I have created an app that creates a grid dynamically, as well as lets the user make changes to one of the grid columns via a 'numberfield' editor. Everything is working great in the debug environment but when I try to edit one of the fields in the Rally environment it crashes the app. From the looks of it, the iframe containing the app is just reloading altogether.
Now, here's the weird part that may be a clue to what's going on. The app crashes after I click elsewhere on the app (committing the change) but if I scroll the mouse wheel somewhere on the app, the spinner loses focus (no up/down arrows) and then if I click somewhere the edits are applied and the app doesn't crash. Once again in the debug mode I don't need to go through this, I can just click elsewhere and the changes are applied.
This is a known issue with 2.0p5 that will be fixed with the next release of the SDK. Basically it's using a sledgehammer to respond to the fact that something was edited and refreshing it. Since the new SDK can communicate with the message bus this is totally unnecessary...
In the meantime you should be able to patch your app by defining a global Rally.getApp function that returns your app instance to prevent the hard refresh:
//In your app definition give it an xtype:
Ext.define('My.App', {
extend: 'Rally.app.App',
//...
alias: 'widget.myapp'
//...
});
//Find the app instance by its xtype and return it
Rally.getApp = function() {
return Ext.ComponentQuery.query('myapp')[0];
};
You can then delete that code once 2.0p6 is released and you upgrade.
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I have a UWP application.
And i have a need to change locale on the fly, so i have this for language changing:
Windows.Globalization.ApplicationLanguages.PrimaryLanguageOverride = language.FourDigitCode;
ResourceContext.GetForViewIndependentUse().Reset();
ResourceContext.GetForCurrentView();
But there is a problem that system features language doesn't switch ( only after application relaunch ) how can i fix it?
Here is an example:
Now i run this code:
Windows.Globalization.ApplicationLanguages.PrimaryLanguageOverride = "lv-LV";
ResourceContext.GetForViewIndependentUse().Reset();
ResourceContext.GetForCurrentView();
The UI gets localized, but system features still remain unlocalized:
But when i restart the app, all is OK:
Any ideas how can i fix it?
I'm afraid there is no fix for this and what you've seen is by design. Ref Remarks of PrimaryLanguageOverride property:
When you set the PrimaryLanguageOverride, this is immediately reflected in the Languages property. However, this change may not take effect immediately on resources loaded in the app UI. To make sure the app responds to such changes, you can listen to the QualifierValues property on a default resource context and take whatever actions may be needed to reload resources. Those requirements may vary depending on the UI framework used by the app, and it may be necessary to restart the app.
For your scenario, a restart is needed. I'd suggest that you can add a tip to tell users to restart the app and also a button to close the app like what used in News App.
And to close the app, we can call Application.Exit method like the following.
Application.Current.Exit();
Maybe page reloading can fix it? Try to re-navigate to the same page.
Found the example below here.
//like this
private bool Reload(object param = null)
{
var type = Frame.CurrentSourcePageType;
Frame.Navigate(type, param);
Frame.BackStack.Remove(Frame.BackStack.Last());
}
// or like this
private bool Reload(object param = null)
{
var frame = Window.Current.Content as Frame;
frame.Navigate(frame.CurrentSourcePageType, param);
frame.BackStack.Remove(frame .BackStack.Last());
}
From time to time, but not always (I have had this working for a bit), the app/extension gets in a state where I can't read a flag set in my App Group between my companion app and my app extension. Don't know how it gets in this state or why the values differ, but it's critical to my application these always be in sync.
Companion app viewDidLoad:
NSUserDefaults *myAppSettings = [[NSUserDefaults alloc] initWithSuiteName:#"group.myapp"];
.....
[myAppSettings setBool:true forKey:#"myBool"];
[myAppSettings synchronize];
NSLog([myAppSettings boolForKey:#"myBool"] ? #"Companion app - bool TRUE" : #"Companion app - bool FALSE");
App extension viewDidLoad
NSUserDefaults *myAppSettings = [[NSUserDefaults alloc] initWithSuiteName:#"group.myapp"];
[myAppSettings synchronize];
NSLog([myAppSettings boolForKey:#"myBool"] ? #"App extension app - bool TRUE" : #"App extension - bool FALSE");
Console output
Companion app - bool TRUE
App extension - bool FALSE
I also synchronize before my companion app will enter background. I have my app group set up in the portal etc.
