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Rockbox as an Application (Android, WebOS etc.)
cheenachatze:
I tried the rasher build of Rockbox 540x960 2012-12-08 on my phone (4.3" screen 540x960 resolution, running ICS). The letters are so tiny that it's impossible to read. The only thing I could do is uninstall it. Is it possible to repair the font size? Thanks.
[Saint]:
--- Quote from: cheenachatze on December 08, 2012, 04:37:55 PM ---Is it possible to repair the font size?
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Why yes, my inquisitive friend...it surely is! And here's how:
In the Rockbox Extras section in the wiki, I have an anti-aliased font pack available for download. Either extract the entire font pack to /sdcard, or extract individual fonts to /sdcard/rockbox/fonts.
May I additionally recommend that, if you do not require non-English or extensive unicode support, you use the (significantly smaller, and prettier) 'Ubuntu' font family from the font pack as opposed to the (massive, and rather hideous) 'GNU Unifont' font family.
If you want to make sure that your chosen font applies at the first boot, instead of having to apply it manually (or, if you want to make sure you're able to read the menus to be able to apply a new font manually), you may create a custom config file with this content:
--- Code: ---font: /.rockbox/fonts/FONT_NAME.fnt
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Where FONT_NAME.fnt == the exact name of the font you wish to use from the font pack, for instance:
--- Code: ---font: /.rockbox/fonts/36 Ubuntu [Regular].fnt
--- End code ---
(the . in .rockbox is important here, it will not match the actual path on hosted (application) targets, but don't worry about this)
Save this config file as a plain text file to "/sdcard/rockbox/config.cfg" and assuming 36 Ubuntu [Regular].fnt can be found in "/sdcard/rockbox/fonts/" this font will be used when you launch the application.
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nick_p:
--- Quote from: a_b_c_d on November 15, 2012, 03:49:51 PM ---Nearly no-one buys mp3 players these days, they all buy Smartphones - ~ 80% running Android.
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Maybe the percentage of developers running Rockbox on Android is lower.
Edit: Ho hum, not sure why I'm replying to a post from a month ago.
Falco98:
--- Quote from: lefko on March 23, 2012, 11:35:39 AM ---I am having a severe problem with bluetooth on my atrix and motorola HD10. More often then not when I turn on my bluetooth headset the software hangs. I think I can get it to happen almost 100% of the time by starting rockbox, playing a file, pausing/stopping a file then connecting bluetooth. After that the play screen stays stuck at where it was and I can never get it to start unless I force a close of the app.
The icon stays up when I go to "home" whereas when it is running properly it only stays up if rockbox is playing a file. I suspect it has something to do with the interaction of pause, loosing headphone connection, and idle time, then not reconnecting when bluetooth starts up again, but that is just conjecture.
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This seems very similar to the issue I have running on my thunderbolt - except mine has nothing to do with Bluetooth, the issue is caused either when I turn the screen back on, or when I'm outside Rockbox and select back into it. FWIW, as a workaround to having to FC rockbox, I've found I can put the player in "pause" mode from the WPS, then go back to my phone's home screen and wait for rockbox to "auto power off" (as if it were a portable player that's been paused). It then exits and can be re-opened like new. The problem is this halt is far too common to make it very usable on my device. I wish someone who's far more familiar with the Android system and its innards could debug this a bit.
LambdaCalculus:
--- Quote from: nick_p on December 10, 2012, 09:01:12 AM ---Maybe the percentage of developers running Rockbox on Android is lower.
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And the percentage of developers running webOS devices is even lower. :)
Nonetheless, I'd like to bring FS#12496 into the spotlight. I just landed a Palm Pre and a Palm Pixi (both webOS devices) for free, so I'm going to be coddling the patch into better shape and see if maybe we can push it in the right direction.
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