As per title: how does flipboard fetch the google plus timeline/stream? I tried with the plus v1 api and PlusClient provided by Google play library but seems like I'm only allowed to fetch my posts, also, there isn't anything useful on github... I can only find samples on how to post content and fetch single users timeline
Anyone can point me? Thanks
Flipboard uses a private API they have licensed access to from Google. It sounded like it was going to be made available to all but it has not.
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I am trying to make an app which tracks the path of the user. I wish to use the google maps API for this. I know there is a specific "tracking API" but that is deprecated now. I used the tutorial at http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/beginners-guide-location-android but that only shows me my location. It doesn't show how to track.
I tried to use the google developers support documents, but its simply too confusing. I am a beginner, so if someone could just guide me I'd appreciate it. Kindly assume I know JUST the basics.
Anyone has a tutorial of making LBS applications like this? I want to make an application to determine the trajectory of the city's public transport me, but I did not find his examples everywhere, if you have please help me to develop it, thank you
It is a concept design of my application layout
To develop an android app which uses Google API's would be a combination of Google Maps API, Location Api, Direction API and also Places API(if you want to fetch the details of your source and destination). If you are developing this app for a special transit system in your city than you would specifically need their own set of API to populate your app data.
But if you want to develop something with free open source Google API you can first make use of the Google Play Services by first referring into your app project and then getting the API key, enabling the direction api "ON" in your developer console and writing code.
Please refer to this tutorial in order to get a better insight of the transit system app you want to develop. You can customize you app UI accordingly once you have the data coming in.
Here are the bunch of links from Google's official documentation regarding implementation of all API's.
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/
https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/
Hope this would help!!
Would be great, if someone suggest me a way to access Google Googles API or Google Search by Image API.
Currently seems that Google doesn't incentive the use of this API for third parts developers unlike the others Google APIs.
The image search in Google site has a button with a camera that allows the user to upload an image and start a search by image content, if the Google Googles API are not accessible directly, maybe, a good idea might be parsing the Google Search by Image page code and implement a system that access this service through Google Site.
A way to access this function in an app would give to developers infinite possibility to make new awesome apps.
Any suggestion?
Both of these features use internal APIs that are not publicly accessible. They're not intended to be used by software that you write.
If you tinker around, you might be able to reverse engineer them, but I'd recommend against it. Any code you write that depends on them can break at any time without warning.
Possible duplicate: Is there already a Google+ API?
I know there is a new Google+ API came out recently: http://developers.google.com/+/
However, it is limited to writing moments, sharing, +1 only.
I want be able to view feeds/pictures like Facebook/Twitter.
Is it not available? Or am I not looking at the right place?
Currently the Google+ History API only supports writing moments. The history API is still in developer preview, which means it is not yet final and subject to changes.
If you follow the Google+ Developers page, you'll hear about any updates as soon as they are released. You can also sign up for the platform preview group to test upcoming changes and hear about updates.
What is a 'moment'? G+ stores pictures on Picasa, so you could use the Picasa API to get the pictures. A 'full' API is not available, AFAIK.
To read from the Google+ API you need to use the REST endpoint. It is documented here:
https://developers.google.com/+/api/
There is an example of using the REST api from within Android here:
https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/
The example writes a moment using the REST api, but it should be straight forward to use it to read from the public data api instead.
Is there any way to integrate google+ with my app. So that from my app, I can
Read the posts
Post something on my wall
Access different circles
At least post something
Did google provide any Api or SDK for this?
The API has now been announced at: http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/09/getting-started-on-google-api.html and the official homepage is: http://developers.google.com/+/
As of 29/07/2011, Google has not provided an SDK yet.
The only thing you can do for now is add a 'plus' button like the 'like' button from facebook in your webpages using javascript - look here.
EDIT:
As #ade said, the API has now been announced. so my answer is no loner relevant.
We definitely plan to involve developers and publishers in the Google+ project, but we don’t have specific details to share just yet. Please stay tuned and sign up to receive more information about Google+ developer opportunities. https://services.google.com/fb/forms/plusdevelopers/
You can only read posts using the newly announced Google plus API but you cannot share or access different circles.
More functionality is yet to be added to the Google plus API.
In order to effectively use the new Google plus API you need to authenticate the new user, so that you can serve large number of people or else you will run out of the API calls which are restricted to 1000 per day.