MyFeeds 2.6 is a quick bugfix. I had a number of reports on an OverflowException causing the app to crash. I was using Convert.ToInt32() to convert enclosure length from a string. I was storing it as a long anyway, so just needed to switch to Convert.ToInt64().

• Bugfix - OverflowException while parsing some feeds with enclosures was causing app to crash. Fixed!

It has been certified and should be available within 24 hours. Get the update here!

MyFeeds 2.5 is just a small bugfix release:

• Fixed Null Reference Exception when navigating away from the Article Page.

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What’s new in MyFeeds 2.4?

1. Option to allow download of podcasts on cellular network.
2. Option to allow download of podcasts on battery power.
3. Option to disable streaming of podcasts.
4. Bug fix: certain feeds causing app to crash when adding or updating.
5. Bug fix: Work-around for a Windows Phone 8 platform bug. This was causing the app to crash sometimes when accessing the local database. The work-around will prevent crashes, but sometimes data will not be updated.

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I just received an email stating that MyFeeds 2.3 was certified in the Windows Phone Store. It should be available within the next day. This is a maintenance release.

• Fixes crashes on Windows Phone 8 devices while feeds are updating.
• Allows application settings to be reset to the defaults.

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MyFeeds 2.2 has been certified in the Windows Phone Store. This release was mostly to fix a few crashing bugs. What’s new?

• App is crashing when returning to the article view page from the browser – Fixed.
• App is crashing on certain devices on initial startup – Fixed.
• View in Browser now gives the option to browse the article using “Instapaper Text”.

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MyFeeds 2.1 has been certified in the Windows Phone Store. What’s new?

• Allow longer URLs for feeds.
• New Category View – View all articles in a category in one list.
• Edit the title and message when sharing on social networks.
• Short or full links when sharing on social networks.
• Bug fixes and stabilization.

MyFeeds 2.0 has been certified in the Windows Phone Marketplace. It should be available for download within the next 24 hours. What’s new?

• Live tile. Displays number of feeds with unread items on the front. On the back you can see how how many unread items there are.
• Pin feed to start screen. Tile displays how many unread items that feed has.
• Podcasts play using the background audio feature in Windows Phone 7.5. The app no longer has to be running to listen to podcasts!
• Search is vastly improved with much better results!
• Use checkboxes to select feeds and then mark as read/unread, edit, delete, etc. No more “tap and hold” to edit feeds, etc. The context menus are gone as well!
• User can select how many feed items to keep. There is both a global setting and a per feed setting.
• The update button now updates either the selected category or the selected feed, depending on which page you are on.
• After you tap on a feed in the category page, the next page will now only display the feed you tapped on. You’ll have to hit the back button to select another feed. This change was necessary to conserve memory. The result is greatly improved performance and the ability to run on 256MB devices.
• Images are cached persistently. Once they download, they can still be seen when there is no Internet connection available. User can configure how many days to cache images.
• Removed embedded browser and all links open in IE. With the lighter memory footprint, the app resumes much quicker when returning from IE now.
• Improved loading time and better performance all around.
• Feed data is stored in a database now and data will not become corrupt if the app shuts down or crashes while updating.

I’m getting pretty close on my 2.0 update to MyFeeds. I’ll be publishing a beta to the Marketplace soon.If you would like to participate, please join the mailing list and follow the directions in the welcome email. I could really use feedback on some of the changes I’ve made. Here’s a list of what’s new so far:

• Live tile. Displays number of feeds with unread items on the front. On the back you can see how how many unread items there are.
• Pin feed to start screen. Tile displays how many unread items that feed has.
• Podcasts play using the background audio feature in Windows Phone 7.5. The app no longer has to be running to listen to podcasts!
• Use checkboxes to select feeds and then mark as read/unread, edit, delete, etc. No more “tap and hold” to edit feeds, etc. The context menus are gone as well!
• User can select how many feed items to keep. There is both a global setting and a per feed setting.
• The update button now updates either the selected category or the selected feed, depending on which page you are on.
• After you tap on a feed in the category page, the next page will now only display the feed you tapped on. You’ll have to hit the back button to select another feed. This change was necessary to conserve memory. The result is greatly improved performance.
• Images are cached persistently. Once they download, they can still be seen when there is no Internet connection available. User can configure how many days to cache images.
• Removed embedded browser and all links open in IE. With the lighter memory footprint, the app resumes much quicker when returning from IE now.
• Improved loading time and better performance all around.
• Feed data is stored in a database now and data will not become corrupt if the app shuts down or crashes while updating.

I’ve temporarily removed video podcast support. If this is something you really want, vote for it and other features at the MyFeeds UserVoice site!

MyFeeds 1.19 is now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace! If you don’t see the latest version yet, be patient. I just published it so it may take a bit to show up. This is a very minor bugfix release. I am working on the 2.x code as well, which will have some new features. This release contains the following:

• Article has blank space at top when there was no image associated. Fixed.
• RSS feeds with no description tag cause app to crash. Fixed.
• RSS feeds using Cyrillic (windows-1251) codepage do not display properly. Fixed.