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I am trying to create my own application on google glass.Does anyone know how to make customize cards in google glass using android studio?Particularly how to design a card with two column text views.

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[Q] S-Note and S-Memo differences

Hi All,
I'm hoping someone can give me an answer on why there are two programs that pretty much do the same thing, yet have differences that don't make real sense to me.
- The handwriting to text function, one is found using the menu, the other isn't.
- Syncing with Evernote...
1)S-Note asks for email and password when you choose to sync, S-Memo asks for User name and password.
2)S-Memo syncs and you can see the text etc that is editable. However, when you edit this in evernote. This sync is only one way.
3)When you sync with S-Note, it uploads as a .snb file attachment.
I guess I don't really understand why they didn't merge these two apps together?
My goal is that I take handwritten notes, this sync's to Evernote, where I can tidy this up and have as a document. Does anyone else currently do this? Maybe with another app available? (If the Evernote app did this it would be perfect!)
I've read other threads regarding these two apps but nothing has been mentioned about how they are the same, yet different.
well the s-memo is basically useful when you want to write something light and want to do it fast, the s-note app allows you to practically create a book, i mean, you can make a single note with a lot of pages, also, there are the productivity tools, the templates, the handwrite recording and some other things that allows you to personalize your note and helps you to make it the way you want it to be, there could be different reasons you are making a note for, as for your job, for homework, or so... also you can convert your note(s-note) into a pdf or add to it images, you can even attach an s-memo to the note!
SMemo allows you to "press the stylus button, double tap screen" and GET a hovering memo pad over ANY Screen ... I think this is the most useful feature and reason why I still uses SMemo
Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.
I agree the S-memo double tap function is great and really useful, although I still think that merging the two apps together and making this a function of S-Note would make sense.
@jpsb - Great explanation... it kind of increases my frustration with the sync'ing with Evernote, as I would think that the larger documents and meeting notes etc would be what you would rather sync, rather than S-memo small scibbles on-the-fly.
There's another thread been created at the same time along the same topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679330

[Q] How to Develop for Glass

I am rather confused as to how to develop for Google Glass. So I am just going to do a brain dump as a sanity check. Please let me know if I have any misconceptions as I am rather confused.
There are currently 2 ways to develop for glass.
1)Mirror API
2)Pushing a APK onto the device
So the Mirror API is just a way to post to a special Glass Feed on a Glass owner's G+ account (or something to that sort) ? Can this be an actual app or is it just a way to communicate data to a person? Will the cards you push be differentiated from other Mirror API cards? Can apps this way handle gestures?
Pushing an APK: If I design an application that handles swipes, voice control and camera will it just work on Glass? Is there anything special that needs to be done to handle input/output on Glass? Are there any caveats to making an android apk and pushing it to a glass device?
Thanks,
-Sean

How do I get or call phone information for use in a Widget?

Hello,
I am designing a Widget for our Agency as an inventory "stamping" method to identify and track our mobile devices without have to put physical ID tags on them, which will just peel off or become problematic. Here is the software and equipment that I am designing with:
Phone: Samsung Galaxy Note 5
Android: 6.0.1
Widget Design Software: Zooper and Kustom
As I mentioned, I am hoping to use a Widget to stamp or phones with Agency logo and ID number. Ideally I would input the ID number into a "Phone Name" field (at least that's what it's called on my Note 5) and have the Widget pull that value to show on the front screen, along with other design elements which will be added. I would like for the Widget to work on a multitude of different Android phones, if possible. I have done Google searches for 2 days and have not come across the syntax or code needed to accomplish this. I am hoping it will not require root access, as that will not be an option in our environment. I would appreciate any help or feedback in accomplishing this task.
J

Create a map based android app

Hello experts,
I am new to this and have just created a new project in Android Studio. I want to develop an android app that will use google maps as a base. I then want to be able to add points with specific addresses on the map providing info to the users about the location of specific points of interest that are not shown in google maps. I would also like to organize all these points in various categories, and allow the user to do filter searches and limit the visible points. I imagine this to be very similar with how excell filters function. Finally I would like to be able to click on each of these points on the map, and a new page would open with some basic info about each point (small thumbnail, date of construction, transportation access (in text form), etc.).
My first question is : Is it possible to create such an app using only Android Studio? I have seen some tutorial videos and I am confident that doing the first part (the google map with some specific points on it, is pretty easy to create, but I am not sure about the extra features that I describe. Can anyone give me some guidance about the best way to create these features? And is it a good starting point that I created a project with "Google Maps Activity" or will this predefine the appearance and layout of the app?

New Unified Microsoft Office App Supports Dual Screen

Was just re-reading a chapter from my dissertation and went to go read it in the new Office app (unified Word, PP, Excel, Sticky Notes, and Office Lens + some other stuff). Planning on reading while changing songs in Spotify I opened the document and three finger swiped to send it to the secondary screen and it sent the document but kept the home menu on the main screen. If I open another document it does close the previous document on the secondary screen and open the new document on the primary screen. If I close the menu on the main screen to open another app, leaving the document on the main screen, it'll keep the document up as if the app was started on the second screen. I think Microsoft is starting to add dual screen support to their apps and lucky for us some of that code seems to work on the G8X. I think whatever code allows this is the same code that makes it so that on Samsung Dex and other Android desktops it open the document in a new app window vs in the same app window as the menu. I've noticed this behavior in a few Microsoft apps but nowhere else in Dex. I'm sure others have discussed this but it seems like LG basically treats the other screen as an external monitor which take up every new "window" apps produce or is produced by the system when you open something on the second screen. This might also be why other launchers don't work because they can't/don't produce new "windows" that can be put there. Anyways, sorry for ranting on but this is super interesting to me. Thoughts (especially from developers who might actually know the nuts and bolts of this)? Edit: I did a bit more investigation with other MS office apps on Android and none of them exhibit this same behavior even the Word app which on Dex I believe does pop a new window when opening documents like the Office app. Obviously this throws my later theory about windows into doubt.

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