Podcast Lounge Update History

Version 2.6.1 – 18th May MAINTENANCE UPDATE – LIVE

Added a new page to inform users about Podcast Lounge 2 and to provide a means to upgrade.
Corrected image cache issue which was causing logos to fail
Removed support for OneDrive as Microsoft have now blocked compatibility for apps built with an older SDK. 🙁
Removed support for podcast directories as the Zune directory we relied upon has now been retired.

Version 2.5.5 – 8th March MAINTENANCE UPDATE

Added support for Windows 10 Insider Preview for Phones
Converted the app over to a more robust UNID function (cause of lost data in WP10)
BuildAllDownloadsArray() strengthened to minimise nullreference exceptions
Turned off idle detection within backup/restore routines
Restoring a backup wasn’t clearing the download folder, nor the position token folder
Podcast settings were not being deleted when the favourites database was cleared
Added update routine to move IsoTokens into a new folder
Tweaked the play button press routine to suppress bar updates until the playback has properly commenced (prevents the bar from jumping to zero)
Added support for 8.1 GDR2 detection
Added latest phone name detection unit

Version 2.5.4 – 27th February MAINTENANCE UPDATE

Added support to detect Windows 10 insider
On virgin load, the play history page did not show an “empty” message

Version 2.5.3 – 14th February MAINTENANCE UPDATE

Publish date wasn’t being shown in some instances
Improvements to fast-application-switching and tombstone combinations

Version 2.5.2 – 7th February MAINTENANCE UPDATE

Issue with losing downloads when launching the app from a secondary tile and then having app tombstone. Fixed.

Version 2.5.1 – 5th February MAINTENANCE UPDATE

Exception put in for Italian Radio2 podcasts as if-modified on server was broken (www.radio.rai.it)
Potential fix for CheckDownloadListIntegrity() exception (incorrect tombstoning flag)

Version 2.5 – 4th February FEATURE RELEASE

Reworked the image cache function to store in flat structure
Tweaked the load routines for faster load performance
Reduced executable size by designing out some libraries
Changed panorama background image loading to deferred to speed up launch
Adjusted text positioning on Programme Page to avoid clash when filters set
Improved exception handling on Programme page
Added ability to disable the background image on the panorama
Added localization support – English GB & US first
No playlist file resulted in a blank playlist page with no placeholder text
Sync status box wasn’t hidden when sync disabled
OneDrive login no longer requests for such high credentials
Backups were failing under certain conditions – fixed
Reworked the favourites template selection to be less CPU hungry
Added ability to suppress sleep timer warning message
Added ability to detect whether ResourceIntensiveTasks have been disabled by Battery Saver
User-added podcast library items did not set a marker date when created
Creation of social networking posts was broken
Restoring a backup now resets any background sync log reports
Changed boot logo date to 2015 and added WXGA version
Improved the reliability of the function to remove played podcasts
Screens adjusted to scale properly to virtual navigation buttons
Backup/restore routine wasn’t bringing in podcast settings or cancelling download history
Upped the range within Smart Playlists to 10 year range
Playback routine was losing position if network streaming timed out

Version 2.4.5 – 9th December MAINTENANCE UPDATE – Live

The website hyperlink was inaccessible on the programmepage due to the transparent menu bar
Playback status, download status, counters etc. were not properly refreshed on the programme, hybrid, download sum and download hive page
Favourites list counters now update in real-time

Version 2.4.4 – 6th December MAINTENANCE UPDATE

Changed the menus at the bottom to be transparent to get more space on the page

Version 2.4.3 – 4th December MAINTENANCE UPDATE

Fixed ArgumentOutOfRangeException crash on KickstartBackgroundTransfers()

Version 2.4.3 – 3rd December MAINTENANCE UPDATE

Reduced the number of lines that are included from the agent log during a crash email log
Removed the heavy dependence on the ApplicationState transient store to potentially avoid the serialization crashes we’ve been seeing and making resuming quicker
Changed the XML save routines to write out to a TMP file before erasing the main file for extra safety
Savepagestate routine for DownloadSum wrapped with Catch/Except to prevent exceptions to the user.
Secured the BuildAllDownloadsArray() function to be less susceptible to NullReferenceException
Fixed issue with Feedburner parsing issues
Fixed regression where smart playlists did not have up-to-date data on the feeds it was parsing
Fixed bug where the smart playlists empty text crashed into the (+) button in the UI

Version 2.4.1 – 23rd November MAINTENANCE UPDATE

WaitUntilTrackFullyMounted has been updated to catch exceptions occurring on the cycle
Addressed issue within AssignNextTrackPlaylist() where MountPlaylistAndCheckForNextTrack()’s return code wasn’t being checked for null
Potential fix implemented for BackgroundTransferRequest.set_TransferPreferences exception
Sync status dates were not correctly formatted for the date locale
Potential sync bug issue with Radio24 where the cache file comparison was broken
FindMasterEpisodeRefFromKeyNameAndTitle now checks for null/empty parameter strings
CheckIfAgentTrackMounted now does a further check for a null/empty track title
PopulateEpisodePanel() updated with some more debug information to check for nullreferenceexception bug
SafeDateTimeParser() updated to better deal with corrupted date/time strings
RefreshDownloadsUnderwayStatusAndAppendDLHistory() rewritten to take into account downloaded episodes which have gone missing mid-way throught the feed
Added an extra nullreference check to BuildAllDownloadsArray()

Version 2.4 – 18th November FEATURE RELEASE

Added ability to individually setup sync options by podcast / override global sync settings
Background download agent now aware that it is running low on time and reacts accordingly
We now trap invalid URIs from podcast description pages rather than crashing
Added new menu to player page to short-route to playlist and sleep timer
Moved the player controls to below the podcast image for easier 1-handed operation
Added ability to share a podcast directly from the programme page
Podcast sharing by email now includes links to launch Podcast Lounge + subscribe
Increased the time the sleep timer banner is shown onscreen
Favourites view now correctly refreshes number new and number downloaded counters

