New system.getInfo API terrific but...

Solar2D Android
#1

I am so thrilled that we now have a way to determine exact display specifics of the Android device our app is running on. If you missed what this is all about take a look at Rob’s excellent blog post : 

http://www.coronalabs.com/blog/2013/04/30/new-system-info-properties/

Having said that… It is a pity that these new APIs return nil when running on Corona Simulator. I would love it if the API would return a ‘simulated’ value so we could test our code against the simulator. The whole point of relying on simulator is so that we don’t have to chase various devices in real life in order to make sure our app work and look well on them. 

Corona Labs, is this at all possible? Thank you. 

#2

Corona Labs,

Is it at all possible to get values out of these new API calls on the simulator? Is it intentional that they return nil on the simulator or is this something that will be corrected soon?

I do not have access to any Android devices at the moment and would like to develop on the simulator before going to the next step with external testers… Would the Android Simulator from Google SDK work better than Corona Labs Simulator?

Thanks for your help.

Kerem

#3

Corona Labs,

Is it at all possible to get values out of these new API calls on the simulator? Is it intentional that they return nil on the simulator or is this something that will be corrected soon?

I do not have access to any Android devices at the moment and would like to develop on the simulator before going to the next step with external testers… Would the Android Simulator from Google SDK work better than Corona Labs Simulator?

Thanks for your help.

Kerem