iOS4 and the Public Radio Player

Posted: June 22nd, 2010 | Author: Josh from Public Radio Player | Filed under: About the Project, Version 2.1 | 13 Comments »

It’s a big week for iPhone fans. The first shipments of the iPhone 4 may be reaching customers today and yesterday Apple released the new iOS4 operating system, which can be installed on recent model iPhones and iPod Touches.

As we gushed in a previous post, the new iOS4 operating system is a big deal for audio-centric apps like the Public Radio Player because of the new multitasking feature. Developers are able to reprogram their apps for iOS4 to enable multitasking, allowing those apps to run in the background while you access your email, surf the web, or use other apps.

Multitasking is not yet available for the Public Radio Player, but we are excited to make it happen and it will definitely be included in an upcoming release. Introducing multitasking to the Player requires development resources that are in scarce supply right now. As you know, we are currently working to bring the Player to the Android platform as well as developing a web-based version of the app. Making multitasking a part of the Public Radio Player is a priority for us, but it will be delayed while we juggle our other projects.

Additionally, we have been hearing scattered reports that the current version of the Player is crashing after updating to iOS4. We are looking into this and will remedy the situation as soon as possible.

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13 Comments on “iOS4 and the Public Radio Player”

  1. Dina said at 9:59 pm on August 15th, 2010:

    Please fix the bug so my PRP app will work on my iPhone 3 with the new iOS4. Thanks

  2. Mark Pemburn said at 2:41 pm on August 15th, 2010:

    Now that I have an iPhone, I was eager to try this app, having heard about it on my NPR station for months. Unfortunately, it crashes after showing the “Loading” screen for about 10 seconds. I have a 3GS running iOS4. Will we see a bug fix soon?

    Mark

  3. Josh from Public Radio Player said at 1:11 pm on June 28th, 2010:

    We just posted an update on issues with iOS4. http://www.publicradioplayer.org/?p=1807

  4. bess said at 12:08 pm on June 28th, 2010:

    how about an update on how the bug fix is going? judging from the reviews on the itunes store, the problem is more than “scattered.” looking forward to using your fantastic app again sometime soon!

  5. Rory said at 7:58 pm on June 27th, 2010:

    Using iPod touch 3G 32gb updated w iOS4 with cable broadband ISP. This app only plays for 20sec at a time making it unusable. I deleted until fix is reported.

  6. Ari said at 1:39 pm on June 27th, 2010:

    iPhone 4 with iOS 4. Players stalls at “Loading” and forever remains there.

  7. Michael said at 9:00 am on June 27th, 2010:

    3G crashes back to home screen. I don’t care about multitasking; I miss the basic function of just being able to listen to different NPR stations. Please fix for iOS4.

  8. Lamar Sawyer said at 12:31 am on June 27th, 2010:

    Won’t run with new OS!

    Would like to add timer to turn off after some designated time.

  9. Josh from Public Radio Player said at 1:34 pm on June 25th, 2010:

    Staci, Thanks for the offer! Unfortunately it’s more a matter of available time and elbow-grease. But we’ll make it happen.

  10. Josh from Public Radio Player said at 1:27 pm on June 25th, 2010:

    JP – thanks. Let us know what kind generation phone or iPod Touch you’re using. That would be a great help.

  11. JP said at 9:17 pm on June 24th, 2010:

    Thanks for the note! I’m having the crash bug on ios4 on iphone 4. Let me know if I can help with debug info. Cheers!

  12. Staci said at 5:12 pm on June 24th, 2010:

    Would it help if we paid? I’d gladly throw $5 at your player if it were to multiask… :)

  13. James said at 9:22 pm on June 23rd, 2010:

    When are you going to ios4