Tips & Tricks
How to keep the screen awake during an event
Even if the readout of SICards into the app will work even if the screen is off and the device is locked, you probably want to see the result for the runner directly. The app itself doesn't have any 'keep screen awake' option but there are other apps that can come to help.
I, myself always use the app Screebl on all my devices. Screebl monitors the angle off your device all the time. As long as it detects that the device is tilted a certain amount, it will keep the screen on. When the device is laid flat on a surface, the screen will timeout and go blank just as usual.
By using Screebl (or any similar app) while reading out runners into SI-Droid, you can tilt the device just a little by e.g resting it on a pencil, a spare SICard or the cable to the master. In that way the screen will keep awake as long as you want and you will also have the device in a comfortable reading angle.
How to access Internet (for card owner lookup and result transfer) even on tablets that only have Wifi
If you are using a tablet that don't have a SIM card for an event but still would like to use the automatic card owner lookup you can set your phone up to share Internet over Wifi instead. Most phones (even the IPhones) can easily be made to share Internet access over a Wifi link. Look for 'Wifi Hotspot' or something similar in the settings of your phone. You probably also have to set a password that later needs to be entered on the tablet when connecting to the hotspot.
Export results that are easily and directly viewed online using Dropbox
If you have Internet access and Dropbox installed on the device that you are using at the event you can very quick and easy publish the results on the Internet. This will make it possible for all runners to easily follow the standings by using their own phones.
The trick is, in the Share results dialog, choose the wanted report (e.g results or split times as HTML) and then share it with Dropbox and place it in the Public folder. This will make it possible for anyone knowing the right URL to browse to and view the report.
By preparing before the event and finding out what that URL to the file will be it is possible to publish the URL at the event site. A nice touch is also to code the URL as a QR code and/or with a URL shorterner so that it is easier for people to enter the URL into their phones.
As more runners has finished, it is quick and easy to share the same report again to the same place. In the background, Dropbox automatically update it to the Internet.
