App using ALFmxVideoPlayer in infinite loop crashing when deployed.

[GerryDazoo]

I'm trying to get an raw http H264 stream to play but my app goes into an infinite loop crashing and restarting when I try running it on my Pixel 6. I've stripped everything out of the app except for a definition of a TALVideoPlayerSurface. If I remove that the app does run. Here's the logs

01-17 09:35:29.403 1752 1791 I ActivityManager: Start proc 16113:com.embarcadero.SPAndroid/u0a68 for top-activity {com.embarcadero.SPAndroid/com.embarcadero.firemonkey.FMXNativeActivity} 01-17 09:35:29.417 16113 16113 I adero.SPAndroid: Late-enabling -Xcheck:jni 01-17 09:35:29.482 16113 16113 W ziparchive: Unable to open '/data/app/~~ELmicTkdqn-FNBo8wr7TVg==/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid-E5u1C0yWIx_f452VLaNeFQ==/base.dm': No such file or directory 01-17 09:35:29.482 16113 16113 W ziparchive: Unable to open '/data/app/~~ELmicTkdqn-FNBo8wr7TVg==/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid-E5u1C0yWIx_f452VLaNeFQ==/base.dm': No such file or directory 01-17 09:35:29.537 16113 16113 D nativeloader: Configuring classloader-namespace for other apk /data/app/~~ELmicTkdqn-FNBo8wr7TVg==/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid-E5u1C0yWIx_f452VLaNeFQ==/base.apk. target_sdk_version=29, uses_libraries=, library_path=/data/app/~~ELmicTkdqn-FNBo8wr7TVg==/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid-E5u1C0yWIx_f452VLaNeFQ==/lib/arm64:/data/app/~~ELmicTkdqn-FNBo8wr7TVg==/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid-E5u1C0yWIx_f452VLaNeFQ==/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, permitted_path=/data:/mnt/expand:/data/user/0/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid 01-17 09:35:29.545 16113 16113 V GraphicsEnvironment: ANGLE Developer option for 'com.embarcadero.SPAndroid' set to: 'default' 01-17 09:35:29.545 16113 16113 V GraphicsEnvironment: ANGLE GameManagerService for com.embarcadero.SPAndroid: false 01-17 09:35:29.553 16113 16130 D vulkan : searching for layers in '/data/app/~~ELmicTkdqn-FNBo8wr7TVg==/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid-E5u1C0yWIx_f452VLaNeFQ==/lib/arm64' 01-17 09:35:29.553 16113 16130 D vulkan : searching for layers in '/data/app/~~ELmicTkdqn-FNBo8wr7TVg==/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid-E5u1C0yWIx_f452VLaNeFQ==/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a' 01-17 09:35:29.577 16113 16113 W linker : Warning: "/data/app/~~ELmicTkdqn-FNBo8wr7TVg==/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid-E5u1C0yWIx_f452VLaNeFQ==/lib/arm64/libSPAndroid.so" unused DT entry: DT_RPATH (type 0xf arg 0xf062) (ignoring) 01-17 09:35:29.819 1752 2510 I ActivityManager: Process com.embarcadero.SPAndroid (pid 16113) has died: fg TOP

Here's the code:
`unit SlingerAndroid;

interface

uses
System.SysUtils, System.Types, System.UITypes, System.Classes, System.Variants,
FMX.Types, FMX.Controls, FMX.Forms, FMX.Graphics, FMX.Dialogs,
FMX.Controls.Presentation, FMX.StdCtrls,
FMX.Objects, ALFmxObjects,
ALFmxVideoPlayer;

type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Button1: TButton;
VP: TALVideoPlayerSurface;
procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{ Public declarations }
end;

var
Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.fmx}

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
VP.VideoPlayer.prepare('http://192.168.117.113:65432/sb/500');
end;

end.`

Any insights would be appreciated. When I saw those can't open file errors I made sure the App had all permissions enabled. I also had to comment this out in the application manifest to get it to compile
<!-- android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"> -->

I'm using the latest community edition Sydney 10.4.2 with all the default SDK/NDK installed.

