[alonso100]

Hi,

one more problem to add to my long list. When I build the application for Android I get the file and the protocol tells me “finished Ok”. When I try to install it in my smartphone, first I see that the icon is very different to the one that I declared in the corresponding screen and second, I get the error message “There´s a problem parsing the package” (images are attached).

Now what ??

It seems that I´ll never finish my first app (and last app with MobiOne for sure).

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[alonso100]

Additional info:
I compiled the application for the first time as Ipad and the .ipa file was correctly generated. I installed it in my Ipad and it works … but only partially.

Most of the functionality is available since I can navigate between screens and I see the information but in the screens where I have input fields, checkboxes or radio buttons nothing happens. I cannot make a click on it. JS-code behind push buttons is not executed, etc. etc.

I am really disappointed of MobiOne.

[support-michael]

Yes, we empathize with you and are making adjustments to address as many issues asap.

Almost all of your issues have been with the Test Center. I propose that you stop using the Test Center localstorage and debugger tools and resort to using Chrome webkit inspector tools. To do this from the Design Center choose Run in Test Center. Then in the Test Center from the right-click menu choose Open in Desktop Browser or copy paste the URL in your Chrome browser. Then choose Inspect Element from chrome. Other issues you have had with the Test Center editing and resyn’cing of code. We will soon provide a completely new editing environment with no hooks to the Test Center. Then you can manually control every aspect of what is running in the Test Center. There will be no automation for code sync or anything else that has troubled you. Basically we are going to kill all of the Test Center features that do not work 100 percent everytime for every possible case of good or bad code.

Please post a build number for the android app that is goof’ing up. Also you may try deleting the app. Then rebuild and install it to see if the issue was a network problem.
There are many reasons for such problems. One thing we have seen is that on an OTA installation the download terminates prematurely on android devices. This issue is more prevalent for very large apps but can happen for small apps as well on slow networks and devices. As an alternative you can manually install the app via usb.

Why does your iOS app partially work? We have no idea without researching it to see where the glitch is. Share your project with us and we can give it a look. I recall you were using websql in prev problem reports. There could be runtime issues there or with other services/features. We won’t know without investigating. Please send your project to support at genuitec dot com to have us kick off our investigation.

Back to your disappointment…. Mobione does a lot of good stuff. We continually work to improve it. I’m sorry that mobione does not meet your expectations. We offer a money back guarantee if you feel you have not gotten your money’s worth of value.

[alonso100]

hi,

yes, many issues have to do with the test center but also when running the app in smartphone or Ipad. MobiOne is really unstable and unreliable. I was thinking to distribute my first app for free, considering that I must learn but with so many bugs, problems and error … I am going to get a bad reputation and a bad user review in the apps market.

Also you may try deleting the app. Then rebuild and install it to see if the issue was a network problem.

This is something I always do when I have to wait till the application has finished with the generation of the file.

One thing we have seen is that on an OTA installation the download terminates prematurely on android devices. This issue is more prevalent for very large apps but can happen for small apps as well on slow networks and devices. As an alternative you can manually install the app via usb.

I don´t install my app OTA; I wait till Mobione is ready and the file is in the hard disk. Then, per drag & drop I copy the file into my smartphone and from there I click it for installation.

Why does your iOS app partially work? We have no idea without researching it to see where the glitch is. Share your project with us and we can give it a look. I recall you were using websql in prev problem reports. There could be runtime issues there or with other services/features. We won’t know without investigating.

Since the compiled file for android was not usable yesterday, I decided to try to compile a file for the Ipad for the first time. As I mentioned yesterday, this and the installation in my Ipad worked but when I try to use some characteristics, there´s a problem:
1) input fields –> I press the field with my finger and I get no keyboard. I cannot enter anything.
2) checkboxes –> it takes me much effort to mark/unmark it.
3) radiobuttons –> it takes me much effort to select another one.
4) pushbuttons –> I pressed the buttons and the JS-Function behind it is not triggered.

I´ll send per email more information and the compiled file for Ipad.

If you guys don´t hurry up with a good and stable application then your company is not going to survive long. In the app market life expectancy is short.

[support-michael]

Hi Jorge,

We have read and reread your issue reports. Without seeing your project it is impossible to isolate the source of the issues you report. But clearly something is dorked in your app. Because all of these widgets have worked reliably in thousands of apps for others we need to understand how you are using them. My hunch is one source of your problems is you have goofed up a javascript file that is not loading or you have included some incompatible html in a widget that is dorking up your app’s dom… Can’t say without seeing your implementation. If the issue is with mobione we will fix it once we understand it.

A few hints:
– If you have an error in any javascript file that file will not load (standard browser behavior)
– For hard to press widgets such as checkbox, radio, toggle, try expanding their size to increase their tap rectangle.
– If using the HTML widget, only include content between <body> tags since this code is merged directly into the DOM. There is no reliable way on the mobile devices to isolate this code in a container such as an <iframe>. That is, mobile safari’s <iframe> does not work.

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