Version 2.3.1 – 9th November MAINTENANCE UPDATE

Improved performance on episodes page loading
Added Podlove URI launch functionality
Background downloader now more robust
Further performance improvements and bug fixes

Version 2.3 – 1st November FEATURE RELEASE

Added ability to block streaming over a cellular connection in settings
Adjusted some of the icons to be more balanced
Added ability to download podcasts from the playlist page
Added additional options to clear up podcasts downloaded but not listened to
Sped up the generating podcast view
Generating a smart playlist no longer stops playback and overwrites the currently playing episode
Optimised episodes parser was not ordering podcasts with the same date
Neither the playback history or the playlist view updated with episode download status – fixed
Tweaked the spacing between the status panel and the description text
Rowi menu fixed to always reset to left justified when opened
Storage management section now has shortcut to downloads section
Storage management now reports size of the image/rss feed/temp transfers cache
Added reset option to reset the “my url” database
Added confirmation message on resetting databases
Now able to clear the “my URL” database from within the my url section
Programme page description now tells you how many podcasts there are in the list
Now save the favourites cache refresh token as an IsolatedToken, meaning the background agent can inform the UI that it has done the work.
We’ll mount the favourites anyway on startup no matter whether refresh is set or not
Addressed a bug where the collections view would cause a null reference exception if the collection download had been unsuccessful
Background downloader now has an option to keep x newest episodes and discard rest
Added hyperlink/shortcut to search section from the “Add Podcast” view
Corrected visual alignment issue with text items within the downloads section
Added support to deal with podcast restores which go to a different phone – authentication stuff won’t transfer
Empty playlist was showing an empty menubar in some instances
Favourite download counters are wrong after the app resumes from hibernation – fixed
Background sync now randomly polls the favourites to avoid the issue sometimes where a single favourite stalls the download
History page now accurately tracks playback status from play > pause > play
Made the background sync system more robust
Added new bug report facility for the sync function to help understand failures

Version 2.2.1 – 6th October MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Default filters for favourites were broken
Playlist crash on reordering
Other bug fixes

Version 2.2 – 4th October FEATURE RELEASE

Page loading optimised for fast load and resume
Added unselect all functionality
Add new downloads panel showing all episodes with sort functions
Added shortcut to storage management function
Added ability to delete by podcast programme by using the press & hold menu in the downloads section (groups by programme)
Downloaded episodes with no file size information are updated on-the-fly
Favourites are auto-refreshed less regularly when option set
Further improvements to stability and reduction in KeyNotFound errors

Version 2.1.7 – September MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Added support to recognise newer phone versions
General bug fixes based on user error reports
Fix for crash on resumption from tombstoning (state memory overflow)
Ability to disable live tile counters
More accurate live tile counters
Added support to detect new WP 8.1 GDR builds
Downloaded item clean-up changes weren’t being properly committed to memory

Version 2.1.6 – 28th June MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Added support for file I/O routines to await for file access to return (SafeAccessFile)
Added a check to report to the user that the phone cannot play a particular file format
Fixed the nullreference exception with TiltEffect
Removed the CommitTextDirectlyToLogfile mutexes as they were causing a AbandonedMutexException
Added some code to trap the App.OnAnyError messagebox exception

Version 2.1.5 – 5th June MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Stability fixes

Version 2.1.4 – 20th May MAINTENANCE RELEASE

- Fixed bug where the “restrict to audio” option in a playlist wasn’t being saved correctly
- Fixed Toolkit exception on Add URL section for 7.1 beta

Version 2.1.3 – 1st May MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Potential fix for XamlParseException bug on 8.1 which caused random crash on app start-up for some users.

Version 2.1.2 – 25rd April MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Fixed exception where the playlist attempted to update an old Standard tile with IconicData

Version 2.1.1 – 23rd April MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Fixed exception bug where the status line being empty caused a null reference exception (EpisodeStatusPanelStr)
Added some additional helper text within the playlist editor interface to confirm that the limit routine is “and” not “or”
IsoStorageSpace check was returning Kb instead of Mb
Centralised the IsoSettings function so we can trap exceptions due to out-of-memory errors
Addressed bug where advanced player controls wouldn’t appear if the image hadn’t loaded
Fixed bug wtih EpisodeDetails indexoutofrange bug
Fixed issue with minutes sometimes being presented as >60 in episodes view (Windows Weekly)
Added function to present today/yesterday text in place of dates
Added updated flurry analytics module
Video player slide gesture still enabled in landscape mode
Added IconicTiles with transparency for WP8 and WP8.1 for downloads, playlists and main programme tile + store icons (test)
Added download counter to tile
Addressed 8.1 exception (Coding4Fun Popup exception)
The cut-over code dealing with duplicate titles now considers tokens, not just downloads

Version 2.1 – 8th April FEATURE RELEASE

Added ability to delete downloads associated with a favourite being removed
Added ability to pin smart playlists to the start screen and launch from them
Added support for sleep timer functionality
Added ability to sort from the episodes view

Version 2.0.5 – 4th April MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Addressed issue with background sync downloads not being found in the favourites list (episode title inconsistencies)
Fixed bug with video playback position not being saved when leaving player page (and pausing
When legacy playback modes are enabled and user attemtps to finish a podcast early, the track just jumps 30s. Fixed.
Share via e-mail from player screen causes an exception when the progwebsite is null – fixed

Version 2.0.4 – 25th March MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Fixed bug where playlists generated from downloads page would not play through continuously

