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MobileChat v2.21 Available: Localization, UTF8, and Themes!

  • Posted by Shaun
  • March 3, 2008


Themes in MobileChat v2.21

Change Log:

  • Localizations (English, Italian, French)
  • UTF8 Character Support
  • Conversation Themes
  • Added WiFi Keep-Alive option
  • Added XMPP Options for Plain Auth and TLS
  • Added MSN “HTTP Method” Option
  • All protocols allow you to specify the server and port now
  • Changed Network Detection
  • Fixed iPod Touch chat bubbles
  • Added sound files
  • Correct handles line breaks
  • Fixed HTML stripping
  • Fixed text size detectiong
  • Fixed clear history crash

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    MobileChat is free for everyone, so if you use this program regularly, please consider donating to it’s development by clicking here to donate with PayPal. This will ensure that MobileChat remains free, and remains free of nags.

    iPod Touch Support: We Need One
    We do not have an iPod Touch to test with. Since we all have iPhones, we don’t have a reason to purchase an iPod Touch to develop a free application.

    We would really appreciate it if someone could donate an iPod Touch so we can test and develop on the iPod Touch as well. This isn’t for personal use, so if anyone has even an iPod Touch with a cracked LCD that’s useless to them, please consider donating it to help improve MobileChat. You can get in touch with us at support [at] twenty08.com

    Themes
    We’ve already added two themes (Matte and MatteAlt) to our Installer.app repository (http://twenty08.com/installer) and we’re planning to add more, so keep checking there for more themes.

    Theme Development:
    Check out the defalt SMS.mctheme file that is packaged with MobileChat for an example. Not all of the options in the Info.plist are available just yet in v2.21 since we added themes last minute. We’ll get all of those options added for v2.3. Please contact us and let us know if there are additional options you’d like to see added to the Info.plist that will help make your themes even better.

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    Comment Number:
    1
    Written by:
    Lord J
    Posted on:
    March 3, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    ummm yahoo messenger would be nice, willing to donate if yahoo’s on here ; )

    Comment Number:
    2
    Written by:
    likwid
    Posted on:
    March 3, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    It is still crashing while logging in with EDGE (AOL/AIM).

    Logging in also takes 30s each time. It seems to “hang” at the “Received authorization”

    Comment Number:
    3
    Written by:
    heyyo
    Posted on:
    March 3, 2008 at 11:34 pm

    mine is also hanging on received authorization

    Comment Number:
    4
    Written by:
    Relientmt
    Posted on:
    March 4, 2008 at 12:12 am

    awesome app mate.
    ive been waiting for this for a long time.
    the only problems i have come across of is the edge crashing issue, which you most likely know about and..
    i like the pop-up notifications, but when they pop up, you have to wait for them to dissapear to press the buttons behind it. i talk to people who send IMs one after another so i have to wait until the pop up notifications to go away so i can actually reply back to them and that can take forever…
    get what im saying?

    Comment Number:
    5
    Written by:
    Azzie
    Posted on:
    March 4, 2008 at 1:07 am

    It is still not correc show russian nicknames in contact list.
    Crashing sound, when iphone in player mode and receive message alert.

    Comment Number:
    6
    Written by:
    likwid
    Posted on:
    March 4, 2008 at 1:48 am

    #4

    You could always turn the pop-up notifications in settings…

    Comment Number:
    7
    Written by:
    Dexter
    Posted on:
    March 4, 2008 at 4:49 am

    I’ve big problem, crash every time i run it in background, contacts are not in utf8.

    Comment Number:
    8
    Written by:
    flyhoneyguy83
    Posted on:
    March 4, 2008 at 4:57 am

    still no display picture?

    Comment Number:
    9
    Written by:
    Jon
    Posted on:
    March 4, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    Wow this is incredible i use msn mostly so i’m glad to see support for it aswell as aim but that at the least. AMAZING !! the interface is jus teriffic !! Greta work

    Comment Number:
    10
    Written by:
    Jon
    Posted on:
    March 4, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Can you pleasee pleaseee impliment the feature of having it run in the background while doing other things so like surfing the web checking mail and so forth while it’s running inthe background??

    Comment Number:
    11
    Written by:
    humblenick
    Posted on:
    March 4, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    for me the app crashes straigth after launch when wifi is enabled and it hangs at the ’screen name sent’ stage if using edge

    i’m REALLY looking forward to getting it working though

    Comment Number:
    12
    Written by:
    Thomas
    Posted on:
    March 4, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    Could we maybe get a download link for those of us who don’t use Installer.app? :)

    Comment Number:
    13
    Written by:
    Twistyiphoney
    Posted on:
    March 5, 2008 at 5:49 am

    hey,
    what is new with 2.23.
    thanks

    Comment Number:
    14
    Written by:
    Zolton
    Posted on:
    March 5, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    Excellent work, but i do see a small bug.. the bottom line does not seem to respond as well. the like the space bar and number buttons, you have to hit it just right to make it work. this is in 2.2.3e.

