PdParty 1.3.0 beta6 - Pd-list

30 Nov 2022

      Howdy all,
I have a new test build for the upcoming PdParty 1.3.0, beta6 and I feel ready to release to the app store soon. Fully 2 years late, but better late than never... ;)
I have all of the todos done at this point, so I mainly need testing on different devices and iOS versions. Also, support for the Apple Pencil and force touch was added but I don't have a device which really supports either, so I'd appreciate people trying out the updated Touch and new Stylus PdParty test scenes. If you have PdParty installed already, you will need to recopy the test scenes using the button at the bottom of the Settings view.
What is PdParty? Run your Pure Data patches on iOS with native GUIs emulated. Inspired by Chris McCormick's Android PdDroidParty and the (now defunct) original RjDj app: http://danomatika.com/code/pdparty http://danomatika.com/code/pdparty
If you want to join beta testing, install the free TestFlight app on your iDevice, then open this TestFlight link:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/17ZZ5AC7 https://testflight.apple.com/join/17ZZ5AC7
Detailed changes from the current release version can be found in the changelog:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danomatika/PdParty/master/CHANGES.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danomatika/PdParty/master/CHANGES.txt
A summary of changes from the last beta5 are:

replace nav and split view controller rotation handling categories with
subclasses, this appears to fix rotation on iOS 14+ (hopefully)

fixed comment width value handling

fixed vumeter led scaling

fixed motion user accel sent using gravity values

fixed microphone image double-tap not actually sending mic volume

changed widget scaling mode to use aspect ratio, this should render smaller
widgets instead of overlaps on oblique sizes, ex. 4:3 patch on 16:9

key

fixed [key] & [keyup] using HID keycodes instead of character values
added [keyname] support for iOS 13.4+

viewport

added support for droidparty named ViewPort canvas, set it's size and pos to
render only a subsection of overall patch (requested by Antoine Rousseau)
added ViewPort pdparty test scene

touch

added extended #touch with radius / force and #stylus events for ApplePencil
and similar devices, enable by sending:  #pdparty touch extended 1
(requested by korakios)
added support for sending #touch events everywhere aka over all widgets,
enable by sending: #pdparty touch everywhere 1
#touch events now sent over canvas and comment objects
(requested by delmenhorst)

accelerometer orientation now matches device orientation except for rjdj
scenes, reenable old behavior by sending: #pdparty accel orientation 1

controls view now light/dark mode aware

increased ribbon control width and ensure a minimum size

updated various test scenes (reload by copy tests folder in Settings)

updated user guide info on sharing and AirDrop usage

removed dependence on [getdir] in OpenClose test

Dan Wilcox
@danomatika http://twitter.com/danomatika
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