Knowledge Base

  • Twitter Oauth Settings

    With the release of version 1.1 of Twitter's API, Twitter requires applications to authenticate all of their requests. This means that in order to use a Twitter activity, you will need to sign up as a Twitter developer and register your Andromo app with them to receive a Consumer key and Consumer secret for the app. These two values will be used to authenticate your app's Twitter requests.

    Sign into dev.twitter.com

    To get your authentication keys you will need to sign into Twitter’s developer site. You can sign into the developer site using your Twitter account settings. If you do not have

  • Map Activity

    The Map Activity lets you display your locations on an interactive map. Your users can then see your address, nearby locations, and even get directions and navigation to your business.

    Adding a Map Activity

    To add a Map activity to your project: start editing your project and go to the Activities tab. Under 'Your App Activities' click the + Add an Activity button and select Map from the list.

    Settings

    Activity Name The name that you want to give your activity. This will appear on the dashboard, toolbar, and navigation drawer. It can be whatever you want but should probably provide a

  • How to change the order of the icons on the dashboard

    By default when you add new activities to the Activities tab, they will be shown in the published application in the order they've been added to the list. This is because each item has a default position. However, you can easily organize your activity icons however you like. This can be done simply enough, it is enough to grab a square with activity move this activity to another position and drop it. That's all, now the positions in your application will be changed. See the screenshots below for a better understanding:

    The starting position:      

    In the process of moving:

  • HTML Archive Activity

    The HTML Archive Activity allows you to display web content (HTML files) by storing HTML files within the application so it can be read directly from the device.

    NOTE: For best results, we recommend adding the following HTML 'meta' tag to the document 'head' of each of your HTML files: <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no" /></head>

    You can find detailed information regarding this tag under Using Viewport Metadata in the Android Developers Guide.

    Content can be as simple as a single HTML file, or a complex directory structure of files and related image resources. Once you've composed what you want to show, simply

  • Difference between a Website Activity and HTML Archive Activity

    The main difference between the Website Activity and the HTML Archive Activity is where the physical web page content resides.

    The Website Activity is designed to display a website that has been published to a web server. You can think of it as any url (such as http://www.andromo.com) that you browse to on a computer or device using a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari etc. Just like a web browser, when you visit the website, the pages are downloaded to the device so you can view them locally. This type can be useful if you want to reference content that

  • Google Play Activity

    The Google Play activity is used to create an item on the dashboard that points to an application, or list of applications on Google Play. This allows you to do things such as provide easy access to a paid version of your app, or show other apps you've created.

    Adding a Google Play Activity

    To add a Google Play activity to your project: start editing your project and go to the Activities tab. Under 'Your App Activities' click the + Add an Activity button and select Google Play from the list.

    Now let's take a look at the Google Play Activity settings.

  • Why is my AdMob Account Not Showing Any Revenue?

    Configuring your Android app to start displaying AdMob ads and making you money is quite simple.

    Assuming you have uploaded your App to Google Play and you see at least 100 installations, you should be making some money. However, if you're looking at your AdMob dashboard/reports and not seeing any movement (be patient - it can take 3-4 days for AdMob to approve your account and app - you won't see anything during this time), then you've likely missed one of the following steps.

    Go through this list step-by-step and everything will work fine. Miss one of these steps, and

  • Flickr Activity

    The Flickr Gallery Activity allows you to take your photos from flickr and display them in your Android application. For information on creating flickr feed URLs please see the Flickr Services Documentation and the Flickr Photo Feeds knowledge base article. The preferred feed format is rss_200.

    Example Screenshot

                 

    Adding a Flickr Gallery Activity

    To add a Flickr Gallery activity to your project: start editing your project and go to the Activities tab. Under 'Your App Activities' click the + Add an Activity button and select Flickr from the list.

    Settings

    Activity Name The name that you want to

  • Google Analytics Troubleshooting

    If you're experiencing problems with Google Analytics in your Andromo app, the following information and checks may help identify the problem.

    The following steps are required to add Google Analytics to your Andromo app. If you're encountering problems, you can double check that you've followed these steps, or start over from scratch with a new Analytics app:

    • Log into your Analytics account.
    • Click the "Admin" button.
    • Click the "New Account" button.
    • Select the "Web Site" button under "What would you like to track?".
    • Fill in the required info fields.
    • Click the "Get Tracking ID" button.
    • Accept the license.

    That will

  • Facebook activity

    The Facebook activity lets you easily embed a mobile-friendly Facebook page into your app.

    Adding a Facebook Activity

    To add a Facebook activity to your project: start editing your project and go to the Activities tab. Under 'Your App Activities' click the + Add an Activity button and select Facebook from the list.

    Now let's take a look at the Facebook Activity settings.

    Settings

    Activity Name The name that you want to give your activity. This will appear on the dashboard, toolbar, and navigation drawer. It can be whatever you want but should describe what it is.

    Subtitle A few words describing

  • Streaming Audio

    The Audio Player activity supports playback of files over the internet using HTTP progressive streaming, and HTTP live streaming on devices running Android 3.1 or newer.

    Currently supported by the Audio Player Activity:

    • RTSP (RTP, SDP) over UDP
    • HTTP progressive streaming
    • HTTPS progressive streaming (Android 3.1 and newer)
    • HTTP/HTTPS live streaming draft protocol:
    • MPEG-2 TS media files only
    • Protocol version 3 (Android 4.0 and above)
    • Protocol version 2 (Android 3.x)
    • Not supported before Android 3.0

    Note that live streaming and HTTPS are only supported on devices running Android 3.x or newer.

    Currently not supported by the Audio Player Activity:

    • AAC+SBR (see

  • Email Activity

    The Email activity is used to initiate an email message using the end user's chosen email client with a specific email address, and optional subject and text. This allows users to initiate an email with a single click.

    Adding an Email Activity

    To add an Email activity to your project: start editing your project and go to the Activities tab. Under 'Your App Activities' click the + Add an Activity button and select Email from the list.

    Now let's take a look at the Email Activity settings.

    Settings

    Activity Name The name that you want to give your activity. This will appear

  • Audio File Sizes

    When creating audio files for an Audio Player Activity, you should try to keep your file sizes small. This is especially true if you're publishing your app to Google Play -- each audio file will add to the size of your app, and Google Play only permits apps up to a maximum size of 100 MB. (You should also consider that many devices have limited space for installing apps.)

    For this reason, you will most likely want to avoid higher bit rates, as they will quickly use up your available space. For most apps a bit rate of 128 kbps

  • Custom Page Activity

    The Custom Page activity allows you to easily create stylish pages with text and graphics. It's perfect for creating pages like 'About Us', 'Biography', 'Contact Information' etc.

    Adding a Custom Page Activity

    To add a Custom Page activity to your project: start editing your project and go to the Activities tab. Under 'Your App Activities' click the + Add an Activity button and select Custom Page from the list.

    Settings

    The Custom Page activity has the following settings.

    Activity Name The name that you want to give your activity. This will appear on the dashboard, toolbar, and navigation drawer. This can be

  • Setting Up AirBop on the Google Cloud Console

    Google has recently transitioned from the Google API Console to the Google Cloud Console, also referred to as the Google Developer Console. This means that the steps required to create your Google API project have changed. If you are using the new Google Cloud Console please follow these directions:

    Open the Google Cloud Console page.

    If you have not created a project you will be prompted to do so. However if you have you will see a list of your projects. To create a new project press the Create Project button in the upper left corner of the page:

    You will then

  • Contact Activity

    Contact Activities are designed to make it easy for users of your app to get in touch with you. You can decide what contact details to make available, but for the best results, give your users as many choices as possible. Choose from Phone, Email, Website and Address - each is interactive! Users can also easily add your information to their contacts with a single click.

    Example Screenshot

                 

    Adding a Contact Activity

    To add a Contact activity to your project: start editing your project and go to the Activities tab. Under 'Your App

  • AirBop Push Message Notifications

    This feature allows you to enable push notifications in your Andromo app using AirBop's messaging service. It's free to sign up for an AirBop account, and free to use for up to 1,000 devices. A variety of plans are available to choose from. For more information about AirBop, visit: http://www.airbop.com.

    This feature can be enabled on the "Services" tab of your Andromo project's settings.

    Note: AirBop is not supported on Amazon devices as they do not have the necessary Google Services installed. AirBop will be disabled in the app when the Target Market is set to Amazon Appstore.

    Features

    This feature

  • Audio Tracks

    See Audio Player Activity for information about the Audio Player activity settings.

    Each audio track has the following settings:

    Description

    Title The name of the audio track as it will appear in the track list. You may use letters, numbers and most symbols, except for "quotation marks."

    Description A second line of text that will appear below the title in the track list. This is a great place to show the artist name, album name, etc.

    Position A relative index that controls the order of the audio tracks. Lower numbers will appear first in the list.

    Audio File

    Track Type Use

  • How to Create an HTML Archive ZIP

    This article describes how to create a .zip file containing your HTML content that can be used in an HTML Archive activity.

    How to Show File Extensions on Windows

    While this step isn't required, you may find it very helpful to display file extensions for the different types of files on your computer. This allows you to easily determine both the type of file you are seeing, and it's complete filename.

    To illustrate the difference, below is an image showing the file "index.html" with it's file extension hidden:

    Now below is an image showing the file "index.html" with it's file

  • Audio Activity

    The Audio Player Activity allows you to play audio files within the application.

     Adding an Audio Player Activity

    To add an Audio Player activity to your project: start editing your project and go to the Activities tab. Under 'Your App Activities' click the + Add an Activity button and select Audio Player from the list.

    Settings

    Activity Name The name for this activity. The name will appear on the dashboard, toolbar, and navigation drawer. It can be whatever you want. For example: "Rocking Guitar Solos"

    Subtitle A few words describing this activity. This subtitle text may be displayed on the dashboard if the