Official WordPress app for Windows Phone hits v1.3 for Mango but disappears from Marketplace?
The official WordPress app for our phones has also got a Mango makeover with v1.3. Considering how huge WordPress is to the blogosphere, it's always great to see a well done official app out there for our users. The app hit v1.2 only in August, where it finally received landscape support. Now v1.3 looks to extend that by adding some Mango features. Besides the automatic fast-app switching, users can look forward to these new additions:
"Now with Mango support! You can now share pictures directly from your photo album to a new post in the app, as well as pin your blog to the start screen for quick access."
Sounds good to us. Now we have received a complaint from reader ron_from_RIFAS that it looks like the app has been pulled from the Marketplace. And indeed, if you search for the app, you'll be hard pressed to find it. Even the WP7Applist site has its red-banner warning that this app is not available. But we assure you it is there and you can download and install it just fine. Reason? It's listed as "Private" in the Web Marketplace. Why? We have no idea...
Update: Evidently the developer, in comments, lets us know that there's a bug in v1.3 so to hold off until a fix is released: "It's marked private because we found a large bug in the app and wanted to submit a fix for it before publishing. ...The new one should be out in a few days pending certification from Microsoft."
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roundhill says:
It's marked private because we found a large bug in the app and wanted to submit a fix for it before publishing. Microsoft's AppHub tools are quite horrible, requiring us to publish the app as private before being able to submit the version with the bug fix :(So, please don't install this version. The new one should be out in a few days pending certification from Microsoft.
reloaded#wp says:
Thanks for your reactivity :)I noticed that I had to re-enter my login/password each time I open the app and it was really anoying.
roundhill says:
Yeah, that's the bug :/ Hopefully fix will be out in a few days.
futurix says:
Gosh, don't you test your software before release? How can something as essential as this be missed??
roundhill says:
Yes, we test of course! I think it was missed because it only occurs on Mango devices, and only if you hit the windows key to go back to the start screen vs. the back key and only for a new install of the app. We've added a test case so we don't miss it again in the future.
sab0tage says:
Be fair, it's hardly the worst bug in the world and certainly not a show stopper.
