bitmap error: Ubuntu 20.04

Former Member over 4 years ago

Ok, I've given this a real shot, but I feel like I'm either missing something obvious, or there's something else afoot.

I can't load a bitmap. The error is obtuse. I know it's finding the png in the path, if I change it, monkeydo's sanity checker bails early.

Error: Invalid Resource Specified
Details: Failed invoking <symbol>
Stack:
- setBitmap() at D:\grmn\prj\di\ciq\toolchain\mbsimulator\submodules\technology\monkeybrains\virtual-machine\api\WatchUi.mb:4266 0x30004326
- initialize() at D:\grmn\prj\di\ciq\toolchain\mbsimulator\submodules\technology\monkeybrains\virtual-machine\api\WatchUi.mb:4181 0x30004124
- AboutLayout() at Rez:66 0x10003890
- onLayout() at /home/mahlon/tmp/connectiq-tester/source/AboutView.mc:13 0x100022cc
Encountered an app crash

The layout piece I'm loading is simply this:

If I replace the bitmap with a label, everything is fine. I can't tell if I'm doing something blatantly incorrect, or if it's an artifact of my environment.

Has anyone using linux encountered this? Suggestions/advice welcome.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

I should have said: This happens under 3.2.4 and 4.0.0-preview.

0 jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Are you trying to access the bitmap while in a background service or a glance view? It needs to be scoped in resources if that's the case.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Hiya Jim. This is in an App that invokes a WatchUI.View. For the moment I'm trying to make this a "hello world" thing, there's very little moving parts.

0 jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

post the code where you are trying to load/use the bitmap. In eclipse, if you do "File>New>Connect IQ project" and select a widget, you get a simple project that loads a bitmap as part of a layout. Try that.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Good advice, thanks! Even the widget "demo" bombs with this:

Error: System Error
Stack:
Encountered an app crash.

On a hunch, I reinstalled everything in a Windows environment, and both the demo and my code work fine. I'm not operating in a Windows world though, so this seems like there's definitely an issue with Ubuntu specifically. Compiling and simulator are all good until that bitmap tag.

0 jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Do a bug report indicating the version of everything where you see the failure and how you can reproduce it using the widget template. It's easier to find if they have a way to reproduce it.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Will do.

One more experiment: If I compile it on windows, then run it on Ubuntu -- it's fine. So something in the monkeyc step. Filing a bug.

0 jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Sounds like the resource compiler to me. You using the 3.2.4 SDK, correct?

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Figured it out, ended up being simple (just wish it was more obvious) -- I neglected to pass a target device (-d) to monkeyc. Once doing so, it comes right up.