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  • Eric 4:20 pm on June 12, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Dev Chat summary for June 12, 2013 

    Chat log

    Agenda

    • WPAndroid 2.4 Notifications
    • Windows phone app update
    • BlackBerry “legacy” app
    • New contributor projects/tickets
    • iOS 3.6.1
    • iOS Native Reader

    WPAndroid 2.4 Notifications

    The notifications update as released Tuesday and its been well received.  We’ve noticed a few corner cases bugs have popped up.  They are being actively squashed and a new update will be released as soon as the last one is confirmed DOA.

    For the next planned release we’re working on two separate tracks: an update to NUX following along the lines of the iOS update, and a native reader.

    Windows Phone App Update

    An update to the WordPress for Windows Phone has been submitted and we’re awaiting its review. This update adds gallery support for self-hosted blogs running WordPress 3.5 or higher, and fixes the top five bugs reported.  We expect Microsoft to approve the app by Friday. Yay!

    @daniloercoli noted that we’re seeing an issue with header of the xml files we get from Glotpress for use in localizing the app.  Visual Studio treats the files as they are incorrectly formatted, even though the header visually appears okay. Not quite sure what the issue is but we pinged @markoheijnen about it for further investigation.

    BlackBerry “legacy” app

    We’ll be working on an update to the “legacy” BlackBerry app.  The goal of this update is to address some connection issues that folks have been experiencing and to reintroduce the “Need Help” dialog and a direct link to contact support.  We’ll also fix an issue we’ve found with the stats feature and jetpack blogs.

    New contributor projects/tickets

    @mrroundhill suggested we might identify tickets/features that would be good for a new contributor to pick up.  This could be something as simple as tagging tickets in track.  We thought this was a great idea and mrroundhill will be posting a follow up about it on the make blog.

    WPiOS 3.6.1

    A bug fix release is being prepped to submit to Apple.  A lot of issues have already been addressed (https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-iOS/compare/master…release;3.6.1) and we’re just trying to get one or two more into this release.  We’ll most likely submit today or tomorrow.

    WPiOS Native Reader

    After some delays to get the last couple of features just right the required API changes are now being reviewed. We still have a few things left on our checklist. The next few days will be about getting the final graphics, implementing infinite scroll, and making sure everything works correctly on the iPad.  We’re looking at finally having a beta of the native reader ready by Monday June 17th.

    Next Week

    The next dev chat will be on June 19, 2013 at 15:00 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

    • heredia21 6:54 am on June 14, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Any updates on the native app for BlackBerry 10?

    • Eric 1:21 pm on June 14, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      There is a native app for BlackBerry 10 being worked on as one of the Google Summer of Code projects.

    • forrestcs 8:27 am on June 19, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi, May I ask a question about running wordpress for ios in xcode. (I struggled a long time for this problem). I am a student learning about wordpress for my course project. I downloaded and built the source code, but failed to login. I used my wordpress id and secret. The error msg is about the grant type: client cannot use \”password\” grant_type. I would really appreciate your help. Thanks..

  • Eric 3:49 pm on June 5, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Dev Chat summary for June 5, 2013 

    Chat log

    Agenda

    • WPiOS 3.6
    • WPiOS Reader status
    • WPAndroid beta
    • Windows Phone Upgrade

    WPiOS 3.6

    The latest release is going smoothly, and there have been no major issues thus far. Congrats to everyone who worked on the release and especially sendhil for all his effort coding up the NUX!

    We’ll plan on a 3.6.1 bug fix release to address some minor issues and other things unrelated to 3.6 specifically.

    WPiOS Reader status

    aerych and irbrad continue to make progress on the native reader – currently focused on reblogging and iPad improvements.  A beta this week was the goal but there is still a lot remaining and its looking like next week is more realistic.

    WPAndroid beta

    Welcome back mrroundhill :)
    A few bugs have been revealed during the beta period.   A release was planned for today but we’ll delay until Monday and squash the bugs instead.

    Windows Phone Upgrade

    Its time for a new iteration on the Windows Phone app. daniloercoli will be working on a small bug fix release addressing the top five bugs and also bring gallery support to self-hosted blogs.

    Next Week

    The next dev chat will be on June 12, 2013 at 15:00 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Eric 3:58 pm on May 15, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Dev Chat Summary for May 15, 2013 

    Several of the team were out at Google IO this week so we filled in the gaps as we were able. Chat log.

    Agenda

    • iOS
    • Android
    • WInPhone and BlackBerry
    • Git

    iOS

    • Accounts is nearly complete. Needs more testing but we’ll hold off until NUX is ready.
    • NUX is currently being tested and awaiting updated translations.
    • Progress continues on the native reader. Support for adding/replying to comments is underway and irbrad is joining the effort.

    Android

    The notifications release is currently in beta and very close to releasing. We haven’t decided what’s next but NUX is high on the list.

    WinP and BlackBerry

    BlackBerry is currently reviewing an update sent Monday, May 13th, and we expect it to be live in the store this week. This is basically version 2.3.3 of the Android app with some minor changes. The code is in the BlackBerry branch of the Android repository.

