Friday, August 24, 2012

Version 0.95.3: the one with bug fixes and the city list




It's on the "free" branch and was approved today. I didn't bump up to 0.96 because there was no major feature update here. It does have a list of cities, but that's all that it is: a way to see your list of cities, with your short reference name for them (if any), and categorized as a water/land and palace/castle/town (where "town" is a non-castled city).

BUGS:
1. Switching both worlds and accounts simultaneously is not handled gracefully.
2. The list of worlds doesn't repopulate until you close and re-open the app.
3. Timing of incoming attacks may be quite wrong, especially on non-English worlds.
Please report more!
 
FEATURES AND HOW TO USE:
Changes from version 0.95 are in bold.
  • You choose your username, password, and world on a login screen. You launch the login screen by hitting the email address, or the "x" next to it, in the upper-right. If it's still the default that region will be red to help draw your eye.
  • (You will log into your last world automatically. If you didn't want that world, log out and then choose the right one.)
  • After you log in, you can see your most recent mail by pressing the Mail: button. It will show up as a list of timestamps and subjects. Reading the mail won't mark it as read in your account.
  • You can see recent reports by pressing the Reports: button. It will show up as a list of timestamps and summaries.  The reports will automatically be marked as read as soon as the app downloads them. I don't think there is a way around this.
  • On the main screen you have 1 window for chat, and 1 right beneath it for incoming attacks. Both should be scrollable.
  • You can press "Cities:" to see a list of cities.  If it's a water city, there will be a blue "~". If it's a land-locked city, you will see a white "╚" symbol.  The next character will be "P" "C" or "t", for a palace, castle, or town (non-castled city) respectively.
  • Type stuff into the chat window and press "Send!" to talk. You will talk automatically and only with your alliance.
  • Press "Stop" to make sure you disconnect.  If you get disconnected, the button will be pressed for you.

NOTES:

  • Your email address, password, and preferred world are stored in saved preferences. To clear your password, go to the login screen, clear or change the password, and hit "done."
  • Only the most recent ~10 saved reports are automatically parsed and given colors. The rest are still there when you click on them but won't have a color until you click on them. I'll try to get the colors back later.
  • Mails and reports are stored on your device. If enemies of your alliance have access to your phone, they can read them.
  • There are probably bugs in the report code.  Sometimes there will be no color when there should be one.  (On the other hand, if you get a report as a supporter, you will get a color showing how the whole battle went out, unlike the mail UI.)    Please report any issues.