Hello,

2015-06-11 15:12 GMT+01:00 Ian Dunlop <[email protected]>:

> Hello,
>
> Got the app installed in android studio and ran it successfully. Had to
> delete the duplicate LoginActivity I mentioned in a previous email. Here
> are some of my thoughts and findings:
>
>

>
> *         What is supposed to happen when clicking on open workflow from
> the dashboard? I get a "choose workflow" message and "no apps can perform
> this action". I assume this has not been implemented yet. Would it be a
> file chooser with workflows that are on the device?
>

Clicking 'open workflow' is actually supposed to launch a file chooser that
would directly open the Taverna Home directory created on the user's
secondary storage and let him pick a given workflow type. The reason it
doesn't show any file chooser is that there is a special mimetype of the
file required that is not yet recognised by the system. It actually works
if i just leave out the constraint when sending the request for a file. I
hoped to just let the user select only valid .t2flow files from where they
are usually saved. I guess it wouldn't be the case to easily allow for the
selection of only the mimetype for the workflow.  wanted to provide a two
step validation of the file before launching the WorkflowdetailsFragement
that loads the workflow file for processing.


> *         In the workflow detail page it is not obvious that you can
> scroll to the right to get more details, is this a standard android way of
> doing things? Or does the app need some sort of visual cue to help users?
>
Yeah this is a standard navigation implementation. But i think the titles
can get users to swipe for the given header then they will get to discover
the other titles or information.

>
> *         The licence/policy page is aqua colour but the others are white.
> Is each alternate page supposed to be a different colour?
>

This is nothing specific, i was just testing for some colors and margin
effects that could be applied there.

>
> *         I get a "Skipped 92 frames!  The application may be doing too
> much work on its main thread" reported in android studio which I remember
> seeing with the original tavern mobile app as well. It might not be
> important but just something to note.
>
Ok, understood. Actually it has something to do with rendering and
redrawing views. Something can definitely be done about it but it however
doesn't affect overall operation.


>
> *         I saw a "Storage Error. Directory not created" error flashed on
> the emulator device for a second when navigating back from workflow detail
> using the arrow beside the "Workflow Detail" header. Doesn't seem to happen
> when using the built in nav arrow at the bottom of the screen.
>
This message means that the Taverna Home directory was not created due to
lack of an SDCard as external secondary storage. I would allow for the
option of Creating the directory on primary storage or even ask users to
configure a storage directory. Thanks for the info

Cheers



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