Hi

Thanks for your response, that was very helpful. Goes to show how far removed I am from development that I didn't think of deploying a debug build myself!

At any rate, the app does run ok on the simulator. I did now deploy a debug build to the ipad. Now there is a popup stating IwAssert failure (GX, 1339). Message. Could not find resource named mysoundgroup (of type CIwSoundGroup).

This is interesting, so the app has no issues finding the resource on my pc when running the simulator, but it cant find them once deployed on the device. Any suggestions on how to resolve?

Thanks once again

Samantha C:

I ran an x86 debug build. However, I am not seeing any folder called data-gles1 under data-ram. There is a data-sw folder and resource_cache folder under data-ram. Not sure what I might be missing.

Danny Chapman:

I tried to do a windows deployment with the x86 Debug build. Still very new to the deploy tool but any way I did a deploy all with configuration: default and platform: Windows (Simulator) which generated a .exe file of my app. When I run it gives the message IwAssert failure (UTIL, 1626).
Message: Failed to open file IwUICalculator.group. I started my app of the IwUICalculator example, still using the original name for the group file. I do see a iwuicalculator.group.bin file under the same folder as the exe. Once again, not sure whats going on. I reallly am a little lost about this whole deployment thing. Any help is appreciated.

Hello

Sorry it has taken so long to respond to this.

Summary of the situation is as follows:

1. Both the x86 debug and release builds work fine when I run them from Visual Studio. No errors, no crashes.
2. When I run the .s86 file under the debug_x86 build folder, I noticed I needed to put a copy of the s3e.icf and app.icf files into the build folder before the application would run, and even then, Im getting the error message "Failed to open file IwUICalculator.group". Not sure what I have to do for it to be able to open the group file.
3. As already stated, when running the arm debug build on an ipad, I get the message "IwAssert failure (GX, 1339). Message. Could not find resource named mysoundgroup (of type CIwSoundGroup)."
4. I have no idea why I have a data-sw folder instead of a data-gles1 folder under data-ram, not sure how to check whether I have a device that doesnt do hardware rendering.

Any further help is appreciated.

Thanks

As a test I built and deployed the IwUICalculator example on ios, which I had used as the basis for my app. Of course it works fine, which means I've made some modifications that are messing things up, although Im not sure if they're in my cpp, mkb, ui or group file. Interestingly the sequence of errors I'm facing is the exact same as those reported in http://www.madewithmarmalade.com/devnet/forum/5749, although I'm not using CIwUISlider. No proposed or actual solution is provided there either.

Hi,

I have tried to strip the app down to the bare minimum, and Im still facing the same issue. This time I'm including code so that hopefully someone can point something out. I have based the app on the IwUI calculator example, so some of the files etc still refer to that. I'm trying to do something quite simple: Click a button which will display an image within the button and play a sound.

MKB:

#!/usr/bin/env mkb
options
{
strict
module_path="$MARMALADE_ROOT/examples"
}

subprojects
{
iwui
iwresmanager
SoundEngine
}

includepaths
{
h
}

files
{
(source)
IwUICalculator.cpp

[Data]
(data)
IwUICalculator.group
IwUICalculator/IwUICalculator.ui
}

assets
{
#Deploy .group.bin files from the 'data-ram/data-gles1' directory if they
#have been written there by running the application in resource building
#mode, otherwise deploy pre-built binaries from the 'data' directory.
#
#For your own application, you are likely to want only the
#'data-ram/data-gles1' directory specified here.
#
#See the IwResManager documentation for more information on resource building.

