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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Try to download daily puzzles
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Should see those puzzles downloaded.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Latest update on Android

Please provide any additional information below.

Still getting other puzzles

I would like to suggest a feature to download multiple days worth of puzzles in 
one go, in addition of the current one-by-one download method

There have been important fixes in this version for Android 4.1, judging by the 
Google Play description. The most recent source code here is for 3.2.1 which 
has a commit description "3.23.2" . F-Droid.org distributes the app built from 
source, so they need the most recent source code to publish a version that 
works on Android 4.1.

Color inversion (black input squares with white text) saves a little battery 
power and causes less eye strain at night.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Use a device with Ice Cream Sandwich
2. Open Shortyz
3. Select any puzzle

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect the puzzle to open. Instead, Shortyz crashes.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Shortyz version 3.1.6 (from the Android Market)
Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Please provide any additional information below.

Stack trace captured after the crash shows:

12-13 10:29:57.175   159   159 I ActivityManager: START 
{act=android.intent.action.EDIT 
dat=file:///mnt/sdcard/crosswords/2011-12-12-Newsday.puz 
cmp=com.totsp.crossword.shortyz/com.totsp.crossword.PlayActivity} from pid 3914
12-13 10:29:57.238  3914  3914 I System.out: Creating utils for version: 15
12-13 10:29:57.238  3914  3914 I System.out: Movement Strategy:STOP_ON_END
12-13 10:29:57.445  3914  3914 I System.out: Timer Start!
12-13 10:29:57.550  3914  3916 D dalvikvm: GC_CONCURRENT freed 260K, 4% free 
11243K/11655K, paused 2ms+4ms
12-13 10:29:57.554  3914  3914 D AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
12-13 10:29:57.554  3914  3914 W dalvikvm: threadid=1: thread exiting with 
uncaught exception (group=0x40a351f8)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: 
Unable to start activity 
ComponentInfo{com.totsp.crossword.shortyz/com.totsp.crossword.PlayActivity}: 
java.lang.NullPointerException
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1956)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1981)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:123)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1147)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: 
java.lang.NullPointerException
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
com.totsp.crossword.PlayActivity.onCreate(PlayActivity.java:320)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    at 
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1920)
12-13 10:29:57.558  3914  3914 E AndroidRuntime:    ... 11 more
12-13 10:29:57.570   159   610 W ActivityManager:   Force finishing activity 
com.totsp.crossword.shortyz/com.totsp.crossword.PlayActivity
12-13 10:29:57.574   159   610 W ActivityManager:   Force finishing activity 
com.totsp.crossword.shortyz/com.totsp.crossword.BrowseActivity
12-13 10:29:58.070   159   174 W ActivityManager: Activity pause timeout for 
ActivityRecord{4158daf0 
com.totsp.crossword.shortyz/com.totsp.crossword.PlayActivity}
12-13 10:30:00.058  3914  3914 I Process : Sending signal. PID: 3914 SIG: 9
12-13 10:30:00.074   159  1047 I ActivityManager: Process 
com.totsp.crossword.shortyz (pid 3914) has died.
12-13 10:30:00.074   159  1047 I WindowManager: WIN DEATH: Window{41732238 
com.totsp.crossword.shortyz/com.totsp.crossword.BrowseActivity paused=true}
12-13 10:30:08.402   159   174 W ActivityManager: Activity destroy timeout for 
ActivityRecord{417b0fd0 
com.totsp.crossword.shortyz/com.totsp.crossword.BrowseActivity}
12-13 10:30:08.402   159   174 W ActivityManager: Activity destroy timeout for 
ActivityRecord{4158daf0 
com.totsp.crossword.shortyz/com.totsp.crossword.PlayActivity}

