Everything in group = self.view is INVISIBLE when on device, but works fine in simulator!

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hello,

I’m using storyboard (I know its outdated), and its working great in the simulator.  When I put it on my android phone, however, I run into a serious problem - nothing in the self.view group displays.  If I don’t put it in that group, or put it in a different group, it shows up just fine.  Does anyone have any idea why such strange behavior might be occuring (I know it’s not a lowercase-uppercase issue because the same file disappears or appears just by adding it to the group or not). 

Thanks for the help in advance!

#2

Have you run adb logcat Corona:v *:s to see if it is throwing an error on the device? Also how are you using the self.view are you setting a local group = self.view and if so is it local group = self.view or group = self.view with local group = nil at the top of your file etc. and so forth or is it global?

Hard to say anything else without seeing the code that self.view is being built ie: in create, show etc. and so forth.

#3

This is how it gets started

function scene:createScene( event )        local group = self.view
#4

are you accessing the group variable outside of the create function?

If so remove the local and goto the top of your file and say

local group = nil

And try that

#5

I used the log and saw that there was an error with my use of an iphone-only library. I commented out that code and now its working!  Unfortunately I’m getting  the same issue in the main scene now, but I’ve got an idea where to go now.  Thanks!

#6

Have you run adb logcat Corona:v *:s to see if it is throwing an error on the device? Also how are you using the self.view are you setting a local group = self.view and if so is it local group = self.view or group = self.view with local group = nil at the top of your file etc. and so forth or is it global?

Hard to say anything else without seeing the code that self.view is being built ie: in create, show etc. and so forth.

#7

This is how it gets started

function scene:createScene( event )        local group = self.view
#8

are you accessing the group variable outside of the create function?

If so remove the local and goto the top of your file and say

local group = nil

And try that

#9

I used the log and saw that there was an error with my use of an iphone-only library. I commented out that code and now its working!  Unfortunately I’m getting  the same issue in the main scene now, but I’ve got an idea where to go now.  Thanks!