[Enhancement] Let the user scroll/zoom the map to an arbitrary point and search there for current gas prices.

woheller69 / spritpreise

A privacy friendly app for gas prices in Germany

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[Enhancement] Let the user scroll/zoom the map to an arbitrary point and search there for current gas prices. #46

Open ChrisPHL opened 4 months ago

ChrisPHL commented 4 months ago

Hi there, this would be an enhancement to Version 2.6 (F-Droid). Here's a proposal for what I would call a pretty usefull feature in this otherwise very usefull app ;-):

Add a "seach here" button to the button bar (where "get gps position" and "reload prices" buttons are)
Everytime it is pushed the location to search shall be taken/calculated from the center coordinates of the current map view
The lower the zoom level the more gas stations should be found... (Limit to an absolute of 30 gas stations or wahtever you would mind is a good value here.)

Kind regards Chris

basc commented 1 month ago

That happens often to me. A "search here" button would be great and would help me a lot. Thanks for that great app.

woheller69 commented 1 month ago

Please try this: app-release.apk.zip

-Uninstall -Remove .zip and install

When you are in the first tab a long click on the map will open a dialog and ask if you want to change the location.

basc commented 1 month ago

WOW, that was fast. Many thanks to you @woheller69. Works great. Now i am able to scroll the map search where ever i want to. Thanks again.

ChrisPHL commented 1 month ago

I did a fast test and yes it works as you described. To be honest I don't like the UX the new feature feels like quick and dirty POC. I would like to point to my three suggestion point above again. A zoom function would be helpful because when I zoom out I want (if possible) as much hits to be shown as there are on the visible map rather than zooming back in and show no hits because there aren't so I can estimate where is the nearest gas station at a certain point on the map. Nevertheless don't get me wrong: I like your attitude working an this issue. Just trying if there's a way to do it... (y)

kind regards Chris

woheller69 commented 1 month ago

Tankerkönig does not like too many API calls which would happen if we update with every move or zoom change. So I will not change this.

ChrisPHL commented 1 month ago

Tankerkönig does not like too many API calls which would happen if we update with every move or zoom change. So I will not change this.

That's why I suggested the extra "Search here" button at the top button bar.