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Rockbox on Android 5.0 (ASUS Me176CX 1280x800)

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mcc01:
Hi,

hopefully I have choosen the correct part of this forum... :)

I installed the curent build of rashers build of Rockbox for Android
on my tablet - a ASUS ME176cx with x86 processor and a screen
resolution of 1280x800.
The application starts and I can see, there is "something" and I can
select the "something" but it is by far too tiny for my eyes. Finger pinch
zoom does not work with Rockbox(Android) it seems.

I downloaded a 1280x800 theme from the internet.

The only thing is: I dont know how to install and configure this
theme manually since I cannot read anything from the rockbox
ui itsself.

Where can I find a howto or tutorial, which explains what files
I have to copy where and what cfg-files I have to tweak to
get a readable ui to start with?

Thank you very much in advance for any help!
Best regards,
mcc

[Saint]:
The theme isn't the issue here I am afraid. Rockbox can actually cope with a missing theme for any given resolution remarkably well.

The issue is the ART runtime engine in Android 5.0+ (actually optionally available since Android 4.4, but this version of ART was rather different to that in current deployment). Sadly there is nothing you can do on your end to negate this. 5.0+ does not ship with the Dalvik runtime engine.


[Saint]

mcc01:
Hi Saint,

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)

Thanks for your reply!!!

It "feels" that rockbox is already running...the problem seems
that only the fonts are far too tiny.

I checked the system a little. I found a deavlik cache...so...
But what is the technical problem here...?
(NO OFFENSE INTENDED!!! ...I am no native english speaker)
For example changing a java engine should not make java-
code defunct as changing a C-compiler doesn´t render
C-code useless...
And where is the repository for the Android port?
Best regards,
mcc

wodz:
Google acknowlege there are known corner cases when switching from dalvik to ART. W just happen to be in one of this corners. We are bitten by new stack protection scheme. JNI calls are allowed only from main thread now and thats the issue. I inspected the case and without heavy rework of our threading code running on ART is not feasible unfortunately.

mcc01:
Hi Saint,

ok...I begin to understand that I am not understanding... ;)

Interesting side-effect:
My tablet (ASUS ME176CX) is based on a Bay Trail CPU, which is of the x86 family.
This CPU is capable of "interpreting" ARM-code.
When installing and starting rashers daily build (res.:1280x800) for x86 it crashes
instantly.
Using the ARM build...it runs...with a supertiny ui which is impossible to use with
the stick which I use as touch screen stylus.

Next I will check, what happens if I use a build for a smaller screen size...

Best regards,
mcc

Post edit:
...builds with smaller resolutions crash in both cases (x86/arm)

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