Android App - FRC Spyder

[Mike Soukup]

Inspired by Tom Saxton's FRC Tracker for the iPhone, I took some time out of the busy build season to create an Android app that serves a similar purpose.

Competition data is aggregated on a server app that Dave Flowerday created to scrape the FIRST results pages and FMS Twitter feed. The Android app queries the server to retrieve 2010 team and event info and store it into a local database. Once scores and rankings are posted, the app downloads those as well and packages it all up in a friendly, viewable format. You can view lists of all the teams & events, filter by your favorites, or filter by the current weekend's events.

You have to update event results manually for now. The long term goal is to update them in the background, but there was not enough time to get that done before the first week of regionals.

You can find the app on the Android Market. Search for "FRC Spyder" and give it a try. You can also follow the frcspyder twitter feed for updates.