Art Con Hack 14.0 + Redeem Codes

• Facebook event header images (URLs) aren't stable so we're fetching event images from AWS, now.
• Fixed a Main Menu row height bug that popped up afer the iOS 16 update.
• Updated the Playlist with a ton of recent record releases.

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Hello, Art Con fans. It's been a hot minute. We miss y'all and hope to see you soon! We weren't able to hold our signature event this year, but I wanted to push out an important app update. A couple of things needed fixing. Of note:

• Fixed a Playlist layout issue for iPhone 12 users
• Fixed a Facebook SDK issue that was preventing fetching calendar events
• Added some new music releases to the Playlist

I have more features planned for the app, starting early next year, so keep an eye out for that. Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

• Improved playback toolbar in Band and Playlist controllers to handle 'pause' events
• Featured bands are now presented shuffled
• We miss you and hope to see your lovely faces this fall
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo

Previously (13.5) ---
• Updates controller was refactored to use Core Data, so calendar events will remain visible off-line.
• Speaking of Core Data, the *entire app* now works on- and off-line. Hooray!
• UI refresh for the Auctions controller (artist 'cards').
• Playback toolbar in Bands and Playlist controllers was rebuilt from scratch using SF Symbols (iOS 13), and now includes album artwork.
• Music playback starts *way* faster now.
• Had to remove a few albums from the Playlist that are no longer available in Apple Music. Boo.

Art Con 13.5 ---
• Updates controller was refactored to use Core Data, so calendar events will remain visible off-line.
• Speaking of Core Data, the *entire app* now works on- and off-line. Hooray!
• UI refresh for the Auctions controller (artist 'cards').
• Playback toolbar in Bands and Playlist controllers was rebuilt from scratch using SF Symbols (iOS 13), and now includes album artwork.
• Music playback starts *way* faster now.
• Had to remove a few albums from the Playlist that are no longer available in Apple Music. Boo.
• We miss you and hope to see your lovely faces this fall.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (13.3) ---
• iOS 13 or later required
• Refactored swipe TableView behaviors using UIContextualAction
• Removed the Facebook SDK (for a host of ethical reasons)

Now supports iOS 13 and later (only)
Refactored swipe behaviors to support UIContextualAction
Removed the Facebook SDK for a host of ethical reasons
We miss you and hope to see your lovely faces this fall
Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Happy New Year! Happy Art Con Update! ---
• Favorites are now synced to Core Data and will remain available off-line. Also added search to the Favorites controller.
• Art Con Playlist (217 albums) syncs to Core Data as well, and may be browsed off-line. Streaming still requires a connection obvs.
• Beneficiaries controller got a facelift and support for Core Data, so that one works off-line now, too.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (13.1) ---
• Event calendar (Updates controller) dispels with transparent overlays and now shows more metadata.
• Playlist controller shows larger artwork, badged new arrivals, and Playlist search! Neat.

13.1 ---
• Look! UI refresh! Pretty.
• Event calendar (Updates controller) dispels with transparent overlays and now shows more metadata.
• Playlist controller shows larger artwork, badged new arrivals, and Playlist search! Neat.
• Playlist controller now syncs to Core Data and works offline. Sans streaming, obvs, but you can browse and search.
• More UI updates on deck for Artists and Favorites, early 2020.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Happy Holidays! Xo.

13.0.2 ---
• Fixed a background notification bug
• Firebase and Facebook SDK updates
• That's all, this time. Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo

Previously ---
• Supports iOS 13 and Swift 5
• Refreshed UI that looks great in light and dark mode
• Streaming playback on Playlist *and* Band controllers (Apple Music users)
• New music in the Playlist from Feeves and Cure For Paranoia
• Drop us a line using the Support controller. We'd love to hear from you!

13.0.1 ---
• Events (Updates) are now shuffled
• New music in the Playlist (Feeves and Cure For Paranoia)
• Drop us a line using the Support controller. We'd love to hear from you!
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo

13.0 ---
• Supports iOS 13 and Swift 5
• Refreshed UI that looks great in light and dark mode (iOS 13 only)
• Streaming playback on Playlist *and* Band controllers (Apple Music users)
• New singles/EPs from Medicine Man Revival, Cure For Paranoia, and Sarah Jaffe in the Playlist
• Brand new in-app volunteer form (Volunteers » Sign Up)
• A *ton* of other improvements. So many. Suffice to say every view has been refactored

