Inspiration
I'm a runner and there's a big distinction between the type of music I find myself wanting to listen to during top-speed sprints vs recovery walks. Normally this would require manually switching playlists, which gets in the way of a fluid experience.
What it does
This app automatically detects whether the user is running or walking, and then plays music according to user-specified playlists. It uses a gesture-driven UI to assign songs in the user's library to either Running or Walking.
How I built it
The swiping interface is backed by a custom-rendered UICollectionView. The media player uses CoreMotion to detect, process, and codify accelerometer input.
Challenges I ran into
It was insanely difficult to implement the custom UICollectionView, but cooler heads prevailed and it ended up working out.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I did some intense science at the start of the hackathon, graphic raw acceleration output to find correlations.
What I learned
Xcode loves to randomly crash 20 times when you have a deadline in half an hour.
What's next for RunningMusic
I plan on finishing it completely and then publishing it on the App Store.
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