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06Feb / 2012

There’s a bug in Ice Cream Sandwich

… and although it’s not a severe bug, I’d like to mention it. It seems that the dialog theme in Ice Cream Sandwich is buggy and completely ignores Mizuu’s defined sizes when the width gets above a certain number (measured in a unit called dp). This means that some dialog windows - i.e. the backdrop and cover browsers - look rather weird on Ice Cream Sandwich devices. You’ll see an example of this above.

This is naturally not supposed to happen, and I’m working on a fix as we speak. Lots of changes have been made to Mizuu already and it’s really getting a lot better. I really can’t wait to get you all to try the new stuff I’ve got waiting :-)

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14Dec / 2011

Mizuu is ready for Ice Cream Sandwich and Galaxy Nexus

I’ve just published version 1.7.5 of Mizuu, and the biggest change is the fact that it now supports Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus.

Some of the other planned changes have been postponed to ensure quick support for Ice Cream Sandwich, but they’ll be in version 1.8.0, which is the next release. Looking at my to-do list, this is going to be one heck of an update!

Here’s the change log for version 1.7.5:

  • Added actors in TV shows
  • Added backdrop browser in TV shows
  • Added Justin.tv video player
  • Added option to select cover art from gallery
  • Added support for Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0
  • Added YouTube searches in TV shows
  • Improved video quality of videos from TED Talks
  • Layout changes
  • Minor bug fixes

As always, you can get the latest version via Android Market on your tablet or Galaxy Nexus or online. Mizuu will also pop up and let you know that a new version is available when you launch the application.

The free version will be updated in about a week. I really don’t have much time at the moment, and users of the paid version get updates first.

Please report any bugs you may encounter. I’d also love feedback on how it’s working for you on Galaxy Nexus, especially if there’s something that needs to be improved. I’m still a newbie at developing for two kinds of devices (tablets and phones) in one application package, so I can really use all the help I can get. Thanks!

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09Dec / 2011

Mizuu on Ice Cream Sandwich

Just received a Galaxy Nexus today and that means I can finally start working on Ice Cream Sandwich support (Android 4.0). Ice Cream Sandwich supports both phones and tablets, so the upcoming releases of Mizuu should support both kinds of devices.

I’ve only been working on this for a few hours, but I’ve been making some significant progress, as you can see from the screenshots above. I’m hoping to add Ice Cream Sandwich support in version 1.7.5. I haven’t got a tablet with Ice Cream Sandwich yet, so I can’t test that, but I can test it on the Galaxy Nexus.

Support for more devices with large screens (like 480 x 800 pixels) will be added in the future as well.

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What’s Mizuu?

Mizuu is a movie and TV show management application for Android devices.

This blog is about the development of the application and a way for users to put their feedback out in the open.

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What users say

Wonderful - Xbmc for Android! — Andreas

Excellent App! This is a great looking and very functional movies and tv organising app. Thank you for the good support and regular new features and updates. — Kenneth

Gooooooood! Works really great. — Matthias Gerold

How movies should look! I was disappointed with the android native movie application. Where is the cover-art? The movie/tv information? This app is what the android movie application should have been and more. It linked everything in my movie library with no issues. The app looks great too! Awesome! Great Work! — DavidGuy

Beautiful looking and highly functional! Great looking app, automatically found and stored all my show info, downloaded posters and summaries. I contacted the developer and got a very quick and helpful response. — Michael

Amazing App. Great app!! I thought I would get just another normal poorly programmed app this one is awesome! I highly recommend it! — Marc

Excellent App. This app is great for portable movie watching! Worth every penny once you name your files correctly. I highly recommend this app, but for playing the videos use MX player! Keep up the great work on developing this app! — Demetrius

Relly nice A cool GUI and fully featured xbm like for tablets. — macgyver

Best Movie Manager. It's like having Boxee on my tablet! Mizuu makes browsing my movie collection fast and easy. I love the layout and the ability to use my favorite movie player. It is visually appealing and it works like it should. A great app indeed! — akkidy

This app is stupendous and is a must have for any movie/tv buffs or people who store content locally. Good work! — Daniel

Great app. By far my favorite app on my ASUS Transformer! Love the info on each movie when you touch the movie poster. Gives options to watch trailer on YouTube, read reviews and play movie. Works great on my HDTV!! — Lou

a must buy. an awesome app. the dev is also very responsive — Joseph

Great. Working great on galaxy nexus. — Jassim

Truly Amazing — Joris

Awesome Movie app on Prime. Works amazing, love the box art and look of this app. I point this to my cifs network drive mount on my transformer Prime and have my terabyte hard drive media right on my tablet! Great job dev! — W. Scott

