Monthly Archives: February 2010

Rainy Days force close errors

I’m getting some reports of Rainy Days force closing on start up. Usually this is related to custom roms which are missing some classes. On loading the Google Maps component, Rainy Days throws an error, causing the Force Close error. From the above I hope that it is clear that this not a situation that I can fix as it is an issue with the ROM. See this thread on Android developers for more info: …

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Building Android apps with Hudson

I’ve written a little blogpost on building Android applications with Hudson over at the continuous blog. Go check it out here!

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Engine Watch updates

Engine Watch updates

More updates to Engine Watch, my Android app to list the quotas of your Google App Engine application! This version adds a few things: First of all, Engine Watch will now use your configured Google accounts, if you are running Android 2.0 or up _and_ you have the Google Account options in the accounts and sync settings. This way you don’t have to enter and store your password in Engine Watch, which makes it easier …

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Minor update to Engine Watch

I’ve published a small update to Engine Watch. This version fixes a crash when trying to show quotas for an app that isn’t deployed. It should now also be working on the HTC Tatoo and other small screen devices. I’ve added a little feature to open the “normal” app engine console from the quota screen. Just use the menu and select “dashboard”. See this post for more info and the market barcode.

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Monitor your App Engine application from your pocket with Engine Watch for Android

Monitor your App Engine application from your pocket with Engine Watch for Android

I’ve just released my second free Android app, called Engine Watch. Engine Watch is a small utility that I wrote to monitor the quotas of my application on the Google App Engine cloud. Multiple accounts can be added and for each account you can select the application and get the current quota statistics, the same statistics you can see on the App Engine dashboard. You can download engine watch by scanning this barcode: or by …

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