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bababode825:
Hello Nairalanders,

I am an individual with lofty ideas but do not know how to code.

If you don't know how to code and you have a great idea. So why don't you just go over to Elance or Devcenter and pay someone to implement your idea.

Why wait for partnership? Or are you not convinced about the idea yourself?

As a matter of fact, good developers already have tons of personal/side projects they work on. So even if you find someone to apply for your idea, you should be curious why this developer isn't too busy already. (Just being honest with you )

T007OSH:
Of course! On the playstore just search for 'slumbook' That's what its called. Not sure I'm allowed to post the link here and don't want to be kicked off.
Any feedback will be great

I just checked It out, I personally think the app is Cool & fun to use!, but noticed 2 things

1. Could you reduce the size of the apk (29MB is quite large) ...perhaps compress your images and re-build it.
2. I noticed the app requires Android 4.1 and up, could you make It require 4.0 upwards...Some users still use old tablets and phones, please take note.

Ok cool, Can I see the app? or playstore link rather

Question: Is there a market for Nigerian social media app?
Simple answer: NO.

Not to discourage you but there are already so many great social media apps out there with no recognition, and I'm sure there are better ideas to invest time on than a social media app.

But Since you are almost thru with your app, don't stop. You can still release it to the public and gradually watch how they respond to it.

teampregar:
I like the icons on your app, did u get a graphic designer to create the icons or you downloaded the pack, pls if u downloaded it send me a link to download it @ oyinkurogarrie@gmail.com..thanks.

No, i couldn't afford a graphic designer, the good ones I know are really expensive so I just searched online for icons.

You can get your icons from here: http://www.icons4android.com/

here: https://icons8.com/android-icons/

And Here: http://www.androidicons.com/

And here also: http://developer.android.com/design/downloads/index.html

teampregar:
i dont knw as i have not tried it before but she may do it for free if u explain the app to her..jst sit down and write down all the best features of the app..what the app does..and what it can be used for..if linda she request money.jst google search top 5 blogs in nigeria and ghana each..then get the email address of the blog owners and send them the thing u wrote down..blog pitching is the cheapest way to promote an app..

Thanks, I will try that...

teampregar:
Try talking to some bloggers.. To pitch your app on their blog.. Her is linda ikeji's email.. lindaikeji@gmail.com..if u can get her to talk about ur app on her blog, it will b a big deal cause a lot of pple view her website everyday..

Thanks, but will she do it free?

palladin:
The app looks cool.

thanks

Hi everyone, I jumped into learning Android app development few months ago, and I came up with an app on playstore which I first started as a pet project, Its an UN-OFFICIAL app for silverbird cinemas. Which shows movies showing in cinemas around Nigeria and Ghana. I simply choose them because they have more movie centres than others.

Link here: LINK REMOVED

I tried to follow some new Material design guidelines when practicing, also programming section on nairaland was a good inspiration from me as well.

I’ve seen different posts from different app developers here on nairaland, so I need their advice of this.

Am fairly new into Android dev, and this is my first App….so I would like to know how I can publicize the app? so i get people to download and Rate the app.

I’m hoping to get advices from more experienced developers like @nollyj @dhtml18 @lordZOUGA @Appguru @kristom @pcguru1 @thewebcraft @Nobody @Javanian @davidsmith8900 @lalastica @DonaldGenes @liliian and the rest.

Thanks, waiting for your input…..


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Futureviz:
please email me@ okoroNumber1@gmail.com

i would love the configuration

Sorry for the late reply. Please see this link. http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/configuration

Scroll down to the Increasing IDE Memory part.

It talks about editing the Config file to override Android Studio's own.

This is where you can locate it on your system C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio.vmoptions or studio.exe.vmoptions

Change this " -Xmx128m " to something higher like " -Xmx2048m " or even higher, if you have bigger memory.

Then don't run Large memory intensive applications when Android studio is On at same time. you will have no issue.

Sorry bro, but not to discourage you. The truth is It would very hard to develop with all the new material designs and external libraries that don't have .JAR files in Eclipse, Google has finally stopped supporting Eclipse.

I had that issue as well, Just install Android Studio, then change the configurations to make it fast for your PC. (I can help you with that)

Then Never run the emulator if your PC is slow. Run your apps on your physical phone directly.

If Google says No to eclipse, there is virtually nothing we can all do. because they have New libraries that only work with Gradle. I felt pained as well.

vicdall: So if you are handsome, you won't know? Hmmmm.....you no get mirror ni?

Lmao!!! Lmao!!!

Gflat: I have always wondered why girls are scared of handsome guys. I have met a number of girls who turn me down just because they are threatened by my looks,serious.

Even my gf keeps complaining anytime she see's me uploading pictures on fb...she says i am trying to woo someone. She gets jealous a lot Especially when am smiling with her friends(uh)

Women claimed that cute guys are hardly faithful to their partners which apparently underscore their sense of judgement.

Maybe someone out there will give us insight into why some most ladies feel insecure instead of being proud having a charming guy around...

100% truth !!!

Emmalot121: What I know is that ladies tend to be possessive of handsome guys and not this crap.It us only common to men to be jealous and scared of beautiful women.
THIS POST HAS NO IOTA OF TRUTH.IF YOU'RE CUTE,SHOW US YOUR PICTURE.

you are probably ugly, thats why you haven't experienced what the Op is saying.

