Official PDGA iPhone App - Page 3

tvproducerkev · Jul 26 2011, 02:17 PM

I entered the distance manually at the end of the round and now the keypad popup will not go away even after restarting the app

cgkdisc · Jul 26 2011, 03:46 PM

The keyboard sticking is an intermittent issue being worked on. If it sticks where it did for you, use the Email Round option to clear the keyboard and you won't need to exit.

PhillyDogg · Jul 26 2011, 05:13 PM

I'm working on updating my iPod so I can DL this app. Will I be able to send the scorecard to my Facebook page???

cgkdisc · Jul 26 2011, 05:26 PM

If that works via email then maybe. Does Facebook process and display CSV files? If you click on Email Round, it will ask for an email address and send your group's individual hole scores as a .CSV file.

PhillyDogg · Jul 26 2011, 05:33 PM

I'm not positive about the csv files. I guess I will just have to experiment a little. I have the app now and will just enter a round of pars for an example. Will send info as soon as I figure it out.

PhillyDogg · Jul 26 2011, 05:43 PM

No luck. I know Terry Miller uses an app for his phone and it actually sends a photo of the scorecard straight to his page. I was hoping for something like that.

cgkdisc · Jul 26 2011, 05:55 PM

Looks like you would have to take a screen snapshot of the CSV file after opening it in Excel on your computer and then emailing that snapshot to Facebook.

chappyfade · Jul 26 2011, 08:42 PM

Any chance of a PDGA Android app? Just curious, not criticizing the decision to go with an IPhone app...I'm sure it's going to be a nice app for IPhone users, and congrats on what's apparently a job well done. It's just that Android users now outnumber IPhone users, at least in the U.S, so it seems like the marketability for an Android would be fairly high.

cgkdisc · Jul 26 2011, 09:10 PM

Looks like Android might not be legal to use for hardware suppliers using it for their operating system without paying exhorbitant licensing fees by the time a PDGA app could get developed. It's next in line for development based on how this first release goes. No promises from Theo and the team but maybe it could be this Fall?

PhillyDogg · Jul 26 2011, 11:12 PM

OK....Time for the questions. I immediately added my name for the round and just put in "Phil". I never put my last name in and I would like to do that now. I just cant figure out how to edit the players that I have listed already. Any ideas???

cgkdisc · Jul 26 2011, 11:26 PM

You can edit existing player names and enter/revise their PDGA numbers when you start another round. After you select the course for the new round, you then select players from your current list (or add more). You'll see a blue arrow on the right side of each player listing. Tap that and it gives you the option to Edit or Delete the player.

PhillyDogg · Jul 26 2011, 11:46 PM

That just saved me about $10 worth of Tylenol. Thanks for the help Chuck. Is there going to be a help/update page listed anywhere?

cgkdisc · Jul 27 2011, 12:03 AM

There will be a contact link on the PDGA site but not sure what the plans are for help. I think the help will definitely be needed as more complex features get added.

tpozzy · Jul 27 2011, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by cgkdisc

Looks like Android might not be legal to use for hardware suppliers using it for their operating system without paying exhorbitant licensing fees by the time a PDGA app could get developed. It's next in line for development based on how this first release goes. No promises from Theo and the team but maybe it could be this Fall?

Hey - no hints at dates yet!

PhillyDogg · Jul 27 2011, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cgkdisc

The keyboard sticking is an intermittent issue being worked on. If it sticks where it did for you, use the Email Round option to clear the keyboard and you won't need to exit.

Keyboard is stuck on mine now. The only thing I can see is "Start Round". No chance for me to to use the Email option. Now what?

Edit: Never mind. I had to restart the iPod several times but it's working again.

tpozzy · Jul 27 2011, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chappyfade

Any chance of a PDGA Android app? Just curious, not criticizing the decision to go with an IPhone app...I'm sure it's going to be a nice app for IPhone users, and congrats on what's apparently a job well done. It's just that Android users now outnumber IPhone users, at least in the U.S, so it seems like the marketability for an Android would be fairly high.

