View Full Version : Has Tapatalk been approved by Apple Yet?
SighK
June 1st, 2009, 14:20
Being the 1st and all (well here in Australian anyway...) I am anxious to get this going and using my forum on my own iPhone. :cool:
shayanb
June 1st, 2009, 18:07
Nothing on the Appstore yet...
Nothing on the Appstore yet...
Sorry for let you guys wait so long time. Please be patient a little longer.
More time can let us make our product better.
The new version will contain some new function. I hope it will appear in App Store soon.
iFonz
June 1st, 2009, 20:53
So it's not going to be in June 1st. That's what was told to us last week.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk (http://www.tapatalk.com)
iFonz
June 1st, 2009, 20:54
What are the new features?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk (http://www.tapatalk.com)
What are the new features?
PM has done, now just need more test.
Subscribe/Unsubscrbie almost finish....
Some new "push" feature, this part still in developing.
So it's not going to be in June 1st. That's what was told to us last week.
We are very sorry about the release day has postponed. The Apple's approval process takes much more time than we supposed.
Sorry for that again.
winter
June 1st, 2009, 23:08
Yah guys, the new built that we submitted to Apple has a new "Subscribed" feature and Apple has a problem with some minor wording problem - we submitted a new one two days ago and now keeping our finger crossed again... :o
Deep apology - we should have just told Apple the new version is "minor bug fixes only"
All in all a lot of hard work to get over the pain from Apple, since different forum server behave a little differently and hard to catch every single error!! But at this rate I guess we are catching all of them pretty soon!!
Attached is the Private Message in development, just a little candy bar for everyone that it does going somewhere! :cool:
http://www.tapatalk.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=39&d=1243865118
iFonz
June 1st, 2009, 23:08
ahh thats great, just didn't see a notice of it. glad i didn't give a date to my members again. haha
well a better product out the door is worth the wait. that first impression is crucial to peeps who will be downloading. man yawl add registration via app and who's online and id be content for a while. haha
did yawl fix the issue where peeps were having probs posting via wifi?
movslow
June 1st, 2009, 23:55
I hope we will be notified when this is actually official.
I don't check this forum everyday.
iFonz
June 2nd, 2009, 00:16
niceeeeeeee @ winter
thanks for the screeny. is this pm going to be in the version in the store. im a bit confused on that. i believe yao said it was but u said it was in development.
I hope we will be notified when this is actually official.
I don't check this forum everyday.
Thanks for your advise.
We will notify all of the forum owners when the tapatalk actually official by
email.
iFonz
June 2nd, 2009, 00:25
thanks for clearing that up
so the pms wont be in the first release?
would of been good to have it in there. hopefully yawl can push it out fast after the release. got to get all us forum owners to give good ratings soon as it releases so peeps aren't hesitant to purchase
winter
June 2nd, 2009, 22:01
yah we understood but it takes time to fine-tuning it, plus too many new features in one release confuses apple test team.. :D
Having that said we can't wait to get all these onto your hands ASAP.
Jman423
June 3rd, 2009, 07:03
yah we understood but it takes time to fine-tuning it, plus too many new features in one release confuses apple test team.. :D
Having that said we can't wait to get all these onto your hands ASAP.
I hear it doesn't take much to confuse the Apple Test Team.... ;)
Simo
June 3rd, 2009, 07:33
Do we have a likely release date yet?
I posted on my forum to say release on the 1st June. This has created a lot of interest for you guys, but lots of nagging for me :P
1 week, 2 weeks away?
winter
June 4th, 2009, 16:57
Hi,
I also would love to have a set-date. But I expect around June 10th if Apple gives it a go. ;)
movslow
June 5th, 2009, 21:46
Hi,
I also would love to have a set-date. But I expect around June 10th if Apple gives it a go. ;)
I know the longer it goes, people tend to loose interest. Reminds me of Gran Turismo and how they keep pushing back release dates..lol
:cool:
Jman423
June 6th, 2009, 08:12
You guys should make me a moderator so I can delete all of the spam on this site...
DELETE AND BAN!!
iFonz
June 6th, 2009, 09:11
yeah that spam is annoying but they seem to get it pretty quick
but if yawl ever looking for mods. you can add my name right up under jman.
winter
June 7th, 2009, 23:00
I know the longer it goes, people tend to loose interest. Reminds me of Gran Turismo and how they keep pushing back release dates..lol
:cool:
movslow, I know how it feels - the team here is learning an important lesson from Apple. Nothing we can do except keeping our finger cross.... and keep coding...:o
iFonz
June 7th, 2009, 23:49
yeah this is a major complaint about the app store from devs. i don't understand why after a year they haven't improved the process time. based on apps for android i guess its a good thing. a lot of junk is in the android market. poorly designed user interfaces. some of the apps are just plain ugly and not pleasing to the eyes. that's my major complaint against BB apps. they are so plain and ugly when u compare them to iphone apps. haha
movslow
June 8th, 2009, 21:43
movslow, I know how it feels - the team here is learning an important lesson from Apple. Nothing we can do except keeping our finger cross.... and keep coding...:o
I understand...nothing of course directed towards the team or the project, just frustrating.
