/Picsy

Picsy - Mobile app developed using Mowbly and cloud services running out of google app engine

Primary LanguageJavaApache License 2.0Apache-2.0

Picsy

A clean private photo-sharing app for sharing photos among friends!

Cross platform mobile app developed using Mowbly(http://www.mowbly.com) and cloud services running out of a google app engine app

Developed as part of a workshop conducted at Pondicherry Engineering College (www.pec.edu) with the 3rd year CSE students on 7-8 February 2014.

How to deploy

###Mobile app

  1. Create a free dev account at http://wwww.mowbly.com and import the picsy-mobile project as a zip to the Mowbly Cloud IDE
  2. Change the _url variable in picsy.js to your app engine url hosting the services from picsy-cloud project
  3. Open MyPicsy.pack from the project file explorer and click on Pack
  4. Download Mowbly app from app store on any mobile OS(Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BB10)
  5. Login with your account on the mobile to view the MyPicsy on your mobile!

Note: You can also view the app as a webapp by going to http://wwww.mowbly.com/webapp :)

Secret Note ;) The app has optional offline mode. To use it, just uncomment relevant code.

###GAE

  1. Create an app ID from http://www.appengine.google.com
  2. Import the picsy-cloud project to your Eclipse workspace
  3. Deploy to App engine!

###Deploying to app stores

Mowbly offers a direct-to-use client builder feature. This means Picsy can be generated as OS-specific builds right from the IDE, ready to deploy to individual app stores.

  1. In the IDE, open MyPicsy.pack from the project file explorer and click on Pack
  2. Click on Build
  3. Upload splash images, icons and signing profiles for each OS and choose OS from Android, iOS, Windows Phone and BB10 to build from
  4. Request a build
  5. Wait for an email to the registered ID with build attached, ready to be published in the app store! :)
  6. Alternatively, you can check the status of the build from the Build Status menu in the same screen

Happy snapping! :)