DMB Hub - New iPhone App Released

[Matt]

We are extremely proud to be able to finally announce a major milestone in Ants site history: DMB Hub from antsmarching.org, a brand new iPhone app that aims to be your one-stop mobile destination for all things DMB!

Our initial release contains The Hub, News, Tour Central, Live Show Updates, Push Notifications and the Setlist Game. Over the coming weeks we will continue to add more features, but for now we've packed the app with loads of features, free of charge. All we ask is that you tell your friends. Available now, free on the App Store.

The Hub is where you’ll find daily DMB history updates, top discussion threads, breaking alerts, news, site updates and show reminders. Each of these categories of information can individually be set to receive push notifications, so you'll always be up to the minute. All intended to keep your finger on the pulse of the DMB community.

Of course, the heart of antsmarching.org is Tour Central, and DMB Hub is a perfect way to explore the band’s entire live catalog. Browse year-by-year, and when you find a show you’re interested in, just tap to view the setlist. Or, those with an iPhone 6S or 6S Plus can leverage 3D touch to “peek” at a show, and if you’re interested, “pop” into it. You can even use 3D Touch to shortcut into the current show, or simply a random one, right from your home screen.

DMB Hub not only leverages Tour Central to show you setlists, but also contextual information about each show. Tap on any song, and a pop up will display, giving you information about that specific performance of the song. Tap the share button to send out any setlist you like to your friends or social networks. You can even place ShowFlow votes on the songs, thanks to the ability to log in with your Ants account.

Speaking of logging in with your Ants account, would you like to challenge your mates for bragging rights on who can best predict what the band will play? The Setlist Game is for you. Now you can get your picks in on the go without having to worry about rushing home to beat the deadline.

DMB Hub also knows when a live show is going on. When you’re viewing the live setlist, tap any of the songs played so far to pull up historical information on the performance. When was this last rare song played? How many shows has it been? Has it ever been played at this venue, and when? All at your fingertips.

Oh, and if you have an Apple Watch, DMB Hub enables you to pull up the latest (or live!) setlist right on your watch.

DMB Hub from antsmarching.org. An incredibly powerful and unparalleled DMB fan experience. We're extraordinarily proud to bring this to the Ants and DMB communities. We'll be adding more features over the coming weeks. We've made the app free, so all we ask in return is to please tell your friends!

[dpduke5173]

Love the app! Excited for the updates as well. Love the personal show stats.

[Joe M.]

Some (with zoomed or smaller screens) have reported unable to click login button. Fix coming soon.

[dontdrink36]

I completely understand why there isn't one, but damn do I wish there was an android version! I'll have to put this on my fiance's phone!

[timsherry]

This is fantastic !

[tyler3440]

I look forward to downloading this.

[onetwothree]

Matt, Joe and Jake nice job on the app. It's nice to have everything at your fingertips.

We are extremely proud to be able to finally announce a major milestone in Ants site history: <b>DMB Hub</b> from antsmarching.org, a brand new iPhone app that aims to be your one-stop mobile destination for all things DMB! <br>
<br>
Our initial release contains The Hub, News, Tour Central, Live Show Updates, Push Notifications and the Setlist Game. Over the coming weeks we will continue to add more features, but for now we've packed the app with loads of features, <b>free</b> of charge. All we ask is that you tell your friends. Available now, free on the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dmb-hub/id1097420202?ls=1&amp;mt=8" target="_blank">App Store</a>. <br>
<br>
The Hub is where you’ll find daily DMB history updates, top discussion threads, breaking alerts, news, site updates and show reminders. Each of these categories of information can individually be set to receive push notifications, so you'll always be up to the minute. All intended to keep your finger on the pulse of the DMB community. <br>
<br>
Of course, the heart of antsmarching.org is Tour Central, and DMB Hub is a perfect way to explore the band’s entire live catalog. Browse year-by-year, and when you find a show you’re interested in, just tap to view the setlist. Or, those with an iPhone 6S or 6S Plus can leverage 3D touch to “peek” at a show, and if you’re interested, “pop” into it. You can even use 3D Touch to shortcut into the current show, or simply a random one, right from your home screen. <br>
<br>
DMB Hub not only leverages Tour Central to show you setlists, but also contextual information about each show. Tap on any song, and a pop up will display, giving you information about that specific performance of the song. Tap the share button to send out any setlist you like to your friends or social networks. You can even place ShowFlow votes on the songs, thanks to the ability to log in with your Ants account. <br>
<br>
Speaking of logging in with your Ants account, would you like to challenge your mates for bragging rights on who can best predict what the band will play? The Setlist Game is for you. Now you can get your picks in on the go without having to worry about rushing home to beat the deadline. <br>
<br>
DMB Hub also knows when a live show is going on. When you’re viewing the live setlist, tap any of the songs played so far to pull up historical information on the performance. When was this last rare song played? How many shows has it been? Has it ever been played at this venue, and when? All at your fingertips. <br>
<br>
Oh, and if you have an Apple Watch, DMB Hub enables you to pull up the latest (or live!) setlist right on your watch. <br>
<br>
DMB Hub from antsmarching.org. An incredibly powerful and unparalleled DMB fan experience. We're extraordinarily proud to bring this to the Ants and DMB communities. We'll be adding more features over the coming weeks. We've made the app free, so all we ask in return is to please tell your friends!

