally how the app works and feels to the user. 0:57 You can put your entries on Get Hub, or send us a zip file of the project. 1:00 Include a link to Google Play, if you do submit it, which I do encourage. 1:04 If you get stuck, ask questions here on the forum. 1:07 As usual, collaboration is more valuable that competition. 1:10 So, good luck. 1:13
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