Cell phone app? #7
Description
If we moved from a Google form to a cell phone app, it would obviously open up all kinds of opportunities:
- It would automatically handle all of our authentication concerns.
- It could provide our own custom (albeit simple) platform for social interaction that was well-integrated with the other system features.
- It would be easy to automatically pre-select the current date when making a Teamwork submission, include a date picking widget, etc.
- Players could use the app to automatically measure durations (i.e., by tapping start & stop buttons, etc.)
- It would be easier to incorporate recent Teamwork links to speed recording the most common submissions.
However, Chris looked into this and wasn’t surprised at the inherent difficulties (not to mention expense). This short video provides a good introduction: Mobile app makers in 100 seconds. The system would need to be proven successful (and the existence of an app essential) in order to justify app development. That said, requirements for coding aren’t really an issue, and there are apparently app templates that Chris could customize for our use.