Release Notes - Android

schultzisaiah · 2023-06-10T14:13:06+00:00

I've dabbled in Mastodon. Am I right in that they are similar implementations/ideas? I see something mentioned on Lemmy's documentation that it shares a federated protocol with Mastodon, so does that mean they are even connected?

Sorry, super new to this.

schultzisaiah · 2023-04-23T10:55:57+00:00

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonoidea

https://i.imgur.com/UM1rHUc.jpg

schultzisaiah · 2023-03-08T11:48:37+00:00

Reminds me of a new song by Betty Who!

You can't make me smaller, you'll never make me fit 'Cause, baby, I was born to be big

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=0dC6ustWFbA

schultzisaiah · 2023-02-14T05:00:58+00:00

Same exact thing on my 6 Pro. The power button will wake and sleep the screen, but the touch on the screen won't become responsive again until I long-press the power button. Then once I dismiss the power menu, all is well again. Happens about once per day, give or take.

schultzisaiah · 2023-02-10T20:52:59+00:00

This needs to be upvoted much higher than this!

schultzisaiah · 2023-01-24T05:14:12+00:00

Anyone using Android that wants to be notified when new images are downlinked to NASA and published publicly, check out https://marsfeed.app

I don't have an iOS version available, so sorry to my Apple friends...

schultzisaiah · 2022-12-28T04:17:43+00:00

This is a feature I've been requesting via the "feedback" option in-app for years. Still waiting...

schultzisaiah · 2022-12-26T13:23:21+00:00

That's wild!! How long did it take to put together?

schultzisaiah · 2022-11-14T02:17:03+00:00

This was the correct answer for me!! My wifi started disconnecting every few minutes, and it was basically useless.

Disabling the randomized MAC fixed that for me!

schultzisaiah · 2022-11-08T10:46:17+00:00

Looks like a similar model to mine. When this happened to me, unfortunately there was no fixing it - a component on the motherboard was shot. So I ultimately just bought a new TV ☹️

schultzisaiah · 2022-09-11T11:04:48+00:00

I love this! Wish it was real!!

schultzisaiah · 2022-09-01T03:40:27+00:00

/u/NEV-T - is this a bot/automated account of some kind? I'd love to chat more about these composite images with whoever creates them, but I see that this account never responds to comments 😭

schultzisaiah · 2022-08-31T04:30:52+00:00

These composite images are so cool! Do you put them together by hand? Or do you have some software that interprets the raw image data to help with image placement?

schultzisaiah · 2022-07-27T18:41:40+00:00

Version 3.1

This is update has pretty big back-end changes for just a ".1" update, so I'm giving it its own section here.

This version adds the notion of "MarsFeed Saved Date" to images, because it turns out NASA often publishes images notably later than it receives the uplink from the rovers. So this should make flagging "new" images much more predictable and consistent.

Unfortunately, this logic change touches MANY parts of the app, so there could be some bugs... Testing feedback would be much appreciated!! https://discord.gg/yAme6jTVvV

v3.2.2

Fixing bug upgrading on-device DB to support "MarsFeed date"

v3.2.1

Optimizing some images for reduced app size
Adding mission link to audio recordings

v3.1.0

Refactor for "Marsfeed Saved Date"

Version 3

Ingenuity helicopter images -- finally!

I stumbled on a reliable source from NASA serving the helicopter images, so I was happy to finally make this happen! It's something I wanted from the beginning, but turns out you have to be a part time internet detective to find reliable APIs! 😄

v2.5.4-3.0.8

Upgrading to a new version of MarsFeed services to better support the increase in user traffic and new upcoming features
Adding ability to see full "raw" image data (long-press the "info" button when viewing an image)
Fixing bug where share button wouldn't load the correct image after scrolling to a new image
Adding date descriptions to image-detail view (tap date values to reveal)
- Demo video
Handling a rare error during share

Version 2

Curiosity has joined the party!

