Pleco for Android 2.4.14 Bug Report Thread

[inorbit]

Concerning the precedent bug, I have observe some cycling (group of 9).
For example, if I just press and move a little to see what is the name of the moved category:

pressed name -> moved (ghost) name

cat 1 -> cat 1
...
cat 9 -> cat 9
cat 10 -> cat 1
cat 11 -> cat 2
...
cat 20 -> cat 1
...

 

[mikelove]

Interesting... surprised this hasn't been more widely reported, actually. If we can't reproduce it we'll let you know.

 

[KaiRong]

I've just upgraded my HTC One to Android 4.4.2, and my custom fonts doesn't work anymore in Pleco I used SimSun and MSSong font types, but everything is blank now. Is it an Android problem? Is there a solution for it?

 

[mikelove]

It is indeed an Android problem, yes - lots of fonts seem to be broken on 4.4. (they switched to a new font rendering system, but from what I've heard resorted to some ugly hacks to avoid having to license an Apple patent on TrueType rendering) For now all I can suggest is switching to a different Song font, e.g. one of the open-source Arphic ones.

 

[KaiRong]

Thanks for the reply, mike. This is what I was afraid of
The problem is that the open source fonts I found only supports traditional or simplified characters, which results in mixed fonts in Pleco. I hope the next Android update will include a fix for this problem.

 

[mikelove]

How about this set?

 

[KaiRong]

Thanks for the suggestion, it indeed includes both sets! The Kai one works like a charm, but the Ming one has the same blank entry problem as the MS Song font type. I think the Kai one will be OK for me, so thanks again, Mike!

 

[mikelove]

No problem! Glad I could help.

 

[AntoineB]

Hi Mike & team, I get a lot of crashes....
When I open the dictionnary it's fine, but very often when I open the Reader, settings, Flashcards, they open then crash quite soon after. It seems that those modules are unstable on my system.
I have a new Xiaomi MI 3 running Android 4.2.1 JOP40D MIUI-JXCCNAL 12.0
I hope you can help!
PS: it used to work fine, and it could have started since I installed the Google Play Framework, so I guess I might be in for a factory reset and reinstall...

 

[mikelove]

You probably don't need to reset the whole phone, actually - just delete and reinstall Pleco (back up your flashcards first) and that should take care of the crashes.

 

[AntoineB]

You probably don't need to reset the whole phone, actually - just delete and reinstall Pleco (back up your flashcards first) and that should take care of the crashes.

Awesome, that worked Mike, thanks a lot as I love using your app EVERY DAY!