Release 2.3

Over the past month I have been working to make version 2.3 available in the Android market and Amazon App store.  This new version will be a departure from how I have been releasing changes for Handicap: Golf Tracker and Handicap: Golf Tracker Pro.  In the past the only real difference between the two version was a grass background and the lack of ads in the pro version.

In this version there are some significant differences between the free version and the pro version.  In the pro version you will now see a more streamlined Add Round screen.  The new screen gets rid of the drop down boxes and replaces then with text fields.  I hope this will made entering round much easier.  The other difference will be the addition of graphs to the Stats screen.  You can now see five different graphs to see how you are trending.  I will be adding more graphs and features to this screen in later releases.

Both version will see significant changes to UI navigation.  I am no longer duplicating some features in the menus.  Some features are also no longer hidden in the menus.  Now the Action Bar will be used to display features like adding a course/round, filtering rounds or easy access to the help screens.

The Pro version is now available in the Android market while the free version will be available in August.  Both versions will be on the Amazon App Store once they pass the app validation process.  

Adding AChartEngine to Handicap: Golf Tracker Pro

Over the past couple weeks I've been working to improve the user experience for the paid users.  As a result I have begun working on adding graph support to Your Stats section of the android app.  These stats should provide a little more context on how your game is progressing.  Here are a couple screen shots to give you an idea on what to expect.

Action Bar

A new version of Handicap is now on the android market. The main changes have been around navigation and the help screens.  Now on the help screens you find information on using Backup and Restore functions as well as the version of Handicap you are using.

The navigation change has been the adition of a Home button on the action bar. For now all android devices have buttons for back, menu and search. Gradually that might change. Now a button in the top left will return you to the Handicap dashboard screen so you don't need to use the bach button. For now i will keep the menu buttons as an alternative to the buttons on the screen. Eventually more buttons will be shown in the action bar.

Version 2.0.1 Released!

A new version of Handicap: Golf Tracker was released for the Android market last night.  The changes are mostly all under the covers for the Pro users and a couple layout changes for the Lite users.  A few of the processes that run behind the scenes when you add a round or delete a course no longer require you to wait for them to complete.

For the Lite folks you may see a change in the ads displayed.  As part of the Google purchase of Admob, a code change was required to display ads.  I was able to change some of the screen layouts for landscape users so that the ads don't take up too much room.

Handicap: Golf Tracker Pro

Handicap: Golf Tracker Lite

Working on Handicap 2.0

I'm currently working on delivering a sizable amount of new functionality.  The feature list includes more course data, a new crowd sourcing approach to course data and new stats.  I'm hoping to deliver a really top notch experience that will distinguish my app with the others available for Android.  Below are a couple new screens I'm working on.  You'll see there is now info for the hole like par and yardage.  I have also added the option to track the club hit off the tee.

Handicap: Golf Tracker 1.9 released!

A new version of Handicap: Golf Tracker is now available on the Android marketplace.  The new version contains changes to the Play Golf screen that allows you to enter a round hole by hole.  The new screen removes the golf ball links and allows you to go directly to the first hole or the next hole you haven't entered a score on.  You can now choose to save the round on this screen as well as share the round.  The cancel button will remove the temporary round created when you clicked on the Play Round button.

The main feature I hope this will resolve is the occasional force close error being reported.  On occasion the
round data has been lost which causes a force close to occur when you clicked on the next hole to play.  The fix should handle the issue by reloading the saved round data.

Here are a couple screen shots of the new Play Golf screens for both the Pro and the Lite versions.  The lite version will display ads and has a solid green background.

Android Market links:
Handicap: Golf Tracker Pro
Handicap: Golf Tracker Lite

Version 1.8 Now Available

A new version of Handicap: Golf Tracker is on the market.  Now you will see a Pro and a Lite version on the market.  This will follow my plan to add more features into the pro version of the application.  I will be working on a 2.0 version of Handicap which will include several new features in the pro version.  The Lite version will not be seeing the same features.

In the Pro version I added a licencing service that will ensure that each copy was purchased through the Android market.  This should not affect any of the current users of the paid version of the application.  If there are any issues please feel free to contact me.

In both versions of the application I fixed some minor bugs with the display and resolved an issue when in the Play Round screens.  This should resolve the Force Close bug some had reported to Google.  I hope this didn't inconvenience too many people.