androidlcltest.apk does nothing on my android tablet
lazarus / 43-Android

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Michael Collier · 2013-02-11 20:59

Hi, I have compiled the androidlcl example and installed onto my
android tablet (mid m9000 running android 4.0) but when I run the
application a dark blank screen comes up with "LCL Test" caption and
then it disappears, any ideas, I'm assuming it compiled ok or it would
not produce the apk file in the first place? Any ideas??

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Leledumbo · 2013-02-11 23:32

adb logcat content? It should display the form as in the designer

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felipemdc · 2013-02-12 11:18

Yes, the logcat content is indispensable to say anything.

A link to somewhere which describes this tablet would also be nice. It
should include the manufacturer, processor architecture, etc.

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picstart · 2013-02-12 14:52

Well, the example didn't work on my 7" tablet either 4.0.4 android MID
F22. Since the android development using eclipse does work it will be
the route often taken. Many would like to leverage the lazarus
experience to more than just a desktop platform. Further the desktop
environment is the setting sun and the handheld environment is the
rising sun. The single point of failure and massive dependency issues
incurred using lazarus  plus the obtuse subsurface compilation and
install instructions are doing violence to the ideal of code once and
run anywhere. Most will choose an easier route to creating an android
app. The delphi's main innovation was its intuitive way to develop
applications for the desktop. This tradition has been emulated with
the desktop lazarus that even though it is an unforgiving install will
if downloaded from this site install and actually run a hello world
application almost out of the box. This is about as far as it goes
since handhelds require cross compiling and its incurred single point
of failure issues.  The Delphi/Lazarus innovation is negated if hours
and even weeks are wasted trying permutations of obtuse set up
instructions just to get a simple hello world to run on a new
platform. The gain in productivity afforded by a lazarus ide is very
much offset by the unproductive environmental setup procedures offered
as the alternative to an out of the box setup.

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felipemdc · 2013-02-12 14:53

Without copying the contents of logcat nothing can be said about your
problem.

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Michael Collier · 2013-02-12 15:50

Quote from: felipemdc on February 12, 2013, 12:18:27 pmA link to
somewhere which describes this tablet would also be nice. It should
include the manufacturer, processor architecture, etc.

I don't have the box at hand, but I think the manufacturer is "MID"
the model is M9000, this link seems similar to my device
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1M80E16107

The "About" screen in system settings shows the following info:

Model Number: M9000
Android Vesion: 4.0.4
Baseband Version: 1.5
Kernel Version: 3.0.8+ Fri Nov 9 16:40:13 CST 2012
Build Number: nuclear_evb-eng 4.0.4 IMM76D 20120917 test-keys

There are some developer options that may or may not be
relevant/helpful:
Force GPU Rendering (tried on & off)
Transition animation scale (1x)
Window animation scale (1x)
Show app not responding dialogue (on)
Dont keep activities (off)

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Michael Collier · 2013-02-12 15:56

Quote from: felipemdc on February 12, 2013, 03:53:35 pmWithout copying
the contents of logcat nothing can be said about your problem.

Thanks, I'm trying to figure that out at the moment...

1) I connect the tablet to my PC and the andoid shows that it is
connected and ready to do usb debugging

2) My PC (vista) says it can't find drivers for the android, trying to
track this down...

3) To execute the "adb logcat content" do I execute the .bat files in
the android example directory, I did try them and they say they are
waiting for device (permanently)