We noticed that if you refresh the page then the key changes, we’ve noticed it on multiple occasions but perhaps it only happens to certain accounts or something?
@Alan QuizTix,
Nope, I was wrong. I am seeing that now. I didn’t look at the complete key. I was looking at the start and seeing it the same. Should have looked at the end as well. 
Found out about the changing API key. It is an Amazon issue, but not one that would be a problem.
https://forums.developer.amazon.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=4207
Help would be appreciated.
Does anybody have any ideas about this? I don’t get any errors in the console.
Maybe its an issue when two apps (paid and free versions) are trying to use the same leaderboard. I have separate API Keys and it works when I side load it but not when downloaded from the store.
Here is the link to the app that the leaderboard does not work on but the paid version works fine.
http://www.amazon.com/Mike-Hempfling-2048-Number-Saga/dp/B00M87SZ7I
I have set up game circle and tested fine with my game Blood Run. But I just got an email from amazon that the game circle is not working.
However I tested again on my phone and it works fine(loaded directly with the same apk).
I did not try to download from amazon store cause its paid app and I am not from USA.
Will wait for amazon reply.
Hi everyone, I’m one of folks that developed the plugin. We didn’t see this during development, and any additional information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I’ve already contacted our friends at Corona and Amazon to try and pin this down, but any further information we can get to help chase this down will greatly speed the process.
CORONA PLEASE HELP.
More games have been rejected because GameCircle is not working once it is uploaded to the store. From the log it looks like it is having issues with decoding the API Key. The weird thing is it works fine when testing.
Here is info from the console:
12-20 15:06:04.680 448 984 I ActivityManager: START u0 {xxxx} from pid 971
12-20 15:06:04.680 448 984 W ActivityManager: Input dispatching paused for current ActivityRecord: ActivityRecord{420a2b20 u0 com.cravecreative.numbersagafree/com.ansca.corona.CoronaActivity t30}
12-20 15:06:04.712 17191 17191 I Activity: No ActvityExender defined. Proceed with default activity behavior.
12-20 15:06:04.719 448 846 D AmazonTransitionManager: openingActivityName = com.ansca.corona.CoronaActivity, animationType = ZOOM
12-20 15:06:04.915 448 461 I ActivityManager: Displayed com.cravecreative.numbersagafree/com.ansca.corona.CoronaActivity: +202ms
12-20 15:06:04.993 17191 17500 I System.out: ----------Corona Application OnLoad----------
12-20 15:06:04.993 17191 17500 I System.out: ----------Initializing/Resuming GameCircle----------
12-20 15:06:04.993 17191 17500 D GameCircleClient: SDK Version: 2.4.2
12-20 15:06:04.993 17191 17500 D com.amazon.identity.auth.device.authorization.api.AmazonAuthorizationManager.PII: AmazonAuthorizationManager:sdkVer=1.0.0 libVer=3.3.0:<obscured>
12-20 15:06:04.993 17191 17500 I com.amazon.identity.auth.device.authorization.api.AmazonAuthorizationManager: Options bundle is null
12-20 15:06:04.993 17191 17500 I com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.AbstractAppIdentifier: getAppInfo : packageName=com.cravecreative.numbersagafree
12-20 15:06:04.993 17191 17500 I com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.AbstractAppIdentifier: Finding API Key for com.cravecreative.numbersagafree
12-20 15:06:05.001 17191 17500 I com.amazon.identity.auth.device.utils.ThirdPartyResourceParser: Attempting to parse API Key from assets directory
12-20 15:06:05.001 17191 17500 I com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: Begin decoding API Key for packageName=com.cravecreative.numbersagafree
12-20 15:06:05.008 17191 17500 D com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder.PII: APIKey:<obscured>
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 I com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: num sigs = 1
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 D com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder.PII: Signature checking.:<obscured>
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 D com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder.PII: Fingerpirint checking:<obscured>
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: Failed to decode: Decoding fails: certificate fingerprint can’t be verified!
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: java.lang.SecurityException: Decoding fails: certificate fingerprint can’t be verified!
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder.verifyPayload(APIKeyDecoder.java:332)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder.doDecode(APIKeyDecoder.java:127)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder.decode(APIKeyDecoder.java:91)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.AbstractAppIdentifier.getAppInfo(AbstractAppIdentifier.java:85)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.amazon.identity.auth.device.authorization.api.AmazonAuthorizationManager.<init>(AmazonAuthorizationManager.java:123)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.amazon.ags.api.AmazonGamesClient.initialize(AmazonGamesClient.java:144)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at plugin.gamecircle.LuaLoader.InitializeGameCircleFeatures(LuaLoader.java:121)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at plugin.gamecircle.LuaLoader.onLoaded(LuaLoader.java:2080)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.ansca.corona.CoronaEnvironment$RuntimeEventHandler.onLoaded(CoronaEnvironment.java:422)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.ansca.corona.CoronaRuntime.onLoaded(CoronaRuntime.java:322)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.ansca.corona.NativeToJavaBridge.callOnRuntimeLoaded(NativeToJavaBridge.java:391)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.ansca.corona.JavaToNativeShim.nativeResize(Native Method)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.ansca.corona.JavaToNativeShim.resize(JavaToNativeShim.java:372)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.ansca.corona.graphics.opengl.CoronaGLSurfaceView$CoronaRenderer.onSurfaceChanged(CoronaGLSurfaceView.java:374)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.ansca.corona.graphics.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.guardedRun(GLSurfaceView.java:1611)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 W com.amazon.identity.auth.device.appid.APIKeyDecoder: at com.ansca.corona.graphics.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.run(GLSurfaceView.java:1377)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: Unable to read api key. GameCircle requires an api key to be included in ‘assets/api_key.txt’. GameCircle will not initialize.
