[App] Flix - It's like Cinemo but for the UK, France and Germany :)

[jmbillings]

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2009-07-13 PLEASE USE THE NEW MAIN THREAD FOR FLIX HERE!!!

Flix has been updated today to 1.0.7.0
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Hi all.

I've decided to upload the first public release of "Flix". It's a movie listings app i've written, inspired by Cinemo, but for a UK audience. Be gentle with the comments, as it's my first foray into the Compact Framework!

First off, the features:
- Yahoo based
- Search based on Postcode or town
- GPS "Where am I" lookup
- Google Maps link from Cinema Info screen
- Call cinema direct from the app.
- Movies list cast info, Synopsis, runtime, and (optionally) a poster if Yahoo has one.

There is a little more detail on my blog (along with instructions) as I've just added it on there too.
I'm contemplating changing from Yahoo as their postcode lookups seeem to be getting more vague by the day. My own (PE8) has yielded nothing for the past couple of days even though it did previously - so if you find nothing matches up, check the Yahoo page to see what it does at that end.

You'll need to have CF3.5 installed for Flix to work.

Anyway, I'm happy to hear of any comments you have - if you have problems then let me know and I will try and help of course, and suggestions are always welcome too. As ever, if you find it useful then please consider donating!

Thanks


****UPDATE 2009-06-28****
Flix has just been updated! Changes:

-Now supports France and Germany
-Google Maps loading should work if it's installed in non-std locations
-Where Am I function now uses online Geocoding to work in the new countries
-Some improvements to parsing behind the scenes

I do still plan to update it to work in North America, however the Yahoo page is quite different so it's more work. Lots of Euro countries use the same layout as the UK so it's pretty quick to adapt. Expect Spain and Italy next...

As ever, if you find this free app of use, a small donation is appreciated (link above!)

[Rabangus]

This works really well for me. Nice one!

[Konradwalsh]

hey
this works very well..

in fact you need to say that its for more than uk. I am in west of ireland and it picked up one cinema. So it works for me too. I would like it to pick up the other major cinema though but still its very good... well done

[uniqueboy]

Hi jmbilings, nice to see this hitting the streets, Great job so far.
Working well on my Diamond.
Oh and why not in dev and hacking?

[uniqueboy]

Hi James, put a heads up over in the diamond forum.

[jmbillings]

Originally Posted by uniqueboy Hi James, put a heads up over in the diamond forum.

Ah, thanks for that... I guess I could have posted it somewhere more helpful in the first place of course!

[stone81]

hey thanks very much this app will make life a little easier for me im always at the movies

[jonyid]

i am using a diamond and for some reason it doesn't pick up my postcode. i am EN2 and it only recognises E10?

anyone have any ideas

[manoli20]

Originally Posted by jonyid i am using a diamond and for some reason it doesn't pick up my postcode. i am EN2 and it only recognises E10? anyone have any ideas

same and im in N13, yet it still finds the nearest one (cineworld enfield)...

an idea: For future releases would it be possilble to have multiple cinemas saved, for example, it will find one near me, but not another near me, thus i have to go through the update process and lose the first cinemas results.

other than that, great app man, really useful

[uniqueboy]

Originally Posted by jonyid i am using a diamond and for some reason it doesn't pick up my postcode. i am EN2 and it only recognises E10? anyone have any ideas

I think it is a problem on yahoos end, try going to their website and entering your postcode there and see what it returns, I seem to get better results if I configure flix using the name of my city rather than my postcode.