SimpleGmail plugin For LiveView
What
SimpleGmail is a plugin that notifies you if there is a new message in your gmail inbox, or one of your labels. You can select what label to read. It supports Apps for Domains, and apart from the main account up to 5 additional accounts.
Where
You can find it in the market! Check it here: GMail notifier for LiveView
With
SimpleGmail is a plugin for the LiveView device (by Sony Ericsson). So you need that device, and the LiveView(tm) Application.
Why
There are at the time of writing a couple of other plugins that notify you of new email. One (Gmail for LiveView by LilHermit) doesn’t work anymore because it uses a deprecated API, the others ( e.g. poor Gmail Notifier by dekuyou) didn’t come with enough information for me to figure out what to think of it. They seem to be populair in the Japanese language, which I do not really speak :)
How
As there is no behind-the-scenes method to leech of your normal Gmail downloading, the plugin needs to fetch a feed and parse that. This shouldn’t take too much time, data or other resources.
Help
You can use the provided test-application to test the feed. Note that even though there could be unread messages, this does not mean you’ll get an announcement: the app remembers the last new unread mail it has seen, and only announces once. If something does not work, check:
- Your username/password: if that isn’t correct, you won’t get any results ;)
- The label. Leave empty for default workings (your inbox). If you use ‘unread’ you also get the mails that skip you inbox (trough a filter). You could use any of you labels as well. Just one as for now.
Currently I am planning to add some stuff, but not yet figured out what. Some better “test my stuff” would be nice. Also, I don’t know how it likes timeouts on shaky connections. Suppose it will be fine obviously, otherwise I wouldn’t be running it myself :)
Maybe an extra option for a custom refresh interval? Don’t know if there’s a need for that?
Support for Google Apps Gmail accounts would be fantastic.
I can’t say I knew they are different in this case,i’ll look in to it!
This would be the same as “google apps for domains” by the way?
Yep. The usernames are whatever@yourdomaon.co.uk rather than whatever@gmail.com
I think I just figured out how to do it, I’ll be glad to try and update the stuff. If you’re willing, I could send you a test-version that you can try? It’ll probably not be tonight or tomorrow with all the christmas stuff going on, but somewhere next week might work.
You can reach me at the email nanne -at- huiges.nl if you want :)
This feature was added in version 0.5 :D
Could you add support for multiples accounts? Thank you
Hmm, that’s a good one, and it sounds possible. I’ll look into it.
I think I’ll have a version available at the end of the week. Just testing it now, seems to work fine.
It will have settings to add 5 additional accounts, which will be checked just like the primary. It will obviously make the same calls and checks as the primary, so will take that same amount of cpu / bandwith extra if you’ve got them enabled.
Because of the limited space, it will not comfortably fit in one “announce”, so you’ll get one for each account that has new messages.
aaaand, the update is in the market :)
Hello,
This is the only plugin that works on ICS. (Galaxy Nexus)
How did you do that? :)
Haha, nothing special. Probably other plugins might be just a tad old? :D
I tried to create a plugin myself, according to the official documentation/samples, and it doesn’t work on ICS. (but works on gingerbread)
So if you are willing, I’m really asking. :)
Willing yes, able: don’t know. I’m really not doing much (just used the timer from the SDK provided by SE, and every interval I check if there is new mail. If so, I’ll send an announce.
So for plugin/liveview specific code there is not much I can do. Maybe it is your other code that’s the problem? Or is it still basically a HelloWorld?
Yes, HelloWorld. :)
The problem is that the plugin is not detected.
I have about 10 plugins installed, (including HelloWorld) but yours is the only one that appears in the “Add plugin” menu.
That’s.. strange… Maybe drop me a mail for some discussion? (about has my email I guess :) )
Hello,
is it possible, to check pop-mails from other providers?
Do you know, why this symbol in the second plugins folder is and not in the first?
(I have to go to plungins an then to down.)
Not as is, but that might be an option for an update. Don’t know if I’ve got the time. It would surprise me if there isn’t something like that online? Could you maybe scout around? If there really isn’t something like that, i might give it a go… Maybe as a separate plugin?
The second question: I’m not really sure what you mean by second plugins folder. Maybe it is something that happens above a certain amount of plugins? I only use 1 plugin (this one), so don’t know exactly what happens ;)
would be great if allowed to receive more characters in each email for example 150 characters per email.
Regards