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT
Apparently others having this problem too:
https://devforums.apple.com/message/977151#977151
"I think that this is currently very glitchy.
Sometimes the data sharing works, then a change and all of a sudden the widget can't see the shared data anymore (both on Simulator and device).
Annoying and hope it's a bit more reliable in next beta!"
EDIT 2
Looks like another person has reported this exact issue as well:
"I also noticed the same thing too.This not only happen to the
NSUserDefaults, but also all the files in the container folder. The
keyboard extension suddenly will lose read/write pemission to the
container folder after using the keyboard for a while."
EDIT 3
More evidence: https://devforums.apple.com/message/1028078#1028078
After I upgrade to beta 3, I noticed that sometimes the keyboard
failed to open the database because it failed to access to the DB
file. The keyboard has been able to access to the file before.
EDIT 4
Seems like this could be because the keyboard loses the RequestsOpenAccess flag. But I can't reproduce it, and there's no way for me to tell for sure.
EDIT 5
Seems like others are reporting this in the iOS8 GM build:
This issue still persists for me in the GM. It seems related to a
keyboard crash.. but also there seems to be some contention between
keyboard and containing app in terms of who creates the suite in what
order. I think this problem is on Apple's end. Trust me, I WANT it to
be my fault but I've spent countless hours with trial and error. No
matter what I do in code and verify with NSLog, it will end up in this
state eventually. Hoping someone finds a magic pill. :S
Has anyone solved this yet?
You must request open access in order to access shared NSUserDefaults. It's stated directly in the App Extension Programming guide:
By default, a keyboard has no network access and cannot share a container with its containing app. To enable these things, set the value of the RequestsOpenAccess Boolean key in the Info.plist file to YES.
Be sure you change the RequestsOpenAccess field to YES. You'll find it in keyboard's Info.plist > NSExtension > NSExtensionAttributes > RequestOpenAccess. Then remove the keyboard in Settings, delete the app, run it again, and add the keyboard again. After you add it, tap on the keyboard name and then flip the switch to enable Allow Full Access. You'll need to instruct the users to follow those same steps to grant access (and reassure them you're not evil), otherwise it simply will not work and you'll never get the data that's stored in your shared container. Note that in iOS 8.3+, if the user hasn't enabled full access the keyboard will be able to access the shared container, but writing to it will not save the data, for security and privacy purposes. In 8.2- you can't access that data without open access granted.
I can confirm that the problem is related to RequestsOpenAccess flag.
Assuming that everything done right (NSUserDefaults use initWithSuiteName, all Capabilities for main application and custom keyboard were set, etc.) I have the next steps:
1) Install the main application and a custom keyboard on device
2) Set 'Allow full access' for the custom keyboard to YES
3) Add some items (in my case this is a simple text templates) in the main app
4) Go to keyboard and check that all items, that were added from the main app,
appeared in custom keyboard
5) Go to main app and add a few more items
6) Go to keyboard and now you will see that nothing changed
7) Go to settings and switch 'Allow full access' to NO and then to YES
8) Go to custom keyboard again and check that item which were added in step 5 appeared.
I'm using Worklight Studio 6.0.0.20130917-1749 in 64 bit Eclipse Juno on OSX Lion.
I'm finding that if I put a call to WL.Client.invokeProcedure(), or even WL.Logger.debug() in a jQueryMobile (1.3.1) pagebeforeshow handler, it causes the design portion of the rich page editor to hang when I try to switch to that page.
$("#myPage").on("pagebeforeshow", function(){WL.Logger.debug("loading myPage...");});
If I double click on myPage in the Mobile Navigation view, the page doesn't display, and I am unable to switch to any other page in the app, or do anything with he design pane. The refresh button doesn't fix it (it just tries to load the same page and I am right back where I started) The only thing I can do is to close the html file and re-open it.
