native.newTextField showing in wrong place

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#1

Is anyone else noticing something funky with the daily builds (including the latest, 2014.2147) and native.newTextField? 

I have a registration page with two text fields, till this last week it was fine and worked great. Now, however, I notice that on simulator/Android all is well but on iPhone 4 (with iOS 7) the text fields are being drawn waaaay off. 

Attached is a screenshot that shows what I’m seeing. I have tried tweaking anchor points as well (no luck) but again this was all working post-graphics 2.0. Just fishing to see if anyone else has noticed similar behaviour.

Here is the code I use to create them:

 email = native.newTextField( 350, 220, 250, 70 ) email:addEventListener('userInput', onEmail) email.font = native.newFont(native.systemFont, 14) email.size = 14 email.anchorX = 0 email.anchorY = 0 barcodeNumber = native.newTextField( 350, 305, 250, 70 ) barcodeNumber:addEventListener('userInput', onBarcodeNumber) barcodeNumber.inputType = "number" barcodeNumber.font = native.newFont(native.systemFont, 14) barcodeNumber.size = 14 barcodeNumber.anchorX = 0 barcodeNumber.anchorY = 0

  • Using storyboard I’ve placed this code on enterScene as well as createScene with no change in behaviour.

  • Tweaking or removing explicit anchors also doesn’t fix anything and in fact messes things up for Android/simulator as expected.

Any ideas?

#2

Couple more notes, just confirmed I’m seeing the same on iPhone 5 (with latest iOS). 

Also forgot to mention in first post that the screenshot on the right (what I see on device) it actually shows NOTHING because the textfields are rendered so far to the right. I cut the coordinates down so I could at least verify that text fields were being drawn. 

The actual code for creating the rightmost screeny textfields is:

 email = native.newTextField( 250, 150, 250, 30 ) [Blah blah] barcodeNumber = native.newTextField( 250, 235, 250, 30 ) [Blah blah]
#3

As you said, this seems to be a bug in the most previous versions on all iOS devices. It actually worked when I downgraded to version 2100. Thanks! :slight_smile:

#4

Interesting discovery while I was dicking around with it… I tried out the NativeDisplayObject sample project and out of the box it worked perfectly.

 

Then I changed the sample’s config.lua file and doubled the width and height (from 320x480 to 640x960 like I have in my affected project) and that’s when things went crazy. Worked fine on simulator/Android but not on iOS, jumped to the right. Even more than if the anchor was defaulting to top left.

 

Can someone else change the width/height (to 640x960 for starters) on their projects and try to replicate?

#5

Yes. I can see this as well when I change to 640x960. 

#6

I went back to 2096 and repeated the test and the issue went away so you are absolutely right. This seems like a bug introduced post 2100 and affects the native.text when resolution is 640x960 etc. Good catch. Suggest submitting a bug report so the clock starts ticking. 

#7

Bug submitted and a developer by the name of ‘Tom’ says it should be patched in the next daily build or so.

Booya, can launch next binary soon xD

#8

Good news. Thanks for the update. Seems like CL is quite responsive to bugs affecting native objects.

#9

No problem, just super glad they are turning it around so fast. Client will be overjoyed too, and I dreaded the idea of downgrading to 2100 to release an updated binary.

#10

Couple more notes, just confirmed I’m seeing the same on iPhone 5 (with latest iOS). 

Also forgot to mention in first post that the screenshot on the right (what I see on device) it actually shows NOTHING because the textfields are rendered so far to the right. I cut the coordinates down so I could at least verify that text fields were being drawn. 

The actual code for creating the rightmost screeny textfields is:

 email = native.newTextField( 250, 150, 250, 30 ) [Blah blah] barcodeNumber = native.newTextField( 250, 235, 250, 30 ) [Blah blah]
#11

As you said, this seems to be a bug in the most previous versions on all iOS devices. It actually worked when I downgraded to version 2100. Thanks! :slight_smile:

#12

Interesting discovery while I was dicking around with it… I tried out the NativeDisplayObject sample project and out of the box it worked perfectly.

 

Then I changed the sample’s config.lua file and doubled the width and height (from 320x480 to 640x960 like I have in my affected project) and that’s when things went crazy. Worked fine on simulator/Android but not on iOS, jumped to the right. Even more than if the anchor was defaulting to top left.

 

Can someone else change the width/height (to 640x960 for starters) on their projects and try to replicate?

#13

Yes. I can see this as well when I change to 640x960. 

#14

I went back to 2096 and repeated the test and the issue went away so you are absolutely right. This seems like a bug introduced post 2100 and affects the native.text when resolution is 640x960 etc. Good catch. Suggest submitting a bug report so the clock starts ticking. 

#15

Bug submitted and a developer by the name of ‘Tom’ says it should be patched in the next daily build or so.

Booya, can launch next binary soon xD

#16

Good news. Thanks for the update. Seems like CL is quite responsive to bugs affecting native objects.

#17

No problem, just super glad they are turning it around so fast. Client will be overjoyed too, and I dreaded the idea of downgrading to 2100 to release an updated binary.