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rhedlund Aspiring developer Posts: 3 Reg: Feb 01, 2012 Bentonville, AR 830	confirm \| cancel 09/19/14 07:09 AM (9 years ago) Issues emulating app. I've built an app that works great for iPhone, but I'm having one heck of a time trying to get it to work with android. I tried to use eclipse, and I can get the app to run, but the home menu will not show up (and it take forever for the emulator to boot and run). When I run the app in Android Studio, I get "cannot find GCMRegistrar", and the app won't even launch. Thoughts? Title Comments I've built an app that works great for iPhone, but I'm having one heck of a time trying to get it to work with android. I tried to use eclipse, and I can get the app to run, but the home menu will not show up (and it take forever for the emulator to boot and run). When I run the app in Android Studio, I get "cannot find GCMRegistrar", and the app won't even launch. Thoughts?

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	09/19/14 10:34 AM (9 years ago) Hello, Eclipse can be a pain, and Android Studio even more so. I've only recently been able to get a BT app to compile in Studio, and I'm going to make a video about it probably next week. What exactly happens when "the home menu will not show up." Is it blank, does it say there's a plugin missing...? Can you provide more details? Another thing to check it whether that plugin is actually supported for both iOS and Android. Also...I'm assuming you have the Google Play Services library linked as required, and everything else is correctly in place? We're here to help, so keep the questions coming! I'm also more than happy to run your app through my Eclipse installation and see what the issues might be. You can send your download package to mrkfleming at gmail dot com. Some videos here might be helpful in getting you going as well: https://www.youtube.com/user/gonorthwest Mark Comments Hello, Eclipse can be a pain, and Android Studio even more so. I've only recently been able to get a BT app to compile in Studio, and I'm going to make a video about it probably next week. What exactly happens when "the home menu will not show up." Is it blank, does it say there's a plugin missing...? Can you provide more details? Another thing to check it whether that plugin is actually supported for both iOS and Android. Also...I'm assuming you have the Google Play Services library linked as required, and everything else is correctly in place? We're here to help, so keep the questions coming! I'm also more than happy to run your app through my Eclipse installation and see what the issues might be. You can send your download package to mrkfleming at gmail dot com. Some videos here might be helpful in getting you going as well: https://www.youtube.com/user/gonorthwest Mark

rhedlund Aspiring developer Posts: 3 Reg: Feb 01, 2012 Bentonville, AR 830	09/20/14 04:55 PM (9 years ago) I sent the download package to you! Thanks! Comments I sent the download package to you! Thanks!

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	09/20/14 07:09 PM (9 years ago) Replied with the following: Thanks for sending me this! In just looking at the project files, I can see what the problem is. Images should go into the res > drawable folder. They need to be named with the convention a_z0_9, which means no caps, no special characters, no spaces, etc. Many of the images you have in that folder violate that convention, so they won't load when you run the program. Try fixing that and see if it helps. I'll play around with the app a bit more and verify that it's indeed the issue. Mark Comments Replied with the following: Thanks for sending me this! In just looking at the project files, I can see what the problem is. Images should go into the res > drawable folder. They need to be named with the convention a_z0_9, which means no caps, no special characters, no spaces, etc. Many of the images you have in that folder violate that convention, so they won't load when you run the program. Try fixing that and see if it helps. I'll play around with the app a bit more and verify that it's indeed the issue. Mark

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	09/20/14 09:03 PM (9 years ago) Just sent you an email with an APK attached. The app crashes in the emulator I was trying to use, and LogCat says it's because the emulator is missing a particular package, which is often the case with emulators. I'll give it a shot on my actual device later this evening. Mark Comments Just sent you an email with an APK attached. The app crashes in the emulator I was trying to use, and LogCat says it's because the emulator is missing a particular package, which is often the case with emulators. I'll give it a shot on my actual device later this evening. Mark

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