(data-ram/data-gles1, data)
iwuicalculator.group.bin

(data)
IwUICalculator/sounds/sound1.wav
IwUICalculator/textures/image1.tga

}

deployments
{
["iPad"]
name='myapp'
caption='myapp'
manufacturer='myco'
provider='myco'
version-major=0
version-minor=1

iphone-appid='com.myco.myapp'
}
#### AUTO GENERATED deployment settings from DeployTool.exe. Do not edit below this line ####
deployments
{
["Default"]
["iPad"]
}

Group file:

include resource_templates.itx

CIwResGroup
{
name "IwUICalculator"

useTemplate "image" "iwui"
useTemplate "mtl" "iwui"

iwui_style/iwui_style.group { inline true }

//My images
IwUICalculator/textures/image1.tga

//My sounds
IwUICalculator/sounds/sound1.wav

//Other images
IwUICalculator/textures/dark_button_up.tga
IwUICalculator/textures/dark_button_down.tga
IwUICalculator/textures/dark_background.tga
IwUICalculator/textures/dark_focus.tga

CIwSoundSpec
{
name "sound1"
data "sound1" # The wav file name (without .wav)
vol 0.7
loop false
}

// Create a sound group to contain all of our sound specs
CIwSoundGroup
{
name "soundgroup1"
addSpec "sound1"
}

useTemplate "image" "default"
useTemplate "mtl" "default"

IwUICalculator/IwUIStyles.itx
IwUICalculator/IwUICalculator.ui
}

UI File:

CIwUIElement
{
name "calculator"
pos { 0 0 }
size { 320 480 }
CIwUIImage
{
name "Background"
pos { 0 0 }
size { 320 480 }
texture "background"
}
CIwUIElement
{
name "Grid_0"
pos { 0 0 }
size { 320 475 }
offset { 0 26 }
sizeMin { 320 475 }
sizeMax { 320 475 }
sizeHint { 320 475 }
sizeToContent false
CIwUIButton
{
name "Button_1"
pos { 0 0 }
size { 64 64 }
style
sizeMin { 64 64 }
sizeHint { 64 64 }
sizeToContent true
OnButtonClick { "CController::OnClickButton_1" }
}

CIwUILayoutGrid
{
name "Grid"
sizeToSpace false
numColumns 1
numRows 1
element
{
name "Button_1"
alignH "right"
alignV "bottom"
row 0
column 0
}
}
}
CIwUILayout
{
sizeToSpace true
name "Layered_0"
element
{
name "Background"
}
element
{
name "Grid_0"
alignH "centre"
}
}
}

cpp file:

// Library includes
#include "IwGx.h"
#include "IwGxFont.h"
#include "IwUI.h"
#include "IwUIAnimation.h"
#include "IwUIController.h"
#include "IwUIButton.h"
#include "IwUICheckbox.h"
#include "IwUIElement.h"
#include "IwUIEvent.h"
#include "IwUILabel.h"
#include "IwUISlider.h"
#include "IwUIView.h"
#include "IwUIProgressBar.h"
#include "IwUIPropertySet.h"
#include "s3eKeyboard.h"
#include "IwUISoftKeyboard.h"
#include "IwUITextInput.h"
#include "IwSound.h"
#include "IwSoundInst.h"
#include "IwSoundSpec.h"

extern bool g_IwTextureAssertPowerOf2;
bool g_Quit;
bool g_AC;

CIwUIElement* pWidgets;
CIwUIButton* pButton;
CIwResGroup* pResGroup;
CIwTexture* image;
CIwSoundSpec* SoundSpec;
CIwSoundInst* SoundInstance;

#define DEFAULTSTYLE

#ifdef DEFAULTSTYLE
// Load the default Stylesheet
static const char* s_Stylesheets[] =
{
"Small", // Small Size
"Medium", // Medium Size
"Large", // Large Size
};
#else
// Load the dark Stylesheet
static const char* s_Stylesheets[] =
{
"SmallDark", // Small Size
"MediumDark", // Medium Size
"LargeDark", // Large Size
};
#endif

class CController : public CIwUIController
{
public:
CController()
{
IW_UI_CREATE_VIEW_SLOT1(this, "CController", CController, OnClickButton_1, CIwUIElement*)
}

private:
void OnClickButton_1(CIwUIElement*)
{
pButton = (CIwUIButton*)pWidgets->GetChildNamed("Button_1");

image = (CIwTexture*)pResGroup->GetResNamed("image1", IW_GX_RESTYPE_TEXTURE);
IwUISetPropertyOnInlineStyle(pButton, "buttonUp", "texture", image);
IwUISetPropertyOnInlineStyle(pButton, "buttonUp", "drawableType", IwHashString("image"));

