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AppGameKit Classic Chat / APK export from IDE doesn't always work

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JohnnyMeek
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Posted: 12th Dec 2014 09:23
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I'm finding that APK's exported from the IDE are not 100% reliable.

code that is broadcast to the player and works fine, doesn't always seem to work when exported as an APK.

It seems random, and I haven't been able to track a reason. (i'm doing this from a MAC)

Also, sometimes iOS doesn't work at all and won't read the code signing file. If you reset the IDE it will read the file.
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JohnnyMeek
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Posted: 15th Dec 2014 08:29
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I'm still finding that APK's made with the export from IDE are unstable.

Maybe this is a problem that only occurs with the MAC version of the IDE?
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JohnnyMeek
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I also don't think this is limited to just APKs. I am also having an issue with IPA's exported from the IDE on MAC.

I seem to get random crashes, that don't occur when the app is played via the player / broadcast.

These are all built using alpha 9.
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JimHawkins
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Can you build the same project on a PC and Mac and compare the APKs?

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JohnnyMeek
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I need to do some more testing, but I think the crashes occur when there is any write access to storage.

I'll try building from the PC, and from Eclipse to check it.
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Blendman
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Hi

Do you use setfolder() or code like that (getnextfile()...) in your appli ?

I have seen that in some of my application, it works fine with the Player and crash when I make an APK (windows8 -> android). In some case, it was because I use SetFolder() and other "File/Folder" feature, to read or write a file in the media folder.
For setFolder(), the doc explain that, in android, we have to create the same folder hierarchy in the media (write) like in the media folder (read).

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JohnnyMeek
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No, I don't use setfolder() or Getnextfile().
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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 15th Dec 2014 17:28
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I haven't seen this happen, if you get an APK that crashes can you email it to me so I can debug it? Also the source for the project used to create it might be helpful in tracking it down.
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JohnnyMeek
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I've emailed you the apk and all the project files.


Thanks.
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Paul Johnston
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Thanks, I think I found the problem. The app was generating an array out of bounds error which was closing the app instead of displaying the error. The reason it only happened in the exported app is because exported Android apps are case sensitive and some of the image paths have different cases in the file system and the tier 1 code. In most cases a broadcast app will display the runtime error at the same place as the exported app just closes. I'll fix this in the next version so exported apps display the runtime error message properly.
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paulrobson
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This is a point worth emphasising - given the variable case sensitivity it is probably a good idea to have all your media file names in lower case throughout unless absolutely essential.
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