My application also requires two communicating emulators, and because of known and documented bugs in the emulator and SDK, the two emulators cannot be on the same host.
I was told to point this out in the readme.pdf that accompanied the submission, which I did, and the application would not be marked down because of deficiencies in the emulator / SDK. But I don't know how they will be able to do that because without running the application in two emulators on different PCs, how will the judges know what to not mark down from? I included a very detailed test script with many screen shots. Maybe they'll trust that that is the way the application works and grade it based on that? I would like that, but I can see where some would think that unfair, or something. No hits on my servers yet, but then there wouldn't be until the applications in the two emulators tried to talk to each other. Good luck to all! Jim Renkel On Apr 26, 4:01 pm, Hielko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope these emulators are not started on the same pc, since there is > a bug in the location service that prevents our application from > working properly when two emulators are running on the same pc (the > second emulator will always block when we request the current > location). I have no idea how this is possible, but there seems to be > a issue with the mock location provider when multiple threads and > multiple simulators are used on the same system. Luckily we make most > of our calls to the location provider in a seperate thread so it does > not always block our GUI, but it limits the functionality. > > We have tested this on Windows XP/Vista, but the bug probably also > exists in the Linux version. > > If you want to reproduce this bug you can simply start two emulators > on one pc, load our application (Snap! -www.snap-project.net) on both > emulators and check the logcat of the second emulator. See also issue > 639 on the Issue Tracker. > > (this is also documented in the readme of our application, but not in > depth) > > On 26 apr, 22:38, "Dan Morrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The judging system has a way to start multiple emulators so that judges can > > simulate two users. > > - Dan > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Hielko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Quote: I don't know if there's a specific prohibition against it, but > > > I expect not. > > > The judges judge whatever .apk file was submitted, in a clean > > > emulator. > > > It's reviewed on its merits, meaning that they review it based on > > > whatever > > > appears in front of them when they start the app, good or bad. > > > > How will applications be judged that require multiple users online to > > > do something usefull? For example all GTalk based applications, must > > > social networking apps, multiplayer games etc? > > > > On Apr 26, 5:31 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dan, > > > > > Thanks for the answers. It helps us keeping sane. > > > > > When is the next SDK, btw? > > > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Dan Morrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Great questions! Here are some answers. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:15 PM, finnk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> 1. How many judges on each panel? > > > > > > "Panel" can mean multiple things, so the most accurate way to phrase > > > > > it > > > is > > > > > that each application will be reviewed by at least 4 judges. > > > > > >> 2. Will there be one or more Google staff on each panel? > > > > > > Not necessarily. Applications are assigned randomly to judges. Since > > > > > there are many more representatives from other Alliance companies than > > > there > > > > > are from Google alone, most applications will not have a Google > > > employee as > > > > > a judge. > > > > > >> 3. How much time will a judge spend reviewing each application? > > > > > > This depends on the judge. We expect judges to spend as much time > > > > > reviewing each app as it takes to satisfy themselves that they > > > understand it > > > > > well enough to fairly score it. > > > > > >> 4. Will there be more than one test session? (for the first phase) > > > > > > I am not sure what you mean by a "test session", but each judge > > > evaluates > > > > > the application once, and scores it based on that experience. > > > > > >> 5. Do the judges collaborate in scoring? > > > > > > Definitely not. Each judge does his or her reviews alone, and we will > > > > > aggregate their scores once all reviews are in. > > > > > >> 6. Are judges allowed to contact a contestant? > > > > > > I don't know if there's a specific prohibition against it, but I > > > > > expect > > > > > not. The judges judge whatever .apk file was submitted, in a clean > > > > > emulator. It's reviewed on its merits, meaning that they review it > > > based on > > > > > whatever appears in front of them when they start the app, good or > > > > > bad. > > > > > > - Dan > > > > > -- > > > > take care, > > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > >http://mobeegal.in > > > > find stuff closer.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven - > > > - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. 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