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Version 2.3.3 Released

  • Fixed kanji Flow and CSV exporting to mail
  • Fixed kanji Flow and CSV importing

There were some disparities between the way kanji Flow exported text to an e-mail and how it would read the data when trying to import that text but it should work as expected now.

  • Updated duplicate checking to check for a hash of the original kanji when importing from imiwa?

Duplicate checking looks at each card’s kanji entry to test for duplicate cards.  That generally works, but if you edited a card’s kanji entry it could be imported again by accident. This could be especially problematic for verbs or verb-based words that might have multiple kanji entries:

Going forward, when you import a card from imiwa? kanji Flow will store a hash of the card’s kanji entry. Even if you edit the kanji, the hash won’t change. So, if you try to import the same card again later, the app will check the hash and let you know that it’s a duplicate. This check will occur automatically when doing imiwa? imports. You can choose to do the old check for exact kanji duplicates or check the import hash via an alert that appears when you tap the Duplicates button.

Please keep in mind that this will only work moving forward for cards that you import after installing this version of the app.

Happy Studies!

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Version 2.2.5 Released

  • Reimplemented importing CSV files and exporting CSV to the pasteboard or a file

This broke a couple of patches ago but someone requested it be fixed so I fixed it.

  • CSV exports can now optionally include each cards’ examples

This will make the CSV file have an unequal amount of columns on each row so you should NOT include examples if your software doesn’t support this.

After exporting a CSV file, you can e-mail it or send it to Dropbox (or whatever is available on your phone). If you cancel this, the file will simply show up in your documents list so you can export it from iTunes if you’d prefer:

  • Various Shared lessons fixes and optimizations

I’ve uploaded about 10 lessons but it’s says I have 0. Hmm… After a bit of research, it seems that there is a bug in the way that CloudKit is reporting metadata for each file. Apple has stated that this bug will be fixed in iOS version 9.2. Once it’s fixed, any files that you uploaded prior to this version will be accessible again. Any files that you upload now will be available to you immediately. I’m very sorry for any problems this has caused for anyone. Please let me know if there is anything you’d like to see in future versions.

Happy studies!

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Version 2.2.1 Released

This was actually out yesterday but I was a bit behind and didn’t have time to do the notes, sorry. Anyway:

  • Example sentences from Tatoeba.org

You can now access a database of example sentences right on the Examples view. Move them into your examples list with a single-tap if you want to view them on-card during study sessions. I only chose to import the smaller database with examples for common words to keep the size down. Also, this won’t show word examples for individual kanji. That would actually require a dictionary database which would probably be way too big so you’ll still need to go to imiwa? for words.

  • Easier importing with automatic duplicate checking

You no longer have to choose the type of import and dupe checking will occur immediately giving you the option to import everything or just the new stuff.

  • Tweaked imports from imiwa?’s Open In… feature
  • Tweaked new card sorting
  • Tweaked card resetting

The tweaks probably won’t be noticeable to most but they should make things a bit better.

  • Fixed Edit view searching
  • Fixed CSV exporting via e-mail
  • Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause examples to show the wrong translation

Searching and CSV exporting were basically totally broken; they work now. The translation hint bug was only a bit annoying but shouldn’t be a problem anymore.

In the next version I’m going to see if I can get those examples from the database I added to optionally show up automatically if you haven’t added any of your own yet.

I’m also planning to try release some updated Youtube videos about how to use kanji Flow, Reviewing the Kanji, and imiwa? most efficiently.

Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see or if you notice any problems.

Happy studies!

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CSV Importing

Version 1.0.2 of kanji Flow posted to the App Store today and includes a new CSV import feature.

You can add CSV files to your kanji Flow documents and the file will be converted to kanji Flow format upon selection from the lesson list.  You can also import CSV formatted text from the Edit view.  The CSV needs to be formatted correctly in order to import properly.  If you’re working from a spreadsheet file, it should only have three columns: one for the kanji entry, one for the kana entry, and one for the English (or translation) entry.  If you’re working from a source file that includes more than three columns, just delete the extra columns from the file before you export it as a CSV file.  The resulting text should end up looking something like this:

来週,らいしゅう,”next week”
東,ひがし,”east”
冷蔵庫,れいぞうこ,”refrigerator”

Happy Studies!