I love this app. Had it about a month now and wouldnt live without it. Great job! — Mr Bear

Excellent! Solid, well designed app, great customer support, a true gem! — Steve

Awesome!! I have a media PC running XBMC and was looking for a similiar setup for my tablet when I found this. As far as I'm concerned this is one of the best apps I have. Works great and looks fantastic. Theres not another video library that even comes close. — Wosto

Best paid app I purchased I had the free version for 15 minutes before I upgraded. Updates are often and good. — festmaster

Best app on my Xoom. The greatest app for honeycomb. This is a must have. — Gomez

Really good. Makes my crap thumbnails look like gold. — Matthew

Perfect AAA — Roaster

Fantastic app. If you are looking for the best media center app for Android 3.0+, look no further. — Doug

Great app - Works great on both my Galaxy Nexus and my Galaxy tab 10.1 — Jens

Great app. Easily one of my favorite apps on my Xoom. Very nice app. — Luke

great Been waiting for an app like this for managing media on my tablet since I got it — Matt

Exactly what I was looking for and a bit more..... All the video players I've tried on my Lenovo K1 Ideapad just give you an ugly list with a screenshots of the video files. This separates movies and TV shows, adds cover art and uses IMDb for reviews and backdrops. When you hit play just select your favorite video player as default and you're set. — SaDiin

Best video app ever. This app really shows how great android is. TV shows support works even better than movies. Such an amazing developer — Tom

Five stars for constant updates....this app has come a long way — Darish

OUTSTANDING APP!!!!!!! This app really ROCKS! I love everything about it and can't wait to see what's coming. The developer helped me out via email when I was having setup issues and had my problem fixed in no time. Best Customer Service Award goes out to Michell. — Laurence

Beautiful! I've dreamed of an app like this. — Khaled

Wow, I'm truly amazed!! Would recommend this app to anyone and everyone — Nevall

Fantastic. A truly awesome app for showcasing movies. Who wants to use a file browser, when your mp4 videos can be represented by large, beautiful photos with integrated information? Plus, frequent updates. Keep up the great work. — Gregor

Awesome app! Loving this app on my tab, beautiful & fast UI. Great support from dev! — Johanna

The best at what it does. Haven't yet found an app similar to this, for me it's the best one at what it does. Of course there are still things that could be added, but the application is being worked upon heavily and the developer listens and responds to questions or requests very quickly, so I'm sure it'll get even better. Definitely five stars from me :) — Natan Žabkar

One of the prime Honeyomb apps. It's an amazing feat that a lone developer can do better work than most dev teams. I've followed this guy since his beta on XDA, and look at him and his app now. Perfectly showcases Android's ability to provide indie devs to show their talent by offering powerful tools and near-complete freedom to generate an incredible app such as this. Excellent support, fast and accurate movie/TV listing, beautiful interface, support for multiple codecs. Highly recommended. — JJ

Amazing!!! Looks great on my Transformer Prime!!! — Shawn

Best App For Managing Movies and TV Shows. The interface is intuitive and fast. Adding movie/show information is automatic and relatively accurate. The developer is quick to respond to emails and eager to ensure customers needs are met. Well worth the price! Great app and a great dev. — James

Should be 10 out of 5! This app defines what an app should be on Honeycomb, it is the kind of thing that makes having a tablet awesome! Also, the developer was fantastic in helping me resolve a problem, he responded within minutes (seconds?) of me sending him an email. Buy this app and tell your friends to do the same, you won't regret it! — amruthwo

The best movie/tv library app for android. Very beautiful and user friendly library app for your movies and television shows. Looks especially great on tablets or high resolution smartphones. — Christarius

Great layout and features. Really nice way to collect and organize your movies and tv-shows. Like the UI a lot. — Ermias

Great. A great app with a motivated developer and very frequent updates. Superb interface — Thibaut

Essential for Entertainment. Love this app so much! — Ram

Sweet app Excellent app. Well worth buying if you watch movies on your tablet. — John

This app has come a long way in a short amount of time. Its matured into an XBMC style interface to showcase my movies/TV shows beautifully and easily. Great app! — Patrick

Fantastic! A fantastic and great looking app. Works really well, and with the upcoming changes in 1.8 with DLNA support will undoubtedly become even better. Works great on the Transformer Prime running ICS. — Spiros