ScoreBlast

ScoreBlast is your go-to app for quickly sending game results from the ballpark out to Twitter without having to open Twitter or type up all the information.

By setting up your teams before you go (or while you're between innings) you can select the 2 teams from drop lists, enter the score, select who won, and add any additional details from the game and then just send it off to Twitter.  ScoreBlast formats the tweet for you, inserting all the details you selected (instead of typing over and over again).  You can then keep the teams saved in the app or clear all or some of them out for the next tournament!  

All you need is a Twitter account and the score of the game! 

Download ScoreBlast on the Google Play Store Here

General:

This app gives the user the ability to quickly tweet scores by providing 2 drop-down lists of teams, previously setup in the app, and score fields.  The user also has the option of adding some additional text to the tweet to provide some highlights of the game.

The app takes the entered/selected data and formats it into a tweet and pushes it to the authorized Twitter account. 

The idea behind the app is that when you are at a tournament and want to post results to Twitter you are constantly having to enter the team names and certain parts of the Tweet over and over and over.  This app takes some of the repetitiveness out of this process.  Simplifying the reporting of games.

Getting Started:

When you first install the app the first thing you'll need to do is Authorize the app to send tweets to your Twitter account.

Go to Settings & click the Auth Twitter button.

This will open a browser window where you enter your Twitter credentials (the app doesn't store your credentials, just your Twitter handle).

If you enter them correctly, then Twitter will authorize the app to Tweet on your behalf and you'll return to the app Settings display.

You will now see the button is now labeled 'Deauth Twitter' with a blue text note saying who is authorized.

This will carry back to the main screen as well.

Next you will want to start adding teams to the database.  Enter at least 2 to get started.  NOTE: The app will not send unless you have 2 teams setup AND have authorized it with Twitter.

Once this is complete you are set to start posting game scores, statuses, & results!

Main Screen:

Select Team 1: Use this to open list-picker to display all setup teams.

Score Team 1: Enter Team 1's runs.

Select Team 2: Use this to open list-picker to display all setup teams.

Score Team 2: Enter Team 2's runs.

Select Game Status: The drop-list to the left of 'Inn' text box is used to select the current status of the game.

- '--' - The default selection.  Can be left if you do not know the game status

- 'PreGame' - This is used when the game is about to begin (handy when you want to go ahead and fill in the team names)

- 'Top' - This is for the top half of the inning is currently going on or about to begin

- 'Btm' - This is for the bottom half of the inning is currently going on or about to begin

- 'Fin' - This is for a completed game

- 'Cnl' - This is for a game that has been canceled 

Inn: Enter the inning for the current game

Char Remain: Number of characters available for a valid Tweet (140 max).  Please note the app formats the tweet and subtracts the text it uses from the 140 total. As fields are filled in, they also are subtracted from the total.  The app also include a short promo blurb at the end of each Tweet.

* Authorized as: Text showing if the app has been authorized to send via Twitter.  This will show the user that was authorized if it is authorized.  If this text isn't present then the app isn't authorized. User needs to go to Settings to authorize with a valid Twitter account.

Additional Message: Enter any additional message to Tweet (game details / highlights / etc)

Tweet It!: Click button to send Tweet (must pass specific conditions - see below)

- Must have 2 teams selected

- Must have authenticated with Twitter

- Must not be more than 140 characters

Settings: Go to the settings page.

About: Open About screen that shows version information.

Reset Game Prompt: When you sent a game score that is NOT marked 'Fin' or 'Cnl' then the user is given the choice to keep the entered data or clear it. By answering Yes to keep the data, the user can update the game again without selecting/entering the data again (next inning for example).

Settings:

Team Name: Enter the full name of the team.

Team Code: Enter a short version of the team name.  This can be used if you want to save characters on the Tweet in order to enter more additional text.

Select: Open list picker for selecting / viewing teams already stored.

Add/Update: Add team to database that is entered in the Name/Code fields. Label changes to Update if you select a team from the list picker.  

    -- If you select a team and then modify the Team Code, it will update that team.

    -- If you select a team and then modify the Team Name, it will create a new team.

Clear: Clears the Team Name & Team Code fields

Remove: Remove the team entered from the app.  You must select a team from the list picker first.

Use Team Code In Tweet: Check this to have the app ALWAYS use the shorter Team Code instead of the Team Name in all Tweets.  This is not team specific.

Auth/Deauth Twitter: Click button to authorize or deauthorize a Twitter account for this app.

Exit: Exit the Settings screen and go back to the main screen.

Help: Redirect to open this Help page in a browser window.

Reset App: Reset (clear) all teams from the app.  Used to start over.

    -- NOTE: This DOES NOT deauthorize the Twitter account.  That has to be done with the Deauth Twitter button

Known Issues:

• • Bug: Team lists are not sorted

    • Currently being addressed in v1.5

Tips:

• • If you see battery drain of any sort from the app while it's running in the foreground or background this could be (unlikely) caused by the internal timers that are used.  Whenever a text entry field is highlighted this could potentially, but unlikely, happen.  To avoid this potential, if you tap the egg at the bottom left of the main screen it removes the selection of a field and any timers are stopped.

  • Under the Additional Text field you may see the words 'Tweet Sent' in yellow.  This is an indicator that the tweet appears to have been successfully sent.

  • Twitter may return errors that will be displayed in a toast.  If you see these please read them carefully as they can explain the reasoning why a tweet may have failed.

    • Common one is if you accidentally send the same exact tweet more than once.  Twitter does not allow this and will return a very long error message.