[sword-devel] Ezra Project 0.17.0-Beta3 - First working test candidate on Android
Tobias Klein
contact at tklein.info
Thu Feb 11 13:55:03 EST 2021
Dear Troy,
A new beta version (0.17.0 Beta 6) including a bugfix for the i18n
function is now available in the Play Store.
Could you upgrade and check once more?
Best regards,
Tobias
On 2/9/21 6:44 PM, Tobias Klein wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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: 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> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 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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