Why BrewMath doesn't have a timer.

Just took a look at the comments on the US AppStore (I'm British so I use the UK store by default). It seems a few people have asked for BrewMath to have a hop timer. There's a very good reason why it doesn't (well I think it's a good reason). Apple doesn't allow third party applications, such as BrewMath to run in the background. When answer a call, your program gets booted out. Can you guess what this means if you have a hop timer running and you get a call? Yep, no timer.

BeerAlchemy Touch won't have one either.

The #1 support question is...

Why can't I see all the fermentables in the recipe editor?

This is because BA only shows those ingredients that are applicable to the recipe type. If you've set the recipe type to Extract then you don't see ingredients that require mashing.

BrewMath and the 3.0 SDK

It's been pointed out to me that BrewMath crashes immediately on launch on devices with the 3.0 beta SDK installed. As the beta is really a developer only release (and end users shouldn't really be installing it) I don't currently support using the 3.0 SDK (this means you're on your own if you do). I will of course try to ensure that BrewMath runs fine on the new SDK when it is eventually publicly released by Apple.

BeerAlchemy Touch - update

Work is moving forward on BeerAlchemy for the iPhone although there's still a lot to do. The recipe/batch editing and inventory functions are done but I still need to do a bunch of other stuff - not least the networking code for syncing etc.

The main reason for this update, however is to ask a question. Realistically, BA for the iPhone will come out in the same sort of time frame as the final version of the 3.0 SDK from Apple. The SDK update will be a free update for iPhone users but iPod Touch users will have to pay for it ($10 I think). There are things I'd like to use from the 3.0 SDK but it's not a dealbreaker if I don't - I could make do with 2.x.

So make up my mind for me... as potential users are you definitely NOT going to update to 3.0 when it comes out?

OK, I changed my mind.

      

No, it's not ready yet...nowhere near. ETA is not known but it's a least a few months away.

BrewMath now available on iTunes Store

Just a quick note to let you know that BrewMath went live on Apple's AppStore last night. The iTunes url is

Link to iTunes

I'll update this site later with more info when I'm back home.

So...about this iPhone app.

A little more about the iPhone app I mentioned in the last post. Whilst it's still a work in progress, I'd like to share a few screenshots with you. The app is called BrewMath (or, at least that's it's working title).

Here's the main screen



And here's the bitterness calculator


As usual with prerelease info, these images are only a guide and are subject to change, but at least you can see what I'm aiming for.