    A Windows Phone update was submitted Tuesday. This update addresses an issue with the sharing feature. We expect it to be live later today or tomorrow.

    Git

    We’ve been having some trouble with the git repository at ios.git.wordpress.org getting out of sync with our git checkouts and the mirror on github.com. The repositories have had trouble staying in sync and most recently the commit authors have been reset and no longer match. We suspect the culprit is the subgit software that manages syncing between the svn and git repositories hosted on wordpress.org.

    We discussed possible options:
    A) Give subgit one last try.
    B) Drop svn and make ios.git.wordpress.org the official repository, mirrored to github.
    C) Make the repository on github the official repo.

    We talked it over and decided the best course of action is to sunset the svn repo in favor of git. We will correct the repository at ios.git.wordpress.org and it will become the official repo for WPiOS with a two way mirror to github.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on May 22, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Eric 4:02 pm on May 1, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Dev chat summary for May 1st 2013 

    We had a short chat this week as several of the team were out due to travel, etc. Chat log.

    Agenda

    • iOS : status
    • Android : status

    iOS : status

    Continuing to make progress on our main fronts but there is still lots to do before we’re ready to ship new features — at least a couple more weeks.

    • Accounts: working through some of the issues with self-hosted vs .com blogs.
    • NUX: currently working on the wizard.
    • Reader: improvements to the detail view and starting support for comments.

    Android : status

    Shipping version 2.3.2 today. Details.
    Continuing to make progress on Notifications. Pushing the beta out to next week as there is more work to do.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on May 8, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Eric 3:37 pm on April 25, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Sayak (a GSoC candidate) has been looking at the webOS app and taking notes on how to port it, and just generally how it works. This could potentially be used as a part of the mobile handbook. Starting a thread here that we can comment and give feedback on Sayak’s notes. Sayak can you add a comment with a link to your notes?

     

    • Sayak Sarkar 3:52 pm on April 25, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Here’s the link to first plain-text draft of the guide:-

      https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public/A%20Guide%20to%20WordPress%20for%20WebOS

    • Sayak Sarkar 4:39 pm on April 25, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Please find the directory consisting of the plain text files for the first draft of the WordPress for WebOS app here:-
      https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzFzGtkABcNJcFJta09QUzYyVVk&usp=sharing

      • Eric 3:00 pm on April 26, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Hi Sayak,

        I took some time to read through the guide so far. Nice work! :) Here are a few thoughts:

        Intro: I think there is a little word-smithing that could really nail the opening tone. For example: you might consider avoiding strong phrases like “practically abandoned”. Also, if the goal of the guide is to help folks create new apps based off of the webOS codebase the intro should probably focus on that goal a bit more. Right now it seems weighted a little too much toward the history of the project.

        Getting Started: I think this does a great job explaining how to get the existing codebase up and running in a browser. :-)

        Sections 3 and 4: I think the level of detail here is very nice. It provides a great map for someone unfamiliar with the project and webOS apps. Looks like Section 4 is still a work in progress?

        What else do you have planned?

        @beaucollins Do you think you might have some time to look over these as well?

        • Sayak Sarkar 10:44 pm on April 26, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          Hi Eric,

          Thanks for going through the guide and for your valuable feedback. I’ll try to improve the document based upon this.

          I agree about the intro. Even I somehow had a bit of reservation about that part. Will improve this section. Also, when I started with the write up I wasn’t quite sure what would be the perfect introduction, hence the emphasis on the history. I will try and modify it to put more weight on the porting part.

          Also, you are correct about section 4 being a work in progress. At this point I’m a bit confused about how to make the transition from the Architecture to the actual part on where to focus for porting the application to other platforms.

          Currently I’m planning to do some more research about the architechtural similarities and differences of a web-app based upon WebOS and that of one built upon Firefox OS. Based on these I plan to arrive upon a conclusion on how best to go about the transition. This would help me in writing my GSoC application as well as extending the documentation. Once I’ve my application ready, it should be easier to follow the points and append to the guide.

          From what I can see at the moment, writing this guide is a gonna be a pretty long term affair. The reason behind this is, we can only write about the Porting mechanism once we have tried and tested it out on atleast one platform transition to maintain a good quality of documentation. This means that I would need to carry on with this documentation process during the actual coding period and write my observations as facts rather than a strong guesswork.

          Regards,
          Sayak

        • Sayak Sarkar 9:24 pm on April 27, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          Hey Eric,

          I have just updated the Introduction as per your suggestions. Please do let me know if further modifications are required once you go thrugh it.

          Regards,
          Sayak

  • Eric 2:07 pm on April 18, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Interesting post over on polyglots about supporting non-system languages in the Android app. cc @mrroundhill

     

  • Eric 3:51 pm on April 17, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Weekly dev chat summary for April 17, 2013 

    Chat log.

    Agenda

    • Android
    • iOS
    • Mobile Handbook
    • Gnome Outreach
    • GSoC Communications

    Android

    Android 2.3, the awesome UI refresh version, will launch today! Great job team!

    Push notifications for WP.com and Jetpack are currently in the works.

    iOS

    We submitted version 3.5.3. This updated fixes a few bugs and crashes, including an annoying orientation bug affecting folks using iOS5 and some better error management.

