Guinea pig needed asap

dgoulston · Apr 15, 2010

peterc10 said:
Darren - you are a star!

Now works perfectly. And on my Hero pressing the search button only brings up the app's search box, which then works fine.

I am not too worried about the changing display colour but the ability to save several favourites, with a flash screen when opened asking which one (if any) to go to, would be good.

I am on the train every day next week so it will get some hammering.

just uploaded version 2.7 with full favorites functionality!

peterc10 · Apr 15, 2010

Darren .... another problem I am afraid.

Works fine if you don't have any favourites. However if you have any favourites the box that should pop up when you start up to ask you to decide whether to choose a favourite or not (or presumably now choose between which favourite you want) is now hidden. All I can see when I start up is a blank screen with TrainTime UK at the top, and nothing then happens.

I know the pop up box is still there in the background because if I hit back I can see it for a brief moment before the app switches off. And if I fiddle around with the scroll wheel and press it eventually it settles on something that works, and up comes the screen for the favourite I have "chosen".

I have had to delete all my favourites, in which case the pop up does not come up and I get straight into the select a company screen.

dgoulston · Apr 15, 2010

peterc10 said:
Darren .... another problem I am afraid.

Works fine if you don't have any favourites. However if you have any favourites the box that should pop up when you start up to ask you to decide whether to choose a favourite or not (or presumably now choose between which favourite you want) is now hidden. All I can see when I start up is a blank screen with TrainTime UK at the top, and nothing then happens.

I know the pop up box is still there in the background because if I hit back I can see it for a brief moment before the app switches off. And if I fiddle around with the scroll wheel and press it eventually it settles on something that works, and up comes the screen for the favourite I have "chosen".

I have had to delete all my favourites, in which case the pop up does not come up and I get straight into the select a company screen.

must be a hero problem...darn.. lol will see what i can do

dgoulston · Apr 15, 2010

Ok ive made that screen, a screen, rather than a popup. give that a try and let me know.

Thanks
Darren

dgoulston · Apr 16, 2010

V2.8 now live
-Basic Journey Planner!

Accessible from the menu

dgoulston · Apr 20, 2010

New version available, with new options menu
-Set start up screen.

ldn-j · Apr 20, 2010

Many thanks again for this app, especially how you've improved it so quickly and added the things we've asked for.

We wait with interest for your next app !!

MattW · Apr 20, 2010

Just installed - looks good.
Will there be options in the future for removing the advertising?

dgoulston · Apr 20, 2010

MattW said:
Just installed - looks good.
Will there be options in the future for removing the advertising?

I always played with the idea of having an ad free paid version.... is that what you mean?

At the end of the day, The ads make pennies. and I really mean pennies at the mo, my main thing is it would be nice to make back the $25 I had to pay to put the App in the App store, and maybe a little for my troubles, as developing this does take a lot of my free time, and I never really aimed for it to become so popular. It was originally designed for my misses, as her trains were always late!.

D

MattW · Apr 20, 2010

dgoulston said:
I always played with the idea of having an ad free paid version.... is that what you mean?

At the end of the day, The ads make pennies. and I really mean pennies at the mo, my main thing is it would be nice to make back the $25 I had to pay to put the App in the App store, and maybe a little for my troubles, as developing this does take a lot of my free time, and I never really aimed for it to become so popular. It was originally designed for my misses, as her trains were always late!.

D

Yep - I always think that the banners kind of spoil the feel of an app and reduce its appeal. However I fully appreciate that you want / need some payback for all your effort and costs - perhaps ads are the easiest way to achieve this (and I suppose a free app leads to less expectation and potential grief from users).

That said, I'd pay for it to get an ad free version - it certainly seems mature and useful enough to warrant a small fee.

thanks for all your work!

M

dgoulston · Apr 20, 2010

MattW said:
Yep - I always think that the banners kind of spoil the feel of an app and reduce its appeal. However I fully appreciate that you want / need some payback for all your effort and costs - perhaps ads are the easiest way to achieve this (and I suppose a free app leads to less expectation and potential grief from users).

That said, I'd pay for it to get an ad free version - it certainly seems mature and useful enough to warrant a small fee.

thanks for all your work!

M

Ad Free Version now available in the market, Will be doing a lot of work on this at the weekend, to remove duplicates, and improve journey planner!