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open a puzzle in portrait mode on a Galaxy Nexus phone.
2. Rotate the device to landscape mode. Observe the keyboard take up 60% of the 
screen and the puzzle shrink to a small square in the upper left corner.
3. Rotate the device back to portrait mode. Observe the puzzle stay small / 
zoomed out in the upper left corner.
4. Try to resize the puzzle using reverse-pinch motion. Observe the size of the 
puzzle remain unchanged. The puzzle stays locked at a small / zoomed out size.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
1. I expected the puzzle to be restored to its original size when I rotate the 
phone back to portrait in step 3.
2. In any case, I expect to be able to resize the puzzle using the reverse 
pinch gesture if it becomes too small.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
3.2.6 on Android 4.1.1

Please provide any additional information below.
Sent debug.stz to [email protected] referencing this bug number.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect to be able to download the NY Times Crossword Puzzle, as I just 
subscribed.  The dialog box at bottom of page says "New York Times login 
failure.  Is your password correct?"


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Asus EEE Pad Transformer TF101, Android Ice Cream Sandwich.


Please provide any additional information below.

The LA Times publishes two 21x21 puzzles on Sunday, its "regular" puzzle and a 
"Calendar" puzzle. (These have short names of "tmcal" and "lacal", 
respectively, in the code.) Currently, only the Calendar puzzle can be 
downloaded on Sunday. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. While on the puzzle list activity, press Menu and choose "Download"
2. Select any Sunday date in the date chooser
3. Click the dropdown to bring up the "Select a Puzzle" list

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The LA Times Calendar puzzle is available in the list, but the "regular" LA 
Times puzzle is not.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
3.1.4 on Android 2.3.4

Please provide any additional information below.
I spot-checked URLs for several weeks in 2011 (i.e. 
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/tmcal/data/tmcal110102-data.xml through 
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/tmcal/data/tmcal111030-data.xml), and it 
seems that Sunday puzzles are regularly available.

I think this is an easy change in Downloaders.java (in the 
com.totsp.crossword.net package) near line 80. Currently, 
Downloader.DATE_NO_SUNDAY is passed for the days[] parameter of the 
UclickDownloader constructor.

I really enjoy using Shortyz for solving puzzles on the road. The UI is very 
well done. Thanks for publishing it!

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Downloading puz_110523margulies
2. Using "reveal puzzle"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

The expected output of the entire puzzle is a jumbled mess of words instead of 
the
correct answer.


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Shortyz 3.0.4 on Android 2.3.3 (CyanogenMod 7.0.3)


Please provide any additional information below.

I think that I was seeing the puzzle titles for the NY Times before but now I 
only see the date.

I am using the Android version.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Load the program on a rooted B&N Nook Touch.
2. Begin a puzzle.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The keyboard buttons slowly dissappear and turn black as you use it.  

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
B&N Nook Touch rooted.  Software version 1.0.0
Shortyz 3.0.4

Please provide any additional information below.
An android ereader screen is PERFECT for doing croswords!  

Hi Robert,

Any chance you could add New York Times Classic crossword puzzle (released 
for free every Monday) to the list of automatically downloaded puzzles?

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/crosswords/classicpuz.html

Thanks very much for the great app.

Regards,

Ermin

- Samsung Galaxy Note
- Stylus in use
- Built-in keyboard active (as opposed to the native one)

Frequently when the stylus taps the screen, a letter 'p' will be input into the 
puzzle. This happens about 10% of the the time when tapping a cell, and almost 
all the time when taping a letter on the keyboard. Often two p's are inserted. 
It also occurs when tapping the status bar (not in full screen mode).

When this happens the key preview above the letter 'p' on the keyboard does not 
display. It does not appear like a false contact with the letter 'p' is being 
registered.

Everything works normally for finger input or when the native keyboard is 
selected.

On my captivate (galaxy s) running froyo, I can use the, space key on the 
(onscreen) keyboard to blank out mistakenly-entered letters.

On my xoom running 3.1, space does not blank out the current cell.

Thanks so much for your work on Shortyz! I use it for the cryptic crossword 
sources and very much appreciate the opportunity to carry around cryptic. :-) 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.after using this app for more than a year today the app won't load and gives 
an error messagethat "Unfortunately, Shortyz has stopped." I tried, clearing 
all data and cache, deleting recently added or updated programs and restarting 
the phone.  I am using an ATT HTC One with android 4.1.1.  I get messages that 
the app is downloading puzzles or trying to. 
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

I subscribe to Peter Gordon's Fireball crosswords, which he sends out over 
email. Currently, the only way I know to get them into Shortyz is to download 
them on a computer and copy into the Crosswords directory via USB. Do you know 
of any way to get them directly into Shortyz?

