Re: [Csnd-dev] New beta release of the Csound for Android app

13 should work, I will emulate a Pixel running 13. Did you make sure to set
the port and Web directory in the app settings? This is now required.

On Sun, Nov 3, 2024, 15:24 Arthur Hunkins <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi, Mike -
>
> I tried your new beta version on two Android phones: my old OS 7.1.1
> (Nexus 2) and my wife's recent OS 13 (a Pixel I think). The HTML examples
> didn't work on each, with the following error message:
> WebView error for http://localhost:8080/message.html from
> http://localhost:8080/message.html!
> net:ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE
>
> (Other .csd's ran relatively well on each phone.) Probably doesn't help
> you much.
>
> Art H.
>
> [email protected]
> http://www.arthunkins.com
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Csound-developers <[email protected]> on behalf of
> Michael Gogins <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 1, 2024 8:24 PM
> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [Csnd-dev] New beta release of the Csound for Android app
>
> You can download the .apk from GitHub here (
> https://github.com/gogins/csound-android/releases/tag/v48beta) and copy
> it to your device, then install it.
>
> The reason for this release is that I just upgraded my smartphone to a
> Samsung S24 Ultra and found that the Csound for Android app would no longer
> run HTML pieces, although all the other examples in the app seemed to play
> properly.
>
> After researching the problem, I decided to rewrite the HTML running part
> of the app to use a localhost Web server embedded in the app, with a
> user-configurable port and Web directory. This seems to handle the
> increasing restrictions that Google has placed on Android's use of the
> device filesystem, and in particular, on the ability of the WebView
> component to load resources from the device filesystem.
>
> The app now seems to play HTML pieces without problems. I have tested this
> on my phone and on emulators for various versions of Android. I do not know
> how far back compatibility with earlier versions of Android goes. I would
> appreciate any feedback on this or on any other issue or suggestion.
>
> In the not too distant future I may be able, with these changes, to get
> the Csound for Android app back into the Google Play Store.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
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> Michael Gogins
> Irreducible Productions
> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>