Version 2.0.3 – 21st March MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Crikey offline playback failures now remember the playback position
BAP was being put into funny state when playlist completed – caused issues for UI and exception result
Adjusted background agent to handle stop() characteristics differently (bluetooth issues)
Added debug message prior to RadMessageBox call
Addressed issue where exception routine failed because it couldn’t contact the BAP to get its agent
Fixed episodes weren’t being sorted properly when in flight mode
Unsafe _StateChngEvent on the panorama
Issue with the march date format descriptor (those podcasts that refer to March instead of Mar)
Added trap for TiltInteractionEffect exception which ignores it
Moved agent queries into GlobRoutAll
Fixed a bug where the download counter wouldn’t update for favourites when a download was deleted from within favourite -> episodes listing
Agent closure routine is now much more aggressive – nulls the track first
Added an available storage space check on app startup
Addressed issue of episode suddenly playing after resuming the podcast in paused state
Changed out RadToggleSwitch tap routines to checkedchanged events
Favourites view when set to sort by new was doing a string sort, rather than a numeric sort
Cancelling a download doesn’t update the favourites counter
AddTransferRequest() exception fixed
Updated the launch-from-music/video history warning message to suggest that it may be caused by the history being cleared
ItemDetails null or empty exception with the history uri – added a check for a null state / further enhancements with try/catch
Added a longer date/time range for smart playlists up to 3 years
Implemented recommendations to avoid the player crikey message
Added PhoneNameResolver to show more meaningful phone names
Added markerdate information text on the programme settings page
Made podcast settings page scrollable
Added locale information to PhoneVitals string
Backup function now using a better name descriptor
Fixed the UpdateUI exception from within Playlist Editor (caused by incomplete tombstone rehydration)
Fix where duration was specified in decimal seconds causing ParseDuration() to fire an exception
WP8 version now supports .GIF file imagery!
Fixed issue with URL encoding for embed.ly. Using the wrong function in ImageCacher class.

Version 2.0.1 – 12th March MAINTENANCE RELEASE

Addressed CreateFolderStructureAsync() exception from backup/restore – didn’t contemplate null reference
Fixed issue where the programme page lost its applicationbar when in flight mode
Fixed SaveStringToFile() weakness – now reacts gracefully
Fixed issue where fast forward and fast rewind got stuck on fast rewind every time
PL now warns the user when there are no favourites to backup
ItemDetails null or empty exception with the history uri – added a check for a null state
Issue with ZDF podcasts – had to change the useragent within the HTTPStringDownload() function
Fixed issue with Zune directory parse and duff programme (with dead RSS) causing the UpdateEpisodesListBW_WorkerThread() to fire off a NullReferenceException
Fixed issue where the grouppicker being visible when the user navigated out of the app would cause an exception on restart ( Items collection must be empty before using ItemsSource.)
Fixed FilterMenu_Tap() exception – moved more code into try/fail entry
Fixed issue where EpisodesList_ItemCheckedStateChanged failed to find references to buttons
Fix for Italian customers with the March date issue (updated all parse routines)
The promotion via email was missing the link to the RSS media file
Added lots more debug information for when the user made changes to settings
Tips not resetting properly
Delta in log entries was wrong
Issue with permanent filter requiring double press of back button to get out of programme page
Fixed Filter text on program page overlaps status dots when in filter mode
Updated to Telerik Q1 2014 Controls
Compiler directives were not set for “Release” code for supporing modules
Downloaded archive wasn’t being removed after backup/restore (added code to strip out any .dat files to avoid aggregating backups)

Version 2.0.0 – 3rd March

Added playlists support to Podcast Lounge
Changed the UVC to be more in keeping with the core system apps – press and hold on UVC now works
Removed “open” menu and replaced with lesser details button
User can no longer press and hold to create the menu entry
Fixed issue with Rowi menu loading at different positions on tap
Added support for content:encoded RSS elements
Added HTML capable podcast information page and on settings
Added ability to sort favourites by new count or downloads count
Added Smart Playlist templates
We now better detect backgroundagent shutdowns in the player UI
Added new Rowi menu for favourites on the main panorama page (providing pin, remove and settings options)
Added ability to play video podcasts using the backgroundaudio agent (thus avoiding the screen killing the video feed)
Added additional controls to jump through the podcast in 1m and 5m steps as well as restarting and finishing early
Added description page accessible from ROWI menu and player page
Fixed bug with Rowi menu appearing in random vertical offsets on page
Added support for sharing a podcast detail over email
Ability to scrub playback position for both audio and videos
Corrupted video files now warn the user when playback fails
Revamped options, help and tools menus from the main UI
Added ability to get to playlist from the play screen (tap title)
App now recognises when the RI agent has run whilst app was still open and updates history, favourites and warns user (not handled well previously)
Fixed a problem with the podcast minutes display being incorrect
Fixed lockscreen bug
Image loading animation is suppressed when load is successful
URL My Library has been renamed to be more clear to users what it is.
URL add routine now also checks for itunes references and produces an error
Added ability to only sync podcast feeds without downloading under RI task
Added support for default playlists and ability to reset
Added option to autoplay playlists when generated
Added ability to override background downloading of individual favourites via settings menu
Playlist generation now performed on a separate page as a background worker thread
Added ability to backup/restore in debug mode
Fixed options list nullreferenceexception bug
Fixed background worker thread already running bug
Fixed filtertap bug
Added ability to reset tips
Adjusted tips to be a per-session rule only
Added user option to revert back to 30s stepping increments on playback controls
Adjusted the useragent attribute which caused some users to get accused of tethering
Added ability to reorder playlist entries via the menu
Added ability to select all episodes, and ability to mark block as un-played
Added appending of downloaded episodes that no longer appear in the server feed’s RSS
Added better support for remote file playback issues
Rebranded SkyDrive to OneDrive
Added a new tutorial feature
Addressed major bugs when PL was used in flight mode
DL summary now shows collection sizes by programme

Version 1.9.6 – 13th December CURRENT

XMLValidator improved to remove leading CR/LF entries using TRIMSTART and fix parse error with FireHouse podcast
Addressed bug where the background RI agent would download the oldest podcast if the user had selected to limit downloads to 1 or 2 episodes (works when set to 3)
RI Agent XML is now properly validated prior to reading
Added ability to launch by URI link (podcastlounge:mainpage)
Further improved the reliability of the RI routine – only processes the RSS once

