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11 years 6 months ago #9323

I cant see this on the App Store on my phone. Can anyone tell me what I should search for?
I searched under "Clan" and couldnt find it


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11 years 6 months ago #9324

No available yet. Page is just a tester

Maybe even a teaser :)


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11 years 6 months ago #9325

ummm, wrote: No available yet. Page is just a tester

Maybe even a teaser :)


Awww, makes sense. Thanks


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11 years 6 months ago #9326

But just for the locals....


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11 years 6 months ago #9345

What about us Android plebs?

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11 years 6 months ago #9347

If someone knows how to develop Android Apps and is willing to give up their free time to do so we'd love to offer it to the fans.


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11 years 6 months ago #9349

ummm, wrote: No available yet. Page is just a tester

Maybe even a teaser :)


Ooops, perhaps a little to covincing... :oops:

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11 years 6 months ago #9350

Note to self, write "COMING SOON!" on top next time.

Ah well, maybe now we'll all cut Elvery's and the branch a little slack and see little marketing bumps for what they are.


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11 years 6 months ago #9351

Actually SP, if you want to start a bit of interest, feel free to tweet the teaser photo above, we can release a new one every few days. I have 3 others.


Anyway, now that the cat is out of the bag here is the story. We are releasing an App.

To avoid people making their own conclusions on why it's not out yet I'll explain how everything works. When you write an App it has to be uploaded to the App Store, once there it is reviewed and accepted or rejected depending on lots of different criteria, from doing things it shouldn't to just plain not working.

Our App was uploaded on Sunday and is awaiting review. Once the review is complete we will be told if it has been accepted, and if not why not. If not changes will have to be made to get it ready for a second review. This could mean a delay of anything from a few days to a few weeks.

Obviously we hope the App will be accepted immediately, we'd like to get this out for fans asap, but if not then release will be delayed.

Once we've been accepted we will of course make a big fuss about all this, an announcement will be made on the forum, tweets will go out, maybe Connacht will post this on their Facebook page. It will not be a case of it appearing on an obscure link and hoping people notice it, we're not that stupid. :)

And I wasn't being offhand above, either. If anyone has good Android programming experience and would like to write one for that OS then please let us know.

For iPad owners, an iPad version will be available in version 2.0.


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11 years 6 months ago #9353

ummm, wrote: Actually SP, if you want to start a bit of interest, feel free to use the tweet the teaser photo above, we can release a new one every few days. I have 3 others.


Anyway, now that the cat is out of the bag here is the story. We are releasing an App.

To avoid people making their own conclusions on why it's not out yet I'll explain how everything works. When you write an App it has to be uploaded to the App Store, once there it is reviewed and accepted or rejected depending on lots of different criteria, from doing things it shouldn't to just plain not working.

Our App was uploaded on Sunday and is awaiting review. Once the review is complete we will be told if it has been accepted, and if not why not. If not changes will have to be made to get it ready for a second review. This could mean a delay of anything from a few days to a few weeks.

Obviously we hope the App will be accepted immediately, we'd like to get this out for fans asap, but if not then release will be delayed.

Once we've been accepted we will of course make a big fuss about all this, an announcement will be made on the forum, tweets will go out, maybe Connacht will post this on their Facebook page. It will not be a case of it appearing on an obscure link and hoping people notice it, we're not that stupid. :)

And I wasn't being offhand above, either. If anyone has good Android programming experience and would like to write one for that OS then please let us know.

For iPad owners, an iPad version will be available in version 2.0.


Are we allowed ask what the app does?!

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11 years 6 months ago #9355

What? And ruin the surprise? I bet you were one of those kids who didn't make it through lent, weren't you?

Ok, here's the info, the app is split into 6 sections

News: all of the news items as on the front page of the clan website. I'll be looking to add the news from the Connacht Rugby site if they let me, but that's for a future version.

Pictures: fans can take photos which will have the Clan logo added at the bottom right corner, these can be tweeted to @ConnachtClan and we'll RT them (as long as they're not rude) It's basically a mini Connacht only photo album.

Twitter: probably the least interesting thing, but it's expected by this stage. Tweets from the players and the team. Not great material, but that's because the player's tweets aren't the best entertainment :)

Videos: A collection of Connacht related videos from the Connacht, RTE & Pro12 youtube channels.

Calendar: An up to date calendar of all matches and clan events, including weather forecasts for matches in the future and reports for matches past. This will also note what TV channels matches are available on, kick off times etc.

Map: Maps of Galway, Parma, Dublin, Cork, Limerick & Cardiff so far. These have places marked that are recommended in some way by the host team. We list hotels, bars, cafes and restaurants. For the Galway map it's business that are in some way connected with Connacht or the Clan, e.g. Buskers, Tamarind, Carlton etc.

New maps will be added in time, we asked other teams for locations for the maps but the info is slow in coming back. But once we launch I hope to see them realise how useful it is and maybe they'll get back to us. If not, they're not going to be on the list.


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11 years 6 months ago #9356

And if people have ideas (don't say Facebook, I know we need to add facebook!) we'd love to hear them.


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11 years 6 months ago #9359

ummm, wrote: Actually SP, if you want to start a bit of interest, feel free to tweet the teaser photo above, we can release a new one every few days. I have 3 others.


Done, and added a link to you later post here with the Features description....

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11 years 6 months ago #9360

An app is a great idea, hopefully someone will deliver an android version.

But an app that is not updated is useless, I'm thinking of the Connacht app from two years ago


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11 years 6 months ago #9361

Very true Ger.

A static App with all of it's data bundled with the App is pretty much useless and requires updates to keep it relevant.

Our App will be downloading articles, map data and the calendar each time it loads. This means we can make updates as we wish and they will be immediately available to fans. (I hope to add popup notification for new additions to the App interface in 2.0). The twitter and video feeds are checked on each load up as well, so as long as there is someone tweeting or posting new videos the new stuff will be there.

The only static part of the App is the photo album.


And this is where everyone else comes in, we have a button for article submission on this website. Very few people use it. If there's an upcoming match that needs a preview, or a game that has finished that needs a review, or an event that is clan related and needs to be publicised then go ahead and write one. Don't wait for others.

If we sit back and complain nothing is being added, but we don't actually do anything about it ourselves we're a part of the problem, not the solution. Get involved, folks.


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11 years 6 months ago #9362

sea_point wrote:

ummm, wrote: Actually SP, if you want to start a bit of interest, feel free to tweet the teaser photo above, we can release a new one every few days. I have 3 others.


Done, and added a link to you later post here with the Features description....


Hmmm, note to self, white backgrounds!


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