Rockbox as an Application (Android, WebOS etc.)

[paulheu]

I put up a new android 480x800 build up on my server. Clean build with quick cabbie v3 theme scaled to 480x800..

sync with svn 29339

[heinrichh]

Hi cermak_rd,

would be glad if you can publish your efforts with compiling for archos tablets. I own a Archos 5 which lacks of separate buttons for home etc so an app claiming the whole screen (480 x 800) will be shifted slightly out of the view. The standard cabby theme of the 'official' download is unusable in practice. Did you manage to correct this?

Thanks for looking.

[musta susi]

Indeed, the bottom end is cut off (where you can see a half "play" icon), but forcing full screen will fit the display just perfect (though you don't have the "home" and "back" buttons then )

[heinrichh]

I know the full screen mode, musta susi, but I think it's an disadvantage and hopefully cermak_rd had overcome this (including other issues)...

[ivanko021]

The latest build works great on ZTE Blade!

Amazing sound quality! Is there a way do enable preamp without sacrificing it? Highest volume now is 0 dB and on my Sansa e250 it was 6dB. I'm trying different EQ settings but SQ becomes an issue. I realluy love the wider stereo and Crossfeed option but they make the overall sound quieter and the Blade is a quiet device unforunately. The other issue is that the player doesn't recognise when the jack is plugged out and strarts playing through the loudspeaker. I't annoying cuz when you recieve an incomming call the music doesn't pause and when you end the call it continues playing through the speaker.

Despite these issues - it's nearly perfect! And again - awesome sound quality!

[overnite]

I put up a new android 480x800 build up on my server. Clean build with quick cabbie v3 theme scaled to 480x800..

sync with svn 29339

Tried installing it on my HTC Dream via Astro, and the installation failed (with an uninformative "rockbox could not be installed" message). Drat.

[saratoga]

I put up a new android 480x800 build up on my server. Clean build with quick cabbie v3 theme scaled to 480x800..

sync with svn 29339

Tried installing it on my HTC Dream via Astro, and the installation failed (with an uninformative "rockbox could not be installed" message). Drat.

The dream is 480x320, so I think thats probably not going to work.

[ruebyi]

As far as I can see the Andoid port is on the way.
How about a Blackberry App, too? Blackberry has a Java based OS and a MP3 Player lacking some great features rockbox has...

Just an idea.

[saratoga]

How about a Blackberry App, too?

I don't know any reason you can't work on a port to Blackberry, theres already people working on a couple different phone platforms.  Have you looked into what would be needed to compile the simulator for blackberry OS?

[torne]

The Android port only has a small portion of its UI written in Java; the rest is native C code. Does the blackberry allow this?

[ruebyi]

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Quote from: ruebyi on February 20, 2011, 04:39:17 PM
How about a Blackberry App, too?

I don't know any reason you can't work on a port to Blackberry, theres already people working on a couple different phone platforms.  Have you looked into what would be needed to compile the simulator for blackberry OS?

Sorry, I'm not a developer... I'm just a guy with a Blackberry who loves Rockbox.

[paulheu]

It seems the currrent svn version breaks the Android build (something to do with sleep timer).. I guess we'll have to wait and see when it get fixed to do a new build.
Post Merge: March 01, 2011, 04:40:53 PMCompiled the latest SVN (with a few warnings about redefined swap16 and swap32)

It's up on my server, I took the cabbiev3 skin out and put it up in a separate zip file.

[notlistening]

Feedback, I am building Rockbox for the Dell Streak. Very nice indeed. Some observations to help aid development:

Replay gain does not seem to work very well, this might just be device dependant as my Sansa Clip does a good job.

The Android widget is hard to use finger wise. I don't have big fingers but still struggle with the controls. Looking at the LastFM widget might give you an idea of sizes and layout. Maybe having a single RSS style information line across the top line of the widget and the buttons below across its width.

Rockbox main app even with the largest fonts installed using make zipfull and adding it onto the device i am still struggling in every day use to use absolute mode. How are others finding this? Rockbox could do with a configure tool for setting the database path, resetting the LCD configuration (I have messed this up a few times too many.)
Nice to have tools would be an add on manager,TTS generator and LastFM log submitter / scrobbler.

I love the addition of the new floating menu that pops onto the screen. Great job I am putting it through its paces and as usual Rockbox is rocking my world.  Good Job.

Tom
**Ecit** On install when you choose open from the package manager rockbox seem to try and load but just produces a blank screen te first time it loads. Coming out of the application and reloading it is fine but this is strange and confusing behaviour.

[paulheu]

For whatever reason I cannot get additional skins to work right, I tried installing the complete .rockbox folder from the skin archive to /sdcard and copying the separate folders there, neither way works.

in the wps config file the paths are all /.rockbox/foobar and rockbox will find the background file, icon files and the wps and sbs files but not the gfx for the skin itself.. I seem to recall it used to work and als know it works if I include the skin in the main archive and so it al get's installed to the phone memory, not the sdcard..

This is bugging me, probably overlooking something basic as usual but I just need to know so I can sleep..;^)

[JdGordon]

the folder *inside* .rockbox must end up *in* /sdcard/rockbox ... so /.rockbox/wps should be /sdcard/rockbox/wps