Weekly dev chat summary for Oct 7, 2013

Chat log.

Agenda

  • WPiOS Status
  • WPAndroid Status
  • This Week
  • Next Dev Chat

WPiOS Status

Currently focused on addressing some lingering bugs stemming from earlier changes to support iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. 7. The team will be doing a lot of testing before submitting 3.8.3 to Apple later this week.

WPAndroid Status

The team has decided to have another betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. round after addressing a bug related to sharing and the new pin lock feature. The beta should last a few days, then we’ll submit the app to the Play store, probably on Wed the 9th.

For this release we’re trying something new. We’ll take advantage of Google Play’s percentage distribution to release the app to around 10% of our user base, and monitor its reception. If all goes well we’ll open the floodgates and make the app available to everyone.

This Week

  • iOS : Focus on bug fixes and testing. Submit 3.8.3 to Apple.
  • Android: Monitor the new beta and release 2.5 to Google Play later this week.

Next Dev Chat

Join us for the next dev chat on Oct 14, 2013 at 16:00 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

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