    Comment Number:
    15
    Written by:
    Bassir
    Posted on:
    March 5, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    #12, 2.23 fixes the “recieved authorization” hang when signing on for me. Signing on over EDGE is also much faster than before.

    I guess now I can use this instead of Apollo.

    Comment Number:
    16
    Written by:
    griffon
    Posted on:
    March 5, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    Keep up the good work. I’m still hoping for a real good jabber + SSL support instead tls (which isn’t supported on my Server.

    Here is a bug:
    I can’t edit my account details. If I click on edit and then choose an account he’ll try to connect instead of the edit form.

    Comment Number:
    17
    Written by:
    Agustin
    Posted on:
    March 5, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    This is REALLY NICE!!!
    First MSN app that really works, thank you very much!!! keep the good work, i will be thrill for new updates!
    Greetings from Chile!

    Comment Number:
    18
    Written by:
    likwid
    Posted on:
    March 5, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    v2.23 fixes both bugs that I mentioned in my post #2 above.

    However, new bu emerged in v.2.23 where one of my buddies will appear 2 or more times in my buddy list (when that is impossible to begin with).

    Comment Number:
    19
    Written by:
    Thomas
    Posted on:
    March 6, 2008 at 1:06 am

    If not Shaun, could someone else upload a copy of the new version of MobileChat? I’m stuck on the old version because I don’t use Installer.app

    Comment Number:
    20
    Written by:
    Anonymous
    Posted on:
    March 6, 2008 at 3:01 am

    I am on an iPod touch and MobileChat keeps crashing on me immediately after it connects. Do I need BSD Subsystem again?

    Comment Number:
    21
    Written by:
    David
    Posted on:
    March 6, 2008 at 3:33 am

    Shaun I was unable to find the themes that were downloaded with Installer. They aren’t in the /Library/Mobile Chat/Themes..
    Any ideas anyone?
    David

    Comment Number:
    22
    Written by:
    Dj Mx
    Posted on:
    March 6, 2008 at 6:48 am

    Dam people let him breath!! (shaun) relax!! shaun!! nice job soo gald ur back and working on the MobileChat Apollo is dead/gone for good. I knew u’d stick around!! Hope u gonna transfer to Apple’s SDK!!

    Comment Number:
    23
    Written by:
    Dj Mx
    Posted on:
    March 6, 2008 at 6:56 am

    Hey shaun.. when i double tap it signed me off… remember how u had that safari thing when u had more than 2 Im’s u dobule time and it’d showed..? or the scroll to the next IM window?? wut happend to those???

    Comment Number:
    24
    Written by:
    Deggy
    Posted on:
    March 6, 2008 at 7:34 am

    As of this morning Mobile Chat just quits on launch, any idea whats going on? Also I can’t see newer versions of Mobile Chat in the installer than v 2.0.0 and I have your source in my list.

    Comment Number:
    25
    Written by:
    Vasil
    Posted on:
    March 6, 2008 at 10:02 am

    Great App !!!
    I have only one recommondation - It will be great if you can make an ICQ names appear on notification pop-ups instead ICQ numbers like is right now.
    All the Best!

    Comment Number:
    26
    Written by:
    ma5t3rw1tt
    Posted on:
    March 6, 2008 at 10:25 am

    I think I have found a bug in v2.3

    In landscape mode, when you tap the numbers to bring up the numbers & other charactors, you have to sit and tap on that button a few times before it comes up.

    Also, why is Yahoo & AOL missing? I thought I would share. If you need to know this for any reason, I am on a iPod Touch with 1.1.2 firmware.

    Comment Number:
    27
    Written by:
    asmodeus
    Posted on:
    March 7, 2008 at 5:21 pm

    Hi guys,
    your app totally beats Apollo.
    But I mentioned a few bugs:
    - no nicknames - just a couple of contacts diplayed as nicks, the rest is just numbers.
    - in landscape mode bottom line is almost nonresponsive
    - frequent crashes when switching between mchat and other apps

    If you fix it it’ll be the best IM app ATM!
    Thanks!

    Comment Number:
    28
    Written by:
    Albert
    Posted on:
    March 9, 2008 at 7:40 am

    for some reason when i log in then connect my phone to the charger, when i check in the morning it disconnected sometime during the night. How do i prevent this? is it cause its charging?

    Comment Number:
    29
    Written by:
    heyhey
    Posted on:
    March 9, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    hi guys, i need help with mobilechat i cant seem to log on and stay on. when i am about to be log on and see my buddy list it crashes and goes to the main screen (dock) is there anyway i can fix it or what i need?

    thanks guys

    Comment Number:
    30
    Written by:
    iphone07
    Posted on:
    March 10, 2008 at 10:37 am

    I would like to download the source code but the SVN link does not work.

    Comment Number:
    31
    Written by:
    richard
    Posted on:
    March 10, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    The newest version of Mobilechat that i can find is the 2.0 beta ?!?
    I have all the sources available, so i am pretty confused :S
    Please help!

