Posts Tagged ‘widget’

Cause of Spark 360 bug found; new Spark PS features

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

I’ve finally found the source of a major headache and at least four 1-star ratings for Spark 360. The bug surfaces as follows:

  1. User attempts to add a new account
  2. During the email address/password entry phase, user provides incorrect email address or password
  3. User presses Back, corrects the error, validation succeeds
  4. User presses Done, account is saved incorrectly, causes errors when user begins browsing

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Spark 360 version 2.70 released – bug fixes, new widget

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

A new version of Spark 360 is now available on Android Marketplace – it includes a new 4×1 widget, and various bug fixes and stability improvements.

Gamerstrip widget

Thanks to those of you who file post-force close “crash reports” – these reports are immensely helpful in finding and resolving issues. This release includes fixes addressing various crashes reported.

Finally, translations will be coming in future releases – if you would like to translate the application to your language, please let me know.

Spark PS version 1.20 released; brings Portable ID widget

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

Happy New Year! To celebrate the fifteenth (1.1.11), here’s a new Spark PS release, which brings a “Portable ID” widget for the home screen, and includes several minor bug fixes and styling changes. Added also is trophy help search (longpress a game or a trophy to ‘google’ for additional help/information).

Portable ID widget

Download from Android Market

Spark 360 version 2.40 released; adds Gamercard widget

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Version 2.40 of Spark is now out. It includes one of the most requested features – widgets. Specifically, the Gamercard widget (more will eventually follow):

Gamercard widget

Pressing on the widget will open the account the widget belongs to; to conserve battery power, the widget updates once every thirty minutes to an hour.

Other changes include:

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Gamercard widget coming to Spark 360

Friday, December 24th, 2010

Next release of Spark 360 will bring the second most requested feature – widgets. Initial release will have the standard “gamercard” widget; subsequent releases may have additional ones.

No exact date on the release, but shouldn’t be much longer – mostly working out the odd kinks.

Gamercard widget

Castaway not happening

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

I’m forced to abandon work on Castaway PSP. I’m consistently unable to get emulation to work in any mode other than monochrome, and having combed through the code five or six times, and having attempted contact with the developer of the other PSP Castaway emulator, there’s not much else I can/am willing to do.

With regard to Spark, I’m working on the service that will implement automatic updates and notifications for new messages. Once that is completed, testing and bug fixes will follow, after which a release is imminent. The Gamercard widget is complete, and you can see a picture of it below.

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Spark buzzing along

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Reception for version 1.1 of Spark has been overwhelmingly positive – thanks to all of you who left positive reviews on Android Market. My 360 decided to thank me for my efforts by finally RROD‘ing, so while I wait “two to three” of the longest weeks for my console to be repaired, I don’t have much of a choice but to continue working on Spark.  To whet your interest, here are some previews of what may be coming in the next release.

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