Recipe Files

Bites recipes are very simple .xml files. Just create your file from the following template and post it on the web, then anyone with Bites on their phone can download and use your recipe. Make sure you don't include any special characters (e.g. &) in your recipe text

Recipe File Template

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<recipe name="Your Recipe Name" author="Your Name">
	<description>A short paragraph describing your recipe</description>
	<ingredient>Your first ingredient</ingredient>
	<ingredient>Your second ingredient</ingredient>
	<method step="1">Your first method step</method>
	<method step="2">Your second method step</method>
</recipe>

Simply replace the relevant fields and copy and paste as many ingredient and method rows as you need for your recipe. Make sure you save your file with a .xml extension then upload the file to your homepage or blog to share your recipe with the world!

Comment by Stevo...@gmail.com, Dec 6, 2009

Hi this apps is nice , but a volume /quantity information would nice especially to export to trolly i.e ( 1 recipe needs 3 eggs and the other 4 eggs ) a total of 7 eggs is needed. for now we ll have 2 separates lines instead of the total

Comment by project member benny.ca...@gmail.com, Dec 6, 2009

Adding quantity is actually a bit tricky e.g. some recipes will ask for a teaspoon of an ingredient, while others ask for a tablespoon, a cup or even 150 grams. I made the decision to keep my applications more simple/reliable and just make the quantity part of the text. It will stay that way for now...

Comment by pierpaol...@gmail.com, Jan 14, 2010

Greta app. Why don't you make it compatible with RecipeXML? http://www.happy-monkey.net/recipebook/

Comment by shootstr...@gmail.com, May 22, 2010

I would love to see it support one of the more standard open recipe xml formats, and would be willing to provide a donation/paid if it is included.

Comment by gregory....@gmail.com, Jun 23, 2010

another vote for RecipeXML comparability

Comment by eloisa.c...@gmail.com, Sep 8, 2010

Can't find it in the android market... :S

Comment by Bryce....@gmail.com, Dec 11, 2010

How do you guys feel about a RecipeXML importer? I can pull one together if there's interest in it.

Comment by project member benny.ca...@gmail.com, Dec 11, 2010

Hi Bryce, a RecipeXML importer would be fantastic! There are a few different options for contributing depending on how familiar you are with android, svn and creating patches. Drop me a line if you are keen to discuss.

Comment by Bryce....@gmail.com, Dec 25, 2010

Seems silly to build a RecipeXML converter/importer when there are no real recipexml catalogs or large download sites (none that I've found). I'm working on building a large recipe catalog of about 10K+ recipes from freely available sources I've found. Also, Benny, I saw you put up a bites recipe website. I stumbled across http://www.maianscriptworld.co.uk/free-php-scripts/maian-recipe/free-recipe-system/index.html which seems to have promise and may help you out. There seems to be a current export extension which you could probably make work for you.

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