    Comment Number:
    32
    Written by:
    xllx - mxjcmxjc
    Posted on:
    March 10, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    I just made a Tango Mod for Mobile Chat you can check it out here….

    http://xllx.deviantart.com/art/Mobile-Chat-Tango-Mod-79678034

    ENJOY!!!

    Comment Number:
    33
    Written by:
    dsix
    Posted on:
    March 12, 2008 at 11:34 pm

    i can’t get googletalk to connect via xmpp. it keeps saying “error not authorized.” anyone have success with this? aim works great.

    Comment Number:
    34
    Written by:
    mario
    Posted on:
    March 15, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    Ok I tried to download this and could download it but it won’t show up in the main screen…. Any help with this?

    Comment Number:
    35
    Written by:
    guran58
    Posted on:
    March 16, 2008 at 3:29 am

    in 2.23 no work themes :-((

    Comment Number:
    36
    Written by:
    kobe
    Posted on:
    March 17, 2008 at 8:57 am

    Type your comment here.

    Comment Number:
    37
    Written by:
    onesilentlight
    Posted on:
    March 17, 2008 at 10:09 pm

    It would be very helpful for a notification to appear in the taskbar, when you have an unread message. That way if I’m reading a book, or surfing the web, then I can see that I have a message and someone who wants to chat. I really think that this feature should be added to the next version. Thanks so much!!

    Comment Number:
    38
    Written by:
    anchor
    Posted on:
    March 19, 2008 at 1:54 am

    When I install mobilechat the install brings you back to the summerboard and the program, when opened closes immediately. the package still shows up in installer and I can’t get rid of the icon now?

    Is anyone having the same problem and can they help out?

    Comment Number:
    39
    Written by:
    Thomas
    Posted on:
    March 20, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    The bottom row of keys is not working very good in landscape mode, need to tap them maaany times before they work.
    (iPod Touch)

    Comment Number:
    40
    Written by:
    George
    Posted on:
    March 22, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    I am having the same problem in landscape mode. Especially with the space bar. I am using an iPod.

    Comment Number:
    41
    Written by:
    anonymous
    Posted on:
    March 29, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    has anyone had a bug where their buddies would show up multiple times and after going around settings i went back and 1 buddy was shown 20 times ..after that i ignored it and went back to settings and looking around until my phone completely froze.

    Comment Number:
    42
    Written by:
    kenan sucu
    Posted on:
    April 2, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    i like iphone

    Comment Number:
    43
    Written by:
    graham
    Posted on:
    April 8, 2008 at 10:05 pm

    is this app included in the installer? cause i can find the new one.

    Comment Number:
    44
    Written by:
    Terry
    Posted on:
    April 10, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    What happened to gtalk in the mobilechat?

    Comment Number:
    45
    Written by:
    Scottjohn
    Posted on:
    April 13, 2008 at 6:48 am

    Loving the new version one big problem for me there is no Gmail account wondering why so love m Gmail and was using ur app for that purpose ?

    Comment Number:
    46
    Written by:
    Anders
    Posted on:
    April 14, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    I cant seem to add msn account. I type in everything and click save but it just jumps back to the main screen (chat) without having added anything… what to do?

    Comment Number:
    47
    Written by:
    sapan
    Posted on:
    April 15, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    for some reason i can’t seem to stay connected for longer than 15 mins, even with auto-reconnect and wifi-keep alive enabled.. any help would be greatly appreciated.. i plan to donate as much as possible once this bug is fixed..

    Comment Number:
    48
    Written by:
    Sabrina
    Posted on:
    April 17, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    Same problem here. I was sending messages, and it won’t stay on longer than 5 mins then goes back to home screen. Is there any solutions? I’d like to have google talk too. Many thanks to the developers for this app. =)

    Comment Number:
    49
    Written by:
    ricc
    Posted on:
    April 22, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    How come I dont have tha updated mobile chat on my installer? I still have the 2.0.0b version. =(

    Comment Number:
    50
    Written by:
    CS
    Posted on:
    April 24, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    Hi!

    Got the latest mobilechat client, but how to use? Got no icon or any programm shoen on desk, but it is installed with latest installer app under “network”

    Anybody an idea to fix this problem? Phone running on 1.1.4

    Thanks!

    CS

    Comment Number:
    51
    Written by:
    Anonymous
    Posted on:
    May 12, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    i would love to use this app. it looks great.

    but when i go to install it, it will download, but freeze on install.

    then it crashes and i have an icon, but it doesnt work. it opens, then it closes

    Comment Number:
    52
    Written by:
    Chris
    Posted on:
    May 16, 2008 at 1:58 am

    I’ve been using the AT&T WiFi service they’ve been rolling out at all the Starbucks stores (free if you get DSL through AT&T, SBC, etc.!) and I’ve noticed MobileChat always crashes when I’m on AT&T WiFi and I try to sign on to AIM. I’ve tried this at multiple Starbucks locations. Can anyone else confirm?

    Maybe this is related to the problem other ppl are having with the program crashing with AIM and EDGE?