Version 1.9.5 – 5th December

Updated the routine for the image proxy to better handle filenames with escaped spaces
Bug with downloading non-favourites (keyname is getting lost) fixed
Offline files were not getting updated in the episodes list if the user navigates back from player page after last episode has played
Offline file tag on player page was not getting updated when the last file was deleted in a continuous playback state
Adding authorised podcasts under the “my library” interface didn’t work (keyname was being reset in-between setting password and downloading RSS)
More resilient to duff podcast settings files – repaired without user being notified
Podcast episodes list now shows the cache first before updating over the network which should significantly improve episode load performance. Any change in UI will cancel the update.
Position of download summary page list is now preserved when tombstoned
Adding a new podcast with an invalid URL structure now shows a proper error rather than a notice to send a debug email report
Returning to the player screen sometimes didn’t update the offline status of a podcast after it had been deleted (it’s because we are now closing the player)
Added some additional status reporting for the resource-intensive task within settings – this status is persisted between sessions using the INI file
Improved the settings UI to reflect better differentiation between UI downloads and resource-intensive downloads
Fixed RSS parser to better cope with null image references or other URI errors
Fixed XML detect routines to deal with incomplete feeds and other errors
MountEpisodesFromRSSFileMemoryOptimised is now far more robust and can deal with feeds ordered in different ways (i.e. newest or oldest first)
Addressed system-wide bugs in updating the “new” episode counter (we were assuming that the favourite was mounted which caused the update to fail often)
Added a catch for Audible AAX files and display a warning saying they aren’t compatible
Now detected for GDR3 and remove BlueSmart as it’s no longer needed (fixed in OS)
Episode menu fixed for a bug where selection wasn’t registered
Options selection debug entry corrected to actually report menu entry selected
A podcast completing and closing the player did not trigger the “now playing” menu entry to be removed – fixed

Version 1.9.4 – Maintenance Release – 22nd September

Fixed bug with SkyDrive parser and OneNote notebook type
Returned to previous version of Coding4Fun (odd artefacts on buttons)
Added fix for the ETAG build-headers function which was causing an exception for some podcasts which had odd ETAG responses (giving no internet error)
Changed anticacheurl scheme to ifmodifiedsince to see if this improves the issue
Now handles HTML redirects
Tightened up the history database save routine as it sometimes was given null references, causing it to fail
Reworked the overnight downloader RSS episode parser as it was missing lines on some RSS feeds. As a result, null entries would cause an exception in the download history database and orphaned downloads.
Startup routine now purges orphaned downloads automatically and silently
Importing OPML now updates the newepisode counter

Version 1.9.3 – Maintenance Release – 1st September

Added ability to report back isostorage usage
Fixed bug whereby we were not removing the .copy file used in the filemododifieddate function

Version 1.9.2 – Maintenance Release – 21st August

Fixed bug with OPML pasted text import failing
Fixed bug where 7.1 version failed to load GPodder import page
Addressed bug where SkyDrive import would fail if there was a JPG or video in the root directory
Adding more than one User Library podcast would cause an issue as the GUID is shared!
Improved the bug/feedback mechanism on the “My Library” import section.
Added support for http://baldmove.com/feed/watching-dead feed which had an odd character escape code in it
Buttons in the DB maintenance section are now disabled for the duration of the activity to prevent mis-pressing
Added function to clear the transfers folder (within DB Maintenance section)
Added fix to cope with Ash Kip and Luttsy episodes load issue (they were using a non-escaped ampersand in the text)

Version 1.9.1 – Maintenance Release – 17th August

Now reset the agent tokens if it’s a virgin load
Fixed: When searching fails and user retrys, the error message isn’t cleared when search button is hit
Changed the NewIndicator within the ProgramClass to simply reflect whether we have a NewCounter > 0 and < 100
Removed the editors picks load routine from startup – no longer needed and slows initial load down
Removed CAP Microphone and Text-To-Speech capabilities as they were not needed for final version
Fixed big bug where episodes displayed in offline state would trigger an exception
Improved image parsing functions from RSS to support alternative image structure as found in SavageLovecast
Upped the HTTP time-out to 15 seconds

