Thx, your help is appreciated
Version 1.0 of the app back in 2010 was a my way of scratching an itch which made it easer to approach people on the street to ask for photos, and it worked.
“I am on a scavenger hunt with my Photo Club, and here is the list of things I need photos of. Would you mind if I took a photo of you doing … for my list”.
Only one person said no, and that was because the feather they were holding was considered religious and I was culturally insensitive.
Version 1.5 from 2016 upgraded to include:
multiple lists
the ability to import text lists
take photos or pull photos from the Photos Library
mark the GPS coordinates of an image
The version 2.0 that is coming out now has added:
the app was upgraded to iOS 13 to allow it run on the newest hardware
the ability to sort lists, and to select only certain kind of lists
the ability to create templates that can be reused
the ability to import and export lists with GPS coordinates, which makes Guided Tours possible.
the ability to see where on the map a location is, and get direction to it
the ability to send a whole list of locations out to a map (for guided tours).
the app still works on an iPod Touch or the original iPhone SE (small screens) and it now works on an iPad, and in Dark Mode.
TestFlights
To get started, you will receive an email from Apple to join the TestFlight (Apple’s term for beta testing) of this app. The email will prompt you to download the TestFlight app, and TestFlight will give you access to the test versions that we post.
What you can do to help?
“Nothing is fool proof for a sufficiently talented fool”, and we are looking for some talented fools.
When you design and write the code for an app, you know how it is ‘suppose’ to function. We are looking for some fresh eyes who have not been in on the design process to walk through and see where the app stumbles. Send Jamie an email if you find something that does not seem right.
Some Design Decisions We Made
Modal or not? That is a tough question.
Many/most iPhone apps are modeless, so when you are on a page you are automatically editing. In this app we included an edit button to start the editing process. We would like your feedback on this.
Under the hood
Just to let you know what is actually driving the app.
SQLite data base with 5,000 words categorized a number of different ways. The ‘live’ data is actually in a Lotus Notes data base, just because that is what I was using back in the 2010 for my quick and dirty data bases.
The lists and ideas are stored in a Realm data base because it is a nice way to store local data.
The maps stuff is just sent off to Apple maps, so that it can handle directions.
The camera and photo library are mildly adjusted versions of Apple’s code, as is the export code.
The import code is a little more complicated, and right now is relatively brittle. It is expecting text in the exact format that is exported, and will crash if different formatting is received. I will make that a little more resilient in future releases if needed.
