MAL Updater OS X

Open Source macOS Scrobbler for Kitsu and AniList

Hachidori

Hachidori 3.2 Beta 2 Released

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The 2nd beta of Hachidori 3.2 is now released, which fixes some discovered bugs. Also, the help for Hachidori is being moved to our new site, which will host our online manual. The online manual will contain the most up to date information for a given version.

The second beta can be downloaded here. Change log is below.

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Fix multiscrobble when MyAnimeList is the selected service
  • Change help URLs to point to the new knowledge base for our apps, which replaces the Github wiki. (https://help.malupdaterosx.moe)

Known Issues

  • Some non rated R+ titles won’t be detected properly due to NSFW titles being excluded. This will be fixed in the future. (MyAnimeList)

Open Beta for Hachidori 3.4 and Shukofukurou for iOS/iPadOS 2.0 Begins Tomorrow

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The open beta for the MyAnimeList API begins tomorrow (October 1, 2019), allowing us to release our first beta versions of Shukofukurou for iOS/iPadOS 2.0 and Hachidori 3.4. Hachidori 3.4 Beta will be available to the public, but Shukofukurou for iOS/iPadOS will only be available for active patrons via TestFlight.

If you want to test Shukofukurou for iOS/iPad OS, become a Patreon for as little as $1. By pledging, you help fund development for future version of our apps. The app for everyone else should be released late October/early November to the App Store depending on how many bugs are discovered.

Hachidori 3.1.10 Released

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Hachidori 3.1.10 is now released, which implements some improvements. Since I notarized the disk image instead of the app and putting it in a disk image, the gatekeeper dialog should not appear if you are using macOS Catalina beta.

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Token Refreshing will now refresh expired tokens for all logged in accounts if MultiScrobble is enabled
  • Fix logged in user information refreshing for AniList

MyAnimeList API Update

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At last, the light is at the end of the tunnel. The owners of MyAnimeList will open the API up for closed beta for certain developers soon, which I am a part of. Since the public cannot use the apps that use the API during the closed beta, there will be no public testing for any of the apps nor any public commits pushed to the public repos until it’s made public again. The open beta will happen in September, meaning that there won’t be any public beta builds until then.

However, I will be posting development updates exclusively for active Patrons. If you want to see the progress made with implementing MyAnimeList support for our apps along with some new major features, they will be posted on Patreon. By becoming an active patron, you can support the development of our apps, test new beta versions for Shukofukurou for iOS and unlock donor features on the macOS version of Shukofukurou and Hachidori. MAL Updater OS X will be discontinued as MyAnimeList support will be added to Hachidori instead. However, your MAL Updater OS X donor key will work in Hachidori.

With that Shukofukurou for iOS 1.4 will be released soon, which adds a few improvements including infinite search results and advanced search. After that, we will be working on Shukofukurou for iOS 2.0. Since we are not able to bring out the app with MyAnimeList support for public testing until September, we will be getting our app ready for iOS and iPadOS 13 during this time. We don’t know the agreement in regards to the MyAnimeList API yet for the closed beta, but to be on the safe side, we won’t be disclosing any code for 2.0, future versions of Hachidori 3.2/Shukofukurou for macOS 3.4 and Hakuchou until then. They will be made public when the MAL API reaches open beta. We will be committing all changes to a private GIT repository for the time being. Rest assured, we are not making our apps closed source in any way. The source code will be pushed out to the public repos in September 2019.

Shukofukurou for iOS 2.0 will drop support for iOS 11 and will require iOS 12 or later. All devices that run iOS 11 should be able to run iOS 12.

Shukofukurou for iOS 2.0 will be a free upgrade for all users who downloaded the app already. So feel free to get the app so you are ready when MyAnimeList support drops in Fall 2019.

With that, we hope to get everything up in running for MyAnimeList users who have to endure the long wait.

Hachidori 3.1.9 is Now Released

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Hachidori 3.1.9 and 3.2 Alpha 2 is now released, which fixes Crunchyroll detection. In addition, the stable releases now allow stream detection from Microsoft Edge for Mac.

You can update to this release by checking for updates. The change log is below Hachidori has been tested on macOS Catalina Developer Beta and confirmed to work.

New Features

  • Add stream detection support for Microsoft Edge for Mac

Bug fixes and Enhancements

  • Improved Crunchyroll detection

Summer Development Plans

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Summer is finally here, so we plan to share our development plans for the months of June, July and August. There is a lot planned for the next few months.

Sponsor button on Github

If you see our repositories for Hachidori, Shukofukurou and Shukofukurou for iOS, there is now a sponsor button, which gives you a link to Patreon. You can support the development of our apps monthly through Patreon. Currently, we are still far away from making the goal of making the iOS app free, which will at least cover the costs of the Apple Developer Program required to develop these apps. You can help us by pledging as little as $1. You will have access to TestFlight to test beta versions of our iOS applications, be shown on the list of Patrons with other benefits. We plan to possibly have Patreon exclusive beta builds as well for Hachidori and Shukofukurou for mac when we eventually roll out MyAnimeList support later this summer.

macOS Catalina Support

We are testing Hachidori and Shukofukurou for Mac for preliminary support. I will explore porting Shukofukurou for iOS to the Mac through the new porting capabilities in macOS Catalina. However, it will not replace the dedicated macOS version yet since it still missing several features. The concept version will be made available to Patrons only for feedback once Apple releases macOS Catalina for public beta.

So far, Hachidori works. Shukofukurou for Mac is yet to be tested.

As for iOS 13 support, we do not plan to start working on it until September when the final version of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 will be released. Once iOS/iPadOS 13 releases, iOS 11 support will be dropped, mostly because all currently supported devices also support iOS 12. We will only support iOS 12 and future releases for Shukofukurou for iOS. We did an initial port of it and we won’t be taking this route since it broke too many stuff. While we managed to fix Kitsu and AniList OAuth, it would take too much effort to optimize the user experience for the Mac.

Other

In addition to adding MyAnimeList support, we plan to possibly add Simkl support to Hachidori. While there is still some work that needs to be done such as adding support for Anime IDs in Simkl to Hato, it’s most likely feasible. When I add support for it, it will only support Anime media. Non-anime media will not be supported since Hachidori is an anime-centric app and support for non-anime media is beyond the scope of the app. I expect to ship this support once MyAnimeList is added back in in beta.

As for MAL Updater OS X, it will eventually be updated to use the new API. 3.4 will be the final version and will only receive bug fixes.

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