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hypersoniq — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:04:33 GMT

Had enough for today, but next coding session begins transferring files to a docker container for the big Android build

Original Blog Entry: Home stretch for the app!

hypersoniq — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:58:14 GMT

Added an about screen that will work on Android. That was relatively simple at this point. The tricky part is that unlike Django or Flask, you can't just use CSS to make everything flow correctly. Kivy has it's own layout rules. There is a version number that displays on the About screen.

The last refinement will be cleaning up the information displayed on the column stats cards so that it flows well at mobile aspect ratios. After that the hard work is essentially done! (For the Windows version... then the real work begins for Android deployment... Docker, Buildozer, that all important first APK...)

Once I have the card displays down, I can take a few screen shots... the mobile version may be ready for use within a week! Just in time for the first Pick 5 cycle.

The first planned update will be replacing Cash4Life with Millionaire4Life, I am sure that will come with it's own set of challenges and learning opportunities .

The (now) months of work are coming together in a slick professional application that serves as a system framework where any new ideas can be dropped in with relative simplicity compared to the old method of writing a different script for each idea. Even if it never picks a winner, it was worth the journey to see what software engineering is really like.... [ More ]