:cool:
SighK
June 9th, 2009, 10:17
If the devs are going to continue coding on it while waiting for apple, good on them because at the end of the day we are going to be getting a fuller app.
Keep it up guys we've managed without something like this for years I am sure we can manage some more without it lol
Jman423
June 9th, 2009, 11:13
If the devs are going to continue coding on it while waiting for apple, good on them because at the end of the day we are going to be getting a fuller app.
Keep it up guys we've managed without something like this for years I am sure we can manage some more without it lol
That works out good as long as Apple doesn't keep jerking the dev team around each time they want to release an update.
The dev team is doing an awesome job though, and they are working on other things parallel to this too!
iFonz
June 22nd, 2009, 12:30
so any updates on when we should expect it in the app store? just give it to us straight. hahah
peachy
June 23rd, 2009, 16:12
I'm sure the devs are doing a good job and all but I think it would be good to set a realistic date that this might be in the app store and stick to that.
I noticed that a new plugin was released for vB too, I didn't get a notification it had been updated from vbulliten.org, maybe that was my mistake. I guess this is still beta since you haven't reached 1.0 yet?
Maybe a basic roadmap might help and a more predictable release cycle? I can see this plugin being quite successful, but I take changes to our prod forum reasonably seriously, I don't want to update it every few weeks.
Can you notify everybody on you mailing list when it the vb plugin hits 1.0 and the client is accepted in the app store? I think I'll remove the forum plugin before then because it isn't adding any value.
Sorry to sound negative, but this is a commercial venture for you so hopefully you won't take the comments personally.
winter
June 23rd, 2009, 23:50
peachy,
We totally understand how you feel.. and yes we are releasing the vb plugin as often as we can during this pre-release period aim to fix bugs that can immediately benefit the forum owner currently on the list. And as soon as it reaches 1.0 we will slow it down a bit.
We also plan to notify the forum owner after the 1.0 - to send notification and such in more professional manner.
What we are doing now is to nail down the last few bugs from the server-side prespective - e.g. we fixed one important language display problem few days ago that wouldn't be possible with your participate.
As for setting the realistic lanuch date, in fact we tried two times, once in May 1st and once in June 1st. But both got push back because of something unexpected e.g. Apple found some jail-breaking discussion within a forum and instantly they rejected it. But on the other hand they did find some bugs which does make the Tapatalk experience whole lot better.
So the bottom line is, the current version pending on apple is satifactory enough (at least for U.S. Locale) and it can be on the store anytime from now.
Jman423
June 24th, 2009, 05:44
I'm sure the devs are doing a good job and all but I think it would be good to set a realistic date that this might be in the app store and stick to that.
I noticed that a new plugin was released for vB too, I didn't get a notification it had been updated from vbulliten.org, maybe that was my mistake. I guess this is still beta since you haven't reached 1.0 yet?
Maybe a basic roadmap might help and a more predictable release cycle? I can see this plugin being quite successful, but I take changes to our prod forum reasonably seriously, I don't want to update it every few weeks.
Can you notify everybody on you mailing list when it the vb plugin hits 1.0 and the client is accepted in the app store? I think I'll remove the forum plugin before then because it isn't adding any value.
Sorry to sound negative, but this is a commercial venture for you so hopefully you won't take the comments personally.
Not to be rude, but you can't really hold the Tapatalk Development Team responsible for a release date, they are not the ones holding up the process. As Winter said, they tried to give us dates in the past and then Apple rejected their release as stated. I've hear a lot of horror stories about the app approval process, so I don't blame them for not suggesting any more release dates.
peachy
June 24th, 2009, 16:39
Not to be rude, but you can't really hold the Tapatalk Development Team responsible for a release date, they are not the ones holding up the process. As Winter said, they tried to give us dates in the past and then Apple rejected their release as stated. I've hear a lot of horror stories about the app approval process, so I don't blame them for not suggesting any more release dates.
No worries i don't take it as rude. :)
Of course they are not the ones holding up the process but June 1st when Apple were releasing 3.0 a few weeks later (and had a freeze on new apps) was unrealistic.
I too have heard a lot of "horror stories" about the Apple approval process but what is a reasonable turnaround time for Apple? How many apps do you think they have to review? Anything less than 2 months is extremely good going IMO.
I'm not trying to bitch at the Tapatalk team just offer constructive criticism, they could stand to make a lot of money on this but they need buy in from forum owners, if they are not able to keep dates then people loose interest and the project risks loosing momentum.
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