I'm happy to announce that MobileSheets v3.5 has been released, which includes annotations! Not every feature has made it into this initial version, but all of the important features are included. Features such as support for placing custom bitmaps on the sheet music will be added soon. Here is an overview of the features:

MobileSheets v3.5
- Support for annotations has finally been added! Tap the pencil icon while viewing a song to enter the annotation editor
- Fixed bugs with artists disappearing due to database errors
- Major optimizations: Significant drop in CPU usage. This will increase battery life and decrease loading times
- Fixed freezing issues with various tablets
- Fixed bug where batch importing a large number of files from the companion app causes the app to stop responding
- PDF renderer updates. Major performance improvements for some files.
- Link points now render correctly at all zoom levels, and respond accurately to finger presses
- Fixed various crashes

MobileSheets Companion v1.3.1
- Updated database code to handle annotations
- Fixed possible errors due to bugs in handling file paths

I hope this update works well for everyone. I'll be anxious to hear feedback!

Mike

Annotations are currently in beta. Expected release date is around the 20-21st. I will post a full list of fixes/enhancements soon that will also make it into the update. I have also set up a bug tracking system at http://zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/issues that I will begin using soon to keep track of user suggestions and to track my progress in solving bugs. Users will be free to submit bug reports.

MobileSheets v3.4 has been released and fixes the following issues:

- Fixed alternating row color bug where all rows turn gray
- Fixed various layout issues, and made all text the same size on the song editor screen
- Added 'Remove Song From Setlist' option to the library song menu when you press and hold
- Added option to 'Try Again' when selecting a random song to generate a new selection
- Changed 'Create Song From This' menu option to 'Copy Song'

There have been quite a few updates in the past couple weeks, but this one will be the last for a little while. I am also leaving on a week long vacation, and will be completely unable to check email or respond to posts on the forum. I hope the application works well for everyone in the meantime, and I will respond to people as soon as possible when I return. Thanks everyone for all of the bug reports, suggestions, and feedback.

Mike

After releasing the last update, users reported a couple of errors that I needed to fix immediately. The most significant was the broken page slider. In addition, a user brought to my attention the fact the PDF renderer has gotten much slower. It turns out that I was not using the PDF Max Memory Usage option correctly, and was severely limiting the available memory for the PDF renderer. This option should now work as intended, and the rendering speed is on the order of 10x faster. I also fixed the library list selection so that the selection effects show up again when you tap, and provided three different gray colors for the alternate row color option. Thanks everyone for your patience with the frequent updates. Here is the summary of the changes:

MobileSheets v3.3
- Fixed PDF rendering speed issue related to max memory usage - documents should load much faster
- Fixed error with Page Slider causing no more images to load after seeking to page
- Additional alternate row color selections
- Restored list selection effects

MobileSheets v3.2 and MobileSheets Companion v1.3.0 have been released, and this round of updates is filled with user interfaces fixes and options, along with a few important bug fixes. Check out the additions below:

MobileSheets v3.2
- Fixed crash with renaming custom genres.
- Fixed error with input number dialogs repeatedly popping up.
- Added new alternating row color setting for the library screen
- Added new simple button mode that shrinks the buttons at the bottom of the library to make more room
- Added new filter toggle on the library screen. While filters are hidden, the buttons at the top right are accessible through a popup window
- Added the ability to sort setlists alphabetically. This can also be made permanent by using a long press on the alpha button in the setlist editor
- Added additional information during batch imports, and better error reporting.
- Status log on the sync screen should no longer cause the application to slow down significantly when large amounts of text are added
- Fixed spacing issues with entries on library screen.
- Page slider preview window now correctly displays any song in a setlist, instead of only songs that have been loaded for buffering
- Setlist editor performance enhancements - adding/removing/moving songs in a setlist should no longer cause noticable pauses. Same fixes for collection editor.
- List position is now correctly restored when moving and removing songs in setlists and collections.
- PDF renderer bug fixes
- Added an additional help screen for the collection editor.

MobileSheets Companion v1.3.0
- Additional validation on song creation.
- When extracting titles from file names, numbers are no longer stripped from the end of PDF file names.
- Additional information while batch importing.

