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Write an iPhone application

$30-250 USD

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Posted about 8 years ago

$30-250 USD

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I need a stable iOS application that automatically takes a screenshot, a front facing iSight photograph, and a user facing FaceTime photograph every 15 minutes. I will be using this to take photographs of myself over the course of the next year. Ideally It needs to run in the background, and launch automatically when the phone starts. Ideally it would suppress the sound or visual indicators associated with screenshots and webcam photos. The images should be saved with timestamps in the filename - I will provide file naming format. I am aware of the constraints that iOS puts on accessing the camera or any other services while in the background. ([login to view URL]) It is my understanding that there are several possible routes around this: 1. It may be possible to have it push an alert and ask for user approval to 2. It may be possible to do this with a jailbroken phone ([login to view URL]) 3. It might be possible to capture an image periodically on your phone based on location change or notifications from an external service. Some documentation on the third possibility: "In iOS, only specific app types are allowed to run in the background: Apps that play audible content to the user while in the background, such as a music player app Apps that record audio content while in the background Apps that keep users informed of their location at all times, such as a navigation app Apps that support Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Apps that need to download and process new content regularly Apps that receive regular updates from external accessories" from [login to view URL] "In iOS, regions associated with your app are tracked at all times, including when the app isn’t running. If a region boundary is crossed while an app isn’t running, that app is relaunched into the background to handle the event. Similarly, if the app is suspended when the event occurs, it’s woken up and given a short amount of time (around 10 seconds) to handle the event" from [login to view URL] Apple's documentation suggests that the app has full access to hardware and services while handling these events. If that's true you could take and save a picture during this time. Two ideas to for someone who knows iOS development: - Can we setup a geofence so that iphone takes a picture after you show up at a new location. Dropbox does something like this for its camera upload feature. If you move to a new location and the phone connects to wifi it will start uploading photos from your library. (Is there a way to do this every 15 minutes?) - Can we setup an external service that pings your capture app every 15 minutes. While "processing data received from the external service" the app takes a photo. This wouldn't work for time spent in a subway, though. Obviously none of these would pass the app store approval process. But since it's just for personal use that doesn't matter, only matters if it can be done with iOS API. Please craft your response to make clear you have read this specification and have the specific skills to make this happen. If you think the budget needs to be more than $250 I will consider those bids.
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Wonder to know that if you aware that App suggests always try to avoid doing any background work unless doing so improves the overall user experience. Not sure how are you going to use the app, but you may need to re-consider your requirements.
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Hi, I am Eric Wang, Mobile developer in China. I've just read your job posting and I’m very interested. I'm a certificated freelancer with over 350 good reviews from clients. I have experienced knowledge in every part of mobile technology. I know how to bring your idea alive and communication well. I never disappoint my clients and I’m able to lead your project to success and troubleshoot problems. I am sure these will reflect in my past results. Please contact me if I am a match for you are looking for. Best Regards, Wang
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I have 4+ years of experience in the mobile app development space and my expertise says it all. I have launched several apps in App store as well as in play store along with my team. I love my work and always look forward to do it in a creative way.
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Hello Sir. I read through job description carefully and was very interesting to your project. To implement features what you required on job description, it need to develop on jailbroken mode, I think. As you said, it is violated the appstore policy so it couldn't upload to appstore. But you can use with your own phone. Hope to hearing from you soon. Best Regards HeNan
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