So I've held back on this announcement because I was waiting for my version update to go through to the Nokia Store, but as I see the first version is released and people have started downloading it, which makes me very happy, I'd like everyone to know that my first release-quality open-source and Nokia Store-accepted application is now out there for free.

So what is it? Well from my list of "missing Android apps" it's a simplified implementation of Google Authenticator supporting one account and generating valid six-digit token codes for Google Account's two-step verification feature.

Simply install GAuth (and MeeScan) re-set your two-step verification settings on Google, scan the QR code with MeeScan and copy and paste the code's text into Web (this is a workaround for a MeeScan limitation). This will start GAuth and initialise it with your settings.

The code updates every 30 seconds and the app works in landscape and portrait.

Note - the first version on Nokia Store (version 1.1) will forget your settings when you upgrade to the newer, better 1.3 version. Sorry about that (I just blindly followed the Harmattan-dev example here). I recommend new users get the version 1.3 app from GitHub until Nokia Store updates next weekend.

Update: The Nokia Store has updated today and the proper version 1.3 is out now.

More details on my blog.

I am slowly working on other apps to scratch my own itches. The next is essentially a better Google Latitude client a sneak peek of which is also on GitHub already.