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[Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 5:14 PM, David Planella <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Al 08/08/13 16:50, En/na Michael Spencer ha escrit:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm planning on developing an application for the Ubuntu App Showdown,
> > and have a couple of questions:
> >
>
> That's excellent news :)
>
> > I'm concidering allowing the app to sync with a backend web service. Is
> > this something I would use Online Accounts for, and where can I find out
> > how to use it?
>
> I'm CC'ing Alberto Mardegan (mardy on IRC), who develops Online
> Accounts, and he can give you more detail.
>
> You might also want to look at the old Facebook app code
> (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-facebook-app), although I believe it
> didn't use OA directly, but through Friends.
>
> > Also, the service in mind requires an API key by the
> > developer. What is the recommended procedure for using API keys in an
> > Ubuntu Touch app that is open source (GPLv3).
> >
>
> I'm not sure about the best answer to this one, you might want to wait
> until someone with more knowledge answers on the list, or ask on
> askubuntu.com.
>
> > I'd also like to be able to schedule events in the calendar, by passing
> > a date, title, and text to the calendar. Is this possible, or will it be
> > possible by the deadline?
> >
>
> This is currently work in progress. You should be able to use Qt
> Organizer for this (the libqt5organizer5 package), with the jsondb
> backend, but in the calendar app meeting today it seems there might be a
> couple of upstream bugs which prevent from using it. You might want to
> give it a go and report back if it works for you.
>
> > Another feature that would be nice to have is inserting notes into the
> > Notes app. Again, is or will this be possible before the deadline?
> >
>
> I don't think there is an API to insert notes in the Notes app, but Ugo
> Riboni, who develops the app, should be able to confirm.
>

I can confirm the notes-app currently doesn’t expose an API. I don’t know
if there are plans to do so.

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