Aug 132011
 

While working on my Android implementation of the Dislexicon, I realized I would need a SeekBar preference to adjust the text-to-speech speed. I found a couple of SeekBar prefs online, but none of them fit my needs. Specifically, I wanted it to:

  1. Appear on the main preference screen, instead of a separate window accessed via a button
  2. Fill the entire width of the screen
  3. Allow a minimum value other than zero

Here’s what I ended up with, as it appears in Dislexicon:

SeekBar Preference

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Jun 052011
 

I’ve released a new version of Weatherspect, primarily because the weather data source it uses, Weather::Underground, isn’t working at the moment. The new version includes a fixed version of Weather::Underground. It also has turkeys and pumpkins for thanksgiving, and the ability to control how many things are walking around the screen.