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Shukofukurou

Shukofukurou and Hachidori is now in Alpha Preview

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For the past two months, time permitting since I have a full time job and this is my side job I do during the weekends, we have begun work on the next versions of Shukofukurou and Hachidori.

Shukofukurou 3.4 for macOS will be a minor release adding macOS Big Sur and Universal Binary 2 compatibility and adding features from the iOS version. Shukofukurou 2.1 for iOS will primarily add some quality of life improvements. As for Hachidori, it’s the same deal, but the addition of new legal streaming site support, macOS Big Sur/Universal Binary 2 support, and the ability to reauthorize accounts.

The next few months will be big as Apple is set to release the first few Macs with Apple Silicon. Currently, we have our apps ready for Apple Silicon aka ArchARM64. While we haven’t tested them yet since I don’t have a developer transition kit, I plan to get a Mac stat uses these new processors when they come out with a new Mac mini. The Mac mini will serve as a dedicated developer machine that I can remote into or use locally.

Currently, the alphas for the macOS version of Shukofukurou and Hachidori are available for Patrons only. Once the apps reaches beta, it will be available to everyone. Monthly donations/support allows me to cover the development costs of developing all three apps, primarily the domain name, hosting (including the web services the apps uses), and Apple Developer Program membership. Besides gaining access to precompiled prerelease builds by becoming a Patron, you also unlock all the donor features, read weekly developer updates on upcoming new features, gain free updates to major releases of Shukofukurou and Hachidori, and access to TestFlight for beta versions of Shukofukurou for iOS.

In short, we should have all the releases out for macOS and iOS out this fall. With that, thanks for the support thus far.

macOS 11 Big Sur Compatibility and iOS 14/iPadOS 14

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Now that the dust has settled, we have finally tested our apps on macOS 11 and it seems that nothing broke. However, we want to start working on bringing some of macOS 11 Big Sur new features to Shukofukurou for macOS. With Shukofukurou for macOS 3.5, we will be dropping support for macOS 10.11 El Capitan, which is more than 5 years old at this point and we do not have any machines running that anymore. New versions will require macOS 10.12 Sierra or later. We will also work to get Shukofukurou compiled for Universal Binary 2 so it can work on Apple  new chips. This mean recompiling all the frameworks to Universal Binary, which we will be doing for Hachidori as well.

For Shukofukurou for iOS, once we release 2.0.9, which will have some fixes, we will begin work on 2.1, which will have support for iOS 14/iPadOS 14 support. Note that iOS 12 support will be dropped in the future after 2.1.x and we will only be supporting iOS 13 and iOS 14. This is because I do not have any devices that have iOS 12, which makes it difficult for me to test. Once a test version is ready, hopefully when public beta testing is underway, I will make the 2.1 beta builds available on TestFlight for active patrons. If you want to test the latest builds for iOS, you can learn how to support our projects by going to the donation page.

Shukofukurou for iOS 2.0.8 Now Released and Development Updates

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Shukofukurou for iOS 2.0.8 is now released. While we released 2.0.7, it had serious issues and we had to issue an immediate update.

Reauthorization Feature

One of the common complaints is after a certain period of time, the functionality stopped working due to the refresh token not being able to refresh the credentials. We have tweaked this by having the token refresh when the app is launch or become active again. Also, we prompt the user if the app is not able to refresh the credentials. This will give the user the opportunity to reauthorize their account. This only applies to AniList and MyAnimeList.

Note that you cannot reauthorize with a different account. The following error will appear if you attempt to do so.

Enhanced Pointer Support and Haptic Touch Support

Since iPadOS 13.4, Apple finally added pointer support. Now, this makes it possible to make commonly used actions available with a right click or a haptic touch. This is useful, especially for users who have a keyboard case with a trackpad like the Magic Keyboard or use a Bluetooth mouse.

Other Fixes

There are numerous fixes that are made in the 2.0.8 version, which includes the following:

  • Fixed the off-centered progress wheel in the loading HUDs and UI glitches.
  • Content filters are now relaxed, but adult content (hentai) cannot be viewed. The app is now rated 17+, which is a compromise, but since this is a paid app, it’s very unlikely anyone under 17 years old would download this

This update is free for all existing users.

Other Development Updates

We will be adding the content filter changes to the macOS version of Shukofukurou and fix some discovered bugs very soon. Additionally, we are eventually adding HBO MAX support to Hachidori in a future update as well.

Content Filter Planned Changes with Sukofukurou

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In the recent weeks, I have been asked about users not being able to view NSFW content on Shukofukurou for iOS and macOS. I noticed that this is impacting the usability of the application. The filter is there is because of Apple’s App Store content policy. One possible way we can work around this is raising the app rating to 17+ by allowing unrestricted browsing. This will of course make the app unavailable to users 16 years old or younger.

However, I want some input, should we change the rating. With this change, all titles except adult titles (e.g. Hentai) will be browsable and the filters will only filter those titles. Or do we keep the status quo.

Shukofukurou 3.4 for macOS Now Released

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After some delay due to being busy with work and the whole coronavirus thing, Shukofukurou 3.4 for macOS is now released. This release mostly contains some fixes and MyAnimeList support, which doesn’t pertain to AniList. Also, local update history is now added. This update will be added to the AppCast for non-App Store release soon. This update is now available for App Store users.

New Features

  • MyAnimeList support restored
  • Added Local Update History

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Fix bug where parsing of some Kitsu entries or viewing of some title information on Kitsu causes the app to crash.
  • Fix Stream Links retrieval.

April Updates

Now that iOS 13.4 is now out, I want to optimize the app for mouse support Currently, you can’t right click, but instead have to slide to view the additional options. We will be adding additional options for entries in the next minor release.

In addition, we will start work on the list syncing (e.g. syncing list changes between different services). This will replace the import features for AniList and Kitsu, which will be removed in the next release as list syncing will replace it. This feature will allow users to periodically sync changes to other services (e.g. Anilist to Kitsu and/or MyAnimeList).

This feature also allows users to update an entry (only progress and status) on one service and applying it to other services automatically Note that list syncing will only be a donor feature since it requires some API infrastructure with the title id mapping web service and the time to implement it. Hopefully this feature will help save users time if he or she uses multiple services to manage libraries. This feature will initially come to the macOS version first before coming to the iOS/iPadOS version. We will release a test version once it’s ready.

Shukofukurou for macOS 3.4 Beta 2 Released

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The 2nd beta for Shukofukurou for macOS 3.4 is now released, which fixes a few bugs. We will be releasing a stable release of Shukofukurou for macOS soon, so stay tuned for that.

The change log is below. The 2nd beta will be in the AppCast soon, but you can download it here. Like with beta releases, it runs separately from the stable release.

Change log is below.

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Fixed Manga Search in MyAnimeList
  • Fix Trending Manga for MyAnimeList

Private Lists on MyAnimeList

Private Lists are now fixed in the official MyAnimeList API. There is no need to update the apps to make this work. The lists should now load properly in our apps now even with the privacy settings set to Private. Note that this only applies to your list and you may not be able to see other people’s list through the Profile Browser.