Microsoft has stunned everyone by launching this wonderful platform on{X}, that lets you write custom code and automate your Android phone... Wait did I just hear Microsoft + Android? Seriously?
Looks like it is happening and whatever happened, seems very good and promising so far!
The site's documentation page teaches you everything you probably want to know before you can start writing your own code.
A number of common recipes are also available for download on the website, for use right away.. The codeplex community for onX is just maturing and there is no doubt it will soon become the next big thing among geeks.
You need to install onX(~7MB) on your phone before you can start using it and writing custom codes online.Oh yeah, you write code online and push it to your phone (which is very simple in fact) so we can call this remote programming...
Shira Weinberg, the on{X} team’s Program Manager, explained that the less strict security model of the Android platform is well suited for deploying early stage technology previews. This means that on{X} should be expected to be implemented on Windows 8 and Windows Phone, which require a more mature implementation of the technology.
All users need to do is download the Android app and then configure rules on the on{X} site. Rules are called ‘recipes’ and there are 11 templates ready to go. These include ones such as ‘Launch the music app when I am walking’ and ‘Remind me to visit the gym if I haven’t been there in 3 days’. Check out the video at the bottom of the post for a demo.
Each recipe can be easily edited by novices before being pushed to the user’s device. The rules and all the data they hold are private, and are available only to the user.
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