Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Derek J. ..

Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

in Android Processing • 1 year ago

Hey all,

Not sure if this has been posted. I dug around and couldn't find anything, so, apologizes if it has been and I missed it.

I get an error when trying to do any Processing Android work on the Galaxy Nexus & Android 4.0. I've already checked to make sure the Android SDK is up to date as far as 4.0 dev goes and can successfully compile a generic hello world from Eclipse (not Processing, just demo/examples from Android).

This is the error that Processing 2.0a4 provides. The current stable release (1.5.1) also has a Lost Connection error. I don't think it has anything to do with my code. Examples from the Ketai library and Jer Thorp's Getting Started example doesn't run either.

http://pastebin.com/H7uznvcY

Just thought I'd start an ICS thread for everyone. Thanks folks.

—
Derek J. Kinsman, creative technologist.
@ghostpressbed

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andres

Re: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

1 year ago

Hi, I don't have a Galaxy nexus phone to test, but I did try out the transformer prime tablet with ICS and Processing 2.0a4 and was able to run sketches on the device. In principle you only need the "Android 2.2 (API 8)" version of the SDK installed on the system, besides Processing itself. Are you on Windows, Linux or Mac?

Derek J. ..

Re: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

1 year ago

I'm on a Mac. 10.6.8. I'm also running Android 2.2 API 8 up to the newly released Android 4.0.3 API 15. ICS requires API 14 and 15. I just did the API 15 update a few minutes ago hoping that would resolve some issues. But it did not. So I'm still getting the same warning in the pastebin link up above. But here's the new warning.

http://pastebin.com/fBSMbH32

—
Derek J. Kinsman, creative technologist.
@ghostpressbed

metabog

Re: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

1 year ago

Same problems here on Nexus and other ICS phones with Android Processing.

andres

Re: Re: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

1 year ago

I was able to reproduce the problem by launching a separate instance of the adb server by typing "adb start-server" from the terminal. As long as this external adb server was running, I'd get a "Waiting for device to become available..." message from Processing, and the sketch would not run.

If I stop the server by issuing the command "adb kill-server", again from the command line, then launching android sketches from the PDE works again.

Maybe you have a similar situation going on, where an adb server is started by some other application (Eclipse?) and then conflicting with the adb from Processing.

sjunnesson

Re: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

1 year ago

I have problem with ICS 4.0.3 on a Tranformer TF201 coupled with OpenGL. I get a out of memory error that crashes the whole application. This isnt occurring when running the exact same code on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Android 3.2. Anyone else experiencing similar problems?

This is the error message.

FATAL EXCEPTION: GLThread 162

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

at processing.core.PTexture.allocate(PTexture.java:867)

at processing.core.PTexture.init(PTexture.java:173)

at processing.core.PTexture.<init>(PTexture.java:106)

at processing.core.PGraphicsAndroid3D.addTexture(Unknown Source)

at processing.core.PGraphicsAndroid3D.getTexture(Unknown Source)

at processing.core.PGraphicsAndroid3D.renderTriangles(Unknown Source)

at processing.core.PGraphicsAndroid3D.endShape(Unknown Source)

at processing.core.PGraphics.endShape(PGraphics.java:1169)

at processing.core.PGraphics.imageImpl(PGraphics.java:2406)

at processing.core.PGraphics.image(PGraphics.java:2295)

at processing.core.PApplet.image(Unknown Source)

at changethispackage.beforesubmitting.tothemarket.marblegame_ver4.MarbleGame_ver4.playMode(MarbleGame_ver4.java:292)

at changethispackage.beforesubmitting.tothemarket.marblegame_ver4.MarbleGame_ver4.setMode(MarbleGame_ver4.java:95)

at changethispackage.beforesubmitting.tothemarket.marblegame_ver4.MarbleGame_ver4.draw(MarbleGame_ver4.java:66)

at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(Unknown Source)

at processing.core.PGraphicsAndroid3D$A3DRenderer.onDrawFrame(Unknown Source)

at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.guardedRun(GLSurfaceView.java:1462)

at android.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.run(GLSurfaceView.java:1216)

andres

Re: Re: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

1 year ago

Can you post a minimal sketch that generates the memory error on ICS, but runs on Honeycomb? BTW, what version of Processing are you using, 2.0a5? Thanks!

sjunnesson

Re: Re: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

1 year ago

An example sketch that crash can be found here. Basically it loads 6 images of 1280x800 and cycles through them. It crash on 2.04a. Havnt tried it on 2.0a5.

riceje7

Re: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

1 year ago

in response to the OP, try downloading Processing 2.0a5. If you read the Processing Android wiki HERE, you will notice that they are no longer supporting anything below Android 2.3.3 - Gingerbread, thats API level 10 if i'm not mistaken.

I couldn't find anything about a lost connection error in your pastebin but it seems as though there is a mismatch between the API level declared in the manifest file and the project's target (which will be 10 in Processing 2.0a5). See if the newest version of Processing will resolve the issue, just create a new project and copy&paste your old code into the new project and try from there.

If that doesn't resolve the issue and it truly is a connection issue, try these steps:

Check all connections to insure they are making a solid connection and aren't loose.
Open up terminal, and type 'adb kill-server' followed by 'adb devices', this will launch a new adb daemon and will tell you if your devices is connected (look in the terminal under where it spit out 'List of devices attached')
If you see your phone skip to #6, else If you don't see your phone, make sure both usb debugging is enabled on the phone (under Settings/Developer Options) and that you can install from unknown sources (under Settings/Security)
unplug and replug your phone's usb cable (make surre it is the stock cable that came with it, 3rd party cables can have issues transferring data)
type 'adb devices' into terminal again
assuming you see your device connected save your sketch and
Hold Shift and click run to run on a device
It will compile the sketch into an android .apk and install it on the phone and should run assuming there are no errors in your code.

I have a Galaxy nexus and have all kinds of Processing for Android sketches running on it, try HERE for a sketch that I got running on my Nexus to place calls from within a sketch.

also as a tip you can use ADB Wireless to connect your phone to your computer over your network and then push and run sketches wirelessly. The one app i use is by MrSiir, is free and works perfect.

Derek J. ..

Re: Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

1 year ago

Processing 2.0a5 and 2.0a6 both appear to be working with the Nexus. I've got it running on 4.0.4 and the Google I/O distro of 4.1.

Thanks for all the responses everyone!

—
Derek J. Kinsman, creative technologist.
@ghostpressbed

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