MAL Updater OS X

Open Source macOS Scrobbler for Kitsu and AniList

Dev Log

Shukofukurou for iOS and Mac (1.2.3 and 3.2.8) Now Released

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We apologize for the small delay. Since Kitsu went down, there was a delay in releasing an update for Shukofukurou for iOS and macOS to fix the Authorization bug for AniList and the inability to use Advanced Edit in AniList. Those bugs are fixed in the latest updates. We had to wait until Kitsu went back up so that we are able to have the applications approved on the App Store without getting rejected. These updates are now available on the App Store as of Saturday.

Note on App Reviews

I noticed that people left bad reviews to report bugs. Do not do this. The review section is for reviews and feedback, not for reporting issues and bugs. The issue tracker is where you should report any app related issues and bugs. By reporting issues and bugs on the issue tracker, I can resolve them quicker.  Depending on the severity of the bug, we will release a new version after we resolved the bug and tested the fix. You can report bugs by doing the following:

iOS Version

From the side menu, select Settings, scroll down and tap “File a Bug Report.” It will take you to the issue tracker, where you can file a bug report.

macOS Version

You can access the issue tracker from the Help menu.

RE: Kitsu Downtime

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Update: Kitsu raised enough funding and they will be back up online within 24 hours. Once Kitsu is back online, I will submit the fixed versions of Shukofukurou for macOS and iOS.

Update 2: Kitsu is now back online!

Apparently, Kitsu ran out of funding and we do not know when they will be back up. However, if you are using Shukofukurou for macOS, you will be able to export your lists to MAL XML format, which you can use to import to other services such as MyAnimeList (which Shukofukurou currently do not support due to the lack of APIs) and AniList.

Make sure you are using the latest version, 3.2.7. The title identifier conversion process now uses Hato instead of relying on mapping data on Kitsu.

To export your list, go to Tools > Export Converted Lists and pick whichever options you want.

To import to AniList, on the AniList website go to the Settings > Import Lists and drag the exported converted Kitsu list to the upload area. Your list should import to AniList. Note that there are some titles on Kitsu that won’t import on AniList.

Note that there is currently an issue with OAuth for AniList. We are waiting for a fix.

We will keep you posted on Kitsu’s status. If Kitsu shuts down, we will release an update only providing AniList support for now. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Hachidori 3.1.2 Now Released

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Hachidori 3.1.2 is now released with a few minor fixes and added logging to help aid for debugging. If you have issues with the program, be sure to include the log file output. This file is located in Hachidori’s Application support directory. Since the Library folder is hidden, you need to do the following:

  1. In Finder, press CMD+Shift+G. Enter “~/Library/Application Support/Hachidori” in the Go to folder” as the path.
  2. Compress the Hachidori.log file into a zip file by right clicking and select “Compress Hachidori.log”. Upload the zip file to the Github issue.

The log file clears every 14 days so it won’t store unnessary information.

Shukofukurou for macOS will transition away from Fabric and Crashlytics in a future release.

Change log is below

New Features

  • Add logging to help aid in debugging and resolving bugs or issues(Logs sre saved in the user’s Hachidori Application Support directory, e.g. /Users/kafuuchino/Library/Application Support/Hachidori/Hachidori.log)

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Added title id check so the program won’t crash if it attempts to scrobble a title with a null title id. It will simply report as a failed scrobble and write the title and episode of the failed title to the log file.
  • Replaced Fabric and Crashlytics to Microsoft AppCenter since Firebase won’t officially support macOS.

PHP7 Compatible Sparkle Server Now Available

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For developers who are using Tom Harrington’s original PHP-based backend, you should know that the last compatible PHP version that works with this script, 5.6 is now end of life. Since the script uses the out of date mysql_* methods and PHP 7 removed this entirely, the script will not work. Now, I updated the script to use mysqli_* so it can run on PHP 7 in addition to PHP 5.x. You can get it here.

I will be making future improvements such as refactoring the script and update it to use prepared statements for additional security against SQL Injection.

Shukofukurou 3.2.7 and Shukofukurou for iOS 1.2.2 Released

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Shukofukurou 3.2.7 and Shukofukurou for iOS 1.2.2 is now available. This fixes a critical stability bug which causes the program to crash when Trending information is being refreshed for Kitsu and it contains a title without a status. A title with a null status will now default to “not yet aired” or “not yet published” status.

If you have trouble updating a non-app store version, you can download the release here.

March 2019 Development Goals

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Now that we are in the new month, it’s time to plan out what features will be working on. One of the features I want to add is a scrobble feature on iOS. While it won’t be automatic, but it will use the share functionality within iOS. Streaming apps like Crunchyroll allows you to share a particular episode from your history to social media. The idea is to take the URL, retrieve the show and episode details and use that to update your list.

Another requested feature is bringing advanced search functionality. In the past, we had an advanced search function, but it’s limited to MyAnimeList only. We are looking into ways to bring this feature for AniList and Kitsu to both macOS and iOS versions of Shukofukurou.

With that, Advanced Search and Scrobbling feature for the iOS version will be our main goals for this month. If you have any other feature suggestions we should consider, share them on Github.

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