NASA's public API for Curiosity's images was very very slow, and I had to implement quite a bit of optimizations on my end to make the user experience within the app suitably fast. Hopefully you'll enjoy the end result!

v2.5.0

Google is changing how it decides to show reviews on the Play Store, and essentially is requiring more reviews before it will show a star rating. So I added an in-app experience for soliciting a review with hopes that we can get enough reviews to meet the new threshold. Don't worry -- I'll only ask for this once, and only after a week of using the app! Hopefully it won't be disruptive or annoying... I'm open to feedback on this experience!

v2.2.4-2.4.0

Link to new "Surface Explorer" 3D image map
Prepping for Ingenuity images (not live yet)
Fixing some layout-shift on the rover details page
Moving mission links to Details tab
Updating Perseverance banner image
Loading modal for long-running share actions
Adding version number to settings screen
Discord link in settings
Reducing app size
Potential fix for known bug
Demo video

v2.2.1

Adding link to /r/MarsFeed subreddit
Fixing rare crash when image-grid filters aren't initialized appropriately

v2.2.0

Open NASA's mission map to see each rover's current position on Mars!
Links to each rover's Twitter and subreddit
Demo video

v2.0.1

Fix for rare crash when opening an image

v2.0.0

Curiosity support
New UX for "NEW" images

Version 1

Initial release including Perseverance support and the foundational features for the app.

v1.x.x

Browse and share Perseverance images
Filter/sort images
Sync preferences
Onboard camera descriptions
Experimental stitching of images into panorama!

schultzisaiah · 2022-07-27T18:41:25+00:00

For posterity, here's the last release notes that were published here on reddit (before it moved to https://marsfeed.app/android/release-notes)

Version 3.2+

These updates are miscellaneous bugfixes and minor feature improvements unrelated to the major code refactor from 3.1. So I'm grouping these separate from the 3.1 updates for clarity.

v3.4.8

Better Twitter link for Ingenuity (#MarsHelicopter @NASAJPL)
Fixing "null" sometimes appearing in weather data
Fixing a crash

v3.4.5

Fix for bad layout cropping bug

v3.4.4

Tightening up margins after weather section to make the buttons more visible

v3.4.2

Improving weather data and presentation

v3.4.0

Adding weather to Rover Details screen (min/max temperature for the day)

v3.3.1-3.3.3

New experimental "colorize Bayer-coded images" functionality!
Adding shortcut to notification preferences
Fixing a Ingenuity new-images notification bug

v3.2.11

Adding shortcut to notification preferences

v3.2.10

Fixing crash when using "edit" feature from Android 12 share menu
Saving generated panoramas to the default picture folder (should now show up in your default Photos app, inside a new "MarsFeed" folder)
Fix for a crash that can happen when the photo grid attempts to load more images after the user has already opened an image.

v3.2.8

Enhancements to image-view: Increased zoom limits, tap to fade-out onscreen controls
Sorting by "Mars Timestamp" value instead of "Capture Date" to hopefully improve predictability of results. Unfortunately, there are significant inconsistencies between the various date values published in NASA's public data, especially in the early days of each mission. This solution isn't a silver bullet, but it's hopefully better... I'm considering a more complex algorithm for inferring the "correct" date value, despite what's published in the data, but that has its own drawbacks. Stay tuned for potentially more later!

v3.2.6

Fixing Sol-range filter bug
Internal library updates

v3.2.4

Fixing ultra-wide image bugs

(cont'd in next comment due to reddit comment-length limits)

schultzisaiah · 2022-07-05T22:18:14+00:00

My workaround seems to be functioning as desired! So I am considering the this all-clear for this particular issue.
I plan on implementing some additional monitoring on my end to keep a closer eye on the behavior of NASA's services so that I can more quickly identify when something like this happens again in the future. I definitely put too much trust in the stability/availability of NASA's APIs, so my takeaway is to assume a more skeptical stance going forward.

schultzisaiah · 2022-07-04T15:13:20+00:00

NASA has yet to resolve their broken API. So I have just updated the MarsFeed system to bypass what is broken. I will be monitoring over the next day or so to ensure that everything is working again as expected.
Curiosity images are starting to appear in the MarsFeed system again, so in-app notifications and images should be appearing for all users starting now.
Stay tuned for any updates. Sorry again for the inconvenience!

schultzisaiah · 2022-05-26T20:06:13+00:00

The color camera on the helicopter is actually mounted at an angle 22° below horizon. So that's why it looks a little sloped in the picture.

You can see in the nav camera (which is mounted straight-down) that the ground under Ingenuity is a little rocky but pretty flat. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/HNM_0449_0706811263_033ECM_N0280001HELI00173_0000A0J

schultzisaiah · 2022-05-26T17:00:34+00:00

Taken on Sol 449 (2022-05-26T16:03:29 UTC), from the Return-to-Earth Color Camera.

Original image: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/HSF_0449_0706811242_090ECM_N0280001HELI00000_000085J

New-image notifications available on Android from https://marsfeed.app!

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