There are many ways RADDroid can be extended and improved. These include improving the generated code, making the web UI more asynchronous, extending the existing generated code to cope with more scenarios, adding new functionality in activity methods, additional screen layouts and more specific support for Android fragments and tablets. It’s even possible to add higher level functionality to create complete white label apps.

However, as with apps themselves, the best and most useful ideas for new features often come from users themselves rather than the developer. Please use the following form to suggest new features. While there’s no promise to answer or implement every suggestion, every one will be read and considered and used to help shape the future of RADDroid.

RADDroid Functionality
General
Permissions     Missing permissions is one the main reasons why manually written code doesn’t initially run as expected. RADDroid automatically adds and removes permissions as functionality is added to the application so they are right first time and don’t need to be edited manually.
Imports     Imports are automatically added and removed as functionality is added and removed.
Long running tasks     Asynchronous tasks are automatically created for long running tasks, for example http server access so that they don’t block the UI thread and cause an Application Not Responding (ANR) dialog. Callback methods are created for long running tasks that can be configured to contain further functionality.
Data retention on orientation switch     Activity death and subsequent loss of state on an activity orientation change is a common problem for beginners. Activities (screens) are created with a mechanism to allow saving of state, including any long running asynchonous tasks.
TAGs for logging     All activities are automatically created with a ‘TAG’ for use in logging.
Code header comments     Optional common code header comments can be added to all generated .java files.
UI
Common layouts     Common, pre-created layouts such as list, imagelist, gallery, web and login can be added to an activity. Alternatively, an ‘empty’ layout can be used that can be filled in later in Eclipse. Pre-created layouts automatically create commonly used event handers, for example for clicking on a list, that can be configured to contain further functionality.
Menus     Menu items can be created. Menu listener methods are automatically created that can be configured to contain further functionality.
Dialogs     Commonly used alert, progress, date picker and time picker dialogs can be added to an activity. Their listener methods can contain further functionality.
Toast     Shows a toast message.
Full Screen     Sets activity to full screen
Switch Activity     Changes the current activity.
Web Functionality
Network Available     Detects whether a network is available and, if so, whether it’s WiFi or Mobile.
Http GET     Creates a Http GET in a chosen activity method, as an asynchrounous task, with a corresponding callback method.
Http POST     Creates a Http POST in a chosen activity method, as an asynchrounous task, with a corresponding callback method.
Open Browser     Opens the built-in browser to show a URL.
Data Manipulation
Parse XML     Parses XML.
Parse JSON     Parses JSON.
Encrypt/Decrypt     Encrypts and decrypts text using encryption type suitable for communicating to and from a server, for example, via php.
Time
Elapsed Time Timer     Starts and stops a timer to measure elapsed times.
Alarm     Triggers a method to be run in the future even if the app isn’t running.
Audio
Play Local Audio     Plays audio already on the phone, most likely packaged in the res/raw folder.
Play Remote Audio     Plays audio on a server. The file encoding must support progressive download.
Record Audio     Records audio to the SD Card
Clipboard
Copy     Sends text to clipboard
Paste     Retrieves text from the clipboard.
Location
GPS Position     Receives GPS location updates in a callback method that can contain further functionality. Easily modified to receive cellid or network based location updates.
Open Map     Opens a location in the built-in Map application. Includes comments how to change code to open directions in a web browser web page.
Contacts
Pick Contact     Allows the user to picks a contact and retrieves the name, address, phone numbers and email addresses. Only for Android 2.0 and later.
Camera
Take Photo     Allows the user to take a photo and passes a thumbnail bitmap back to the activity.
Power
Battery     Retrieves battery information such as level, voltage, temperature, technology, health and charge status.
Sensors
Sensor Exists     Detects if a particular sensor exists.
Accelerometer     Receives accelerometer data in a callback method that can contain further functionality.
Notification
Vibrate     Vibrates the phone for fixed time.
Status Bar Notification     Shows a status bar notification that starts the activity.
System
Get Android ID     Get’s the phone’s unique Android ID.
Telecoms
Send SMS     Sends an SMS message.
Send Email     Sends an email (non silently – user needs to send on via Email app).
Call number     Calls a telephone number.
Detect Call State     Detects idle, offhook and ringing dial state with incoming number. Detects outgoing call with outgoing number.
Get IMEI     Get’s the phone’s International Mobile Equipment Identity.