This update fleshed out the layout and functionality of the project. Over the course of a couple weeks, I finished up coding the "viewing" function of the application, which allows you to views the current page of status updates on the web page as well as backtrack as far back in history as the updates go.

To accomplish this, on initial opening, the application sends an HTTP request to the URL of the RSS2.0 feed on the web page, passing the parameter "page=1" to start with the first page. The forward and backward buttons function exactly as you'd expect them to, which checks for page numbers less than 0. Refresh will reload the page you are currently on, while pushing the COSI icon will return you to the very first page.

The messages in the RSS feed are stored less than satisfactorily. You'd expect there to be a few core fields: author, message, date, link. Unfortunately there is no author tag in the xml provided, which means there is no easy way to filter by author or even to display the author separate from the message text. Fortunately enough the simple layout and short message length makes it fairly easy to overcome this handicap when reading: I have had no problems tracking conversation.

For now, pushing a list item (message) simply pops up a message with the date the message was posted. In the future it is possible somebody could expand this to create a new Android activity to include "message details" more than the date. This implementation was left for future work.

Pushing the compose button opens up a new activity for composing a message. It presents a simple field for username, password, and message. The back button closes the activity and returns you to the previous activity, and the send button attempts an HTTP post to send the data to the page. This activity could be expanded upon in the future.

Finally, I compiled a list of possible future work which is found here. It is my hope that future Android enthusiasts will pick up where I left off and carry the COSI App forward, and away from obsoletion.