Widgets

While it has been a while since my last post I’ve been busy. Currently I am in the middle of exams so the spare time is limited or should be limited. The only moments to write something new is in the evening and then I mostly am reluctant to post something.

In the pauses of my study scheme I tried something new. Since I bought my samsung wave I am eager to develop some apps for the device. Due to my limited time I tried to develop some small widgets instead of apps. Which I will get back to when my exams are finished. Both widget and application software development kits are available on samsung’s website.

The widget I am working on at the moment is to check my remaining data limit and free text messages. The information is provided by an API from my mobile operator, Mobile Vikings. For retrieving the information I have to make a XMLHttpRequest in javascript to the API because samsung widgets are webbased.

Nevertheless my efforts were a waste of time. It seems that the samsung widgets with the current development environment aren’t capable of making XMLHttpRequest to HTTPS URLs. It does work when you make a XMLHttpRequest to a standard HTTP website, but the API requires HTTPS.

So I am currently looking for solutions to this problem. I already posted a thread on the discussion board on the developers site, but the reactions are minimal and do not work. I have now mailed the support of samsung to ask if they know a workaround for this problem. I’ll let you know when I have a solution for this problem.

Edit: seems like you have to be a core member (read company related) in order to get a respons from the technical staff of samsung. I think it is ashame because lots of students and non core members could provide some usefull information and questions too aswell as apps and widgets.