A new Veloid is born...

I will try to update this post with screencaptures afterwards ... ;-)

YES ! I finished my new interface. Suring the past monthes, a lot of people sent me some feedback indicating that veloid is an application with an high potential but this potential can't be seen because of the interface.
I really thank all the people who make me those feedbacks.

So I decided to make a all new interface with the following guidelines :
- Respect the Android standard.
- Loose the minimum space on screen.

So I decided to remove all the information no more required and that seems obvious. For instance, you know on which network you are.

The new design is based on 4 tabs : favorites, search, map, timer (and preferences) :

The FAVORITE tab:
This tab displays a list of favorite. You can add/remove favorites by clicking on the "menu" button.
You can also "long click" a favorite in the list in order to see some more contextual actions such as :
- Rename the favorite
- View the favorite on the map (and displays nearest stations around)
- Change the color of the favorite (for a better view)
- Delete the favorite (avoid to go throught the menu)

The SEARCH tab:
The seach tab allows you to find slot(s) or bike(s) nearby.
You first choose a number and what you are looking for (bikes or slot). The map will be opened with the requested filter set.

The MAP tab:
If you directly open the map tab, you will be automatically geolocated and nearest stations will be displayed.
Click on the menu button to have more options

The TIMER tab:
This is the same timer than before.

The PREFERENCE tab:
This tab allows you to define some preferences, same preferences than before are available and now you can choose your default tab.



So, with all these improvements(??? :-) ) I hope your will more enjoy the veloid experiment.

During this update I also add the french networks :
- Velcom, Plaine Commune (a group of cities in the north of Paris)
- Velam, Amiens
- Veolcité, Mulhouse

So if you have any feedbacks, you can send them to me (contact_at_veloid.fr).

Montpellier and the en of the SFR (Vodafone) competition

The last days before the end of the competition has been really subject to a lot of improvment among with : 

• The map is now a little bit more sexy
• Velomagg, from Montpellier is now supported.
  
• I added a compass on the map
• Nextbike(Germany) team provided a translation adated to the new main screen
• The main screen is now more readable

I really wish my best to Veloid for the SFR competition !!!

Das Programm für die Bike-Sharing für android

Since my personnal life is changing a lot (new job, baby...), I did not communicate a lot and I apologize for that.

Here are the latest news for Veloid !

German translation for Veloid

I REALLY thanks the Nextbike team (http://nextbike.net/) which translated all the interfaces in German.

And, thanks to Nextbike, I added a new function. For each network, I can now add a dedicated button in the main interface with a specific function.

For nextbike for instance, you can open the Nextbike Mobile Web site in order to rent or return a bike.

A post on "the bike-sharing" blog

"The bike-sharing blog" posted an article about Veloid. 

You can consult the article here : 

 http://bike-sharing.blogspot.com/2009/01/veloid-making-bike-sharing-even-better.html

This blog is really influent and read by the Bike sharing actors so I really thanks also Paul DeMayo for its post. My website has never been so visited =)

Two new cities : Zaragoza (Spain) and Milan (Italy)

The networks Bizi de Zaragoza et BikeMi de Milan can be now selected inside Veloid. 

Ringtone selection

Users can now select the ringtone they want for the sound alarm.

Wana dance (ride?) Samba? Use Veloid in Rio de Janeiro

Before reading this post, launch this player to be in the mood \(^o^)/

In December, Rio de Janeiro released a bike sharing system named Samba (only 5 stations but this is the beginning).

So, as you can guess if you read it there, Veloid is now handling Samba!
You can check the availability of bikes and slots of Samba bikes on your Android phone.

I hope Rio citizens and tourists will use Veloid...

Evidences (!^_^):

The network selection

With some favorites selected

The map after a search near an address

Note 1 : There is also an invisible enhancement in Veloid code. It is now easier and safer for me to register new networks =)

Note 2: I hope this network will make sexier (if possible...) the bottoms of Brazilian girls (!^_^)

New pins on the map view and a quick start guide [0.9.5]

A new release of Veloid (0.9.5) has been delivered to the market !

The modifications in this version are  explained below. 

First a minor one: during the first launch, all the popups have the same look and feel (at first launch there is a kind of wizard). Unified pop-ups are : 

• Accept EULA
• Select the network
• Update the list of stations
• Launch the Quick start guide

Yes, you well the last bullet. A quick start guide has been implemented. Actually this quick start guide opens a dedicated web page. I chosen this solution because it is easier for me to maintain and it takes less memory on devices.

Thanks to this guide, you understand better the way you can to use Veloid regarding the kind of user you are (regular user, visitor in a city...etc).

This is the first version but you can already visit the website (it is for android devices and not computers with high resolution):Veloid Quick Start Guide

And finally I implemented new a look and feel for the pins on the map. I now use a stretchable image. The result seems cleaner and more in the "theme" of Veloid. 

I hope these modifications make the application better.

New icons for "express searches"

Some people said that they did not understood the meaning of the buttons, in the main screen.

The issue was mainly with the express search.

So I tried to do the job by myself: 

If you are an artist like I am... (!^_^) you then understand that : 

• The first button is dedicated to the express bikes search (I want bikes nearby !)
• The second button is dedicated to the express slots search (I want slots nearby !).. and not to prevent riders from hitting a wall, a car or any orange object that can be represented by the orange part (!^_^) 
  

Roma'n'Bike from Roma is now under Android thanks to Veloid ! Ti amo Android

Even if Materazzi gave an head shot to Zidane few years ago ... I said to myself to be not rancorous...

Then I decided to include the network Roma'n'Bike (from Roma ... I hope you guess =) ).

This network is now managed under Android.

I am really in an hurry to see Android phones in Europe. I hope I will make the life of such network users better =)

Few screen shots to show you it is true =)

The main screen - Roma'n'Bike under Veloid [Android Emulator]

The map of Roma - Roma'n'Bike under Veloid [Android Emulator]