Compiled apk crashes after splashscreen.

Koeos · February 2018

Hey guys!

My game is running well in gideros player and gideros player for android. The game works the way I want on both players. However, the problem came when I exported my game in android.
This is what happens:
1. I compile my game using the latest gideros android export which is at the first tab when you click export.
2. I will input my sdk version, etc. and keystore which I generated from cmd java keytool
3. It will create apk of my game
4. It will install in my phone

But the problem is the compiled apk of my game crashes just after the default gideros splashscreen.

What should I do?
Can you suggest me the ideal setup of android sdk for gideros. The sdk-tool version, platform-tool version, build-tool version, android api level, gradle version that will be the perfect fit for gideros.

Koeos · February 2018

Anybody here experienced the same issue?

antix · February 2018

If you have Android Studio installed, connect your device to it with a USB cable and you can see the errors in LogCat.

Quite often the issue can be a filename that has been spelled incorrectly. The players will accept "picture.png" even if the file is called "PICTURE.png" but the exported APK will not.

Best way is to use LogCat and see what errors pop in there

Koeos · February 2018

@antix

Thanks for the opinion

I will try to review the assets of my game.

Btw. What is your android sdk configuration? What I mean is the version you used for build tools, platforms, and gradle to compile your project.

I am planning to fresh install my android sdk and gradle to the version that works perfectly with gideros.

SinisterSoft · February 2018

yes, the main reason for files failing to load is that - and the failure could cause an error. A fix could be having all asset filenames auto convert to lowercase. Then if assets are loaded then the filename you specify is also converted.

antix · February 2018

I have set my "Android Target Version" to 23 and I only use Export to APK. That seems to work just fine. I'm hoping LogCat will show where you are going wrong

SinisterSoft · February 2018

I export to 22, I think you may get problems with permissions on 23.

oleg · February 2018

I use logcat without Android Studio
link:
ADB

run from console:

cd C:/adb
adb logcat -> logcat.txt

Koeos · February 2018

I will try to export at 22. But I have also speculation that the simple class I made affects the export. This is my class:

spriteHandler = Core.class(Sprite)

function spriteHandler:init(spriteName, aX, aY, sX, sY, posX, posY, alpha)

local bmp = Bitmap.new(Texture.new(spriteName..".png"))

self:addChild(bmp)
self:setAnchorPoint(aX, aY)
self:setScale(sX, sY)
self:setPosition(posX, posY)
self:setAlpha(alpha)

end

So for example I want to create a sprite at main that lua. I will do this:

local ball = spriteHandler.new("ball", 0, 0, 1, 1, 240, 400, 1)
stage:addChild(ball)

Its working when testing a device player but I have a doubt that it is affecting my exported apk. What can you say?

oleg · February 2018

@Koeos Here is the topic of the crash of my game, maybe you will be useful

http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/7225/check-syntax

Koeos · February 2018

@oleg I read the link you shared. What happened when you remove the comma at the last index of an array? Will it run fine when you export to apk?.

oleg · February 2018

@Koeos my apk is working when I deleted the comma

antix · February 2018

@Koeos LogCat will show you where the issue lies.

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