Hi, I need a very simple app for android phones. Also, is there a way to make this app myself using some sort of online app creator website etc? The app should grab a webpage from my website, and if it has changed, then ring a bell/sound/whistle etc. It should also show a notification in the notification tray. May be few words from the top most text on the webpage it is grabbing. When the notification icon is clicked, they can see the entire webpage loaded in the app itself The webpage is a simple HTML page, with a short text and a URL in each line, like below: Hello, this is news item number one http://news.google.com/story/1 <br> Blaa blaa blaa http://news.yahoo.com/story/2/ <br> The app should also convert these URLS to a clickable link, so that the reader can click the link and read the full article... Using the example above, the APP will show: In notification message: "Hello, this is news..." When APP is clicked: (The entire webpage, with clickable links, and messages in different lines) 2 important things to note here: 1. When the app calls the webpage, it must send me some identification of the person/phone like phone number ( mywebsite.com/?iam=123456) 2. It must log the time when the member last opened the app, and then use this time to calculate half hour or an hour difference before it checks the webpage again. That way not all requests will come to my server at once. How much will it cost me? Please post your quotes here. Thanks
I'd turn the design around and when your web page updates send a push notification to users. Would you need the phone number or is a device id enough - just so you can tell individual users?
Actually, phone number would be better, because I'm trying to eliminate "APP cost", so most of the "settings/customize" will be at the website level. I think if I use a phoneID, then people might find it difficult. Not all, but some, like myself! The content is updated by the minute, and if I use a push message each time, then people will get irrated I think...So I thought that the app can check updates every 30/60 minutes and notify the user. I thought about it some more, and the following can be done too. This one looks easier to code. 1. APP sends a HTTP request to a webpage on my site. ex: mysite.com/check.php?phone=1234567 if the response is "yes", it means that user has new items. 2. if response is "yes", APP rings a sweet bell, and adds an item to notification. tabbing on which the APP loads the webpage at: mysite.com/show.php?phone=1234567 Here I can change the newItem status to "no", after serving the data. 3. APP parses data, basically, can be just a "\r\n", or may be "<br>", whichever is easy. Let me know which format do you want the data in. A "\r\n", or "<br>". I think latter will be easy. I don't know... 4. Display the data to user line by line, converting URLS to clickable links. This way, the APP need not store a backup of previous page, and no re-parsing or comparing etc. It'll still need to store the last check time, and check 60 minutes after that, so I don't get all the requests from all the users at the same time. I really am too tight on the budget. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks