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Rotating the Emulator
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Are you sure your app properly supports rotation?
Does it work on physical devices?
Yes, it works fine on a real device. Real devices don't rotate text in any case!
Well, of course they do, if you think about what happens behind the scenes.
Honestly the emulator looks fine to me. Can you draw a mockup of the expected behavior?
This is probably the same old AVD bug that has been around for a long time. It is an emulator glitch related to 2.3.x. The solution is to choose a different API level when creating the AVD.
http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4android-updates-questions/15137-abstract-designer-emulator-rotation.html#post85961
http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4android-updates-questions/15137-abstract-designer-emulator-rotation.html#post85961
Hi Kevin,
Yup, that was it! Thanks very much.
Yup, that was it! Thanks very much.
1st: WHY are you pulling out two years old threads????
If you have a question then create a new thread for it instead of pulling out REALLY OLD threads!
But you are right. It is easier to do NO search by yourself and instead pulling out old threads and asking questions which you could answer yourself within 30 seconds googling for it. I DID and i needed 15 seconds to find the answer
Searching at developer.android.com should ALWAYS be the first place to search for documentation about google-software (which the emulator is)
If you have a question then create a new thread for it instead of pulling out REALLY OLD threads!
Have you looked at the Android-Dcumentation-site??? No you have not.
But you are right. It is easier to do NO search by yourself and instead pulling out old threads and asking questions which you could answer yourself within 30 seconds googling for it. I DID and i needed 15 seconds to find the answer
Searching at developer.android.com should ALWAYS be the first place to search for documentation about google-software (which the emulator is)
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Thank you, Don.
I do not quite understand your comment about 2 year old threads... Sometimes, I find valuable information on old threads and the subject may be new to me. It is difficult to sort out valuable vs. superfluous information until you apply the thread.
And you are correct. For this case, I had not looked at the Android Developer site. I just did not make the connection between the AVD - Emulator and Google. Instead I looked in the B4A forum where I found the answer in a 2 year old thread (Ctrl-F11). As you well know, I do go to the Android Developer sites (see your previous reply to me).
In any event, I am appreciative for you help and your many contributions to the forum.
Best regards.
Sandy
PS: I know you are very busy, but you should write a brief tutorial on the AVD and the emulator including the link you provided (in a new thread, of course). Many forum participants may think that the AVD and Emulator are part of B4A.
I do not quite understand your comment about 2 year old threads... Sometimes, I find valuable information on old threads and the subject may be new to me. It is difficult to sort out valuable vs. superfluous information until you apply the thread.
And you are correct. For this case, I had not looked at the Android Developer site. I just did not make the connection between the AVD - Emulator and Google. Instead I looked in the B4A forum where I found the answer in a 2 year old thread (Ctrl-F11). As you well know, I do go to the Android Developer sites (see your previous reply to me).
In any event, I am appreciative for you help and your many contributions to the forum.
Best regards.
Sandy
PS: I know you are very busy, but you should write a brief tutorial on the AVD and the emulator including the link you provided (in a new thread, of course). Many forum participants may think that the AVD and Emulator are part of B4A.
Why should i?
1. I DONT USE the emulator at all. NEVER. I ALWAYS use a real device for my development and tests.
WHEN i want to try a tablet-emulator then i would use genymotion. But i use this only if my tablet is not here.
2. The given advice on the android emulator given a lot of times by Erel is
"Dont use the emulator. It is not reliable and really slow. Use a real device instead."
See this good actual example
So i dont think it is a good idea at all to create such tutorial.
But if you like: DO IT if you want. Probably your english is better than mine
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Erel and DonManfred advices are absolutely right. @tdocs2 you can't imagine how many troubles I had previously while I was relying on emulators and not on real devices (functions working on emulator and not on devices, etc.)
Maybe - but your programming skills are far better than mine!
I have been using B4A for some time and I have several devices. The emulator is slow and tests your patience. I never use it.
But I remember NJDude's coin phrase "1 star Ninjas" when your app does not display well on their devices.
That thought has prompted me to use the emulator. I have found some use for the emulator like how will the app display on the Nexus 9 or the 2013 Nexus 7...
Thank you, Don.
@lemonisdead
Obrigado. I agree.
Best regards.
Sandy