[crashintonickdm]

Where do you see personal stats? I don't see it

[chadizzy1]

Originally Posted by crashintonickdm

Where do you see personal stats? I don't see it

Me either, maybe it's not in the app yet

[sweens2002]

So I'm in setlist game on the app screwing around for the cville show and every time I go to "No pick" for song #16 to make the pick the app shuts down

[Matt]

Originally Posted by sweens2002

So I'm in setlist game on the app screwing around for the cville show and every time I go to "No pick" for song #16 to make the pick the app shuts down

This has been fixed in v1.1.1, as well as the login bug. It's available now in the App Store, so if you're impatient and don't want to wait for it to auto update, go grab it now! Apple granted my request for an expedited review so I was able to get the fix pushed out in just hours.

[ramiro24]

Originally Posted by crashintonickdm

Where do you see personal stats? I don't see it

Originally Posted by chadizzy1

Me either, maybe it's not in the app yet

i don't see it either. i think its something that is coming from what i remember on the podcast?

[TurboPGT]

Nice design. Very much looking forward to it during tour time. Thanks.

[cpxc.]

Very cool looking app.

Question I cannot login or do anything with push notifications. I'm using iOS 9.3.2 on iPhone 5S

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[Joe M.]

When you installed app looks like did not allow notifications. Go into settings, notifications, DMB hub, and enable. Or delete app and redownload and accept notifications prompt.

[cpxc.]

Ah that fixed it. Thanks

[kingofkings]

Will there be one for Android?

[dontdrink36]

Originally Posted by kingofkings

Will there be one for Android?

Nope!

[kingofkings]

WHY??? I just don't like IPhones. I know people will think I'm crazy, but I like Android better. I have a IPhone for work and it drives me crazy. I would want to put this on my personal phone though. Oh well.

[dontdrink36]

Originally Posted by kingofkings

WHY??? I just don't like IPhones. I know people will think I'm crazy, but I like Android better. I have a IPhone for work and it drives me crazy. I would want to put this on my personal phone though. Oh well.

It's too much work for Matt to do to build and maintain apps for both platforms.

[kingofkings]

Originally Posted by dontdrink36

It's too much work for Matt to do to build and maintain apps for both platforms.

Damn that sucks. I'm glad at least some people get to have this, because it sounds really good. Nice job guys.

[Freddy35]

Originally Posted by dontdrink36

It's too much work for Matt to do to build and maintain apps for both platforms.

Then why not charge for the android app? Surely the maintenance on the app can't be something that intensive. Wouldn't there be individuals within the huge ants community that know how to code for android and could help port it over?

I'd pay $2 for the app if it is customizable enough, which it seems to be.

[DMB1983]

The personal stats option is incredible! I don't know if that's been around on AM.org or not, but it's so cool to see it in this setup. Being able to look at all the shows you've been to, what songs were played, percentage of how many times you've seen a certain song. It's really cool for a DMB nerd such as myself. Interesting to see what songs have been played the most, and what songs I thought I'd seen pretty much every show but had really only seen like 6 times.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by DMB1983

The personal stats option is incredible! I don't know if that's been around on AM.org or not, but it's so cool to see it in this setup. Being able to look at all the shows you've been to, what songs were played, percentage of how many times you've seen a certain song. It's really cool for a DMB nerd such as myself. Interesting to see what songs have been played the most, and what songs I thought I'd seen pretty much every show but had really only seen like 6 times.

Have you seen Tour Central? We've had a deep stats feature since our inception in 2002!

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Freddy35

Then why not charge for the android app? Surely the maintenance on the app can't be something that intensive. Wouldn't there be individuals within the huge ants community that know how to code for android and could help port it over?

I'd pay $2 for the app if it is customizable enough, which it seems to be.

Because you could back a truck into my driveway filled with money, and it still wouldn't change the fact that there are a finite number of hours in a day and I am but one person. If you think I just hand the code over to someone and magically my effort is done there, you've never written a line of code in your life.

"Surely" you have no idea what you're talking about if you think porting an app, and then maintaining stability and feature parity is trivial. Honestly, you're out of your depth on this topic.

[ramiro24]

Originally Posted by Freddy35

Then why not charge for the android app? Surely the maintenance on the app can't be something that intensive. Wouldn't there be individuals within the huge ants community that know how to code for android and could help port it over?

I'd pay $2 for the app if it is customizable enough, which it seems to be.

Originally Posted by Matt

Because you could back a truck into my driveway filled with money, and it still wouldn't change the fact that there are a finite number of hours in a day and I am but one person. If you think I just hand the code over to someone and magically my effort is done there, you've never written a line of code in your life.

"Surely" you have no idea what you're talking about if you think porting an app, and then maintaining stability and feature parity is trivial. Honestly, you're out of your depth on this topic.

I can't wait to see this conversation continue.

[pogoslis]

setlist game on the train to work... i can dig it

[Cscottrun]

Nice, are there plans to integrate the forums into it?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Cscottrun

Nice, are there plans to integrate the forums into it?

Use Tapatalk. Too much work to integrate a ground-up forums integration when it's best served by apps designed for that purpose. I'd rather focus on site features. Plus, mobile forum style isn't horrible.

[Cscottrun]

Originally Posted by Matt

Use Tapatalk. Too much work to integrate a ground-up forums integration when it's best served by apps designed for that purpose. I'd rather focus on site features. Plus, mobile forum style isn't horrible.

Yea I have tapatalk, was just hopeful to get everything in one app. Plus, as im sure you know, tapatalk has its issues lol. Anyway, I haven't checked the app out yet but I'm sure its great.