Shout_App

Thank you very much :) While those were difficult to get as some of the first "comments" other HN users definitely stepped in and gave great and constructive feedback.

I just saw the report and agree it is due to the "go to" icon as you said. The most likely cause of that is if you do not have location services enabled/your tablet hasn't found your location yet and my app is trying to make use of a location that "doesn't exist" yet.

I will implement a fix for that tomorrow.

The user location should be exact, but there is a limitation due to the "macro level view" -- I think.

You make a very excellent point... my first version/draft was meant for phones. I didn't add any special logic/format any views for tablets. That would take a little bit longer to implement. I don't have a tablet, and honestly didn't think of it. Thank you for pointing it out :)

The photo problem is pretty interesting... as I've been able to change/use multiple different photos and got what I wanted. It could be a tablet thing...

Your feedback is very useful, a lot of what I hoped to get from posting here. Thank you very much.

Hey! Thank you for letting me know. That's the first I've heard of that happening, were you able to send a report?

Yes, that is a good point... perhaps I should add a "report" feature to each post. What do you think? :)

Thank you very much for your feedback, I really appreciate it!

I've made a few iterations of this idea, but I am most proud of this one... at least I am improving.

I see this app being similar to Yik Yak, the more popular app (that I know of) in this niche. I decided I wanted to do what I can to improve on this.

Being anonymous/not requiring to sign up to use this app was one major component, which is done... but I wanted other users to be able to get to new locations and be able to contribute there (if you're familiar with Yik Yak, it's read-only at other locations other than your own).

There are a lot of apps allowing location based apps, but I wasn't aware of any that made it... visual on a map like this app. IRC and other apps like this are mostly just the "message list" part and not see "more detail/context" on a map.

It was a fun project to work on nonetheless :)

Thank you very much! I think the more difficult problem is getting users, at least compared to the actual programming of the app. XD

Thank you :)

Not sure what I did to deserve this... but okay. Thanks for the feedback.

A new app that I have just released. It allows users to communicate with others around them, or by traveling to a new location and participating there. You can think of it as a live Yik Yak app.

It could be used to get help with travel plans, give shout outs, or share funny/embarrassing things going on in your community.

In a way, it acts like a real life version of a public chat in an MMORPG.

Would appreciate any feedback!

That is one way to look at it :) Another major difference is that you cannot go to a new location and see old messages. You can only see the ones sent while you are there.

Unfortunately, that means it's difficult to see content while there are few users, but is nice in that you will only see what is current.

Thank you for your reply!

Push messages to other users phones around you. There is no need to sign up, and you won't have to constantly refresh to see if any new messages have be sent - you will get notified!

What do you guys think of the idea? Any feedback would be appreciated :)

CastChat is an app that allows you to send "broadcasts" to other users in your area, with a range of up to 20km. These broadcasts will be sent directly to your phone, so there is no need to refresh/pull from a database each time you want to see if there are any new messages. You can then message users privately, if you wish. There is no need to make any accounts!