Version 1.9 – Released 12th August

Enable the fix for LBC downloads (it’s part of the XML validator routine – GlobRoutAll.XMLValidator) – done
Added GZIP download support for the RSS/JSON/XML text feeds
Markerdate wasn’t being set for imported OPML entries!
EpisodeFileSize was often interpreted as an int, instead of a long!
Fixed stupid bug where the debug pivot may still be visible in the Marketplace version
Add Twitter handle on the about page with ability to tap to send a message
Collections list is now built from an XML configuration file rather than being hard-coded
Episode filtering now re-enabled- Fixed bug where if auto-refresh-on-startup wasn’t enabled, pull to refresh wouldn’t work
Fixed bug where users were getting a CheckedItem Exception on DownloadBTN_Click – caused by the time taken to create the downloads and the user exiting the page!
Updated OPML output to be XML safe- URL parsing made safe (new routine in GlobRouts) – this.ProgWebsite = new Uri(ProgRSSXML.Descendants(“channel”).Elements(“link”).FirstOrDefault().Value.ToString(), UriKind.Absolute); (needs a safe URL parser!)
Added ability to create a pin for downloads
Addressed bug with BuildNewEditorsPics routine where a Zune catalogue is returned with no entries – added extra check. (System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: ‘minValue’ cannot be greater than maxValue. Parameter name: minValue)
Added new option for auto-download-favs to ignore episodes we’ve listened to before and to ignore episodes we’ve previously deleted
Moved OPML import into a secondary modalwindow
Added gPodder import button
Selecting back on the programme page, when not in epsiodes view shouldn’t cancel the filter, it should just close the page
Favourites refresh did not show toast when there was no internet connection
Download tile pin menu will now be minimised if a tile has been pinned (less useful and shouldn’t be so prominent)
Moved favourites refresh option into “general” tab under options
Added ability to kill UVC from the main panorama via a context menu
Added menu facility to turn on/off and set the auto-cleanup-facility
Fixed bug where on continous playback, subsequent podcasts did not get a history entry created for them. This also caused issues with the UVC which couldn’t recognise what was playing
StreamFileFromIsoStore was unsafe in many places – the stream wasn’t being closed properly!!!!- Added support for SkyDrive import and export functions
OPML interpret function now checks for duplicates and warns the user beforehand
Generated OPML was missing the encoding attribute at the start causing Tiesto podcast to fail- Number of new episodes now persists between restarts
Default Filter and sort settings now apply to the opened favourite
Moved the login/authentication details up on the programme settings page
Added new panel to delete/manage the app’s databases – negates need for user to re-install- Program stub save routine was very sensitive to null references for images – fixed
Programmes page now correctly identifies an authenticate podcast and gives the option to add credentials
Fixed odd bug with MountSideCarToken where the prefix would be incorrectly trimmed
Transitioned across to new .NET HTTPClient which offers full timeout support avoiding the TaskTimeout routine which killed authentication notification data
Fixed a bug where authenticated podcasts triggered the routine to write the favourite out to file would fail (Logo = null)
Secondary podcast tiles on the start screen now get a counter that updates when the main podcast list is refreshed
Podcast Lounge now has a counter tile for the start screen
Changed download cleanup to use the file creation date, not the pubdate – hadn’t considered the scenario where a user may have downloaded an old episode triggering the app to cleanup immediately on startup and remove dls
Made SkyDrive import/export routines WP8-only for the time being
We now update the tile counters when the UI has marked an episode as played in full + same for BackgroundAgent which mounts favourites list to update
No longer stripping out the episodes when we add a favourite into to the stack as this screws with the GetNewEpisodesRoutine
Continuous playback now skips episodes that have already been played in full.
Fixed bug where downloads were showing as new, even if they were not technically after the marker-date (lots more news in epsiode list vs what the tile counter said)
RI Agent is now able to process authenticated podcasts
Moved HTMLAgilityPack out of the CommonLibAll and into the main UI (increased memory purposes)
Number new downloads was shown as 9999 – fixed
Fixed bug where pasted OPML import kept asking about overwriting existing items
Upped the DownloadSummary to only categorise by letter when there are more than 12 entries
Download summary text now lists new episodes, not downloaded episodes
Potentially addressed with nullreferenceexception crash when opening DownloadHistory page (onnavigatedto)
Fixed bug whereby the SelectedProgObject wasn’t restored correctly on tombstone because it was object-linked to a favourite which had its episode references removed on tombstone
Dealt with podcast that had carriage returns in the title (RSS import from string)
PositionBarUpdate_UI_Timer_Fire updated to cope with EpisodeToPlay == null- Issue when play podcast with continuous playback + screen off. Wait for Podcast to finish. Unlock phone and player will be left showing the wrong podcast – Fixed
Fixed issue where the podcast episodes list position wasn’t remembered very well (we saved the top most item, but the scroll function was lazy and scrolled it to the bottom)
Fixed Open Test podcast and play continous with screen off. Wake PL up and go to PC Pro Podcast favourite – Episodes page should show, but doesn’t
XML validator wasn’t firing on all XML parse events
Fixed regression on ShareLinkTask which was causing a null reference exception (SafeStringToURL was wired to return a null!)
When setting a favourite, we were linking it with the current object, rather than creating a new one. When the app was tombstoned, we would get an error when returning to the episodes list as well as an incorrect numbernew indicator
Multi-selecting episodes and setting played flag didn’t result in the favourite updating correctly

