jtc wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:53 pm
Just installed and started adding the collection - a very nice app, well done so far!
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It might also be nice, while adding or updating a watch, to autocomplete (or offer a search based on entered basic data) the fields using something like
https://datafeed.watchbase.com/ as it's a pain manually copy/pasting more detailed info like model reference numbers etc. It would also help get data into the app to have more categories to sort watches by, down to things like lug width etc.
I meant to reply to this too, sorry jtc!
I purposely chose the more 'iOS-ey' toast messages as I thought they looked a bit better with multiple lines of text in them - they're also triggered by a separate library that makes using them super easy - in the future I might do some kind of 'theme' update though to let you pick your own (at the moment it just does light/dark, but theming should be pretty easy!)
I love the idea of using an API to pull in watch data - I wasn't aware of that watchbase one, so thanks for sharing - the big limitation though is cost - that looks like a pretty expensive API to use ($0.25c per watch, i.e. per request
there are other APIs, perhaps for less specialist purposes, that allow tens of thousands of requests for a few dollars a month! ) despite the ads, I don't expect to ever turn any kind of profit from the app, it's built for fun, even if everyone that had downloaded it so far gave me $10 I'd have earned a tiny % of the UK minimum wage for the time spent building it
So to add the API, even as a pro feature, I'd need to make the app more expensive than it's really worth to make use of that
Hope you continue to find the app useful, as I've said many times please feel free to shout out any feedback as it springs to mind - I've got a nice big backlog to do (and honestly haven't done much in a couple of months) but I'll start rattling through updates again as the sunlight returns I'm sure
If anyone's really liking the app, a wee review on the Google/Apple store would be great too (hell, feel free to write one even if you hate it! I think from a store listing point of view any engagement is useful!)