[Ovmsdev] Android App beta

Sun Oct 9 16:22:57 HKT 2022

Just installed this. Love that stored command thing.

Anyway, I opened up the 'Car' section and it showed 9999.0km and I thought
'well that's wrong'.  Anyway, turns out it's not wrong.  I actually have
9999.0km on the odometer.

//.ichael

On Sat, 8 Oct 2022 at 21:37, Michael Balzer <dexter at expeedo.de> wrote:

> New test build:
>
>    - https://dexters-web.de/f/tw-beta/OpenVehicleApp-22100801-release.apk
>    - https://dexters-web.de/f/tw-beta/OpenVehicleApp-22100801-debug.apk
>
>
> This includes major extensions & code rewrites, I think I'll bump the
> version to 4.0 when releasing this to Google Play.
>
> Main goal & outcome of this effort: command bookmarks.
>
> The App now offers stored commands (see notifications tab). Stored
> commands can be pinned to the launcher and selected from third party Apps
> like KWGT as shortcuts to execute on triggers / actions.
>
> So this enabled custom widgets to include buttons triggering car commands.
>
> Commands are given using the user syntax, i.e. don't need the MP function
> prefix. You can still call an MP function by using the user syntax, i.e.
> "#…".
>
> Command responses are shown as a dialog with a timeoout of 5 seconds
> unless you hold it by touching or begin scrolling a long response. If the
> App is paused it will be resumed and switch to the notifications page
> (which keeps a record of all commands & responses). If the App isn't
> running, only the response dialog is shown on the launcher.
>
> All this of course needs the service to be enabled & allow commands to be
> sent.
>
> Command responses are also broadcasted now, so KWGT et al can receive them
> -- but they will currently need to know the command sent previously and
> copy command responses if they need to keep them, I don't know if KWGT can
> do that (Automagic can). KWGT seems to only have a simple variable storage
> model.
>
> I think about extending the ApiService to keep a command queue so the
> broadcast can at least carry the command, the response is supposedly
> produced for. Unfortunately the MP API cannot guarantee this, as it doesn't
> currently return a copy of the original command or a command ID reference
> with the response, so this would at best be a guess. Not sure if users
> actually need this.
>
>
> Note: I haven't pushed the code changes to github yet, I'd first like to
> get some test feedback. I've tested this on Android 6, 7, 11 & 13, but not
> on any degoogled Androids.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
> Am 26.09.22 um 17:26 schrieb Chris van der Meijden:
>
> For an includable example it would be nice if we could send the vehicle
> image from the OVMS app to KWGT.
>
> You can assign "Activities" to the "Touch" event on an image. Would be
> cool if that works, so we can start the remote climate control similar to
> how I do that with my OVMS-Fireplace app:
>
> https://github.com/devmarxx/OVMS-Fireplace
>
>
> Am Montag, dem 26.09.2022 um 13:56 +0200 schrieb Michael Balzer:
>
> Nice, please go ahead if you want to create an includable example widget
> :-)
>
> I've found out you can also use progress bars to display values, enable
> formula input on the "step" & set the formular to e.g. $br(ovms, car_soc)$.
>
> Works, although I need to convert all car model values to strings for
> KWGT. Btw, I also need to unroll the TPMS arrays, they are split into a
> "_cnt" & "_<n>" variables. I need to add an info on this to the wiki.
>
> I haven't found out how to send a broadcast from KWGT yet, is that
> possible? That would enable creating command shortcuts & buttons as with
> Automagic.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
>
> Am 26.09.22 um 12:13 schrieb Chris van der Meijden:
> Correction:
>
> $br(ovms, sel_vehicle_label)$
>
> Am Montag, dem 26.09.2022 um 12:05 +0200 schrieb Chris van der Meijden:
>
> I like the new KWGT Widget feature:
>
>
> Above is the Tesla Widget of our Model 3, beneath that my OVMS KWGT widget
> of our VW e-UP.
>
> I had to allow "Passing data to other apps". The syntax for getting the
> intent variables to text in KWGT is i.e.
>
> $br(ovms, car_sel_vehicle_label)$
>
> Other variables can be found here:
>
> https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Android/wiki/Update-Broadcast-Intent-data
>
> The image is local on the filesystem of the phone and does not come by
> intent.
>
>
> Am Sonntag, dem 25.09.2022 um 16:23 +0200 schrieb Michael Balzer:
> No, icon can only be 0 from the else branch, in that case it shall fall
> back to the default image.
>
