[sword-devel] Ezra Project 0.17.0-Beta3 - First working test candidate on Android

Tue Feb 9 12:44:11 EST 2021

Dear Troy,

Thank you so much! This confirms my suspicion.

Meanwhile I could reproduce this problem on one of my own devices (a seven-year old Nexus 7 which runs on Android 6).
After reproducing it I made some adjustments in timeout parameters <https://github.com/ezra-project/ezra-project/commit/cc0fbefa4f61effcd096a2659467cfd15a02dd98#diff-151bc226d42b8410bbe0cc9ecb805021141761158eb0210757605792c749ecd5>. Timeouts can happen here because the respective functionality lives on the Nodejs-side of things (a separate process), which is made accessible in the Cordova Webview via IPC.

I will submit an updated test version of Ezra Project later today, which means you can have another look once this test version goes live in the Play Store about two days from now. I will send another note once it is available.

Best regards,
Tobias

> Am 09.02.2021 um 02:42 schrieb Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org>:
> 
> Dear Tobias,
> 
> My apologies for taking so long to reply to your request.  Attached is the adb log when I run ezra and open the settings menu.  I did a grep for NODE as you requested, but didn't see anything unusual, so I am sending you the entire log.
> 
> It may be as you suggested, the i18n system, as I noticed this line:
> 
> 02-08 18:39:22.300 22969 22969 D SystemWebChromeClient: file:///android_asset/www/dist/ezra_init.js <file:///android_asset/www/dist/ezra_init.js>: Line 19823 : Did not get node response for i18n_get_translation
> 
> 
> This is a Samsung Galaxy Tab A (SM-T550), fully updated to what Samsung will update for this hardware: Android 7.1.1.
> 
> Hope it's useful.  Let me know if there is anything I can test for you.
> 
> Troy
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/6/21 4:27 AM, Tobias Klein wrote:
>> Hi Troy,
>> 
>> Would you mind trying once more with the latest version (Beta 5), which is available in the App Store now.
>> I made some fixes, but I am still not sure whether it will work on your device. In case there are issues I'd be interested in the adb debug log mentioned below.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Tobias
>> 
>> On 1/23/21 5:00 PM, Tobias Klein wrote:
>>> Hi Troy,
>>> 
>>> Could you let me know which specific Android version you are using on your tablet.
>>> 
>>> Also, would you mind sending me a debug log by:
>>> 1) Running adb logcat | grep NODE
>>> 2) Starting up the Ezra Project app
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Tobias
>>> 
>>> On 1/22/21 3:21 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
>>>> Hi Tobias! Excited you got things compiled. Some things work for me on a Samsung Tab A and some things don't. They all seem like details now that you have a full stack compiled and deployed! Looking forward to see what becomes of it. Here's my screenshot.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On January 21, 2021 12:39:32 PM MST, Tobias Klein <contact at tklein.info> <mailto:contact at tklein.info> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm glad to announce the first working test candidate of Ezra Project on 
>>>> Android (tagged Ezra Project 0.17.0-Beta3).
>>>> 
>>>> Here is a link to the app, which is now in the "open testing phase".
>>>> 
>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ezraproject.cordova <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ezraproject.cordova>
>>>> 
>>>> Note that the app requires at least Android 7 and a 10" display.
>>>> 
>>>> Here's some technical background info:
>>>> 
>>>> The code base of Ezra Project only needed slight modifications to 
>>>> support running with a Cordova wrapper as an Android app.
>>>> 
>>>> The pure cordova part now lives here: 
>>>> https://github.com/ezra-project/ezra-project-cordova <https://github.com/ezra-project/ezra-project-cordova>
>>>> That repository simply includes the main Ezra Project repository as a 
>>>> submodule.
>>>> 
>>>> The following additional aspects were added on Android:
>>>> 
>>>> - Write permission handling on startup
>>>> - Added an option to keep the screen on (it otherwise turns off after a 
>>>> short time without user interaction)
>>>> - Added platform-specific startup code
>>>> - Added platform-specific full screen handling
>>>> 
>>>> There is still some work left to replace certain mouse-dependent 
>>>> features with a touch-screen compatible UX.
>>>> 
>>>> Under the hood, a major refactoring of the "backend functionality" was 
>>>> required first. All functionality that is directly interacting with the 
>>>> filesystem was moved to a separate process (Sword, Settings, i18n, 
>>>> Database). The architecture is the same in the Electron app and the 
>>>> Cordova app. For each, frontend and backend are separated in two 
>>>> different processes and interacting with each other via an IPC layer. 
>>>> This IPC layer is in detail a bit different for Electron and Cordova, 
>>>> but behaves the same from an interface perspective.
>>>> 
>>>> I'd be happy about feedback!
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Tobias
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