Add "tips and tricks" documentation for using OBA Android

[barbeau]

Summary:

I've gotten several user reports that the map in v2 loads slowly, and I've experienced this myself. My perception is that Google Maps v2 loads slower now than it did when I first started working on OBA v2.

I've sent the following tips to users to help avoid loading the map, and users have liked this. I'd like to document them somewhere, and possibly add to this as a "best practices" or "tips and tricks". It could be within the app, or just on a markdown page (or a link in the app to a markdown page).

Here's what I've sent users:

The biggest delay you probably see is loading up the map. Unfortunately this is entirely controlled by the Google Maps library, and there isn’t any way we can speed this up.

However, you can speed up your regular use of the app with the following tips:

1. Bookmark your favorites via “Starred Stops”, and start the app with the “Starred Stops” tab – just tap on a star next to a stop name to save it, and if you open the app straight to the “Starred Stops” tab (which should automatically happen if this is the last tab you used), it should load much faster than loading the map and finding your stop there
2. Save shortcuts to your home screen – after you star a stop, you can long press on it, and choose “Create shortcut on home screen”. This will create a new icon on your home screen for that stop. When you tap on the home screen icon, it will launch the app straight to arrivals for that stop, bypassing the map entirely.

Please give those a shot, and see if it improves your experience. If you’re seeing delays outside of the map loading, please let me know and I’ll take a look.

[aloksharma060]

@barbeau Assign me the issue ?