> But I've meanwhile found (I think) your maps/track crash, commit is
> already in the hub. The checkbox handler didn't check if the map object is
> initialized.
>
>
> https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Android/blob/master/OpenVehicleApp/src/main/java/com/openvehicles/OVMS/ui/FragMap.java#L319
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
> Am 25.09.22 um 15:46 schrieb Chris van der Meijden:
> Just guessing, but does
>
> int icon;
>
> in MyGcmListenerService.java
> <https://github.com/devmarxx/Open-Vehicle-Android/commit/3c13100a6a25257fe694be3050a1b76ca2b6fb44#diff-c13198cb33bb355f600c37f8889cedcb72346835dbb7e357c031c57aba424487> at
> line 132
>
> not need to be initialized like
>
> int icon = 0;
>
> now you use
>
> .setSmallIcon((icon != 0) ? icon : R.drawable.map_car_default)
>
> at line 150 now?
>
> As the images and the Google stuff are related to that integer it made me
> thinking ...
>
>
> Am Sonntag, dem 25.09.2022 um 11:52 +0200 schrieb Michael Balzer:
>
>
> Chris,
>
> that's not a crash log, that's just a warning.
>
> On that warning: the App requests android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
> by it's manifest. Maybe with LineageOS you need to manually give it that
> permission?
>
> A crash log has class "E" (error) and includes an exception and a
> backtrace, for an example see:
> https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/201308676#comment4
>
> On the crash: maybe it's because you don't have the Google components, not
> sure if FragMap can handle that.
>
> The forum post relates to /e/OS … maybe I need some emulator images
> running alternative Androids now…
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
> Am 25.09.22 um 11:40 schrieb Chris van der Meijden:
> Hey Michael,
>
> this is from logcat when I change "Track vehicle" and the app crashes:
>
> 09-25 11:16:01.410 1710 1839 W BroadcastQueue: Permission Denial:
> receiving Intent { act=android.intent.action.SERVICE_STATE flg=0x1000010
> (has extras) } to ProcessRecord{8dcdd54 2053:com.android.systemui/u0a148}
> (pid=2053, uid=10148) requires android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION due
> to sender android (uid 1001)
>
> I saw now, that this crash also happens in the production app.
>
> The widget is running well. I will keep the app running for while and will
> see if it stays stable.
>
> Regards
>
> Chris
>
> Am Samstag, dem 24.09.2022 um 23:02 +0200 schrieb Michael Balzer:
>
>
>
> Chris,
>
> thanks for testing. A crash log would help on any crashes you see. Btw, I
> don't bump the revision until the actual release build.
>
> Crashes related to the car image don't occur immediately, it sometimes
> takes hours of use before it happens. When it does, clearing the App cache
> fixes the crash for another random period.
>
> Speed optimization was one goal. What about the widget?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>
> Am 24.09.22 um 22:43 schrieb Chris van der Meijden:
> Hey Michael,
>
> I just installed the "release" Version on LineageOS 19.1 (Android 12)
> without Google components.
>
> The vehicle setup was without any troubles. I could select the yellow VW
> e-UP image without crashing.
>
> The App version is set wrong under "Vehicle info" (3.19.1, 2021122401).
>
> Everything seems to be faster than before.
>
> When I change the checkbox on "Track vehicle" under "Position" the App
> crashes. But after a new start of the app the value of the checkbox has
> changed.
>
> Perhaps this first impression is of some help.
>
> Regards
>
> Chris
>
> Am Samstag, dem 24.09.2022 um 20:10 +0200 schrieb Michael Balzer:
>
>
>
>
> Everyone,
>
> I'm currently working on the next Android release including KustomWidget
> support and a native app widget based on the old Automagic gauge widget.
>
> Automagic has been dead for some time now, and it keeps crashing on
> Androids >= 7.
>
> My changes so far are in the hub, APK builds are available here:
>
>
>    - https://dexters-web.de/f/tw-beta/OpenVehicleApp-22092401-release.apk
>    - debug build for extended logging:
>    https://dexters-web.de/f/tw-beta/OpenVehicleApp-22092401-debug.apk
>
>
> There's an issue with the App related to Android >= 10 though, which I
> haven't found yet. It's been reported in the forum:
>
>
>    - https://www.openvehicles.com/node/3410
>
> I could use some help with that, I've got no idea other than blaming
> Android.
> I've seen the effect in my emulator tests, and it seems to occur more
> frequently with non-roadster images.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
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