Logomotion Scorer Android App

[Dave Scheck]

Originally Posted by Hallry

It doesn't work at all on my unrooted Droid 2 running Froyo...am I doing something wrong?

You probably need to go to Settings->Applications and enable Unknown Sources.

The latest apk is definitely more accurate than the first one. It looks like you handled the rotation event, but there's a bug now where opening and closing the Droid keyboard "hangs" the app. In this state I can't select new tubes to place. I have to force stop it to get functionality back.

As far as the circle goes, it still looks funky to me. It looks circular, but it has a bitmap quality to it. The curves are somewhat stepped and doesn't look like a true circle. Is there a reason that you went with predrawn images rather than just drawing on the canvas? You could easily do what you're trying to do by drawing the colored shape (circle, square, triangle) first, followed by a concentric white circle to represent the background, followed by a black dot to represent the peg.

We all start somewhere. It's what we learn from our experiences that keeps us moving forward.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Dave Scheck

You probably need to go to Settings->Applications and enable Unknown Sources.

The latest apk is definitely more accurate than the first one. It looks like you handled the rotation event, but there's a bug now where opening and closing the Droid keyboard "hangs" the app. In this state I can't select new tubes to place. I have to force stop it to get functionality back.

As far as the circle goes, it still looks funky to me. It looks circular, but it has a bitmap quality to it. The curves are somewhat stepped and doesn't look like a true circle. Is there a reason that you went with predrawn images rather than just drawing on the canvas? You could easily do what you're trying to do by drawing the colored shape (circle, square, triangle) first, followed by a concentric white circle to represent the background, followed by a black dot to represent the peg.

We all start somewhere. It's what we learn from our experiences that keeps us moving forward.

I did have Unknown Sources enabled for the whole time, yet it still wouldn't open.

[Bryan Herbst]

@Travis- You were correct. Fixed in the latest version below.

Originally Posted by Dave Scheck

The latest apk is definitely more accurate than the first one. It looks like you handled the rotation event, but there's a bug now where opening and closing the Droid keyboard "hangs" the app. In this state I can't select new tubes to place. I have to force stop it to get functionality back.

How do I test this with a virtual device? I don't see an obvious way to do it with the virtual G1 I have been using and my phone doesn't have a keyboard.

Originally Posted by Dave Scheck

Is there a reason that you went with predrawn images rather than just drawing on the canvas?

I haven't played with the android graphics tools at all. I will take a look at that later this week and see what I get.

Out of curiosity, what size screen are you using? They look fine on my screen, but it is relatively small.

Hallry- What method are you using to install the apk? When you say it doesn't work at all, do you mean that it doesn't load at all, you see a black screen, it force closes, or you see the correct screen but can't do anything?

[Hawahee]

It's good so far...but isn't there like two sets of grids on each side of the field?

[Bryan Herbst]

Originally Posted by Hawahee

It's good so far...but isn't there like two sets of grids on each side of the field?

Yes, but the typically small screen size of android devices makes putting two or more grids on the same screen incredibly impractical. I do however have a plan for this and am hoping the app will support using all four grids by tomorrow evening.

@Hallry- Darist hit the nail right on the head. Since CD doesn't allow for uploading .apk files, I had to zip it first. Thus you need to unzip it before it will work.


@Darist- Long pressing resets the uber count correctly for me. EDIT: Never mind, found the bug. Only happens with a game piece on an ubertube. Fixed in latest release (see main post).

[Dave Scheck]

The Droid screen is 480x854 while the G1 is 320x480 reference. You probably need to utilize the drawable-hdpi, drawable-mdpi, and drawable-ldpi to get the correct image drawn on different devices. As long as you name the files in those directories correctly, it will automatically select the correct resolution for the device it's running on. If you switch to direct draw, that problem goes away, however, you need to be careful about the size values that you use so that they scale properly to other resolutions.

You can (and should) create multiple emulators of different screen resolutions to make sure things look right.

