Android APK sanity check

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu May 31 18:49:29 EDT 2018


I just took another look and I see that the identifier had reverted to 
the default, so that explains why you had to change it. Even after I 
reset it to something unique though it still fails here. It looks like 
it's time for the LC guys to employ their magic.

On 5/31/18 5:44 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
> Thanks for testing. Maybe it's a Mac problem. The identifier shouldn't 
> matter in this case though, if you were originally using the unique one 
> I put into the stack. So that's odd too.
> 
> On 5/31/18 5:07 PM, Clarence Martin via use-livecode wrote:
>> The problem that I had, had  to do with the identifier name and had 
>> nothing
>> to do with anything else. I remember that from earlier problems that 
>> Panos
>> identified for me.
>> The test stack worked on both Android Devices that I have.
>> More info on my system:
>> Windows 10 computer with the Java jdk 1.8.0_171.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: use-livecode <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com> On Behalf 
>> Of J.
>> Landman Gay via use-livecode
>> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 1:02 PM
>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
>> Cc: J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
>> Subject: Re: Android APK sanity check
>>
>> Thanks for the comments. I've actually seen the problem with initial 
>> startup
>> on a few apps but in this case a relaunch still crashes. :(
>>
>> Since you have a few older devices, it might help the team narrow down
>> what's affected if you try out my test stack. Bug report is here:
>> https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21325
>>
>> I only have Android Marshmallow on my test phone(s) but I'm betting it 
>> will
>> fail with any older OS. Or it may be the version of Java I installed, 
>> which
>> I believe LC 9 required.
>>
>> On 5/31/18 2:46 PM, Clarence Martin via use-livecode wrote:
>>> Hi Jacque,
>>> You have been one of the people on the List that has answered many of
>>> my questions about building Android Applications. I do have an
>>> application that uses mergJSON and the problem that I have is only
>>> during the initial starting of the application after the APK is
>>> loaded. I also get a blank initial screen. I found that if I close the
>>> application and then restart the application - it runs. I have also
>>> had problems with applications locking up on one Android Device and
>>> will run on another without problems. The problems that I encountered
>>> were mainly opening data files across the internet on the failing
>>> device. I actually solved some of those problems by putting a delay
>>> after  I call for data across the internet. Both devices are using
>>> Android 5.1.1. The failing Device  is a Nexus 7 and the other device
>>> that doesn't fail is a generic X10 Chinese cheaper Tablet. The only 
>>> other
>> problem I noticed with LC 9 is a latency in starting the applications.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: use-livecode <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com> On Behalf 
>>> Of J.
>>> Landman Gay via use-livecode
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 12:10 PM
>>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
>>> Cc: J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Android APK sanity check
>>>
>>> I created a plain do-nothing stack and it works on my Samsung. Then I
>>> set the inclusions to same ones in my working project. The plain stack
>>> then had the same misbehavior -- black screen and crash on launch.
>>>
>>> One by one I turned off each inclusion, tested, and then turned it
>>> back on and disabled the next one. It looks like the culprit is 
>>> mergJSON.
>>> With that included I get the crash, without it the apk behaves.
>>>
>>> I'll submit my test stack and a bug report.
>>>
>>> On 5/31/18 3:12 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> The first thing that came to my mind was the bug report that Paul
>>>> referenced, but I had a look at the Samsung S5 specs and it seems it
>>>> has an ARM chip, so it should not be affected by this bug.
>>>>
>>>> @Jacque does that happen with any android standalone you build with
>>>> LC 9.0.0, or just this particular one?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Panos
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> 


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