Busy Busy Busy

I've been really busy the past few weeks and haven't really had time to update my apps. I'm trying real hard to finish SC Pro and I'm almost done with it. Just a few more iPhone 5 tweaks and it should be ready to go (hopefully available to you in the coming weeks). Good news, I'm supporting the larger screen of the new iPhone 5. Bad new, I'm not officially supporting the iPad Mini. It may work, it may not work, I don't know cause I'm not gonna test it on the iPad Mini or write any special code for it.

I'd like to get to Classic Cars, but it will require more work to support the iPhone 5 than originally expected. I'll get to it eventually, but I can't say when that will be. However, I've been continually updating the available pictures thanks to people who keep sending in suggestions. So please keep suggesting car pictures, and I'll keep adding them.

Then there's InvisiMaze...

iOS 6 and iPhone 5

I'm currently finishing up a project for another app. However once that is finished, I'll be updating Classic Cars Pro and Scorecard Pro for iOS 6 and iPhone 5. Maybe even a new feature or two will get added in, you'll just have to wait and see.

Scorecard Pro Golf

The latest version of Scorecard Pro has been released and is now available on the Apple App Store. Its got a lot of cool things going on. First, the golf and disc golf courses has been expanded to accommodate up to 36 holes and you can create a course with a custom amount of holes up to 36. So for example, 24 hole courses for disc golf are fairly common. Second, you can add a new course directly from the Add Game menu. Third, there is a new keyboard to make entering scores faster and easier. Lastly, when setting up players for a game, the "Add Player" button will flash if you don't have enough players and you no longer have to click "Edit" to edit the game details or add a players. Updates to the game details are saved automatically.

UPDATE: For existing users, a new version has been released (v2.13) which fixes the crashing issue from the major v2.12 update. For most of you, you will need to go to the app store and update Scorecard Pro to v2.12 then go back to the app store and update again to v2.13. Just leave me a comment if you have any questions.

So what's new with you? Here's what's new with me.

It's been while since my last post and that's because I don't really have any updates to report. There have just been several small minor, not even worth blogging about updates.

Further down the line there will be a decent sized update for Scorecard Pro. It's gonna add more holes to golf for courses that are longer that 18 holes. I'm planning on extending it to 36 holes and an option to create a course with a custom amount of holes. Also, a new keyboard will be implemented (a number pad with a negative sign). In addition, I'm gonna try and come up with a better way of adding players to a game. I've been getting complaints that it is confusing and/or not obvious.

In other news, I'll be attending WWDC 2012. It's Apples developer conference where I will be learning all the latest tips and tricks to create an awesome app and help improve app performance. I'm super excited for this conference. It's gonna be a new experience where I'll have the opportunity to learn from the people who wrote the software themselves. This gives me the chance to bring you awesome new features in my apps.

Lastly, I've been working under the company APPerfection LLC with a couple of my friends and we've come up with and recently released a new iOS and Android app called BlueBox - File Transfer. BlueBox - File Transfer on iOS is an awesome app that allows you to transfer photos, videos, and contacts from one Apple device to another Apple device using bluetooth technology. It's fast, reliable, safe, and FREE. Check it out now on the Apple App Store for more details. BlueBox on Android is far more advanced than the iOS version. What it does is automatically sync all your data between your android devices, again using bluetooth technology. It does this in the background without you having to do anything. It's super simple to use, it's a powerful app, and you won't find anything else like it on the Android market place. For more info on BlueBox - File Transfer or APPerfection in general, check us out at www.apperfection.com or follow us on twitter at @APPerfection

Car Suggestions

I must say, this suggestion system is working out very well. I'm trying to update the list regularly to keep up on all the suggestions. I'm updating the list about once a week if you were curious.

For the most part, people seem to be submitting the full screen images which is great. However, I've noticed a problem with submitting suggestions on the iPad. Since Google Images doesn't allow full screen for tablets (as of this writing) it's not submitting the right data so I have no idea which image was submitted unlike the iPhone submissions. I should have an update out to fix the iPad submissions soon. I just have to figure out how to fix it first.

Lastly as note not related to suggestions, if you have ANY problems with ANY of my apps, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know. I'm happy to help in any way that I can, I'm quick to respond, and I'd like to keep my customers happy. And as always, please let me know if you have ANY Comments, Questions, or Suggestions. Email me at jjring31@gmail.com, just leave a comment any where on this blog, or look me up on Twitter at @ringapps.

UPDATE: Good news and bad news. Good news, I fixed the iPad suggestion problem. Bad news, the fix is to use Bing image search. Until Google offers a full size image view for tablets, Bing will have to work. Just remember, this is only for searching for images on the iPad. All other searches still use Google. Also, the next update will use Google Analytics to anonymously track usage data. This will simply let me know what cars people are looking at the most and help in the priority that pictures are added to the app. NO PERSONAL DATA WILL BE TRACKED!