I tried to make most of the interface changes optional, but if any of you have opinions on the changes, please let me know.

Another update, and another round of bug fixes and small enhancements. Major progress has been made on annotations, and the end is in sight, but I thought these bugs needed to be addressed first. The following changes were made:

MobileSheets v3.0
- Fixed bugs with media player causing some tablets to appear to lock up. For these tablets, set media player position to center, as it may be mostly hidden at the top or bottom. Some tablet's versions of the media player (like on the Kindle Fire) require you to tap on the player to hide it.
- Fixed back button not working when media player visible.
- Added options to always keep media player visible, and set media player position from overlay
- Fixed collection editor crash in free version.
- Deleting songs with subdirectories should now clean up the subdirectories too
- Filtering on collections works again.
- Fixed list selection bugs in song editor, and bugs related to the preview window displaying incorrectly after removing files
- A new one time message is displayed to set the removable storage path at startup.
- Added new status log to the sync screen. A large amount of information is now displayed while connected to the companion app.
- If one file from a song fails to transfer from the companion app, the rest of the files should now transfer correctly.
- Extra space is now automatically trimmed from the start and end of titles, albums, artists, and custom entries.
- Added option to clear all data under internal and SD card storage before initiating a library restore. Removable storage is not affected.

MobileSheets Companion v1.2.9
- Library count is now properly reflected after batch import.
- Fixed bug that sometimes prevented files from previewing correctly.
- Fixed bug where changing a song's genre to an different existing genre didn't work.
- Added additional error reporting when a song's files fail to transfer correctly.

I'm way behind on updating the documentation, keeping the forum up-to-date, performing updates on the website, etc. I will do my best to get these done soon, but I'm still trying to prioritize annotations as much as possible.

Mobilesheets v3.0 and MobileSheets companion v1.2.8 have been released, and with them comes a huge array of small enhancements and bug fixes. I tried to respond to a lot of customer feedback, and solve the major problems with the library backup/restore. While I still have a lot of great ideas for future enhancements that I received through emails and the forum, I’m going to switch back to finishing annotations, will mostly likely not be adding any new features until they are released. Look below for details on all of the changes:

MobileSheets v3.0
Added ‘X’s to quickly clear search fields on the library, setlist editor, and collection editor screens.
Tapping on ‘X’s and numeric values to show the popup dialog should now only take one tap instead of two.
Add new options for debounce time limit (disabled, 1/4 second, 1/2 second, 1 second, 2 seconds).
Add new option to set link point radius. Make the circles bigger or smaller to fit your needs.
Library Backup/Restore have been reworked to eliminate potentially serious bugs with songs not matching up to the PDF/images shown. Old backup files are still supported.
Backups through the companion app are now streamed from the tablet, meaning no space is required on the tablet to make the backup file.
Large number of audio player enhancements. There are now options to always display what track is currently loaded, repeat songs, rewind to start, and reset sheet music with repeat.
Media player can now be hidden by double-tapping. Tap area in overlay for hide/show has also been expanded.
Media player is automatically hidden when overlay is brought up, and brought back up when overlay is hidden.
PDF renderer updates.
Fixed orientation lock bugs where the lock is not released even after leaving song, and lock does not work in landscape mode.
Added option to skip to All Albums automatically for artists.
Random song selection now requires confirmation before loading. Also works for selecting artists/albums/genres/setlists.
Filtering by source type ‘Other’ no longer crashes the app.
Fixed bug with prev link/next link pedal mode crashing app if song had no link points set.
Improvements to song title guessing – capitals are handled better, and double spaces should not occur.
Support added for renaming and removing artists/albums/genres.
Files under songs are now saved with the original spaces, and sub-directories now match the song titles exactly. Underscores are replaced by spaces.
Option added to print the custom field next to song titles.
A music symbol is now shown on the library screen for songs that have associated audio tracks.
Option added to only display song titles in song lists, instead of putting ‘Album – Artist’ under the titles.
If guess song title is disabled under batch import, file extensions are no longer used in song titles.
The virtual keyboard is now automatically dismissed when a song is loaded.

