iGigBook Now Available For Android

It's finally here, the long awaited version of iGigBook Sheet Music Manager for Android. iGigBook requires Android Lollipop which means it's only available currently for a small number of tables, such as the Nexus 10, Nexus 9, Nexus 7, LG G Pad 8.3, Nvidia SHIELD, Intel SurfTab, however this will change quickly. Essentially all of the features currently available in the iPad version are there including the ability to turn pages hands free with an iPhone/iPod.
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Transposable Chord Charts

Over a thousand chord charts available here, can now be accessed directly from iGigBook as a Dynamic Book, which means iGigBook has an index that allows you to access any of the charts on the site and also allows you to transpose them to any key. This is a great addition to the app for those situations where you're working with a singer that needs to perform a tune in a particular key and just adds to the extensiveness of your own iPad music library. These charts can be added to set list, shared with other users via email just like any other piece of music you would use in iGigBook. Of course an internet connection is required to view a chart however the caching feature of iGigBook allows any chart viewed to be called up again without internet access.

Busy October

October has proven to be a busy month for development on iGigBook with a grand total of 5 versions, each adding some really cool functionality to the app.

Version 1.51 exchanged the not so useful dimmer feature for a more useful quick view jump feature on the PDF page view. The quick jump allows you to jump to any of the 6 different iGigBook views which means you can swtch between up to 5 different scores using this feature. Version 1.51 also introduced the page preview in the Set List Manager something that was needed since the search can turn up multiple versions of the same tune in different books.

Version 1.52 introduced the ability to set the page offset for a book directly from the device. This is a welcome addition to those user that like using the trial and error method to figure out what the offset to a book should be even though there's a method for computing eactly what it should be.

Version 1.53 didn't introduce anything new but fixed a bug with A4 sized charts that were getting cut off at the bottom and fixed a bug with the set list manager page preview under iOS 5.

Version 1.54 added a feature missing from the Set List Manager search function which was the ability to search indexed song and files contained in the My Scores View. A handy little toggle switch allows you to flip between results from indexed songs and from files contained in the My Scores View. The page preview was also enhanced making it a lot more useful. This particular update got approved by Apple in less than 48 hours!

Version 1.55 added a much needed refresh button to the My Scores View which replaced a nagging pop up that would ask you if you wanted to rescan the folder whenever there was a possibility that the contents of the folder had changed. One may not need to worry about re-scanning the documents folder when there a small number of files present but when you have 500 to 2,000 files in a folder, it takes a while to resolve the differences, open up each file to determine the number of pages, etc. This update bests 1.54 in being approved in less than 24 hours! Go Apple!

There's already a version 1.56 in the works and this tricks the Set List Manager out even further, stay tuned...