The dry February in conjunction with forthcoming season kicked me out of winter dormancy and resulted into unexpected programming hyperactivity. The idea, or rather necessity of an application which could update firmware in the Cubes outside my lair wirelessly and seamlessly was forcing its way for quite long time.
I had already started with its development the previous spring based on my somewhat limited experience gained from programming the Outlanded and VFR Manual apps some years ago. However, this has been disrupted after several weeks due to hitting a dead end. Some communication problems with bluetooth devices originating from my probably deep misunderstanding of the Java-based Android API made me to suspend the app development indefinitely . Approximately six months later I circumstantially participated on Brmo conference where some weirdly-looking and talking chap was demonstrating cross-platform mobile development based on Flutter and Dart. It looked kinda neat, straightforward, simply made a very positive impression on me. All right, I really loved it! But another four months have passed till the day when I finally convinced myself into FINALLY MAKING IT! And that day has happened to be circa 96 hours ago..
I have spent 14 straight hours on Saturday, 12 on Sunday (I seriously needed to eat something), 4 hours on Monday night and 4 more today morning and now can boldly announce that it WORKS like a charm! 🙂
It still needs some polishing but we already plan to publish it it into the Play store very soon so you guys and gals can upgrade your lovely little trackers to the most recent firmware there is! 🙂 The other features like logbook or flights overview will come out a bit later.