Anybody writing a coronavirus tracker app?
asked 2020-03-21 18:36:19 +0300
Hi,
it would be interesting to have such an app - data is freely available
https://github.com/ExpDev07/coronavirus-tracker-api
Regards, Andreas
Awesome and I hope you can share it e.g. via OpenRepos.net (don't forget a donate link e.g. via PayPal)! If you could use some trusted source of the data or some selection of the source with a refresh button this would be nice... also if some of the info is also in the cover of the app. Thanks mate!
Marti Masa K ( 2020-04-13 16:13:03 +0300 )editIt's now more than two week that you posted, that you have written an app. I think the users would appreciate the app now - even if it is not really polished. Otherwise it does not make sense to release the app when the pandemic is almost over. Better to something now (that may not be that polished) - than a perfect app that is released in two months - when it is not longer that relevant. IMHO.
AndyWuest ( 2020-04-13 21:54:48 +0300 )edit
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
chris_bavaria ( 2020-03-21 19:22:13 +0300 )editA perhaps underrepresented feature of the browser is that you can add links to the app grid.
Tapping on it opens the browser to the respective web page.
This could work as an akternative to a full app.
Or of course find an RSS feed and follow that.
nephros ( 2020-03-21 20:09:26 +0300 )editHi, well i generally have two problems with "web pages" 1. the SailfishOS Browser pretty much sucks and cannot display the information with a decent speed. 2. the amount of data transferred is usually just ridiculously high. The 1.7 MB is still moderate (in your concrete example) - but usually the pages are just bloated. The relevant information needed to display the information is most likely < 20k - and mobile data in germany is still way too expensive. i have a 200mb limit for mobile data with decent speed - everything over 200mb will be slowed down. That is why i prefer an app that only transfers the data absolutely necessary.
AndyWuest ( 2020-03-21 21:29:36 +0300 )editI don't wanna know how many cases they are. Feels like the radio is updating us minutely :)
Dreej ( 2020-03-21 21:34:13 +0300 )editAlso somewhat relevant, a checker in shell:
https://github.com/garrylachman/covid19-cli
nephros ( 2020-03-22 12:41:43 +0300 )edit