Topic: Android widget self made from http://bitcoincharts.com charts (Read 991 times)
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Hello and welcome!
Hello everyone.
This is my fist post and I'd like to introduce my solution for a displaying up to date bitcoin charts on homescreen. The Image source is bitcoincharts.com
Currently I have a two day chart and the market depth displayed.
The charts are individually rendered per http request. For example:
2 day chart:
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/chart.png?m=mtgoxUSD&v=1&t=S&noheader=1&height=80&width=750&r=2
or maybe: http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/chart.png?m=mtgoxUSD&v=1&t=S&noheader=1&height=350&width=720&r=1
market depth:
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD/accumulated_orderbook.png
or
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD/accumulated_orderbook0.02.png
...whereas changing the number changes the displayed depth..
So far accessing the image url without accessing a .html page from bitcoincharts is always working..
Now, let's place the image(s) to the android homescreen:
Install URL Image Widget from market:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weite_welt.urlimagewidget
Place a widget on the homescreen and use the URL(s) above. You can try change some parameters which first best for chart information and bitmap size.
For my SGS4 Full HD I use a 4x2 widget and bitmap size of 350x720. Image is "filling" the whole available widget space.
Give it a try and play with the parameters for best results.
Improvements are welcome.
PS: I did not find a good android chart widget so far, thats because I was researching for such a solution. If there is any, please let me know
This is my fist post and I'd like to introduce my solution for a displaying up to date bitcoin charts on homescreen. The Image source is bitcoincharts.com
Currently I have a two day chart and the market depth displayed.
The charts are individually rendered per http request. For example:
2 day chart:
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/chart.png?m=mtgoxUSD&v=1&t=S&noheader=1&height=80&width=750&r=2
or maybe: http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/chart.png?m=mtgoxUSD&v=1&t=S&noheader=1&height=350&width=720&r=1
market depth:
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD/accumulated_orderbook.png
or
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD/accumulated_orderbook0.02.png
...whereas changing the number changes the displayed depth..
So far accessing the image url without accessing a .html page from bitcoincharts is always working..
Now, let's place the image(s) to the android homescreen:
Install URL Image Widget from market:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weite_welt.urlimagewidget
Place a widget on the homescreen and use the URL(s) above. You can try change some parameters which first best for chart information and bitmap size.
For my SGS4 Full HD I use a 4x2 widget and bitmap size of 350x720. Image is "filling" the whole available widget space.
Give it a try and play with the parameters for best results.
Improvements are welcome.
PS: I did not find a good android chart widget so far, thats because I was researching for such a solution. If there is any, please let me know
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