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Writing a "Lookup List" type of App for 60GB 5G iPod Video

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torne:

--- Quote from: Apple-Z on April 11, 2010, 07:34:30 AM ---According to the mactech.com site, the author is Tim Monroe.  I have no idea if it is in fact an April Fool's joke, but there was a lot of work put into writing this fairly long article.  There are no  comments or threads for the article so it's hard for me to tell what the story is.  Based on the iPod screens he provides, it seems he was working on an early iPod with a B&W screen, and the article itself dates back to 2004.
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Yes, sorry, that really is a joke.


--- Quote ---Given what you're saying about not being able to develop apps for the Apple firmware, I'm not sure how this relates to iPod games that are sold through iTunes...  Before changing over to Windows formatting I had several games on my iPod, and 3 of them were for SAT Prep, which is a kind of "lookup app" with questions and answers in a database...  I guess this would mean that the company that makes the games (I think it was "Pop Can" or something) was somehow privileged to have the "secret" programming information from Apple that allowed them to develop these games ?
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Yes, exactly. There was an SDK which was only made available to trusted friends of Apple. This stuff is all over now, also; Apple no longer support the development of third party apps for the pre-iPhoneOS ipods.

Apple-Z:
Good info, thanks for clearing that up :)  Given that the older iPods like mine whose warranties are expired by now and have been replaced by the iPhone an iPod Touch, it's a little "odd" that Apple has not released the secret code so that people can do some development of their own...  I know they have allowed average Joes to develop iPhone apps, and even 10 year olds are into it now.  I wonder what the big secrecy deal is with the code for the older "legacy" iPods...

Could you tell me exactly (or more specifically) where I should be looking for "Plugin API" (Application Programming Interface ?).  Is it here on the RockBox forum, or should I be looking elsewhere on the "Internets" ;) ?  Since you are obviously a "guru" here, should I post the same question I originally posed in this forum to the "Support and General Use" -> "Plugins/Viewers" forum ?  I see some threads there asking for stuff...

Thanks !

Apple-Z

saratoga:

--- Quote from: Apple-Z on April 11, 2010, 11:21:04 AM ---Could you tell me exactly (or more specifically) where I should be looking for "Plugin API" (Application Programming Interface ?).  Is it here on the RockBox forum, or should I be looking elsewhere on the "Internets" ;) ? 

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Its in the rockbox source code, specifically apps/plugin.h.  All of those functions can be used by rockbox plugins, and allow things such as drawing graphics to the screen, reading the ipod's buttons, and loading text from the disk. 

Apple-Z:
Roger that !  I'll have a look.  Thanks for your help and expertise in getting me started out :)  I'll no doubt be back later when I run into problems once I do more research :(

Apple-Z

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