Jake Wharton

My SVN repository for SMSBarrage had a root directory structure like this:

SMSBarrage/
 +-trunk/
    +-Android\
    +-Blackberry\
    +-iPhone\
    +-WindowsMoblie\

After importing this structure into a Git repository I realized that I wanted to break it up into multiple repositories. I had already deleted the SMSBarrage/ folder from the SVN and I didn’t want to deal with rolling back the commit. Luckily git has a very impressive command toolkit which enabled me to make this transition without losing any code, history, or even tags.

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The following projects have been moved to git repositories at GitHub to facilitate better contribution:

• mkvdts2ac3 – Bash script for converting DTS to AC3 audio inside Matroska (MKV) files.
• Polyreviki – Multiple key-value pair storage system for Python with revision control.
• PyCache – Rudimentary caching mechanism written in Python (PHPCache port).
• SMSBarrage – Mobile application which allows mass, repeated SMS messaging to numbers for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile platforms.
• SMSMorse – Android service which vibrates incoming SMS messages in Morse code.
• SMSPoll – Android utility which allows you to conduct multiple polls via SMS and visualize their responses.

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Unfortunately Google has determined that SMSBarrage violates the terms of the Android Market. To the 9657 people who downloaded it and 466 who rated it I thank you.

Since I can no longer distribute via the Market, I will either just provide HTTP dowloads of a self-updating package or implement a plugin system for a new Market app. If anyone has any suggestions or comments I’ll take them under consideration.

If any new users want to install the application you can either copy it from a friend or compile the source yourself.

Support development, donate or buy SMSMorse today.

I have been receiving a lot of inquiries about a version of SMSBarrage for the iPhone. A version is planned for deployment in Cydia eventually but I presently don’t have a development environment.

Presently, the Android version of SMSBarrage is undergoing a major rewrite to support features such as backgrounding, multiple barrages, scheduling, and barrage blocking. You can view a sneak peek of the new user interface on my Flickr.

The iPhone version will first replicate the 1.0.0 branch of the Android version before 2.0.0 features are even considered. Backgrounding will not be implemented natively, but can be achieved through the use of the Backgrounder application.

Stay tuned for updates.

SMSMorse is now available for free on the Android Market due to an underwhelming performance at $0.99! You can view the package on Cyrket or click the barcode to the right if you’re on an Android device to go directly to the market.

The $0.99 version is still available and its title has been suffixed by “DONATE”. Any updates to the application will be pushed to users who have purchased the $0.99 version initially and then to the free version later.

If you get good use out of the free version I would greatly appreciate you purchasing the $0.99 version to support development. You can also donate without sending Google 30% of the purchase price by clicking the donate link in the menu to the left and choose an appropriate method.

Since the application is now free you can browse the source code either through the project manager or directly.