Unable to save snapshot

[macd1969]

I searched the issues and found that others had an issue unable to save as the operation is not permitted, the solution was to become a beta tester, I tried this and still have the same issue, Iam using android 11, I signed up for the beta program yesterday, uninstalled spectacol and reinstalled from play store. Version is showing as 1.6.05.

[YurArm]

The problem is easy to resolve. Because itis simple: the game tryes to save file with the name "filename-blblabla-date-time", And the problem is in "time" that looks like "19:12:05".

You should take out the illegal file characters like "colon" ( : )

[bog-dan-ro]

I'll change it to _ in the next version. It will take some time as I need to rewrite the file handling for Android 10+.

[Dzimonchik]

we still really need a solution to this problem. Unable to save game

[kdonath]

I have tried to change the source code and build a new apk to correct this problem but I am constantly getting the error "no rule to make target". I tried different gt versions, jdk versions, android NDK versions, but no success. I think somerhing is missing from the source.

[kdonath]

Any chance for the app to be updated?

[kdonath]

I did it! I fixed the issue. For some reason I could not recompile the source. I am missing something. BUT I edited the APK. I changed the "hh:mm:ss" to "hh_mm_ss" in the file name and now all works like a charm.

[vlig]

I changed the "hh:mm:ss" to "hh_mm_ss" in the file name

Howto? Where?

[kdonath]

Here is what you need to do:

Tools to be used:

On Android: APK Extractor

On Windows PC:

APKTOOL: https://apktool.org/docs/install https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10930331/how-to-sign-an-already-compiled-apk

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KEYTOOL: Download JDK: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/

keytool path: c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-22\bin
add to path variable

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APKSIGNER: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/build-tools_r30.0.1-windows.zip

apksigner path: c:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\build-tools\34.0.0

add to path variable

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1. Install APK Extractor to Android and extract the APK file

2. Copy the APK file (Spectacol.apk) to the Windows PC The following steps are done on the PC

Deflate APK: apktool d Spectacol.apk

This will extract the content of the APK in a folder withh the same name. (APK is basically a ZIP file)

Edit with Notepad++ \Spectacol\lib\arm64-v8a[libfuse-qml_arm64-v8a.so replace instancies of hh:mm:ss with hh_mm_ss

Run CMD or Powershell in ADMIN mode

Generate Signature Key keytool -genkey -v -keystore keystore_name.keystore -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias your_alias

Password: your_keystore_password

Build new APK apktool b -o Spectacol_New.apk Spectacol

Sign new APK apksigner sign --ks-key-alias your_alias --ks keystore_name.keystore Spectacol_New.apk

Copy Spectacol_New to Android.

9. On Android uninstall the original Spectacol

Allow install from local source. On Samsung go to Settings -> Security and privacy -> Install unknown apps -> Select My Files

11. Start My Files and browse to the Spectacol_New.apk
12. Install
13. Enjoy

[vlig]

Wow! There is the Answer! Thank you very much, I'll try it!

[qvarts]

Thank you, kdonath. This works perfect.

[Noguejordi]

Hello, good afternoon, could you please give me the modified apk? I have tried all the ways to modify it and without success, I would appreciate it if someone could give me the modified apk so I can save games, thank you very much.