[Scale-planning] Mobile App

Derek Nowicki derek at knowikiapps.com
Fri Feb 8 01:46:32 UTC 2019


Yeah we definitely need camera access for badge scanning, but I'm not 
sure why it's asking for location and microphone. Is this on Android? I 
can look at the manifest.xml and see whats up.

/Derek Nowicki
Knowiki Apps
818-262-9565/


On 2/7/19 9:42 AM, Lori Barfield wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:Verteiler%2Bscale-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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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