Offline mode: our Android app works at level -5 of a parking garage
summary
Describes how Virtuo’s Android app supports fully offline car rentals using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to unlock/start vehicles in underground parking without 3G. Covers HTTP caching (including max-stale), synchronization and conflict-resolution strategies, reactive programming to improve UX, UI cues (a banner) to guide users, and different caching strategies for before, during, and after a reservation.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Virtuo mobile app
- 1:49Replacing physical keys
- 4:15Network issues and fixes
- 7:44HTTP cache on Android
- 11:13Asynchronous state management
- 13:41Preloading data optimization
- 15:04Offline UX transparency
- 16:51Reactive programming sequences
- 18:57Production deployment results
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