02-28-2017, 04:03 PM
MobileSheets (Windows 10) and MobileSheetsPro (Android) have both been updated to version 1.7.5. One important change in both versions is how the scrolling speed works with automatic scrolling. In previous versions, the scroll speed was actually a measure of duration. If scroll amount was 25% and scroll speed was medium, that meant that 25% of the page would be scrolled in 3 seconds. Changing the speed to "fast" reduced that to 2 seconds. The problem with this approach is that the speed at which the page was scrolled would change based upon the size of the page. In version 1.7.5, scroll speed is now a measure of the number of pixels scrolled per second. This means that pages will always scroll at a consistent pace regardless of their dimensions, and it's usually easier to find a scroll speed that will work across many songs.
Version 1.7.5 also introduces the "Connect Devices" feature that was recently added to Android. It's now possible to connect Android and Windows devices together and have a master device load songs/setlists and turn pages on other slave. While this feature supports both wifi and bluetooth, I found that bluetooth on Windows can be a hit-or-miss when connecting devices. Once devices are paired, everything seems to work pretty well. The problems usually arise when the slaves are trying to detect the master, or when they try to initiate the connection and pair with the master. I also encountered problems connecting devices that were previously paired, so the Windows 10 version will unpair any master devices that are found first before any connection attempt is made. If you can't seem to connect two devices, you should try exiting the app, switching bluetooth off and on, and making sure the devices aren't already paired before trying again.
The full list of changes can be seen below:
MobileSheets v1.7.5 (Windows 10)
Version 1.7.5 also introduces the "Connect Devices" feature that was recently added to Android. It's now possible to connect Android and Windows devices together and have a master device load songs/setlists and turn pages on other slave. While this feature supports both wifi and bluetooth, I found that bluetooth on Windows can be a hit-or-miss when connecting devices. Once devices are paired, everything seems to work pretty well. The problems usually arise when the slaves are trying to detect the master, or when they try to initiate the connection and pair with the master. I also encountered problems connecting devices that were previously paired, so the Windows 10 version will unpair any master devices that are found first before any connection attempt is made. If you can't seem to connect two devices, you should try exiting the app, switching bluetooth off and on, and making sure the devices aren't already paired before trying again.
The full list of changes can be seen below:
MobileSheets v1.7.5 (Windows 10)
- Added Connect Devices feature to allow one master devices to load songs and turn pages on other slave devices
- Fixed issues with zooming and drawing in annotations editor
- Changed automatic scrolling to use fixed scroll speeds instead of varying speed based upon page size
- Fixed issues with manual descending sort order when editing setlists
- Fixed rendering issues with chord pro files
- Fixed issue with incorrect handling of line annotations split into multiple parts
- Fixed issue with importing freehand files where the first page is not converted properly
- Fixed issue with cropping not taking effect under certain conditions
- Removed license caching as it was found to be unnecessary
- Added additional error checks while loading PDFs with the speed render preference
- Switched database backend to newer library from Microsoft to help prevent errors for some users
- Added additional fields to the format dialog
- Fixed issues with the bookmarks window when long titles are used
- File names are now truncated if the file path exceeds 260 characters
- Automatic scrolling now uses a consistent speed regardless of page size. NOTE: Users may need to update the scroll speeds for their songs as a result of this change.
- Added error checks when writing out annotations to files that may be on removable SD cards
- Fixed bug where activating a link point with a pedal wouldn't display the end link point position correctly if cropping was used
- Added additional error handling when connecting devices over bluetooth
- Fixed error where the wrong IP address could be used when connecting to the companion application if a 4G connection is available
- Fixed bug where fields wouldn't be selected on the batch edit dialog when using the dropdown to select multiple values
- Fixed bug where turning pages during an automatic scroll could cause rapid scrolling through many pages
- Switched to using the exoplayer library to play audio for devices running 5.1 or higher.
- The French version of the manual will now be displayed if French is the active language.
- The German version of the manual will now be displayed if German is the active language.