Version 1.8 – Released 21st June

Fixed issue with Chandra XML feeds failing due to an un-expected character. Added new sanity check routine prior to XML Parsing
Adding podcast by URL now disables the button to prevent accidental additions
Added ability for app to step to the next podcast on the list if a newer episode exists with option in settings to enable/disable
When a podcast stream fails, the play position wasn’t being saved when we reset the backgroundagent
Fixed issue where the filesize wasn’t set causing the BuildTransferPreference to return an incorrect parameter. Added HTTP filesize check beforehand and tweaked function.
Playlist code inserts new episodes into the ZuneHistoryFile + also needs to ignore if the podcast has already been played!
When importing an OPML, the export OPML button remained active – changed to be disabled
Updated the auto-download function not working on Windows Phone 8 message to be more clear on why it doesn’t work
Fixed bug where returning to the categories list causes an exception
Added support to better handle podcast episodes which don’t have a title (EarthCore)
Fixed exception in LoadProgPanic() where we were attempting a go-back, but it was actually blocked for some reason
Fixed bug whereby the panorama wouldn’t be properly updated after a tombstone
Addressed the flickering issue for the ApplicationBar when first opening
Added a timeout for downloads
When opening a pinned programme which is offering no episodes, the multi-select menu button remains (try on 1xtra dubstep download) fixed
ConvertToLocalDateTime() now handles dates where the day-of-week is wrong (we remove it as it’s redundant)
Addressed issue whereby memory would be compromised with lots of Russian podcasts containing 2mb image files
Added additional note to the download settings page regarding downloads >100mb
Fixed bug where Favourites containing episodes would get tombstoned
Added support for HTTP conditional checks to avoid wasting bandwidth downloading RSS feeds + new sidecar format for cache files
App now refreshes favourites on startup and shows where there are new episodes since the podcast was created
Issue with double-taps on selecting a favourite from the start screen (fixed with TryCatch)- StripProgNamePrefixFromTitle was incorrectly chopping the episode title down
Addedmark as played button (for multiselect) in the programmepage episodes view
When opening a favourite, we no longer link the selected item to the favourite object, but choose to create a new object based on a replication (so we don’t clear the episodes list unnecessarily)
Need to show the settings area even in trial mode- Added ability to mult-select podcasts and set as played
Updated WP8 binaries to contain RadControls Q2
Added option to enable press & hold context menus and tap context menus from within settings
Added support to associate Podcast Lounge with .OPML files allowing launch and import
Added option to delete downloads once they have finished playing
Added option for continuous playback
Moved the favourites update code into a new BackgroundWorker to improve performance
Converted toggleswitches to checkboxes in settings & re-categorised some entries
Fixed fact we seem to ignore the variable that controls whether 1, 2 or 3 episodes are retained!
Fixed regression with loss of performanceprogressbar
Downloads shown in offline mode aren’t ordered by pubdate
Fixed problem with favourites update progress bar completing before activity had truly finished (ASYNC)
Search label/panorama title has tilt when it shouldn’t
Catalogue filter didn’t display correct filter when returning from a specific programme
Back button fails on the first press from within the featured catalogue
Downloads are now filtered by pubdate
Cachefiles that are still current now have their CreationDate reset if the server is saying they haven’t changed
Auto-deleted episodes are now removed from the downloads area page correctly
Last entry in the playlist wasn’t being correctly deleted as file was still locked
Favourites update message now fades in
Corrupted cachefiles are removed as a matter of safety
New menu wasn’t tilting within the play history section
Continuous playback now tracks removed downloads better
When building a transfer with no filesize data, the routine wouldn’t wait before the gethttpfilesize routine completed
addressed with await
Bug in CreatePlayToken routine where if the duration isn’t set, it balks meaning that the end-state is lost
Added code to differentiate the sync warning for GDR2 users (we don’t show the message if user is on GDR2+)
Corrected video progressbar position & set fill to avoid clipping edges
Fixed continuous playback causes some issues when the screen is off
episodes list does not refresh with lots of episodes stuck on “playing”
Suppressing the playback button for episodes that are playing*
Added some additional code to cope with DownloadHistorySum errors
Added further belt-braces improvements to pulltorefresh (disable when navigating away from page)
Millisecond reporting within app was wrong! Should have been TotalMiliseconds
Favourites list, epsiodes list now tilts on tap
Rowi menu now opens on press and hold too (for consistency)
Search button didn’t disappear within the collections view when search is enabled – fixed
Moved back to PerformanceProgressBars again (and moved WP8 version to point to version 7.5 toolkit)
Upgraded to latest official Telerik release 2013 Q2
Added support to clear image cache on first loadup

Version 1.7 – Released 25th April

Fixed bug whereby the Science and Video list caused a crash in ImageCacheConverterLow (becuase a null entry was passed)
Fixed bug where there was a directorynotfoundexception in CreatePosToken() routine – added check routine to create a folder if one doesn’t exist
Made LoadStringFromfile more robust – if an exception occurs, it is trapped and an empty string is returned
Addressed problem whereby a null reference image in the zune catalogue would trigger nullreference exceptions in the image cacher, favourites save routine and pinned station routine
Addressed issue where a html placeholder crashes image.setsource within CacheImage(object input) (ImageCacher class). We now catch the exception within the despatcher.
Added some code to more gracefully deal with a navigation to player.xaml and a NullReferenceException crash
Made the add new podcast more robust with better error checking, authentication checking and the ability to search an html file for an rss <link> tag
Episodes list now appears by default on any favourite podcast
Favourites list now appears as the first panel on application load
Episode download message will only nag once per programme page load – check is also only once per programme page load
Significantly improved performance on devices (by asking Zune servers to resize the image server-side!)
Episodes now appear first when opening a favourite
Moved the favourites panel to the first entry in the panorama when favourites have been set
Improved text around add URL/feed option to encourage users to send valid URLs
Alphabetical ordering of favourites
Add explanation to storage tab about being unable to save to SD card
Episodes list now shows downloaded items if there is no internet connection
Issue unresolved where “BBC Introducting Cornwall” has a thumbnail that works in iTunes results, however the real RSS feed has a corrupted image reference. Backup placholder overwrites the itunes thumbnail. – Fixed
ImageCacheConverterLow now takes the full path to the programme object so that it can be more selective on available files – downloaded list was often had placeholder icons while a valid larger cache image existed
Fixed bug whereby plugging in a headphone and unplugging it during video playback would pause the video, but not update the player control
Fixed bug whereby pausing video and resuming did not correctly restore the playback position (regression?)
Updated the welcome page with a new message
Added ability to set an episode as read/unread on right click menu
ImageCacheConverter now better handles nullreferences passed to it
Fixed exception triggered when user double-tapped the welcome page button
A zero search term will now flag up a warning message asking the user to type a search term in
Added better exception handling routines to cope with the pin function failing
Fixed RebuildApplicationBar and UpdateEpisodes panel bugs which caused a crash if there was no internet connection
Added new cache-defeating code (that works this time)
Added ability to import and export favourites to and from OPML files
User can now list categories by the sub-category to get a more finely tuned list

