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huzefaa

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hey i m a student studying BCA in need of some help in how to begin n move on with this project.

awaiting response,
Huzefa
 
Hi, First you have to choose a platform for your backend. It can be a plain web server with php scripting, Amazon EC2 or Google App Engine. These are just a few choices out of many but it really depends on your goals and limitations of your project. I have developed a multiplayer poker game based on appengine so I can speak to that platform. To work with GAE you need to know Java or Python. GAE is pretty a powerful cloud platform. It is main feature is they provide very substantial scalability coupled with almost zero maintenance effort. Let me know what you are looking for. Maybe I can answer with some more details.
 
thanx for the reply....

i hv installed eclipse indigo wit all the ADT plugin and Andriod SDK package but m clueless to how to begin.Can u help me wit the UI developing for the start?
 
First you need to sketch your screens. There are many poker clients out there to use as example. You can take a look at my multiplayer poker. In Android every screen is called Activity. Once you know what each Activity does and how player moves between Activities, you can start programming.

I recommend reading a book on Android programming. Also developer.android.org is a great resource for starting off in Android.

Good Luck:)
 
Hi baerrus, are you using GAE with channel api. May I know issit working with Android native and how can it work ? Base on my reading, channel api is only support for web apps. I'm looking for the solution andif you dont mind to share how you work it out ?
 
I am not using channel API. I am using simple short polling. Whether Channel API can be used in Android native app - I do not know. To me Channel API looks very underdeveloped.
 
But short polling with GAE will generate a huge cost.Anyway, how to play your poker ?
I open the page saw a list from lobby, but i cant click in.
 
kdon18 said:
But short polling with GAE will generate a huge cost.Anyway, how to play your poker ?
I open the page saw a list from lobby, but i cant click in.
Click to expand...

I can say for certain that before GAE raised prices polling was *cheaper* that Channel API. It was very affordable. Now after price increase polling costs you 1 instance plus bandwidth charges.

Just select a table and click VIEW button. If that did not work for you please email to support@nexuspoker.com with you browser version and OS version.
 
i have learnt a few things from the past few days online search.but i am having trouble with database in my app...like i want to have a database to store username along with his score(money) which he will earn while the course of the game..can any1 help me with this...want a common database to monitor users detail from any android phone which has the game installed in hand.
 
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