[Zeus64]

Hi, Can you try with the Alexandria version and also update the alcinoe repository ? because now we use the very last version of Exoplayer. To start can you try if everything work fine with the demo : https://github.com/MagicFoundation/Alcinoe/tree/master/Demos/ALFmxControls

[GerryDazoo]

Thanks for the quick reply. I did get the new InitEnvironment.bat file. I'll checkout the latest and give it another try.
However I'm not keen on giving MR. Embarcadareo money for an update to Alexandria.
I download the orig on Saturday. I think that had the latest in it.

[GerryDazoo]

FYI. It's failing in same way with the latest code from GitHub.

[Zeus64]

can you try with https://github.com/MagicFoundation/Alcinoe/tree/master/Demos/ALFmxControls if it's failed also ? unable to open '/data/app/~~ELmicTkdqn-FNBo8wr7TVg==/com.embarcadero.SPAndroid-E5u1C0yWIx_f452VLaNeFQ==/base.dm': No such file or directory look like you do not deploy correctly the file

[GerryDazoo]

I must have missed something after downloading the latest. My app is still compiling and failing. As far a not deploying it properly, all I'm doing is pressing the "Run" button in Delphi. But I can't get the demo to compile, I'm getting this error.
[Exec Error] The command "PATH C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-8.0.242.08-hotspot\bin;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\InterBase\redist\InterBase2020\IDE_spoof;C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.15.10-hotspot\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\Bpl;C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin64;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\Bpl\Win64;C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-8.0.242.08-hotspot\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\21.0\bin;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\21.0\Bpl;C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\21.0\bin64;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\21.0\Bpl\Win64;C:\Python311\Scripts\;C:\Python311\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\;C:\Users\GerryD\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\GerryD\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;c:\cygwin64\bin;C:\Users\GerryD\AppData\Roaming\npm;; & set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-8.0.242.08-hotspot& "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\21.0\CatalogRepository\AndroidSDK-2525-21.0.40680.4203\build-tools\28.0.2\dx.bat" --dex --output="C:\Alcinoe\Demos\ALFmxControls\Android64\Debug\androidx.core-core-1.7.0-dexed.jar" "C:\Alcinoe\Demos\ALFmxControls\_source\android\Merged\libs\androidx.core-core-1.7.0.jar"" exited with code 2.

I've signed up with Embarcadero for the 30 day Alexandria trial. I'll give that a try soon.

[Zeus64]

yes please try with Alexandria

[GerryDazoo]

With Alexandria, The demo gets 99% of the way through but then fails trying to load the apk to my Pixel 6, I'm getting this dialog box."

Most of that text is coming from the Pixel based on the logcat output.

The demo version doesn't support command line compiling so I had to manually run the builds.

PS. MY phone is running Android 13.

[Zeus64]

can you post here the content of the AndroidManifest.template.xml ?

[GerryDazoo]

This is the one from C:\Alcinoe\Demos\ALFmxControls_source\AndroidManifest.template.xml.
AndroidManifest.template.zip

I had to zip it because Mr. github wouldn't display the xml file correctly

[Zeus64]

can you try delete it and let delphi recreate it when you rebuild the app ?

[GerryDazoo]

Sure. But it might be tomorrow before I can get back to this, In the meantime, I've scrounged up an old Galaxy S10 to see if it will run on an older Android version.

[Zeus64]

yes sure just say me the result when you will have it done

[GerryDazoo]

Good news and bad news. After deleting the manifest your demo program ran on the S10e and the Pixel 6. Yeah.
Bad news, for some reason, all the Alcinoe controls are greyed out when I opened up a new Android64 project. Interestingly, if I change the platform to Win32, they're there and I can move them to my project.
I did compile the bpl and removed and reinstalled the package. I'm guessing I'm missing something in one of my paths..This is the path config for my Android64 platform.

