Wifidog Hotspot Finder

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Use Cases 3 Layout Components 3.1 Application Area 3.1.1 Application Menu 3.1.2 Filter Menu 3.2 Navigation Area 3.3 Toolbar 3.3.1 Search 3.3.2 Action Buttons 3.4 Details Area 3.5 Footer Area 3.5.1 Status Bar 4 Constraints 5 Sessions 6 Architectural Details 7 Implementation Recommendations 8 Icons 9 Interactions 10 Unresolved Issues 11 Questions and Answers

Overview

This article defines the Wifidog Hotspot Finder Application, an application designed for finding Wifidog based hotspots on the OpenMoko platform. This is a Native Stylus-Based application.

Use Cases

Here are some possible use cases:

• I want to be able to quickly find a hotspot close to me, even when offline

Layout Components

• 1) Application Menu -- Additional options related to hotspot objects.
• 2) Filter_Menu -- Filtering options for the list of hotspots.
• 3) Navigation Area -- List of hotspots based on current filter.
• 4) Toolbar -- Primary commands available to hotspot.
• 5) Details Area -- Detailed view of current selected hotspot.

Application Area

Application Menu

Item	Action	Constraints
Help	Opens Help Viewer Application with help for this application

Filter Menu

Item	Action	Constraints
All	Displays all hotspots
Up	Displays only functioning hotspots
Down	Displays only non-functioning hotspots
Search Results	Displays all hotspots matching current search string

Navigation Area

Displays list of hotspots using the Navigation Widget. Has the following structure:

Item	Action	Constraints
Column 1	Displays name of hotspot
Column 2	Displays distance to hotspot

Tap selecting a row, will display corresponding hotspot in the Details Area.

Toolbar

Search

(TBD)

Action Buttons

Subscribe

Item	Action	Constraints
Subscribe	Opens Dialog prompting for URL

Refresh All

Item	Action	Constraints
Refresh All	Refreshes all subscriptions. Progress is displayed in Status Bar

Details Area

• 1) Hotspot Detail -- The current hotspot's full information in a Message Body.

Footer Area

Status Bar

Displays the total number of hotspot in the current subscription. While "refreshing" subscriptions, background of status bar will act as progress bar.

Constraints

(TBD)

Sessions

(TBD)

Architectural Details

(TBD)

Implementation Recommendations

(TBD)

Icons

Interactions

• Needs to interact with the GPS sensor
• Read a xml file containing Hotspot listings on internet
• Save that xml file for using offline

Unresolved Issues

(TBD)

Questions and Answers

(TBD)