FRC Tracker - Hints and Tips

Release History

February 29, 2019: FRC Tracker 2019 v3.4 supports detailed match data for 2019.

January 2, 2019: FRC Tracker 2019 v3.3 released to with support for the 2019 season.

April 13, 2018: FRC Tracker 2018 v3.1.4 released to show division names at district championships.

March 27, 2018: FRC Tracker 2018 v3.1 released to support team avatars for the 2018 season.

March 12, 2018: FRC Tracker 2018 v3.0.1 adds match detail view for 2018 season.

March 6, 2018: FRC Tracker 2018 v3.0 released to support the 2018 season.

March 1, 2018: FRC Tracker 2017 v2.8.6 improved support for the festival of champions event.

April 7, 2017: FRC Tracker 2017 v2.8.3 adds an item to show a list of teams from an event that are registered to attend the Championship.

April 4, 2017: FRC Tracker 2017 v2.8.2 calls out the rotor and kPa bonuses in Match Detail view. Previously, they were just included in the ranking points (qualification matches) or teleop points (playoff matches). Added OPR/DPR/CCWM alliance totals in Match Detail view for upcoming matches. For upcoming Playoff matches, previous Playoff match results are shown for upcoming matches. The message after doing an update is more clear. Improved support for tie breaking playoff matches.

March 30, 2017: FRC Tracker 2017 v2.8.1 has a workaround for a compiler bug that caused a problem with Finals view on iPhone 4S, 5 and 5S. Match Detail view updates after adding or removing a team robot photo.

March 22, 2017: FRC Tracker 2017 v2.8 adds an update button on the Finals view, nicer Rankings and Playoffs views on larger phones, highlighting for kPa and rotor bonuses on match lists, and a bug fix for calculating ranking scores for teams that were DQ'd for one or more matches.

March 7, 2017: FRC Tracker 2017 v2.7 is released with improved support for showing more information on iPhones with larger screens, support for higher resolution robot photos, a new match detail view that shows detailed scoring information and CCWM in Rankings view.

February 28, 2017: FRC Tracker 2017 v2.6.1 is released with updates for showing match results.

February 3, 2017: FRC Tracker 2017 is released with event and team info.

April 5, 2016: FRC Tracker 2016 version 2.4. In the Playoff view, tap on an alliance or at match-up summary box to see the details for those playoff matches.

March 29, 2016: FRC Tracker 2016 version 2.3.2 is released with support for handling tiebreakers in the playoff matches and autoscrolling to the active events when viewing by date.

March 2, 2016: FRC Tracker 2016 version 2.2.3 is released with various improvements.

February 18, 2016: FRC Tracker 2016 version 2.2.3 is released with various improvements.

February 13, 2016: FRC Tracker 2016 version 2.2 is released with support for a new, unified method for getting updates.

April 7, 2015: FRC Tracker 2015 version 2.1.2 is released with support for a custom Twitter feed for updating match scores, alliance numbers shown in playoff match results, DQ'd teams shown crossed through, various bug fixes and improvements.

March 24, 2015: FRC Tracker 2015 is released with support for a new Playoffs view that shows progress and standings for the new playoffs format for the finals.

February 28, 2014: FRC Tracker 2014 is released.

February 21, 2013: FRC Tracker 2013 is released. New features this year include a way to export FRC Tracker's data from an event via email, improved Twitter support, score detail legend in header of match views, and better 4" retina display support.

March 21, 2012: FRC Tracker 2012 version 1.5.3 greatly improves the ability to take and share robot photos. The process of taking photos from inside FRC Tracker is simplified, photos are masked so you see exactly the photo as it will appear in the app, and you can submit all of your photos in one operation from the Event/Robot Photo Share or Tools screens. (Take photos in portrait mode, not landscape for the best results.) We've also fixed a bug where Update Event Info would sometimes get old data, preventing the update from working properly.

March 11, 2012: FRC Tracker 2012 version 1.5.2 is available on the App Store. Match details are shown for regionals that send out match data via @frcfms on Twitter. Ranking is computed more correctly when official ranking data is not current. As always, be sure to use Update Event Info occasionally to get official results.

February 26, 2012: FRC Tracker 2012 version 1.5.1 is available with preliminary support for the 2012 FRC events.

April 1, 2011: FRC Tracker 2011 version 1.5 is available on the App Store. This version adds a new Finals View that shows the state of the elimination matches. The Rank View can be sorted by team number so it's easy to see how a given team is doing.

March 25, 2011: FRC Tracker 2011 version 1.4.2 is available on the App Store. Match detail now shows team photos, viewing matches will auto scroll to the most recently reported match, a new button in Tools lets you download all shared robot photos. Also, many fixes and minor enhancements.

March 15, 2011: FRC Tracker 2011 version 1.4.1 is available on the App Store. This update has a few bug fixes and enhancements, mostly related to the Photo Share service.

March 9, 2011: FRC Tracker 2011 version 1.4 is available on the App Store. This version adds the new FRC Tracker Photo Sharing service that allows teams to share robot photos to aid teams in scouting. The Twitter crash is fixed.

March 2, 2011: FRC Tracker 2011 version 1.3.8 is available on the App Store. I had to be submitted a week before the first regional, so it was impossible to fully test it. Although the Twitter code was unchanged from last year, running on the newer hardware and system causes a crash at the end of each Twitter update. A new version was submitted with a fix right away, but it will take another week for it to be available.

February 23, 2011: FRC Tracker 2011 submitted to the App Store. We're hoping it will be approved and available by Thursday of the week one regionals.

March 19, 2010: FRC Tracker 2010 version 1.3.7 released to fix a bug that caused match tweets to be frequently ignored. Also, it's now possible to resume an attempt to download all available team photos for an event after the server gets cranky and returns an error.

March 19, 2010: FRC Tracker 2010 version 1.3.6 released with a handful of bug fixes.

March 11, 2010: FRC Tracker 2010 version 1.3.5 released with support for the new match seeding points formula.

March 10, 2010: FRC Tracker 2010 version 1.3.4 approved and available from the App Store. Group events by start date and autoscroll to the current events during the competition season. The new version has corrected score detail data for the corrupted week one regional tweets. Various minor enhancements and a couple of bug fixes.

February 26, 2010: FRC Tracker 2009 & 2010 version 1.3.3 approved and available from the App Store. Submit robot photos to The Blue Alliance from within the app (2010 only), plus bug fixes in both versions.

February 25, 2010: FRC Tracker 2010 version 1.3.2 approved and available from the App Store. FRC Tracker 2009 version 1.3.2 was briefly available, but it has a bug with the ranking view so we've asked Apple to pull it. We'll submit a new version soon.

February 11, 2010: FRC Tracker 2010 Version 1.3.1 approved and available from the App Store.

February 5, 2010: Version 1.3 approved and available from the App Store. New features include ranking by OPR/DRP and downloading robot photos from The Blue Alliance.

May 1, 2009: Version 1.2 approved and available from the App Store.

April 15, 2009: Version 1.1 approved and available from the App Store.

April 10, 2009: We are frctracker on Twitter.

April 6, 2009: Version 1.0.1 approved by Apple and placed on the App Store.

March 25, 2009: Version 1.0 approved by Apple and placed on the App Store.

March 20, 2009: Submitted to Apple.