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aCar - Track your vehicles
- Thread starter Armond
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I was just searching for an app like this and stumbled into this app. Looks to be exactly what I'm looking for. But I don't see it in my Market. Not enabled for Asia? I'm residing in Malaysia.
Please, please, give us some love.
Thanks a lot for your interest in aCar. Well, I've not set any restriction on target location. But I filter the devices with small screens (QVGA resolutions) because aCar is still not ready for that size. Perhaps I have to redesign some of the screens to fit on such small screens, but not anytime in very near future.
Would you please let me know your exact Android device name you're using to access the Market? I will gladly fix it if I've accidentally blocked a normal (HVGA) or large (WVGA or FWVGA) screen Android device.
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the quick reply.
I have the HTC Magic / Sapphire.
It's designated for Singapore. Build number: 3.03.707.5 CL#75968 release-keys.
Don't know why but we don't get to download some apps here (Malaysia) even though they're free.
Regards
I forgot to mention in my previous reply that I've set the minimum version of Android for aCar to "1.5". It means that if you're running "1.1" or a lower version on your device, you won't see aCar. Initial HTC Magic had Android v1.1 installed, but I'm not sure about the one they've launched in Singapore. (You can know about your Android version on "Settings > About").
Other that these two points, you should see aCar on the Market. You have a normal screen device which is the primary supported screen for my application and I don't see any other reason behind your problem. Unless Google itself has done something here!
I will try to further investigate this issue, and will post here as soon as I get into any result.
Regards,
My Magic is running 1.5 with the new HTC Sense UI.
Is this what you've got originally, or you've jailbroken/rooted it ? AFAIK, the Magic comes with standard Android UI.
I had standard Magic with Google apps installed. I haven't rooted it. I just updated the rom to the HTC Sense UI. I'm not sure if that is the problem, but even before, with the standard Android interface, some apps are not available to us. I thought this was a regional issue.
Then maybe Google has applied those limitations. As I mentioned earlier, I've opened the applications to all regions with no exception.
Again thanks a lot for your interest in aCar, and hope you can have access to it soon!
Have you ever thought about integrating aCar with Google Map? Maybe to track and plan for trips with fill-up points along a route. Possibly usefull for someone on long or multi legged trips. Maybe even geo-tag the gas station. There are also apps that will report gas prices a some stations based on zip codes. I am not a developer so I don't even know how or it anything I mentioned can be done (in a single app).
Thank you for the great app.
Thank you for the great app.
Hi,
Thanks a lot for your suggestions... Thinking about how aCar can be extended is very very exciting for me!
I was thinking to use geo-tagging to automatically guess the gas status or repair center name the user has previously entered. Or maybe the location names could be automatically looked up on the net (using the current longitude and latitude) and be displayed there as soon as the user starts to to enter a new fillup/service record.
I will keep your other suggestions on my list. First I need to know the average users will like them, and these new features won't make the whole aCar experience any harder or more complex. I need to think more about them and do more brainstorming, or perhaps to mix some of these suggestions to make a single new but useful feature.
Thanks for downloading and trying aCar
Hi Brandon! Nice to see you here...
Frankly before getting user feedbacks, I didn't know that so many people are using Fuelly.com. Now I've heard users' voice. I'm planning to do what they've requested and I'm very excited about these features
I've just released a new version (1.0.4) and it's available for download on Android Market. The major feature added in this version is Missed FillUps support. Plus some bug fixes including Edit Vehicle & Edit Service Reminders crash Feel free to give it a try!
I guess now it's the time to focus on backup/restore and import/export features...
Feel free to give it a try!I guess now it's the time to focus on backup/restore and import/export features...
Glad to see it's working
Thanks for letting me know about this.As I've already stated in my previous post, the backup/restore feature is the immediate next item in my todo list. You'll have this in next major version.
Cheers,
I'm so sorry for the problem you have there.
The only limitation I've set on aCar is that it can not be seen or downloaded from small screen devices. But Sapphire is a normal screen device that should see aCar on Market (specially that aCar is free and should be seen on any Market). There might be a problem with your custom firmware or Google blocking custom firmware accesses. A few other guys have also complained about this. But unfortunately I can not do anything about it.
As a reference for what screen sizes there are for Android devices and which ones are considered small screen:
Supporting Multiple Screens | Android Developers
As you have guessed by now, I can't read.
kokiangel
Android Expert
I just got my Droid last week so am learning all the ins and outs of android and loading apps to make it work for me. (I had a palm treo which I actually liked) One of the apps that I have been missing is an MPG app. This is so perfect but I don't see where it can be synced to my desktop for backup. Is that possible?
aCar does not have any backup/restore mechanism at the moment (v1.0.5), but you'll get it soon in the next major version! Many have already requested this and it can not be ignored ;-)
kokiangel
Android Expert
Ok, no learning curve at all to this app. So sweet. I was using an app called pocket money before that had a side app called MPG that was very similar. Not nearly as nice as this though with the graphs but the imput method was about the same. Very well thought out. I would have paid for this app! Thanks!
For those who can not find aCar on Google Android Market, I've uploaded this application to two alternative Markets today. You can download their client (something like Google Market application) and install it on your phone. Then use that client application to browse their Market and download aCar.
1. AndAppStore : New Releases (listed under "Productivity::Other" category)
Direct link to aCar page/profile: http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/apps/aCar
2. SlideME | Android Community and Application Marketplace (listed under "Productivity" category)
Direct link to aCar page/profile: http://slideme.org/application/acar
I guess one of them allows direct APK download from its website. And the registration for both Markets is free if you need to do so!
Enjoy!
1. AndAppStore : New Releases (listed under "Productivity::Other" category)
Direct link to aCar page/profile: http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/apps/aCar
2. SlideME | Android Community and Application Marketplace (listed under "Productivity" category)
Direct link to aCar page/profile: http://slideme.org/application/acar
I guess one of them allows direct APK download from its website. And the registration for both Markets is free if you need to do so!
Enjoy!