Kieran22222 Posted yesterday at 11:34 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 11:34 AM I am thinking of creating an app for British speedway as a project in my own time. I have some ideas of what could be included, but any suggestions for features/functionality would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted yesterday at 11:35 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 11:35 AM Just now, Kieran22222 said: I am thinking of creating an app for British speedway as a project in my own time. I have some ideas of what could be included, but any suggestions for features/functionality would be appreciated. Well thought of,I wish you luck in proceeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted yesterday at 03:06 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:06 PM 3 hours ago, Kieran22222 said: I am thinking of creating an app for British speedway as a project in my own time. I have some ideas of what could be included, but any suggestions for features/functionality would be appreciated. Depends who your target audience is? Is it going to be a rehash of club websites with match scores and reports and a fill your own scorecard feature or are you thinking something more interactive aimed at a younger audience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran22222 Posted yesterday at 03:14 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:14 PM It is going to be a news/scores app to make is easier to follow meetings live, check results, tables, etc as there isn't really anything like that at the moment. The Polish League have one (the app is just called Ekstraliga I believe) which would be a good indication of what I am aiming for. Also the Premier League football one as well as Fotmob are other good references. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted yesterday at 03:17 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:17 PM 2 minutes ago, Kieran22222 said: It is going to be a news/scores app to make is easier to follow meetings live, check results, tables, etc as there isn't really anything like that at the moment. The Polish League have one (the app is just called Ekstraliga I believe) which would be a good indication of what I am aiming for. Also the Premier League football one as well as Fotmob are other good references. BSN pretty much do that at the moment 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran22222 Posted yesterday at 03:19 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:19 PM I didn't think they had a mobile app, I thought they just had a website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawsie6 Posted yesterday at 03:42 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:42 PM 26 minutes ago, Kieran22222 said: It is going to be a news/scores app to make is easier to follow meetings live, check results, tables, etc as there isn't really anything like that at the moment. The Polish League have one (the app is just called Ekstraliga I believe) which would be a good indication of what I am aiming for. Also the Premier League football one as well as Fotmob are other good references. Sounds like a great idea, good luck with it! Would be great to be able to go onto it in the evening and look through the results, heat results and overall rider points etc. I'll be downloading for sure 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted yesterday at 04:25 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:25 PM 59 minutes ago, Kieran22222 said: I didn't think they had a mobile app, I thought they just had a website? I don't know how they've done it but you can save the link to their website and it saves it as an app with app like behaviour rather than it acting like a website. I think their results come pretty much from the ref officiating at the match. If you were going to do something similar you've got to think what your data source is and the overhead needed to keep everything updated. People will soon drop it if it isn't up to date. Speedway Updates pretty much has this covered although even they take some of their results from the BSN site. I'm not trying to pish on your parade but unless you have a tie up to somebody like the excellent https://www.gbspeedway.com/ it could easily eat into your time for something that is already available from other sources. Imo you'd be better off trying to develop something that hasn't already been done. It may take some expertise though, I'm not sure what your app development skills are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted yesterday at 04:26 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:26 PM 43 minutes ago, Lawsie6 said: Sounds like a great idea, good luck with it! Would be great to be able to go onto it in the evening and look through the results, heat results and overall rider points etc. I'll be downloading for sure 👍 Speedway updates proboards does that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran22222 Posted yesterday at 04:32 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:32 PM Again these examples you are mentioning are websites, that have their drawbacks. Speedway updates is struggling for people to provide the relevant updates and BSN is a website no matter how you dress it up and only provides meeting updates, no tables, rider history. The website layouts are no very accessible and require you to know where to look. @IainB You mentioned "Speedway Updates pretty much has this covered although even they take some of their results from the BSN site", is this someone just manually copying the results from BSN, or is it done automatically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted yesterday at 04:34 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:34 PM 1 minute ago, Kieran22222 said: @IainB You mentioned "Speedway Updates pretty much has this covered although even they take some of their results from the BSN site", is this someone just manually copying the results from BSN, or is it done automatically? I don't know for sure but I get the impression the whole thing is manual... even people texting results to somebody who then updates the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran22222 Posted yesterday at 04:37 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:37 PM Thats how I thought it worked. Through doing some research I know BSN have a direct feed to the referees built into their website so was trying to get them to allow me to use that, but not had any luck so far, but with proof of concept I am hoping I can maybe pitch something a bit more concrete to them. I am also not worried about wasting time as I am using it to improve my skills for my career as I work as a software developer, so doing something like this will help in that regard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted yesterday at 04:44 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:44 PM 3 minutes ago, Kieran22222 said: Thats how I thought it worked. Through doing some research I know BSN have a direct feed to the referees built into their website so was trying to get them to allow me to use that, but not had any luck so far, but with proof of concept I am hoping I can maybe pitch something a bit more concrete to them. I am also not worried about wasting time as I am using it to improve my skills for my career as I work as a software developer, so doing something like this will help in that regard Imo, fwiw, you'd be better off aiming something at a younger audience, the old farts that generally make up the Speedway community will be difficult to prize away from their tried and trusted websites. I'm a software developer, pretty much retired now and more data orientated but if I were looking to improve my skills I'd be looking at trying to develop something more interactive than a re-hash of data that is already available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago 8 hours ago, Kieran22222 said: I am thinking of creating an app for British speedway as a project in my own time. I have some ideas of what could be included, but any suggestions for features/functionality would be appreciated. Something like this would be great and overdue but think getting licensing could be a huge stumbling block sadly. Wish you luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran22222 Posted 21 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 43 minutes ago, Ben91 said: Something like this would be great and overdue but think getting licensing could be a huge stumbling block sadly. Wish you luck. Yes licensing would be an issue if it was to be an official app, but hopefully given that there isn't one currently I am hoping the relevant people will be on board with it an help with the necessary stuff to get it approved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sidney Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago Just now, Kieran22222 said: Yes licensing would be an issue if it was to be an official app, but hopefully given that there isn't one currently I am hoping the relevant people will be on board with it an help with the necessary stuff to get it approved. Phil Morris is interested in getting an app set up, so, if you want it to be an official app and to showcase your skills then you might want to contact him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enotian Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago Something which provided line ups and weather updates prior to meetings would be spot on. Notification from the app, 3 guests and R/R.. ...light drizzle.... thanks I'll stay at home. Maybe a scorecard you could fill in yourself but I like the idea of live updates from the referee. Imagine the clipboard merch sales will plummet. What about an AI heat predictor? If you fancy having a flutter. Even provide live odds from an online bookmaker. Live feeds from a pits cam? As with any media content is key. Doubt I'd bother using it if there's no original content and I'd be inclined to use it to relieve the boredom of continual track grading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 6 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said: Speedway updates proboards does that. Speedway Updates is dying a slow death unfortunately and for the first time that I can remember they weren't able to cover every meeting last year due to a lack of volunteers. I feel something more modern is needed for speedway fans, an app along similar lines to the Polish one would be ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago I have the BSN app on my phone! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran22222 Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 58 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said: I have the BSN app on my phone! Sorry if I am being really stupid here, but what is it called because I can't see it on any app stores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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