Other Basic4android v3.50 BETA is released

What do you mean with IDE-customizing? You can change most of the colors now.

Erel said:

What do you mean with IDE-customizing? You can change most of the colors now.

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Excuse me for being not clear in my question.

What I meant was more like a wish:
I would find it useful to have something like the "Tools-IDEOptions-TabSize" but for "Tools-IDEOptions-Reference matches count".

So I could set it to maybe "500 matches" for larger projects.

Theres an app that changes the xml for b4a and b4j that lets you set colors.

V3.50 BETA 2 is now available in the same location. Fixes the issues discussed in this thread.

@tonyhunt can you please check the Windows XP highlight issue with this version?

It's all working now @Erel

Cheers

Thanks, code is compiled now in rapid debug mode, also with widgets, but when I try to insert the widget on home screen, not appear into widgets list.

Hi Erel, I begun to test B4A version 3.50B2 and have trouble with Debug(rapid) with most of my projects.
Attached a simple project SQLiteLight2 which runs OK in version 3.20.
The program crashes when loading with the Log message below:
** Activity (main) Create, isFirst = true **
** Activity (main) Resume **
Error occurred on line: 105 (main)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.setStateBeforeUserSub(Shell.java:425)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEventImpl(Shell.java:357)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEvent(Shell.java:237)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.ShellBA.raiseEvent2(ShellBA.java:116)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent(BA.java:158)
at b4a.sqlitelight2.main.afterFirstLayout(main.java:104)
at b4a.sqlitelight2.main.access$100(main.java:16)
at b4a.sqlitelight2.main$WaitForLayout.run(main.java:76)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Erel said:

What do you mean with IDE-customizing? You can change most of the colors now.

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Yes, the colors in the editor can be changed, but not the rest of the IDE colors (toolbar background color, fonts, window background color, ...)

Hi Erel,
I have the same problem as in post # 25 with Beta 2
The line
MyFont = Typeface.LoadFromAssets ("DOTMATRI.ttf")
causes the following error. (Rapid debuger)

java.lang.RuntimeException: native typeface can not be made
at android.graphics.Typeface.<init>(Typeface.java:175)
at android.graphics.Typeface.createFromAsset(Typeface.java:149)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.keywords.constants.TypefaceWrapper.LoadFromAssets(TypefaceWrapper.java:40)
.......
greeting
Monki

@tonyhunt can you please check the Windows XP highlight issue with this version?[/quote]

Highlight issue still there with 3.5 Beta 2. Black font on Dark Blue highlight.

Also apparent on Visa.

Hi,
Although it runs much quicker, there's definitely something a bit buggy with the new version in Debug(Rapid) mode. I'm getting a lot of "null pointer" exceptions, with varying locations in the code, the first time I interact with the screen. The following is typical:
The offending code is allegedly the last line of the following, which should be no issue:
(sMenuMode is a simple string, and bSelectMode is a simple boolean).

The next time I ran the same code I got an error traced to a completely different line of code, essentially the end of the sub.

I've re-installed V3.2, and the problems have gone away (although I am suffering "cold turkey" because it's much slower ).

Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help track this down, because otherwise the new version is a definite improvement.

Thanks
Andrew

@pappicio widgets and live wallpapers should be tested in release mode because the process (in most cases) is started by the OS and not like a standard application. I will add a note about it in the tutorials.

@klaus I see it too. Thank you. I will check it. Seems like the same issue @andrewj encountered.

@monki this issue is fixed for the next beta. Thank you.

Two cosmetic bugs:



Selected item not visible due to the color scheme.



Buttons missing on the Compile & Debug screen (they appear when the compilation is done, so presumably you have to add a doEvents here to force the screen update when opening the window).

Erel said:

@pappicio widgets and live wallpapers should be tested in release mode.....

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Yes, I forgot to specify that, I compiled into release, not obfuscated, and no widgets into widgets list to apply on hone screen, I compiled more than one time, (in release) same result, no widget to apply in home.

Just tested it and it works fine. Please start a new thread for this question and if you can upload your project.

V3.50 beta 3 is now available. It fixes the Typeface.LoadFromAssets issue and also the NullPointerException discussed above.

Erel said:

Just tested it and it works fine. Please start a new thread for this question and if you can upload your project.

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you're true, I deleted the project, copyed the backuped one from 3.2, recompiled with 3.5 and now widget works fine, sorry for my useless question.

Font problems are resolved now in Beta 3, thanks Erel.

I now seem to be having troubles with my service:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create service demo.android.servicetoday: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.Exception: Sub service_create signature does not match expected signature.

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wimpie3 said:

Font problems are resolved now in Beta 3, thanks Erel.

I now seem to be having troubles with my service:

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Can you upload your project or send it to me by mail (erel@basic4ppc.com)?

Hi Erel,
The error reported in post #47 is solved with beta 3 !!!!

In a big project with intensive calculations the rapid debugger is RAPID !
Excellent and amazing job.