[Scale-planning] Mobile App
Derek Nowicki
derek at knowikiapps.com
Fri Feb 8 22:23:54 UTC 2019
Nathan,
This is all fantastic feedback, and I really appreciate it. These things
should be totally fixable before the conference.
If you have a github account, would you be willing to put in some issues
on the issues tracker?
https://github.com/KnowikiApps/scale-conf-app/issues
If not, I can add them myself no problem.
Can you also let me know what model of android phone you're using? Also
the android version if you can. I want to see if I can reproduce the
issues on an emulator.
Keep the feedback coming!
Best,
/Derek Nowicki
Knowiki Apps
818-262-9565/
On 2/7/19 7:48 PM, Nathan Haines wrote:
> Thanks for all your hard work, Derek. I've made a few notes, and in
> the interest of time, I'll be blunt--but please know that I appreciate
> the effort it takes to make an app, much less a cross-platform one!
>
> I noticed that on Android, the back button doesn't do anything--you
> have to tap the toolbar button. That screams "amateur," and of course
> the app is a lot better than that!
>
> If you look at the schedule, there's an "add to my schedule" button,
> but if you do so, there's no indication that it worked after you
> dismiss the confirmation. I feel like the [+] button should change to
> a different icon or at the least a [-] button to remove it.
>
> Last, I can't actually scroll down to the last session on any day,
> just the second-to-last, so that I can scroll the screen and hold my
> finger on the screen to see the last session, but I can never add it
> to my schedule or tap it to view the details.
>
> Tapping a session to view the web page also seems a little disjointed
> (although the dynamic responsiveness of the SCALE fits in nicely), but
> I'd rather have a native view of the description and author info.
>
> "Back" button support is a major issue, the rest are serious but much
> more minor. It's still a pretty good mobile experience, and much
> better than sliding around the web site. So thanks for all the hard
> work!
>
> Regards,
> Nathan
>
> On 2/7/19 6:41 PM, Derek Nowicki wrote:
>> Thanks for installing! 17x updates are coming very soon! Please let
>> me know if you find any other issues, or if you have any features
>> that you'd like to see.
>>
>> /Derek Nowicki
>> Knowiki Apps
>> 818-262-9565/
>>
>>
>> On 2/7/19 6:03 PM, Swantje wrote:
>>> I could help with beta testing. I just installed the app. It still
>>> seems to show 16x.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 5:18 PM Ilan Rabinovitch
>>> <ilan at socallinuxexpo.org <mailto:ilan at socallinuxexpo.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I installed it a bit back and did some cursory testing. Will do
>>> more.
>>>
>>> Any volunteers on the list want to help out and beta test/?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 3:32 AM Derek Nowicki
>>> <derek at knowikiapps.com <mailto:derek at knowikiapps.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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