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Re: Show HN: My first android app Disha

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Post by chussad » Sun, Dec 11, 2011, 9:38 PM UTC

arpitnext wrote: post #10

Nice App! Just wanted to know one thing. How are you retrieving data from Government's site. AFAIK, Indian Railways restricts such data, and this information can't be used commercially without their permission. Right?

I mean on some pages of the site it says that However, I am not sure how well they crack down on apps like this. If it becomes too much of a concern, I will take the advertisement out.

I just wanted to build something that will be useful without being rude on their site resources. For their site, the requests that come in are just like from any other client. This app do not put any extra burden on the site like crawling and such. Having said that, I agree that this a gray area.

Re: Show HN: My first android app Disha

#12

Post by chussad » Sun, Dec 11, 2011, 9:40 PM UTC

zrgiu_ wrote: post #9

Pay a friend $100 or get someone to make an UI design for you. If you can't afford that, have a look at the popular android apps, at the apps developed by google and at free/paid themes on the internet. I don't know what's the website for the indian rails system, but if you can get them to officially support you, try to get approval to use their design style. Basically, anything works, just make your app look better…

Thanks zrgiu, do you have any recommendations from where you got the app themes or any designer recommendation who is not going to cost me a fortune?

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