And here's the paths for my Win32 Platform

[Zeus64]

OK, I see where is the bug regarding component grayed, I will made a correction in the following hours

[GerryDazoo]

THX. Off topic have you gotten your stuff to run on a FireStrick?

[Zeus64]

Can you update the repository and try again ? normally you also do no need to delete the androidmanifest I also corrected it

[Zeus64]

Ouch, but you are in the wrong folder :( stay where your source are located (C:\sb\SlingerPlayer\Android_Version?) not where the binary will be builded. you can put the call to androidmerger everywhere you want but not where the android will build the binary (that a non sense what you did).

[GerryDazoo]

Your Demo had the merge file here
C:\Alcinoe\Demos\ALFmxControls_source\android\MergeLibraries.bat
There is no such folder "_sources" in the default directory tree for my app. There is an android folder but it was empty. There is an Android64 folder that had the project name folder, in my case "SPAndroid" like your example was needing. So I put the batch file there and ran it.
If I put the merge batch file where my source is located it won't find the required folder like your line 5 is referencing. So do I need to change that from
set Libraries=%ALBaseDir%\ALFmxControlsApp
to set Libraries=.\Android64\debug\SPAndroid ?

[GerryDazoo]

Can you tell me what a .POM file is that your utility is looking for and failing to find in my case?

[Zeus64]

ouch :( I named the directory Android like I can name it "Toto".
name the directory MyAndroidStuff for exemple and don't touch your .\Android64\debug\SPAndroid, even your .\Android64 at all in fact it's the directory that delphi generate (and clear) to put in it all the binary it's will build regarding your app

[GerryDazoo]

Yeah! It running now. Sorry about all the time you needed to sort me out. I guess I'm not as smart as I thought I was.

[Zeus64]

what is FireStrick?

[GerryDazoo]

Amazon Firestick. Plugs into HDMI input for your TV and turns it into a "smart" TV.

[Zeus64]

I do not know, maybe , never tried

[kabiri]

Hello dear @Zeus64
I finally succeeded and installed it, and your demo program ran.
I created a project from scratch and added the jar files as well, but the program stops with a compilation error.
‍‍‍‍‍‍

[PAClient Error] Error: E7688 Unable to execute '"C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.15.10-hotspot\bin\java.exe" -cp "c:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0\bin\Android\r8-3.3.28.jar" com.android.tools.r8.D8 --release --min-api 23 --output "D:\Projects\Delphi\D11\PlayerTest\Android64\Debug\PlayerTest.classes" @"D:\Projects\Delphi\D11\PlayerTest\Android64\Debug\dex_list.txt"' (Error 1)

[Zeus64]

can you try in a command prompt to run

C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.15.10-hotspot\bin\java.exe" -cp "c:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0\bin\Android\r8-3.3.28.jar" com.android.tools.r8.D8 --release --min-api 23 --output "D:\Projects\Delphi\D11\PlayerTest\Android64\Debug\PlayerTest.classes" @"D:\Projects\Delphi\D11\PlayerTest\Android64\Debug\dex_list.txt"

[kabiri]

can you try in a command prompt to run

C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.15.10-hotspot\bin\java.exe" -cp "c:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0\bin\Android\r8-3.3.28.jar" com.android.tools.r8.D8 --release --min-api 23 --output "D:\Projects\Delphi\D11\PlayerTest\Android64\Debug\PlayerTest.classes" @"D:\Projects\Delphi\D11\PlayerTest\Android64\Debug\dex_list.txt"

I disabled all default libraries except for fmx.dex.jar and the App ran on Android without any problems.
i find java.exe in C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.15.10-hotspot\bin
and r8-3.3.28.jar in c:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0\bin\Android\

i run this in cmd
java.exe" -cp "c:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0\bin\Android\r8-3.3.28.jar" com.android.tools.r8.D8 --release --min-api 23
and don't show error