Bug? Android 5.1 and B4A MsgBox2 issue.

[NJDude]

It seems the new upgrade breaks B4A MsgBox2, the icon doesn't show up, it did just fine on 5.0.2.

I've just got the upgrade on my Nexus 7 and after testing it I spotted that issue.

EDIT TO ADD: It seems that the icon MUST be 32x32 (unless B4A is not resizing it).

 

[Erel]

The icon is not resized by B4A. It is passed as is to the native API.

 

[NJDude]

Well, that's interesting, Android Msgboxes can use "larger" (resized) icons, but with B4A it seems it must be 32x32 or they won't show up.

 

[NJDude]

Scratch that, icons do not show on the MsgBox2 under Android 5.1 regardless of size.

 

[Erel]

There was a related bug in Android 5.0: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=92929

However B4A v4.30 implements the workaround suggested in this page and it did work on Android 5.0.

Which theme are you using?

 

[NJDude]

Just using the device's default material theme.

Even if I add this line to the manifest: SetApplicationAttribute(android:theme, "@android:style/Theme.Holo"), still no icon.

 

[Erel]

I will check it.

 

[Peter Simpson]

Wow nicely spotted @NJDude.
Even the space on the top left hand side where there would usually be an icon (if added) disappears moving the title over to the left. I never noticed that on my app on my N5 running 5.1 until I read this post. I've used my app today as well...

 

[DavideV]

Hi, i've just upgraded my device to android (cyanogen) 5.1.1 and i get the same 'no icon' problem. It worked with android (cyanogen) 5.0.
I'm using B4A V4.30, tested the 32x32 icon size too...
Tried also to compile with API platform V22, same problem.

Bye

 

[Erel]

It will be fixed in the next update. The previous workaround for the issue in Android 5.0.1 is now causing this issue.

 

[Paul Leischow]

Will MsgBox2 be fixed any time soon?

Just tried it on Android 5 compiled with B4A 5.0.2 and icon is still missing.
Android 4.4.2 shows the icons perfectly.

 

[Erel]

Is the device running Android 5.0 or Android 5.1? It should work properly in Android 5.1.

 

[Paul Leischow]

Android 5.0 (5.1 is not yet available in Canada for my device)
I noticed that 5.0 in the emulator gives same results of icon missing and 5.1 in the emulator is fine.
Guess there is no work around for 5.0 ?

 

[Erel]

The problem with the workaround required for v5.00 is that it broke the msgbox in v5.1+. Therefore I removed it.