Haiku Switched to Android what are my options?

[lupinglade]

1) Any Mac that can run 10.7 is currently supported. I would recommend a machine that can run 10.8 though as we may require 10.8 in the future.

2) The GUI is a web based GUI, but its live like a web application. It is usable from Android, yes. You can also customize it to your needs using CSS/HTML/JavaScript/etc.

3) The GUI would run over Chrome.

You start HH on your Mac and add your controller. You can then connect to the Web Interface on port 9399. Ie. by going to http://ip-or-host-name-of-your-mac:9399/

There is no trial version available.

If you just want to use the existing UI or make minor changes to it, that can be done quite easily and doesn't really require much if any programming knowledge.

To be able to create custom UIs for HaikuHelper its best to have some experience with CSS/HTML/JavaScript.

 

[Steve]

I have been a long time user of both Haiku and Haiku Helper. Due to several circumstances my phone is changing to Android. I will continue to use Haiku on my iPads and Helper on my mini. The really important issue for me is receiving prompt and reliable messages. Currently I have HH configured to send iOS push notifications and it works perfectly. I need to replicate this on Android. I would really prefer not to have to use email for this. Currently the HH Notification panel supports iOS push, email, notification center and growl. It seems what is missing that will really solve this issue on Android is something like SMS notification or support of something like Pushover. I don't know, may SMS is possible in scripting or something but I am looking for an easy configuration on the Notification tab like the others. Would it be possible for Helper to support direct SMS notification or support of Pushover which will work on many platforms?
 
Ultimately I would LOVE to see Haiku ported to Android but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[lupinglade]

Its possible to send push notifications to Android via scripting. I believe its relatively easy to do. We offer an onNotification() event that you can use to forward to any type of web service. You should be able to use notifymyandroid.com or any other such service as well as any SMS service from here using simple JavaScript/HTTP. I just looked over the Pushover APIs and looks like they would work just fine as well.

 

[lupinglade]

Something like this should work with Pushover, though I haven't tested it:

function onNotification(kind, message) {
    if(kind == 13) return; // 13 is local notifications, skip

    var http = new XMLHttpRequest();

    var url = "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json";
    var params = "token=yourtoken&user=youruser&message=" + encodeURIComponent(message);
    http.open("POST", url, true);

    //Send the proper header information along with the request
    http.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    http.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
    http.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
    http.send(params);
}

 

[lupinglade]

Because there are no plan for Nullriver to develop Android base devices. They only do ios... for the moment... I hope...
 
So having software engineer from Leviton, who already have the team because they released snaplink, could then do the work and continue what Nullriver has started but for other platform... but that's my opinion.
 
If Nullriver is not interested in developping for Android, who will ? So by teaming with Leviton, it might be the answer...
 
We need HAIKU for other platform...

We'd be happy to work with Leviton, but we have not heard back from them thus far.

 

[Steve]

Thanks, I'll take a look at that but I imagine I would then have to script out all notifications. I would rather HH send the notifications based on the Notification tab configuration. I guess another option would be to use email and just use the email to txt/sms address to receive it as an SMS message. I am getting errors trying that... "Communications Error: Could not send e-mail message: -9807: The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -9807.)" I'm guessing the config is not right. Is there a way to specify the port for the SMTP server and does it support SSL?

 

[lupinglade]

The code I posted should forward all notifications. No need to write seperate code for each.

The SMTP port can be specified on the host using a colon. SSL is supported.

 

[Anthony A.]

2) The GUI is a web based GUI, but its live like a web application. It is usable from Android, yes. You can also customize it to your needs using CSS/HTML/JavaScript/etc.

3) The GUI would run over Chrome.


If you just want to use the existing UI or make minor changes to it, that can be done quite easily and doesn't really require much if any programming knowledge.

 

do you have any pics of videos of the stock web gui?  from the sounds of it, it is not the same as the gui for the ipad app.  would you be willing to create the exact gui we are all accustomed to on the ipad for web access so it will work for those that also use android phones?  

 

[lupinglade]

We plan to do this in the future. There are pictures on the App Store as well as in my gallery (albeit a bit outdated).

 

[jwilleke]

I too bought Superlink  and it crashes on my Droid MAX constantly and is UNUSABLE.
 
Oh, the interface sucks too!
 
Haiku is, so far, the only App that I really miss from the iPhone.
 
How about supplying a CSS for HaikuHelper that works better with mobile phones?
 
-jim

 

[lupinglade]

We'll look into that in the future, once Haiku 4.0 is out. In the meantime there is nothing stopping someone from creating such a UI for HaikuHelper.