[mythtv-users] MythTV Companion for iPad Update

[Zarthan South]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Robert McNamara
> <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Just to circle back on the cost issue, I have more or less settled on
> > offering it for $1.99... I'd need to sell about 500 copies to offset the
> > cost of the iPad and dev license.  Thereafter, I had intended to take the
> > first few hundred to purchase android hardware to explore a
> port/equivalent.
> >
> > There may not be 500 interested buyers out there, or I might be
> surprised.
> >  My goal had been to finish the basics and be polishing by January 15th,
> but
> > that has slipped somewhat as work has kept me too busy to look at it in
> my
> > spare time this month.  As it will also probably be a few months before
> .25
> > is in circulation, and since I would rather be aiming at a static
> Services
> > API target, I will probably try to time App store submission for right
> > around when we declare what looks like a final release candidate.
> >
> > My list of outstanding "major" issues is, off the top of my head:
> >
> > * Rework the UI of the video/recording library browser slightly
> > * Add a "common" remote to become visible when playback is not in
> progress
> > * Possible/Depends on available time: Add Service API calls for
> scheduling,
> > rework guide, add features to perform recording rule editing (This one
> is a
> > major maybe for V1).
> > * Thoroughly test streaming behaviors, which will require some work on
> both
> > the API and application side.
> > * Slightly rework settings screens
> >
> > Other than that, I've been making my less technical loved ones use the
> app
> > without any instruction to uncover potential usability improvements--
> since
> > the app is aimed at all Myth users, and hopes to provide a UI that needs
> to
> > explanation, this has been a very enlightening process.
> >
> > Robert
>
> Perhaps also do a kickstarter type of thing for the Android app? We
> have a few Android devices in our house and I'd definitely pay $2-10
> upfront to support it's development.
>
> I have been using MythDroid on my phone and have been very pleased.
Although it isn't in the Play store it can be sideloaded.
http://code.google.com/p/mythdroid/
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