It is 100% truth.

firstEVA: Women are not scared of handsome guys neither are they intimidated by them, if you are the most handsome man on earth and a broke arse nigga, sorry dude, girls will rather go for a gorrila looking money bag than you, so abeg park well

Lmao, But this theory no longer exist !!! you are just 1 % of ladies that think this way

In other words....Dem go just chop the dude money, and when they're done...They'll run back to the cute dude

#Don't Be Decieved

Odunharry: lalasticlala which juju u dy use to
dy hit frontpage everytime? D baba make do the jazz go school
wella

She might be dating the Mods, you can never tell !!!

dhtml18: I am a very fast reader, I read at unbelievable speed. Many times people are amazed when they ask me to read a block of text and I just take a glance and say I am done, and they are like really? And I repeat all the words, which might be several sentences, and they are always like wow. Maybe it is because I have a photographic memory, so I "simply cache" the pictures of the words inside my VRAM and internalize them completely seconds later.

Empty barrels / Vessels makes the loudest noise ~~~ Anton Chekhov

Christmygoal: please do you know where I can undertake training on mobile apps design/programming? I am a graduate of Electrical Engineering and would find your answer rewarding. Thanks

If you are totally new to "programming" or "Web/Mobile App dev" , I suggest you start off by learning a short term course in Aptech close to your location
http://www.vconnect.com/aptech-computer-education-kaduna_north-kaduna_b78500, which might cost you some good money.

Or you can learn free online, http://www.w3schools.com and https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn
w3schools and developer.mozilla.org is a good way to start ,for the basic´s, after that you can easly find another source to evolve, and use a proper text editor like Notepad++

And then you can move further to http://lynda.com
Lynda.com provides lots of great resources, They have most programming courses, in addition to other software courses.
They are not free but its quite affordable compared to their content. But their tutorials can be downloaded free from Torrent sites, if you choose to do so.

dhtml18: After watching this guy on nairaland for some time, I was beginning to draw similar conclusions like this too.

Lmao !!! So you even have so much time to watch & keep track of pple on Nairaland, Wow

MissMeiya: I said every single. Not single.

Do you know what responsive design is? And progressive enhancement? " Oga, We all know what it is "

Are you even a developer?

Miss Developer I meant " Every SIngle " , and am sure you knew what i meant.

If your App is only left to be on Web, You are not ready Yet !

The Only reason Nairaland hasn't taken Mobile App too serious is because " There is no tough competition for it "

Why do you think Facebook bought Instagram and Whatsapp ?

Reason is : They lost the mobile war to both of them. Simple !!!

Not that they can't create their own version of Instagram and WhatsApp put together.

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MissMeiya: That's due to the developer. A GOOD programmer makes a website that DEGRADES so it works on ALL PLATFORMS. That's how I build web apps. I test it on every single screen size, browser, and platform.

Twitter works everywhere, doesn't it? It's a web app, with a mobile app OPTION.



This thread really shouldn't be on the front page. Nairaland has A LOT of tech experts that can give the OP the correct advice.

Single Screen size / browser / Platform is not enough bro !!! Devices have their own issues rendering your web based App

And who told you Twitter works everywhere ?

How many phones did you test it with ?

moscobabs: Before life left Nurse Ejelonu, she was very vocal and outspoken, calling for the release of the experimental ZMapp drug for ebola victims. She never got it, and she finally died this morning. She was just 25. Died with her dreams, a future quashed. African scientists, are you still in existence? African leaders, when will your brains be activated? Africans, we keep constructing all sorts of buildings that add little to our productivity (if Félix Houphouët-Boigny is not wasting millions of dollars on a cathedral in Yamoussoukro, the dude wasted $300million on the world's largest church while his people lived in grinding poverty in the same city he sited his grandiose basilica, you will see the Yobe State Government wasting billions of naira on a mosque that will sit 100,000 worshippers, forget the fact that their children are begging on the streets and their women are dying in thousands during childbirth) but the things that really matter, hospitals, libraries, research & development centres, astronomical observatories, recreational parks, we never build those. An American doctor who also got infected got the experimental drug and he is doing fine now because the scientists and leaders in their own country have their brains and they make good use of their mental resources. Until Africans realize that we need to get our lazy asses to the laboratories and make the most creative use of our brains in the fullest manner, nothing will change. If you work for my company and you are caught sleeping at work because you attended a vigil or asalatu over night, I will personally FIRE YOU. You can then go back to your prayer camp or moshalashi and collect your salary! We need to change our mindset and be realistic. This lady's death is needless. Only if as Nigerians, we were very proactive and had developed our own stock of experimental drugs. Our president too carried his hat all the way to Washington to meet Obama, ebola drug, he no fit collect come home, na to dey queue for back for photo. And as we are shouting ebola now, I am sure the Federal Ministry of Health is not preparing for the next epidemic of another exotic disease. We are never prepared. Oga Jona was calling Sawyerr mad for bringing ebola to Nigeria. The egunje customs and immigration that allowed him enter without screening nko? Are they not crazy as well?

Your reply is good but also Biased as well, Whats your problem with religion exactly ? Couldn't you just make a good statement and remove religion out of it.

If someone donated money to anywhere, question is...Is it your money? , Why you dey vex?

expertfingers: When you need to withdraw up to 60000 and above, go walk into the banking hall. You will have peace of mind.

LOL !!! Am sure you patronize those old Banks...Like W*M* , UN*I*N B*Nk where no one is in the banking hall when you want to receive money, else you would know its not comfortable walking into a bank waiting in a long list of line just for 60k

Eve62: No b crayfish

LMAO !!! If given the chance, He'll mention 5 Naira , hehehe !

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