Hey, Chappy! It's been many years since we were on the board together. I am a hard-core Android user (Droid X phone and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1!). I am anxiously waiting for an Android version of our app. Coincidentally, I'm also leading that development effort! Mike Dietrich, the talented developer who wrote all of the code for the iPhone/iPod version, is going to be tackling the Android version soon. We just want to make sure that the current release is solid, stable, and what our users want it to be.

We'll be looking for some additional Droid testers soon (although a lot of the current test team members have Droid phones), and we'd love to have a PDGA BOD alum on the team!

-Theo

J A B · Jul 27 2011, 08:27 AM

Any chance this will be rolled out to platforms other than I-phone?

Quote:

Originally Posted by tpozzy

The price for the app is probably going to be $4.99. I'm sure we'll get some feedback that it should be less. However, Apple takes a good piece of the pie (30%). If we can't generate a decent revenue stream, we won't be able to make the investments in the features we want to add, which include:

* Uploading your scores to a personal page on pdga.com
* Sharing scores via Facebook
* Using the app for live scoring at PDGA events
* Enhanced course directory features, including detailed layout information (hole lengths, pars), maps, etc.
* Round stats - fairways in regulation, putts, etc.

Once we add some of these additional features, there will be a free version of the app, which will be limited to the initial scorecard and course directory search features. The free version will include sponsored ads. The free version will most likely not include the ability to generate round ratings.

Anyone who buys the initial version of the app will be entitled to future upgrade for an indefinite period of time. While I'm sure there are people that are going to say that $4.99 is too much, I really feel that the value you are getting for that investment, especially with unlimited upgrades, is a pretty sweet deal.

-Theo

cgkdisc · Jul 27 2011, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Hey - no hints at dates yet!

Just wishful thinking...

JerryChesterson · Jul 27 2011, 10:29 AM

Please add personal stat tracking features like number of putts, driving accuracy, & OBs.

cgkdisc · Jul 27 2011, 10:41 AM

There's a long list of upgrade features and that's on the list. Penalties are already tracked if you wish to note them during the round but no historical records are kept in this version.

cgkdisc · Jul 27 2011, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Keyboard is stuck on mine now. The only thing I can see is "Start Round". No chance for me to to use the Email option. Now what?

That stick may be the annoying intermittent one when looking up courses that the tech team is trying to resolve with Apple's help. If it happens again when looking up a course, press the Start Round. When you see your course listings, press the blue arrow on the right side of a course and you'll get the Edit Course page which should clear the keyboard.

jhc811 · Jul 27 2011, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JerryChesterson

Please add personal stat tracking features like number of putts, driving accuracy, & OBs.

Agreed! I like distance of last putt too. One should check iPhone App "GolfCard Pro" to get an idea of what ideal interface should be. In my opinion, GolfCard Pro is still best scorecard app plus full set of personal stat tracking features. Hopefully PDGA app is on track to be similar as GolfCard Pro.

Need to add notes for each round so I can put something like weather info, purpose of that round (i.e. practice round with multiple shots etc), etc...

Other thing I like to add is type of round for each round like "tournament round", "league round", "practice round" something like that so I can check stats based on specific type of rounds.

ellswrth · Jul 27 2011, 11:30 AM

Hey - it looks great and I'm going to enjoy using it. I've been playing around with it for a little bit and I'm wondering if I can put in scores for dates other than today. What I mean to say is, can I edit the dates for rounds?

cgkdisc · Jul 27 2011, 11:55 AM

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jhc811 - Need to add notes for each round so I can put something like weather info, purpose of that round (i.e. practice round with multiple shots etc), etc...

You can enter notes for each hole in a round. Use the note option in the first or last hole of your round for the info you want to remember.

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ellswrth - What I mean to say is, can I edit the dates for rounds?

At this point, there are few historical tracking features like this. Need to track those old rounds in Excel and add new ones from emailing round scores from the current version.

jhc811 · Jul 27 2011, 12:46 PM

About course configuration, I selected Kendall Hammocks Park East course and after playing a round, then when I select to rate my round, it asked me two course configuration, the standard one and the alt one.

