L-Clock

L-Clock is an Android app that fetches data from NASA.gov and SpaceflightNow.com and creates a formatted list of upcoming rocket launches. Touch an item in the list to display the launch date/time and a countdown.

Currently in beta. There are a few obvious issues that will be fixed before v1.0.0, but the basic concept is mostly functional.

Links

• L-Clock on Android Market
• L-Clock on AppBrain
• L-Clock issue tracker (view or submit problems and suggestions)
• L-Clock.com (forwards here)

Changelog

v0.6.2 [2011-10-11]

• Make ready for translating. Let me know if you want to translate! (note: this does not apply for list data)
• Fix more NASA parsing issues. Notably support for future years and fixing error after the site had minor design changes.
• Initial countdown shows next launch (first that hasn't passed) instead of first.
• Fetch and parse data in a separate thread, preventing GUI from hanging while it waits for data.
• Access to menu/preferences from lists.
• Pre-load cache when app is started.
• Use database instead of saving as raw file.

v0.6.1 [2011-05-15]

• Fix date/time parsing for most languages/locales and a few launches.
• Connectivity is checked before attempting to download data or fetch ads. Requires ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE (view network state) permission.
• Only create alerts for launches accurate to the minute or better.
• Format time of launch (above clock) to not include missing time information.
• Parts of clock change to red to indicate inaccuracy of schedule information.
• Change countdown clock to L -/+ clock.

v0.6.0 [2011-02-24]

• Alerts!
• Preferences.
• Data is cached - cache loaded if unable to download.
• Fix NASA descriptions cut off at the beginning.
• Fix crash when no connection.
• Hide ad space if no ad is loaded.

v0.5.2 [2011-02-23]

• Preserve list (don't re-download) on orientation change.
• Indicate that launch cannot be confirmed by saying "supposedly".
• Keep launch time in countdown area after launch.
• Fix text on main screen in landscape orientation.
• Fix text parsing issues.

v0.5.1 [2010-12-15]

• Better workaround for determining launch year in Spaceflight Now list.
• Context menu option to view location in Google Maps.
• In Spaceflight Now list, changed empty Mission column to Payload and populate.

v0.5.0 [2010-12-15]

• Initial release to the Android Market!
  

Started development on 2010-11-14