leafnode Wrote:Few words for FSS, developer of Constellation.
As we all noticed, almost every version that fixes one thing, breaks some other. We, the users, are your beta testers - what is fine as long as it's voluntary, it's useful, and it's possible to revert to some useful version.
From above:
1. There's no "stable" version
2. There's no possibility to provide any useful input (app crashes without any notification)
3. Release process it slowed down by Apple, without possibility to go back to previous version.
Right now I have a useless application, crashing right after start, and no way to go back to previous version. I have to wait till no one knows, when Apple accepts your release, and it appears in Polish Appstore.
Apple allows up to 100 devices to be bound as development devices, skipping appstore, by what you could have a normal beta program, with people signing up voluntarily. Maybe you should consider that way?
While it's true that every app is at the mercy of Apple's release policies. FSS does have beta testers (I'm one of them) and with the current version (from the AppStore) I get the occasional drop back to the springboard, but I would still consider this version stable as I've used other apps (beta testing or official) that crash SO much more and are practically useless. Sadly Apple has been giving certain developers 'problems' while trying to set up beta users recently.
If you think there was a specific version that worked better for you, you could try to PM Dawid or one of the others and nicely ask if they still have that versions *.ipa laying around to send you. But my suggestion would be to try a few things to get the current version to work.
If you're
Jailbroken: (most of this isn't 'needed' but can't hurt either)
Uninstall whatever copy of "AppSync" you have installed (temporarily) and uninstall Constellation. Reboot the iDevice and once back to the Springboard, resync Constellation back over (don't open it yet) and reboot again. Back on the Springboard, open Constellation and under the settings click "Remove Database", confirm, then "Flush images cache", confirm, (this makes sure that it doesn't somehow pick up 'old' files from previous installs). Now under the Connection settings, configure like normal and after clicking "Test" at the bottom, hit back, select the host you just set up and don't touch anything for at least a minute or two. At this point the app may take awhile and drop back to the Springboard. If it does, reopen it and don't touch anything for a few minutes. (Repeat each time it drops back to Springboard) After it's been a good 5 minutes of running without being touched, tap the Movies/TV Shows tab to see that it starts filling that in... (slowly) scroll down through those as it updates with pictures until you reach the bottom, then do the same for the opposite (followed by Music if you use it). Once it appears everything is in there and the images work, force close Constellation (make sure it's not running in the AppTray) and you can proceed to reinstall AppSync. At this point, you should have a fine (and stable) version running.
If you're
NOT Jailbroken:
Follow the above, just ignore the AppSync parts.
You also mention "I have to wait till no one knows, when Apple accepts your release" if FSS did expand the amount of beta testers between versions, you'd have an even longer wait before the 'good' ones hit the AppStore.
I could reproduce it a couple of times yesterday, but as soon as I took my phone and tried to get the issue on video, well, you can guess what happened (or didn't happen). Will try again later!
I'm just trying to be helpful and find some new ways of proceeding, so in the future there won't be situations like I have.
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