drawText() positioning differences between Edge520 device and simulator

Hi there,

I've discovered a difference between how text is positioned with drawText() in the simulator vs. an actual device. In this case, I've been using an Edge 520 (as it's the only device I have).
I can lay things out exactly where I want them in the simulator, only to find that they are slightly off on the actual Edge 520 device, as per the pictures attached. Now, maybe it could be argued it's only slightly out, but when you're trying to squeeze the biggest fonts you can into a tiny space, every pixel counts.

In my case, what I've found is that if I add 3 pixels to the Y coordinates and 2 pixels to the X coordinates for the device ONLY, then it displays as expected, but I have to not add these values when in the simulator. It's quite frustrating. fillRectangle() and drawArc() do not exhibit the same behaviour, clearly its related to the font rendering.

Also, there is a difference between what the simulator says is the height of an Edge 520 cell (52 or 53 pixels depending on which cell), vs. 51 or 52 pixels in the actual device.

Is it a bug?

Thanks,
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Coleman.Apps over 7 years ago

Hey,

I was able to reproduce this. I've filed a ticket to address it.

Thanks,
-Coleman

el34rob over 7 years ago

Terrific! Thanks very much.

el34rob over 7 years ago

Is there anyway of finding out the status of weretech-4974?
I'd really like to wait till that's addressed before making any visual changes in my apps.

Coleman.Apps over 7 years ago

el34rob2,

This ticket has been pulled into another larger effort to address several issues regarding some discrepancies between sim and device with special attention given to fonts and text. Thanks for reaching out.

-Coleman

el34rob over 7 years ago

Thanks for responding Coleman. Does that mean we might see those tickets in a 2.4.X release??...

cjm007 over 6 years ago

The same problem occurs for the Edge 1000

jim_m_58 over 6 years ago

cjm007 - Which SDK? 2.4.5 was released last Thursday, as was a 3.0.0 beta

el34rob over 6 years ago

Hi Jim, it's still happening as at 2.4.5. Haven't tried 3.0.0 yet - having issues getting existing projects to compile under 3.0.0.

Coleman.Apps over 6 years ago

Hello,

I wanted to give an update. I don't see this as fixed yet, but it does look like something we are hoping to get fixed in one of the 3.x releases.

Thanks,
- Coleman

el34rob over 6 years ago

Thanks Coleman.

Not sure if I read correctly, but I'm sure I saw somewhere that the older Edge devices, like the 520 and 1000 won't be seeing a firmware update to be able to run a 3.x release. Is that right? If so, it means this problem will never be fixed for the device I reported the problem on, unless the problem is with the simulator (I don't know).