nDroid v1.2.x (Beta) support thread

[bgowland]

Its now working for me.

Great.

Another thing I would like to report is that when the EPG description is very long the "record" and "cancel" button is off the screen and there is no way to scroll.

OK, the popup details dialog is still a work in progress but I'll check to see what I can do there.

When initially setting up, use a numeric IP address - I haven't tested for a DNS name and I'm fairly sure it could cause problems.

I have tried and looks like i can use a DNS name rather than a IP adress, which allows me to use my dynds.org account for the ndroid.

Good to know, thanks for confirming that.

Thanks

Still early days, hopefully I can make some good progress now it is working a bit better for more people. Thanks for sticking with it.

Cheers,
Brian

[marcuswar]

Not had a chance to install the newer version yet (still running 1.2.2), but I think I may have found another bug (sorry Brian).
After initially launching nDroid if I change channel listing then every program I click on bring up the correct details but with the the initial channels name not the newly selected channel name.

Another suggestion (not a bug) would be to make the popup program details always full width of screen (instead of collapsing to a narrow width if the decsription is short) and make the "Close" & "Record" buttons bigger and wider apart. At the moment I find its too easy to hit the wrong button with my fat fingers :p

With regards the Cancel/Record buttons being pushed off the bottom when the program description is too long, how about putting the buttons at the top of the dialogue, there seems to be a far bit of blank space at the top anyway ?

Are there plans to have a "manage recordings" option ?

Marcus

[bgowland]

After initially launching nDroid if I change channel listing then every program I click on bring up the correct details but with the the initial channels name not the newly selected channel name.

Right you are - will fix for next release.

Another suggestion (not a bug) would be to make the popup program details always full width of screen (instead of collapsing to a narrow width if the decsription is short) and make the "Close" & "Record" buttons bigger and wider apart. At the moment I find its too easy to hit the wrong button with my fat fingers :p

With regards the Cancel/Record buttons being pushed off the bottom when the program description is too long, how about putting the buttons at the top of the dialogue, there seems to be a far bit of blank space at the top anyway ?

The popups were/are a bit of a hack just to get something functional for a release of 1.2.x and are a work in progress.

The 'record' popup has always been full width for 1.2.x but I never got around to it with the details popup (until earlier today for next release so I'm ahead of you on that one ). The buttons definitely need work from a layout (spacing) point of view but I can't put them at the top with these popups (long story cut short, part of the hack, that gap is dead space I can't use). I've fixed the long description causing the buttons to be forced off the bottom by making the description box scrollable which will hopefully suffice in the short term. I'll aim to review the popups completely in the near future.

Are there plans to have a "manage recordings" option ?

Yes at some point hopefully when the app is as stable/usable as I can get it in this form. I have a number of ideas/plans but need a stable base first.

Cheers,
Brian

[BrettB]

OK, so now that we're moving on to wishlist items, I'll add mine:

• When first opening, go to the current time on the current day.
  
• When selecting another day, stay in the same time range. (i.e. if I have scrolled to "prime time" show me "prime time" on the newly selected day)
  
• On the details pop-up screen, the background is a little bit transparent letting the schedule text show through. I think that makes it harder to read and looks "dirty." I would prefer for the background to be totally opaque.
  
• Have a screen that lists (all of?) the upcoming pending recordings.
  
• Be able to enter 2 IP addresses to be used: a LAN one and a WAN one. When starting, the application would determine if there is a wifi connection and if its IP address is on the same (sub-)network as the LAN address in the config. If so, it would connect to the LAN IP address. If not, it would use the WAN IP address. This way it could be used at home, directly via the wifi and from any other location via the cellular data network.
  
• Eventually, a schedule/guide by time slots across the top and channels down the side.
  
• Even more eventually: add some of the functionality from the System plug-in like displaying free disk space and current tuner status
  

[bgowland]

OK, so now that we're moving on to wishlist items, I'll add mine:

Wishlist items always welcome - some of your list are already on my todo list and I'll bear the others in mind for future development.

BTW, unfortunately the icons you provided don't really work on the phone screen as the text tends to get lost and isn't particularly clear. I am going to use the transparent background one temporarily for a splash screen in the next release later today as I need something relevant to fill a space. Long term, however, I feel it needs something a little simpler. I was wondering about the Android with an 'n' in a circle on it's chest. Basically the same icon the npvr systray app uses. What do you think?

Anybody else with icon/logo suggestion are welcome to sugest things if you have the time/interest/inclination.

[BrettB]

BTW, unfortunately the icons you provided don't really work on the phone screen as the text tends to get lost and isn't particularly clear. I am going to use the transparent background one temporarily for a splash screen in the next release later today as I need something relevant to fill a space. Long term, however, I feel it needs something a little simpler. I was wondering about the Android with an 'n' in a circle on it's chest. Basically the same icon the npvr systray app uses.

You could try these and see how they look.

[bgowland]

Thanks - I'll try them out.

[bgowland]

Well basically what the title says.

From the version history...

2011-03-15 23:25

• Update to nDroid client moving the 'first run' file downloads to a splash screen activity

• Update to nDroid client to the programme 'details' popup to restrict the description text to a scrolling text view to prevent Record/Cancel buttons being pushed out of the popup window

• Update to nDroid client and nDroidService to correctly check for .jpg, .png and .gif channel logo files. Also corrected handling at the download stage when no logos have been found and the logos.zip file isn't created

• Update to nDroid client to fix password hash bug

I've also added an nDroid app icon and also the same image to the splash screen (thanks goes to BrettB). Possibly a work in progress but looking OK on my 3.7in 480x800 screen - I'd be interested in how they look on different screen formats.

[BrettB]

Well basically what the title says.

Working well for me. The icon looks good on my Atrix. I haven't try changing my password yet.

[agerdin]

bgowland,

Im not sure where we stand on the time issue, but I am still experiencing problems. A show that starts 21:00 in my EPG is showing as 22:00 on nDroid.

Im running the following versions:

Code:

LATEST CLIENT VERSION: v1.2.6
LAST UPDATE: 2011-03-15 23:25

LATEST SERVICE VERSION: v1.1.4090.20355
LAST UPDATE: 2011-03-15 23:25

\\Agerdin