MobileSheets Companion v1.2.8
Algorithm improved for determining song titles from file names.
Library backup is now streamed, meaning it is faster and no space is required on the tablet.
Song counts can now be seen next to all lists of songs.
PDF renderer updates.

Another round of updates with some minor changes to address some recent user feature requests, as well as my own dissatisfaction with the current pinch zoom responsiveness. Annotations has been pushed back until the next update, as I'm still hard at work on them.

Here are the changes:

MobileSheets v2.9
- Added ability to load random song by selecting the '?' character on the library screen
- Zooming is now disabled while the performance mode is active.
- Zooming on the edges of the screen is now ignored
- The zoom value is now shown in the center of the screen while pinch zooming
- Improved the responsiveness and accuracy of the pinch zooming
- Fixed various crash reports.
- The number of items displayed on the library screen is now shown at the top.

MobileSheets Companion v1.2.7
- Added a ton of error handling/checks during batch import. It should no longer cause crashes, and errors will now be displayed.

Enjoy!

Hello everyone,

I have another series of updates to fix some recent bugs, and some other outstanding ones. Look at the changes below.

MobileSheets v2.8

- Fixed error shown while editing image based songs.
- Fixed crash related to empty selection on collection editor dialog.
- Fixed source type filtering.
- Fixed crashes related to PDFs with large images stored in them.
- Maximum Memory usage for the PDF renderer is now configurable. The default is 64 MB. Larger values will render and load faster, but may make the program unstable with certain PDFs and/or tablets.
- Added option to default to the number keyboard for song searching. This will have no affect on some tablets.
- Only 16 images are buffered now instead of 20 to help with memory usage and processing.
- Added ability to bypass license check for Google purchases. If you encounter a licensing error, use the email feature to send me your tablet info and order #.
- Fixed crash related to page slider/preview window.

MobileSheetsCompanion v1.2.6

- Fixed bug with end page slider not properly changing sometimes.
- Fixed crash related to removing PDF files in editor.
- Fixed duplicate entries in custom dropdown.
- Fixed incorrect counting shown while batch importing.
- Fixed error preventing defaults from being saved, and new versions from being detected.

I hope this update fixes the last remaining big issues so I can focus completely on annotations. As noted in that last bullet of the companion app, you may not get a notification to automatically update. You will have to go to "Check For Updates" under the help menu inside the application, or download the latest off the website. Enjoy!

Hey everyone,

A lot of bug fixes and minor enhancements have been added for this update. This update has slowed down the annotations development a little, but I will be getting right back to it now. I am also getting close to being done with the manual updates to explain a lot of the new features. Here is what has been changed/added:

MobileSheets v2.7
- Changed current link pedal mode to two pedal modes (scroll through previous links, scroll through next links) and (link start or previous page/ link end or next page).
- Added option in settings for large alphabet letters on the library screen.
- Added ability to access song notes from overlay.
- Added option to avoid duplicate songs during batch import.
- Changed start page/end page to be driven only by the popup dialog (no more sliders). Much better for large PDF documents.
- PDF renderer bug fixes.
- Custom text field now supports auto-completion.
- Tweaked networking code to improve connection success.
- Fixed crash from selecting certain default keys.
- Artist now has All Albums option.
- Added additional genres (motown, soul, rockabilly).
- Fixed previous button when viewing album under artist.
- Added arrows on song editor dialog to go back one page, forward one page
- Fixed various crash reports found through Google error reporting (thanks everyone)

MobileSheets Companion v1.2.5
- Songs added through batch import now show up correctly on main screen
- Added avoid duplicates checkbox to batch import dialog
- Difficulty is now correctly selected after creating song, then editing it
- Added numeric inputs for the page fields and the zoom. This allows for quick manual entry (hit enter to accept numeric entry immediately)
- Added buttons on Song Editor dialog to go back one page, forward one page
- Custom text now has auto-complete
- Tweaked networking code to improve connection success
- Fixed various crashes
- Fixed duplicate song entry on Collection screen
- Fixed opening of files with non-ascii characters
- Added new dialog under file menu to print song lists. This will generate a list of your songs from either your entire library or a setlist. You can configure the output format (what is printed for each song, i.e. title), and sorting, and then easily copy the list to the clipboard if needed.

I hope the update works well for everyone!

Mike