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Creating a dynamic alerting functionality on Android w/ EVE Watch

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ShadowandLight
Trigger Happy Capsuleers
#1 - 2014-04-08 02:26:28 UTC
Problem - Your missing important notifications when out of game such as POS fuel alerts, important mails etc.

Solution - Combining 2 apps to create a very dynamic tool that can SMS / Email etc so you never miss something important.

EVE Watch handles the API solution while Automagic handles alerting you via vibrate / sms to another device / email etc
After installing the demo I created this app will email / vibrate & alarm after receiving any API alert that has "tower" in the status (fuel, POS attacks etc). This is a very dynamic program and you can have it do almost anything, but for this example alerting to "tower" was easy to setup.

What you need:

An Android Device w/ cell service and/or Wifi Access

Eve Watch - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.evewatch

Automagic - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.gridvision.ppam.androidautomagic (this does cost $4)
(For those familiar with Tasker or similar, Automagic is a bit easier to use and run. It does have very powerful variable and function features which I frankly dont know how to use half of. However one should be able to use Tasker to do a similar solution, but I was having problems with it recognizing EVE Watch, so I switched to Automagic).

Install EVE Watch and plug in your full API. https://community.eveonline.com/support/api-key/

Under Alert Categories select what ones you want EVE Watch to check for.

Install AutoMagic, then click on this link FROM your Android Device. It will automatically import the XML into AutoMagic.
http://automagic4android.com/flow.php?id=dd93a66041e72bee70999a074f59084a8bc0be1a

Configure your email - In AutoMagic select the "EVE Watch Alert Test" item, tap on the "Mail with Gmail" then tap on the pencil to edit. Plug in your gmail information in there.

Make sure to "turn on" the EVE Watch "Flow" on the top of the screen.

You can also add other features such as multiple email addresses / send SMS / change the alarm etc. The sky is the limit with AutoMagic.

I'll answer any questions as best I can, but for more advanced help check out their forums (FYI the creator of AutoMagic is on vacation till the 14th and only responds sporadically till then).

http://automagic4android.com/forum/index.php