This seems to be caused by a missing definition for WL.StaticAppProperites in the code that is run in the RPE. If I look at the html source of the common resources for the app under chrome I see a definition:
<script>
// Define WL namespace.
var WL = WL ? WL : {};
/**
* WLClient configuration variables.
* Values are injected by the deployer that packs the gadget.
*/
WL.StaticAppProps = {
"APP_DISPLAY_NAME": "MyApp",
"APP_ID": "MyApp",
"APP_SERVICES_URL": "\/MyApp\/apps\/services\/",
"APP_VERSION": "1.0",
"ENVIRONMENT": "preview",
"LOGIN_DISPLAY_TYPE": "popup",
"LOGIN_POPUP_HEIGHT": 610,
"LOGIN_POPUP_WIDTH": 920,
"PREVIEW_ENVIRONMENT": "common",
"WORKLIGHT_PLATFORM_VERSION": "6.0.0",
"WORKLIGHT_ROOT_URL": "\/MyApp\/apps\/services\/api\/MyApp\/common\/"
};</script>
There are similar definitions in the generated HTML for the various environments. But looking in weinre, I see that there is no corresponding script injected into the html that is displayed in the RPE. The lack of a definition for WL.StaticAppProperties is causing the code in worklight.js to fail just before the definition of WL.Utils.
Is there any way for me to add WL.StaticAppProps = {} so that this would come before the code that gets injected to load worklight.js?
Is there any other workaround for this problem?
The editor is defining that WL.StaticAppProps property under-the-covers but it is in an additional injected .js file, not in an inline script block like in the running page. It's possible that the location of that script in the editor's markup is incorrect and we will investigate that.
However there's a larger issue here, which is that a page in the editor is not able to make calls to the Worklight server. Because the editor always needs to operate independently of whether a preview server has been published and started, it uses its own mechanism to load web resources into the Design pane. Therefore the origin server is not the Worklight development server and attempted calls to server-side logic will go unanswered. I believe this is more likely the reason for the hang scenarios you see.
A general recommendation is to use the editor to construct the page's UI markup and then start to wire in service calls after the UI is generally complete. At that point previewing the application should likely shift over to the Mobile Browser Simulator and/or native device testing. In order to continue to do incremental UI work in the editor you can also add some temporary conditional logic to avoid (or mock-up) server calls while doing design work, such as:
var designMode = true; // switch to false for real server preview
if(!designMode) {
// your service invocations here
}
I don't want a fullscreen application, but I would like to start a Node-Webkit application maximized. Can this be done? I am guessing its something to do with package.json, but can't seem to find what needs to be done.
I don't think the manifest has an option to do that. Instead, call nw's Window.maximize() on startup. Something like:
// Load native UI library
var ngui = require('nw.gui');
// Get the current window
var nwin = ngui.Window.get();
Sometime later, in onload or some other point where you're ready to show the window:
onload = function() {
nwin.show();
nwin.maximize();
}
This is described in the node-webkit wiki. I don't think you can call maximize before showing the main window though (if it's hidden in manifest), but I haven't really dug into it.
You may want to consider saving the window position, from a UX standpoint. The wiki has an example for doing this.
I created a fullscreen app with the following to hide the mouse...
// need this hack to hide the mouse for AIR for some reason...for OSX
// http://blog.formatlos.de/2008/11/16/air-hiding-the-mouse/
stage.nativeWindow.activate();
stage.nativeWindow.orderToBack();
stage.nativeWindow.orderToFront();
Mouse.hide();
This works on my machine at home running OSX Lion...but when this is installed on the client's machine (also running OSX...I need to find out the version), the mouse does not hide?
When I take out the 3 line hack before the Mouse.hide(), the mouse does not hide on my machine. Will test this out on the client's machine too.
Anyone experience this before?
Are you including flash.ui.Mouse in your code?
import flash.ui.Mouse;
Take a look in this site: http://samhassan.co.uk/2008/10/08/air-10-mousehide-work-around/
You could try to hide mouse cursor when the first enterFrame event is fired. Some elements are not fully available till the first frame is build:
// i.e. on main app initilize event handler
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame);
private function onEnterFrame(event:Event):void {
Mouse.hide();
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame);
}
This way, you have not to rely on hacks or workarounds.