WTF issues

latcc

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I have noticed that there are problems and issues when writing for different devices. Things work on 'most' devices but fail to work as they once did on a minority of devices. The exact same code stops working correctly when other features are added to an app for some devices. Layouts don't work correctly for a minority of devices even though they are correctly defined in the program.

Something is screwy - either with B4A or more likely with Google Android as an operating system.

Alternatively, I am wondering if the OEMs' FIRMWARE might be so non standard it is causing specific things to mis-behave.

One example is the Flytouch tablet, which doesn't act as my own device does with the same apk app. Scrolling text doesn't scroll.

A second example is using a layout 800x1280@286dpi, which appears twice this size on a device.

These strange graphical errors only happen on a minority of devices, most people are not having problems at all.

Am I the only person to notice this issue?
 

thedesolatesoul

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If you follow the forum you will see that a lot of devs are having similar problems.
These range from storage issues to layout issues or other incompatibilities.
And as far as I see the main issue is OEM Firmwares are so highly customised. Mount points for external storage locations are different in different devices, soft buttons or toolbars, devices reporting the wrong screen attributes, text colors and background colors etc etc.
As far as issues with Android as an OS is concerned (go here and see if it is a reported/known issue): Issues - android - Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project - Google Project Hosting
It is not perfect.
 

latcc

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If you follow the forum you will see that a lot of devs are having similar problems.
These range from storage issues to layout issues or other incompatibilities.
And as far as I see the main issue is OEM Firmwares are so highly customised. Mount points for external storage locations are different in different devices, soft buttons or toolbars, devices reporting the wrong screen attributes, text colors and background colors etc etc.
As far as issues with Android as an OS is concerned (go here and see if it is a reported/known issue): Issues - android - Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project - Google Project Hosting
It is not perfect.
There do seem to be a whole lot of issues regarding Android o/s. I suppose the OEM's firmware works a little like Windows' virtual layer, interacting to run the hardware. So if this is customised too much it will change how things appear on different devices. I wonder if Android was intended to have evolved to the state it is now in, a fully fledged graphical operating system running 3D games and so on.
 
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