nessViewer App 2.0 for iPad/iPhone/iPod touch available

As previously reported, we have improved in this version for iOS 8 the import of media from the "Photos App" and the MediaCenter uses now the new structure at "Photos" (years, moments and collections).

The new file icons are now (eg at "open file") smaller and thus each row is also less high. The distance of the title to the icons has been reduced as well.

At the image editing - if you open a picture at "Open File" - a map (OSM) can now be shown with the GPS location. At the image editing the toolbar and the status bar can be hidden by a touch, so that the entire screen is used. And after the 1:1 display of an image it can now be zoomed up to 10x.

In addition, an error in the images display of "Photos App" media has been fixed.

After a longer search and some tests we have now finally eliminated the useless extra spacing of the first row in tables and table headers (eg at the FTP client): hard to believe, but tables should just not be the first view. Now there is always a first invisible view…

And navigation bar and toolbar are now displayed on the iPhone in black even if a bright look is selected (s. "Settings App" and there nessViewer). On the iPad this was already so, but apparently iPhone and iPad still have a different iOS?

As a precaution, we have compiled this version with XCode 6.2 and uploaded it to the AppStore - the latest XCode version 6.3 seems to no longer support older devices.

nessViewer App 1.9.3 for iPad/iPhone/iPod touch (pre-release)

In the pre-release version 1.9.3 of nessViewer App for iOS we have now improved the import of media from the "Photos App": while previously only one picture or video was imported (and then this function must be called again for other media import), multiple media can now be selected and then imported in one step if iOS 8 is installed.

Not only multiple media can be selected (by touching), but eg various lists (collections, moments, bursts, etc.) can be selected and their media added to the import as well. Through "Select All", all the displayed media is added to the import (or through "Clear Selection" removed), making the selection of import media even easier.

After selecting "Import", the so arranged media are imported from the "Photos App" to "nessViewer App" including existing metadata (EXIF, GPS) - and as this may take some time on greater import, a progress bar is displayed during this time. The import folder will then be opened, if necessary, and the imported media can be managed.

The so imported media can then, for example, be transferred to any computer like a Mac (either through an FTP client on the computer or the media server of nessViewer on Mac), or can be transferred to another iOS device through the FTP server and FTP client of "nessViewer App". And of course, all without the use of iCloud...

All beta testers (with registered iOS devices) can download the modified pre-release version 1.9.3 of "nessViewer App" at the nessViewer download page.

Import of multiple media from the "Photos App" with "nessViewer App"

nessViewer App 1.9.2 for iPad/iPhone/iPod touch available

As previously reported, we have fixed a bug in this version that occurred apparently only on iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 with iOS 8. It crashed nessViewer App on these iOS devices after selecting "Open URL", entering an URL and confirming with "Open.

Since this routine - display of this view and entering an URL or a file name - is used in several places in nessViewer App, it crashed on these iOS devices in other places as well: for example, when one created a folder at "Open File", at "Present URL", added an URL to a media show and when one saved a new media show.

This was caused by calling a system routine ("callback") that is apparently not supported (anymore) on these iOS devices - we have not found appropriate documentation for this problem. Fortunately, we were able to develop a different approach which works on all iOS devices on all supported versions of iOS (iOS 4.1 to iOS 8.2).

In addition, we have also fixed some issues with displaying the status bar and we adapted some provider offers.

Meanwhile, we are already working on the next version 1.9.3 which among others allows it to access the media of the "Photos App" with the new structure (years, collections, moments, etc.).

And the news web page has been enhanced to show what is going on with nessViewer App for iOS in the same way as with nessViewer for Mac.