rbergm/jordsand-birdcount

App to automate the bird counts in the natural reserves at Jordsand association. However it is general enough to be used by any preservation area.

jordsand-birdcount's Issues

Focus of species count input is set incorrectly

When selecting a species to add to a bird count, the input is not selected by default. Therefore it needs to be manually selected resulting in the cursor being positioned incorrectly. After that the default count (1) needs to be deleted and the new count has to be entered. This is not only cumbersome, but according to the source code not what was intended. Instead upon adding a species to a bird count the default count should be automatically selected, enabling it to be overwritten instantly.
When selecting a species to add to a bird count, the input is not selected by default. Therefore it needs to be manually selected resulting in the cursor being positioned incorrectly. After that the default count (1) needs to be deleted and the new count has to be entered. This is not only cumbersome, but according to the source code not what was intended. Instead upon adding a species to a bird count the default count should be automatically selected, enabling it to be overwritten instantly.

Add target species and monitoring areas dynamically

Problem summary

The definition of monitoring areas and target species are currently loaded into the app as assets and therefore need to be present when the APK is created. This also means that in order to adapt the App to a different conservation area it needs to be recompiled and installed as a completely different app. This approach is not practical for a real public usage.

Suggested solution

Add a settings view which enables the user to load new target species and monitoring areas (and maybe even offline maps). The user should also be able to select which natural reserve to use.

Make labels in area selection easier to focus

Right now the labels are to small or placed to close to each other at times. This makes them really hard to touch and select the correct area or to select an area at all.

Copy offline tiles to osmdroid folder

When launching the app for the very first time, the offline map sources should be copied from the assets folder to /sdcard/osmdroid

Show currently selected area when entering a sighting

Right now there is no indicator what area has actually been selected when a new sighting is added. This may lead to wrongly assigned entries.

Create issue templates for bugs and feature requests

All bug reports and feature requests should share a similar structure to make it easier to find the important information and skim through them.

Enable upload of bird counts to online services

Problem summary

Export to CSV is great but still cumbersome as: in order to get the data on a PC the smartphone needs to be connected and browsed. Finally the data may be imported by whichever application.

Suggested solution

Upload the census data to a simple web service and allow bindings to existing websites.

Replace date selection for finished bird counts with dedicated dialog

Instead of entering the date as pure text, a calendar should be shown.
This calendar could
a) highlight the dates where a bird count took place
b) display the associated bird counts when a date is selected