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Latest Talk app update for iOS

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RebeccaMumsnet · 10/10/2016 09:20

Morning all,

Early this morning we released an update for our iOS Talk app and thought we'd give you a heads-up about it.

There is now a search function so you can now search every thread on Mumsnet Talk from within the app.

This update also includes bug fixes for a number of issues that were reported by you - thanks for your feedback.

Let us know what you think and thanks for all of you feedback so far.

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cozietoesie · 12/10/2016 13:14

The new update has arrived in the App Store.

HSMMaCM · 12/10/2016 12:55

But apart from all that - fabulous GrinFlowers

Only1scoop · 12/10/2016 12:46

Also still constantly crashing

Only1scoop · 12/10/2016 12:45

I updated on 10th it shows no search Facility....
Also now threads I'm on do not hi light when new posts are added now VERY annoying?
Any ideas MN tech??

WhatsUpp · 12/10/2016 12:38

Strange, for some reason the App Store isn't showing the update yet. Sometimes there's a bit of a delay in release...
Glad you said that because I thought it was just me!

cozietoesie · 12/10/2016 12:17

Yes indeed. Your efforts are much appreciated. You must be going near cross-eyed from looking at all of this code! Smile

Dontyouopenthattrapdoor · 12/10/2016 11:44

Hello TechyTim :)

The reply button keeps disappearing; I have to click out and back in to a thread and lo! It is there again.

Also it is still chucking me out (sox).

Appreciate all your valiant efforts though.

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TimMumsnet · 12/10/2016 11:20

Strange, for some reason the App Store isn't showing the update yet. Sometimes there's a bit of a delay in release...

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TimMumsnet · 12/10/2016 07:50

New release
I've just released a new build on the App Store, including some fixes from
google. I'm hoping this solves a whole load of our our crashes...

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TimMumsnet · 12/10/2016 07:48

Whatsupp ah yes, that's been raised already, I'm working on a fix for that. My bad! The previous way it worked was causing a crash, so it needed re-writing.

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TimMumsnet · 12/10/2016 07:47

Cozietosie yes that's true, but they also have a massive number of products! This is one small part of a lot of code they've written. So it's probably only a handful of developers working on it.

Also, it's rather hard to simulate what it's like for thousands of users use your code...

WhatsUpp · 12/10/2016 07:45

TimMumsnet with the new app I have a problem where someone will add to the thread "I'm on" but the colour won't change to white. I only know someone has added to it because the threads change order and the number counter increases for each thread.

Groovee · 11/10/2016 21:22

I could have sworn the other day I saw my pm's box on the app! Have I dreamt that?

cozietoesie · 11/10/2016 18:26

But to let it through? And with a team of coders who could presumably fill Yankee stadium? Gosh. Wink

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TimMumsnet · 11/10/2016 17:03

Yeah, even from google, code with bugs is quite normal! It's only unusual in that it crashes so often.

We've had around 300 since launching the app yesterday, so it's understandably irritating...

cozietoesie · 11/10/2016 13:49

Gosh. Google let some buggy code through?

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TimMumsnet · 11/10/2016 12:53

Watched threads
Hey guys, thanks for raising the issue with watched threads - I had to re-write quite a messy bit of code that was causing a crash in the app, and it appears I missed out some key functionality.

We have a fix coming shortly that should clear this up.
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Crashing*
The vast majority of crashing-bugs left in the app are caused by a bug in the adverts. Google (who write the code behind this bug) have released a fix recently that I'm going to implement and release as soon as possible.

Again, because it's not been possible to reproduce this bug, it's more difficult to 100% guarantee, so we really appreciate your patience!

cozietoesie · 11/10/2016 10:38

Or as LIZS put it. (Much more succinctly! Grin)

LIZS · 11/10/2016 10:27

Yes, the highlight showing which threads have posts since last read has disappeared.

cozietoesie · 11/10/2016 10:21

With me, it seems to be:

Immediately post loading update - everything starts afresh as if I'd never used MN. All threads look unopened/with new posts even if they're not.

Since then. If I've opened a thread/read/posted etc it loses all 'new activity' identifiers even when someone else posts. (It moves up the page or the number of posts will change but clocking those will depend on how good a memory you have.)

HSMMaCM · 11/10/2016 09:21

Checked them all. When I went back in, this thread appeared to have no new posts.

cozietoesie · 11/10/2016 09:04

HSM

Might those just be the ones you happen to have checked?

acatcalledjohn · 11/10/2016 08:45

cozie, yes, this only happened when it updated. It worked fine before then.

HSMMaCM · 11/10/2016 07:30

Mine looks as though all my threads I'm on and watched threads have new posts, but obviously they don't.

Rubberduck2 · 11/10/2016 06:45

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