Problems with Android builds?

MentalDonkeyGames

I just released a new game for Android, and i noticed that there is often a problem when trying to start the game.

It behaves much like a while ago when there was a bug that caused Android games to crash when trying to launch the app the second time. Only this time it just shows a black screen.

I know GS fixed the earlier bug, but could this be another bug on GS side?

It´s not every time, but VERY often. If you exit the app, launch again, exit the app, launch again... It might start again.

I´ve got feedback from couple of people that are experiencing this too.
I use Android 4.4.2, and one person said he has 5.0.2.

I updated the Android SDK before publishing.
I also tried the "blank scene" trick, where i had a blank scene for a second at the beginning of the game. That did not help.

I already opened a support ticket, but since it´s the weekends, i doubt they´ll answer for a while.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Any ideas?

RedRobo

Yes I experienced something similar recently but I solved it by having a 1 second blank screen at the start.

It does seem very glitchy though as I get a couple of screens kind of flashing at the start. It's always a relief when it actually starts properly.

I think there is obviously a bug here somewhere and it would be good if Gamesalad could look into it or comment on why so many of us are having issues on apps crashing on start-up recently.

MentalDonkeyGames

@strag Great to hear i´m not the only one!

the 1 second blank scene did not work for me.

I already got a response from GS that my Support Ticket is going to be checked by the QA team, but since it´s a weekend now, I´ll have to wait till monday / tuesday for further info on this.

RedRobo

I also registered a bug report recently so hopefully they will get on to it soon.

QASalad

It looks to be an issue with Google IAP. Crash no longer occurs when it's disabled via publishing. Wrote a bug for it here: http://bugs.gamesalad.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1275

MentalDonkeyGames

@QASalad Great to hear that you found the issue!
This is probably an impossible question to answer, but any idea when this will be fixed?

QASalad

@NipaDidIt said:
QASalad Great to hear that you found the issue!
This is probably an impossible question to answer, but any idea when this will be fixed?

Hopefully ASAP