Consulsion

The app still has a few bugs which I'm really keen to sort out even though the project is handed in. We hope to get the full remote version of the app working so that it functions how it does in Ben video.

We also got some really good suggestions in our crit today so hopefully we can implement those changes as well and we can get the app to be the best it can.

Even though there are still things that need to be done I couldn't be happier with how the project went. I had an awesome team and we worked really together (even if there were a few sleep deprived conversation where no of us had any idea what the other was saying)
Mostly I'm just happy with how much I have learnt. There was a stage where I thought 'there is no way I can do this I have no idea what it going on' but now I actually feel confident enough to get the rest of the app working.

Link to website and final video
http://nickyhoffmandesign.com/willofsteel.html

Explanation of Name

When we first tried coming up with a name we failed so we did what all modern people do and turn to facebook. There were several suggestions some of which were good and some were silly. Will of Steel did start off as one of the silly ones from a friend who loves making puns about my last name but it was the name everyone seemed to like. At first it was a place holder name but overtime it grew on us. After a while we decided the name really did fit with our app.

As it's based around how little will power people have to create their own decent study habit our app is the one that does it for you. It gives you a Will of Steel so you can stay strong, motivated and get things done.

I wish I had this app while I was building it.

I managed to get numbers get all the pages going to the right places with the different transitions.

Managed to get the right breaks in the right places.

Didn't manage to get the to do list saving thing sorted

Managed to get the study mode state appearing each time you go back to the home page while the app it running. This was one by creating a global variable which has a boolean state. Each time a view is pushed back while the app in running the Boolean value determines that because the app is running it my must and study mode so the study mode view becomes active.

Didn't manage to get the app stopping once it's started. This is an issue we really should have addressed earlier but it was just as oversight on our part. I tried everything I could think of including timers global variables, separate action script class, if statements, this that and everything else. Even though it didn't work if made me realise just how much I have learnt through this project. Half this stuff I didn't even know existed but now I actually understand what's going on when I write a line of code instead of just copy pasting and hoping for the best.

I think the issues is in the fire date of the Notifications. The way Nicky and Byron set it up means that each time the button is pressed all the notifications are sent but arrive at different times. Currently I can see anyway of intercepting this but I think that just because my sleep deprived brain isn't working as well as it could. Even though we have to hand the app in it's current state I'm still going to try figure out how this can be done because I'm confident I can do it after I've had some decent sleep.

Another thing that has been bugging me is the fact that one of out notifications says 'It's time for lunch' no matter what time of the day it is. I fixed this by putting in a date variable so that if it is after 4pm it tells you to get dinner instead. I'm kind of sad I figured this feature on on the last day because it could have been interested to see what other time of day notifications we could of had.

Today while Nicky and Ben are doing the video I have been trying to fix all the little issues with app such as.
1. making all the buttons go to the right pages.
2. have the right breaks come at the right time
3. fixing the the fact the now when you swipe out of the to do list and back in you can't delete the items which are already there (I think I need help with this one but everyone is busy so I will try everything and see what I can do)
4. currently when you go into different view while the app is running it goes back to the start state instead of the study state.
5. stopping notification once they have been sent.

I finally got my swc's! I was able to put them into the to list by they don't align very well. what I've done is and change the x and y position of the swc doesn't seem to be working. I put each swc in it's own group which I can control the size and position of with out changing the size of the swcs. Theses groups are then added to an HGroup so the all line up nicely and then are added to the array.
I've also been trying to change the input font of the text box, it seem we need to do this with CSS which is a job I shall leave to Ben

Today I found an issues with storing the items in the to do list. When you swipe into the view and and swipe out it deletes everything. I fixed this by creating a global variable and storage function so the when the view is accessed again the items on the to do list will still be there

The last few days have been spent focusing on another assignment which was due today so sadly Ubiq has taken a back set but I'm back into it now. The swc for the to do list still haven't been finalised I was given  a shattering tick by Ben which doesn't really fit with the rest of the app (in spite of how much joy it bought us) so I'm just using placeholders at the moment and will sort out the final positing of the assets once I have them.

I also need the timer swc for the short breaks which Nicky is making. I managed to get a timer into the break view so that when the 15 seconds is up it pops back to the study mode page and a sound plays giving the indication that the break is over and the person should get back to work. 

I've also been work of the invite friends which is right now isn't actually working. It's currently just a 'place holder' view and the only person you can invite to in Nicky and you can't actually invite her unless you yell at her from across the room