[Old] April 7th Update

Solar2D Daily Builds and Public Releases
#1

Team

Me again. (As if you didn’t know already)

Just want to give you a what’s up part II or III or IV

And will make it brief.

Last few weeks, we have made a huge push for a bunch of fixes and performance improvements.

Example: an Android build test shows we improved build performance that will make all of you happy. Stuff that was taking us five to ten minutes for android builds on the server is now down to a minute or less. And we have done this across the board. On Android Windows/Mac and iOS builds.

And today we are code-freeze. That means that the only fixes we will do are for them egregious bugs that sneak up from now until next week. Otherwise, we are in full RTM mode for release next week. You read that right. Next week Thursday is our “D” day. Of course, absent any major crashing bugs or bugs that impede app builds.

There is a lot more to say, but I think that sums it up pretty well.

I am really excited about this release and I think you will be too.

Thank you again for your support and no time for us to rest. Immediately after the release I will update a roadmap, and provide guidance on the next set of killer features.

Most importantly, our next release, will focus on monetization. We will enable Corona to allow you to monetize in more ways than just ‘ads’.

Of course we will continue to fix bugs, add features, graphics, etc. So don’t think we are not going to just focus on monetization. That is the main focus, but all other features, bug fixes, etc. still play an important role so don’t ask me if we are not going to do this that and the other since we are focusing on monetization. Everything is fair game with us.

We are also going to be adding more support engineers to help us in both testing and monitoring our forums, as well as staffing up our engineering department with some great talent that will be mind blowing.

And watch out for an exciting announcement we are going to be making pretty soon.

That’s it for now.

Carlos

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#2

This is great news. Seeing the last Daily Build I assumed something was coming and it seems that I wasn’t wrong about it. You are doing an awesome job. I’m getting excited to see what’s coming. :slight_smile: [import]uid: 1058 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31139[/import]

#3

Hi Carlos,

Is the coronaUI included in this next big release?

-Steven [import]uid: 7175 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31142[/import]

#4

Exciting times!.. Can’t wait… Keep up the great work!.. [import]uid: 33866 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31143[/import]

#5

We are not releasing the corona ui after all.

I forgot to mention that.

Ok now that you have all recovered from another carlos’ induced coronary

yes it will !! we are working in sample code, documentation and some fixes here and there.

the best part? corona UI is going out only to subscribers first BOOYA !!! :slight_smile:

c. [import]uid: 24 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31144[/import]

#6

Please wait… Restarting heart…

:slight_smile: [import]uid: 33866 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31147[/import]

#7

Awesome news as always Carlos. Quite disappointed that support for Motorola OS was dropped, though. [import]uid: 6084 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31148[/import]

#8

Awesome to hear on Corona UI, can’t wait! [import]uid: 38398 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31173[/import]

#9

Yeah … Corona UI, can’t wait! [import]uid: 45018 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31610[/import]

#10

What? No Symbian build?

Seriously though, this is fantastic!

m

ps: someone will have to send you flowers :wink: [import]uid: 8271 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31631[/import]

#11

I look forward to messing around with some Android stuff in the near future with these improvements :slight_smile:

Also, can’t wait to have a play with the new UI stuff :smiley: [import]uid: 10144 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31696[/import]

#12

Looking forward to it. Thank you Carlos and the team for keeping us posted. [import]uid: 22878 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31701[/import]

#13

Great news Carlos. And much appreciated. [import]uid: 5712 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31727[/import]

#14

Can’t we get a beta or something for the CoronaUI.
Is it really going to solve all of our problems forever and ever?
Where can i at least see the features it’s going to include? [import]uid: 41025 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31756[/import]

#15

GREAT NEWS!
Can’T wait for the release!!

THX @Carlos [import]uid: 9592 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 31912[/import]

#16

*Edit: The post I was responding to was removed so leaving this up I’d just look crazy ^-^; [import]uid: 10144 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 32129[/import]

#17

Hey, April 2012 is coming, and this April 7th Update title can cause confusion. Maybe we should un-sticky this post? [import]uid: 7026 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 90694[/import]

#18

You raise a valid point Rad; will unsticky. [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 8669 reply_id: 90699[/import]