FRC Team App - Android

[dmaciel10123]

Hey guys! Not sure which section I should post this in so I figured I'd post it in Chit-Chat. I recently created an Android app for my team, and I decided to make it Open Source so that other teams can use it. Right now it's a very basic app, but it is a good start for teams that want a mobile app. If you want to take a look at it, I have it hosted at https://code.google.com/p/frc-team-app/. It is fully documented and the source can be downloaded and used with the ADT bundle that Google has available for download. Feedback and suggestions for the app are much appreciated, and I hope you guys enjoy. I'll be posting screenshots of my team's variation of the app shortly.

[eli2410]

2 things:
1. What does it do?
2. Can you put it on the Play Store?

[dmaciel10123]

It's licensed under the GNU GPL v3 license and can be distributed by whatever means you feel necessary.

Presently the app allows teams to create either a publicly used app that hosts information about the team and/or their robot, or create an app for their team specifically that holds information about meetings or other team activities. The app can have multiple pages, and the pages can be hosted local to the device or on the internet for easy access.

For example, my team uses Google's Calendar and has information about when meetings are, where they are, and other activities that we participate in, so our version has a page for the calendar. We also have a "Home" page, a "Scouting" page that has information about our robot, and other pages as well. See the screenshots below.

[eli2410]

Awesome. Any way to add mass texting to it, so team leaders can send out messages to team members?

[dmaciel10123]

I'll add that suggestion to my To-Do list. It's very possible and could soon be a feature. Thanks for the suggestion.

Edit: Instead of adding Mass-Texting, I'll try giving the app its own messaging service.

[eli2410]

Originally Posted by dmaciel10123

Edit: Instead of adding Mass-Texting, I'll try giving the app its own messaging service.

One reason I'd prefer mass texting is if someone has an iPhone or any other non-Android phone couldn't get the message, where if it was mass texting, they could.

[dmaciel10123]

Mass texting could be a future feature, but right now an individual messaging service will be easier for me to set up. I'm actually very new at Android development, so I won't be able to add advanced features like that for a while. Sorry.

[eli2410]

Totally fine, just throwing out suggestions here.