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TrevorEdwards / bigredapp-android

Informational Android app for Cornell University.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.genki.bigredapp.android&hl=en
MIT License
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Hint about using pull to refresh #23

Closed ghost closed 9 years ago

ghost commented 9 years ago

Maybe when they first open the app, or if they use the app for some amount of time without doing it, we give them a pop-up letting them know they can pull-to-refresh the data? I guess it's not the most ideal thing, but I feel like this is a sensible and helpful thing to do.

lidavidm commented 9 years ago

Might be overkill, but this could use a ShowcaseView library, which emulates what some Google apps do (example: https://lh6.ggpht.com/C7upo-Cx63WFidih9txS-FXpprPd4YtmBim3yLd1YtYIm5m5fLytz-8EQg4qo0QAnw=h900) I can't find any that aren't being rewritten and are designed for Material, though.

lidavidm commented 9 years ago

Other option would be to have a first-launch thing that explains how to use the app, but that's way overkill. Otherwise maybe the app could have a "Pull to Refresh" toast that pops up if the data shown is > 1 hour old, for instance.

ghost commented 9 years ago

Ah yeah, having a nice showcase thing would be nice. I guess waiting on them to material design it then.. But in the meantime, I like the idea of just doing that little toast, that sounds like a very non-intrusive yet helpful implementation. :+1:

ghost commented 9 years ago

Done :+1: