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iPhone app crash reports

Robert Kern — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:38:11 +0000

Apple has updated their interface for managing iPhone Apps, by adding a section to view customers’ crash reports. This will make debugging apps much easier.

So far, version 1.1.3 of Recipes App has never crashed on me, and it appears has never crashed for anyone else either as there are no crash reports available for it (yet!). But if crash reports start coming in, I will be able to look into them and hopefully fix the bugs before they affect too many other people.

If you have downloaded Recipes App, please submit an app review in the App Store.

Download codes for Recipes App v1.1.3

Robert Kern — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:17:33 +0000

Below are five download codes to download the Recipes App v1.1.3 for free: (US Store only)

3WKWM9T4A4LP
HHX3RM4RNKK6
XYYJWL994LPJ
FX7N6HXHKTHH
RMNA6YARP777

Use them in iTunes to download the app for free. If the code doesnt work, try the next one. If you’ve tried them all and they’ve all been used, contact me and I may be able to send you one.

Recipes App update available on App Store

Robert Kern — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:28:23 +0000

The Recipes App 1.1.3 update is now available on the App Store (download here).

This update improves the whole experience by letting you drill down to all recipes in the database. A number of bugs have been fixed, improving the reliability of the app. You can now save your favorite recipes to My Recipes.

I highly recommend downloading this update ASAP!

App Store process

Robert Kern — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:26:50 +0000

Sorry for the delay in getting the next version of the Recipes App out. Its been 2 weeks since it was first submitted to the App Store. After one week, i received an email saying i needed to change something to adhere to Apple guidelines (when there is no Internet connection available you get a pop-up now… they didnt point that out in the first version!). Its been another week since submitting the updated version (with the popup) and it’s still in review.

Hopefully it will get the all-clear soon. I certainly hope they dont find something else and force us to wait yet another week or so.

Multiple categories per recipe

Robert Kern — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:04:03 +0000

I have rolled out an update to the Recipes App backend that allows the recipes to be in multiple categories. This makes sense with recipes as many of them seem like they should be in more than one category. You wont be able to take advantage of this until you install the new version of Recipes App. It is in the App Store review stage now. I havent gone through and put all the recipes into multiple categories though, only a few.

I have also added support to keep track of where recipes come from. So if people have free recipes that they want to share with this app, I can keep track of which recipes came from which people/companies.

I have also knocked off the Help tab from the app as it was a bit redundant. Hopefully the new version will be available very soon. The new version makes a big difference.

Recipes App – Version 1.1

Recipes App – Version 1.1

Robert Kern — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:24:00 +0000

Recipes App

Last night I submitted the next version of the Recipes App to the App Store. Hopefully in a few days it will be available to download. There are a number of improvements in this version including the ability to browse through ALL recipes (finally!), and a new option called My Recipes. You can save any recipe and it will be available in My Recipes. In the current version of the app, some of the recipes dont display correctly and are cut off. This has also been fixed in the new version.

You dont need to create an account or anything like that to make use of My Recipes. It uses your iPhone’s device ID to remember which recipes you have saved, so the whole process is seamless to you. If you have use the ‘I Like’ button in the current version of the App, then those recipes will be in your My Recipes list.

Recipes App update

Robert Kern — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:18:21 +0000

So, I have finally had some time to update the Recipes App. One of the main things that will be fixed in the 1.1 release will be to allow you to browse through all recipes without having to use the search.

The solution I came up with was splitting the categories into letters as well. So, when you click on Crockpot for example, you will be taken to a screen that lists the alphabet A-Z (plus a 0-9 for recipes that begin with something other than a letter), and it will tell you how many recipes begin with each letter. From there, you can drill down to the actual recipes that begin with that letter. This allows a much shorter list of recipes to be scrolled through in each letter. The iPhone doesnt play nice with hundreds (or in some categories, thousands) of recipes to be browsed.

I should have the update ready for App Store approval soon.

50 recipes per category

Robert Kern — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:16:17 +0000

The Recipes App was only displaying the first 25 recipes per category up until just now.

The reason behind the limit was to make sure the app remains snappy. I have upped the limit to 50 and it still seems pretty snappy. This change is done at the server end and doesnt require an update to the app on your iPhone.

I understand the confusion and frustration when a category says it has 700 recipes but you can only see 25! Its silly I know. I am working on version 1.1 of the Recipes App which will allow you to browse through EVERY recipe in each category.

In the meantime, make use of the Search tab to find recipes that you cant find by browsing through the categories.

Note: I wont be releasing version 1.1 until after iPhone OS v2.2 has been released (assuming it is released in the next few weeks as expected). This is just to make sure everything plays nicely with the next version of the OS.

Recipes App stats for first few hours

Robert Kern — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:21:22 +0000

Recipes App has only been in the App Store for a couple of hours but already its been downloaded at least 60 times and that is climbing constantly. These users have viewed 125 recipes so far (and climbing). So far only a couple of people have said they ‘Like’ a recipe, and no-one has ‘Reported’ a recipe as being possibly incorrect.

Update: A couple of hours later and at least 330 people have downloaded the app, and at least 700 recipes have been viewed.

Update 2: Next day, over 2,000 downloads. Almost 3,000 downloads now.

Recipes App is in the App Store

Robert Kern — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:15:00 +0000

It was nice to receive the App Store email today saying that the status of my app has changed to Ready for Sale! You can download it by clicking here, or searching for Recipes App in the App Store.