Re: [openMSX-devel] Keyboard broken in console with Android build of openMSX 0.10.1

[Alex W. <ale...@sc...>]

Hi,

openMSX 0.10.2 for Android is now available in the google play store.
Should the news section on http://openmsx.sourceforge.net/ be updated
accordingly?

Kind regards,
Alex


On 08-05-14 23:23, Alex Wulms wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I found the problem cause; the unicode support in Android SDL port is
> broken (in the version that I currently use) but now in a different way
> then in the past. In the past, unicode value was always set to keycode
> value by Android SDL. I had made a work-around tin openMSX to
> re-calculate unicode value for normal characters (only compiled for
> Android). New bug in Android SDL port is that unicode is always set to
> 0. I have updated the workaround to re-calculate unicode again, but now
> based on the keycode.
>
> Console works now fine again. Characters work good. Special keys (tab,
> page up/down, etc) work fine as well.
>
> Character entry also works fine in the MSX itself (e.g. in basic)
>
> I'll publish new build to Google Play tomorrow evening or in the weekend
> with a fresher mind. Likewise for committing the branch with the fix to
> sourceforge.
>
> Kind regards,
> Alex
>
>
> On 05-05-14 21:19, Alex Wulms wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> It turns out that the keyboard is broken in the openMSX console under
>> android with the fresh new 0.10.1 release. The observed behaviour is
>> that the enter key works and F10 works but that normal characters and
>> tab key seem to get ignored.
>>
>> I will investigate it and then make a new Android release.
>>
>> I will work on a branch, starting from the RELEASE_0_10_1 label, in
>> order to make sure that the 0.10.1.1 android patch will only contain the
>> fix for this keyboard issue and no other (not yet thoroughly tested)
>> enhancements that are meanwhile present on the master branch.
>>
>> I will also start defining some more test scenario's for the android
>> build, so that we don't get similar issue again after next official release.
>>
>> What kind of testing is typically done for the other platforms? Do we
>> already have a list of typical test cases to execute for qualification
>> of official releases?
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Alex
>>
>>
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