can't see the letters

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I install the keyword(version 12) on archos 7 v2 with android 2.2.1 . And i 
don't see the letters of the keybord (it's all look like ".")
Thanks

Original issue reported on code.google.com by levit...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2012 at 12:50

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Version (1.)12 is ancient, can you try version 1.29?

Which language and layout are you using?

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2012 at 4:55

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I installed th 1.29 version. With only english language.
Same problem - all letters looks like "."

Original comment by levit...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2012 at 9:13

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I'm still not sure what's going on here. Could you try changing the label 
scaling to 800% to see if it's just drawing them at a really tiny size?

Does it affect all keys, including numbers, text labels such as "Alt", and 
symbols such as the shift key's arrow? Is the key background still visible 
normally?

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 21 Jan 2012 at 4:52

• Changed state: Accepted

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I have similar problem on ICS 4.0.3 on Nook color

First screenshot is Gingerbread layout, and second one is ICS but with key 
label scaling adjusted to 800%

Original comment by dpavlin on 22 Jan 2012 at 1:09

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• ics-screenshot.png
• ics-key-label-scaling-800.png

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Very odd, thanks for the screenshots. This confirms that it's a scaling issue, 
though I'm unsure why the scaling would be so drastically wrong on this device. 
I'll look for a workaround.

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2012 at 10:35

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It seems that label scaling is dependent on opengl availability on android. 
After upgrading to newer opengl enabled build key labels are visible at 100%  
zoom.

Original comment by dpavlin on 7 Feb 2012 at 11:10

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• Screenshot_2012-02-07-12-09-05.png

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Last screenshot didn't include keyboard, sorry

Original comment by dpavlin on 7 Feb 2012 at 11:16

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• Screenshot_2012-02-07-12-14-11.png

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Hello! I have the same issue with a Onda V972 Tablet (9.7" 2048x1536 Display 
Resolution, 264 PPI, Android lcd.density 280 DPI): the letters are too small 
even at 800% label zoom. Is possible to add more zoom option (maybe up to 
2000%)?

Original comment by Dinasty2...@gmail.com on 12 May 2013 at 12:01

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For me and my Onda V972 Hacker's Keyboard has this problem since I updated to 
Android 4.2.2

@dpavlin, how did you upgrade opengl and to what version of opengl did you 
upgrade?

Original comment by Frank.Kl...@gmail.com on 20 May 2013 at 5:44

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I can confirm that I get the same issue with the latest Onda v972 firmware 
update
(running on a Onda v971).

As mentioned above, increasing the max zoom level works as a workaround.
Below is the one-liner that does that, and a value of around 6000% seems to be 
suitable.

diff -r 9ff3ccbf154f java/res/xml/prefs_view.xml
--- a/java/res/xml/prefs_view.xml       Tue Jan 22 22:10:15 2013 -0800
+++ b/java/res/xml/prefs_view.xml       Thu May 23 00:07:07 2013 +0300
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard.SeekBarPreferenceString
             android:defaultValue="1.0"
             hk:minValue="0.5"
-            hk:maxValue="8.0"
+            hk:maxValue="100.0"
             hk:logScale="true"
             hk:asPercent="true"
             android:key="pref_label_scale"

Original comment by stefan.j...@gmail.com on 22 May 2013 at 9:11

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Hi Stefan.j
Please could you explain step by step how to set the zoom level to 6000%?
Thanks

Original comment by richyle...@gmail.com on 16 Jun 2013 at 7:23

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Saw the page https://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/wiki/BuildingFromSource 
and figured it out :)

I set the parameter in the xml file as above
hk:maxValue="100.0"

I have no compiled my first Android App :)
Hope this helps someone and hope it makes it into an official release some 
time, cant see why not. It's useful for us with high resolution devices!

Original comment by richyle...@gmail.com on 17 Jun 2013 at 3:25

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Can you publish that app someweher? So i can use the bigger caption characters 
too on the onda v972. 

Original comment by freddy.g...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2013 at 6:42

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I've published an apk of the changes suggested by stefan.j...@gmail.com as I 
had to make it anyway (also have an onda v972). Here you go 
http://charlieharvey.org.uk/page/hackers_keyboard_tiny_key_labels_v972/ . Note 
it is built in debug mode and not signed.  

Original comment by namespac...@gmail.com on 16 Aug 2013 at 9:31

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Thank you very much!!

Original comment by freddy.g...@gmail.com on 20 Aug 2013 at 10:05