Darren

ldn-j · Apr 20, 2010

Is there a way to list the journey planner results so it's not so spaced out. Any individual journey doesn't quite fit on the Hero screen as there's a big gap between the time and date and then the arriving at line. It would be more user friendly if you could get a list that was more compact. Also, ideally, an earlier or later button ! We don't ask for much ...

Thanks again.

dgoulston · Apr 20, 2010

ldn-j said:
Is there a way to list the journey planner results so it's not so spaced out. Any individual journey doesn't quite fit on the Hero screen as there's a big gap between the time and date and then the arriving at line. It would be more user friendly if you could get a list that was more compact. Also, ideally, an earlier or later button ! We don't ask for much ...

Thanks again.

Are you using WiFi or 3G/ have you got the latest version?

I know there was a problem with wifi & Spacing, which I thought I fixed,
Earlier/Later buttons are coming at the weekend, as well as more journey planner options.

Thanks for your support.
Darren.

ldn-j · Apr 20, 2010

dgoulston said:
Are you using WiFi or 3G/ have you got the latest version?

I know there was a problem with wifi & Spacing, which I thought I fixed,
Earlier/Later buttons are coming at the weekend, as well as more journey planner options.

Thanks for your support.
Darren.

3G and the latest version. Haven't tried it via wifi

dgoulston · Apr 20, 2010

Ok new version uploaded, hopefully sorted the spacing problem on journey planner.

Also added options for text size, and removed all station duplication

peterc10 · Apr 20, 2010

Darren

sorry but it is me again. One thing I think you need to fix. Sometimes I click on a station (either choosing from list or as favourite) and it does not connect either because the data link is too week or there is a oroblem at the other end. The app then freezes all the time that it is trying to connect and there is no way I can stop it and try again later.

What is really needed is when I get the notice box saying "connecting" I should be able cancel that by hitting back button at any time (like most other apps). The only way i can do it at present is by hitting home, but the app continues trying to connect in the background and there is no way i can stop it.

dgoulston · Apr 20, 2010

peterc10 said:
Darren

sorry but it is me again. One thing I think you need to fix. Sometimes I click on a station (either choosing from list or as favourite) and it does not connect either because the data link is too week or there is a oroblem at the other end. The app then freezes all the time that it is trying to connect and there is no way I can stop it and try again later.

What is really needed is when I get the notice box saying "connecting" I should be able cancel that by hitting back button at any time (like most other apps). The only way i can do it at present is by hitting home, but the app continues trying to connect in the background and there is no way i can stop it.

no probs will sort that asap.

D

dgoulston · Apr 20, 2010

Ok new version up, allowing you to use back button to cancel progress bar.

Unfortunately It will still continue until the web request has finished in the background, but i am looking if there is a way i can set a timeout on that or interrupt it somehow.

But thats underlying functionality and not my code.

D

dgoulston · Apr 22, 2010

Version 20 live, with more options on Journey Planner & save favorite journeys
Darren

MattW · Apr 23, 2010

Enjoying using the paid version.

Had one problem where I got a force close when trying to access 'options' (afterwards the app FC'd every time I tried to start it). Installation of an update cleared it and I've not had it happen since.

Matt

dgoulston · Apr 23, 2010

I currently totally re-writing the interface, to make it a lot more clean, and also might add a "pretty" interface option, for those who don't like the basic black look.

But at least everything will be perfectly lined up in the new one.

tuahogary · Apr 23, 2010

I had this app from version 1 and it sounds like this is really going to be an amazing app since it started on humble beginnings. Just like to say thank you for all your hard work

I hope someone creates a free app for a live bus timetable in the UK too

dgoulston · Apr 27, 2010

version 21 live.. some design changes, and changed quite a bit of code, to stop a few problems people have,

Thanks
Darren

MattW · May 10, 2010

Having an issue with the app - keeps forgetting favourites.

I select a few stations, saving to favourites as I go and all appears fine (they show up in the favourites menu). However every time I go back to the application, the favourites is empty (reports no favourites found) :thinking:

Also (which may be related), the 'will only display after an upgrade' pop up seems to display almost every time I open the app whether or not I've done an upgrade (but confusingly not every time).

Any ideas?

(HTC Hero, paid app)

dgoulston · May 10, 2010

Have you got the latest version? (V33)
Do you have favourites as your start up screen?

It could be an old part of the app, which I designed to pick up users on old versions (pre a favourites re-design) and upgrade their favourites, which is causing you problems, hopefully there should not be any users with the old version any more, so I will remove that code in the next release, which will hopefully solve your problem.

Thanks for your support,
Darren

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