About a year ago I started a thread with a similar name: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4a-ide-occasionally-becomes-totally-unresponsive.129034/. My problem with either IDE occasionally freezing hasn't gone away regardless of many IDE updates since then, as well as many Windows 10 updates and driver updates on my laptop. Since mean time between freezing is on the order of days, I just live with the problem (the only one I've ever really had with either IDE!) by restarting the IDE when needed. Since no other app on my laptop PC gives me any problems at all in this regard, I've concluded that it's something having to do with B4A/B4i and how they interact with the Windows OS. I still wonder if any other users ever experience this problem. I don't see any discussion about one, so maybe it's just my situation. But since this also happened on my previous laptop, I kind of doubt it.
Here's a summary of what happens. I open B4A or B4i and usually constrain it to the left half of my screen so that I can open B4A/B4i Designer on the right side. Editing/compiling/downloading to my Android/iPhone works perfectly. I have AutoSave/AutoBackup both enabled (btw these settings don't seem to affect the problem). Then suddenly, the IDE becomes unresponsive. "Suddenly" is usually after something like a window size operation (half screen to full screen). Sometimes a Windows box pops up saying B4A/B4i is unresponsive and asking if I want to close, but not always. I go to the taskbar to close B4A/B4i and its Designer there. Eventually the IDE disappears from the screen.
After restarting B4A from a freeze, I've noticed that I have BA-Bridge problems. After reconnecting, the connection will be intermittent, as if it's competing with another copy of the IDE. I used to restart my laptop to fix this, but after investigating why, I've found that after a freeze, a copy of B4A still exists as a background task:
So instead of restarting after a freeze, I go to the B4A entry as above, select B4A, and end the task. B4A-Bridge then maintains its connection without problem. (Note that B4i and B4i Developer were also active in the screenshot - I frequently have B4A and B4i open at the same time - but this isn't the cause of the problem).
Like I say, I've learned to live with this, but in the service of helping make the fantastic B4X products as good as they can be, I thought I'd report the state of this "bug." If anyone else has experienced something similar, please add your comments.
Here's a summary of what happens. I open B4A or B4i and usually constrain it to the left half of my screen so that I can open B4A/B4i Designer on the right side. Editing/compiling/downloading to my Android/iPhone works perfectly. I have AutoSave/AutoBackup both enabled (btw these settings don't seem to affect the problem). Then suddenly, the IDE becomes unresponsive. "Suddenly" is usually after something like a window size operation (half screen to full screen). Sometimes a Windows box pops up saying B4A/B4i is unresponsive and asking if I want to close, but not always. I go to the taskbar to close B4A/B4i and its Designer there. Eventually the IDE disappears from the screen.
After restarting B4A from a freeze, I've noticed that I have BA-Bridge problems. After reconnecting, the connection will be intermittent, as if it's competing with another copy of the IDE. I used to restart my laptop to fix this, but after investigating why, I've found that after a freeze, a copy of B4A still exists as a background task:
So instead of restarting after a freeze, I go to the B4A entry as above, select B4A, and end the task. B4A-Bridge then maintains its connection without problem. (Note that B4i and B4i Developer were also active in the screenshot - I frequently have B4A and B4i open at the same time - but this isn't the cause of the problem).
Like I say, I've learned to live with this, but in the service of helping make the fantastic B4X products as good as they can be, I thought I'd report the state of this "bug." If anyone else has experienced something similar, please add your comments.
. My inner self feels like it borders on the sacrilegious to even suggest B4A/B4i could be at fault, since I'm always proven wrong in the end lol. Right now I'm not motivated to test your hypothesis since the problem isn't irritating to a high enough level, but it does get me thinking again about other sources for the problem -- like antivirus for example. But it could also be that others also have had this problem, and like for me, it's only a minor irritation not worth spending energy on. I'll wait first to see if any others respond. Thanks for your input!
