Status report?

[rbytes]

Much time is passing without any apparent solution to the Smart Basic Dropbox issue. Many ideas have been proposed, but it seems they don't Fill requirements. So we still do not have an update that fixes any of the issues/bugs that arose with iOS 11. The longer the delay, the more likely that long-term Smart Basic fans will lose interest.

Mr. K, can you give us your current thoughts on this issue? Earlier this year you indicated that Smart Basic would not see any new feature development, but it would be supported to remain functional indefinitely. If the latter condition is now void, I would like to know. Program contributions on the Forum have all but ceased, so perhaps other users are also wondering.

[Mr. Kibernetik]

There are no exact plans, because Dropbox removal will require serious sB redesign.
Currently sB is working as much as iOS 11 allows it to work.

[GeorgeMcGinn]

What other issues are there besides punctuation issue?

Is there a complete list?

As far as the Dropbox issue, I am writing a smartBASIC program that will download from this forum, Github, Sourceforge, and others. This will include: source, photos, videos, text, music, MIDI, even PDF files!

However, I estimate it will take me 2 more months to post the first version of the code. This should remove the need completely from needing Dropbox.

But in fairness to the time I have put into actually writing up specs for this program, a complete list of other iOS 11 issues before I complete this project, as phase 2 (version 2) coding will take me 3 more months of coding and testing the interface needed.

There are no exact plans, because Dropbox removal will require serious sB redesign.
Currently sB is working as much as iOS 11 allows it to work.

[rbytes]

The Camera commands don't work on the iPad in iOS 11. They are OK on the iPhone, but on the iPad they cause a crash to the desktop. Mr. K has a fix for this problem, but isn't posting it in an update until there is a Dropbox workaround that he is satisfied with. Apple won't accept a Smart Basic update unless Dropbox is removed.

Mr. K, if the Dropbox button was simply hidden, wouldn't that satisfy Apple? There would be no way for a user to get to Dropbox, so even if the other Dropbox-enabling code was still there, it would never be activated.

[GeorgeMcGinn]

Apple will see all the Dropbox code, and the Dropox SDK must be part of the SDK for our apps. They will see all that, so a missing button may tell them we have another hidden workaround to get to use Dropbox, and probably be considered a deception.

Mr. K, if the Dropbox button was simply hidden, wouldn't that satisfy Apple? There would be no way for a user to get to Dropbox, so even if the other Dropbox-enabling code was still there, it would never be activated.

[Mr. Kibernetik]

Mr. K, if the Dropbox button was simply hidden, wouldn't that satisfy Apple? There would be no way for a user to get to Dropbox, so even if the other Dropbox-enabling code was still there, it would never be activated.

Even without any Dropbox code Apple reject application if there are any internal application functions which have word "Dropbox" in their names. So, Apple are quite paranoic in this regard.