KATG iPhone App Take 2

[hayroob]

Originally Posted by hypercrypt

Ah, okay. What speaks against using the AudioStreamer to play the episodes?

It has a much bigger memory footprint, takes a shit ton more code, crashes when you switch from wifi to 3g, is a pain in the ass to make even minor changes to, and the same MP code can stream audio and play movies so recycling code is the nice.

[Willeth]

I feel like the screen with nothing but a Play Show button can go, to be honest. Is there a limitation that prevents Play buttons being displayed on the show listing page?

[hayroob]

Originally Posted by Willeth

I feel like the screen with nothing but a Play Show button can go, to be honest. Is there a limitation that prevents Play buttons being displayed on the show listing page?

It's not done, be patient.

[Willeth]

I know, I was making a suggestion for the page to make it easier to use. Thinking about it I'd probably still want the extra page for more info - guests, or whatever - but as a user I'd want to launch the player with as few presses as possible.

[hayroob]

Originally Posted by Willeth

I know, I was making a suggestion for the page to make it easier to use. Thinking about it I'd probably still want the extra page for more info - guests, or whatever - but as a user I'd want to launch the player with as few presses as possible.

The page is mostly blank because it will be getting the show notes and pictures. Like I said be patient it's that way for a reason.

[Willeth]

Ah, didn't realise you had plans to flesh out the detail page. Sorry about that. My original point, though, was that I don't always want all the extra info and I'd want to be able to launch the shows as soon as I could. I would have posted this yesterday but my PC was being a piece of crap:



Tapping the play icon would launch that show. Tapping anywhere else on the row would go to the rich detail page.

If I'm stepping on your toes, just shout - I just thought I'd get in any suggestions while it's still being built rather than afterward.

EDIT: I just read the first few pages of the thread and it looks like this is pretty much exactly what TheGrundle laid out anyway. So same page. Thumbs up!

[hayroob]

Originally Posted by Willeth

Ah, didn't realise you had plans to flesh out the detail page. Sorry about that. My original point, though, was that I don't always want all the extra info and I'd want to be able to launch the shows as soon as I could. I would have posted this yesterday but my PC was being a piece of crap:



Tapping the play icon would launch that show. Tapping anywhere else on the row would go to the rich detail page.

If I'm stepping on your toes, just shout - I just thought I'd get in any suggestions while it's still being built rather than afterward.

EDIT: I just read the first few pages of the thread and it looks like this is pretty much exactly what TheGrundle laid out anyway. So same page. Thumbs up!

Drawing and keeping track of all those buttons is a waste of resources.

To get to an episode
1. Press app icon
2. Press past shows tab
3. Press show you want
4. Press Play

That is not an unreasonable interface, especially when it is a secondary function of the app. Feel free to make suggestions, but in this case I like the way it is.

[hayroob]

So I'm talking with tech support but it appears that the behavior of MPMoviePlayer I've been taking advantage of is going to change, so I'll be switching back to audiostreamer (BOO) and using mpmovieplayer only for katgtv episodes.

I haven't decided if I will be doing an audio tab and a video tab or just letting them exist in one long table view. I'm leaning heavily towards one long table.

Also I have to decide if the past shows should go all the way back or just have something easy like the last 50 shows. Less shows mean faster load time and less memory suckage. But being able to go way back is pretty awesome.

[yoav]

Originally Posted by hayroob

So I'm talking with tech support but it appears that the behavior of MPMoviePlayer I've been taking advantage of is going to change, so I'll be switching back to audiostreamer (BOO) and using mpmovieplayer only for katgtv episodes.

I haven't decided if I will be doing an audio tab and a video tab or just letting them exist in one long table view. I'm leaning heavily towards one long table.

Also I have to decide if the past shows should go all the way back or just have something easy like the last 50 shows. Less shows mean faster load time and less memory suckage. But being able to go way back is pretty awesome.

you could have a pagination mechanism that loads 50 shows at a time or whatever number of shows the majority of lazy listeners are behind in.

Also i just remembered this but there are, or at least were, some inconsistencies in the rss feed regarding media type.
i'm not sure how you're handling playing audio/video or if distinguishing file type is automatic, but i solved the problem by using a select/switch statement, where the default case was .mp3 since the offenders were some of the earlier episodes, and i think some of the backstage shows.

in the same vain there's a pdf in the rss feed which needs to be dealt with.. so error handling, or opening in safari.. not sure how pdf gets handled on the iphone.

[hayroob]

Originally Posted by yoav

you could have a pagination mechanism that loads 50 shows at a time or whatever number of shows the majority of lazy listeners are behind in.

Also i just remembered this but there are, or at least were, some inconsistencies in the rss feed regarding media type.
i'm not sure how you're handling playing audio/video or if distinguishing file type is automatic, but i solved the problem by using a select/switch statement, where the default case was .mp3 since the offenders were some of the earlier episodes, and i think some of the backstage shows.

in the same vain there's a pdf in the rss feed which needs to be dealt with.. so error handling, or opening in safari.. not sure how pdf gets handled on the iphone.

Ya, it's pretty easy to do a switch case or simple if else if, I'm tinkering with what I want to do.

I might make a dynamic feed that gives however many shows the phone asks for. Then have the last cell be LOAD MORE SHOWS.