Version 1.1.1 is now available to be downloaded – use the link over on the right. The major new feature is TwitPic integration. It also has a one-click retweet feature which follows the convention of prefixing “RT @username ” to the original tweet. And Yatca is now a registered Twitter client application so tweets and replies originating from Yatca will now be identified as such.
I’ve received an absolute mountain of feedback in the last couple of days. Most of it has been very positive and all of it has been very useful to me. Very much appreciated. As soon as I’ve gone through all the feedback properly later on I’ll write up a post outlining my action plan for the next version.
In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy the unseasonal sunshine – it’s our national holiday St Patrick’s Day here today. Slán agus beannachtaí na féile libh go léir!
Tags: blackberry, blackberry bold, blackberry storm, twitter, yatca
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 4:02 pm |
Wow, if you keep pumping out improvements at this clip, Yatca will see a ton of success. You should throw this sucker onto the App World.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 4:04 pm |
Oh, also, happy St. Patty’s Day.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 4:11 pm |
Seems like the 1.1.1 is not very compatible with Storm. I find that moving the cursor to edit or to make selection is a little hard. Unlike version 1.0.1. I already disable compatibility mode in Storm and the same still happen
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 7:44 pm |
@Putra I haven’t made any changes in that area between 1.0.1 and 1.1.1 so that is very weird. I will investigate though. Thanks.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 4:44 pm |
there seems to be a problem with the permissions to use the camera. By changing it it seems to now be working
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 7:43 pm |
@Lemos On the various combinations of device model + o/s that I’ve tested on, Yatca hasn’t required permissions for the camera. To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t even aware that there was such a permission! I will fix asap. Thanks.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 5:21 pm |
I can’t seem to use Twitpic in Yatca. I see due to functionality, we can’t use a picture already taken for twitpic, but when I try to “take” a picture it says “Error accessing camera: null” on my Blackberry 8220 running 4.6.0.151
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 6:17 pm |
Thanks for the update! I am really liking the direction of this application.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 6:24 pm |
Having an issue with the TwitPic action. I click the Photo link and it brings up a blank screen. If I press the track ball I get an “Error accessing camera: requested format not supported” message. I have all the permissions set to allow.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 7:37 pm |
@Kitch Apologies and thanks for letting me know. What model are you using? Also, what version of the o/s are you using?
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 7:38 pm |
I am using a BlackBerry Curve 8900 with the 4.6.1.178 operating system.
Wednesday, 18th March, 2009 at 12:54 am |
@Kitch The 1.1.2 service release that I’ve just posted fixes some camera problems but I have a feeling that it won’t address your issue. I could be wrong though so if you want to try it out and let me know I’d really appreciate it. But I don’t want to waste your time. Thanks.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 7:52 pm |
I loaded 1. 1. 1. It comes back with an error when I try and log in. I am using the9530 with .114. Any thoughts?
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 7:56 pm |
@Adam Depends…what sort of error?
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 8:07 pm |
Great concept, and with a few tweaks, would be wonderful to use on the Storm. Even with Compatibility Mode disabled for the application:
- It appears that support of the accelorometer (and therefore the full keyboard) is not available.
- Clicking the buttons/links is a challenge as you need to use the touchscreen as the scroll wheel (as with any application be used with compatability mode enabled)
(I am using the Storm 9530 with O/S .109)
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 8:09 pm |
the error is: “Verification failed: Connection refused twitter.com:80″
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 8:38 pm |
@Adam It looks like something is blocking the connection between Yatca and the Twitter service. Do you know if your BlackBerry is configured to connect to the Internet through a BES? If so, is twitter.com permitted by the BES policy? Alternatively, might you possibly have a firewall product of some kind installed on your device?
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 8:28 pm |
i cant seem to find the twitpic option anywhere……
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 8:39 pm |
@ian When you’re in the status update screen or the reply dialog there should be a ‘Photo’ link button displayed below the text box?
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 9:39 pm |
I do have a BES account but I do not use it for internet. It is only for email. And I do not have a firewall program that I am aware of….
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 9:50 pm |
@Adam Thanks Adam. I think I know what’s wrong. Your scenario is one that I hadn’t thought of. Yatca is detecting that your device is configured on a BES and attempting to connect through that on the assumption that this is the best thing to do. I’ll sort it out in a later release by allowing the user to manually select the network path used. I can’t think of any work around for now I’m afraid (other than asking your BES admin to allow HTTP connections to twitter.com?).
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 9:42 pm |
I get the same error when trying to use the camera. “Error accessing camera: null” Im using a Bold 9000 with 4..6.247 OS. Is there anyway to make the message folder have a red star when a new message comes in? Like is down with new texts and emails?
