Testers Wanted: Retropie Forum App

Hex

In you source code for the application there will be a file called AndroidManifest.xml

AndroidStudioProjects/Project/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

Open this file and find this and add the missing part:

        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

Then recompile and rebuild your apk. That should work

cyperghost

@hex said in Testers Wanted: Retropie Forum App:

@lilbud One thing I would like to state up front, It will not be called lil-hex.

magic number: I don't want DEFACE anymore ;)

@lilbud @Hex
BTT... I appreciate a mobile app and I'm ready to test. If there is need for debugging you can enable logs in the apps and I can send them here for feedback. My newest device just got Android 5.1 (API lvl 22) and I have some with KitKat (API lvl 19)

Is there a way to keep the APK as small as possible? 2,5MB is much for a first attempt ;)

@lilbud said in Testers Wanted: Retropie Forum App:

@hex This is my reaction to most of what you just said:

;) ...

EctoOne

@cyperghost said in Testers Wanted: Retropie Forum App:
My newest device just got Android 5.1 (API lvl 22) and I have some with KitKat (API lvl 19)

Just curious, how new is new when it just got 5.1? My 5 year old tablet is running with 7.12

Is there a way to keep the APK as small as possible? 2,5MB is much for a first attempt ;)

Now that you mentioned it, it seems kinda big for a webview app. Can't wait to see what it can do.

cyperghost

@EctoOne I've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (PT3310). It's 4 or 5 years old and that's my newest Android device. So far it runs stable with Lollipop .... better wrote latest ;)

Now that you mentioned it, it seems kinda big for a webview app. Can't wait to see what it can do.

Yes... that keeps space for some improvements.

lilbud

In a few days I'll be getting a new phone, It should run Android 7.1.1 and possibly Android 8

lilbud

@cyperghost said

Is there a way to keep the APK as small as possible? 2,5MB is much for a first attempt

I'm choosing to see my hobbled together version that doesn't even work right as a proof of concept

cyperghost

@lilbud Bluestacks and Android-x86 are Android emulators for PCs so you can maybe tryout. I have to agree that I never tested even one!

EctoOne

If you're using Android Studio, it has also a build in Emulator. Can't say how well it performs tho. It barely loaded up on my Laptop.

lilbud

@ectoone @cyperghost The App works in an emulator, but the Android Studio emulator doesn't work on AMD machines.

lilbud

Here is an updated .apk file with the changes @Hex suggested

https://github.com/lilbud/RetroPie-App

herb_fargus

@lilbud well now it shows up in the app drawer. But immediately crashes upon opening.

lilbud

@herb_fargus sigh I'm not really sure what could be the issue. I might need to call upon the all-great and powerful @Hex.

herb_fargus

@lilbud it would be more practical if you forked the repo you're basing this on and then include your changes and upload the apks as releases. Hard to debug straight apks without the original source.

lilbud

Here is the repo containing all of the apps source files.

https://github.com/lilbud/RetroPie-App-Files

A Former User

What about iOS?

wait,
what am I saying?

Hex

@lilbud Your code is a bit difficult to understand. I will mostly start by finding if nodebb has a json api. That would solve a lot of trouble and save lot of effort. Webview is not a good way to go.

Why am I seeing Google Analytics code in there?

lilbud

@hex said in Testers Wanted: Retropie Forum App:

Why am I seeing Google Analytics code in there?

Your answer is as good as mine. I pretty much found the repo, read the tutorial, and thought to myself "This doesn't look too difficult." It was

lilbud

@itsnitro starts laughing The last time I ever used/owned an Apple device was 2012, I've stuck with Android ever since and I don't feel like selling a kidney to buy an Apple product.

lilbud

@hex said in Testers Wanted: Retropie Forum App:

It will not be called lil-hex

Don't worry, lilbud is my name and mine alone (even though I didn't think of it)

obsidianspider

if an iOS variant becomes available, I'll be happy to try it out.