I've never tested the keyboard event in the emulator, but from what I've read, people seem to say CTRL-F11 triggers the keyboard open/close event. I've used that to change orientation, but maybe it also changes the keyboard as well. You can test this easily by throwing a breakpoint in your config change handler and checking out the contents of the config object.

As far as your comment about the screen size being small, I have to disagree. If you force your layout to be landscape, you have as much horizontal room as you need. Then, maybe don't draw giant images for your tubes. Rather, direct draw smaller shapes to fit more on the screen. I'm sure that you'll be able to get more on there and make it useful. As a tip, when you're direct drawing something like this, make it all based on constants so you can quickly change things like peg radius, peg x/y grid spacing. etc

You can get quite a bit on the screen in landscape mode if you don't care about multitouch (if you think there are differences between screen resolutions, you should see the differences in multitouch capability).

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Tanis

@Hallry- Darist hit the nail right on the head. Since CD doesn't allow for uploading .apk files, I had to zip it first. Thus you need to unzip it before it will work.

Well I downloaded the ES File Manager, and it works perfectly now. Thanks a bunch!

[Travis Hoffman]

Be sure to edit the app to not double the ubertube autonomous score with a covering logo row, per Team Update #1.

A logo row covering 3 ubertubes on a top row would be worth an autonomous score of 18 plus a peg score of ([3+3+3] * 2 * 2) = 36.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Be sure to edit the app to not double the ubertube autonomous score with a covering logo row, per Team Update #1.

A logo row covering 3 ubertubes on a top row would be worth an autonomous score of 18 plus a peg score of ([3+3+3] * 2 * 2) = 36.

So therefore the maximum score for the top row would be 54 points?

[Bryan Herbst]

Yes, that would make the maximum score for the top row 54.

Attached is the latest version of the app, which contains two major updates. First, it addresses the updated scoring rules as per team update #1. Second, I introduced all four scoring grids. You can now swipe left or right to access the other scoring grids.

As of right now, the only remaining feature I have planned is landscape support. If anyone has any other features they would like to see, I would be more than willing to consider requests!

Finally, this app will be released to the market once I have a suitable icon. I should be able to release it to the market tomorrow.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Tanis

As of right now, the only remaining feature I have planned is landscape support. If anyone has any other features they would like to see, I would be more than willing to consider requests!

Would it be possible to add in something to take into account minibots?

[Bryan Herbst]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Would it be possible to add in something to take into account minibots?

Definitely!

[roboboy941]

Originally Posted by Tanis

Yes, that would make the maximum score for the top row 54.

Attached is the latest version of the app, which contains two major updates. First, it addresses the updated scoring rules as per team update #1. Second, I introduced all four scoring grids. You can now swipe left or right to access the other scoring grids.

As of right now, the only remaining feature I have planned is landscape support. If anyone has any other features they would like to see, I would be more than willing to consider requests!

Finally, this app will be released to the market once I have a suitable icon. I should be able to release it to the market tomorrow.

So I got the es file explorer on my phone and downloaded the app however it says no app found. Droid x

[Bryan Herbst]

Originally Posted by roboboy941

So I got the es file explorer on my phone and downloaded the app however it says no app found. Droid x

Did you make sure to extract the .apk from the .zip first?

[darist]

Originally Posted by roboboy941

So I got the es file explorer on my phone and downloaded the app however it says no app found. Droid x

The process of extracting the file in ES File Explorer is not exactly straight forward. Here's my poor attempt at explaining it:

1. Use ES file explorer to navigate to where the zip file was saved (probably the Downloads folder in the SD card)
2. Long-tap on the LogomotionScorer.zip file. Menu pops-up
3. From the pop-up menu, select "Extract To"
4. Choose "Current Path". LogoMotionScorer.apk file is extracted in the same folder (probably downloads).
5. Tap the LogoMotionScorer.apk file to install the app (you need to allow "unknown sources" in your settings for it to install successfully).

Good luck.