2.4
2022-12-31
Re-implemented the ability to share talks. Thank you for your feedback!
2.3
2022-07-03
As the Dharma Seed iOS app enters its 10th year of free availability in the App Store, we are happy to offer this update.
This version includes updates for iOS 15, a new coat of paint with new screenshots, dark mode support, and several stability improvements.
We hope you enjoy the app, and may these teachings support your practice.
2.2
2022-07-02
As the Dharma Seed iOS app enters its 10th year of free availability in the App Store, we are happy to offer this update.
This version includes a new coat of paint and stability improvements. We hope you enjoy the app, and may these teachings support your practice.
2.1
2019-11-07
• Talk playback continuity now supported when changing between wifi and cellular connections
• Data updates on launch are now more resilient to failures
• Now relies on the iOS setting for allowing cellular data usage
• Updated talk database
• Several small UI and other improvements
Thanks to all of you for the notes of gratitude, app feedback, and your patience between app updates. May all beings be happy.
2.0
2017-12-17
• A new player interface with support for jumping forward and back a few seconds while a talk is playing.
• Talk descriptions and playback buttons are accessible from any talk list screen.
• Support for iPad
• Landscape orientation support, adaptive user interface sizing for all iOS devices, including the iPhone X.
• Immediate updates to search results as search text is entered.
• Access to teacher information on talk playback, including links to donate to teachers.
• Updates for iOS 11
Thanks to our users for the feedback and notes of gratitude. While we cannot implement all of your requests we do pay close attention to all of your feedback. If you have found the app to be of benefit to your practice App Store reviews are always appreciated and help more people discover the app.
1.6
2016-10-25
This update includes:
• Several minor bug fixes.
• Extended VoiceOver support for talk playback screens.
• The talk database has been updated with recent talks.
1.5
2015-11-13
• Playing previously played talks should now pick up from the previous playback point on iOS 8.4 and iOS 9
• The app should no longer stop responding when resuming from background on iPad
1.4
2015-09-01
What's New in Version 1.4
• Playing album talks and continuing talk playback from the lock screen/AirPlay improved.
• Fixed a crash some users experienced when deleting played talks with more than 40 total played talks.
1.3
2014-05-23
New Features:
• Played talks can now be removed by swiping to the left on the talk in the Played Talks view.
• iOS 7 UI support. Several user interface changes to make the app work and look better on iOS 7.
• The teacher info view has a new layout with a larger teacher photo.
Bug Fixes:
• An issue with navigation controls disappearing when playing album talks has been fixed.
• Improvements were made to the accuracy of the talk progress displayed when that talk is currently playing.
1.2
2013-08-16
New Features:
• iPhone 5 support. All views now support the screen height of the iPhone 5.
• VoiceOver accessibility support is now available throughout the app for visually impaired users.
For iOS 6+ Users:
• Share links to talks through email, Facebook, or Twitter.
• iOS users visiting the Dharma Seed website now get an option to install the iOS app.
Bug Fixes:
• Addressed launching failures due to device auto-lock during long launch updates.
• Fixed an issue with previously played talks often not picking up from the furthest played time.
• Updated networking support to improve speed, reliability, and recoverability of app launch data updates. It is still the case that when first launching the app or after a lapse of several months, the update on app launch can take up to a few minutes.
With these changes we’ve updated the minimum iOS version to 5.0 from 4.3.
Sincere thanks to our users for the feature requests and bug reports. Your feedback is very helpful to us in prioritizing where to focus our continued efforts on the app.
1.1
2012-09-19
Changes for iOS 6:
-Fixes an issue on iOS 6 that causes very slow load times.
Usability:
- Cellular talk downloads simplified. Provides a simpler interface to enable playing talks over a cellular network connection.
Bug Fixes:
- Pausing album tracks with remote control now works.
- Talks no longer pause when network settings change and warnings are turned off.
- Better handling of network problems on launch.
All users who plan to upgrade to iOS 6 should update to this version.