iPhone Development

PullLists Untethered!!!

ej — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:22:18 +0000

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!

FFGear Approved for Sale Again!

ej — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:53:13 +0000

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!

Waiting for App Approval

ej — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:56:27 +0000

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!

Back in Beta!!

ej — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:51:49 +0000

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!

A Few Bugs Fixed, A New Version Submitted

ej — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:03:50 +0000

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!

FFXI Gear Simulator Arrives on the App Store!!!

ej — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:29:35 +0000

After a short 2 weeks under review, FFXI Gear Simulator hit the store!

I also already have an update almost ready to post to the AppStore, this update will include Blu Spells (spell bonuses/trait-combos), a fix to prevent unnecessarily long app data updates along with a couple small bugs that I didnt find until after the initial appstore submission.

::Edit::

Oh yeah, weapon selection for PUP is broken currently... sorry... will be fixed w/the update

I'll be posting support documents here shortly

iPhone 3.0 compatability update & FTP Upload

ej — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:53:19 +0000

An updated version is on iTunes now. This provides the fix for the 3.0 software update, along with a means to upload your comics via FTP. Filezilla ftp client has been fully tested for compatability and would be my suggestion (link)

I'll have a video tutorial on how to use the FTP upload soon.

Upload your comics via FTP

ej — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:12:53 +0000

Ok, I've finally found the time to get together an alternative method for getting your comics into PullLists on your iPhone or iPod Touch. I have now added the capability to upload via FTP. This should be a solution to the windows users who couldnt get the Bonjour-based solution to work.

I've just finished testing this using the FileZilla ftp client. I plan on continuing testing with different FTP clients, but plan on pushing this out to the app store as soon as I can. If you have a preferred FTP client please let me know here and I'll test it w/PullLists.

Currently the FTP method will only work for .cbz(or .zip) files, but I'll also have a simple utility available for converting .cbr(or .rar) files to .cbz's.

Using this FTP method, all unarchiving and image resizing happens on the phone itself. After the upload completes, .cbz's are unarchived and the comic is added to your readable comics in the app. When displaying each page, the app checks the image size and resizes to the maximum supported size if neccessary.

keep tuned in, more info to come...

update 2/23

ej — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:38:07 +0000

Ok, new version of the x86 Windows client is now available... still very beta, but has been stable so far. There are still features that i need to finish working on, but this is much more full-function than the previous version.

Windows x86 Client

Status windows to indicate import/export processing.
Interface tweaks to make more obvious when new Comics are added to the application.
The basic reader has been implemented and is available now to allow you to read your comics on the larger screen of your PC

Now for the 64bit version... i'm still working hard to get a Bonjour for windows solution to work, but it is not there yet. As soon as its available I will get it to you all.

::EDIT::

I've also decided to make the original Windows transfer utility available again for those of you having problems with the new Windows Pull Lists Library app. You can find the original Pull Lists Utility here

Update (2/13)

ej — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:48:49 +0000

New windows clients posted, updated interface. Now allows you to store & organize your digital comics library like you already can in the Mac app.

I've been testing the 32-bit version of this, but don't have a 64-bit machine to test the x64 version with... so I need your feedback on bugs and issues.

There currently are some small bugs in the client which I am working on, but I wanted to get these versions out there. Let me know what you think and check back for updates!

** Edit i need to find or build a 64-bit version of the zeroconfigservices.dll ... it appears this is causing crashes for 64bit windows...

Windows 64-bit - download

Windows 32-bit - download