Android app FRC Spyder - 2011

[Mike Soukup]

As promised, FRC Spyder has been updated for the 2011 season. You can download it from the Android market.

The Android app pulls aggregated event data from our server into a local DB which the app displays in a convenient format. You can then view the results for every event and see where each team is playing this year. It also includes a widget and the ability to periodically update event results in the background. The app also includes archived data from the 2010 season.

The feature I'm most excited about is one we just wrapped up. We added the ability to register for push notifications for score updates for up to 5 teams. This means that you'll get a message in the notification bar when a match is scored for one of your registered teams, typically within 5-10 seconds of the match being scored. This feature requires Android 2.2 or later because it uses the push framework that was added in Froyo.

I hope you like it. If you want to get notified about future updates, follow us on twitter.