Take your app offline via sms

1. Take your Android apps offline via SMS By:Pranay Airan (@pranayairan) &Gopi Krishnan(@gkrishnan)

2. Agenda  Why going offline is necessary?  Demo of apps doing this today  Understanding how the offline behavior is achieved  Android app code walk through  SMS wrapper code and platform(txtWeb) walkthrough  txtWeb Android app demoBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

3. Most of the connected people of the world have only a mobile phone without a data plan Global approximations Global approximations India Example India Example Broad- band Inter- Highly users net Internet+ connected ~15M users~1 mobile 5-10% 00M data plan users Mobile ~400 M phone users Connected Area of ~900 M 40-50% focus Total population ~1.2 B Not connected 40-55% Short Message Service (SMS) is the most widely used service by the connected population of the world, with 2.4B active users, or 74% of all mobile phone subscribersBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

4. Let’s see some apps!By @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

5. App demo : Low Price app • Scans a bar code on the book • Finds out it’s lowest price across vendors • Works with or without Wi-Fi via SMS!!By @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

6. App demo : Twitter app• Simple Twitter app to search on hashtags• Same app functionality both online as well as offlineBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

7. Let’s see how we do it Search/json API SM S Search/json SMS Wrapper SMSBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

8. What is txtWeb ? A global platform that enables: 1.Users to discover and consume bite-size textual services on-demand, and, 2.Developers and businesses to acquire and engage users on any mobile device through simple text-based apps Platform Highlights: •Simple, easy, open API •Platform is programming language agnostic •Platform provides SMS ⇌ HTTP transformation •No coding work to “integrate” with txtWeb platformBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

9. User sends User receives Sanskrit (संसकृ तम्), is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary @wiki sanskrit liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. Welcome to Bus Routes @busroute App! Reply with the following: @bus <from, to> SMS @wiki sanskrit to 9243342000 to see this in action!By @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

10. txtWeb Platform – Example Step 3: HTTP Step1: SMS to 92433 42000 Request: GET Message: @droidcon Step 2: Accepts URL:/droidcon? Step 4. App #droidcon keyword and invokes Message=droidcon Specific logic Mobile number : the App URL & Mobile hash: 9991211212 <hash> Developer App txtWeb Platform Phone SMS SMS HTTP Internet HTTP CarrierStep 6: Twitter feed Step 5: HTTP ExternallyReceived as SMS RESPONSE: 80 Hosted <html> twitter Environment feed</html>By @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

11. Let’s see how we do it Search/json API SM S Search/json SMS Wrapper SMSBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

12. Let’s see how we do it on txtWeb http://developer.txtweb.comBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

13. Create a new serviceBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

14. Block your service nameBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

15. Enter your service App URLBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

16. Test service on emulator/mobileBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

17. Enter descriptionBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

18. Publish & Go Live !By @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

19. txtWeb On Android Come & check it out at the Intuit booth outside -Access any app or information within seconds -No remembering keywords -No typing -Works online as well as offline -Easy and intuitive to use Drop by, express your interest and when we launch our beta version - you’ll be the first to know!!By @pranayairan & @gkrishnan

20. Thank you! … Any questions we can answer?? You can reach us @ pranay_airan@intuit.com and gopi_nambiar@intuit.comBy @pranayairan & @gkrishnan