Stuck on splash screen (use cached coordinates as fallback)

[clevbolt]

It's taking extremely long for the app to open now. Not sure why. It takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes to open up.

[soren121]

Stuck on the splash screen? I'd have to recheck my code, but I think the only reason that would happen is if geolocation was taking a long time. It's definitely abnormal but I'm not sure it's a bug. Again, I'll check.

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It's taking extremely long for the app to open now. Not sure why. It takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes to open up.

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[clevbolt]

Yes it's on the splash screen. It takes forever to bring up the yaks.

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Stuck on the splash screen? I'd have to recheck my code, but I think the only reason that would happen is if geolocation was taking a long time. It's definitely abnormal but I'm not sure it's a bug. Again, I'll check.

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It's taking extremely long for the app to open now. Not sure why. It takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes to open up.

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[soren121]

I'll look into speeding up the app launch. At the very least, I should add a notification message if something is taking longer than expected.

[cormanet]

I have noticed the same issue. The speed varies, but it is usually a bit slow.

[soren121]

It can vary depending on where you are. In some areas, it's harder for your phone to get a GPS lock than in other areas.

The thing is, the app pretty much has to load exactly how it does now: get your GPS coordinates, then request nearby yaks from Yik Yak. For what it's worth, I only have it get GPS coordinates when you cold-start the app (i.e. when you're not resuming it.)

It was only recently, however, that I added an extended splash screen to the app. This means that while your phone tries to get a GPS lock, the app will continue to show the splash screen. Before I added this, though, it would just show the blank home screen while it waited for GPS coordinates. Perhaps it only appears to last longer because of the new extended splash screen?

Actually, while writing this comment, I thought of a decent idea to speed up geolocation. I've got finals coming up, though, so it might take awhile to implement. Hang in there.