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development and testing are complete in this next exciting step for the PullLists app.  The application has been updated for iOS4 and is incorporating a whole slew of new and exciting features. 

One of the most exciting features that was made possible with the introduction of iOS4 was the ability to send files directly to an app via iTunes sync.  With this available, the majority of the complaints i've heard from users would be fixed.  While there is a desktop client app available that enables current users to easily transfer comics from their desktop/laptop to their mobile devices… due to development issues, I have only been able to successfully support a Mac version of this client leaving the PC users to have to deal with an FTP workaround.

Now this is no longer an issue!  after installing PullLists onto your mobile device, you will notice the new PullLists app under the File Sharing section of your devices apps tab in iTunes.  All you do is drag and drop your comics files into this section and they get sync'd to the app!  Does it get any simpler?

The next new feature is a coverflow-like interface for browsing thru the comics on your device.  When you turn your device to landscape orientation, the familiar table-like view disappears and is replaced with a view of the covers for each comic on your device, which you can quickly swipe thru to find a particular issue.

Another annoyance that users have had to deal with is the fact that PullLists has only natively supported cbz(zip) files.  This has been entirely due to the fact that iOS has no native support for rar archives, or cbr files.  So I had to offer a conversion tool for the Mac and PC to convert these cbr or rar files into cbz's.  With this update I've added the ability for PullLists to handle these cbr files directly on the device itself! No more converting files before sending them to the app!  Between this and the new capability to send files to your phone via iTunes, PullLists is now a completely stand-alone app!!  No need for any other support applications!! (aside from iTunes of course).

What could make this even better?  No more need for a desktop client, no more file converting…  how about no more need to pay for it?  Yeah, that would probably be nice.  Ok, PullLists is now a free app!

All of this will be available to you when it makes it thru the App Store approval process, I'll update here again when it is available.


Oh yeah and One More Thing (heh), an iPad specific version is also awaiting approval at the app store!

ok folks, FFGear is back in the itunes store. (link) ...or will be shortly, I just received the approval email from the iTunes group.

After getting this new version, you will want to also pick up the iconTool that i created (Windows, Mac).  These will allow you to get some nice custom icons back into the application, replacing the generic ones that ship with it.

I hope you all enjoy this new version and please let me know if you have any problems/trouble with any of the FFGear apps. 

Thanks!

Well the revised and non-copyright infringing FFGear app is now waiting for approval for sale.  Head over to the FFGear Info page [link] to find out what is new!

After getting a nice cease and desist letter from SquareEnix, I had to pull the FFGear app off of the itunes store.

Now about a month and a half later, I've got a new version almost ready to submit to apple.  It's currently in beta, couple more kinks that i need to work out and some new graphics in the works.  I'm planning on submitting back to the itunes store sometime in the first or second week of Feb.

All of the fixes that were originally going to go out with v1.2 which got hammered down by SE, will be in this version. I have also added a new feature which will allow you to import your own icons for all the gear in this app.  The app will ship with some default images (free from copyright infringement) for gear, but I'm sure you will want some better and more specific graphics.

Introducing the FTP Import!

You find this screen by tapping on [Update Application Data] from the Gear Sets screen.  Then Choosing "User Generated (FTP)".

I recommend using FileZilla to transfer your files from this point. (http://filezilla-project.org/)

Just enter the "Connect To:" IP Address given to you by the FFGear app where it says "Host:" in FileZilla.

To Upload your images or data lists, just drag-and-drop the files onto the Uploads folder.  Currently the app is accepting 3 different Files to be uploaded:

Icons.zip           - archive of icons for gear items in the app.

GearInfo.plist    - xml containing info on all the gear in the app.

food.plist          - xml containing info on all food items in the app.

Aside from this, I'm also currently finalizing a Mac & Windows client that will build the three files mentioned above.  It is a modified version of the tool that I had originally used to gather all the item/food icons.  The Mac client is ready and the Windows client is very close.  I'll update here when they are both ready and available to download.

For legal reasons i cannot host any of the files containing copyrighted images from FFXI, so it will be up to you all to either gather up your own (suggest by using one of the two client apps mentioned above) or maybe some of the other folks that are using this app will do so and provide them to you all.

Either way, I'm very excited to have this FFGear app so close to being available to you all once again!

As is expected there were a few bugs/crashes in v1.0. 

• PUP Weapon Selection caused app to crash
• App Data Update taking unneccesarily long

I've fixed these both and added some other features like BLU spells and a better way to keep the app data up-to-date.

I'm more than aware that there are probably other issues that I havent found yet, please report them here or email me at actionsreaction(AT)gmail.com and I will get them fixed and another update out asap!

Enjoy!