I think one should pick the course configuration first before playing a round. In case of Kendall East, it has three pins (A, B and C) and two tees, short and long (not all holes have two tees). So ideally the user can pick which tee and which pin, then play a round.

seewhere · Jul 27 2011, 01:20 PM

and why dont the holes have the right pars if it is linked to the pdga????

cgkdisc · Jul 27 2011, 02:20 PM

The PDGA Course Directory is not yet set up to collect pars and lengths for each different tee-to-pin combination. That will be a major Course Directory upgrade effort needed to support enhanced app capabilities and live scoring from multiple groups. Planning is underway for that.

In the mean time, the Directory provides room for two course lengths entered by the person who updates the Directory listing. These two course lengths might be useful if there's only one pin and two tees per hole. However, with multiple pins on many courses, the current pin mix in play is likely a course length in-between the two. Unfortunately for now, the app user will need to know something about the course and estimate its current length using the two lengths in the Directory for guidance.

There's no advantage in selecting your course length in advance of the round until individual hole data is available in the Directory and can be uploaded to the app. For now, entering your course length at the end of the round is as good as at the beginning in terms of doing the round ratings calculation.

cgkdisc · Jul 27 2011, 03:36 PM

Here's an interesting discussion regarding the potential fate of the Android operating system. Not sure how it will impact the millions of devices already using it.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-new...65?tag=nl.e539

33009 · Jul 27 2011, 11:20 PM

im excited for it and ill pay $5 for it.... thanks for all yalls hard work

Flash_25296 · Jul 28 2011, 01:22 AM

I am sure the app is nice and will create all kinds of interesting distractions on the course during those backups, and will help people score their card correctly so that the mis-add rule will never need to be enforced again but releasing on the Iphone platform before the android platform is a mistake in my opinion!

Jul 26 2011, 03:46 PM	#62
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	The keyboard sticking is an intermittent issue being worked on. If it sticks where it did for you, use the Email Round option to clear the keyboard and you won't need to exit. __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.

Jul 26 2011, 05:26 PM	#64
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	If that works via email then maybe. Does Facebook process and display CSV files? If you click on Email Round, it will ask for an email address and send your group's individual hole scores as a .CSV file. __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.

Jul 26 2011, 05:55 PM	#67
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	Looks like you would have to take a screen snapshot of the CSV file after opening it in Excel on your computer and then emailing that snapshot to Facebook. __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.

Jul 26 2011, 08:42 PM	#68
chappyfade PDGA Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 799	Any chance of a PDGA Android app? Just curious, not criticizing the decision to go with an IPhone app...I'm sure it's going to be a nice app for IPhone users, and congrats on what's apparently a job well done. It's just that Android users now outnumber IPhone users, at least in the U.S, so it seems like the marketability for an Android would be fairly high. __________________ John Chapman Curmudgeon-in-training

Jul 26 2011, 09:10 PM	#69
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	Looks like Android might not be legal to use for hardware suppliers using it for their operating system without paying exhorbitant licensing fees by the time a PDGA app could get developed. It's next in line for development based on how this first release goes. No promises from Theo and the team but maybe it could be this Fall? __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.

Jul 26 2011, 02:17 PM	#61
tvproducerkev PDGA Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bucks County PA Posts: 95	I entered the distance manually at the end of the round and now the keypad popup will not go away even after restarting the app

Jul 26 2011, 05:13 PM	#63
PhillyDogg PDGA Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stanley,WI Posts: 12	I'm working on updating my iPod so I can DL this app. Will I be able to send the scorecard to my Facebook page???

Jul 26 2011, 05:33 PM	#65
PhillyDogg PDGA Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stanley,WI Posts: 12	I'm not positive about the csv files. I guess I will just have to experiment a little. I have the app now and will just enter a round of pars for an example. Will send info as soon as I figure it out.

Jul 26 2011, 05:43 PM	#66
PhillyDogg PDGA Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stanley,WI Posts: 12	No luck. I know Terry Miller uses an app for his phone and it actually sends a photo of the scorecard straight to his page. I was hoping for something like that.