Version 1.6 – Released 21st March

Added video podcast support including playback position saving
Addressed podcasts which did not contain a duration key (caused an exception)
Sorting podcasts by date now enforced – Wired video as an example
Added storage of video position to podcast
Moved the storage of MasterObjects during Application_Deactivated to the top of the execution list
Fixed an issue where a tombstone during startup would wipe the MasterObjects array with un-constructed objects – could be the main reason we lose favourites etc.
App startup wouldn’t resume properly if it was tombstone before the app had finished initialising
Fix for incorrect episode duration read-out
Returning to a podcast playing from outside of the app causes the progressbar to no longer increment
Fixed bug with the categories list tap event receiving a border control, not the text within
Added support for native WP8.0 packages
Added audio/video podcast designation for zune catalogue entries
Smaller images now reference a new imagecacher converter which lifts a cached image if one is available (alterntatively, goes online)
Fixed issue where RSS entries were missing the remote MP3 filename – we now remove them (Petros & Money)
Corrected issue where remaining video/audio was incorrectly displayed within the player upon returning to a part-played episode
Now list seconds remaining if episode has less than 1minute left on episodes list
Added support to suppress exception on double-task launch
Finished video podcasts didn’t return the phone to portrait
Added pull-to-refresh for episodes list
Added support to detect rogue bluetooth disconnects
Fixed regression on favourites context menu crashing app
Fixed Thhis spelling mistake in crikey messages
Re-arranged the settings section by splitting out the sync stuff into a separate tab
Returned favourites list to a listbox from itemscontrol
Removed page transitions as they were causing System.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected range at MS.Internal.XcpImports.CheckHResult(UInt32 hr) errors
Fixed issue where history podcasts got muddled if the episode name was the same

Version 1.5.3 – Released 2nd March

Improved cache routine code which was causing conflicts with some feeds (resulting in them not loading)
Changed background agent code to be non-dependent on blocking network check when playing offline files (will address random “crikey” errors when playing offline files)
UVC controls now scrub properly
Fixed Myfeeds list not being correctly aligned with menu bar when heavily populated
Corrected issue with >100mb files being blocked from download. Error message improved. These downloads must have wifi and external power to work.
Other performance, exception management and UI improvements

Version 1.5.2 – Released 14th Feb

Added support for RSS files that don’t have an image href entry
Fixed bug in favourites context menu crashing app
Fixed bug with loading RSS which had a blank description, no image reference (description now has a placeholder)
Website link routine in LoadRSSFromString seemed to accidentally overwrite the RSS reference meaning the entry fail to get RSS on future polls
Updated ImageCacheConverter : IValueConverter to better handle null responses (hopefully avoid the SetSourceInternal NullException error)
Fixed the placeholder image to use local file rather than remote file
Zune chunk parser was outside try/catch loop meaning a failed parse caused an exception
Added support for corrupt search results with a new message
Adjusted alignment of the UK only podcast message on the programme page

Version 1.5.1 – Released 12th Feb 2013

Fixed problem with RSS feeds being cached and not updated

Version 1.5 – Released 7th Feb 2013

Added full support for non-BBC catalogue using new 3rd party provider
Improved tombstoning support (may stop lost downloads problem)
Better support in dealing with failed downloads or 0 byte files
Added new editors picks routine to generate a week/week listing
Now using async methods for file downloads
New database structure underpinning app for faster performance
Improved performance of download manager
Object orientated programme and episode objects
Added code to deal with endless buffering – timeout at 5 secs – now warns the user
Episode position is now saved for future resumption
Fixed regression whereby the “new” tag was not recovered correctly from history
Added support to allow locked episodes to be deleted (by unmounting the zune player)
Added select menu to the download history page (previously hidden)
Enabled scrolling of the programme listing on the Prog/Episodes page
Reformatted track play times to better match Zune
Added hyperlink to the programme website
Agent event handler was still attached when closing the player screen
Playback status now repored in the episodes/download tables
Fixed inability to mount FeedBurner feeds
Fixed bug with failed downloads leaving a 0 byte stub file in the downloads area
Added session-based cache management
Playback is now correctly resumed from the same position
Ability to get to the parent programme from the downloads area by pressing/holding to reveal a menu
Programme epsiodes page no longer shows a select menu when there are no episodes to show
Built new episodes list status routine which will report if an episode is playing back or paused
Upgraded favourites and featured list on Panorama to scroll the header
Adjusted all text alignment through the app using MetroGridHelper
Upped the number of editors picks from 6 to 8
Stripped out status of epsiodes with duration of 0:00 or filesizes less than 512kb
Tombstoning wasn’t rehydrating the settings object causing random nullreference exceptions when a settings entry was called out
Consolidated file move routines into FileSystem object
We now properly support the unsupported timezone stub at the end of an RSS publish date entry (previously causing delays in parsing the Episodes list)
Added support for users to add their own podcasts in “My Library”

Version 1.4 – Released Dec 2012

Added ScheduledBackgroundAgent preprocessor directive as the ScheduledBkgndTaskAgent is not allowed to see any XNA assemblies, thus CopyingFromXAP function (which depends on XNA) is not permitted. These specific function calls are removed in code, as well as the XNA assembly reference within GlobRout
Added check for 256mb devices so we can disable the background autosyncing
Fixed bug where if user pinned the programme whilst the episodes were still loading, then the app would crash with a nullreferenceexception
Added social media commenting support (icon in the player window)
Fixed bug where multiple RSS downloads would be instantiated, causing a nullreference to be passed to the player window. End result was a IdentifyBestMP3Source exception.
Made UpdateEpisodePanel more robust in case we are passed a null reference for episodes
Added notification on startup to inform user that episodes were downloaded in the background
Added status text to the download summary sheet on number of episodes that are new
Reprofiled common routines into a separate library
Removed references to the BBC
Addressed bug whereby transfers downloaded while the app was closed were often accidentally deleted on restart
Added fall-over protection on loading and saving the download history file
Deleting an active download didn’t force the download manager summary page to update
Changing download restrictions in settings doesn’t populate through to active downloads!
Added number-in-bubble for favourites sporting new downloads/unlistened-to content
Ability to mark programmes as played / New entry allocation isn’t consistent – download. Close app. Reload. New text isn’t shown. Sorted.
Added auto-sorting of episodes in download manager
Updated to account for the new style editor’s favourites HTML listing. Added code to support purging the cache if it’s a new load.
Downloading the same file twice results in the history getting a duplicate entry
Updated transfer text to say “Downloading” instead of “Transferring” to make it more obvious
Check there is sufficient space in IsolatedStorage before downloading – Check now implemented
Fast forward and rewind buttons don’t work like the ones in Zune…. UVC doesn’t appear to work with FF and FR?
Need to clear the image cache, OPML and highlights file from caches
Downloading a new file, navigate to downloads area and live downloads section, watch complete, swipe to summary page, hasn’t updated to show new downloads against programme
Download agent needs to make sure it’s got enough space on IsoStorage to download to
Fixed bug whereby when opening a programme and setting a favourite during the RSS load would result in an empty list
Fixed bug where cancelled downloads show up as Failed
Updated the transfer text for blocked transfer to reference settings
Clearing the download cache didn’t clear the download history
Downloading a non-existent MP3 within the UI produces odd results (Best of Today) (Added a message to say download had failed – also spotted issue with incorrectly labelled downloads)
May need to consider some warning text on the Settings entry to do with the background download agent – may never run if there are too many agents registered on the phone // http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202942(v=vs.92).aspx
Blocked 3G downloads were being reported as “Transferring” rather than telling us that they were waiting for WiFi
Improved the tip on the episodes area to include a checkbox control which stops the user from being bugged from then on
Fixed the background of the data status bar in settings
Added some text to explain the 3G download restriction
Fixed how the download progressbar is represented (position and background adjusted to make more clear)
Added BBC Credit
Added support for the old legacy Favourites format (which is now moved to xML – see notes at the end of this file)

