AppFurnace 4.0.0 - Major Upgrade to platform

Please note that you will need to upgrade to AppFurnace Player 2.0 to be able to continue using http://www.appfurnace.com.

AppFurnace Player

The AppFurnace Player has had a major upgrade on both platforms. 

During the upgrade process you may have issues downloading and running your apps. To resolve these problems try the following:

• Log into AppFurnace.com, and open the app. 
• Make a small change, such as moving a button to the left and putting it back again.
• Press the Save button
• Return to AppFurnace Player, and Update the app.
• If you still have trouble, try deleting AppFurnace Player, and reinstalling via the App Store.
• If this doesn't work please let us know.

Android

• Android users can now view the debug log, just like on iPhone. Press the Menu button and then choose 'Log'.

iOS-Specific Features

• You can now hide the AppFurnace Logo (shown in the top-right). This is useful for taking screenshots to add to your App Store listing.
• To do this, press the AppFurnace Logo, and choose Hide Button from the popup menu.
• To put the button back, simple shake the phone. You'll need to do this to quit the app and return to the list screen.

• The app now supports iPad. 
• Note: A result of this is that the x2 viewing feature while running iPhone AppFurnace apps in AppFurnace player is no longer available. We hope to address this in a future version.
• The AppFurnace platform can now build iPad apps. This is a premium feature, please contact [email protected] for details.

AppFurnace.com

New Audio Playback System

• We've added a brand new audio playback system called audiochannel that makes creating smoothly-fading multi-layered audio apps far easier and more reliable.
• The old audio system is still available.

Read more on the AudioChannel API Documentation

New Features via Phonegap 2.1

• The AppFurnace platform has been upgraded to Phonegap 2.1 giving a host of new features, including:
• Camera
• Access to Photos
• Accelerometer
• Contacts

To see the full list, check out the new Code API Documentation

New Documentation

• We have re-written and improved the Code API Documentation 
• It includes the new capabilities added via the upgrade.

Layout Editor

• New default styles. New projects created with AppFurnace 4.0.0 will include new styles for Buttons and other widgets.

• To make it easier to work with pages containing many or overlapping widgets, we've added a new drop-down control to the Properties box where you can select any widget on the page.
• If the widget has a code name, this is displayed in the list. If not, you'll see the text or image name used on the widget.

• You can now switch styles on an existing widget. Previously if you wanted to switch a widget to another pre-defined style, you had to delete the widget and create a new one. 
• Now you can press the new Switch Styles button and select an existing style from the list to apply.