Force Closes on Android 2.2 (Froyo)

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Choose Scandinavian Keyboard as preferred input method
2. Hilight a text input

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The keyboard force closes.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.4.2 on Android 2.2

Please provide any additional information below.
See logcat for, what I believe is a, complete log.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by j.larsson1 on 22 May 2010 at 8:54

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I'm aware of the problem and will release an update as soon as I fix it.

Original comment by trygv...@gmail.com on 22 May 2010 at 9:07

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Thanks, when fixed i promise to donate :D Seriously you could put it as a payed 
app!
its super good.

Original comment by denni...@gmail.com on 22 May 2010 at 9:11

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Well. A paid app and Scandinavian customers doesn't sound very smart. 
Unfortunately. 

Original comment by Jonas.Ho...@gmail.com on 22 May 2010 at 10:25

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i know i know, but seriously this app is a requirement for most nordics. imagine
getting only the lowest price on market for this app, how much that would 
generate
for the continued development. Also paid apps in scandinavia using english sim 
and
wifi at home... bought cheap on ebay uk.

Original comment by denni...@gmail.com on 22 May 2010 at 11:26

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Let me know if you need a tester for dk keyboard?

Original comment by stuntst...@gmail.com on 22 May 2010 at 11:37

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Sadly, I can confirm this bug.

Original comment by lahdekorpi on 23 May 2010 at 7:43

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I agree the importance of the app for all Nordic users. I should have donated 
earlier 
but I did it now and encourage all to do the same.

Original comment by ttnu...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 8:17

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Made my 4USD donation as a motivation, it's not much, but I hope others do the 
same :)

Original comment by lahdekorpi on 25 May 2010 at 8:20

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Doesn't work for me. If I uninstall dictionary it works randomly, but not 
always.

Original comment by johan.fr...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 9:09

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Same here, uninstall/reinstall doesnt help but 
with removing dic works for a couple of strokes. 
I'm using Nexus One.

Original comment by ttnu...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 9:29

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Well, this was a downside!
Hope for an upgrade soon, so I can use norwegian wovels again!

Original comment by drot...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 11:35

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This seems to work (it is without dict):
http://www.mediafire.com/?nmowvx2fyqz

(I wonder who made it though?)

Original comment by johan.fr...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 3:22

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Works nice thx 

Original comment by kennethw...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 3:28

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You're correct that it's the dictionary that doesn't work. The dictionary is 
read by 
a native library that won't load in Froyo. Unfortunately, I don't know much 
about 
native libraries, so I haven't managed to fix it yet.

I found out that disabling the dictionary fixed the force closing, so I made 
the 
version that johan.frick links to, and sent it to another person I was in 
discussion 
with. Sorry I forgot to upload it here.

I'm currently making a version that only disables the dictionary when using 
Froyo, 
so I will release an update in the Market tonight. That version should work 
fine, 
except that the dictionaries don't work. The user dictionary still works 
though. You 
will be able to upgrade to this version from both the current version in 
Market, and 
the version johan.frick links to.

I will of course continue trying to fix the dictionary. When the source code 
for 
Froyo is released, it should be easier.

Thanks for all the donations.

Original comment by trygv...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 5:55

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Thanks, that works fine! 

I'm of course still waiting for the fix, need the 
dictionary quite much to speed the typing :) And 
I'll keep donating.

Original comment by ttnu...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 6:36

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Use the swedish by Makus Kilås. There you've got æøå

Original comment by geiw...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 6:47

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The one by Makus Kilås has quite a bad rating, I wouldn't recommend it.

Original comment by johan.fr...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 7:31

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Tried it.
It's laggy, low resolution and has some really weird text jumping bugs.

Original comment by lahdekorpi on 25 May 2010 at 7:34

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I have now released a version to Market that disables the dictionary on Froyo. 
This 
fixes the force close issue, so you can at least use the keyboard. I will keep 
working on fixing the dictionary.

Original comment by trygv...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 1:11

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Nice work Trygve :)

However, i was using the mic on the keyboard, is it possible to get it back when
using your keyboard?

Original comment by danielko...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 7:40

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Could you try and rebuild the dictionary library with the newest ndk, and load 
that 
into it.
I got some problems trying.

Original comment by dunston_...@hackthedot.dk on 26 May 2010 at 10:32

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I have tried it, however, it has a lot of dependencies on system classes and 
libraries so it won't compile. I haven't been able to resolve the dependencies 
yet.

The library that's in use now is compiled by compiling the Android source, and 
not 
the NDK, so when the source for Froyo is released, I will try to compile with 
that.

Original comment by trygv...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 10:42

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Hopefully the fix is close now that the source is dropped... 
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/06/froyo-code-drop.html

Original comment by paul.nyh...@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2010 at 9:59

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Indeed.. this app is great, but not so much without dictionaries :)

Original comment by christho...@gmail.com on 28 Jun 2010 at 7:58

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Hej Trygve! 
Do you have any estimated deliverytime of the dictionary now that the source is 
released? 
thanx for a great app!

Original comment by SheckEx...@gmail.com on 29 Jun 2010 at 6:14

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Seems the project is dead - any one else who can compile the source against the 
android source ? 

There is a project named "Any softkeyboard" - use that until its fixed :)

Original comment by dunston_...@hackthedot.dk on 6 Jul 2010 at 9:37

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The project is not dead. The dev just went on a vacation. He plan to do a big 
update of the source though it seems, bringing in the new features from the 2.2 
keyboard for supported devices. Even if it might take some time, the project 
certainly isn't dead. :)

Original comment by blunden2 on 9 Jul 2010 at 7:34

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Sorry for being away such a long time, but first I had exams, and then 
vacation, so I didn't have time to work on this. I have just started now, and I 
will make a working version with the new features from the Froyo keyboard. 
Don't know how long time it will take, but hopefully within the next week, or 
at least in two weeks time.

Original comment by trygv...@gmail.com on 9 Jul 2010 at 8:09

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I'm going to port the features from the Froyo keyboard to Froyo users, but I 
still want to have the keyboard compatible with Android 1.5 and 1.6, and it 
seems that will be a bit more work than I thought. So it may take a while 
before I'm finished with this.

Fortunately I found out it's really easy to fix the issue with the dictionary 
in Froyo now that the source is released. So I will release a fix for that 
today, and then it might take a while before next update, which will be based 
on Froyo keyboard (I'm going away on vacation again in 2 weeks, so if I'm not 
finished then, it will take over a month. Sorry about that, but that's how it 
is in vacation time, with only one developer.)

Original comment by trygv...@gmail.com on 10 Jul 2010 at 2:43

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Sounds great trygveaa! I know how it is being the only developer and don't 
worry, take your time. Hope you have a great and relaxing vacation and thanks 
for a great job with the app!

Original comment by jesper.d...@gmail.com on 10 Jul 2010 at 3:05

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I released the fix now, so I can finally close this issue.

Original comment by trygv...@gmail.com on 10 Jul 2010 at 3:23

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