Texas CHL App for Android Iphone

[chromedomepinoyboy]

Installed and rated. Thanks for the efforts.

[paulhailes]

Do you have this up for iPhone yet?

[bzo311]

Thanks a ton for your feedback! I will have another series of updates to adjust the look and feel. I went so fast on development that I didn't stop to pretty it up any. The wife got a hold of it and said it needed a little something so I've dabbled with imagery and layout and will be putting up another update soon.

Phase 2 is still in the motion; I plan on merging a database in so we can add / view those 30.06/51% listings. This part will take some effort, so bare with me a little while longer. If you've seen pages 3/4 you'll see some members adding their 2 cents on this part (Thanks Hoi Polloi and others!) and I welcome any and all feedback, especially when I hit you with the visual / graphics update (next day or 2).

Cheers!

Oh, iPhone.. I will look into this and see if this is something I can jump on quickly before getting in too deep into Phase 2.

[djjoshuad]

looks good so far. Nice work!

One bug to report: the orange-colored disclaimer is clipped and not scrollable when viewed in landscape on my Samsung Epic.

[The Annoyed Man]

You might want to include in there PC 1.07, as this is a useful definition of "(42)  "Reasonable belief" means a belief that would be held by an ordinary and prudent man in the same circumstances as the actor."

I have found the Texas Penal Code - Section 1.07. Definitions, and I see some overlap which is currently in the CHL app under Texas Penal Code PC §9.01. DEFINITIONS. Were you suggesting just adding the Term Reasonable Belief or adding the entire PC 1.07?

Well, I guess if it were possible from a storage standpoint, the entire 1.07.... but if that is a problem, then just 1.07 (42). In his seminars on use of deadly force in Texas, Charles Cotton hammers the "reasonable" and "reasonably" part a lot, because it is an important parameter to self-defense.

[bzo311]

You might want to include in there PC 1.07, as this is a useful definition of "(42)  "Reasonable belief" means a belief that would be held by an ordinary and prudent man in the same circumstances as the actor."

I have found the Texas Penal Code - Section 1.07. Definitions, and I see some overlap which is currently in the CHL app under Texas Penal Code PC §9.01. DEFINITIONS. Were you suggesting just adding the Term Reasonable Belief or adding the entire PC 1.07?

Well, I guess if it were possible from a storage standpoint, the entire 1.07.... but if that is a problem, then just 1.07 (42). In his seminars on use of deadly force in Texas, Charles Cotton hammers the "reasonable" and "reasonably" part a lot, because it is an important parameter to self-defense.

It is definitely possible to add the whole thing, I was asking merely as to whether or not it was all relevant or just the portioned you had mentioned. Seeming as it is I will take a look at adding it to my next content update.

[The Annoyed Man]

It is definitely possible to add the whole thing, I was asking merely as to whether or not it was all relevant or just the portioned you had mentioned. Seeming as it is I will take a look at adding it to my next content update.

That would be great. There are other items besides (42) that are applicable:

