Just a follow-up to say that the Twitter plugin has been approved and can be “bought” (it’s free) at http://store.coronalabs.com/plugin/twitter and used in your apps, effective immediately. Please give it a spin! And tune in for Monday’s Corona Geek, when Charles will be kind enough to give me some time to demo it live.
Download links for the plugin and the sample project, as well as full documentation can be found at http://twitter.plugin.jasonschroeder.com.
Thanks!
Hi Charles, Ed and Anil,
I have just begun working on business apps as well and Anil’s suggestions are spot on as to what I think would be great topics.
I’ve asked Anil about the ‘Stamp My Card’ feature in another thread but I’d love to see some ideas on how to implement that as well as coupons. These are definitely the ‘goods’ that we can offer with biz apps for clients when we are comparing against websites.
Also, Push Notifications- a way to allow the client to log in and do it themselves or do they need us to send the push notifications for them?
As for Social, I can’t wait until Facebook is covered as it seems so complicated.
Thanks!
As you are probably aware, Charles has pencilled in next Monday’s Hangout (27th July) and Ed will be going through implementing Social Media - this is the final piece missing in my business app and I am particularly looking forward to this hangout .
With regards to ‘Stamp My Card’, Special Offers/Vouchers/Coupons, Prize Draws and Push Notifications, I have successfully implemented these in my apps and will reply back in your other forum post to let you know how I implemented them and hopefully help you in the process.
Here´s the source to a simple maze game I did for the challenge here ages ago. It creates random mazes and measures your moves to get through it, in increasingly complicated fashions:
Hey guys. This coming hangout (#144 on May 31st) we’re going to talk about:
I’ll also demo and release the code for (yet another) timer dial. Someone asked if we could make the dial like the one here, using Corona SDK.
Answer… Yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY7G06_YtP4&feature=youtu.be
Let’s not forget the business orientated apps and in particular text input which historically has always been a nightmare for Corona but has been vastly improved with the auto font scaling/resizing.
I am sure there was a suggestion previously by simonmw13 on 30th January 2015 for a business directory type app which would be a great example with maybe the addition of Social Media integration.
Thanks
Hi Charles,
Do you know if there will be a Hangout soon which focuses more on Business Apps and Social Media Integration?
I know there are a lot of people out there whose primary focus is not Gaming that would really appreciate the panels thoughts and views.
Thanks
Anil
We don’t have anything scheduled, but those would definitely be a good topics. They can be big topics, so we might need to plan a series of Hangouts to cover things fully. Are you interested in hearing about them together or separately?
Hi Charles,
Probably a separate hangout for each main topic e.g.
Using, implementing and Integrating Social Media in a Corona app
Form Data Entry and SQLite
etc etc
Anil
Hi. I think I’d like to discuss social media first as I have a better handle on how to cover that, but first let me know if these sub-topics align with the stuff you were thinking of when you said ‘social media’.
@Ed,
That sounds just perfect - I am sure there are going to be a lot of people that will not want to miss this hangout!
Could you please also add in ‘Checking In To A Venue/Location Using Facebook’ as this is a particular area/issue that I am very interested in and am sure would also be of great interest to other Business App authors.
Thanks
@Ed,
Just watching yesterday’s Corona Geek After Dark and see that you have mentioned this topic.
Just to clarify my 2 published ‘Business Apps’ are targeted for Bars and Restaurants. The basic feature set is :-
Custom and Personal Happy Hour which starts when the app user wants it to start (timer)
Deliver periodic Special Offers/Deals/Coupons to the app user for the bar/restaurant
Photo Gallery displaying photos of the venue
Contact Us page with Webview links to the Business’s Social Media Pages (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Youtube)
The apps are now published but for the next release I would like to add proper Social Media Integration i.e. posting directly to the users pages/feeds etc and implementing FB Check In etc
Thanks
Hi. Thanks for the update. Note: On the show I was somewhat flippant, but not poking fun. I often see questions and end up being unclear on what the asking party really wants. So, I really appreciate the detailed follow up.
Cheers,
Ed
Hi Ed,
So when do you think the first part, i.e. Social Media Integration, will be able to be discussed on the Hangout?
Is the next Hangout out of the question or is that just wishful thinking on my part?
Your breakdown on the topics that should be covered is bang on but it would be great if you could also include Facebook Check In.
Thanks for the continued support from yourself, and indeed, all of the panel and the wider community.
Hi. Charles has the final say, but right now it looks like next hangout is going to be a third installment of shader talks.
I’ve floated the idea (to Charles) of starting a discussion of social media on the following talk. Note: I couldn’t be ready for Monday anyways. This kind of thing takes a little prep to talk about intelligently.
-Ed
PS - Regarding ‘Facebook Check In’, Is this what you’re talking about?
@Ed,
Yes http://www.facebook.com/help/131352130275629 is definately what I am talking about.
Do you think we could schedule a Hangout with Ed’s proposed Social Media content in the very near future?
Thanks
@Ed & @anil8: Something I hope you’ll both be able to use very soon for Twitter integration in your apps is my new Twitter plugin, which I just submitted to Corona Labs for inclusion in the Plugin marketplace. For details on the plugin, including full API documentation, please go to http://twitter.plugin.jasonschroeder.com/.
Here’s a video of the demo app I whipped up to show off the plugin. You can download the source code for this project on my site, but unfortunately it won’t work until Corona Labs approves the app and adds it to the store. Hopefully that’ll be soon. Thanks!
I caught your brief pre-announcement of the Plugin in the recent Hangout and am really looking forward to it being made available soon on the Corona Labs Store.
Keep up the great work!
@anil8, yes we can definitely schedule social media integration as the topic for July 27th. @Ed is working on the material for the discussion and @Jason will be presenting his plugin solution for Twitter this coming Monday, July 20.
BTW, I’d love to see your app. It sounds like a great example of a non-game app.
Thanks again for suggesting the topics.
Hi Charles,
Excellent news - I am looking forward to both of the upcoming Hangouts.
Here are the links to my 2 non-game apps that were approved for the major stores last week. They are not overly complicated but have proved to me that Corona can definately be used to build a Business/Non-Game App.
Roadhouse:Access All Areas
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/roadhouse-access-all-areas/id1008119617
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riverfine.accessallareas
http://www.amazon.com/Riverfine-Solutions-Limited-Roadhouse-Access/dp/B010CA843W
Joe’s Chicken Feed
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/joes-chicken-feed/id992269908
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riverfine.chickenfeed
http://www.amazon.com/Southern-Kitchen-Chicken-Loyalty-Lovers/dp/B00Z4N5OTA
Anil