Barcode Scanner VideoView Problem works in debug only

[dunski]

HI.

If anyone has come across a similar problem and has any Idea as to what is going on in this simple app I would be very thankfull.

I have a simple app that scans barcodes that are url's to videos on my server which then plays them back through the video view.

It works perfectly on every phone I have tried it on which is about 8 different phones except the Google Nexus and the Experia ST26i.

Now here is the funny thing. I have another app that does the exact same thing only with a different layout and it works perfectly with these phones.

Also which makes it a nightmare to figure out is that it works in debug mode perfectly so I cant see anything in the logs and the only error message I get when running it in release mode is "Video cannot be played"

Here is the code if anyone can figure it out.

'Activity module
Sub Process_Globals
   'These global variables will be declared once when the application starts.
   'These variables can be accessed from all modules.   
   Dim mResult As String
End Sub

Sub Globals
   'These global variables will be redeclared each time the activity is created.
   'These variables can only be accessed from this module.
   
   Dim Button1 As Button
   Dim myABBarcode As ABZxing
   Dim Label1 As Label
   Dim vv As VideoView
   Dim ImageView2 As ImageView
   Dim ImageView1 As ImageView
   Dim ImageView3 As ImageView
   Dim Label3 As Label
   Dim Panel1 As Panel
End Sub

Sub vv_Complete
    Log("Playing completed")
End Sub

Sub MenuItemSelect_Click
   Dim MenuItem As String
   MenuItem=Sender
   Select MenuItem
      Case "Poster Info"   
      Msgbox("To use this app you need to print our free poster at http://maralad.com/index.php/downloads/", "Gym Buddy")   
   End Select
End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   Activity.LoadLayout("layGymBuddy")   
   Activity.AddMenuItem("Poster Info", "MenuItemSelect")
   vv.Initialize("vv")
   vv.SendToBack
    Panel1.AddView(vv, 3%x, 0, 125%x, 115%y)
   vv.Visible=False
   ImageView2.BringToFront
End Sub

Sub Activity_Resume

End Sub

Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)

End Sub

Sub ImageView2_Click
   myABBarcode.ABGetBarcode("myabbarcode", "")
End Sub

Sub myABBarcode_BarcodeFound (barCode As String, formatName As String)
   mResult = barCode
   ImageView1.Visible=False
   ImageView3.Visible=False
   vv.Visible= True
   vv.LoadVideo("http",mResult)
   vv.Play
   Log (mResult)
End Sub

Sub myABBarcode_Canceled()
   mResult = "Canceled"
   Activity_Resume
End Sub

 

[Erel]

Try using CallSubDelayed in myABBarcode_BarcodeFound and load the video from a second sub. If that doesn't work try the same thing after loading the video.

 

[dunski]

Hi Erel,

CallSubDelayed looks good I haven't seen it before. I won't be able to try it out till I get a loan of either of those devices again.
When I do I'll let you know how I got on. Thanks a mill for that.
Don

 

[dunski]

Working now

I tried the callsubdelayed and it didn't work or maybe I wasn't implementing it correct but I got it working in the end.

I forgot to add the following to the Manifest:

AddPermission(android.permission.INTERNET)

Funny how it worked in most devices without this line but not in some.
Thanks for showing me the CallSubDelayed anyway Erel.