One of the problem is the HTC magic has been doing the rounds since early Feb when Cupcake was still way off being finished, so it's easily possible that the device they're using is running flakey firmware.
The first hits AndAppStore saw from Magics' was on the 5th of Feb, and since the 18th of feb there has been a steady stream hits from them, all showing Cupcake as the firmware (1.5). It might be worth putting up a note somewhere saying if you're using a Magic it's a pre-release product so bugs may be with the firmware and not necessarily with the app. Al. Mariano Kamp wrote: > Sure, that's what I meant with "still buggy". In my case, NewsRob, I > can say though that I don't use any private API. > > I have to add though that I never verified the bug myself, so it might > be totally unrelated to the Magic or not a bug at all. > > But for the twidroid problem he also posted a screenshot though: > http://twitter.com/techtravel/statuses/1238274270 > > Anyway, I'd mark it up as suspicious behavior for the time being. The > user is willing to show the problem to me in person. As he lives 300 > kms apart from me I would need to have something else in the area to > go there, but when I do I'll take my logcat with me and feedback here > then. > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > And as it is not releases it might still be buggy. > > I also got an error report regarding the Magic and he also > mentioned problems with Twitroid. > http://twitter.com/techtravel/statuses/1237848578 > http://twitter.com/techtravel/statuses/1237863847 > > Both complaints are not about "Forced Close", but about GUI > problems. Very strange. > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Justin Allen Jaynes > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > The emulator doesn't simulate any specific phone. Just a > generic one. > Your application *should* run the same on an HTC magic as on a > TMobile > G1 because the hardware is very similar. The whole intention > of Android > is to separate the application layer sufficiently from the > hardware so > that your app will run equally well on any android device. > So, although > there are possible reasons it might not work well on a Magic, > it's far > more likely misbehaving because of either 1) the users > particular phone > setup (too many other running apps, etc), or 2) it's > misbehaving on most > actual physical phones. If it's reason 1, you just got bad > luck that > they left a poor review. If it's reason 2, you should > investigate and > fix it. > > If at all possible, you should get an actual G1 (or Magic when it > becomes publicly available in your area) and install and test > the app. > And although a DEV phone would be better than the emulator, > the DEV > phone ships with a different configuration than what end users > have on > their phones. So an actual phone from a phone company would > be the > absolute best way to test. The Android Platform which gets > installed > onto these phones by cellular phone companies is customized as > they > choose (which is one reason Android is open source). For this > reason, > the emulator will never be exactly the same as the real world. > > Justin > > Mattaku Betsujin wrote: > > I am getting user feedback for my app "closes a lot on HTC > magic, one > > star" > > > > Are there any HTC magics out there? Will it be able to get an > > SDK/emulator for it? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