• Happy release day!
• Full support for iOS 13 and Swift 5.
• Refreshed UI that looks great in light and dark mode (iOS 13 only).
• Streaming playback on Playlist *and* Band controllers (Apple Music users).
• New singles/EPs from Medicine Man Revival, Cure For Paranoia, and Sarah Jaffe in the Playlist.
• Brand new in-app volunteer form (Volunteers » Sign Up).
• A *ton* of other improvements. So many. Suffice to say every view has been refactored.
• Use the Support view to ask questions/give feedback. We'd love to hear from you!
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

• Fixed an issue where the Updates controller might hang if there were no Featured Events.
• Tapping on a Featured Event banner will open the Facebook app (if installed).
• Added support for `kf.cancelDownloadTask()` for imageViews, which may improve scrolling larger tables like the Playlist or Artist Directory.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (12.0, 12.1) ---
• Improved thread safety. Like, 100% thread safety. Everywhere.
• No more crashes on large fetches. No more race conditions. Just smooth, buttery background updates.
• New albums in the Playlist to tickle your ear. (Pinkish Black, Feeves, Kirby Brown, Pearl Earl, Acid Carousel, Gollay...)

• Improved thread safety. Like, 100% thread safety. Everywhere.
• No more crashes on large fetches. No more race conditions. Just smooth, buttery background updates.
• New albums in the Playlist to tickle your ear. (Pinkish Black, Feeves, Kirby Brown, Pearl Earl, Acid Carousel, Gollay...)
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (11.6) ---
• Post-event maintenance release.
• Freshened up the event artwork. Less flat more pop.
• Learn all about Art Con's 2019 beneficiary, Foundation 45. They're pretty great.

• Improved thread safety. Like, 100% thread safety. Everywhere.
• No more crashes on large fetches. No more race conditions. Just smooth, buttery background updates.
• New albums in the Playlist to tickle your ear. (Pinkish Black, Feeves, Kirby Brown, Pearl Earl, Acid Carousel, Gollay...)
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (11.6) ---
• Post-event maintenance release.
• Freshened up the event artwork. Less flat more pop.
• Learn all about Art Con's 2019 beneficiary, Foundation 45. They're pretty great.

• Post-event maintenance release.
• Found and fixed a race condition that would sometimes cause a crash when fetching artists. Boo.
• Freshened up the event artwork. Less flat more pop.
• Learn all about Art Con's 2019 beneficiary, Foundation 45. They're pretty great.
• Big love to everyone who participated in last weekend's Identity event! Xo.

Previously (11.0-11.5) ---
• New! Artist Directory controller, accessible from the Main Menu.
• Browse Art Con's 15-year artist history. Every Art Con artist, ever. 947 of them, to be exact.
• New music in the playlist from Acid Carousel, Gollay, Feeves, Rat Rios, Pearl Earl, and Daniel Markham. Have a listen.

• Some last minute changes to better support our 'Identity' event, Saturday, June 1st.
• This is the production version for Saturday. Auction, Band, and Beneficiary controllers will be updated remotely. Neat.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (11.2, 11.3) ---
• New! Artist Directory controller, accessible from the Main Menu.
• Browse Art Con's 15-year artist history. Every Art Con artist, ever. 949 of them, to be exact.
• New music in the playlist from Acid Carousel, Gollay, Feeves, Rat Rios, Pearl Earl, and Daniel Markham. Have a listen.

• Some last minute changes to better support our 'Identity' event, Saturday, June 1st.
• This will be the production version for Saturday. Auction, Band, and Beneficiary controllers will be updated remotely. Neat.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (11.2, 11.3) ---
• New! Artist Directory controller, accessible from the Main Menu.
• Browse Art Con's 15-year artist history. Every Art Con artist, ever. 949 of them, to be exact.
• Listings for recent artists (2016-) are up to date. Older entries are missing details here and there. Some are missing a lot. We'll backfill what we can.
• New music in the playlist from Feeves, Kirby Brown, Rat Rios, Gollay, and Pearl Earl. Have a listen.

This version ---
• Refactored the Artist Directory controller and AppDelegate.
• New music in the playlist from Gollay and Pearl Earl. Have a listen.
• Last significant update before our "Identity" event. Auction, Band, and Beneficiary controllers will be updated remotely. See you June 1st!
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (11.2) ---
• New! Artist Directory (replaces My Events). Accessible from the Main Menu.
• Browse Art Con's 15-year artist history. Every Art Con artist, ever. 952 of them, to be exact.
• Directory listings for recent artists are up-to-date. Older entries are missing details here and there. Some are missing a lot. We'll backfill what we can.
• New Facebook SDK hotness. This is for fetching posts and events, and for opening Facebook links directly in the Facebook app (if installed). This worked previously, it was just outdated. We're using the newest SDK now.

