2012.2.2 and Android back button.

GregBUG

1st. thanks to Gideros team for the update.

then,
with the new player 2012.2.2
if i press back button (on android device obviously) the apps do not exit... the only way to exit the apps is the press home button (but the application is not closed it's only minimized)
and i like it or almost :-?

i mean in 2012.2.1 version when i was playing with "GidHelix" sometimes i pressed back button "accidentally" and the game exit ! (and i do not like it)

but i think i would very very useful if we can have an event "BackButton pressed" on Android devices
when user press the back button and decide what to do (ignore or close the app or do something else (like a message box that ask if close or not the apps)).

i know that in iOS devices there is no back button but under Android it's importat to manage
this things in a better way... i think...


my 2 cents.

Ciao Gianluca.

atilim

Hi Gianluca,

Yes now there is. Can you look at the example Hardware/Keyboard?

GregBUG

ops..
sorry..

just missed ...

perfect... as always..

avo

this is great!

edit: nevermind they both work, the keydown is just dispatched after releasing the button so it updated to keyup too fast to see!

works great on KF =D>

MikeHart

@Atilim: If KEY_DOWN is only dispatched, AFTER you release the key, then I would call this a bug.

avo

I was thinking it might be this way for the Kindle since the keys are software and not hardware, so there might be no event until you actually release the click down.

GregBUG

on samsung galaxy s work fine.

KEY:DOWN is dispatched fine (when you press the button) and key_up when you release the button.

no bug for me.

instead on new samsung galaxy nexus prime the button are software (like Kindle Fire)
anyone has (or can) tested on it ?

petec

Should the example work in the player on an Android device? I keep getting the error:
main.lua:20: attempt to index global 'KeyCode' (a nil value)
Have I missed something obvious?

Thanks, Pete

atilim

@petec Most probably you couldn't (haven't) install 2012.2.2 to your device. Can you check the version displayed on top of the player?

GregBUG

@petec are you running 2012.2.2 ? it's a new feature of last version.

and yes it work on emulator too.

atilim

@GregBUG first. hehe :P

GregBUG

@atilim
!!! no!!! we are equal my post is 12:46 and your 12:46 :P
is there a foto-finish ? :P

ahahah!!!

ciao Gianluca.

atilim

hahahahaha )

petec

Doh! I completely forgot about updating the app on my phone.
Thanks, as ever, Pete

Scouser

How do the buttons work on the emulator?

What key on the keyboard acts as the back button?

GregBUG

@scouser
correction...

arrow key works... but i can't find how to emulate back button on gideros emulator! (tested win7 and osx lion).

petec

I have been testing using the Gideros player on my Android phone so I used the back button on the phone. I guess that doesn't help!

Scouser

No it's fine on a genuine device, just don't seem to be able to find a key on the keyboard which the emulator sees as a back button.

petec

Nor could I.

atilim

Only the arrow keys are working on emulator because there is no back key on normal keyboards (only backspace and delete exist).

I don't want to map backspace key to back key directly because in fact they are different keys and in the future we're planning to give more support to keyboard.

petec

Makes perfect sense (although from a purely selfish point of view it would be great if something like Alt+Backspace did it as I work in a shed in my garden and I'm on the very limit of wifi range with my phone so I have to assume all sorts of strange positions to get my phone connected and still see the output on my computer!).

atilim

I see
I can put a preferences windows to the player and here you can map any key to another one. (e.g. search->f1, menu->f2, back->backspace, etc...) This would be more flexible.

http://bugs.giderosmobile.com/issues/79

atilim

I don't know if it works in your case but I sometimes enable the wi-fi hotspot feature of my android phone and connect to it even if there isn't any usable wi-fi nearby.

Scouser

@Atilim: ^^^ I do this sometimes but I tend to prefer having the player displayed on my second monitor, it means that I don't have to keep picking up the phone to test the same things over and over. It's just a personal preference I think. I also think that allowing the user to remap keys within the emulator to emulate a real device would be a good idea. Or even just using the fn buttons to remap emulate the back & menu buttons.

petec

A preferences widow that would let me map keys would be just grand. My phone signal is just as iffy as my wifi so that causes me similar problems.