Thursday, May 28, 2009

My Collection Pro - Release 1.5.14

I had to push another update with a change for barcode scanning. I hesitate to call it a fix because the application appears to not be behaving like it did when I originally started to use the barcode scanner.

For example:

My code used to be like this:

case ACTIVITY_SCAN:
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
String contents = intent.getStringExtra("SCAN_RESULT");
launchMovieFromScan(contents);
}
break;

Apparently, the scan activity is not returning RESULT_OK anymore for some people and I switched the code to be like the following:

case ACTIVITY_SCAN:
String contents = intent.getStringExtra("SCAN_RESULT");
if(contents.length() > 0) {
launchMovieFromScan(contents);
} else {
NotificationHelper.showOkAlert(getApplicationContext(), "NO UPC FOUND", "There was an error from the barcode scanner, please contact support", null);
}
break;

I'll clean up the error handling and get to the bottom of the issue later, but I wanted to push the change to help me get to the bottom of the issue and give my users some type of intelligible error message.

12 comments:

  1. Just bought your app. I have a really large library and wanted to know what books I already own when I'm at a bookstore ohn the road. How can you clear all the records preparatory to reading in an external csv file? It seems to create duplicates or only merge. For those of us who want to massage their records in their own program a "clear all" would be great.

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  2. @Rikk - A Clear-All would be a good idea. How about I build it into the import so you have the option?

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  3. Hi,
    I just bought this application and noticed some bugs:

    - lookup doesn't work at all when using a german interface
    - scanning my "monty python's flying circus the complete boxset" gave me an force close (after switching to english language). now i can scan but the program doesn't even show the interface to create the dvd.
    - please integrate german amazon and maybe the program can search all amazon sites you integrated. i buy many dvd from all over the world and i don't like switching all the time.

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  4. - in the market you say 'Great customer support', but you don't say where to get it (except from the google-checkout-contact-form.

    I tried My Collection again, because some time ago it didn't work that good. This time I just bought the paid version and it still doesn't work very well. I'm glad, that google checkout offers a refund and that I was fast enough to revoke my recommendation in another forum.

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  5. Eike,

    I am yet to fix the german issue. The reason why I let people pick the region is because I can't always tell from a barcode where the region is. I provide a link here for help and you can always contact me through the "Contact developer" option in the Market.

    I'm sorry your having trouble and I am trying to work on other non-US regiong. Germany seems to be the only place having trouble.

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  6. Hi, i kinda love your Application, but i cant get the Paid App because we dont have Paid Apps yet in our Country.
    So i have a little Question, what is the difference between the Free and the Pro version?

    And would it be possible to get German Amazon in the List?

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  7. Just bought your app for my T-Mobile G1. How do you import a CSV file into your app?

    Thanks

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  8. Hi, just downloaded your app. Really excited. As the person above, what exactly do you have to do to import your CSV data into the program? I saved my file onto my SD card but the program cannot find it.

    Thank you.

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  9. @Anonymous

    Email me and I can help you with the import file.

    @Tony S.

    I'm not sure what to tell you. My program scans the entir device. It is usually in something like '/sdcard/my_file.csv'

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  10. What is your email?

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  11. @anonymous

    You can email me through the market. I don't want to post my email on a public website like this. I get enough spam!

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  12. Hello!
    I would like to use myCollection but had a problem.
    I have a huge collection of comics in french, and the barcode cannot be configured to fetch the data from amazon.fr. So I gave up for the moment.
    I hope that it will be configurable in the future. I will try again with next version.
    Keep up the good work!

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