Beta Testing Has Begun!

[apm963]

RC 8 hides soft-menu during game without problem. Unfortunatly the app crashes when it receives any touch interation. I have links for screenshots below. The first and third time I attempted this, it crashed and my phone did a soft reset. The second time I tried, the app simply crashed and returned me to my launcher screen. I'll try to post a logcat tomorrow.

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[Paul]

Yeh, it's weird that the menu and action bar are gone entirely (I thought it was supposed to put them in "low profile" mode, which would look like dots).  I expect the reason it crashes is because it is trying to make the menu visible when you interact with the device, which changes the drawable surface like an orientation change does (the logcat should confirm this).  I guess I still don't understand the API well enough on this.

[scorpio16v]

I've tested only rc8 on hc.
lower statur bar are dot out. pushing the bar, the buttons are fading in. the only way to hide the buttons again is to press on the clock and then bach in an empty area of the bar. still no menu.
german translation insinde rc8. I'll controll if all translated parts are shown correctly. if yes, I'll translate more parts of the dialogues later today.

[Tripod]

I expect the reason it crashes is because it is trying to make the menu visible when you interact with the device, which changes the drawable surface like an orientation change does (the logcat should confirm this).

I sent you a PM with the logcat for RC 8 producing the error just in case you needed it: "RC 8 ICS Crash Logcat"

Differences I noticed in RC 8:
The gamepad (analogue included) is now hidden straight away with 'Redraw All' disabled.  Since RC 1 onwards the gamepad (except the analogue) would only hide upon interaction with the screen.  Enabling 'Redraw All' fixes the problem however I'm mentioning this issue again as it has gotten worse.

The app has the ICS main menu background again.  RC 1 had this background and RC 4/5 didn't (I didn't try RC 2, 3, 6 and  7).  I'm not sure if this has any relevance to anything but I figured I might as well mention it.

[Paul]

Yes, it is crashing because it tries to create a new instance of the emulator (this happens when there is an "orientation change").  So I have to figure out how to keep the menu from doing this, and also figure out how to get the action bar working.

[Paul]

Let's try this one   

Signed APK, RC 9

[devinator12]

Hay Paul, got an Xperia play on me. if you want to hit me up with some tests let me know. also getting the new Asus transformer pad TF300 with the Android 4.0 (Of coarse when it arrives at the damn store!)

[scorpio16v]

good news is, the menu option is visible on hc.
bad news is, the lower bar cuts off some part of the emulator input.
fade in and out is still very unresponsive. it takes several tries to unhide the lower bar again
the action bar is newer doted out, the menu icon is visible every time.

and a status bar on top of my ICS SGS2

damned new dropbox. links, created with the mobile app can't inserted as picture on forums anymore. pic is loading only on drpbox website. why things are always become worse.

edit: some minor bug on german translation. will change it after coming home from work. 

Done 

[apm963]

RC 9 works on my Galaxy Nexus! The top menu bar displays correctly and the soft-buttons are dotted out. Emulation runs just like before. No more crashing!

[Tripod]

Great work Paul, the menu is working fine in RC 9:



It looks nice, only complaint is the screen room compared to 1.8.2:


Also the gamepad doesn't behave as it did in RC 8 and has gone back to its behaviour in RC 1 which is another step forward.

[Edit: In RC 8: ]The gamepad (analogue included) is now hidden straight away with 'Redraw All' disabled.  Since RC 1 onwards the gamepad (except the analogue) would only hide upon interaction with the screen.  Enabling 'Redraw All' fixes the problem however I'm mentioning this issue again as it has gotten worse.

[Deadrabbtz]

I don't know if u know this already but Zelda majoras mask works passed the glitch in n64oid but its not as fast as it is on your emulator.

[Paul]

Yes, Yongzh fixed something in the core, as far as I can tell (but none of the source code he posted has anything useful, so I suspect he is keeping that fix to himself, like the non-neon bugs in gles2n64 when it was still part of N64oid).  I'll figure it out eventually (having my Pandora now should help)

[Paul]

Ok, here's my latest attempt, after delving into the Action Bar documentation for a few hours today (hopefully I'm getting closer!)

Signed APK, RC 10


--EDIT-- forgot to mention, pressing "Back" in-game should show/ hide the ActionBar now, so it won't eat up the screen when it isn't needed (I think the soft-menu covering up part of the game surface is because the height was set to what it would be without the action bar.. so this should fix that problem as well).  It should also overlay over the game surface rather than resizing it (which should prevent the app from crashing, hopefully!)  I'm not sure what to do about the unresponsiveness yet, though.  I'll keep looking.

[paed808]

Thanks Paul, RC 10 is working really well. I like the new soft menu and the wiimote controller is working again. 

[mmxii]

Loving RC 10. Updated the emulation core I see very nice. Less sluggish in all games even with the Rice plugin. I was playing Ready To Rumble Boxing 2 and it froze and wanted to force close after a few matches (default settings apart from Rice plugin and the touchpad instead of analog stick) not sure if its an isolated incident but I figured it noteworthy nonetheless. Just wanted to add, is there any way to fix Aidyn Chronicles without the massive slowdown? The character sprites have no graphical skinning, apart from their heads, during certain game events using the Rice plugin and there are other odd graphical glitches everywhere. GL plugin fixes it but makes the game painfully slow. Just wanted to add, atleast in my experience, Mupen64 AE is far better than n64oid. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to dual core implementations.