IwGetSoundManager()->Update();
SoundSpec = (CIwSoundSpec*)pResGroup->GetResNamed("sound1", IW_SOUND_RESTYPE_SPEC);
SoundInstance = SoundSpec->Play();
}
};

int main()
{
g_IwTextureAssertPowerOf2 = false;
g_Quit = false;

// Initialize IwUI
IwUIInit();

// Init IwSound
IwSoundInit();

#ifdef IW_BUILD_RESOURCES
// Tell resource system how to convert WAV files
IwGetResManager()->AddHandler(new CIwResHandlerWAV);
#endif

{
CIwUIView view;
CController controller;

pResGroup = IwGetResManager()->LoadGroup("IwUICalculator.group");

{
// Cut-off sizes for stylesheet scale decision
const int32 area_0 = (320*480); // Smaller than this uses small style
const int32 area_1 = (640*480); // Larger/Equal than this uses large style
const int32 actual_area = s3eSurfaceGetInt(S3E_SURFACE_HEIGHT)
*s3eSurfaceGetInt(S3E_SURFACE_WIDTH);
int32 style_id = 1;
if(actual_area=area_1)
style_id = 2;

CIwResource* pResource = pResGroup->GetResNamed(s_Stylesheets[style_id], IW_UI_RESTYPE_STYLESHEET);
IwGetUIStyleManager()->SetStylesheet(IwSafeCast(pResource));
}

pWidgets = CIwUIElement::CreateFromResource("calculator");
view.AddElement(pWidgets);
view.AddElementToLayout(pWidgets);

// Ensure layout is valid prior to setting focus element
view.Layout();

// Pick an element to have focus by default
CIwUIElement* pFocusElement = pWidgets->GetChildNamed("Button_1");
IwGetUIView()->RequestFocus(pFocusElement);

while(!g_Quit)
{
IwGxClear(IW_GX_COLOUR_BUFFER_F | IW_GX_DEPTH_BUFFER_F);

// Update Iw Sound Manager
IwGetSoundManager()->Update();

IwGetUIController()->Update();
view.Update(50);
view.Render();

IwGxFlush();
IwGxSwapBuffers();
s3eDeviceYield();

// Wait until something happens
s3eDeviceYieldUntilEvent();
s3eKeyboardUpdate();
s3ePointerUpdate();

// Check for quit request
g_Quit |= (s3eDeviceCheckQuitRequest()!=0);
}

IwSoundTerminate();
IwGetResManager()->DestroyGroup(pResGroup);
}

IwUITerminate();
return 0;
}

Works fine on x86 debug. When I deploy Arm debug build to iPad, I get the following error:

IwAssert failure:
Channel: PROPERTYSET
File: IwDecomposable.cpp
Line: 60
Expression: false
Message: Could not find string for hash
Callstack:
_IwGxInitPipeline

And when I click ignore, I get this error:

IwAssert failure:
Channel: PROPERTYSET
File: IwUIElementSignal.cpp
Line: 125
Expression:
!g_IwUIAssertMissingSlot
Message: Unable to resolve slot '::' to attach signal '' of element ''
Callstack:
_IwGxInitPipeline

Once again note that I do not get any errors when running the x86 debug build from Visual Studio on my pc.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Hi

Well, I have "partially" cracked this! The MKB file was looking for the group.bin file under data-ram/data-gles1, but there was no such folder on my PC. Instead there is a data-ram/data-sw folder. So I changed that in the MKB file and voila! My app (almost) works on the iPad!!

Only issue is, the image is rendering, however, the sound is not playing. No errors showing up either. Any ideas on what this may be? Note: sound plays fine on x86 debug.

The sounds of some games is working. e.g. I have EA hot pursuit installed. sound works on that. but not on Sega Sonic Racing. Anyone know what might be going on?