Getting started with groups

Groups in Gaggle are perfect for a group of friends that frequently fly together or for family members that want to keep a watchful eye on their loved ones while they go flying. Most pilots are part of the following types of groups:

1. A private group with just yourself and family. This is ideal for cases where you want to keep loved ones informed about your flying activity. They will get notified when you start flying and they can track your location in real-time while you fly. They will also get another notification when you land and your recording is uploaded.
2. A small group with local flying friends. This is great for seeing each other's live location on the map while you are flying and your friends flight recordings are automatically linked to yours once the recording is uploaded. You can also quickly see your friends recordings to compare stats and the Gaggle home page features recordings from your local groups. This is also ideal if you don't want to share your location or recordings publicly and only wanted a trusted group of friends to see this information.
3. Large community groups. This is great for cases where you are part of a larger flying community and want to see flights from your communities featured on the Gaggle home page. For these types of groups it is recommended to turn off notifications for the group so you don't get to many flying notifications when community members are flying.

Creating a group

If you want to make your own group in Gaggle, go to the Profile screen, then scroll down and select All Groups. In the All Groups screen, tap on the Create Group button to open the screen where you can create a new group. To make a group, you must provide a name, description, and possibly an image that will be utilised for the group.

Inviting others to a group

To invite other members to join a group, you need to be either the group owner or a group admin member. You can invite new members by going to the group and clicking on the Settings Cog located at the top right corner of the group details page. Then, select the All Members option and click on the Invite button. This will open the system share dialog which allows you to share the group invite link with the members you want to invite.

Changing group settings

To change the settings for a group you can tap the Settings Cog located at the top right corder of the groups detail page. From here you can change the following settings for the group:

1. ​Group Profile: You can the group name, description, and image.
2. My Membership: Here you can view your group membership and optionally leave the group.
   
3. All Members: View all members in this group. Group admins can also tap individual members to view their membership where the admin can choose to make that member an admin, kick the member from the group, or ban the member from the group preventing them from joining again.
   
4. Notifications: Here you can choose to if you want to get group flying and recording notifications.
   
5. Share Recordings: Enable this toggle if you want to share future flight recordings with the group.
   
6. Share Location: Enable this toggle if you want to share your live location on future flights with the group.