Using the "Gmail" app there is only a Preview button, not Download.  I tried 
using "AttachSave" but it corrupted the puzzle file (adding some HTML stuff 
around the outside, etc).  I tried going to gmail.com in the browser and was 
able to "download" the file but it wouldn't open. Is there a way to make 
Shortyz register some sort of intent so that the browser knows what to do with 
.puz downloads?

On my Samsung Captivate running Froyo, each time I opened a puzzle, it 
remembered the zoom level I had used previously.  I have now installed an ICS 
rom and the zoom resets to fit the screen each time I open a puzzle.  This 
means I have to zoom in 2 or 3 times (depending on the size of the puzzle) to 
make it useable.  Everything else seems to be working as expected.

Shortyz 3.0.4 on XOOM running 3.1.  This will simulate the issue

1. Disconnect all network access (3G and wifi)
2. Start Shortyz and allow puzzle download to begin

What happens is I get the downloading puzzles notification. Since network 
access is not available, the task will continue attempting to download and 
never stop. Rebooting the device kills Shortyz, but not the notification as it 
restarts within 15-20 seconds of being at a stable state.

Is there a way to manually stop all child tasks or have the tasks timeout after 
a certain period of network non-activity?

Make Show Errors work for Letter and Word

I would like to suggest a feature to have a split-keyboard (like swiftkey does) 
for thumb typing on devices with large screen real estate

 Also, it would be amazingly awesome if you could not change a correct letter once entered. That 
way you can't accidentally delete a correct letter when removing errors.

After installing the SwiftKey keyboard for my Motorola Xoom, I switched Shortyz 
to the native keyboard. That causes the last couple of clues, both across and 
down, to be hidden in all puzzles. 

Shortyz 3.0.6 on a Motorola Xoom running Honeycomb 3.2

For about a week now there havent been any WP puzzles.  Problem on their end or 
yours?

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  Set weekly crosswords to download New York Times Classic.
2.  Download the puzzles for a Monday date.
3.  Look at the list of downloaded puzzles.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The available puzzle should change every week.  Instead, the same puzzle (Wed, 
Nov 25, 1998) is downloaded every week.  For example, this week the NY Times 
site offers two classic crosswords (Fri, Dec 20, 2002 and Mon, Aug 26, 2002), 
but the app gives me the 1998 puzzle when I download the Monday, February 11th 
NY Times Classic puzzle.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Version 3.2.6 on Android 4.1.1.  Samsung Galaxy S3 hardware.

Please provide any additional information below.
This has been going on for some time.  I first noticed the problem around 
Thanksgiving, using my previous phone, a Galaxy S running an older version of 
Android.  I don't know if the first appearance of the problem coincided with 
the NY Times's change from one to two Classic puzzles each week, but it seems 
like a possible cause.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

I've noticed on a few occasions that the new york times crosswords do not 
always get updated on the day following the release. What's annoying is that 
there doesn't seem to be a way to do the update. I've tried re-downloading the 
puzzle specific to the day but it doesn't force an *update*.  I'm not sure what 
causes the puzzles not to update. Sometimes it works fine and other times it 
doesn't. 

Is there any way we could get a setting for UPDATING as opposed to just 
downloading? Without deleting a puzzle and re-downloading, there doesn't seem 
to be another way. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Shortyz on my android phone is downloading NYTIMES puzzles 
2. Shortyz on my Kindle Fire is downloading NYTIMES puzzles 
3. Shortyz on my Nexus 7 is NOT downloading NYTIMES puzzles 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I have a NYTimes crossword subscription, but I can't get them to download on 
the nexus 7 - have triple-checked the user name and password.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
shortyz 3.2.6 on Nexus 7 jellybean

Please provide any additional information below.

