What's new in CLZ Comics Mobile? 2016

New:

• Split edit screen, easily switch between main and personal fields

Fixed:

• App respects the system screen orientation lock
• Background color for the searchbar on certain Lollipop tablet devices
• Long loading in manage pick list screen

• Fixed app closing on CLZ Account registration

New:

• Fixed flickering in navigation/toolbar in the main list on phone

• New Search engine for adding comics By Title:
  • Better and cleaner search results.
  • Much faster, almost instant results.

• New layout for the comic lists

We added folder options in this build for a couple of fields we didn’t have them for yet. Should be a pretty complete list by now! Also added a nice “out of sync” mark to let you know when the collection is out of sync.

New:

• Added Folder options for:
  • format
  • store
  • age
  • color
  • country
  • crossover
  • edition
  • genre
  • language
  • story arc
• CLZ Cloud Sync button now indicates “out of sync” status using red exclamation mark
• App now automatically restores the Unlock Full App in-app purchase

Fixed:

• Fixed hardware keyboard enter not working in tablet search field
• Fixed quick search suggesting returning a blank screen on a single issue search result

New: “Search-As-You-Type” suggestions when adding comics by title. While enter a title to search for, a drop-down list will appear, showing the five most popular series that match. If you see the series you were looking for, just tap to select it.

Fixed:

• Screen rotation throughout the app
• Improved scrolling smoothness in the series list
• Have/wish lists are back in the series list

Fixed:

• Field Defaults were not immediately stored after closing the screen
• Syncing screen: Sometimes the sync button was wrongly disabled
• iPhone: Main Screen: crash when touching the row with total comics

New search engine for adding comics By Title:

• Better and cleaner search results.
• Much faster, almost instant results.

New data entry interface for date fields:

• Allows manual entry of year/month/day
• Allow “partial dates”, e.g. just year and month
• Open the calendar tool with the calendar button.

• When using folders, a new [None] entry contains the items that have no value (yet) for the selected folder field.
• Tablets: New always available search box in top bar.
• Add screen: some performance improvements.
• Main list: fixed slow scrolling problem.

We fixed an issue where the menus could show up “empty” on some Android devices out there. Should be good again now! 🙂

A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Comics app is now available.
And prepare to be shocked 🙂 (in a good way, don’t worry):

The app looks completely different now, with a cleaner brighter look and an improved user interface.

New:

• New “Material”-based interface, with two skins/themes: Light & Dark.
  (The app now starts in the Light skin. If you prefer the Dark look, just use the View menu top right)
• Big floating blue “+” button for adding movies.
• Access all other features and tools from “hamburger” menu top left.
• Clear and easy switch between All / In Collection / Wish List at the top.
• Access all other view options from menu on top right.
• Add screen: tabs at the top to switch between By Title and By Barcode modes.
• Add Manually is now a separate menu item in the menu on the left.
• Redesigned book list entries.
• Old Import from Comic Collector has been moved to Settings screen!

Fixed:

• CLZ Cloud Sync: Notes were not down-synced.
• Edit Screen: Year picker: it was not possible to pick a year before “1888″.
• Manage Pick Lists screen: labels width was too short.

• Fixed already in collection highlighting in the add by barcode screen
• Fixed selection of issues in barcode search results

• Fixed losing changes when suspending the app while editing

Version 4.2 adds a couple of improvements and tools that are essential for users who are doing most of their editing on the mobile apps:

• New “Manage Pick Lists” screen (under new Tools menu).
  This new screen lets you take control of your pick lists, that is book Authors, music Artists, comic Series, Publishers, Formats, Genres, Subjects, etc… Use it to:
  • Fix typos in names.
  • Remove unused entries.
  • Merge duplicate entries.
  • Edit the SortNames for comic Series.
• Edit screen improvements:
  • New “value picker” screen for pick list fields, like Authors, Artists, Series, Genres, Subjects, etc… Just tap the field, pick a value from the pick list that appears and done. No more need to type the first few letters of a value (we all hate typing on mobile devices, don’t we?)
  • Tap the pencil icons to directly edit names of pick list entries.
  • Tap the pencil icon for Artists, Authors and Series to directly edit Names *and* SortNames.

• New “Manage Pick Lists” tool for editing and merging Series, Publishers, Series Groups, etc..
• Edit screen: edit the Sort Names for Series for complete control over correct series sorting.
• Edit screen: Now edit the names of Series, Publishers, etc.. .
• Edit screen: New “value picker” screen for quickly filling fields like Series and Publisher.
• New Tools menu, with Manage Pick Lists, Field Defaults and Empty Database tools.

• Fixed crashes in in-app purchase screen on certain Xiaomi phones
• Fixed crash in in-app purchase screen when only one in app purchase was offered

• Fixed barcode search not working with hardware keyboards
• Fixed wrongly pre-selected search result in barcode search
• Fixed rare crash in the main screen
• Fixed crash while syncing broken images

New:

• Settings / Field Defaults: choose field values that will be set for each new entry automatically.
• Edit screen improvements:
  • Improved layout to make it easier on the eye
  • New “Select Value” screen for easier entry of pick list fields (e.g. Artist, Format, Genre, etc…)
  • Cancel and Done buttons have been moved to the top bar.
  • New Delete button at the bottom.

New:

• New folder option: Collection Status: group comics by their Collection Status (Collection, Wish List, On Order, For Sale)

Fixed:

• Fixed login error that could occur
• Search not working correctly after updating a comic from Core

CLZ Comics is now free to download, with a database limit of 100 comics. Unlock higher database limits using In App Purchases.

If you purchased CLZ Comics before the 4.0 release, then the 4.0 version will be automatically unlocked to an *unlimited* database size. You do NOT need to pay again 🙂
If, for whatever reason, this didn’t work for you, then just CONTACT US and and we’ll unlock it manually, free of charge!

New:

• Easily switch between Add methods (Title/Barcode/Manual).
• Re-designed search results with included cover images.
• Add by Barcode now automatically opens Camera Scan screen.

It’s been a long time in the making, but it’s finally here:
CLZ Comics 4.0 for iOS!

Apart from several improvements to the Add Comic screen (see below), the 4.0 version contains an important change:

CLZ Comics for iOS is now free to download

Starting with version 4.0, CLZ Comics is free to download and starts with a limit of 100 comics.

New:Improved Add Comics screen

• Easily switch between Add methods (Title / Barcode / Manual).
• Re-designed search results with included cover images.
• Now add directly from results using quick-add buttons
  (no more need to open the Preview Screen).
• New black style for Preview Screen.
• Add by Barcode now automatically opens Camera Scan screen.
• Larger Camera Scan screen on iPad.