Thread: Scouting App Development
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Unread 12-12-2014, 13:13
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Re: Scouting App Development
It depends on your programming background. There are a couple ways to do this. Probably the easiest way is to do an HTML 5 application. This is the way we do it.

Programming for the iPad usually requires an Apple Developer license. Well there are a couple ways around this. You can tell your app to cache locally when saved as a bookmark. This is a pain in the butt (we did that the first year and it worked well enough but it was a pain).

The other way to avoid getting a developer's license is to use a program like Telerik's App Builder. App Builder has a starter license that is free for projects like this and run your code through their free companion app.

You can also program the apps directly in Objective C if you have the knowledge but you will need a developer's license to program for your iPad. (Our team switched to Android because of these issues)