[Scale-planning] Mobile App

Thu Feb 7 18:07:43 UTC 2019

Am 07. Feb, 2019 schwätzte Lori Barfield so:

moin moin,

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

It does badge scanning? For attendees to scan badges from other attendees?

> 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.

Having a search mechanism would be great. Same for the web site :).

ciao,

der.hans

> 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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