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 10:03 pm |
@Scuba629 Strange because I’ve got the same device and o/s version as you and I’ve no probs with the camera. There is however a potential permissions issue with the camera that I am in the process of sorting out and will be in a service release. This might fix your problem.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 9:52 pm |
Are the twits supposed to integrate into the “Messages” folder, or are they only on display in the “Yatca” folder, because mine don’t show up in the Messages folder. I have to constantly go to the Yatca folder through View Folder->Yatca
Is there a setting I’m missing?
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 10:00 pm |
@zed Yes, they’re supposed to be integrated into the main messages folder. Some other users have also reported this problem. You’ve given me an idea though…when you’re in the Messages application, can you go into Options -> General Options, scroll down to the “SMS and Email Inboxes” setting and tell me what it says? Mine says “Combined”.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 9:58 pm |
also, i’m using a bold with v.4.6.0.162 OS
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 10:11 pm |
unfortunately, i’ve tried all three settings to no avail: “theme controlled”, “Seperate” which I like to keep as, and “Combined”.
Wednesday, 18th March, 2009 at 9:31 am |
@zed In case you missed it in the comment stream, user J3V says that the issue you’re having goes away if, from the Messages application menu, you go into Options -> General Options and make sure the ‘Hide Filed Messages’ setting is ‘No’.
Tuesday, 17th March, 2009 at 11:03 pm |
I fixed it. I had to change the permissions to allow everything. Thought you set everything you needed when the app first runs.
Great app!! Very Happy with it..
I do have a lot of friends that don’t use Twitter and was wondering if there was a way to forward a message to them via sms text or email.
Wednesday, 18th March, 2009 at 1:13 am |
Hi, 1.1.2 has fixed my problem. Thanks
Wednesday, 18th March, 2009 at 3:04 am |
i had the same the problem as mistergreg on my 8220 OS version 4.6.0.180, Error accessing camera: null. @zed idk which os or model but i went into my messages app, clicked the menu key and picked options -> general options, and make sure hide filed messages is set to no. that should work. it worked for me.
Wednesday, 18th March, 2009 at 3:37 am |
I am still having the issue. I will say that I am using BES, but it is a hosted BES account, which should have a blank policy without restrictions. I wonder if that is causing the issue. I don’t use the twitpic option that much, though, so it isn’t a problem.
What I would like to see is possibly a way to search for tweets somehow using the Search feature, if at all possible.
Wednesday, 18th March, 2009 at 12:09 pm |
that was it! thanks J3V and Yatca!
Wednesday, 18th March, 2009 at 1:12 pm |
Yatca, might I suggest you add an option that allows the user to control Yatca’s connection method? The reason I suggest this is because some apps, like TwitterBerry, can not post pictures to TwitPic the connection method is set to BIS. It has to be set to TCP for it to work. I don’t know if this is a RIM/BIS restriction or a VZW restriction.
Monday, 15th June, 2009 at 6:50 pm |
I totally concur with davbak’s suggestion. Yatca was my favorite client prior to going through Enterprise Activation. Now it’s blocked out, the policy will not change, and I am forced to use other clients which work fine because they know how to navigate through connection paths outside of BES.
Tuesday, 16th June, 2009 at 10:43 am |
@imercado I’ve emailed you on this so that I can enrol you in our ‘beta testing programme’
Wednesday, 18th March, 2009 at 6:56 pm |
How about the ability to Direct Message? Or am I missing something…..
Thursday, 19th March, 2009 at 3:16 pm |
I downloaded Yatca 4 days ago, I think. I have a BB Storm 9530 with OS 4.7.0.75. The first two days Yatca worked perfectly in landscape mode and I love it. I almost uninstalled Twitterberry. Yesterday and today, it will only open in portrait mode and won’t respond to the accelerometer when I turn to landscape mode. Any idea why this is?
Thursday, 19th March, 2009 at 8:17 pm |
@drunkengoat I’m going to post a general note shortly about Yatca on the Storm. Thanks.
Monday, 23rd March, 2009 at 7:58 pm |
Hi,
I’m getting an error when trying to send a photo. I have a Blackberry Bold 9000 and this is the error I get:
“Failed to upload photo: Local connection timed out after ~ 120000″
(With an option to click “OK”)
Help!
Tuesday, 7th April, 2009 at 12:44 pm |
The photo/twitpic functionality was working beautifully at first but then the last few days every time I also get:
“Failed to upload photo: Local connection timed out after ~ 120000″
when trying to upload a photo. And then I’m sad, because there is no way to save the photo that I took and the subject matter may be gone. Emailing it after the fact isn’t an option.
And it seems the flash doesn’t fire via the Yatca photo interface?
BlackBerry 9000 v4.6.0.247
Tuesday, 7th April, 2009 at 4:10 pm |
@mrBb Uploads to TwitPic have been unreliable at best. I have engaged with an alternative photo hosting service and will offer this in a future release.
There is no way for an application such as Yatca to control settings like flash, zoom, etc. This is one of the reasons why I am removing direct camera support from future releases.