Parsing Issue Update

I emailed the author of RapidAndroid on why the SMS input never makes it to the DB. Turns out there was an issue with the parsing of the prefix, and I quote: just note that the fields right now don’t respond well to non alphanumeric characters – so prefixes and field names with symbols will [...]

Queasy Process Flow

People were asking me how my application would actually work, and the more they ask, the more I get conscious about what it is really trying to solve. Back in late January, this is how I envisioned Queasy to actually work: The most apparent change one will see in the process of exam authoring is [...]

Creating Quizzes

After discovering that I can actually send test SMS input to the emulator, I tried creating a sample exam on RapidAndroid. Creating a quiz is actually easy, although inputting the correct answers as a 40-character string can be either convenient or cumbersome for the teacher. Individual inputting of items in the answer key can be [...]

Failure

Like what I’ve always told everyone–failure has always been my forte. I have failed quite often recently, and for whatever they are I managed to pick myself up. What is the most important lesson I learned? Don’t dwell on it too long. Do so and learn from it but it’s of no use to waste [...]

SMS Emulation on Android

Turns out I don’t need an actual device to test SMS on Android. For those of you who are working on the same, here’s a simplified flow on how to make it work (on a Mac): (1) Open Terminal, key in telnet localhost <console-port>. The console port can be found on the title bar of your [...]