I love it! On 9 January 2012 05:06, Dimitry Golubovsky <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > As CogDroid has undergone more testing on both ARM and x86 platforms, > I am pleased to announce that CogDroid is now Beta. > > I have made two testing builds available: > > > http://www.golubovsky.org/userdirs/golubovsky/CogDroid-beta/CogDroid-debug.apk > for ARM, and > > http://www.golubovsky.org/userdirs/golubovsky/CogDroid-beta/CogDroid86-debug.apk > for x86. > > This is a temporary location. Hopefully my request for Jenkins account > will be granted, and I will be able to set up automatic build jobs for > CogDroid. > > What has been added/changed since the latest Alpha releases: > > 1. The core VM Java and native code has been separated into a library. > Cog-based applications may be built on top of the library. The beta > versions mentioned in this message are generic builds whose code > extends the base activity class adding nothing to its functionality. > The beta APK have different Java package names from alpha releases. > > 2. A VM primitive has been added to read text from Android clipboard. > In order to use this primitive, In order to use this primitive, the > package > > http://source.squeak.org/VMMaker/Android-Base-golubovsky.21.mcz (or newer) > > has to be installed from the following repo: > > http://source.squeak.org/VMMaker/ > > 3. Locale support has been added. Android NDK does not provide locale > support as traditional C programs would expect, so the "stock" > UnixLocalePlugin does not work. The Android replacement retrieves > locale information from Java runtime by making several JNI calls at > the moment of plugin initialization. CogDroid does not see changes in > locale if Android language/country settings are changed, until > restarted. > > 4. Keyboard support has been improved: in both architectures Ctrl and > Alt modifiers should work, however I can not test it for ARM as I do > not have a tablet with keyboard. Keyboard modifiers work in x86. > > Thanks. > > -- > Dimitry Golubovsky > > Anywhere on the Web > > -- Milan Mimica http://sparklet.sf.net