• New! Artist Directory (replaces My Events). Accessible from the Main Menu.
• Browse Art Con's 15-year artist history. Every Art Con artist, ever. 949 of them, to be exact.
• Directory listings for recent artists are up-to-date. Older entries are missing details here and there. Some are missing a lot. We'll backfill what we can.
• New Facebook SDK hotness. This is for fetching posts and events, and for opening Facebook links directly in the Facebook app (if installed). This worked previously, it was just outdated. We're using the newest SDK now.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (10.8 and 10.9) ---
• Support for featured events in 'Updates'. Featured events are badged and pinned to the top of the feed.
• Auction prep for our upcoming SEED event (June 1).
• Better shuffle behavior in the Playlist.
• Support for iOS 12.2 and Swift 5.

• New! Artist Directory (replaces My Events). Available from the Main Menu.
• Browse Art Con's 15-year artist history. Every Art Con artist, ever. 949 of them, to be exact.
• Directory listings for recent artists are complete. Older entries are missing details here and there. Some are missing a lot. We'll backfill what we can.
• New Facebook SDK hotness. This is for fetching posts and events, and for opening Facebook links directly in the Facebook app (if installed). This worked before, it was just outdated. We're using the newest SDK now.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously (10.8 and 10.9) ---
• Support for featured events in 'Updates'. Featured events are badged and pinned to the top of the feed.
• Auction prep for our upcoming SEED event (June 1).
• Improved shuffle behavior in the Playlist.
• New releases from Sarah Jaffe, Sudie, and Acid Carousel in the Playlist. Have a listen.
• Support for iOS 12.2 and Swift 5.

• Support for featured events in 'Updates'. Featured events are badged and pinned to the top of the feed.
• Auction prep for our upcoming SEED event (June 1).
• Improved shuffle behavior in the Playlist.
• New releases from Sarah Jaffe, Sudie, and Acid Carousel in the Playlist. Have a listen.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previous Version ---
• Support for iOS 12.2 and Swift 5.
• ABI stable. Hooray!

• Support for iOS 12.2 and Swift 5. Yep, the same iOS 12.2 and Swift 5 announced earlier this week. I'm fast like that.
• ABI stability! In English, this means a smaller app footprint and other performance benes.
• That's all, this time around. Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previous version --
• Follow posts *and events!* from Art Con, Cry Havoc Theater (2018 beneficiary), Kettle Art (our friends), and Cedars Union (venue host) in one place.
• Tapping an event banner opens the event in Facebook, if installed.
• New music added to the Playlist (Apple Music + Spotify). Stream 15 years of Art Con band history. For reals. All 1,410 tracks of it.

• Follow posts *and events!* from Art Con, Cry Havoc Theater (2018 beneficiary), Kettle Art (our friends), and Cedars Union (venue host), all in one place.
• Tapping an event banner opens the event in Facebook, if installed.
• New music added to the Playlist (Apple Music + Spotify). You can stream 15 years of Art Con band history! For reals. 1,410 tracks of it.
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previously ---
• App badging and notification code was scrapped and rewritten. Which is to say it works, now. Lol.
• Use the Support controller (screenshot) and tell me what you'd like to see in the app. If it's something I can do, I'll try to add it!
• Improved support for Twitter URLs
• Improved cache reset feature. No more crashy.

• App badging and notification code was scrapped and rewritten. Which is to say, it works. The way it *should* have weeks ago.
• Easily follow updates from Art Con, Cry Havoc Theater (our 2018 beneficiary), Kettle Art (our friends) and Cedars Union (our event host)
• Use the Support controller (see screenshot) and tell me what you'd like to see in the app. If it's something I can do, I'll try to add it!
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

Previous Version
• Improved support for Twitter URLs
• Updates controller: Better handling of Facebook posts shared from another site
• Support controller: Improved cache reset feature

• App badging and notification code was scrapped and rewritten. Which is to say, it works. The way it should have months ago.
• Easily follow updates from Art Con, Cry Havoc Theater (our 2018 beneficiary), Kettle Art (our friends) and Cedars Union (our event host)
• Use the Support controller (see screenshot) and tell me what you'd like to see in the app. If it's something I can do, I'll try to add it!
• Thanks for supporting Art Con. Xo.

10.4 (previous version)
• Improved support for Twitter URLs
• Updates controller: Better handling of Facebook posts shared from another site
• Support controller: Improved cache reset feature

This version --
• Better support for Twitter URLs
• Better handling of Facebook posts shared from another site (Updates controller)
• Improved cache reset feature (Support controller)

Previous version --
• Improvements to the Updates controller
• New music added to the Playlist (Jacob Furr, Gollay, Cure For Paranoia, etc.)

Thanks for supporting Art Con. <3