Error running application on Android

[juliocmfjParticipant]

Hello everyone.

I used BlitzMax for many years, but now the support for it has gone and it has been stopped in time.

I found Monkey 2, and I’m very interested in developing games for the Android platform, but… I have been able to configure to compile for Android, but at the time of running App, it presents the error that is in the attached image.

Can anyone help with this problem?

I love this language and I do not want to have to use Unity3D, because the best thing to do is to program “zero” things.

Thank you in advance for your attention.

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   Monkey-2-Android-Error.png
   

[Mark SiblyKeymaster]

What version of android does your device run? What version of monkey2 are you using?

There is a bug in one version of android that can cause libraries to fail to load if they are not loaded in correct dependancy order by the app. This has been fixed in more recent versions of monkey2 though. I recommend trying monkey2 v.1.1.06 if your not already. Otherwise, we have a problem!

[juliocmfjParticipant]

Good night Mark. I am using version 1.1.05 of Monkey 2 and I have Android 7.1 in the mobile and the 5 in the emulator.

This error occurs both in the mobile phone and in the emulator.

Any tips on how to solve?

[Mark SiblyKeymaster]

Please try monkey2 v1.1.06, available from blitzresearch.itch.io

[juliocmfjParticipant]

I typed the version wrong. I’m using 1.1.06

[Mark SiblyKeymaster]

Have you updated to latest Android Studio, NDK etc?

Everything works fine here on both my nvidia shield and the emulator.

How have you configured the emulator?

Can you perhaps send me a zip of the Android Studio project somehow?

[juliocmfjParticipant]

Android SDK and NDK are up to date. I’ve already compiled the Monkey 2 modules for Android as well.

I have attached the configuration file of Monkey 2. It can be some error in this file…

I do not know what else to do.

Attachments:

1. env_windows.txt

[Mark SiblyKeymaster]

I just tried the PromptInvasion banana on an x86 emulator running lollipop (api 21) again and all is still fine here.

I’ve posted the ‘view details’ output from the virtual device manager below. You could perhaps try to create an identical virtual device and run PromptInvasion on it.

Also, your env_windows.txt file has MX2_ANDROID_APP_PLATFORM=20 which looks unusual and is not what I have here (android-14). Any reason you changed this? Have you tried MX2_ANDROID_APP_PLATFORM=android-14? you’ll need to rebuild all modules etc, and delete any .products files.

And that’s me about out of ideas, sorry.

Emulator details (mostly default settings):

Monkey

Name: Nexus_5X_API_21 CPU/ABI: Intel Atom (x86) Path: D:\devtools\Android\.android\avd\Nexus_5X_API_21.avd Target: default [] (API level 21) Skin: nexus_5x SD Card: 100M hw.dPad: no runtime.network.speed: full hw.accelerometer: yes hw.device.name: Nexus 5X vm.heapSize: 256 skin.dynamic: yes hw.device.manufacturer: Google hw.gps: yes hw.initialOrientation: Portrait image.androidVersion.api: 21 hw.audioInput: yes image.sysdir.1: system-images\android-21\default\x86\ tag.id: default showDeviceFrame: yes hw.camera.back: emulated hw.mainKeys: no AvdId: Nexus_5X_API_21 hw.camera.front: emulated hw.lcd.density: 420 avd.ini.displayname: Nexus 5X API 21 hw.gpu.mode: auto hw.device.hash2: MD5:1be89bc42ec9644d4b77968b23474980 hw.ramSize: 1536 hw.trackBall: no PlayStore.enabled: false hw.battery: yes hw.cpu.ncore: 2 hw.sdCard: yes tag.display: runtime.network.latency: none hw.keyboard: yes hw.sensors.proximity: yes disk.dataPartition.size: 800M hw.sensors.orientation: yes avd.ini.encoding: UTF-8 hw.gpu.enabled: yes

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Name: Nexus_5X_API_21 CPU/ABI: Intel Atom (x86) Path: D:\devtools\Android\.android\avd\Nexus_5X_API_21.avd Target: default [] (API level 21) Skin: nexus_5x SD Card: 100M hw.dPad: no runtime.network.speed: full hw.accelerometer: yes hw.device.name: Nexus 5X vm.heapSize: 256 skin.dynamic: yes hw.device.manufacturer: Google hw.gps: yes hw.initialOrientation: Portrait image.androidVersion.api: 21 hw.audioInput: yes image.sysdir.1: system-images\android-21\default\x86\ tag.id: default showDeviceFrame: yes hw.camera.back: emulated hw.mainKeys: no AvdId: Nexus_5X_API_21 hw.camera.front: emulated hw.lcd.density: 420 avd.ini.displayname: Nexus 5X API 21 hw.gpu.mode: auto hw.device.hash2: MD5:1be89bc42ec9644d4b77968b23474980 hw.ramSize: 1536 hw.trackBall: no PlayStore.enabled: false hw.battery: yes hw.cpu.ncore: 2 hw.sdCard: yes tag.display: runtime.network.latency: none hw.keyboard: yes hw.sensors.proximity: yes disk.dataPartition.size: 800M hw.sensors.orientation: yes avd.ini.encoding: UTF-8 hw.gpu.enabled: yes

[juliocmfjParticipant]

I am recompiling the modules following your prompt. As soon I’m done here, I’ll give you this test. And again, thank you so much for your attention. Great developer feedback.

[juliocmfjParticipant]

Hey Mark!!!! It worked the way you did. Thank you one more time.

Just one last question: Can I only generate the APK by opening the project through Android Studio? Is not there a way to generate the same direct through the Monkey 2 IDE?

[nerobotParticipant]

There is an article how to build .apk from command line – just setup .bat file and use it in a one click.

https://www.apriorit.com/dev-blog/233-how-to-build-apk-file-from-command-line

[juliocmfjParticipant]

Thank you nerobot.

I’ll now take a look at this article, and then study Monkey 2, because there’s a lot of difference in structure and code between it and BlitzMax.

[therevillsParticipant]

So the fix was the setting MX2_ANDROID_APP_PLATFORM=android-14?

[juliocmfjParticipant]

Yes. This simple change solved all my problems regarding build for Android.

To generate APK without opening Android Studio, justo go to the folder: yourProject.products\Android, open the Windows console in this folder and use the following command: gradlew build. It will do the whole process and in the end, it will generate two APK’s: a DEBUG version and another RELEASE.

After this process, if you want to generate only one APK DEBUG, the code is: gradlew assembleDebug. For APK RELEASE: gradlew assembleRelease.

I hope I have helped.

[juliocmfjParticipant]

Fix: to compile for Android, you need to load the project at least once in Android Studio so that Gradle can be upgraded, and in the following you can use the commands mentioned above.

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