I have read lots of great stuff @myskylla and it states anything currently possible can be produced using buzztouch and eclipse. i would really like to take an ambitious try at making a taxi booking app. there are taxi apps already in the play store like taxi caller and gocatch. Would it be possible to make something similar using buzztouch? It does not have to be anything as fancy as current taxi apps on market. just needs to function in a similar manner. If anyone can point me on the right direction to any tools or info on this it would be great thanks.

Perhaps Google ?

I tried a Google search but did not have much luck!. I will have a much deeper search for info. My question was just to find out if it would be possible. Do you think it is possible then Fred? I believe from your response that it is in some way or you would have said No! Correct me if im wrong. thanks for response Fred.

You are correct, I think it's possible, but don't know how I would do that. I would start by writing down the steps in accomplishing same. Then put the pieces together. Fred

Thanks for your input Fred. I will try researching what things i need to make this tick but i fear it may be out of my league at the moment as i am new to this. Perhaps i should keep it small at the moment as im a total noob at the moment so may be better to try to gradually create bigger and better apps as i go along the learning curve. Good to hear it may be possible though and i will research it but won't try too hard to make it until i get more experience at this. Thanks again Fred

A good place to start is my Online guide, MySkylla'a Guide to Buzztouch www.MySkylla.com Fred

Thanks Fred. as i stated in previous post i have been reading through your great guides to buzztouch and have to say they are excellent. As i say i just wanted to know it could be possible to create such an app using buzztouch and eclipse. Thanks again Fred its great to have someone give so much of their time to help others just starting out.

Hi Mr Stuck, It's certainly possible, but in what way depends on the requirements of your app. So, I would suggest you lay out step-by-step the way you would like a user to use the app, the results you want them to get back, and what technologies would be involved. Something like: 1. User opens the app 2. A Taxi Request for is presented to the user 3. The fill in the form and it's sent to the taxi company, along with their current coordinates 4. A taxi is booked and confirmation sent back to the user Something like that to let us know what you're thinking. They we can suggest the technologies! Mark

Hi and thanks for the reply Mark. I was thinking. 1. User opens app. 2. User is presented with map. 3. Taxis are displayed on map as taxi icon tracked in real time. 4. User can tap a taxi icon and are presented with a booking form. 4. User completes form and request is sent to the selected taxi. 5. Driver of selected taxi gets form displayed on their device. 6. Driver his option to accept or reject the job. 7. Confirmation sent to customer to confirm or decline their request. 8. If job accepted then selected taxi icon will change colour and customer can watch as it approaches. Something like that. This is the basic functions i would like it to have. Would this be possible? I believe it may be possible but any assistance from some pro's on here would be valuable and would be gratefully received. Thanks

3. Taxis are displayed on map as taxi icon tracked in real time. This would not be permitted by Apple. Besides that taxi may not be available. Fred

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/nyregion/taxi-rides-are-getting-smarter-by-the-app.xml Fred

Hi. thanks for the reply Fred but i copied and pasted link and their website stated page not found. "This would not be permitted by apple"? Why! There are taxi apps already available that show live taxi tracking and you can hail it simply by tapping on the icon and booking that taxi. see the goCatch app in app store. the icon is removed when driver indicates they are busy or on hire so apple clearly permit live tracking of a taxi registered on the goCatch app. Thanks for the input but im more interested in developing android apps than apple anyway so any indication of any good things i can use to build a similar app would be great then i could start piecing it together thanks

Maybe this applies, my reading is that it does. Apple: 4.3 Apps that use location-based APIs for dispatch, fleet management, or emergency services will be rejected Fred

Regarding selecting taxi. I would imagine that a good dispatch system would be much better than the user picking the taxi. Fred

Must be a way round this rule then as when i downloaded the goCatch android app it was only the customer side that was available on the android. the driver side of the app was only available on iphone.

Must be a way round this rule then as when i downloaded the goCatch android app it was only the customer side that was available on the android. the driver side of the app was only available on iphone.

Hi. just to resurrect this post. I would be interested to hear some ideas on how to build this as a dispatch system. Or any other ways on how i can begin to build this kind of app using buzztouch