Marital Bliss! Android Style with a Little Harry Potter for Good Luck

Sometimes a fairy tale story comes along that is just too good not to tell, and it’s even better when it involves Android and a couple of Android fanatics.

On November 2nd Jon C. Hodgson proposed to his girlfriend of 2 years in a very innovative way that involved their Android phones, Google App Inventor, and a little bit of ingenuity. Jon needed a way to propose to his girlfriend, and knowing that she was a hard person to surprise and wanting to do it a little differently, he decided to write an Android App to do it for him.

With the new Harry Potter movie just around the corner and his girlfriend, Meghan, being a Harry Potter fan, he decided to write an application that pretended to give-a-way FREE tickets to the new movie if you completed a simple Harry Potter quiz. He fired up App Inventor and designed a very cool application.

Meghan installed the application on her HTC Incredible and went through a few screens of questions and then finally a button saying “Final Question” appeared. When pressed, the following screen was displayed:

Jon thought of everything, just in case the worst case scenario happened and Meghan decided to click NO. If she did, the following screen would appear:

Isn’t that the coolest love story you’ve ever heard? What have you done to creatively propose or just surprise someone in your life that involved Android in some way?

Source: JonQ.com via FastCompany

About the Author

Simon Walker

I was an IT consultant for 20 years and ran my own web design and development company for an additional 3 years. I have been involved with technology from birth. OK, that maybe an exaggeration, but it sure is a long time. I'm also an avid Home Theater geek and self appointed installer for friends and relatives. My first serious modding of Smart-Phones started with my T-Mobile WING and now Android devices. I'm also a bit of a photographer, although Android has kind of taken over my life and photography has taken a back seat.

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