Spotit Today PWA

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Hey all,

We have developed an app using the wonderful Anvil framework showing local events on a google map.
Currently we only support events in and around Oxford, UK.

Website: spotit.today

We also have it on the google play store since its a PWA out of the box, love this feature!

Google play store: spotit.today app

iOS app is in progress, same PWA packaging but its a bit more involved.

Currently we are looking to get a custom styled google map, but I see there is no support yet for this feature?

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That is so neat!

The GoogleMap component offers a good chunk of the JS API, but not all of it. Post the requirements in Feature Requests and you never know!

Otherwise, you can always get down and dirty with the JS yourself (eg how @brooke did the Mapbox demo).

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Thanks for the kind words!

I have looked into using the JS API, but the GoogleMap component offers close to everything we need already.

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Update 1

Some great progress on spotit.today!

  • TickerMaster, Vivid Seats and See Tickets event addition.
  • Between 500 - 2000+ events per day worldwide.
  • Available on the Apple app store: Spotit Today iOS.
  • Switched from the GoogleMap component to using JS directly.
  • Using the Google Maps data layer with GeoJSON.

Current issues we are trying to resolve:

  • Calling the server generating the GeoJSON. After some timing tests, the largest delay is just the call to the server itself. Getting the events from the database and generating the JSON (also server side) are much faster comparably.
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That’s pretty cool! Well done.

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Really cool!

Is the version on the Apple app store the same Anvil app or a native app?

If it’s the Anvil app, could you perhaps share any guides that you’ve followed for publishing a PWA on the app store?

Would be much appreciated!

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