Forge Android App: 11-13-2016 Alpha 1.5.58.002

[timmermac]

I get a Forge has stopped message after upgrading. HTC EVO 4G LTE.

[Agetian]

Same here, the .003 version appears broken on both my tablets (Galaxy Tab 2 and Google Nexus 7), in both cases I get a black screen quickly followed by the "Forge has stopped" message. Nothing I tried helps.

- Agetian

[drdev]

I'm excited to announce the release of 1.5.28.003

This update has completely broken for me (using HTC One M8). I just get a black screen on start-up. Tried clearing cache, uninstalling, deleting whole folder, reinstalling. Goes to a black screen every time.

P.s. can we get an option to filter decks by folder please? (Like in the desktop app) thanks.

Edit: after re-downloading and installing from fresh and it still going to a black screen I checked the forge folder and it's now empty

That's very strange. I was able to update without issue on my device. Is anyone else seeing this?

Do you not ever see the splash screen even? Could somebody having this issue maybe send me the forge.log file?

For those having this issue, you can reinstall the previous version while I try to figure out the problem. For those who haven't taken the update yet, consider waiting until I give the all clear.

http://cardforge.org/android/releases/forge/forge-gui-android/1.5.28.002/forge-android-1.5.28.002-signed-aligned.apk

I apologize for any inconvenience.

[Agetian]

For me it crashes before Forge.log is generated (that is, I still have Forge.log from the previous game version, and it's not cleared or overwritten in any way). And yes, no splash screen is generated, just an immediate crash after a split second black screen. Reinstalling the old version (1.5.28.002) makes it work fine again, but the new version is no go.

- Agetian

[drdev]

Was anyone able to install it? Could somebody with Eclipse maybe use LogCat to see where it's failing?

[Agetian]

Tried it on yet another device (Explay Fog) - 1.5.28.002 works and 1.5.28.003 does not work in the exact same way. Reinstalling from scratch (uninstalling the previous version, then installing 1.5.28.003) on either device does not seems to help either.

I wish I was able to somehow help with testing, but I don't have a full production environment that would be able to make an .apk and deploy it to a device.

- Agetian

[bevryde]

Black screen here after start of new version as well. Sony Xperia Z1.
Just want to mention I have seen black screen situations before, always... Felt like the app UI not refreshing. I cannot tell precisely, it has to do with bringing the app to background when its not completely started. Then bringing it fore/back/ and pressing the Android "Escape" key (IIRC) suddenly made the Forge menu appear. A wild "clicking" orgy.
But now in case of .003, its just all black No problem, no time for playing anyway.

[Snoops]

That's very strange. I was able to update without issue on my device. Is anyone else seeing this?

Do you not ever see the splash screen even? Could somebody having this issue maybe send me the forge.log file?

For those having this issue, you can reinstall the previous version while I try to figure out the problem. For those who haven't taken the update yet, consider waiting until I give the all clear.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

Sorry, I went to bed, UK here. Nope I never see the splash screen. But seems other people are having this problem too. Sorry I can't produce a log file . Thank you for the previous version though!

[drdev]

I was able to reproduce the issue on my tablet. I am working on a fix. Thanks for your patience.

[friarsol]

What's the name of the package? I don't have IntelliJ setup with adb, but I should be able to run it from the cmdline.

Oh nevermind, you found it.

[drdev]

I just released 1.5.28.004, which fixes the issue that resulted in getting a black screen on startup. The issue turned out to be a simple missing NOT on a line of code from the GUI code refactoring done recently. I didn't catch it sooner because that code only executes on mobile devices (I usually test on my PC), and for some reason my phone wasn't choking on the improper code path that resulted the way my tablet and other's devices were. At any rate, you should feel safe to update to the latest version. For those who have the broken install, you'll need to click the link in the first post of this thread since you can't get to the Update prompt.

Also, note that this release bumps the app's Android API version to 20, which was necessary after updating my development tools in order to debug my tablet. This is just the target version, so this change should not impact anyone on older versions of Android.

Lastly, this release also includes some overdue scaling optimizations for tablets. There have been certain areas of certain screens (like the buttons on the home screen and the prompt on the match screen) that weren't tall enough on a tablet display. Since I was already using my tablet to test the fix for the other problem, I thought it would be a good chance to improve the scaling logic used by the app for adjusting to different displays. Consider it my way of apologizing for the previous release.

Thanks.
-Dan

NOTE: .004 is not actually up yet because I'm having FTP issues. In the meantime, I've changed the link on the first page to point to 1.5.28.002 instead for those who installed the broken version. I'll update the link when .004 is able to be uploaded.

[bevryde]

Argh, an I let 002 autoupdate and got black screen version again - Thanks for your effort.

You mention scaling issues: When you scale cards in match, the background also scales in a weird way, it shouldn't scale I think...

[drdev]

Argh, an I let 002 autoupdate and got black screen version again - Thanks for your effort.

You mention scaling issues: When you scale cards in match, the background also scales in a weird way, it shouldn't scale I think...

That's a separate issue that I need to find a way to address eventually. I haven't come up with a good way yet.

[Agetian]

Ok, I successfully compiled and uploaded a new version (1.5.28.004) to the FTP server. Here's hoping that everything is going to work fine. Please let me know how it goes with the new version. I tested it on my tablet and it seems to work alright.

- Agetian

[drdev]

Ok, I successfully compiled and uploaded a new version (1.5.28.004) to the FTP server. Here's hoping that everything is going to work fine. Please let me know how it goes with the new version. I tested it on my tablet and it seems to work alright.

- Agetian

Appears to be working well. I've updated the first post to point to the new install. All clear everyone.

Thanks again, Agetian.