how to go about this one

[Cableguy]

Hi guys... making some noise!!

I have an idea for an app, to show/maitain the schedule of a Shift-Worker...
I'm taking as an example a friend of mine who is a nurse in an hospital in his twon, and also works in a health related call-center... all by shifts, wich sometimes are dificult to get right for him...
So i started thinking about how to tackle the subject...
To display a calendar is something not that hard to do, but I want to over-impose the shifts... Something like this

The shifts will be represented by the 3 colored bars below the day number, and their length will be variable...
I know I can put sveral views on top of each other, but with about 40 of these in one calendar may take a while to populate...
I stated wondering about the OpenGL,if it would be faster and how to achieve this, but I realy know NOTHING about OpenGL...
Inputs, links, etc...are welcome

 

[klaus]

Hi Paulo,
Nice to see you back.
It wouldn't be complicated to simply draw the different informations either on a Panel or directly on the Activty with a Canvas.
How many days would you like to have at the same time on the screen?
Even with a 1 day, 1week and 1 month display it wouldn't be complicated to update the different screens.
How do you imagine the data structure ?

Best regards.

 

[Cableguy]

I am thinking on saving the info in a small db, so it would be easier to fetch/update the data as needed... The exact format is still to be thought of.
I imagine tthe app working like a "normal" pocket agenda would, with a montly view, then detailing in the "day view", chosen by the user...

Since this is a "niche" app, I am considering making it available on the market, with both free and payed version...

 

[klaus]

Hi Paulo,
I played a bit with your project and made a small demonstrator showing what can be done with drawings.
The program shows a whole month.
The user can:
- select a day and show it in a big picture.
- change the month by 'sliding' with the finger.
- when one day is displayed change the day by 'sliding' with the finger.
- a long click shows a screen to modify the shift states.

Best regards.

 

[Cableguy]

You're NO FUN!!!:sign0188:

Just kidding, obviously... I will have a look at your demonstrator, and take ideas from it... For the moment I am concentrating on the graphical aspect of things, and adjustind the 42+7 Labels that make up my calendar, wich will be based on (i believe to be ) corwin's date/time picker...
I'm planning to create/test th DB in the weekend just to see it suites my needs..