Distant Suns 2.0.1 released to iTunes

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(Note! if you are having trouble updating, seeing the previous version even after getting the new one…That is an Appstore bug. Many other authors are seeing the same things with their package. Apple is looking at it).

Well well, Apple may be getting the message when it comes to app approval. When Distant Suns 2 was uploaded to Apple, it took 15 days for approval. That was a month ago. DS 2.0.1 was just approved and posted, when I uploaded it just last Monday night! Only 4 days!

The new version fixes two vexing bugs and adds two new features:

  1. The latitude and longitude buttons are no longer reversed.
  2. The preference for accepting Location Services is now back in place. It had been accidentally dropped off in 2.0
  3. There  is now Twitter support. For anyone who really wants to broadcast the minutia of their activities, can log into Twitter and have Distant Suns announce the first 3 objects they search for.
  4. It also supports APN. Apple Push Notification.

Permalink | December 11th, 2009

2 Responses to “Distant Suns 2.0.1 released to iTunes”

  1. Riley P. Richardson Says:
    December 12th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    Using iTunes 9.0.2 I’m shown Distant Suns 2.0.1 as an available update (I’ve already got 2.0.0b11 installed), but when I download the update it still shows up in my iTunes list of apps as version 2.0.0, and on my iPod Touch as 2.0.0b11. And, of course, iTunes continues to offer the 2.0.1 update since neither iTunes nor my iPod Touch show that version as installed. Deleting Distant Suns from both iTunes and my iPod Touch and starting over still results in the same situation.

    Seems like Apple’s got a problem with either iTunes 9.0.2 or the App Store (or both).

  2. Riley P. Richardson Says:
    December 18th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    Yesterday I finally succeeded in getting the real DS2 version 2.0.1 to download from the iTunes App Store. My guess is that there is a lag between when the iTunes App Store signals an update is available and when all servers involved in feeding those updates have been brought up to speed. Incidentally, on my iPod Touch this new app reports that it is version 2.0.1b1. Truly not a beta version, I hope.

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