Jul 26 2011, 11:12 PM	#70
PhillyDogg PDGA Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stanley,WI Posts: 12	OK....Time for the questions. I immediately added my name for the round and just put in "Phil". I never put my last name in and I would like to do that now. I just cant figure out how to edit the players that I have listed already. Any ideas???

Jul 26 2011, 11:26 PM	#71
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	You can edit existing player names and enter/revise their PDGA numbers when you start another round. After you select the course for the new round, you then select players from your current list (or add more). You'll see a blue arrow on the right side of each player listing. Tap that and it gives you the option to Edit or Delete the player. __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.

Jul 26 2011, 11:46 PM	#72
PhillyDogg PDGA Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stanley,WI Posts: 12	That just saved me about $10 worth of Tylenol. Thanks for the help Chuck. Is there going to be a help/update page listed anywhere?

Jul 27 2011, 12:03 AM	#73
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	There will be a contact link on the PDGA site but not sure what the plans are for help. I think the help will definitely be needed as more complex features get added. __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.

Jul 27 2011, 10:29 AM	#79
JerryChesterson PDGA Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Shakedown Street Posts: 3,711	Please add personal stat tracking features like number of putts, driving accuracy, & OBs.

Jul 27 2011, 10:41 AM	#80
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	There's a long list of upgrade features and that's on the list. Penalties are already tracked if you wish to note them during the round but no historical records are kept in this version. __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.

Jul 27 2011, 11:30 AM	#83
ellswrth PDGA Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 372	iphone app Hey - it looks great and I'm going to enjoy using it. I've been playing around with it for a little bit and I'm wondering if I can put in scores for dates other than today. What I mean to say is, can I edit the dates for rounds?

Jul 27 2011, 12:46 PM	#85
jhc811 PDGA Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5	About course configuration, I selected Kendall Hammocks Park East course and after playing a round, then when I select to rate my round, it asked me two course configuration, the standard one and the alt one. I think one should pick the course configuration first before playing a round. In case of Kendall East, it has three pins (A, B and C) and two tees, short and long (not all holes have two tees). So ideally the user can pick which tee and which pin, then play a round.

Jul 27 2011, 01:20 PM	#86
seewhere PDGA Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Austin, TX Ninja Posts: 14,043	and why dont the holes have the right pars if it is linked to the pdga????

Jul 27 2011, 02:20 PM	#87
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	The PDGA Course Directory is not yet set up to collect pars and lengths for each different tee-to-pin combination. That will be a major Course Directory upgrade effort needed to support enhanced app capabilities and live scoring from multiple groups. Planning is underway for that. In the mean time, the Directory provides room for two course lengths entered by the person who updates the Directory listing. These two course lengths might be useful if there's only one pin and two tees per hole. However, with multiple pins on many courses, the current pin mix in play is likely a course length in-between the two. Unfortunately for now, the app user will need to know something about the course and estimate its current length using the two lengths in the Directory for guidance. There's no advantage in selecting your course length in advance of the round until individual hole data is available in the Directory and can be uploaded to the app. For now, entering your course length at the end of the round is as good as at the beginning in terms of doing the round ratings calculation. __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.

Jul 27 2011, 03:36 PM	#88
cgkdisc PDGA Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Posts: 6,220	Here's an interesting discussion regarding the potential fate of the Android operating system. Not sure how it will impact the millions of devices already using it. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-new...65?tag=nl.e539 __________________ Rater of the tossed arc.

Jul 27 2011, 11:20 PM	#89
33009 PDGA Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boise Idaho Posts: 57	im excited for it and ill pay $5 for it.... thanks for all yalls hard work

Jul 28 2011, 01:22 AM	#90
Flash_25296 PDGA Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PNW Posts: 298	I am sure the app is nice and will create all kinds of interesting distractions on the course during those backups, and will help people score their card correctly so that the mis-add rule will never need to be enforced again but releasing on the Iphone platform before the android platform is a mistake in my opinion! __________________ Stumptown Disc Golf Member

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