Free Android app for Bullseye overview and practice
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@marcq12 said in Free Android app for Bullseye overview and practice:
@jayb said in Free Android app for Bullseye overview and practice:
@marcq12 said in Free Android app for Bullseye overview and practice:
Hey jayb!! Tried to find your app on my Android but couldn’t for some reason
Thanks, Marc…
hey Marc,
I can help you out some more tonight (in half a day or so). In the meantime, please let me know if it is one or the other problem you are seeing:You are unable to find the app on Google Play
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You did install it from Google Play but it does not appear on your phoneAlso, what kind of Android device are you using and do you know the version of Android on it?
Cheers,
jbCan’t find it on Google Play and I’m using a Samsung Galaxy tab 2 10.1
Thanks, Marc…Google Play tries to limit the apps we can access by the device we are using. But there is no reason for why it should not be available for you, that is a compatible device. I had someone else with a tablet and a similar issue, and the following steps seemed to help him:
On my phone it is Settings-Storage-Other apps-Google Play services
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@jayb said in Free Android app for Bullseye overview and practice:
@icer an apk is on Github now
-jb
Got it, installed on my device fine, will try it out soon.
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@jayb Hello, very cool, this APP!
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@jayb I know once you do something someone’s always got an idea, but just a thought for some possibly low hanging fruit. When the timer is counting down I find myself putting my finger where I expect the target to appear, then wait to see how close it is. Could you capture the screen touch and place a dot there to compare with result once the timer ends? Just a thought, but lovin’ the app just the same!
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@foxster that’s not a bad idea at all, I could look into that once I have finished another project I am working on.
Also, I am contemplating dropping the Easy practice mode and letting the timer countdown be a setting somehow. That leaves space for a new button at the bottom which could be used to gamify the callouts a bit more, like how close you get and how fast.
Any thoughts and ideas are most welcome
-jb
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I wrote something similar that works on most browsers on desktop and mobile devices with voice so you could train by listening to the bullseye call and see if you got the right location. Depending on the platform and your browser you might get a male or female voice. as the default. It helped me to just listen and form the picture in my head. You can set your own bullseye and click the request picture call.
Try: https://sites.google.com/view/tech69/home/bullseye-training
Hope this is helpful for others too.
If you want to write your own your own tool you can look at the html and javascript here:
https://github.com/ohommes/bullseyeCheers!
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@ohommes That is a really cool tool. I especially like the speech part, to inject that extra bit of stress that comes from having to work from what you hear only. Thanks for sharing!
-jb
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All, I am about to push a version 2.2 which allows you to tap the screen to place enemy and ownship symbols on the Bullseye chart, instead of using the app keyboard. You may still enter coordinates using the app keyboard, both methods work.
For the practice modes, tapping the screen will place a circle showing the user estimate for where the symbols are going to end up. I believe that was the notion behind your idea, @foxster. An example is this screenshot (I was a little bit off for both symbols):
In the regular mode (not practice, not BMS) every tap alternates between placing the ownship and enemy symbol. That way the keyboard is not necessary to use any longer, unless:
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you want very high control/accuracy of coordinates, or
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you want to enter the precise heading for ownship, or
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you want to place a symbol outside the 100nm default distance, in which case the rings will scale to accomodate the longer distance from BE.
In this mode the ownship heading defaults to 360 as a nod to Rolling Fire but you can change it with the keyboard. If someone has a gesture suggestion for the heading let me know.
The BMS button will fetch the full set of coordinates for ownship (including current heading) and display that. In BMS mode, every tap will place an enemy marker and give directions towards it.
The release should roll out to devices soon (it has passed Google Play review). I will also put together a short demo video of the app
To be continued…
-jb
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@jayb Yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking - I’ll update ASAP and give it a go. Thanks for that, and great job!
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Hi all,
I have added two features for version 2.30. The new version is available now on Google Play so it will turn up as an update on your phone/device if you have the app installed already.
A less-than-one-minute demo video shows basic use of the app, including the new stuff from 2.30. Video link is in the first post in this thread.
Features added to 2.30:
Ability to increase the range of the bullseye chart, for those extra large theaters or for when the bullseye center is away from your Area of Operations. Use the arrows in lower left corner to change range
Ability to set the heading of your jet with touch control. Use the rotation arrows below the bullseye chart for that. Hold to rotate, tap for fine tuning
I might do one more video to show how to use the entry fields with the keyboard, for when placement by tapping is not accurate enough. And a section on how to connect to BMS and how it works in-game
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I have put out a Holidays edition of BullsEyeHelper with a new feature.
At any given time, the action surrounding your jet is concentrated in only a part of the BullsEye chart, say, the South-East corner.
Since things can get quite small on a phone (less so on a tablet), I found that it would be nice to be able to dedicate as much screen area as possible to the part with the relevant activity.
A new feature in this Holidays edition is therefore Zoom In/Out controls. You zoom in/out with those and then drag the view until you are happy with the focus area.
These screenshots show it in action:
Look out for the next version 2.40 (out soon).
Happy flying!
-JayB
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Hello all,
A new year, so time for Tablet Treatment !
The BullsEyeHelper app is very well suited for use with a tablet, especially since it became possible to place markers by simply tapping the screen. Obviously, the larger the screen, the more easy to do accurate placement.
I recently got a tablet myself but realised to my horror that the layout was not good (the previous release with zoom capability may have messed up the layout on tablets, apologies for that).
Depending on screen resolution, tablet users could come across bad layouts such as these:
The BullseyeHelper app has now been fixed to use the screen better on both phones and tablets. In addition, some minor cleanup of the page has been done as well.
Look out for version 2.45, should be available as an update from Google Play very soon.
Feedback is welcome, as always.
-JayB
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@jayb Loved the ‘to my horror’ part
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@foxster
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Just a heads-up, the “hard” Practice mode is FUBARed in the latest release. In case anyone wonders why nothing happens when tapping/pressing that.
It will be fixed for the next version, which also might contain a new, next-level practice mode (if I can make it work). Stay tuned
-jb
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Hi jayb,
It seems I’m stuck on version 2.1,i keep checking the Play Store but no updates are available.
I see you are preparing a new version, and there were issues with 2.40/2.45, so did you pull them?
TANX
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Hi, no you should get 2.45 from the play store. That is the current version. 2.50 is due out this weekend. Perhaps try an uninstall to see if you then get 2.45?
2.45 works fine on all screen types, it’s just the hard practice mode which is down
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@jayb Got it. Uninstall did it.
Thanks!
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@jayb a simply awesome and useful tool. Thank you very much!