[Scale-planning] Mobile App

Thu Feb 7 17:42:08 UTC 2019

since it does badge scanning, it will need camera access.

it might need microphone access if it had a pane for search input.  but i
don't see a search feature.  that would be extremely useful, as we have 150
booths and hundreds of talks.

On Thu, Feb 7, 2019, 07:30 der.hans <Verteiler+scale-planning at lufthans.com>
wrote:

> Am 07. Feb, 2019 schwätzte Derek Nowicki so:
>
> moin moin Derek,
>
> Looking forward to having an app for SCaLE17x. Is there a possibility of
> getting it into F-Droid?
>
> Also, why does it need precise location, microphone and camera access?
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
> > Ilan,
> >
> > Sorry about the delayed reply, I've been dealing with some issues with
> one of
> > my clients and it has been an absolute drain on my energy.
> >
> > Things are going well with the app though. I'm just about done updating
> the
> > urls and image resources for the 17x moniker, and I'll be uploading the
> > updated app to the stores soon.
> >
> > What would be really awesome is if you could install the app on your
> phone
> > and test it out before I upload the updates to the stores. Obviously,
> the
> > data will be from 16x but we haven't changed any of the features so you
> > should be able to use it just the same. Any feedback you give can be
> > integrated into the update I'll send.
> >
> > I think the main thing I need to know is what work we need to do for it
> to be
> > acceptable for the conference. If there are any features that you want
> to
> > add, we definitely have time to work on them. If there are any bugs you
> find,
> > we have time to fix them. I'd love to get an email from you soon that
> says
> > the app is good enough to use this year.
> >
> > Whatever we need to do to get this year to be the first year SCaLE has
> it's
> > own app, I'm down to get it done. I just need your feedback.
> >
> > /Derek Nowicki
> > Knowiki Apps
> > 818-262-9565/
> >
> >
> > On 2/5/19 11:35 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch wrote:
> >> Hi Derek, Hows the app coming along? Need any help from us?
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 1:50 PM Derek Nowicki <derek at knowikiapps.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> As far as I know, there isn't a legal way to bypass the app store for
> >>> apple. android will allow you to do it, but with ios you'd need to
> >>> jailbreak your phone or "sideload" the app from another device. For
> >>> Android the users would have to set their devices to allow
> unauthorized
> >>> apps, which I don't think anyone would be willing to do, and we would
> have
> >>> to set up some backend download endpoint for he apk.
> >>>
> >>> It looks like we could possibly contact apple directly (and probably
> >>> google too) to expedite a review. We may be able to make a case that
> we
> >>> want to push immediate updates for the conference. But really, I think
> if
> >>> we got some people testing it over the next couple months we should be
> >>> fine.
> >>>
> >>> https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/
> >>>
> >>> Currently, the URLs are baked into the app, but they don't have to
> stay
> >>> that way. There's a bunch of ways we could probably do it since they
> are
> >>> just strings in the source code. You're welcome to work on it. If you
> send
> >>> me your github handle, I can add you as a dev on the project.
> >>>
> >>> Derek Nowicki
> >>> Knowiki Apps
> >>> 818-262-9565
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 1/26/19 10:24 AM, Hriday Balachandran wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Derek,
> >>>
> >>> Do the urls have to be baked into the IPA? Also, can we push the ipa
> >>> outside of the store, so we can avoid Apple store?
> >>> On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 11:22 AM Ilan Rabinovitch
> >>> <ilan at socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
> >>>> Hi Derek,
> >>>>
> >>>> I added an announcement about KubeFlow day.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ilan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 1:11 PM Derek Nowicki <derek at knowikiapps.com>
>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> Ilan,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I changed all of the urls and they look like they are working just
> fine!
> >>>>> I'm also in the process of editing the image resources to reflect
> the
> >>>>> new 17x as well.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Can you add some announcements to the backend for 17x? We'll need
> some
> >>>>> sample announcements that don't contain the words "sample", "demo",
> >>>>> "test" or anything like that (apple will reject the app if we use
> those
> >>>>> kinds of words). Or if you want to give me access to the backend I
> can
> >>>>> do it, whatever you feel comfortable with. I would recommend that
> you
> >>>>> just copy the text from some tweets or facebook posts. It would be
> real
> >>>>> announcements that apple probably wouldn't have a problem with.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Once we have some announcements in there and I've edited the image
> >>>>> resources, I should be able to deploy to the app stores and have the
> 17x
> >>>>> ready to install/update in couple days time. I will also update the
> app
> >>>>> store graphics and screen shots with the 17x moniker.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In my experience, it can take around 48 hours for updates to be
> approved
> >>>>> by the app stores, so we want to make sure that we get as much
> testing
> >>>>> done as soon as we can so that we have time to fix bugs and make
> >>>>> updates. Once the conference starts, we probably won't be able to
> get
> >>>>> app updates to the users before the end.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Derek Nowicki
> >>>>> Knowiki Apps
> >>>>> 818-262-9565
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 1/25/19 12:36 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks Derek. .What urls did you use for 16x? Can we just change the
> >>>>> path to 17x?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:07 PM Derek Nowicki <derek at knowikiapps.com>
>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> All,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Last year we started working on a mobile app to replace guidebook.
> We
> >>>>> got most of the way there, but didn't quite make it in time to be
> used
> >>>>> for the conference. We'd love to see this app used this year so
> we're
> >>>>> reaching out for your help to get it up and running. We're looking
> for
> >>>>> people to test the app, develop features, find and report bugs, and
> work
> >>>>> on backend features.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> the app can be installed on both Android, iOS, and all desktop OS's:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.knowikiapps.SCaLE
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scale-conference/id1340573731
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://github.com/KnowikiApps/scale-conf-app
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Currently the app is configured for 16x, but we just need the
> backend
> >>>>> API endpoints for 17x and that will be fixed. So if you're the site
> >>>>> admin send us the endpoint URLs please!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you're interested in contributing to the project as a tester,
> >>>>> developer, or designer let us know.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Derek Nowicki
> >>>>> Knowiki Apps
> >>>>> 818-262-9565
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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