Sec. 1.07.  DEFINITIONS. (a) In this code:
(1)  "Act" means a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, and includes speech.
(2)  "Actor" means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. Whenever the term "suspect" is used in this code, it means "actor."
(3)  "Agency" includes authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, district, division, and office.
(4)  "Alcoholic beverage" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
(5)  "Another" means a person other than the actor.
(6)  "Association" means a government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, partnership, or two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest.
(7)  "Benefit" means anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or advantage, including benefit to any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested.
(8)  "Bodily injury" means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
(9)  "Coercion" means a threat, however communicated:
(A)  to commit an offense;
(B)  to inflict bodily injury in the future on the person threatened or another;
(C)  to accuse a person of any offense;
(D)  to expose a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule;
(E)  to harm the credit or business repute of any person; or
(F)  to take or withhold action as a public servant, or to cause a public servant to take or withhold action.
(10)  "Conduct" means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state.
(11)  "Consent" means assent in fact, whether express or apparent.
(12)  "Controlled substance" has the meaning assigned by Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code.
(13)  "Corporation" includes nonprofit corporations, professional associations created pursuant to statute, and joint stock companies.
(14)  "Correctional facility" means a place designated by law for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a criminal offense. The term includes:
(A)  a municipal or county jail;
(B)  a confinement facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
(C)  a confinement facility operated under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and
(D)  a community corrections facility operated by a community supervision and corrections department.
(15)  "Criminal negligence" is defined in Section 6.03 (Culpable Mental States).
(16)  "Dangerous drug" has the meaning assigned by Section 483.001, Health and Safety Code.
(17)  "Deadly weapon" means:
(A)  a firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury; or
(B)  anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
(18)  "Drug" has the meaning assigned by Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code.
(19)  "Effective consent" includes consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner. Consent is not effective if:
(A)  induced by force, threat, or fraud;
(B)  given by a person the actor knows is not legally authorized to act for the owner;
(C)  given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect, or intoxication is known by the actor to be unable to make reasonable decisions; or
(D)  given solely to detect the commission of an offense.
(20)  "Electric generating plant" means a facility that generates electric energy for distribution to the public.
(21)  "Electric utility substation" means a facility used to switch or change voltage in connection with the transmission of electric energy for distribution to the public.
(22)  "Element of offense" means:
(A)  the forbidden conduct;
(B)  the required culpability;
(C)  any required result; and
(D)  the negation of any exception to the offense.
(23)  "Felony" means an offense so designated by law or punishable by death or confinement in a penitentiary.
(24)  "Government" means:
(A)  the state;
(B)  a county, municipality, or political subdivision of the state; or
(C)  any branch or agency of the state, a county, municipality, or political subdivision.
(25)  "Harm" means anything reasonably regarded as loss, disadvantage, or injury, including harm to another person in whose welfare the person affected is interested.
(26)  "Individual" means a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.
(27)  Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87, Sec. 25.144, eff. September 1, 2009.
(28)  "Intentional" is defined in Section 6.03 (Culpable Mental States).
(29)  "Knowing" is defined in Section 6.03 (Culpable Mental States).
(30)  "Law" means the constitution or a statute of this state or of the United States, a written opinion of a court of record, a municipal ordinance, an order of a county commissioners court, or a rule authorized by and lawfully adopted under a statute.
(31)  "Misdemeanor" means an offense so designated by law or punishable by fine, by confinement in jail, or by both fine and confinement in jail.
(32)  "Oath" includes affirmation.
(33)  "Official proceeding" means any type of administrative, executive, legislative, or judicial proceeding that may be conducted before a public servant.
(34)  "Omission" means failure to act.
(35)  "Owner" means a person who:
(A)  has title to the property, possession of the property, whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor; or
(B)  is a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument.
(36)  "Peace officer" means a person elected, employed, or appointed as a peace officer under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, Section 51.212 or 51.214, Education Code, or other law.
(37)  "Penal institution" means a place designated by law for confinement of persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of an offense.
(38)  "Person" means an individual, corporation, or association.
(39)  "Possession" means actual care, custody, control, or management.
(40)  "Public place" means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and shops.
(41)  "Public servant" means a person elected, selected, appointed, employed, or otherwise designated as one of the following, even if he has not yet qualified for office or assumed his duties:
(A)  an officer, employee, or agent of government;
(B)  a juror or grand juror; or
(C)  an arbitrator, referee, or other person who is authorized by law or private written agreement to hear or determine a cause or controversy; or
(D)  an attorney at law or notary public when participating in the performance of a governmental function; or
(E)  a candidate for nomination or election to public office; or
(F)  a person who is performing a governmental function under a claim of right although he is not legally qualified to do so.
(42)  "Reasonable belief" means a belief that would be held by an ordinary and prudent man in the same circumstances as the actor.
(43)  "Reckless" is defined in Section 6.03 (Culpable Mental States).
(44)  "Rule" includes regulation.
(45)  "Secure correctional facility" means:
(A)  a municipal or county jail; or
(B)  a confinement facility operated by or under a contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
(46)  "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
(46-a)  "Sight order" means a written or electronic instruction to pay money that is authorized by the person giving the instruction and that is payable on demand or at a definite time by the person being instructed to pay.   The term includes a check, an electronic debit, or an automatic bank draft.
(47)  "Swear" includes affirm.
(48)  "Unlawful" means criminal or tortious or both and includes what would be criminal or tortious but for a defense not amounting to justification or privilege.
(49)  "Death" includes, for an individual who is an unborn child, the failure to be born alive.
(b)  The definition of a term in this code applies to each grammatical variation of the term.

