Re: Android Orientation Woes
I think I know what I would do, but I want to try it first before describing the idea. Sadly, neither the mobileSensorReading or accelerationChanged features appear to be working. Can you show the code you're currently using to read the accelerometer? On Sep 1, 2012, at 1:22 AM, Dan Friedman d...@clearvisiontech.com wrote: Exactly! So, what do you do? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Android Orientation Woes
Colin, Here's what I am doing. It works PERFECTLY on iOS. On Android (Galaxy Tab 2), x is a out there number! global currentAccel on accelerationChanged x, y, z put round(x*10) into currentAccel end accelerationChanged on doSetCar put the left of btn car + (currentAccel*abs(currentAccel)) into nLeft if nLeft (the left of grp theBGGroup) then put (the left of grp theBGGroup) into nLeft else if nLeft + (the width of btn car) the right of grp theBGGroup then put (the right of grp theBGGroup)-(the width of btn car) into nLeft end if set the left of btn car to nLeft send doSetCar to me in 1 tick end doSetCar I think I know what I would do, but I want to try it first before describing the idea. Sadly, neither the mobileSensorReading or accelerationChanged features appear to be working. Can you show the code you're currently using to read the accelerometer? On Sep 1, 2012, at 1:22 AM, Dan Friedman d...@clearvisiontech.com wrote: Exactly! So, what do you do? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Android Orientation Woes
Hi! In an iOS project I have a button on the screen that when you tilt the device, it slides left or right. Using the accelerationChanged message, this is easy. However, now that I am trying to replicate this on Android, it's not working. The x value retuned by accelerationChanged is all wrong! I see a discussion in the Android Release Notes about this but I can't make any sense of what they are talking about: In order to correct orientation handling for this device, you must include a file named lc_device_config.txt in your APK bundle. Do this by adding the file in the Copy Files pane of the Standalone Builder. This file is used to map a device's to orientation to accelerometer value and is parsed by the Android engine on startup. If the current device matches an entry in the file, the orientation settings in that entry will be used. Does anyone know what this means? How to implement it? Or another way to deal with different devices having different 0 degree settings? Thanks in advance, -Dan ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Android Orientation Woes
I didn't know about that text file, but I do know about the issue. Generally speaking Android phones are in a default orientation when portrait, and generally speaking Android tablets are in a default orientation when landscape. So, for LiveCode to really let you know what's going on you have to help it know which way is default. It does all look somewhat complicated. Are you making any assumptions in your code about whether default is portrait or landscape? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Android Orientation Woes
Colin, Yes. My app is portrait only. I selected Portrait as the Initial Orientation in the Standalone App Settings and I don't alter the orientation settings in code. If you (or anyone else) has some advice, I'm all ears!! -Dan I didn't know about that text file, but I do know about the issue. Generally speaking Android phones are in a default orientation when portrait, and generally speaking Android tablets are in a default orientation when landscape. So, for LiveCode to really let you know what's going on you have to help it know which way is default. It does all look somewhat complicated. Are you making any assumptions in your code about whether default is portrait or landscape? Hi! In an iOS project I have a button on the screen that when you tilt the device, it slides left or right. Using the accelerationChanged message, this is easy. However, now that I am trying to replicate this on Android, it's not working. The x value retuned by accelerationChanged is all wrong! I see a discussion in the Android Release Notes about this but I can't make any sense of what they are talking about: In order to correct orientation handling for this device, you must include a file named lc_device_config.txt in your APK bundle. Do this by adding the file in the Copy Files pane of the Standalone Builder. This file is used to map a device's to orientation to accelerometer value and is parsed by the Android engine on startup. If the current device matches an entry in the file, the orientation settings in that entry will be used. Does anyone know what this means? How to implement it? Or another way to deal with different devices having different 0 degree settings? Thanks in advance, -Dan ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Android Orientation Woes
On 8/31/12 4:00 PM, Dan Friedman wrote: Hi! In an iOS project I have a button on the screen that when you tilt the device, it slides left or right. Using the accelerationChanged message, this is easy. However, now that I am trying to replicate this on Android, it's not working. The x value retuned by accelerationChanged is all wrong! I see a discussion in the Android Release Notes about this but I can't make any sense of what they are talking about: In order to correct orientation handling for this device, you must include a file named lc_device_config.txt in your APK bundle. Do this by adding the file in the Copy Files pane of the Standalone Builder. This file is used to map a device's to orientation to accelerometer value and is parsed by the Android engine on startup. If the current device matches an entry in the file, the orientation settings in that entry will be used. Does anyone know what this means? How to implement it? Or another way to deal with different devices having different 0 degree settings? I've tried to figure that out too. My interpretation is that you need to provide a list of all supported devices and somehow indicate how each one is to be oriented. It almost sounds like we need to figure out in advance the name and type of every possible Android device, but that can't be right. The instructions aren't clear, and the format for the text file isn't described. The problem isn't just LiveCode though, it seems to be universal. My Android tablet has three compass apps installed, and each one thinks north is a different direction. None of them are right, though one comes close. I also have two different bubble-level apps and neither one can figure out which way is up, they are both upside down. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Android Orientation Woes
But, aren't you reading the accelerometer in order to make something slide around? If you're assuming that a Y rotation is what happens in the user turns the left edge away from them, that will be right for phones but wrong for tablets. On Aug 31, 2012, at 5:37 PM, Dan Friedman d...@clearvisiontech.com wrote: Yes. My app is portrait only. I selected Portrait as the Initial Orientation in the Standalone App Settings and I don't alter the orientation settings in code. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Android Orientation Woes
Exactly! So, what do you do? But, aren't you reading the accelerometer in order to make something slide around? If you're assuming that a Y rotation is what happens in the user turns the left edge away from them, that will be right for phones but wrong for tablets. Yes. My app is portrait only. I selected Portrait as the Initial Orientation in the Standalone App Settings and I don't alter the orientation settings in code. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
