As I’ve been working with Prayer Odyssey and praying through some big issues myself, one thing I’ve realized is that the app needs a better means of helping keep those that are praying for you in the loop. With that in mind comes the “updates” feature that is almost ready for release. Continue reading “Coming Soon: Updates”
When I started down the road to make a native app for Prayer Odyssey , I was excited that Xamarin had come out as open source and jumped head first into building it up. Success was good, but a little slower than I had planned, given some of the older techniques I had to “unlearn” in order to make run with the platform. After a recent discovery into NativeScript, I’m moving fast and furious in a new direction with some great results.
I’m rather impressed. It took me a total of about 5 hours, from install to launch, but I have my first login screen already up and running for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone (not pictured) thanks to Xamarin. Continue reading “Mobile Screen #1 and Xamarin Notes”
From the start, I had the plan to make sure Prayer Odyssey was a “mobile first” type application. Most people (including myself) would be using Prayer Odyssey from their phones, or tablets, given how portable they are and simple to interact with, just like a notepad is. With that in mind I built Prayer Odyssey as a responsive app, first leveraging Zurb Foundation and later using Angular Material to make this happen. While this has been working well, I’ve come to the realization that a native mobile app is needed to make the experience really function as intended.
Today another feature is rolled out for Prayer Odyssey: Profiles. While this seems pretty small on one hand, I envision a larger impact for small groups, and groups worldwide. Continue reading “Profiles and Vision”
If you’re interested in supporting Prayer Odyssey financially, there’s an easy way to do that now! Continue reading “Donations Graciously Accepted”
I’m happy to announce that the transition to Angular Material is complete and running on the site! Continue reading “New Layout Complete”
A quick note to say that prayer sharing is now working again. A simple toggle switch will allow you to share your prayer with any groups you are a member of or you can share with the “public” to create a special link you can share on Twitter, Facebook, or anywhere else for that matter.
Enjoy!
I had a pretty good hunch that prayerjournal.com would never open up anytime soon for me to register my app with. It’s taken a bit of time, and thinking, and luck, but I’ve finally come up with the new name: Prayer Odyssey. Continue reading “Same Ideas, New Name, Expanded Focus”
This is the news spot for Prayer Odyssey, which is the new home of Prayer Journal. More to come soon!
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