Mobile Apps

Choosing a Development Platform

Python

Kivy is an open-stouce Python library for developing cross-platform GUI applications. It allows you to write Python graphical applications that run on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android. Access to platform specific resources such as bluetooth, WiFi, NFC, etc. is accomplished by using the Plyer API.

Build a Mobile Application With the Kivy Python Framework by Mike Driscoll

Kivy + Matplotlib example

matplotlib graph in kivy

Simple Kivy Matplotlib example

Javascript / Nativescript

Nativescript is an open-source cross-platform mobile development framework for building native apps in JavaScript. You may build an app using JavaScript, Angular, Typescript, and Vue.js. &nbap;

The Ultimate Guide

BLE plugin

nativescript-bluetooth demo app

Using NativeScript to Build Particle-Powered Mobile Apps by Brandon Satrom

Blynk

True input/output from your Particle device should be accomplished through the BLYNK_WRITE() and BLYNK_READ() functions. Virtual Pins are used to communicate with a Blynk mobile app control. The function argument in () is the digital / analog / virtual pin reference. Use multiple BLYNK_WRITE() and BLYNK_READ() blocks with different digital / analog / virtual pin references to access multiple pins.

BLYNK_WRITE() & NeoPixel

The code below is used to send status and information about Blynk to the serial monitor.


#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial

Pricing

Blynk pricing outside of the free non-commercial usage is differentiated by the number of commercial products (IoT device + Blynk mobile app),and branded usage. All commercial use plans include a dedicated USA based Blynk Business Server. The first entry level commercial plan is the Startup plan, and it allows generation of one custom branded product design deployed over up to 1000 IoT devices / users. Data storage for the Startup plan is limited to 10 GB, but hardware messages are unlimited.

Blynk

Blynk Particle library on GitHub

Blynk library on GitHub

Adafruit Bluefruit BLE example

Using Blynk with Boron / Argon

Particle Webhook to Blynk by Jarad Wolff

Boron data to Blynk by Luca Cavallin

Photon door lock & Blynk by Tom Nardi

Argon using #include blynk.h

Particle Electron

ZeRGBa widget example

Blynk to Argon via BLE

Blynk to any Arduino via USB

Blynk app BLE communication to Arduino 101 by Noah Huber-Feely

Android App pfodDesigner for pfodApp

The free pfodDesignerV3 Android app is used to design an app and generate Arduino code to run on fpodApp. pfod™ (Protocol For Operations Discovery).

pfodApp on Google Play ($9.95)

pfodDesignerV3 on Google Play

thunkable

MIT App Inventor 2

MIT App Inventor 2 Note that the Particle App was based on MIT App Inventor 2 and a Particle App Template is available. MIT has no proprietary rights in the apps you create with MIT App Inventor.

Develop Apps to Communicate with Particle Devices

MIT-App-Inventor-Particle-Photon-test

Particle code for the above app

MIT-App-Inventor-Particle-Photon-test

Bluetooth BLE example

BLE documentation

Building Mobile Phone Apps (for BLE)

NativeScript

Using NativeScript to Build Particle-Powered Mobile Apps by Brandon Satrom

How to build a cross-platform Iot Mobile App with Nativescript by Brandon Satrom

NativeScript Particle plugin GitHub repo plugin docs

Particle IoT Mobile Apps using NativeScript by Jared Wolff

How to Use Particle's Powerful Bluetooth API On Your Xenon, Boron or Argon by Jared Wolff

NativeScript Particle plugin

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