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Enhancement: provide caching capability #13

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
It'd be nice if the bus routes/application data could be cached for items
under "favorites", perhaps other. That way the app would remain useful even
without Internet connectivity.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by magic...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2010 at 3:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
That would be great.

For now, the next bus stop are downloaded from the STM website when the user 
needs them.
We can cache this data but I'm not sure that will fix the problem of Internet 
connectivity.

We are working in providing a way to have transit information offline
(basically all the data you will find on this page for example: 
http://www2.stm.info/taz/horaire.php?l=10&d=S&t=54321).
But that's not very simple to do since the STM website is far from easy to read.

From my point of view, most of the users have a 3G connection and loading data 
from the STM website doesn't cost so much.
Still, I understand that when users are in the subway for example, they don't 
get 3G most of the time.

I can't tell when we will provide a solution for that, sorry.

If you want to help write this caching function, your help is welcome.

Original comment by mathieu.mea on 14 Apr 2010 at 2:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I just discovered a free app on the market that provide offline data for 
Société de 
transport de Laval, la Société de transport de Montréal, le Réseau de 
transport de 
Longueuil, et l'Agence métropolitaine de transport

TransportMontreal (Beta) by Rhatec

Market: market://details/?id=net.rhatec.amtmobile

Site Web: http://www.rhatec.net/

This app is available on the Market since Mar 16, 2010.

Original comment by mathieu.mea on 23 Apr 2010 at 6:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The next bus stop passages are kept in cache for 3 minutes since v1.5.7 (r403)

The next step would be to add the entire offline schedule => issue #30

Original comment by mathieu.mea on 12 Feb 2012 at 2:48