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is agk not loading splash screens in 108 v8, tier 1, basic, image name "AGKSplash.png" ? because none of my splash screens work any more when they used to

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Posted: 30th Mar 2013 14:52 Edited at: 30th Mar 2013 14:55

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Update to V108 v9, the features text says this bug is fixed.

AGK Change Log  V108 v9
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- Fixed GetObjectVisible always returning 0
- Improved performance when handling hundreds of text objects
- Fixed GetObjectDepthWrite returning values outside the range 0-1
- Fixed CloneObject crash on objects without indexed vertices
- Can now load GIF images with LoadImage
- Fixed Android memory leak when using Java helper functions
- Improved performance when using Sync with only 2D items
- Fixed AGKSplash.png splash screen on Android devices
- Added help description for SetObjectScale
- Fixed GetChosenImage on Android so that it returns 0 if the user cancelled
- Fixed memory leak on Android
- Changed Android PrintImage so that it saves the image to the pictures folder and increments the image name
- Fixed sprite sorting bug when using Render() without Update()
- Added check for extended ASCII characters in edit boxes that do not have an extended font image
- Completed Game Center commands
- Added command SetEditBoxExtendedFontImage to support extended ASCII characters
- Added parmater to RateApp(ID,title) to change the dialog box title text
- Added SetEditBoxUseAlternateInput to set whether the edit box will use the default text input screen or not
- Improved edit box apperance to be consistent across resolutions
- Improved quality of default Arial font image
- Fixed a not responding message when selecting an image from Picasa
- Changed the Android Message command to be an actual message box
- Fixed Android keyboard missing key presses
- Changed alpha blending when using GetImage to preserve opaque areas
- Improved video play back on Android, now less likely to crash.
- Fixed FacebookPostOnMyWall command
- Improved text creation speed
- Fixed crash on iOS when images greater than 1024 with an odd number of pixels in height get scaled down
- Fixed FacebookSetup on iOS so it now uses the given AppID instead of needing a project setting
- Fixed SetFolder on Android sometimes crashing with an empty string
- Fixed Android crash when back button pressed during text entry
- Improved text rendering speed when some of the letters are off screen
- Changed alpha blending when using GetImage to preserve opaque areas
- Fixed GetEditBoxChanged so it no longer misses updates on iOS
- Added InAppPurchaseRestore command for iOS
- Added SetIntendedDeviceSize command so AGK can scale down images on low resolution devices if you have designed your app for high resolution devices
- Fixed screen flash when app is rotated on iOS and Android
- SetSpriteImage now clears any existing animation frames for that sprite
- Fixed SetSpriteShapeBox with an offset box not being calculated correctly
- Fixed GetSpriteCollision between a sphere and an offset box sometimes being wrong
- Fixed bug on iOS when using AdMob adverts with an offset on the iPad 3 using incorrect position
- Fixed GetSpriteContactWorldX not returning the correct value in some situations
- Fixed GetPhysicsCollisionWorldX not returning the correct value in some situations
- Fixed GetSpriteYFromWorld not returning the correct value
- Fixed crash when deleting a joint if the sprite it was connected to has been deleted
- Changed GetResumed on Windows to return 1 when the user restores the AGK window from the background
- Fixed image filter on Android and iOS reseting to linear after resuming from the background
- Fixed GetDeviceLanguage on Windows
- Fixed cloned and instance objects appearing in front of transparent objects even when they are positioned behind
- Fixed crash when deleting transparent objects

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AGK Change Log  V108 v9
==============  =======

- Fixed GetObjectVisible always returning 0
- Improved performance when handling hundreds of text objects
- Fixed GetObjectDepthWrite returning values outside the range 0-1
- Fixed CloneObject crash on objects without indexed vertices
- Can now load GIF images with LoadImage
- Fixed Android memory leak when using Java helper functions
- Improved performance when using Sync with only 2D items
- Fixed AGKSplash.png splash screen on Android devices
- Added help description for SetObjectScale
- Fixed GetChosenImage on Android so that it returns 0 if the user cancelled
- Fixed memory leak on Android
- Changed Android PrintImage so that it saves the image to the pictures folder and increments the image name
- Fixed sprite sorting bug when using Render() without Update()
- Added check for extended ASCII characters in edit boxes that do not have an extended font image
- Completed Game Center commands
- Added command SetEditBoxExtendedFontImage to support extended ASCII characters
- Added parmater to RateApp(ID,title) to change the dialog box title text
- Added SetEditBoxUseAlternateInput to set whether the edit box will use the default text input screen or not
- Improved edit box apperance to be consistent across resolutions
- Improved quality of default Arial font image
- Fixed a not responding message when selecting an image from Picasa
- Changed the Android Message command to be an actual message box
- Fixed Android keyboard missing key presses
- Changed alpha blending when using GetImage to preserve opaque areas
- Improved video play back on Android, now less likely to crash.
- Fixed FacebookPostOnMyWall command
- Improved text creation speed
- Fixed crash on iOS when images greater than 1024 with an odd number of pixels in height get scaled down
- Fixed FacebookSetup on iOS so it now uses the given AppID instead of needing a project setting
- Fixed SetFolder on Android sometimes crashing with an empty string
- Fixed Android crash when back button pressed during text entry
- Improved text rendering speed when some of the letters are off screen
- Changed alpha blending when using GetImage to preserve opaque areas
- Fixed GetEditBoxChanged so it no longer misses updates on iOS
- Added InAppPurchaseRestore command for iOS
- Added SetIntendedDeviceSize command so AGK can scale down images on low resolution devices if you have designed your app for high resolution devices
- Fixed screen flash when app is rotated on iOS and Android
- SetSpriteImage now clears any existing animation frames for that sprite
- Fixed SetSpriteShapeBox with an offset box not being calculated correctly
- Fixed GetSpriteCollision between a sphere and an offset box sometimes being wrong
- Fixed bug on iOS when using AdMob adverts with an offset on the iPad 3 using incorrect position
- Fixed GetSpriteContactWorldX not returning the correct value in some situations
- Fixed GetPhysicsCollisionWorldX not returning the correct value in some situations
- Fixed GetSpriteYFromWorld not returning the correct value
- Fixed crash when deleting a joint if the sprite it was connected to has been deleted
- Changed GetResumed on Windows to return 1 when the user restores the AGK window from the background
- Fixed image filter on Android and iOS reseting to linear after resuming from the background
- Fixed GetDeviceLanguage on Windows
- Fixed cloned and instance objects appearing in front of transparent objects even when they are positioned behind
- Fixed crash when deleting transparent objects

I hope this helps...

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Posted: 2nd Apr 2013 13:25

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sadly it doesnt work still

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Posted: 2nd Apr 2013 15:02

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kirtn14, these might be dumb questions, but what platform are you not seeing the splash screen on?

And, what directory is it in for that/those platform/platforms?

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Posted: 2nd Apr 2013 19:55

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v108 beta 9

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Posted: 2nd Apr 2013 20:34

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That wasn't the question I meant.

I mean, are you seeing this in Windows or on an Android or iOS device? And if on a device, are you using the Player (which version) or running directly on the device?

And, again, what directory do you have AGKSplash.png in?

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Posted: 2nd Apr 2013 23:29

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Windows, when made into an apk and put onto a device the splash screen shows up sometimes but only very small and in one corner leaving a big gap. Its in the media file in the protect folder

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Posted: 2nd Apr 2013 23:52

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Quote: "Its in the media file in the protect folder"

The splash screen on Android will only work when placed directly in the assets folder. Also the splash screen will not appear when broadcast to the AppGameKit player, only when built into an APK.

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Posted: 3rd Apr 2013 03:32

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Yup, what Paul said.

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Posted: 4th Apr 2013 13:59

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ahhh, the issue with the spalsh screen is it will only fill the screen when i hold the device in the landscape position if i dont it will come up very small and odd shaped

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Posted: 4th Apr 2013 16:45

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With iOS, you can provide start up images for all orientations and it will show the correct one.

With Android, it only has the AGKSplash screen and it displays before you do any setup code to force landscape mode. So, if your AGKSplash is a landscape image, it will not display correctly if the device is in portrait mode when you start up.

That is why I gave up trying to use the default splash screen for the Android version of my app. I just have to live with a blank screen for a few seconds.

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Posted: 9th Apr 2013 00:35

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ok thanks

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Posted: 13th Apr 2013 22:55

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I remember having to call sync() twice to get my initial screen t show.

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Sync() calls don't make the default AGKSplash.png display. That image is handled by the initialization stuff in AGK.

I can get my own splash in the correct orientation displayed once the app gets past the AppGameKit stuff and starts the app::Loop() method (Tier 2) or the first couple of lines of code (Tier 1).

On Android the app assumes portrait mode. I might look into the core Android files and see if there is a way to force it to landscape at the very start.

On Apple, setting the correct stuff in the Xcode project .plist file will force the app to start in the correct orientation. You can also make it appear to be in landscape by creating the default-portrait.png file originally as landscape and then rotate it one way or the other so that it looks like it is in portrait. I've attached an image (my WIP, which is very close to done) as an example.

And I'm not sure I've made the test of AGKSplash.png 'looking' landscape but being portrait. But I suspect it will be an issue either way.

Apple allows files for all orientations as the default images, so it will always show the correct one on startup (before the AppGameKit app code kicks in).

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