Forge Android App: 11-13-2016 Alpha 1.5.58.002

[bevryde]

I can definitely look into saving deck filters between sessions, at least for the Deck Manager. I assume that's what you're referring to, right?

Would be good there as well. What I mean is when I create a new constructed match, then from there a Custom User Deck.

[drdev]

Just a heads up that I'm working on some Deck Editor enhancements to bring the app in-line with the type of support the desktop application has. First up is advanced search, where you can filter on things like CMC, power, and toughness, as well as build boolean expressions to apply multiple filters at once. Here's what the UI for this will look like. I've spent a lot of time trying to design the most touch-screen friendly UI I could for this.

Once I get this pushed out (hopefully in the next week or so), the next thing I'd be looking to add is Deck Statistics.

[bevryde]

This looks very interesting! E.g. I often wished to filter for (black AND green) decks, which is currently impossible. I can only find (black or green or both).

[TheDarkLordOfCheese]

So I uninstalled the application after it froze a couple times, and when i went to reinstall it after redownloading it, i couldn't open the file, And I could use some help, I went into Android File Transfer and deleted the Forge file itself, but still nothing.

[livingguildpact]

Hello! I've installed the latest version (8/5) and I've now got a black screen when I boot it up. Same phone that I had previous versions except I'm on Lollipop now. HTC One M7

[drdev]

Hello! I've installed the latest version (8/5) and I've now got a black screen when I boot it up. Same phone that I had previous versions except I'm on Lollipop now. HTC One M7

Can you see what Forge\data\forge.log says?

[Traldar]

Just a heads up that I'm working on some Deck Editor enhancements to bring the app in-line with the type of support the desktop application has. First up is advanced search, where you can filter on things like CMC, power, and toughness, as well as build boolean expressions to apply multiple filters at once. Here's what the UI for this will look like. I've spent a lot of time trying to design the most touch-screen friendly UI I could for this.

AdvancedSearch.png

Once I get this pushed out (hopefully in the next week or so), the next thing I'd be looking to add is Deck Statistics.

Hi there, Dan!

Any chance you will get back to Planar Conquest anytime soon?

Cheers,
-Traldar

[Vulgard]

There is a bug with Infernal Scarring.

When I played it on my Elvish Visionary in limited, I drew two cards when it died. There were no other similar effects present. I should have drawn one card, true to the card text.

I bet it happens with all other creatures too.

[friarsol]

There is a bug with Infernal Scarring.

When I played it on my Elvish Visionary in limited, I drew two cards when it died. There were no other similar effects present. I should have drawn one card, true to the card text.

I bet it happens with all other creatures too.

This wouldn't be anything related to the Android version, I believe this was fixed a while back, so you're probably on an old version.

Edit: Ah, I didn't notice the release date. That may have been fixed after the most recent Android app was published, but I'm pretty sure it's fixed in the latest beta.

[drdev]

Just a heads up that I'm working on some Deck Editor enhancements to bring the app in-line with the type of support the desktop application has. First up is advanced search, where you can filter on things like CMC, power, and toughness, as well as build boolean expressions to apply multiple filters at once. Here's what the UI for this will look like. I've spent a lot of time trying to design the most touch-screen friendly UI I could for this.

AdvancedSearch.png

Once I get this pushed out (hopefully in the next week or so), the next thing I'd be looking to add is Deck Statistics.

Hi there, Dan!

Any chance you will get back to Planar Conquest anytime soon?

Cheers,
-Traldar

Yes, that's on my list too. I just wanted to tackle some outstanding missing features before allowing myself to work on a brand new game mode.

[livingguildpact]

Here ya go!

[drdev]

Here ya go!

It's possible your skin got corrupted based on that message. Could you try deleting the Forge/res/ folder and restarting?

[MAMUGI1492]

Description: [describe what you were doing when the crash occurred]

NullPointerException | Open

Code: Select all

Forge Version:    1.5.43.002
Operating System: Linux 3.4.0-gfe3bd61 armv7l
Java Version:     0 The Android Project

java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'boolean java.lang.String.isEmpty()' on a null object reference
   at forge.assets.TextRenderer.updatePieces(TextRenderer.java:80)
   at forge.assets.TextRenderer.setProps(TextRenderer.java:420)
   at forge.assets.TextRenderer.getWrappedBounds(TextRenderer.java:442)
   at forge.screens.match.views.VPrompt$MessageLabel.tap(VPrompt.java:86)
   at forge.Forge$MainInputProcessor.tap(Forge.java:551)
   at forge.toolbox.FGestureAdapter.touchUp(FGestureAdapter.java:196)
   at forge.toolbox.FGestureAdapter.touchUp(FGestureAdapter.java:158)
   at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.AndroidInput.processEvents(AndroidInput.java:360)
   at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.AndroidGraphics.onDrawFrame(AndroidGraphics.java:420)
   at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.guardedRun(GLSurfaceView.java:1522)
   at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.run(GLSurfaceView.java:1239)


[drdev]

I realize it's been a long time since I last released an update, but hopefully the new advanced search functionality rolling out with 1.5.45.001 will make it worth the wait.

The first thing you'll notice is that on deck and card managers, instead of seeing two "view" buttons (one for list view and one for image view), you'll now see a search button and a single view button. The view button now displays the icon for the active view, and when clicked will display a menu with all view options. The search button displays a menu with two options when clicked: Advanced Search and Reset Filters.

First off, Reset Filters is a handy way to quickly clear any search, color, or type filters you have active, as well as a way to quickly clear your new advanced search.

Finally, Advanced Search is going to provide you with every tool you could want for filter down to specific subsets of your decks or card pool, with numerous properties to filter against, several choices of operators for each, and pre-configured options for filters like card subtype or rarity. The user interface also makes it very easy to string together a Boolean expression of multiple filters using AND, OR, NOT, and grouping parentheses.

Below are some screenshots showcasing a few scenarios for the new Advanced Search functionality.

Deck Filter Options | Open

Card Filter Options | Open

Devotion Deck Search | Open

Here's a search you might run when building a devotion deck where you need mono-color cards that have no generic part of their cost. It showcases the use of "AND" to string multiple filters together.

WU Flyers and Soldiers | Open

Here's a search you might run when building a WU deck where you want flyers for offense and soldiers for support. It showcases the use of the grouping parentheses to evaluate part of the expression first, then evaluate that part against the rest.

Please let me know if there are other filter options you'd want under Advanced Search or if any of the current ones aren't working quite right. Note that one I do have planned is to filter decks that contain 1 or more copies of a specific card.

Thanks.
-Dan

[drdev]

I just released 1.5.45.002, which contains some updates for Advanced Search:

- Made it easier to read and select operators for numeric filters

- Added advanced search and reset filters options to card picker dialogs

- Added new deck filters to allow filtering down to decks containing specific cards (or a certain number of copies of those cards)

Note that this treats all versions of a card the same, so no matter what version you select for the filter (only option one is available per card), decks containing any version of that card will be shown.

As you can see in the final screenshot above, I also made a tweak so consecutive filters of the same type with the same chosen operator will have their captions merged to reduce wordiness and improve readability.

I'm going to let this new Advanced Search support simmer for a bit on the Android app before adding it to the desktop application, though I do plan to do so at some point. Any feedback provided in the meantime is most welcome.

Thanks.
-Dan