Test Target for my 7in tablet is greyed out

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Test Target for my 7in tablet is greyed out

Post by abanowBUSTfGf » Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:22 am

I have developed my app on the 10in Android tablet but when I plug in
a new 7in tablet the Test Target is greyed out. I have checked the USB debugging
box prior to this but to no avail.
Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Test Target for my 7in tablet is greyed out

Post by Simon » Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:55 pm

I find that in Preferences > Mobile Support, liveCode loses the location of the sdk often, which results in Test Target being grey.
Actually way too often.

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Re: Test Target for my 7in tablet is greyed out

Post by abanowBUSTfGf » Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:41 am

I tried that but still no luck. Any other suggestions? Tx.

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Re: Test Target for my 7in tablet is greyed out

Post by Simon » Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:54 am

Only silly stuff like, do you have all the drivers installed?
Can you "browse" the device? As in, is the computer recognizing the device?

My Android came with backup software and only after that was installed did liveCode recognize it.

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Re: Test Target for my 7in tablet is greyed out

Post by jacque » Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:21 pm

Try navigating to the .android folder in your home directory “~/.android” (Linux,Mac OS) or c:\Documents and Settings[User Name].android in windows XP or C:\Users.android in windows Vista or Windows 7, and delete debug.keystore file. That's an invisible folder on Mac so if you are on that platform you'll need to use Terminal to delete it.

Another thing to try is to choose "sign for development" when selecting a certificate in standalone settings.

LiveCode can only see what adb sees, so you can test whether adb has mounted your Nexus by using terminal commands. Let us know if you need those.
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Re: Test Target for my 7in tablet is greyed out

Post by abanowBUSTfGf » Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:39 am

I've tried everything suggested so far. My Android 7inch in "Settings" has just the USB debugging checked and nothing else.
I've incapacitated the debug.keystore file by renaming it as debug.keystoreOLD. The drivers are installed for
the 7in and I can browse through device files, subdirectories etc. using windows explorer. I've even signed
in for development only.
But I still get the old "Unknown Deployment Platform" when I try to test the app and the
Test and Test Target are still grayed out.
Any more suggestions? Thanks.

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Re: Test Target for my 7in tablet is greyed out

Post by Simon » Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:33 am

Ok, backup... Can you test this on the sim?
With the ADV active, Test and Test Target should be available. Is that what you see?

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