    Current

    • NUX : Work continues.
    • Reader: First iteration of working views this week so we can start iterating.
    • Maintenance: We’re looking at improving notifications. Also looking at handling login limiting from the WordPressApi classes.

    On the horizon

    Looking at improved media or working on the iOS SDK for the next “feature”.

    Mobile Handbook

    We’re coming up to a hard deadline. We acknowledge there are still some parts of the handbook that need our attention, either to refine or to complete.

    A community member (irc: radchadd) volunteered to create some screenshots and instructions for setting up WPAndroid for the first time. This will be nice to include in the Android handbook.

    Action Item: Get a post up with todos for the handbook to which @isaackeyet has volunteered.

    Gnome Outreach

    @JenMylo mentioned it a few weeks back around when GSoC was announced. We don’t have a lot of details about this yet but it sounds similar to the proposals and mentoring process of GSoC.  Something for us to keep an eye on.

    GSoC communications.

    Several applicants have been using the wp-hacker’s mailing list for feedback.  Those of us who are mentoring should make sure we’re subscribed so we can comment on projects that are posted there. We should also talk about how we an better support the folks in timezones we don’t normally cover.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on April 24, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Eric 3:45 pm on April 17, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    We should have a plan for being available to GSoC applicants that are in timezones we don’t normally cover. If we’re all subscribing to the wp-hackers listserv that should help, but it would be good to have some availability in freenode #wordpress-gsoc as well. Maybe we can start by stating our individual “office hours” and see where we might be able to do a little more, even if its a few hours per week.

    I’m usually around between 2pm and 11pm UTC.

     

  • Eric 8:04 pm on April 3, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Weekly dev chat summary for April 3, 2013 

    Chat log.

    Agenda

    • WPiOS
    • WPAndroid
    • Other Platforms
    • Make/Mobile blog

    WPiOS Status

    WordPress for iOS version 3.5.2 is approved by Apple and available in iTunes as of April 2nd.  This bugfix release is already paying off as we’re seeing our lowest crash numbers ever.  @Koke is monitoring the normal channels and we’re all hopeful the trend continues!

    Current efforts for WPiOS include:

    • An improved “new user experience” (NUX) to include a welcome guide and a better login/sign up flow.  We’re receiving an assist from Automattic’s editorial team for some of the NUX content.
    • Addressing some authentication issues that seem to be related to login limiting.
    • Looking into conflict resolution options so we can bring back improved previews (and maybe autosaves).

    Android Status

    WPAndroid version 2.3 is in beta! This is a big release and we’ll be testing a lot this week. If there are no major issues we should release by next Monday (but might release earlier).

    The next major features we’re looking at are Notifications and some code improvements that will allow us to start writing automated tests.  More discussion on this to happen over the next week.

    Other Platforms

    WordPress for Windows Phone version 2.1 submission to Microsoft is imminent. We’re just waiting on a few graphic assets and some updated translations, and plan to submit later this week.

    Make/Mobile blog

    We discussed potential improvements to the make/mobile blog, mostly from the standpoint of assisting newcomers. Things mentioned include:

    • Improved description of the mobile group – who we are, what we do.
    • An ongoing projects list
    • A link to the IRC room for wordpress-mobile.
    • Specify the weekly dev chat time.
    • Links to the mobile handbooks.

    TODO: Implement these improvements on the make/mobile blog over the coming week.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on April 10, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Eric 7:20 pm on March 20, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Weekly dev chat summary for Mar 20, 2013 

    Chat log.

    Agenda

    • Moving meeting time
    • Google Summer of Code
    • iOS & Android development
    • iOS NUX

    Moving meeting time

    We’ve decided to move the weekly dev chats back to 15:00 UTC due to daylight savings time.

    Google Summer of Code

    GSoC is open for applications. A conversation has started about what mobile projects we might like to see as a part of this. Let’s keep suggesting projects and take it from there.

    iOS & Android development

    The Automattic side of the mobile team is pursuing a few new priorities for WPiOS and WPAndroid in addition to iterations currently in progress. The new priorities are:

    • iOS: NUX, exploring a better new user experience
    • iOS: Reader, building a native WPcom reader for the app (details TBD)
    • Android: Notifications, a better way to keep up with your WPcom or Jetpack-enabled blog

    We noted that these Automattic specific priorities are not intended to dictate the direction of the apps as a whole.

    We also commented on the current state of WPiOS and WPAndroid. In WPiOS, nailing down the best solution for remote auto-saves is a continuing effort but getting closer. The new UI refresh for WPAndroid is very close, and final graphics for icons and styling tweaks are currently in the works.

    iOS NUX

    Sendhil is tackling a revamped intro and signup flow for WPiOS and will be collaborating with @karmatosed for some of the design. We’re going to experiment a bit with a circle style NUX to test its feasibility.

    Next Week

    The next dev chat will be on March 27, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

    • Marko Heijnen 7:06 pm on March 28, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      About the NUX. Isn’t it time to try to make one for all apps and then describe per OS where the NUX is going to change?

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