Version 1.3 – Released 16th June 2012

Aid for discoverability of multiselect screen for new users (added a messagebox reminder)
Added tilt effect to the jumplist
Added background download engine linked to App.CS
Fixed ContextMenu theme (under light)
Fixed display of programme graphic 300×300 which was far bigger (dimensions) than expected – set to stretch uniform
Dealt with exception tracking on the player screen for fast forward and fast rewind
Fixed problem with BBC server-side images
Episodes list is rebuilt every time the page is refreshed!
Bug with rewind not using totalseconds and resetting early
Track finishing doesn’t stop and restart the track
Show the filesize for each episode
Panorama position should be saved on tombstone
Podcast library delta date on settings page isn’t saved on tombstone
Scroll position of listbox positions is not retained on tombstone
Panorama page following tombstone doesn’t restore the applicationbar menu!
Tombstone restoring on the downloads summary page doesn’t work + episode detail page too
No downloads message on download detail page incorrectly justified
Download episode selection/context menu wihtin ProgrammePage should be disabled if on trial
Playback transition to downloaded file (from streamed file)
Launch welcome should include update history button (linked to website)
Update the in-xap podcast library
Downloads underway when cancelled, don’t automatically trigger the queue to be renewed
Deleting all the downloads should trigger the downloaded programme summary jumplist to refresh
Player doens’t handle getting to an MP3 well. Should probably stop and return to the start when it hits the end?
Working message for large-list episode selection and download
ProcessQueuedBackgroundTransfers – Bug – I’m deleting a reference. Memory is unsafe.
Queued downloads loaded when the application restarts don’t show the transfer bar properly – CatchUpDownloadHistory()
DownloadHistory “OnNavigatedTo” routine may be using an EpsiodeStruct unsafely
General concerns that the downloadhistory originally starts off as a structure that linked to the MasterTable. Upon tombstoning etc., the linkage is lost somewhat. Impact? Every time you update the MasterTable episode with progress, you’ll need to reciprocate for the DownloadHistory.
After tombstoning when the downloadhistory and episode list are no longer linked – do all download manipulation routines take into account that two memory locations need to be updated every time? UpdateBoundTables seems to do this right!
If downloads are completed when the app isn’t loaded, then there is legacy status text etc. that isn’t cleared.
Dealt with the “System.InvalidOperationException: The background audio resources are no longer available”. Added a routine to close the instance of the BAckgroundAudioPlayer.
Episodes list needs to be right-cropped (seems to fall off screen)
Add a warning for the option to delete the cache
If you clear the download history whilst downloads are underway, you get orphaned files
Alignment of the progressbar on lhs is wrong
Probably need to create a generic routine that blanks a download status?
Pull the power mid-way through the download and the progress bar resets to zero!

Version 1.2 – Released 10th May 2012

Fixed problem with BBC changing their image locations and formatting (SourceCorrectProgImage)

Version 1.1 – Released 1st May 2012

Added improved support to trap tombstoning wake-ups (and improved fast resume)
Converted the stations list to a list of strings instead of a struct and simplified XML parsing
Fixed playback volume
Fixed exception where the RSS download was off pulling information from the web and the user navigated away. Exception fires when the timer trys to update a non-existant page.
Added a RTMOD to dictate whether we log image cache manager stuff
Added exception tracking to CheckVisibleEpisodeIsPlaying & CheckIfAgentIsPlaying to check for exceptions (Microsoft.Phone.BackgroundAudio.BackgroundAudioPlayer.get_PlayerState() at BBCPodcastPlayer.Player.PlayBTN_Click(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e))
Added exception tracking to PositionBarUpdate_UI_Timer_Fire to check for exceptions (Microsoft.Phone.BackgroundAudio.BackgroundAudioPlayer.get_Track() at BBCPodcastPlayer.Player.PositionBarUpdate_UI_Timer_Fire(Object o, EventArgs sender) )
Added exception tracking to CheckIfAgentTrackMounted to check for exceptions (Microsoft.Phone.BackgroundAudio.BackgroundAudioPlayer.get_Track() at BBCPodcastPlayer.GlobRout.IsAnythingPlaying() at BBCPodcastPlayer.MainPage.BackgroundAudioPlayer_StateChngEvent(Object sender, EventArgs e))
Added check for EULA agreement acceptance to avoid exception if the entry is already there (double click>) (System.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected range. at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentException(ExceptionResource resource) at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(String key, Object value, Boolean add))

Version 1.0 – Released 9th April 2012

Initial launch

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