Sometimes there is a problem where you can no longer enter letters as touching 
the screen to select instead zooms out.  Double tapping restores the size but 
once this starts happening it does not stop and it is no longer possible to 
enter letters.

I have not yet determined the sequence that causes this.  I can play for quite 
a while and then it will happen.  Sorry I don't have a better answer.

From the latest review comments (before Oct 31, 2012), it appears many are 
seeing this issue.

Shortz version is 3.2.6.
Samsung Galaxy S3, model SCH-1535, Android version 4.0.4

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open any puzzle, blank or partially completed.
2. Hit enter on the physical keyboard.
 3. If enter is the first button hit, it will skip the first clue, but subsequent presses only cause the crossword icon in the clue bar to flash.


What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Instead of moving to the next clue, the crossword icon flashes.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I have tried ver 3.1.2, 3.1.6, and 3.1.7, running on stock Android 4.0.4 on a 
Motorola Droid 4. 
The problem only appeared after updating from android 2.3.6.

Please provide any additional information below.
I have tried changing the "Movement Style" "Skip Filled Boxes" and "Enter 
Changes Direction" settings with no effect. If the soft keyboard is set to 
native, the enter key behaves appropriately.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Turn on skip filled boxes
2. Set movement style to "stop at end"
3. Enter a letter in a word which has all subsequent letters filled (e.g. 
entering b in cry_aby).

4.a Do this for a word whose end is not the edge of the puzzle.
4.b Do this for a word whose end is at the edge of the puzzle.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
4.a and 4.b should produce the same behavior.  However, in 4.a, the cursor 
stays put, and in 4.b, the cursor jumps to the end of the word (i.e., to the 
last box in that line).


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

I'm seeing the following error sometimes when scrolling through the list of 
crosswords on my Nexus 7 / Jelly Bean 4.1.2 device:

E/AndroidRuntime( 6798): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798): java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=125; 
index=-1
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.text.StaticLayout.calculateEllipsis(StaticLayout.java:756)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.text.StaticLayout.out(StaticLayout.java:720)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.text.StaticLayout.generate(StaticLayout.java:428)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.text.StaticLayout.<init>(StaticLayout.java:140)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.widget.TextView.makeSingleLayout(TextView.java:5884)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.widget.TextView.makeNewLayout(TextView.java:5741)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.widget.TextView.checkForRelayout(TextView.java:6280)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:3547)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:3405)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at android.widget.TextView.setText(TextView.java:3380)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
com.totsp.crossword.BrowseActivity$FileAdapter.getView(BrowseActivity.java:711)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
com.totsp.crossword.view.SeparatedListAdapter.getView(SeparatedListAdapter.java:
99)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:2255)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:1769)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at android.widget.ListView.fillDown(ListView.java:672)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at android.widget.ListView.fillGap(ListView.java:636)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.widget.AbsListView.trackMotionScroll(AbsListView.java:5040)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.widget.AbsListView$FlingRunnable.run(AbsListView.java:4197)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:725)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:555)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:524)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:711)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:615)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native 
Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at 
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
E/AndroidRuntime( 6798):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
W/ActivityManager(  365):   Force finishing activity 
com.totsp.crossword.shortyz/com.totsp.crossword.BrowseActivity

It looks like http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=33868 may be 
relevant; I made the lines="1" -> singleLine="true" change suggested in comment 
#2 and haven't seen any further crashes.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Open application.
2.Attempt to scroll through puzzles.
3.Get message "Unfortunately Shortyz has stopped."

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The expected output is that the application works but instead it does not work.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Version 3.2.6 on Android 4.1.1.

