Archived Builds

  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/02/09
    • Initial Beta test build
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/04/09
    • Improved startup time (first time still is a bear, though)
    • Fixed DB Deadlocks (I think this was causing crashes on Kim’s iPhone)
    • Fixed missing new movie badges on first app startup
    • Added first time loading message
    • Fixed bug with map not centered on GPS coordinates correctly
    • a few other misc items that escape me now…
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/05/09
    • Greatly improved startup times by moving promo code page first
    • Improved first time load performance by around 33%
    • Moved ad banner to movie detail page
    • Changed the “What’s this?” button to a question mark icon on the Promo code page
    • Added build number to splash screen
    • Fixed bug where GPS did not return location and zip code was not set–defaults to Denver and displays warning that you must set your zip code
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/06/09
    • Changed the movie lists to use progressive image loading for smoother scrolling
    • Updated the Movie page to use section headers to display the release date
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/07/09
    • Improved first time launch time to around 4-5 seconds
    • Updated the refresh icon on the map
    • Updated ratings to use the MPAA images
    • Updated legal disclosure and redbox attribution
    • Faster loading of the movie detail page: full DVD images are now being loaded progressively
    • Added address level reverse geocoding from geonames.org (that reverts to zip code level when address level times out)
    • Updated settings to allow users to specify home address as well as zip code
    • Tab switching speed improved
    • More visible user notification when app is busy/thinking
    • Fixed bug where genre listing was returning duplicate movies
    • Fixed bug with the “Cancel’ button not working on data reset from settings
    • Fixed bug where “and” and “&” where not being treated the same in movie search
    • Updated promo code feed URL & map view URL
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/09/09
    • Updated build package to do builds for iPhone OS 2.1, 2.2, and 2.2.1
    • Fixed bug where the center of the map used for finding the kiosks was being determined incorrectly
    • Fixed bug where kiosks that had the machine name in the address where not rendering
    • Fixed bug where kiosks that were at the same location but used different addresses were not rendering correctly
    • Fixed bug where locations that had more than 2 kiosks where not rendering correctly
    • Added precaching of kiosk locations at the current location after starting app
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/13/09
    • Overhauled the locations tab. Now we display locations in a list format. To view locations on a map you must click on the map button from the Locations screen.
    • Created kiosk browsing list screen, this screen shows all the movies in a particular kiosk in a list fashion. You can also access this page from the kiosk browser displayed in the map by touching the list button.
    • Updated app to not crash when the inside redbox site becomes unavailable
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Full Version, Beta build 02/15/09
    • Support for viewing the online status for kiosks
    • Fixed machine number toggling issue on the kiosk browse screen
    • Better nil checking when constructing strings (this was causing some app crashes)
    • Compiler directives to support building full version of app and lite version of app
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta build 02/16/09
    • Better accuracy with geocoder, using Yahoo! geocoder instead of google maps geocoder (White Marsh, MD redbox machines work now without any one-off fixes)
    • Additional notification when geocoder cannot place machine accurately on the map
    • Added promo code detail pages
    • updated initial ”please wait” indicator to not block access to promo codes (and now says: Loading Movies)
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/17/09

    • Misc changes on promocode detail page
    • Updated interface with inside redbox
    • placed ads on most of the pages for the free version
    • added pending promo codes for just the full version
    • moved the updating movies activity indicator to the bottom
    • Updated freeze dried DB with latest movies
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/18/09
    • Fixed bug where approximate locations where being given multiple kiosk badges in map
    • fixed bug where returning from to the location page from the map page was clearing the search address
    • Updated location page to reuse an instantiated map page if it was not nil
    • fixed bug where clicking on the current button on the location list resulted in a truncated list of redbox machines
    • reformatted the pending promo code view for the lite version of app
    • added ads to promocode detail page and the kiosk browse page
    • removed location call from ad on promocode page (location may not have been determined yet)
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/18/09 B

    • fixed bug where first time load was picking up the last launch date from freeze dried DB (and displaying new movie badges inappropriately)
    • fixed bug where toggling back and forth between location list and map caused an app crash
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/19/09

    • Fixed error message “Cannot connect to Internet” when renting movie
    • made the “Cannot connect ot internet” message more appropriate, and updated the busy indicator state to stop when this error is fired.
    • Updated promo code pending status table cell view for lite version
    • Added more descriptive “waiting” messages
    • fixed bug with tab edits not persisting
    • forced the more tab to drop exiting state when you navigate to it
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/20/09

    • Added better locking during initial movie load so that promo code browsing does not interrupt
    • found another source for app crashes on startup–memory warnings encountered during app startup would access the model interface prematurely in an attempt to clear caches. this access caused a db lock. caches are cleared in the model interface only after the model interface has been fully created.
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/21/09 A
    • Better memory management for views
    • removed state from all tabs, when you click on a tab, it will go to the first screen for that tab instead of where you left off the last time you were on that tab
    • minor bug around not all empty results on location list display results not found message–fixed.
  • Inside Redbox Mobile Beta, build 02/22/09

    • Updated icon images
    • created upgrade page
    • tweaked background load thread to not kick off if at least 250 thumbnails have been preloaded (saves on memory and CPU)
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