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Version 1.2.3065 Released

Submitted by eric on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 23:50

A new release has just been published to the market.

  • Always return to the tab that was most recently active (across exits and restarts)
  • Displays poorly on some medium size tablets
  • Update widget size to match honeycomb/ics
  • Episode text on download queue screen wraps when it should display on one line
  • Add an action button to configure feed options on the feed screen
  • Add a splash screen
  • Update seekbar UI
  • Bug - Crash viewing and addiing some feeds on android 2.2 and earlier
  • Bug - Play audio on bluetooth headset connect does not work on ICS

DoggCatcher - Android Central Editors pick DoggCatcher as podcatcher of the year

Submitted by eric on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 17:44

Android Central Editors' Choice Picks 2011

Thanks Keith for bringing this to our attention.

Version 1.2.2949 Released

Submitted by eric on Sat, 12/17/2011 - 00:13

A new release has just been published to the market.

  • Support for http digest auth
  • Create a different notification icon for download success/failures
  • Redo now playing screen UI
  • Preference for agressively listening for headset buttons
  • Remove html escape characters from episode titles all over the place
  • Pressing on feed status area (right side of feed) should display update errors and diagnostics warnings
  • Storage directory preference should use file chooser instead of the user typing a path
  • Feed update status dialog should close when touched

Version 1.2.2919 Released

Submitted by eric on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 01:40

A new release has just been published to the market.

  • Updating feeds should retry failures
  • Simplify doing multiple searches when adding feeds.
  • Change terminology (media -> episode, item -> episode/article).
  • Audio focus lost notification should try to guess which app is stealing the audio focus.
  • Display an indication on an episode about what will happen when you press on it rather than what state it is currently in.
  • Pressing on the right end of a feed displays a dialog with feed details/legend
  • Pressing on top of app should move back one screen

CM nightly builds broke seekbar positioning

Submitted by eric on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 01:06

I have had quite a few reports from users that the DoggCatcher progress bar no longer works when playing audio with the CM nightly builds. I was able to reproduce this with a CM nightly build. I'm going to see if there's a way for me to work around this but I'm not sure if I can yet.

In the mean time, if we could narrow down the exact CM nightly build that was the first to be broken, I'm sure that would help out the CM guys.

Version 1.2.2867 Released

Submitted by eric on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 00:50

A new release has just been published to the market.

  • Improve UI style of rows on all screens
  • Replace blue now playing handle with draggable now playing title
  • Now playing arrows on sliding drawer should point down when drawer is open
  • On feed screen, display last updated time for feed rather than pubdate (since the publishers rarely provide one)
  • Handle backup/restore on devices that mount internal storage as /mnt/sdcard
  • Change default feed identifier to GUID if they exist
  • Improve speed of feed parsing
  • Adding detailed logging of feed updates

Version 1.2.2811 Released

Submitted by eric on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 23:04

A new release has just been published to the market.

  • Video and news screens should show the feed image once in a header, not next to each item
  • Enlarge media buttons when now playing drawer is open
  • Search button should ignore long presses and pass them along to OS
  • Support for Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS/4.0)
  • Decrease memory usage for feed thumbnails
  • Notification when audio focus is lost should link to web page with details.
  • [Bug] Download failure displays a notification with "DL failed: null"

Lifehacker finds DoggCatcher to be "The Best Podcast Manager for Android"

Submitted by eric on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 21:27

The kind folks over at Lifehacker have reviewed podcast apps.

Lifehacker - The Best Podcast Manager for Android

Version 1.2.2755 Released

Submitted by eric on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 21:35

A new release has just been published to the market.

  • Add refresh | add feed | filter button to feeds screen
  • Ability to manage categories from menu on the feeds screen
  • Audio playlist should update after the SD card is mounted (otherwise it could be empty)
  • Add pause button to notification (Honeycomb only)
  • Display a helpful message on screens when there are no rows, like when the audio screen is empty
  • Heartbeat icon should be replaced with something that has a dogg in it.
  • [Bug] Deleting a feed while it's updating caused a dead-lock
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