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Developing android japanese dictionary - Spacehamster - 2013-05-14
Hi, I'm developing android Japanese dictionary, similar to Japanese on iOS, by myself in my free time. I was looking for some general feedback. How much interest is there for an app like this? What features would you want/need? What version of android would you use? Any thoughts or comments are welcome.
Developing android japanese dictionary - Tamba - 2013-05-14
You could look into forking AEdict: https://code.google.com/p/aedict/
There haven't been any updates for years, but there are still lots of open feature requests.
If you really want to create a completely new app, the features I need (and like about AEdict are:
- Offline dictionary
- Bookmarks/Notepad with an export-function
- Lookup by radicals
- Sample sentences
As for the Android version: While I personally use 4.0.4., supporting at least 2.3.3 (API Level 10) seems like a good idea: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
Developing android japanese dictionary - RawToast - 2013-05-14
Take a look at JED:
http://www.umibouzu.com/jed/
It's no longer under development (last I heard), but you would want to match the functionality.
Like Tamba states, you really need to support older versions of Android. I think 2.7 is the most used version of Android, followed by 4.0.x
Developing android japanese dictionary - partner55083777 - 2013-05-14
Using an epwing dictionary with an application like droidwing is really great. There are some really high-quality J-J dictionaries available for *cough* free *cough* if you know where to look.
Developing android japanese dictionary - dacker - 2013-05-18
I'm thinking of putting source code on github for a dictionary I developed on Android. It's really simple but I can post link to source code when it's available if anyone is interested.
It's this app (no english version yet sorry):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codewell4.JaSloDictionary