[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Beta App Feedback

Ken Cox kenstir at gmail.com
Wed Nov 25 17:12:06 EST 2015


Geoff,

Please update the app and make it crash again.  I messed up and lost the
data file that would let me de-obfuscate the stack traces.

Is there any sort of view-only account you could give me on GAPINES?  Of
course the turnaround would be quicker if I could reproduce it myself.

Thanks,
Ken

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Geoff Sams <GSams at roanoketexas.com> wrote:

> Well, I fixed the issue with our SSL, turns out I has missed a step last
> time.
>
>
>
> Now I can log in through the app, but unfortunately not much else.
>
>
>
> I tried the Items Checked Out section first, and the app crashed after I
> pressed the button.
>
>
>
> I tried to run a search, but after initiating the search the app crashed.
>
>
>
> I could pull up the holds screen without issue, though I had no holds.
> After placing a hold, I checked again and the app crashed.
>
>
>
> The fines screen appears to work as intended though, even after adding a
> fine as a test.
>
>
>
> If I hadn’t already let you know, I’m running this on a Nexus 6 with
> Android 6.0.
>
>
>
> I’ll keep tinkering with things, but it seems like it simply doesn’t like
> working with me when items are involved.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geoff Sams
>
> Library Manager
>
> Roanoke Public Library
>
>
>
> *From:* Open-ils-dev [mailto:
> open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Ken Cox
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 24, 2015 9:19 PM
> *To:* Evergreen Development Discussion List <
> open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Beta App Feedback
>
>
>
> Geoff,
>
>
>
> What library are you trying to login to, GAPINES?  That error indicates
> some problem with SSL, either the CA or an intermediate are not trusted by
> Android.  I had this problem with https://mlnc4.mvlcstaff.org/eg/opac/home;
> Windows seems to trust its CAs but Android does not.  Only short term fix
> is not to use SSL (he said invitingly).  Longer term fix may be a trust
> chain fix to the site certs or custom code to accept those specific CAs*.
>
>
>
> Ken
>
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> * see http://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-ssl.html
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> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Geoff Sams <GSams at roanoketexas.com>
> wrote:
>
> I'm at home so I haven't had a chance to really look into things closely,
> but I did pull up the app and attempt to login, but keep getting an error
> "Unable to contact login service."
>
> Thanks,
> Geoff Sams
> Library Manager
> Roanoke Public Library
> 817-491-2691
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Open-ils-dev [open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] on
> behalf of Justin Hopkins 📖 [justin at mobiusconsortium.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 7:40 PM
> To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Beta App Feedback
>
>
> Ken,
>
> So awesome. It feels cool just to log in and use the app. I know I
> speak for everyone when I say how much we appreciate your hard work on
> this.
>
> From my limited experience so far I'd offer the following:
>
> [-7]: Perhaps we could use another, or expand on the .json file so
> that we could include all libraries in a given consortium/system for a
> more fine grained GPS based library suggestion
> [-6]: Add the consortium level as an option for search scope
> [-5]: Along the same lines, make user preferences already stored in
> Evergreen accessible/applicable (default locations, etc) or store new
> preferences for the app
> [-4]: Show some indication of consortium/system/branch levels in
> location dropdowns. It's not clear what is a system and what is a
> branch, and could make it too easy to set a system as the pickup
> location. I'm not sure how that would resolve.
> [-3]: Electronic resources don't display their 856 links
> [-2]: Subject and series information on the record pages could be links
> [-1]: A common feature among library apps, or apps where searching for
> books is a likely operation, is a barcode search - I think that would
> be a nice addition.
>
> Thanks again! I'm looking forward to playing around with this and
> putting it more to use.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Justin
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> -Ken
>



-- 
-Ken
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