Amatör Telsiz Röle: An Android App AI
~1 min read updated 3 April 2024
An Android app available on the Google Play Store — the name means “amateur radio repeater” in Turkish. Built with React Native on Expo. It uses the same database as amatortelsizcilik.com.tr and the @telsizbot bot on Telegram. For now it lists VHF, UHF and crossband repeaters.
Initially it displayed things as a simple table. The 29 March 2024 update added a dark mode and viewing repeaters on a map.
Suggestions received and to-dos
Features
- Add filtering and search to the repeater list.
- Swipe gestures instead of next/previous page buttons.
- Dark mode will follow the phone’s setting automatically.
- Add a repeater detail page. Tapping a repeater will show the rest of its details and its location.
- Report-an-error + submit-a-new-repeater buttons on the repeater detail pages.
- Callsign lookup via QRZ could be added.
- Move the database into SQLite so it works offline.
- An iOS version could be made. Requires buying a developer account.
Issues
- Location apparently isn’t updating — I think it saves a fixed one to the list.
3 April 2024 update
I removed the SQLite database — it was causing problems. For now the app fetches the data from the Laravel-powered amatortelsizcilik.com.tr API and caches it for 24 hours. There were also some minor design updates.