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

Could you get me more specific information: 32 bit vs 64 bit, chip, OS
version, API version, specific model number?

That would help, thanks.

Mike
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Michael Gogins
Irreducible Productions
http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com


On Sun, Nov 3, 2024 at 6:25 PM Michael Gogins <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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
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>> *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
>>
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