MapleRead - eBook Reader and Server for iOS

[romad]

I've noticed two things with 1.6.2:

First it crashes more frequently than earlier versions, about once per day or 2 days.

Second when I relaunch MR SE after a crash, it no longer goes to the book (and page) that was open, but just to the top of the active set. I then have to scroll to the book I was reading, open it, then try to find the page I was on when the crash happened. Again, I don't remember this happening in earlier versions.

[sbaylor]

Can you provide more details on how we may reproduce the bug?
Sending us more info via email is also ok, if you prefer.
Thanks.

[romad]

Actually I don't know if it can be reproduced as it is intermittent.
Device: iPad Mini 3 running iOS 10.1.1

It seems to be spontaneous as I'll just be reading and all of a sudden MR SE crashes back to my iPad's Home Page. I tap on the app to launch it and it comes up to my regular set of books, but at the top of the sort (author+series) with last names beginning with "A". Since I've been read authors whose last name starts with "S", I have to scroll down almost to the end. I tap on the book I was reading and it opens as if it hadn't been open previous to the crash. Does MR SE generate any sort of crash log?

[sbaylor]

Crashed when reading in portrait or landscape orientation? in Classic Book, Modern Book or Modern Scroll view? when turning a page, or just sitting there?

If your iPad allows app crash reports to be sent to Apple, then Apple should pass them to developers (like us) via its server. But usually we can't tell from the anonymous crash report what events actually caused the crash.

There is an easier way to re-open the book last read. In Library view, sort by Date Read, and the book should be at the top.

[romad]

Portrait (I always read in portrait)
Classic Book
Hmmm, I want to say just reading but I can't rule out when turning a page; I just don't remember exactly.

I'll have to see about iOS crash reports; on my Mac the Mac OS pops up a dialog box asking if I want to send a report.

Duh! Didn't think of that - thanks!

[sbaylor]

FYI

To share crash data with iOS developers

In Settings, tap Privacy.
Scroll to the bottom and tap Diagnostics & Usage.
If necessary, tap the Share With App Developer switch to enable it.

[romad]

Thanks - it was set to "Don't Send"

I've enabled it and if the crash happens again we'll see if I get the dialog box asking me if I want to send a notice.

[sbaylor]

MapleRead 1.6.3 is available for download today.

EPUB context menu customization via More

• Added choice of built-in and user-defined dictionaries for Define (Dictionary Lookup)
• Added Vocab Builder switch to enable/disable auto-collection of “defined” words into the Vocab list (while Display Vocabulary switch controls display)
• Added choice of multi-language translators (Google and Baidu) for Translate
• Added switches to show/hide Translate and Copy in the context menu

See What's New in MapleRead 1.6.3 for the screenshots.

If you like the app, please write or update your review on the App Store. This really helps. Thanks!

Originally Posted by sbaylor

Thanks to your feedback. All of the issues raised in the following posts regarding Define/Dictionary Lookup/User-defined Dictionary/Display Vocabulary/Disabling auto-vocab-collection will be resolved in the next version of MapleRead (v1.6.3) expected to be available on the App Store by the end of this week. Stay tuned.

The new "Set My Dictionary" feature will let you enter, for example,
http://www.ordbogen.com/opslag.php?word={word}&dict=auto
or
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/{word}
so that your dictionary instead of the built-in iOS dictionary will be used for the existing context menu command Define.

A new switch Vocab Builder will enable/disable automatic collection of "defined" words into the Vocab list (next to Notes).
The existing switch Display Vocabulary will still show/hide vocab highlights on book pages. Thus, if you want to stop building up (adding to) the Vocab list and prefer hiding all vocab highlights, then turn off both switches. Enjoy!

[bookwormboy]

Originally Posted by sbaylor

MapleRead 1.6.3 is available for download today.

EPUB context menu customization via More

• Added choice of built-in and user-defined dictionaries for Define (Dictionary Lookup)
• Added Vocab Builder switch to enable/disable auto-collection of “defined” words into the Vocab list (while Display Vocabulary switch controls display)
• Added choice of multi-language translators (Google and Baidu) for Translate
• Added switches to show/hide Translate and Copy in the context menu

See What's New in MapleRead 1.6.3 for the screenshots.

If you like the app, please write or update your review on the App Store. This really helps. Thanks!

Great update! The new dictionary/translate customization is awesome. Glad that there is a switch to turn off vocab collection as promised.

[romad]

OK, MR SE crashed today and I wrote down what happened

1. Reading book
2. Launched Safari to look up something
3. Double-clicked Home button on iPad to bring up open apps
4. Tapped on MR SE
5. Page being read came up, MR SE "crashed" to active set, then relaunched the book to the cover, not the last page being read. IIRC, prior to 1.6.2 it would come back up to the page.
6. No crash report dialog came up; probably because app did not crash back to iOS.

[ssolitar]

I can't get this to work. When I sort by author the custom order selection is grayed out. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Does anyone else have this problem?

[sbaylor]

Originally Posted by ssolitar

I can't get this to work. When I sort by author the custom order selection is grayed out. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Does anyone else have this problem?

At that point, do all sort menu items (Title, Author,...) including "Custom Order" become grayed out? Are you browsing books in Hierarchical mode? If yes, that happens at the "second" level, and this behavior is expected.

[ssolitar]

Yes that was the problem. I can pick custom order but now I have a dumb question. How do I actually reorder the books? Thanks for all your help.

[sbaylor]

After you have selected Sort by Custom Order, tap Edit, and then Reorder.

[sbaylor]

Originally Posted by romad

OK, MR SE crashed today and I wrote down what happened

1. Reading book
2. Launched Safari to look up something
3. Double-clicked Home button on iPad to bring up open apps
4. Tapped on MR SE
5. Page being read came up, MR SE "crashed" to active set, then relaunched the book to the cover, not the last page being read. IIRC, prior to 1.6.2 it would come back up to the page.
6. No crash report dialog came up; probably because app did not crash back to iOS.

Thank you for your more detailed bug report. But I still can't reproduce the problem. Does it happen every time you repeat the above steps, or happen sometimes? If sometimes, about what percentage? I'm thinking of all kinds of possibilities. Do you spend a long time doing Step 2 above? Does it matter what books are you reading? Do you have a large library? Is your device running out of space soon?

Anyone else has experienced something similar?