Please provide any additional information below.
Just started a couple of days ago after many months of using the application 
with no problem. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it made no 
difference.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Use the native onscreen keyboard or an external bluetooth keyboard; use a 
layout on which the list-of-clues is shown (e.g., tablet in landscape mode); 
turn on "space changes direction" preference
2. Enter a puzzle
3. Repeatedly press space

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Toggles between 1-across and 1-down

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Shortyz 3.2.1 / hg changeset 208 on default branch
nexus 7 / jelly bean 4.1.2
motorola bluetooth keyboard

Please provide any additional information below.
This is just idle speculation, but it seems like each keystroke may be seen by 
both the puzzle area and by the clue lists.  This problem or a similar also 
affects how arrow keys work (again affecting the 'native' keyboard when it is 
the 'hacker's keyboard' which includes arrow keys).  However even with this in 
mind I've failed to produce a patch which improves the situation.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Upon open, no puzzles download.
2. Upon selecting a date, like current date, to download, no puzzles download.
3. After selecting more puzzles to regularly download, no puzzles download.
4. After restarting my phone, no puzzles download.
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Puzzles should automatically download. They don't. At all.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Latest version that you updated. Android 2.3.5

Please provide any additional information below.
Have an HTC phone. Please fix this.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Scroll down puzzle list when in landscape (horizontal).
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Crash with message "Unfortunately, Shortyz has stopped.  Report/OK"


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Shortyz version 3.2.7
android version 4.1.1 on Motorola Xoom, not rooted

Please provide any additional information below.
Sources list scrolls fine.
Scrolls fine in portrait, only occurs in landscape.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Install Shortyz on Nook Color with CM7
2. Use default CM7 theme
3. Launch Shortyz puzzle

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The "current" clue has a pale blue background with dark grey text. It is almost 
unreadable with this color combination. However, the strange thing is that when 
we take a screenshot, the text temporarily becomes white. Hence this issue 
cannot be shown in a screenshot. This is not in the separate "clue" view, but 
in the normal view where the crossword puzzle, clues and keyboard are seen 
during gameplay.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
B&N Nook Color with CM7.1.

Please provide any additional information below.
An option to change the highlighted clue color (both background and text)  
would be welcome. Also, an option to change the font size would be a great help 
too.

This problem supposedly did not show up in "phone" mode. But it appears the 
latest version auto-detects the Nook as a 7-inch tablet and automatically 
switches to tablet mode. Would it be possible to have an option to toggle mode?

What steps will reproduce the problem?
(I haven't tested this, due to lack of a WiFi hotspot with a sign-in portal.)
1. Connect to a wireless router with a sign-in portal.  Do not sign in.
2. Attempt to download crossword puzzles for the current day.
3. Open the downloaded puzzle.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The puzzle should open; or, the app should inform me that the puzzle is 
malformed and cannot be opened.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Verizon Spectrum running Quattrimus JellyBean ROM (4.1.x)

Please provide any additional information below.

The problem seems to be that the network call to get the puzzle file is 
redirected to the portal sign-in page.  I assume that, if the network call 
doesn't report failure, the application saves the "puzzle" to the device and 
adds an entry in the puzzle list, even though the puzzle is actually invalid.

I verified at least part of this by examining the puzzle file that was 
downloaded - it was an HTML document for the WiFi hotspot sign-in page rather 
than a well-formed puzzle.

I will attach a stack trace for the failure when I get a chance.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.tried deleting shortyz and redownloading
2.checked passwords
3.tried downloading next day 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I epect the puzzle to download but it isn't.
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

I am using the latest android version on the epic 4g. It worked before.
Please provide any additional information below.
I love this app! Please help me fix it. Ny times is my favorite puzzle! :)

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start Shortyz
2. Download puzzles for any day since 3/18/13
3. No puzzles are downloaded after it attempts, and no errors are displayed

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The puzzles should be downloaded, but they are not.  No errors are displayed.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I am using the latest version on the Play Store on ICS my HTC evo 4G 3D.

Please provide any additional information below.
It has been working great since I installed it in November of last year, but 
this week it hasn't been working.

1. Installed shortyz, and ran full update, download stuck on LA Times and 1 more
2. Rebooted tablet, download still shows in task bar
3. Uninstalled shortyz, rebooted and download still shows in task bar
4. Installed a task killer, killed everything, rebooted, download still shows 
in task bar
5. re-installed shortyz, ran update, download still stuck in task bar

Version of shortyz is 3.0.3, running on Acer Iconia A500 running Android 3.0.1

All I want to do at this point is to kill this task.