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid API Key
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.amazon.identity.auth.device.authorization.api.AmazonAuthorizationManager.<init>(AmazonAuthorizationManager.java:126)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.amazon.ags.api.AmazonGamesClient.initialize(AmazonGamesClient.java:144)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at plugin.gamecircle.LuaLoader.InitializeGameCircleFeatures(LuaLoader.java:121)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at plugin.gamecircle.LuaLoader.onLoaded(LuaLoader.java:2080)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.ansca.corona.CoronaEnvironment$RuntimeEventHandler.onLoaded(CoronaEnvironment.java:422)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.ansca.corona.CoronaRuntime.onLoaded(CoronaRuntime.java:322)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.ansca.corona.NativeToJavaBridge.callOnRuntimeLoaded(NativeToJavaBridge.java:391)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.ansca.corona.JavaToNativeShim.nativeResize(Native Method)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.ansca.corona.JavaToNativeShim.resize(JavaToNativeShim.java:372)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.ansca.corona.graphics.opengl.CoronaGLSurfaceView$CoronaRenderer.onSurfaceChanged(CoronaGLSurfaceView.java:374)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.ansca.corona.graphics.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.guardedRun(GLSurfaceView.java:1611)
12-20 15:06:05.016 17191 17500 E GameCircleClient: at com.ansca.corona.graphics.opengl.GLSurfaceView$GLThread.run(GLSurfaceView.java:1377)
12-20 15:06:05.024 17191 17500 V Corona : > Class.forName: network.LuaLoader
12-20 15:06:05.024 17191 17500 V Corona : < Class.forName: network.LuaLoader
12-20 15:06:05.024 17191 17500 V Corona : Loading via reflection: network.LuaLoader
12-20 15:06:05.032 17191 17500 I Corona : Platform: KFSOWI / ARM Neon / 4.4.3 / PowerVR SGX 544 / OpenGL ES 2.0 build 1.12@2756947 / 2014.2511
12-20 15:06:05.133 17191 17500 V Corona : > Class.forName: plugin.gamecircle.LuaLoader
12-20 15:06:05.133 17191 17500 V Corona : < Class.forName: plugin.gamecircle.LuaLoader
12-20 15:06:05.133 17191 17500 V Corona : Loading via reflection: plugin.gamecircle.LuaLoader
12-20 15:06:05.141 17191 17500 I System.out: ----------Amazon GameCircle Released----------
I just noticed that the API Key in the popup window on the Amazon site is different from the one that downloads. Anybody experience that and which one should I use?
@jesse_busch or Corona folks,
Any updates on trying to get this worked out?
Disappointed that this plugin got such big fanfare when it was finally released, but now seems to be just being ignored.
Hi guys - Amazon has someone working on this and I *think* there may be an update soon. I will post more info as soon as I know.
That you very much, Mike. The console log helps a great deal if this is the issue everyone is experiencing. Unfortunately, that bit of the code is handled automatically by the GameCircle SDK. The plugin itself, which handles the back-&-forth between the LUA code and the java based SDK, does not deal at all with the API key or it’s verification.
Still, I have reached out to our contacts in both Corona and Amazon to try and figure this out. Consider this is a holiday week, the answer may not come quickly, but I’ll be sure to update this feed as soon as I have more information. I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks for the response and please let me know if there is any other info I can provide to help resolve this issue.
Glad to hear this, David.
Hopefully good news comes soon.
To give an update to this, I’ve been trying to get a hold of Amazon & Corona engineers through my contacts with each respective company, but I haven’t gotten any word back. I am sorry, but I’m a bit dead in the water until I can consult with them about what is going on.
Jesse - I just sent you an email.
The same issue just happened to another app. The paid version which I released first worked but the free version was just rejected because the leaderboard did not work.
Any idea when this will be resolved because I and trying to decide if I need to create a version of my app that was rejected without the leaderboard?
Just got a reply from amazon on 10 jan that they are looking into it. For my case it was actually approved and show up on app store, just that they informed me the gamecircle is not working. I am not sure why yours is rejected?
Hi,
I received bug report from amazon. Please see the attached log.txt. Too long to post here.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Completed “Training Camp” and moved on to Endless Runs game mode.
- Observe at the end of the play in Endless Runs, an error popup "Run Time Error :java.lang.** NullPointerException".**
- Observe GameCircle leader board was not updated with the high score in Endless Runs mode.