Conversation

Bluemix Mobile Starter for Conversation in Android

Table of Contents

• Summary
• Requirements
• Conversation Configuration
• Application Configuration
• Run
• License

Summary

This Bluemix Mobile Starter will showcase the Conversation service from Watson and give you integration points for each of the Bluemix Mobile services.

Requirements

• Android Studio
• A Bluemix Account

Conversation Configuration

You will need to create or upload a conversation file to your Watson Conversation service (created for you) on Bluemix in order to allow interaction with the service.

In the dashboard of your Conversation service on Bluemix run the Conversation tooling dashboard by clicking the Launch tool button:

Now create your own Conversation Workspace or import the sample workspace named bluemix_mobile_qa_workspace.json we have included in this project by selecting the import button from your Workspaces screen and navigating to the provided .json:

After you have created or uploaded a Conversation Workspace you will need to get the Workspace Id. Click the View details list item to see the Workspace information. Save the WorkspaceID which we will need to include in our application configuration:

Application Configuration

• Open the project in Android Studio and perform a Gradle Sync.

• Navigate to MainActivity.java and input your Watson Conversation WorkspaceID you saved earlier in place of YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID on line ~260ish (look for the doInBackground() function in the ConversationTask class).

• Navigate to MainActivity.java, search for the YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID placeholder, and replace with the Watson Conversation workspaceID you saved or copied earlier. The placeholder is found in the ConversationTask class, doInBackground() function.

Run

You can now run the application on a simulator or physical device:

The Watson Conversation service allows you to add a natural language interface to your application to automate interactions with your end users. This project shows an application of this service that allows you to have a conversation with Watson. Watson will send an initial conversation which you can then reply to and continue to interact with the service.

License

This package contains code licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 and may also view the License in the LICENSE file within this package.