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authorGravatar Miika Turkia <miika.turkia@gmail.com>2015-01-30 18:54:59 +0200
committerGravatar Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>2015-01-30 09:56:07 -0800
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Document iPhone companion app
Signed-off-by: Miika Turkia <miika.turkia@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ a. One can find the coordinates on the world map in the bottom right hand
stored.
b. The coordinates can be obtained from the _Subsurface_ Companion app if the
- user has an Android device with GPS and if the coordinates of the dive site
+ user has an Android or iPhone device with GPS and if the coordinates of the dive site
were stored using that device.
xref:S_Companion[Click here for more information]
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ a. The user can find the coordinates on the world map in the bottom right hand
stored.
b. The user can obtain the coordinates from the _Subsurface_ Companion app if
- an Android device with GPS was used and if the coordinates of the dive site
+ an Android or iPhone device with GPS was used and if the coordinates of the dive site
were stored using that device.
xref:S_Companion[Click here for more information]
@@ -1239,7 +1239,8 @@ a smaller file to make sure everything works.
[[S_Companion]]
=== Importing GPS coordinates with the _Subsurface Companion App_ for mobile phones
-Using the *Subsurface Companion App* on an Android device with a GPS, the coordinates
+Using the *Subsurface Companion App* on an Android device with a GPS or
+iPhone, the coordinates
for the diving
location can be automatically passed to the _Subsurface_
dive log. The Companion App stores the dive locations on
@@ -1259,7 +1260,7 @@ To do this:
or from
http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=subsurface&fdid=org.subsurface[F-Droid].
-==== Using the Subsurface companion app on a smartphone
+==== Using the Subsurface companion app on an Android smartphone
On first use the app has three options:
@@ -1440,6 +1441,29 @@ of another registered diver.
This option sends all locations stored in the Android device to the server.
+==== Using the Subsurface companion app on an iPhone smartphone
+
+The iPhone interface is quite simple. One needs to add the user ID given
+during the registration to the space reserved for it as shown on left
+part of the image below.
+
+image::images/iphone.png["FIGURE: Using iPhone companion application",align="center",width=640]
+
+Next step is to click "Dive in" and start collecting location
+information. Dive can be added automatically or manually. The difference
+seems to be whether user is asked for site name or not. When user adds a
+dive, location service is started and there is a red bar at the bottom
+of the screen indicating that. After the dive one can click on the red
+bar to end the dive/location service. Note that when the location
+service is running, one can add dives only manually.
+
+It is possible to change the site name afterwards by selecting the dive
+in question from the dive list and clicking on the site name. Other
+modifications doesn't seem to be possible. The dive list is uploaded
+automatically to webservice and there does not seem to be an option to
+trigger it manually.
+
+
==== Downloading dive locations to the _Subsurface_ divelog
Download dive(s) from a dive computer or enter them manually into