What's new in CLZ Comics Mobile? (page 5)

New:

• Redesigned Selection Mode
  • Tap and hold on a comic/series to select it, select as many comics as you like (or select all, using the “Select All” top right).
  • Then use the blue action button to perform an action on the selected comics (Remove / Update from CLZ Core).

Fixed:

• Crash when saving a cover image to the camera roll
• Odd scrolling behavior when expanding/collapsing a series title search result in the Add Automatically screen
• Odd scrolling behavior when scanning comic barcodes in the barcode scanning screen
• Stuck keyboard after searching in main list
• Autocorrect was enabled for the main list search bar

New:

• After adding/editing a comic, the app will now always find and show your last added comic in your main screen.
• Main screen will now always remember navigation state, even after device reboot.
• Add auto screen will automatically perform a series search when the add auto screen is opened while a comic series is selected.
• You can now folder group on “Read It”.
  

  Fixed:

  • Add auto screen not obeying the device’s rotation lock.

New:

• Add Comics from CLZ Core:
  • Now automatically searches the series you were looking at in your app.
  • New skinned preview templates.
• After adding/editing a comic, the app will now always find and show your last added comic in your main screen.
• If you log in to your CLZ Account on a new or empty device, the app will now ask you if you wish to download your comics from CLZ Cloud.
• Added skinning to Sign up/Log in/In App Purchase screens.

Fixed:

• Some barcode searches could return empty issues upon adding them.
• Reading date was displayed twice in the ‘Clear’ templates.
• After each CLZ Cloud sync the “Quick Search” and “Collection Status Filter” was cleared.
• When a custom cover was downloaded via CLZ Cloud syncing, the thumbnail in the list wasn’t immediately updated.
• When a comic was removed, the list would scroll back to the top.
• Various skinning, layout and color fixes.

Changed:

• Made some tweaks to improve barcode scanning.

Fixed:

• Manual focus for barcode scanning.
• Crash in the add auto screen when adding a mix of new books and books on wish list by barcode.
• Crash in the pick cover option in the edit screen.

This update to the CLZ Comics app for Android brings user interface improvements to the Add Comics screen:

• All panels are now resizable (list, details, camera)
• When adding a comic that is already on your wish list, the app now lets you change its status to “In Collection”.
• Adding By Barcode:
  • Camera scanner is now integrated in Add screen, not a separate screen
  • Tap the keyboard icon in the camera panel to enter a barcode manually
  • Barcode queue is now remembered between sessions
  • Press and hold to delete a barcode from the queue
• Adding By Title:
  • Expand comic issues list using “V” icons on the right
  • Comic not found? Easy add it manually using the special entry in the results list

New in 4.5.2:

• New Details View templates which are easier on the eye:
  • Clear Light template
  • Clear Dark template

Fixed:

• iPad: WANT-HAVE header was not correctly updated when changing Series folder.
• Improved “tap” area of hamburger menu so you can back out of a folder more easily.

A huge v4.5 update for the 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.

What’s new in CLZ Comics 4.5 for iOS?

• A completely new look, that is cleaner and brighter.
• The choice between two skins/themes: Light & Dark.
• No bottom toolbar means more screen space for your comic collection.
• Big floating blue ‘+’ button on bottom right for adding new comics.
• Access all other features and tools from ‘hamburger’ menu top left.
• Access all view settings from menu top right.
• Quickly switch between All / In Collection / Wish List at the top.

How to update your CLZ Comics app to version 4.5:

• On your device, open the App Store app.
• On the bottom, switch to the Updates tab.
• Find the CLZ Games entry and tap “UPDATE” on the right.

Do you like the new look?
Then please let the world know by posting a nice review in the App Store!

New:

• New Folder options: format, store, age, color, country, crossover, edition, genre, language, story arc.
• Edit screen is now split into two tabs (Main / Personal).
• After editing/removing a comic, the app now remembers the list’s scroll position.

Fixed:

• After editing a comic, the changed values were not immediately visible in the list.
• Alphabet sections in list were broken after “X”.
• Adding by Barcode: barcodes can now be entered with voice dictation.
• Crash in the in-app-purchase screen.
• ‘Show all’ folder item was missing in empty folders on tablet devices.

A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Comics mobile app is now available.

In this update, we complete re-designed the Add Comics screen, to make it clearer, easier-to-user and to help you add comics more efficiently.

What’s new in the Add Comics screen?

• Switch between By Title and By Barcode using tabs at the top
  (Add Manually is now a separate screen, under Tools menu)
• All panels are now resizable (list, details, camera)
• Add button is now at bottom right (blue circle with “+” icon)
• Adding By Title:
  • Suggestions appear in a drop-down while you type a title
• Adding By Barcode:
  • Camera scanner is now integrated in Add screen, not a separate screen
  • Tap the keyboard icon in the camera panel to enter a barcode manually
  • Delete barcodes from queue by swiping from right to left
  • Barcode queue is now remembered between sessions

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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

• 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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.