Pythonista 1.6 beta Is available again!

omz

Yes! If you're in the beta, please make a backup. It is actually quite likely that the next build will require a clean install (i.e. you'd need to remove the old version first).

wradcliffe

@omz - @polymerch just started another thread asking how to do a backup when you can't run Pythonista. I think your comment may have caused some concern that the TestFlight expiration issue will cause us to have to do a full reinstall since we may have been caught offguard and not done our normal backups when this happened.

Just to be clear - I am assuming that you will get past the TestFlight deployment issue soon and the build we get is not going to force a clean install - correct? I am also assuming that if something else happens and we have to blow away TestFlight, we should still be able to just reinstall the 1.5 and see our existing scripts and data. So there is not much need for concern.

We understand that something unexpected may happen and we should be prepared and backed up and when the formal 1.6 comes out we may need to restore everything at that time. This TestFlight glitch has just hit us a bit by surprise.

omz

I've uploaded a "new" build with a different version number, let's see if that helps. If it works (i.e. if you see a TestFlight notification within the next 24 hours or so), you probably won't lose data when you install it (though it obviously doesn't hurt to have a backup anyway).

There are some other changes I'm still working on, and regardless of this whole mess, it's likely that one of the next builds will require a clean install, but I'll try to not make that coincide with the expiration of the previous build, so you can prepare for this better.

polymerchm

I was not having problems relative to the test flight issue, just with git and github. I am using iMazing for full backups and transferring. Works real well.

omz

Looks like it actually worked. :) The new build should be available now. Again, no actual changes, but the next one will be more interesting...

Sorry about this, I could have seen it coming (not the first time TestFlight has server-side issues), and I should have prepared for this by submitting the build sooner...

JonB

Any plans to send out a new batch of beta invites with this new build?

misha_turnbull

Got the build, downloaded, still have all my stuff. :)

omz

@JonB I'll send out a new batch of invites with the next build. The thing is, I anticipate that the next build will require a clean install if you have the current beta installed, but not if you're coming from the App Store version, so it doesn't really make sense to add new testers right now because that would increase the risk that someone doesn't read the release notes carefully enough, and loses data...

dgelessus

Downgrading to the public version isn't possible without a full reinstall I assume?

wradcliffe

@omz - Glad to see that the TestFlight update finally worked. No issues or data loss here.

Thank you for the clarification and the suggestions on how to backup and prepare for the next build. I hope all beta testers will use this opportunity to test their disaster recovery strategy. Anyone can have a device go bad and brick on them, so this is a good thing to do in any case. As per your suggestion, took a look at iFunBox (Win7 version) and found it to be a great product. I also use the existing scripts to routinely do a zip file local backup and upload it to Dropbox.

Saturn031000

@dgelessus - You can actually downgrade to the public version by going to the App Store searching Pythonista and then tapping the cloud download button. It retained my data when I did it just after the beta expired.

ccc

Perhaps @Saturn031000's approach above should be the recommended way to do the upgrade to the NEXT Beta release. That is, drop back to the App Store version and then do the NEXT Beta upgrade.

While the previous Beta was nonfunctional, I was able to successfully back up all files with the free versions of both iExplorer and iFunBox. Thanks for the suggestions. They worked like a charm.

Gerzer

@ccc Good idea, I think I’m going to try that.

ccc

Easter Sunday... Once again, crashes on boot.

zencuke

Sigh!!! The app opens then crashes. It is still in my list of running apps but when I select it it flashes and quits. Test flight says beta expired 6 hours ago.

polymerchm

So, I saved my documents folder via iMazing and re-installed 1.5. Saving was not necessary, but I've learned to cut the cards. Lost nothing but a curious observation.

Under 1.6, the iPhone 6 reports ui.get_screen_size() of (320,568), but under 1.6, it reported (375,667). A challenge to us lazy types who hardcode location/dimensions for ui components. @OMZ: Also a little weird.

dgelessus

@polymerchm, that is not weird at all. Apps that do not support a device's native resolution are instead run at a lower res, but displayed slightly upscaled by iOS. From the app's point of view the screen size is the emulated one, not the physical one, because it wouldn't be able to handle the real screen size. That's why the small size emulation happens in the first place. Pythonista 1.5 doesn't have largeyPhone support yet whereas the 1.6 beta does, that's why you're noticing a difference in the perceived screen size.

polymerchm

So I suspected. Guess I have to do it correctly and detect the "real" suppoted screen size. Or wait for the next beta.

misha_turnbull

Has there been a new beta version yet?

briarfox

I'm showing expired 3 days ago, Crashing on load.