processing
avoid sketch restart on orientation change
Moved from here: https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/1640
I'm writing this out for the benefit of people who, like myself, had been following one of the threads this was reassigned from.
I found it odd that the "(SMOOTH) is not supported by this device" error was re-assigned here. But they are evidently interrelated. When using hardware rendering (P2D, P3D, OPENGL), and orientation(PORTRAIT/LANDSCAPE) the sketch crashes on some devices where the orientation is non-default. Remove the call to orientation, and the sketch will boot but crash when you rotate the device.
When using software rendering (JAVA2D), orientation() works without crashing. However, not calling orientation() still results in a crash when the device is rotated.
In any case it appears that it is the restart on rotation, not the SMOOTH error that results in the crash.
Has this issue been resolved? I am having this issue with my Galaxy S3 with Android 4.3 and Processing 2.0.3 for Mac OSX 10.9. I am specifying landscape orientation in the code. Unless I start it in that orientation, it crashes.
I'm now running 3.0a4 (alpha) and it appears to have been resolved. I'm now running all my apps using P2D without issues.
I forgot to mention that I'm using P3D. I'll give the alpha version a shot and get back.
Processing 3.0 with Android mode 3.0 did not work. It compiled but crashed upon launch. It complained about something about putting stuff outside the renderer. I was able to get it to work by reverting back to Processing 2.0.3 and its prepackaged Android mode, removing the orientation(LANDSCAPE) line and adding android:screenOrientation="landscape" in the XML file as described here: http://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/157/landscape-with-opengl-renderer-on-nexus-4#Item_5.
If not already implemented in a current version, would it be possible to change the orientation code to add the line to XML file through the preprocessor?
Hi,
Does this issue require the implementation of the activity life cycle to the sketch rendering classes to resolve it?
