SkipApp-0.9.993-RC [New Wizard]

[jason]

New Wizard

This is the official release candidate of our new wizard. There are still quite a few things to do before we release this, and for visibility, I'll share below. I know it may seem like we've gone dark, but this should at least shine light on what's still needed before we're willing to say this is stable, rather than users just seeing the release 'bug fixes and improvements'. I'll update as we cross items off our list and add new ones as we find them.

 

We're extremely grateful for the help testing.

Changelog

• Improved - Wizard Add New Device

To Do

• Fix - Link in Wizard Device List should jump to record editing if it's a recorded device 11-20-24
• Manufacturer List not in alphabetical order  11-19-24
• Button List not in alphabetical order 11-19-24
• Manufacturer List Missing Recorded Devices Unless Manually Searching 11-20-24
• Search Boxes should support fuzzy searching 11-27-24
• UX - Improve search box sizes to match design 11-27-24
• UX - Improve compact mode to match design 12-06-24
• Search Box designs are pixels off 11-27-24
• Some icons do not match design 11-27-24
• Recording a new remote link should always be shown, not just went remote is connected  11-27-24
• Add 'Edit' Link if selected device was previously recorded 12-20-24
• Don't reset settings when going back in the wizard 12-20-24
• Recording Devices can't be tested in wizard  11-19-24
• Second activity should include shortcuts for previous devices 12-06-24
• Linux Wizard Broken 11-21-24

New Wizard

No more are the terrible drop down search bars. We have all new selections with a better search. Also gone is the useless 'test' which only does the power button. Because of the limitation of our licensed database and how datasets are grouped, it would be much more beneficial to test any of the buttons in the selected device. So now you can! 

Downloads

Mac Download
Windows Download
Linux Download

** EDIT **

About ready to release this, some more bugs and stability to solve, but would appreciate any and all feedback.

 

[AndrewCowley]

Does it still reset all the buttons back to their defaults when you add a new device to an existing activity?

[Kodifier]

skip-app_0.9.993+9063_amd64.AppImage
Fedora release 36 (Thirty Six)

app starts ok, finds remote. When selecting "Add Activity", entire app window goes completely white, no further activity is possible. Errors in console:

$ ./skip-app_0.9.993+9063_amd64.AppImage  

(WebKitWebProcess:175658): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:01:48.240: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1649:16: '-gtk-icon-size
' is not a valid property name

(WebKitWebProcess:175658): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:01:48.240: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1652:16: '-gtk-icon-size
' is not a valid property name

(WebKitWebProcess:175658): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:01:48.242: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3577:25: 'font-feature-s
ettings' is not a valid property name

 

[jason]

1 minute ago, Kodifier said:

skip-app_0.9.993+9063_amd64.AppImage
Fedora release 36 (Thirty Six)

app starts ok, finds remote. When selecting "Add Activity", entire app window goes completely white, no further activity is possible. Errors in console:

$ ./skip-app_0.9.993+9063_amd64.AppImage  

(WebKitWebProcess:175658): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:01:48.240: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1649:16: '-gtk-icon-size
' is not a valid property name

(WebKitWebProcess:175658): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:01:48.240: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1652:16: '-gtk-icon-size
' is not a valid property name

(WebKitWebProcess:175658): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:01:48.242: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3577:25: 'font-feature-s
ettings' is not a valid property name

 

Thanks for this, on it.

[jason]

2 hours ago, AndrewCowley said:

Does it still reset all the buttons back to their defaults when you add a new device to an existing activity?

Yes, this version does, good point, it's going to be fixed and I did not note that. I'll add that.

[Kodifier]

If it helps, slightly different errors on a Fedora 39 virtualbox (just had it handy, wanted to see if a later Fedora would work). Haven't managed to get the USB stuff working on it, so installed the udev rules and kept going. Get to Add Activity, same white window.  Glass half full: It's a very peaceful looking white dialog. :)

$ ./skip-app_0.9.993+9063_amd64.AppImage  

(WebKitWebProcess:2653): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:06:27.730: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3376:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
Gtk-Message: 16:06:28.800: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.

** (WebKitWebProcess:2653): WARNING **: 16:06:52.125: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature

** (skip-app:2626): WARNING **: 16:06:52.621: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature

 

[Kodifier]

I'm new to this (USPS just brought the remote), so I tried a previous rc. This one shows the gui and I can create an activity and sync. Going to go test with my RP5 and kodi...

skip-app_0.9.992+9040_amd64.AppImage
 

Edit: Works fine. Very nice remote. Will by another for the bedroom. The flirc usb made integration with Kodi/RP5 painless. Thanks for doing this.

Edited November 17, 2024 by Kodifier

[jason]

Updates pushed, see above for release notes / dates.

On 11/16/2024 at 2:09 PM, Kodifier said:

If it helps, slightly different errors on a Fedora 39 virtualbox (just had it handy, wanted to see if a later Fedora would work). Haven't managed to get the USB stuff working on it, so installed the udev rules and kept going. Get to Add Activity, same white window.  Glass half full: It's a very peaceful looking white dialog. :)

$ ./skip-app_0.9.993+9063_amd64.AppImage  

(WebKitWebProcess:2653): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:06:27.730: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3376:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
Gtk-Message: 16:06:28.800: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.

** (WebKitWebProcess:2653): WARNING **: 16:06:52.125: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature

** (skip-app:2626): WARNING **: 16:06:52.621: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature

 

We fixed some linux stuff, on the 21st.

[Aziraphale]

On Win11 the app immediately wants to update and then crashes all the time. When I re-installed it and refused the immediate update it worked, but apparently did a full reset of my Skip and now refuses to learn, so I cannot use it to control my soundbar anymore... Any ideas on how to solve this?

[jason]

On 11/28/2024 at 7:56 AM, Aziraphale said:

On Win11 the app immediately wants to update and then crashes all the time. When I re-installed it and refused the immediate update it worked, but apparently did a full reset of my Skip and now refuses to learn, so I cannot use it to control my soundbar anymore... Any ideas on how to solve this?

Sorry, which version are you using?

** Edit ** are you installing with the link in this thread?

[jason]

New update will advertise previously used devices to easily add them to new activities. A couple of bugs exist, but happy this one is finally here.

   

 

[jason]

Some nice updates as we prep for release, and hope I can get some feedback and testing. Now when we add a device, we have a shortcut to easily change and jump into some settings:  

Also, something that always bothered me was super long text throughout the app. Now we will start replacing these instances with something more elegent:

 

Also is our first implementation of not destroying user configuration if you need to jump back into the wizard. This is tricky as there are a lot of different intentions of the user. If they replace one tv for the next, if they purposely change a mapping, if they remove a device, etc. We tried to come up with the best way to preserve any settings the user has done while also swapping/changing devices.

[7idge]

Hello,

I'm having trouble learning remote codes. It says I'm not connected to the internet. It appears the certificate has expired for irsock.flirc.io:3030 and I think this is the cause.

Thanks,

7idge