[mikeloc]

Great app. Just one suggestion. When I use the pfd file on my phone I can use the menu button to do a word search. I would like the menu button to work in the app with a search option? Thank you for an excellent application.

Mike

[mikeloc]

One of the FAQ reads, " Can others find out if I am licensed to carry a concealed handgun?" The answer reads, "Yes. information may be pro....."

The law was changed in May 2007. Section 411.193 records are not subject to open records laws.

You may want to just include the FAQ that are in the 2009-2010 CHL-16 manual.

Mike

[bzo311]

One of the FAQ reads, " Can others find out if I am licensed to carry a concealed handgun?" The answer reads, "Yes. information may be pro....."

The law was changed in May 2007. Section 411.193 records are not subject to open records laws.

You may want to just include the FAQ that are in the 2009-2010 CHL-16 manual.

Mike

Ah, yes. Mike, thanks. I did not scrub the FAQ after the last update. I'll update that this weekend.

I figured this would be a bit rocky getting started, good thing I have you guys n' gals to help, while I get these processes put into place.

[bzo311]

After a long few weeks of hard work I am glad to say that update 2.0 is now live on the Android Market. Here is the update description from the market:

"This update allows you to enter the locations of 30.06 and 51% businesses and locations directly into a database as well as view entries, sorted by city, that all other users have submitted!"

There's more, but that is the basics; you can now view and add entries to the a database at the future website http://www.texaschlapp.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's the market link in case any have not yet downloaded / installed: https://market.android.com/details?id=c ... rch_result" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks for all your feedback, I have more plans in the works that I will roll out as 2.* updates; including comment system, searching, and I would like to look into a map system that will show the locations in the future. Thanks again and have a good weekend!

[pbwalker]

Pipe dream, but I wonder if there's would be a way to use the built in GPS to send a vibration or alarm to the phone if you are in a known no-carry location? e.g., establishment that maybe posts on certain doors, or is off limits altogether?

[bzo311]

Pipe dream, but I wonder if there's would be a way to use the built in GPS to send a vibration or alarm to the phone if you are in a known no-carry location? e.g., establishment that maybe posts on certain doors, or is off limits altogether?

That would be an a great feature. Very similar to an idea I worked up on an Android game I also have at a conceptual stage. I will file this in the ~3.0 category. The next updates will concentrate on the new database feature: searching entries, leaving comments on entries and on other comments, and whatever else comes through feedback.

[Hoi Polloi]

The big thing I'd hope for is some sort of GPS-integrated map feature so you could pull up where you are and check in or see what businesses are around, like FourSquare I presume (I don't use foursquare to know for sure) and Google Maps' nearby feature.

[bzo311]

The big thing I'd hope for is some sort of GPS-integrated map feature so you could pull up where you are and check in or see what businesses are around, like FourSquare I presume (I don't use foursquare to know for sure) and Google Maps' nearby feature.

Indeed would be a great feature. I will be looking into integrating Google Maps API here and there while I roll out updates to the database. For now, hopefully we can get the database populated so I have something to work with. I will be working on a way to do just that pretty soon.