Cant' deploy Android app after renaming the project

[John Kouraklis 94]

Hi,

 

I create a new FMX app, select Android as the target platform and the device, I hit Run (and/or with Debug) and all works fine. The app is deployed correctly to the device and launched.

 

Then, I save the form and again all works fine.

 

Then, I save the project and then the IDE can not build/deploy it. I get the following message:

[PAClient Error] Error: E2312 C:\****\AndroidManifest.xml:20: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'resizeableActivity' in package 'android'

 

Even if I rename the project back to Project1, it does not work.

 

After inspecting the manifest files, the IDE adds this line android:resizeableActivity="false" which is not added when I run a new project.

 

Now, it appears that the AndroidManifest.template includes the same line but it doesn't cause problems until I save a project.

 

If I delete the line from the template, all works fine.

 

Anyone knows why that line generates an error?

 

Thx

 

 

[Dalija Prasnikar 1396]

android:resizeableActivity was added in API 24 if your target API or SDK platform is lower than that version that resource identifier will not be recognized.

[John Kouraklis 94]

@Dalija Prasnikar Actually it is API 23...

 

Thx

 

 

[Dalija Prasnikar 1396]

8 hours ago, John Kouraklis said:

@Dalija Prasnikar Actually it is API 23...

Well, then Android doc got it wrong 😉 https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#resizeableActivity

[John Kouraklis 94]

How does the IDE find the SDK version?

 

I've got the Android SDK from google directly and there are folders for different SDK versions (23, 24, ...) depending on the installation.

 

When I create a new SDK manager and point to say version 23, the IDE reads the version as 26.1.1.32

 

 

[Dalija Prasnikar 1396]

7 hours ago, John Kouraklis said:

How does the IDE find the SDK version?

 

I've got the Android SDK from google directly and there are folders for different SDK versions (23, 24, ...) depending on the installation.

 

When I create a new SDK manager and point to say version 23, the IDE reads the version as 26.1.1.32

That value 26.1.1 seems to be hard coded somewhere and is basically meaningless. What you need to do is go to SDK Manager, and under SDK choose appropriate platform folder:

 

SDK API level location

C:\.....\sdk\platforms\android-28

[John Kouraklis 94]

4 hours ago, Dalija Prasnikar said:

SDK API level location

C:\.....\sdk\platforms\android-28

That's what I have pointing to android-23

 

But the compiler adds the resizableActivity, which means it detects a version higher than 23. 

 

All the other folders expect the SDK API point to the latest tools (eg. adb, aapt, etc.) 

[Dalija Prasnikar 1396]

41 minutes ago, John Kouraklis said:

That's what I have pointing to android-23

 

You need at least 24

 

41 minutes ago, John Kouraklis said:

But the compiler adds the resizableActivity, which means it detects a version higher than 23. 

Nobody is detecting anything. Delphi IDE adds that automatically because you need to target at least API 26 (now 28) and Delphi does not support resizeableActivity (AFAIK) so it must explicitly set it to False. Default value if it is not explicitly set is True.

Why it adds it after you save project and not before, that is another story.

[John Kouraklis 94]

The wizard that adds a SDK must look up some values because it generates a version for the SDK

 

[Dalija Prasnikar 1396]

14 hours ago, John Kouraklis said:

The wizard that adds a SDK must look up some values because it generates a version for the SDK

 

It's logic is mystery to me... it always chooses 26.1.1 for me and I have platforms from 19-28 installed. Why it picks 26 instead of 28?

[John Kouraklis 94]

@Dalija Prasnikar Yeah, I noticed that too.

 

Only when I installed the SDK from GetIt it shows 25.2.5