I created a new FRC Manual App for Android

[AquaMorph]

I got frustrated at the glitchiness of the current FRC Manual app so I decided to create my own. Right now it only works when connected to the internet but I am working on adding an offline mode. I would love some feedback on what can be done to make the app better.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...orph.frcmanual

[cjl2625]

I tried it, works great so far

A search function would be cool

[Conor Ryan]

Originally Posted by cjl2625

I tried it, works great so far

A search function would be cool

Let us add bookmarks, being able to establish quick references is why so many ref's tab their manuals at competitions.

While on the subject of rules, don't forget to abide by this blog post as a design constraint:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...osting-Content

[AquaMorph]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

While on the subject of rules, don't forget to abide by this blog post as a design constraint:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...osting-Content

The app pulls all it's data from http://frc-manual.usfirst.org/ just like the other FRC Manual app.

[notmattlythgoe]

I like it better than the official app. I hate having to open the rule numbers to see what they are.

[Phalanx]

Nice app. It's a little slow on my Bionic, but that could just be my phone.

Would it be possible to add a pinch-zoom feature for us "older" folks?

Nice work.

[pyroslev]

Works on my first gen Commando.

If you can add offline mode that be splendid. That's my only complaint, for lack of a better term.

[rzoeller]

I would change your icon so that your app doesn't get de-listed. You can't use any FIRST logos directly.

[makahn64]

Hey Christian,

I did a new version of our old AppDelegates Manual App while you were working on yours. I just saw yours after I published the new one. I saw the complaints on the ETC one, and it was locking up my Samsung GS3, so I banged it out as a test of some new libraries we're working on.

Anyway, yours looks pretty nice! If we (AppDelegates) can be of any help, let me know. Happy to share code with you on GitHub too. I'm pushing out a new build probably later today with search, then back to the day job (more apps ).

Mitch

[makahn64]

Forgot the link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....frcmanual2014

I am tempted to open source it, but it has a bunch of AppD proprietary stuff in it. Maybe if I can figure out a way to remove some of the stuff. It'd be fun to have a ton of folks working on a super-manual app.

[AquaMorph]

I updated the app. It now works offline and I added an option to enable zooming. https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...orph.frcmanual

[Phalanx]

Thanks SO MUCH!!! for the Zoom. I think your app is the only one of the FRC manual apps that do that.

Really very nice work.

[eli2410]

FYI, the summary repeats itself and some of the graphics cannot be seen in their entirety. Other than that, looks great!

[Rishabhgadi]

Originally Posted by AquaMorph

I got frustrated at the glitchiness of the current FRC Manual app so I decided to create my own. Right now it only works when connected to the internet but I am working on adding an offline mode. I would love some feedback on what can be done to make the app better.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...orph.frcmanual

Thanks! Great idea by the way, I was getting bothered by it also!

[Patrick Flynn]

I'm not to sure how relevant this is here. But last year FIRST requested that no one re-host their content, see blog post here under "Hosting Documents or Files"

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...-one-day-to-go

Originally Posted by Frank

It’s very important that FIRST, and only FIRST, host FIRST content. That is to say, rather than taking the documents and files you can find through usfirst.org and hosting them on your own sites, we need teams to link to our information instead. There are two main reasons:

Version control. Our documents and files may change over time. If a 3rd party host links to the original content instead of the original content, any updates we make will carry through. If the content is hosted instead of linked, the content may become obsolete, but with no notification to the user.
Intellectual property. While we’re not particularly possessive of our content, we do have a responsibility to protect FIRST IP. it’s not all created by FIRST, but it’s created for FIRST. So, re-hosting content may or may not infringe on donation agreements, licensing agreements or other matters that may not be public knowledge.
All that being said, we thank you for understanding and respecting this request. If you have questions, please feel free to contact frcteams@usfirst.org or (800) 871-8326, ext. 0.

I would recommend you contact FIRST about this at the provided email and remove the app if they request.