Great implementation, but would like like to have the option to have larger 
fonts for clues. Perhaps a small medium large selection. It's hard to see the 
small letters on a tablet. Keep up the great work. Thx

The is being posted as an enhancement. 

My wife and I love to work crossword puzzles together, but we also love working 
them in shortyz. It would be great if by using bluetooth or a shared server two 
people could work on the same puzzle and have each others updates overwrite 
each other, based on last change wins. Not sure how many other couples do this, 
but it is a fine way to wind down after the kids are in bed.

Add option to auto skip completed squares.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Keep solving crosswords until your phone crashes (or force a crash using one 
of the debug tools)
2. Reboot phone, open Shortyz
3. Try to open the crossword you were solving when the phone crashed

What is the expected output? What do you see instead
The crossword should open. Instead a message bubble pops up with <filename>.puz 
and then disappears after a few seconds, where <filename> is the filename of 
that puzzle.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Shortyz 2.3.11 (problem was also present in 2.3.10) on CyanogenMod 6.0 on HTC 
Hero CDMA.

Please provide any additional information below.
I suspect the .puz or .shortyz files are being corrupted during the crash. I 
have attached a pair of such files. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go into landscape mode and zoom in to max. 
2. Rotate device into Portrait mode. Notice that zoom goes back to minimum.
3. Rotate back to landscape mode. Zoom is still minimum.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Once zoomed, the zoom should "stick", regardless of rotation. Alternately, have 
a zoom for Portrait and another for landscape that is set by default any time 
the orientation changes.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Latest on Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus, and XOOM.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run Shortyz on a hi-res device such as the SG4 or Nexus 10.
2. Pinch-zoom so cells are the size of my fat fingers.
3. Get frustrated when zoom is limited.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
 I'd expect to be able to zoom-in more.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
 Shortyz 3.2.6 on Android 4.2.2

Please provide any additional information below.
 Based on comments in the app's 'about' screen, zoom limiting was added in a 
 previous release.  I think it would be nice to add a checkbox to the settings
 page or maybe a slider to control max/min zoom settings per device.  Another 
 option would be to use different zoom limits on high-resolution devices.

I'm a programmer who's never worked on Android but I took a look at the source 
and think I can make the change if you'd like.  

Thanks!

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Use the physical keyboard on phone to play a crossword

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
There should be clues at the top of the screen. But the screen is just the grid 
itself. In previous versions, the clues remain on top of the screen. The clues 
only appear when using one of the virtual keyboards. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
This occurs in 3.2.7 and most versions from the past year. As a workaround, I 
am running 3.0.5, but this version has issues with downloading puzzles. My 
phone is a Samsung Galaxy S Relay. Android version is 4.0.4. 

Please provide any additional information below.
I love the app, no other crossword app compares! I wish you would go back to 
whatever engine was running in 3.0.5, which is pretty much perfect except for 
the fact that it can't download anything. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Reveal letter/word takes 2 taps
2. Capture volume up/down presses to reveal letter/word
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

Make ensure visible on render optional.

I've been playing for a solid week on the XOOM.  I can play on a smartphone 
with a real or virtual keyboard pretty much one handed.  That's my optimal use 
case (flying in coach, stuck on a train, sitting on the can, etc.).  The XOOM 
is fantastic because now you have all this additional space. The way you've 
brought in fragments is good for the selection of puzzles.  

I would prefer a different layout to the solving activity. It's very two-handed 
and involves lots of moving about the screen.  The arrows need to be arranged 
together instead of across the bottom of the keyboard.  I don't know about 
other users, but I tend to move about and switch directions a lot.  I think a 
5-way arrangement would be easier to handle.  

Next, make the keyboard narrower and more compact and make the puzzle grid and 
clues larger.  With this, I can operate the 5-way with 1 hand and the keypad 
with the other.  I'm not writing a thesis on the thing, so if I'm a little less 
than efficient tapping a "p" with my left hand, I'm not going to care so much.