Fixed a number of issues introduced by iOS 7, specifically rotation glitches (on both the iPhone and iPad), and swipe between meters not working if you swipe the graphs (iPad only). I have also improved the text displayed when you touch and hold the graphs to show things like the day of the week.

Note that for users running iOS 7 and above, Bluetooth is no longer supported. Apple have deprecated the way this works, and I need to completely rewrite it.

Fixed a few issues introduced by iOS 7.

Also corrected the links to MWIS (iPad only). The app still redirects to Safari to view these pages, but the fix for this is with MWIS not my app.

Note that for users running iOS 7 and above, Bluetooth is no longer supported for copying backup files between devices. Apple have deprecated the way this works, and I need to completely rewrite it.

Fixed a number of issues introduced by iOS 7, mainly around iCloud access and syncing. Also added a workaround for an iOS bug that caused a crash when entering the budgets or reports tab.

Note that for users running iOS 7 and above, Bluetooth is no longer supported. Apple have deprecated the way this works, and I need to completely rewrite it. Since this was only added as a way to copy files between devices and the app now supports both iCloud and Dropbox, I am not planning to do this.

Despite testing beforehand, and having a number of people actively using my apps with all the iOS 7 betas, a few issues are now becoming apparent. Its inevitable really, with the sheer number of iOS 7 users. 😦

Here is my current list of known issues …

1. Account Tracker: when you try to bring a new SECONDARY online, the initial sync from the PRIMARY might never happen. It seems it works some of the time, but more than likely, not. Fixed in v3.9.5.

2. Account Tracker: in the budgets and reports (list) views, if you select one of the rows to show the transactions screen, then leave that tab and later go back to it, the app has chance to crash. Fixed in v3.9.5.

3. Account Tracker: if you have iCloud syncing enabled, and have somehow managed to turn off the Documents and Data option in the main settings app (under iCloud), the app will crash when closing. You won’t notice this directly, apart from losing your recent changes. To fix this, turn Documents and Data back on. Fixed in v3.9.5.

4. Meter Readings: swiping between meters doesn’t work if you do this on the graphs themselves. It is fine on the iPhone though. Fixed in v3.4.

5. All Apps: transferring backup files by Bluetooth no longer works. Apple have deprecated the way I do this and replaced it with something that requires a complete rewrite. Bluetooth support was added many years ago as a way of copying backup files around, but it has since been replaced by the more convenient iCloud or Dropbox. I will disable Bluetooth support for iOS 7 and above in my next update(s).

6. All Apps: I have noticed a few minor glitches in the UI, e.g. grouped tables don’t rotate cleanly, almost certainly an iOS bug. Fixed in Meter Readings v3.4 and Hill Lists v3.5.1. I will be fixing Account Tracker in my next update.

This is minor update with a couple of improvements and UI tweaks, specifically …

Added support for syncing group names and budgets. You will need to disable and re-enable syncing on all devices for this to work (otherwise I have no way of knowing that your groups are consistent between devices).

Added a new budget colour (yellow). This is only shown if your budget period includes TODAY, and is used to highlight potential overspend (or under income!), i.e. you are within your overall budget for the selected period, but if things continue you will not meet it. Think of it as an early warning.

Improvements to CSV export when showing splits.

Detect and allow empty recurring series to be deleted.

Enable the three transaction views by default (for new users).

This is a minor update to fix a Microsoft bug that corrupted files downloaded from SkyDrive. I have tested this and it now seems to work fine.

Note that you might need to delete any files that you have already downloaded to the app from SkyDrive, before re-downloading them. It was the download process that was broken, nothing to do with the files themselves.

If in doubt, please ask!

A couple of people have been asking about this recently so here is another update.

I have now released a small number of betas to around 25 people who are helping out with testing and providing useful feedback. The equivalent(s) of the account(s) screen, transaction screens, budgets and reports are all implemented and working well. It also handles exchange rate updates and stock valuations too (in the same way as iOS).

I am currently working on editing transactions and reconciling.

Other areas that need work are iCloud and Dropbox integration (including syncing), importing and exporting transactions (CSV), PDF reports and of course settings. It is still a good way off releasing as a paid for product, but I am shooting for before Christmas for sure.

I installed all of my current shipping apps onto an iPhone 4 running iOS 7 beta 2, to test them out. The quick summary is that pretty much everything works as expected. In fact the only issue I have found is that sometimes the PIN entry keypad on Account Tracker fails to show (but a few taps causes it to appear).

There are three known UI changes, even for apps compiled against earlier versions of iOS. I have included screenshots below. The first is for popup windows in the middle of the screen (UIAlertView). These now look like …

The second is for options that are displayed from the bottom of the screen (UIActionSheet) …

Finally Apple have changed the alignment of text below grouped table sections, from centre to left (can’t say I like this at all, but perhaps I’ll get used to it!) …

I have just re-built my apps against the iOS 7 SDK and tried them on the simulator. WOW! Apple have COMPLETELY changed the default look of the navigation bars, tables, section headers, popups … etc, pretty much everything!

For the most part my apps work, however to support iOS 7 natively there are a bunch of things that will definitely need fixing. For example table heights, the blue buttons, text alignment, colours … etc.

I haven’t tried running my existing (published) apps on iOS 7, so it will be interesting to see how they look and behave. More on that later no doubt(*) …

* see my second impressions post

I know you are expecting another sob story about me being too busy to make progress … etc. While that is always partly true (given my day job), PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE! In fact I have just released my first beta to a small number of users who offered to give me feedback. 🙂

Version 1.0b1 is a fully functioning Mac app that reads your latest backup file from either Dropbox or iCloud, and shows you all of your accounts, budgets, reports and transaction views (all transactions, reminders and recurring series). You can’t edit any of this just now, but I have broken the back of the app, and can now focus on ticking off the remaining functionality.

Next up: custom date editing, individual transaction views and exchange rate updates …

UPDATE: beta 2 has been sent to ~20-25 users. I don’t really need any more people now, as it takes quite a bit of my time per user (handholding, responding to comments and questions … etc). Perhaps as I get closer to releasing this (in a few months) I might open it up further. Thanks!